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Chapter 1034 My Land Is In Danger
"I'm taking this piece of land of yours," I waved my glaive high in the air a couple of times, "surrender or fight, it's up to you."
"How about this… I help you take all the land around me in exchange for leaving me alone?"
"Help me… How?" I laughed, "don't dream about showing me around and act as my tour guide. I don't need such help."
"I didn't mean that."
"Adding your army to mine won't help either. I can simply take your head and that army will be mine."
"I didn't mean that either," he shook his head before suddenly giving me such grand news, "lots of lords here already grew aware of your presence and movement. They said you left your territory unwatched, unguarded, without a single defensive building or troops. Only a giant weak looking behemoth stood there in watch."
"And?" I could already expect what he was trying to say.
"Most of them led their forces and are heading towards your land as we speak. I can show you around and make you take their lands."
"Without killing all of them, these lands won't be mine," nice try, jerk. Did you think that I was new and ignorant?
"But what if they left their lords behind?" yet his face didn't change when I said that. Instead, he smiled as he added, "killing their lords with few forces on his side isn't a big problem for you, right?"
"That's great indeed if what you are saying is true. Besides… Where does your contribution here lie?"
Even by telling me this piece of intel, this couldn't be counted as enough contribution for me to let him off the hook.
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"I can guide you to all the territories around without forces to defend them. After that, you can just disperse your armies and attack all of them simultaneously."
"This…"
"If you are thinking about taking them down one by one then let me tell you this… It's a big mistake! In this world, we have nothing more than eyes that watch everywhere. So you'll end up having a couple of territories before other lords will recall their forces back and they'll fight you together. And that is a dead end for you and a rough path to tread upon."
I have to admit, he had a point here. "So what? I can guess that most of the territories here did that. So I can simply take a tour and determine my targets."
"But your chariot is already famous. Once spotted on the move, all of the lords will get notified."
"And?"
"I know which territory got few forces behind. I can even tell you the exact number of forces at each one, the rough strength of each lord, and how to kill him or her."
"Hmm… And how do you plan on doing so?"
"I got a map here," he took out a folded piece of paper with many lines and drawings on one of its sides, "and I got eyes everywhere. I can pinpoint the locations your armies shall go, and then you can hit all of them at the same time."
"Interesting…"
"Lord, don't listen to him, he is just trying to buy his ticket out of danger by such nonsense!"
Just while I stood on my chariot, thinking about what this old man said, the lord who kept chasing after me shouted, "let me be the one to lead your forces and claim these lands for you. They know you, but they don't know me."
"Humph! Lang, stop fooling around. I got the news that your land is already in ruins. If not for you being here, running away from danger, then the forces looking for you would have found you a long time ago."
Oh, so this was the main reason then. I looked at Lang for a long moment before sighing.
"Pal, you got your chance and yet you spoiled it by your greed."
"No lord, I'm willing to follow you, be your lackey," and just when all of his secrets got exposed like this in the open, he fell to his knees, "I beg you. Take me under your wing and save me from the incoming armies."
"Armies?" I raised one eyebrow, and the middle aged lord interfered as he said:
"I don't know how the two of you met, but Lang has too many enemies. This little punk has a dirty mind in there, and he did lots of bad things to many other lords before. So, you can guess how big the armies coming after him are."
That middle aged lord pointed at his head, making me wonder how many lords did this little fellow offend.
"Lord… Please… I beg you…" Lang's eyes turned all red, "I got a sick mother back in my world, and a couple of powerless sisters to look after."
"Don't add a debt, or else I'll mistake you for a poor human kid and not a mighty lord with such strong forces and territory," I couldn't help but laugh. This dude… Did he think I'd fall for all this bullshit of his?
Sick mother? Weak and powerless sisters? Damn! He brought two sensitive matters to most, aiming at the soft spot at any heart.
Yet he aimed at the wrong heart this time, as mine had no such weakness.
"Lord…" and as he realised this, his lips trembled and his desperate face turned all vicious and cruel, "no matter what, I'm not going to leave your side! These lords can come and kill me, but they'll take you down with me as well."
"Pretty nasty," I laughed. This dude was just the type I liked to have on my side.
Such a dude would bring trouble, great trouble, to my enemies thanks to his unique mind and thinking.
But accepting him without putting him under heavy shackles would be a grave mistake as well. Such idiots had no loyalty or honour, except for themselves and their benefits.
"No problem for me," I suddenly shrugged, "after all I'm going to accept this lord's invitation."
Chapter 1035 Blood Oath
"This…"
"But…"
The two of them were taken aback with what I just said. My words were easy to understand, as I intended to let those coming after Lang to clash with this lord's forces here.
And that meant I'd use this lord's forces to fight against others without losing anything. Facing a few lords wouldn't be a great trouble, and yet it seemed the number of lords coming was simply too much to handle.
I also got something else to worry about other than those incoming lords; which was protecting my own territory.
There were lots of lords and their armies heading towards my land at this moment.
I got that they underestimated my little lizard, but I also had to be ready to step in if things went south somehow.
And that was one of the main reasons behind me accepting that middle aged man's offer.
He was straightforward in his offer, knowing without fight his real place and the limits of his abilities.
He was acting realistic, and quite honest. Not like that jerk behind who wasted lots of time and missed many chances to get even better deals than this old man got.
"Come here," I motioned for that middle aged lord to come closer, "let me hear about your plan in more detail."
"First… We need to perform a blood oath," he didn't move a muscle, "that's my bottom line for keeping me safe."
"A blood oath without stating conditions for it means nothing for me."
"Who said we can't state terms? it's written by our blood before the oath is said."
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"Is that true?" I said while turning towards that all shaking lord behind me. This little bastard tried to pull a prank over me, acting funny somehow.
"It's indeed true," the middle aged lord said, "but we have to do the oaths where we are."
"No," I didn't trust anyone in this world, "I'm coming over to you and watching what you'll write down."
This was my bottom line, and with a smile and a hand gesture, that lord invited me to draw closer.
"I'm impressed that you decided to come away from your forces and come in the middle of mine," and as I came closer, that dude said while sighing, "young lords and their daring attitude… I truly miss that energy and spirit."
"Don't regret it," I smiled, "as long as you are following me, you'll get that spirit back for sure. Now, on what terms do you propose our oath shall be?"
"Lord, don't let this old fox trick you," and just before the middle aged man would say anything, Lang came running after me while shouting from behind.
"Keep this jerk away, I hate tricksters and their scent," and that middle aged lord didn't allow Lang to draw any closer.
And I got to know the real reason behind that. It wasn't just history between the two. That middle aged lord just wanted to kick Lang's ass way far from here, fearing the incoming army of enraged lords who wouldn't let his territory intact.
"I only ask for one thing," that middle aged lord said after watching his forces drive Lang away, "I want your word to keep my land secure."
"Isn't it a bit too much to ask for just showing me a piece of map?" I raised an eyebrow.
"This is my bottom line."
"Then let me absorb this land and add it to mine," I shrugged, "this way I'll keep your land safe and secure."
"But it won't be my land if we do it this way," he shrugged, "we can't do it this way."
"Then what do you propose?"
"A simple and famous bond between lords of our similar situations," he said as if it was something famous around, "you'll gain my loyalty, my forces, as if I'm one of your people. But you'll protect my land and territory in return."
"This… What's the difference then between this and taking your land into mine and have you followed me?"
"I won't be your lackey," he said in disdain while stealing a peek over Land, "not that desperate yet like that dude over there."
"Hmm… I see," if not for my lands being under grave danger at the moment, I'd not settle with such a half assed deal.
"What shall I do?" As I had little time left and no room for negotiation, I got into the main topic at once.
"It's easy, we use our blood and draw a circle on the ground," he started to draw a circle, in a radius of a couple metres, "then we stand inside and write the terms we agreed on. Then we write another smaller circle and a line, one that points out towards the other circle of the other lord…"
He paused as he started writing the terms and I kept reading what he was doing, "but remember, once you draw the second circle, not a single term can be changed. And once you step into this circle, you won't be able to move until the bond is over."
"I see…" even if he said it, I didn't start my circle until he finished writing everything.
Then I went down below and started drawing the same circle as his.
"Quite cautious little fellow you are," he laughed, "my name is Kong by the way."
"Hi Kong, you'll end up mine sooner or later," I welcomed his greeting with such a short laugh and bold declaration.
Yet his face didn't change. "First lord has to keep his promises, after all this world isn't a nice place to live in."
"We'll see about that," I kept drawing and writing using my blood, before drawing the final circle and drawing a line towards his circle, "now what?"
"Just we say the magical word… Oath!"
"Oath!"
I said what he said, and just as our words were said, the two lines of ours moved as if they got life of their own.
They twisted, moved towards each other, before finally merging.
Chapter 1036 Forcing A Deal Over Lang
And once that happened, a faint rumble occurred while the drawings and writings on the ground shone in bright scarlet red light before seeping inside my and his bodies.
"It's done," I felt a familiar feeling. A sting pain at my left hand where all the red light went into before vanishing as if nothing happened.
"Do you know why it went into my left hand and vanished? Why did it cause such pain?" I didn't speak about the cube issue, and instead tried to get a clue from what just happened here.
"It's the way this world works," Kong said as he pointed at his left hand, "I also got the same, all of us do. As long as you are a lord and have something bound to your soul just like our blood oath we did, then it will find its way through your body and left arm."
Something that belonged to me and got bound to my soul? That was weird. So these cubes happened to get bound to my soul then. Yet… What for?
I got part, a small part of the answer. And now I had to wait and gather more info later on.
"Arrange your forces," I said, "let them handle the defence here."
"But… At least twenty lords are coming," Kong moved his eyes towards the direction of Lang, "it's better if we kill this little bastard or drive him away."
"No, he still has a purpose to serve," I didn't accept what Kong said, even when he said that twenty lord's armies were drawing close.
"But…"
"I'm Hye by the way," I said, interrupting him from saying what he wanted to say, "do you know how long before this grand army will arrive here?"
"Well, if we have an advantage then they don't yet know this jerk is here," after looking at me for a couple of minutes that ended up with a tired sigh, he said.
"So they are dispersing their forces around and didn't get a clue about his location? That's cool."
"How is it cool? They'll eventually find their way here! It may take more than two or three hours to do so, but they eventually will."
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"But what if we hid him?"
"Hide him? Here? Lord… They can also track his forces!"
"I'll take them away."
"This…"
"I need to scatter forces, and they'll be the price he'll have to pay for his safety."
"But… Will such a jerk accept such terms?"
"He has nothing else but to accept," I shrugged.
"What if he refused? And refused to move away?"
"Hahahaha, let him do it and he'll fall right here on our people's hands."
"I… Like it this way," Kong laughed, and I felt he prayed Lang would be stupid to not accept my generous offer.
"Lang, hey you," and as I finished dealing with Kong, and just as he was unfolding his map over my chariot to start explaining and delivering what he promised, I moved my little girl and shouted at Lang.
"What? Finally got time to speak with me? Let's talk then…"
"It's one offer, take or leave it is up to you to decide," I stopped my chariot just one hundred metres away from him, "either submit yourself, your forces, your land over to me, or I'll kill you here right now."
"This…"
"And in return for this, you'll get to save your head and keep it over your shoulders. What do you think of my offer? Great, isn't it?"
"You… You are more shameless than I! You didn't do the same with that bastard over there."
"He is smart, didn't let his chance slip away and accepted what was offered to him. Not like a moron who wasted not only one chance but three."
"This… I…"
"I don't have time for this. Either accept or refuse, I want to hear your answer right now."
"Now? Can't you give me an hour or two perhaps? You see, my head is hurt and I'm extremely tired from all this running and so…"
"Then it's a no," I didn't even listen to what he had to say, turned around and raised my glaive, "ready up, we are going to fight this jerk's forces and kill them all!"
"No… Wait… I accept it!"
As expected, he didn't have any other way out of here but to further lower his head and be my lackey.
"Kong, can you write the strictest terms of an oath to bind this naughty fellow please?"
"My pleasure," and with such an evil smile and laugh, Kong took a paper and a hard pen made out of special ore and started to draw a circle and write many words on it.
"This is for him," he handed it over to me, "I'll prepare yours now."
"Take it and do it to the letter," I threw the paper over to Lang, who got his face all dark when he read what Kong wrote in his paper.
Seeing this sneaky fellow's face darken gave me a reassurance about how strong this oath was.
"This is yours," and in a few minutes, as Lang was drawing in shaky hands, using his blood, to draw the two circles with terms written in between them, Kong finished my paper and gave it to me.
And when I read it, I didn't find much differences between what Kong wrote and the strongest loyalty contract terms of my world.
Fine! Like this Lang would be kept under my total control.
"Are you done?" I asked after reading through my own terms. Lang was taking his time indeed to write this down.
"One minute," he said in a shaky tone, "I'm almost done."
"One minute and one extra second and you'll end up with your head rolling on the ground."
"Come on! Give me a break!"
"I can, but your enemies won't give us any chance for that," I shook my head, faking how I got enforced in such a situation.
"Tsk… Alright, I'll get it done now," he took in a deep breath before continuing to write. And like a man who lost everything and got resigned to such desperate fate, he started to haste his moves and got his part done in a few seconds.
Chapter 1037 Returning To My Land
Then I started to revise what he wrote, hoping he didn't do anything funny or else he'd end up dead.
Well… This time he knew his limits for sure. I found nothing missing or wrong and so I started writing mine.
"How do you plan exactly to avoid the upcoming battle?" and when the oath worked its magic, Lang couldn't help but ask.
He was just acting uncaring about his safety before. But at this moment, all the masks fell and he showed his true feelings.
He was scared! Shit scared for sure!
"Who said I'm going to avoid this battle?" I simply said and my answer startled both of them.
"But… You said…" Kong was shocked and seemed startled by what I said. I raised my hand to stop him before adding:
"I asked you to hide him and I'll take Lang's forces with me. But that doesn't mean I'm not going to hit those lords."
"This…"
"You are aiming at their lands?!!"
Both of them got scared from what I said.
"Do you know that three of them have blue grade territories? This can't be good, not good at all!" Lang said, exposing more info about these enemies.
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"If you do know about how fierce they are, you shouldn't have insulted and enraged them before," and from the side, Kong rolled his eyes.
"No time for that! You'll both know about my plan in time. Now let this jerk stay inside and I have to go," I turned to Kong, "you haven't explained everything for me yet."
"Come up and let's talk then," Kong paused when he noticed my gaze, "fine. Let him go into my land. I'll hide him inside my world."
"This…"
"Don't worry, I and your new lord have an agreement. I won't touch you or else I'll end up dying."
"Go with his men," I looked at the scared Lang, "wait for my news near the portal. I'll need your help soon."
"I always thought I was the craziest lord here, tsk… You give me a much more dangerous vibe than I give myself!"
"Just go," I urged while jumping up to my chariot. "Everything will be lost if you were spotted before leaving."
"Fine," Lang rolled his eyes, "now I lack territory and have no way to return to my world. So I'm stuck here for the rest of my life."
Even when he said such desperate words, it didn't give me any impression of sadness. Instead, I felt like he was enjoying this.
"May I ask why you kept him?" and when Lang went away and Kong finished explaining things to me, he couldn't help but ask.
"I told you, I got a great use for him."
"This… Are you aware that he is a walking disaster? He can't control himself from going all out and clashing with other lords in the region!"
"And how am I different from him in that?" I raised one eyebrow, and just by saying it this clear, Kong's both eyes widened.
He missed this point indeed. I was also doing the same ruckus just like this jerk.
"But… At least you are capable and smart enough to kill all of your enemies and claim their lands. He didn't do any of this, not even once."
"I can't say anything against these words," I shrugged, "but right now it's time for me to hit the road. Thanks for your help. And I'll always check over your land from time to time."
"What if they came here and you are away? What if they got the news of him being held by me?"
"Is there any way to get in touch with each other?" I had this message feature back at my worlds. But here… Things looked a bit different.
"Well… We can perform a complicated bond to have a way of communicating together. But such things will take longer to get done."
"We don't have time for that," I sighed, "anyway, I'll keep checking on here once every half an hour. Like this, I won't miss any enemy coming."
"This… I can survive for half an hour for sure. But how do you intend on doing it?"
"Leave this to me," I mysteriously smiled, "I have my own ways, alright?"
"Sure, each lord comes from a different world and universe. So I hope you know what you are doing," he gave me such valuable info just when he was jumping down to the ground.
I wanted to ask him about the current situation of this world. I also wanted to hear this world's stories and learn about its secrets.
But all of this had to wait. I wasted valuable time while dealing with things here. And with each passing minute, more forces were drawing closer to my land.
"See these points?" and as I didn't know if things were good or bad back at my land, I decided to leave things here for Lucas and Zangibar, "lead your forces, scatter them into fifteen armies, and send them all to these places at the same time."
"But lord…"
"They are without much force left, only lords and few of their forces remained behind," I reassured Zangibar before adding when he was about to say something, "I'll go and check over something first. Then I'll come and kill each lord with you."
"What about me, dark lord?" just as these two were about to move after arranging their forces, the little turtle asked.
I knew it was silently watching without saying anything. "You'll come with me," I said while opening a portal, "let's go!"
I passed through my portal and appeared just in the centre of my land.
As the little turtle was passing through, I rose high up and got to see a magnificent sight.
My land… It was at white grade before. But right now it was all green. And that wasn't the only great news; its size increased and reached such an amazing size of hundreds of miles.
Chapter 1038 The Terrifying Pillar
Was this the effect of absorbing just a few territories from before? Damn! Like this I might end up having a thousand miles of land, or even more.
However the great news ended just here. As I rose high up, I could see the early lines of the drawing armies towards here.
"So they are just upon us," I muttered while moving my eyes around the incoming enemies.
I got the drawings and instructions left for me by Zangibar. They were about how to build walls, towers, and all kinds of defensive structures.
However these would take a long time to execute. I was sure that all of these forces would attack once arriving at my land.
They'd be fools if they didn't. There was no one protecting my land, none except for my little lizard.
And now I got my little turtle as well. Yet who said both of them were enough alone?
"Come forth!" I had no time to summon any other forces here. The army I got had an important task of going to all these fifteen lords' lands and starting banging fiercely over their doors.
So I couldn't just summon them back. Doing this would end up messing my entire plan.
After all they weren't just going to fight these lords and the few forces with them. They had another big and far important mission by doing this, one that would show its worth in the next few hours.
By any means, I was alone and on my own here. And as my land increased in such a way, I got to summon more forces here.
The ones I asked Zangibar to bring from my second Earth joined our forces when I was having the negotiations with the two lords before.
These forces came when I added a couple territories to mine. And now as I added more, I was sure I could summon more soulers.
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"Two hundred thousands… Not half bad," I looked at the army appearing here. If not for the important task I left over for Lucas I'd call him here to lead this army.
But I got five elites to use.
"You will each lead forty thousand," I said to the five standing on top of my chariot, "and go forward, never stop, never look back, and don't worry about any losses. I'll be watching from behind and replenishing any lost forces."
"Thanks lord."
"We won't disappoint lord."
"I'll show lord the mightiness of our race."
Three spoke and the other two just nodded. I waved my glaive and they descended fast towards the ground. They got the same fire around them, but it wasn't anything like Lucas'.
I only regretted not having the time or resources to raise all of these soulers up using stat points. All I could do was to just bid my time here and try to stall for time.
When the lords would get attacked with my forces, they'd frantically send for their forces to come back. This would relieve the current threat from my land.
And then I'd jump over and hunt most of these lords before their forces would come here.
But that all depended on stopping this grand army of millions by using the two hundred thousands I got.
"Dark lord… What do you want me to do?" and just as the five elite soulers led each of their armies towards a different direction, my little turtle asked.
"Yes lord, what shall I do?" and with it speaking, my little lizard asked as well.
"You two will break free, use whatever you have to crush and kill as many as you can," I said in such a vicious tone, "and I'll be standing all behind you, watching your backs, and interfering at the right time…"
I said while taking out my pillar. I didn't know if it was going to do its magic in the same fierceness I used or not. But in such a battle, anything must be used for my benefit.
"Attack!"
"There are only a few troops left here!"
"Their lord is here! Don't let him escape!"
"Surround this damn place and let's go all in."
"There aren't any defensive buildings at all! This land is going down pretty fast!"
*Rumble!*
And just as such shouts came louder and louder from the direction of the grand army crawling towards me, I used my pillar's skill.
"Thundering might!"
And in a flash, the world rumbled before a massive dome appeared. Damn! This time… My pillar's skill… It showed a fierce side I never saw before!
When I used this skill, the pillar would break free and expand, connecting heaven with ground, before releasing a dome shaped shield.
It used to cover a distance of tens of miles in an instant. But this time, things happened in a different scenario.
It broke free indeed, but it didn't expand. It simply kept shining, releasing a massive amount of light that started to spread and envelop my territory and forces inside.
In a flash, the world all around became covered in a faint gold layer that looked dazzling to anyone from far. At the same time, the shield that appeared was also pale gold, while covering up all the territory I got here.
And that wasn't all!
Another shield appeared, then another, and another. It looked like with each flare up of that pillar's golden light, a new layer would be added.
The layers were all thin, but I could see them clearly appear on top of each other.
I counted fifty before the pillar stopped. It kept shining and didn't pulsate like before. And it stood in midair, refusing to come back to me.
"What happened to you, my old friend?!" I looked in such puzzlement before different groups of the enemies tried to attack and test this shield.
*Boom!* *Boom!* *Boom!*
I saw everything clearly with my eyes. With the attack landing, one layer got all the damage from hundreds of thousands, getting smashed and crushed all down in one instant.
Chapter 1039 An Awesome Switch
It looked quite bad at first, until the shattered shield suddenly flew fast, flashing towards the direction of the enemy.
And like bombs, each golden particle flashed with brighter light before detonating in such fierce way.
"Damn cool!" seeing all this from a far and high position made me thrilled! In just a flash, hundreds of thousands got killed, all without exception.
And the better news was that the places they attacked from were in the middle of the large army.
The explosions didn't just kill these enemies, but they also expanded and ate up those close to them. With each explosion happening close to each other, and with the huge number of small golden particles peeled off my shield here, the explosions merged and formed mighty grand balls of golden fire that kept sweeping clean the enemy in all directions.
Damn! This… This was damn cool and brutal!
Killing hundreds of thousands? Forget it! I swore at least a million and half fell in just these past seconds!
"Hahahaha! I don't know what happened to you, but you are now my beloved baby, hahahaha!" I turned to the hanging midair pillar and laughed in a hysterical way.
What just happened? I frankly didn't know. For a reason, my precious pillar got such an insane boost, ending up showing a terrifying side of its might.
And like this, the entire situation of this war changed dramatically. Trying to resist with everything we got? Nah! That wasn't the only option we have right now.
"Keep yourselves inside," I took up my horn and instantly spread out the new orders for my soulers, "stay inside and only come out to attack anyone if they are close by. Try to lure them to attack the shield and then retreat inside for safety."
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Just like this, this battle turned from a desperate defensive one into an attrition battle of wits.
My forces weren't needed to go out and sacrifice themselves. They'd just keep the enemy busy, lure them to attack the outer layers of the shield and activate these scary explosive particles.
"What about us?" the little turtle asked.
"Keep attacking, you two can use long ranged skills and abilities. So you can attack freely without any restraints."
I now have the perfect setting for such a battle. My shield wasn't just defending my forces, but they were posing a deadly threat to my enemies.
All we needed to do was to keep the enemy pressured, and that was the task of my two pets. Like this, when they'd face my soulers, they wouldn't have any free mind to evade the chase after my soulers.
With enough time and pressure, they'd detonate more layers of my shield without doubt.
All I needed to do now was to entrust this place over to my forces here. My presence in this battle wasn't needed.
I planned to return back and join others, but this seemed to happen much sooner than I planned.
I looked around for a few minutes. The devastation that came from my shield made all the forces coming here shocked.
They were taken by fear and surprise as none seemed to expect I'd get something like that up my sleeves.
Well, they couldn't be blamed. I didn't even know my pillar would end up in such a state until I used it.
"Time to go back," I opened a portal and appeared next at King's land.
When I arrived there, I spotted a few groups of forces looming far away. They seemed to be the forces belonging to the grander army of lords coming after Lang.
"Oh, you are really a man of your words, what a rare thing in our times!" and just as I stood in midair for a few minutes, closely observing the moves of these far away scout units, I heard the voice of Kong coming from behind.
Well dude, I just got lucky back at my land and was freed early on from such a fight. "I'm a man of my words, keep that in mind," but that didn't prevent me from taking advantage of this and showing off.
"Great. They just arrived a few minutes before you," he stood down my chariot, looking in the same direction I was looking.
"Any danger?"
"No, but they'll sniff the presence of that jerk's forces with yours soon enough."
I smiled evilly. "Good to hear," I said while turning my eyes to one direction, "I hope they are smart enough to follow me."
"You… I don't know what you plan, but I hope it isn't just an arrogant side that will bring your demise."
"Don't worry," I laughed, "I'm not acting like this without a good reason and great plan," I started moving my chariot fast, "keep your forces inside, never step outside, got it?"
"Sure!" I heard his shout from behind and then his land vanished from my sight.
I used the fastest speed of my chariot to head towards the nearest battle. I managed to stop the grand army from getting to my land. And it was time to use this chance and start hunting down the lords.
But when I arrived at the first territory, I found the fight had already started there. It took me roughly five minutes to cross the distance, and I had to bypass one territory that belonged to a sane and cautious lord.
Of course not all the lords in this region joined this crusade against me. Few were sane enough to know their limits and not risk their lives against me.
I looked weak, new to this world, but I was also shrouded in fog. It was a foolish move to try and test me in such a way. And it was a good thing as well for me.
After all this would settle down, and all the dust from all these battles would vanish, my fame would skyrocket in this place and even beyond.
Like this, those who were sane enough to stand neutral and watch would end up caressing my favour, looking to serve me in exchange for peace.
It might be unbelievable, but just from this tough and tight situation I was in, I'd end up the overlord of this region.
How cool would this be?
Chapter 1040 Securing More Land
From the first sight, I could tell that my small army here of few tens of thousands was having fun against the few thousands defending this region.
They managed to push the enemy all the way back to the centre of the lord's territory. This place was almost a couple hundred miles in radius, pretty vast in my opinion, not that far from mine.
And that meant this lord was one who kept devouring smaller lords, and what he was doing right now wasn't new.
"Got you!" In just a few minutes of looking, I found the lord fighting on the ground, on foot, without any ride or special monsters to his side.
It seemed he sent most of his trusted and elite forces to my land. He never expected that the grand army formed by fifteen different lords would be stopped by me.
And then I'd come and hit him back. In such times, anyone in my position would get scared and would hurry back to their land.
But that wasn't the case. I wasn't the typical kind of lord, at least I never leant to such passive means to defend myself.
When getting attacked, I'd prefer to exchange blows with another. The winner would be the last man standing, and this was my special way in dealing with all my enemies.
"You… You are their lord… How…"
"Just die and ask these questions to your forces in hell," I answered him with such a yell, and my glaive descended fast over his head, cleaving his body into two halves without any surprise.
"Stop!" Once I killed him, I shouted to stop my forces from fighting. It was meaningless now, "take everyone and go, go towards the next territory. Keep moving from one to another until you clear everything… Devour!"
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I instantly performed the devouring technique. I was getting pretty damn good at this. And after devouring this land and watching all the buildings collapse, I went to the dead lord, took his bones and with it access to his cube.
I still didn't know what the real value of these cubes was. Yet something told me I'd regret it if I didn't take all the cubes.
Once taken, I jumped back to my chariot, and headed fast towards the next territory.
In less than half an hour, I managed to add seven lands to mine. My luck was good as I reached a cluster of closely related territories, with a small distance apart.
These idiots retreated all the way back to the centre of their lands under my forces' pursuit. If I was them, I'd instead aim to gather up with each other, and use one land as an anchor and make a last stand there.
However it seemed the sudden fall of my forces over their heads, attacking all the territories at the same time paralyzed these lords and made them commit such silly mistakes.
In times of peace, people might look wise and great. But watch them at times of distress, that was the perfect time to know the real calibre of each dude.
And that was why I placed Lang in such a special place. He showed such rare calmness in the middle of disaster, making him quite valuable to me.
But all this changed after cleaning this cluster.
I managed to claim nine lands before finally arriving at the tenth. And there I spotted something new.
"Oh, so they have many forces left?" When I arrived at the tenth land, I spotted a large army fighting against mine.
The situation looked equal. I made sure to send all the forces from the lands I controlled, in addition to the ones I already gained by killing their lords.
All of them should have gathered here. But in front of me, it seemed like my forces lacked any means to penetrate through the densely packed enemy.
"Did they target the wrong land or what?" From the look of things, the lord here seemed to keep most if not all of his forces by his side.
I doubted that my forces got the wrong land attacked. But when I checked the map provided by Kong, I found that this wasn't the case.
"So… Either that middle aged man screwed up, or that lord summoned more forces from his world to come here…" I got that the former might not be truly the case, and the latter must be the real reason behind all this.
Kong didn't provide any wrong info till now. And the second explanation was something logical and explained why such large forces were here.
And when I closely inspected the current situation, I got more clues about the second possibility.
I noticed that the forces fighting mine weren't that strong. There were many, almost close to a million already, but they weren't that strong.
And what stood between my forces and taking this place down was the constant influx of new forces from the direction of this land's centre.
So it was clear to me in less than ten minutes. This lord was trying to burn out all of his forces to stop and buy more time for him.
He was biding his time and waiting for the grand and much stronger army of his to come here.
But there was something he never noticed in the middle of such a stressful situation he was in. if he was able to summon all these forces here, then that meant most of his strong forces were gone by now.
Otherwise he'd be still limited by the number of forces he'd summon.
So despite looking in such a good position, he was in fact drawing closer to his demise. He was just buying out his time here, nothing more.
"No time to waste on such a jerk," I knew that such a battle's fate was sealed, but it'd take a long time to reach such an end.
So instead of wasting my time here with such dead meat, I decided to go and check over the remaining lords.
Chapter 1041 A Capable General Is Found
"Oh, it's the same here as well!" and as I went to the next land, I found a similar situation there.
Large army was fighting against mine, trying to stop them from stepping inside this land.
"It's also like the other two," and when I went to the third land, I found a similar thing there.
So three out of the remaining six were just the same. And that made me sigh.
These lords were just burning their forces for nothing. Why did none of them ever wonder about surrendering to me?
I made sure to remain at each battlefield for five to ten minutes each. Yet none came or shouted, asking for negotiations.
Did they think they were just biding time for their forces hitting my land to do their job? Didn't the news reach them or what?
I realised while going to the fourth land that by my forces' arrival and the outbreak of such brutal fights, the news coming here from my land got blocked.
These lords were kept in the dark, not knowing what they were doing was simply futile.
They were thinking they were biding their time, and that was why they kept pouring out such useless fodders to stop the inevitable.
Sigh! Just by lacking the right intel, the situation turned upside down for them. Not to mention they missed their chance of surviving this by surrendering.
"Oh, a new change," and just as I arrived at the fourth territory, I found out a new situation.
That lord did have an army defending his land, but this one was quite small, much smaller than the other three I met.
And these forces were all elites, not the weaklings others were using.
"Hmm… So are you trying to fight against mine using good soldiers or… You still got most of your forces intact?"
I stood high in the air, overlooking the battle that spanned for a few miles inside the land of this lord.
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If it was the former, then he was smart to use strong forces and buy longer time like this. However, doing it without summoning fodders was a mistake.
And if it was the latter, then it would be bad news for me. If he got most of his forces intact, then it would be dangerous to leave this lord alive.
Who knew if he heard what happened back at my lands or not, who knew if he asked the forces of his to come back and they weren't that far away already.
There was too much risk involved here. So without hesitating anymore, I drove my chariot and landed fiercely on top of his head.
"Oh, you are much harder than I thought," and when my chariot appeared near him, he raised his head and said in such a fierce way.
"So you were waiting for me?"
"Sure."
"Planning to surrender?"
"Planning to kill you, hahahaha!"
"I see," I got that such a lord who managed to read through my intentions and planned all this wasn't half bad. At least he got a vision for the future.
"Don't get cocky! I knew that you place a few tricks back at your lands, or else you won't be daring to come and attack my and others lands like this."
"And?" I landed with my glaive over his head, but this middle aged dude was a good fighter.
He jumped to the side, evading the attack while aiming at my heart with his long spear.
"Oh, you can fight," he seemed to imagine me falling by such a weak attack. However when he attacked, I simply moved and flashed past the spear, hitting him with my glaive.
But just before my glaive would land, a shield appeared all of sudden and blocked it.
"And you aren't that bad either," I liked his battle experience, his timing of taking out his shield. Just by doing that he managed to avoid death and also kept a card up his sleeve.
As he shielded my hit, he retreated, creating a gap between me and him of tens of metres.
"Why not join me?" I killed a few of his forces who tried to get me from behind while saying this in a calm tone.
I let him retreat as I was interested in his talent. I got a lord to supervise over my lands when I was gone. And now I needed a capable general.
This middle aged man would just do perfectly fine as a general.
"Join you when I have the upper hand? No way!"
"Sorry, but where is this advantage you are speaking about?" I crossed my arms, leant over my glaive as if it was a stick.
"You…" just by my simple move he knew that I wasn't placing neither him nor his forces in my eyes at all.
"Die!"
"Kill him!"
"He lowered his guard!"
"Take him down!"
And just as I stood like this, without even holding my glaive at all, I heard such angry shouts from behind.
It seemed his forces saw a great chance in getting me while I was standing in such a way.
"Come forth!" and without even looking, I called forth for my Bulltors and shield warriors to arrive, "kill them all, leave none alive!"
Trying to sneakily attack me from behind? Did they think I was only fighting alone?
I still recalled Isac's funny words which were the best to describe me; I was a one man army!
"This…"
"Let me reveal the big picture to you," I said in such a calm tone while looking around as if I was watching an interesting show.
My warriors started killing, securing an area around me and that lord without allowing for a single one of his elite forces to step in.
"I'm interested to hear your story," and that lord seemed to be amused by what I was doing. He crossed his arms, and mimicked me in leaning over his spear, "tell me then, how I don't have the advantage I thought I had?"
Chapter 1042 I Got Him!
"It's simple," he was smart enough to realise many without the need to explain much, "I got such a wondrous artefact, one that could release a mighty shield around my land. It isn't just for defence, as it can also attack and repel any offence over it."
"This…"
"So your forces are still surrounding my territory, but they have no way to get inside. Not to mention I got long ranged deadly behemoths on my side, and they are grinding down your forces bit by bit."
"…"
"That advantage of yours is just a simple illusion. If I'm you, I'd just jolt myself awake with a fierce slap on the face, and wake up from just dreams back to reality."
"I… I don't believe you!"
"Then… How about I take you on a little tour?" I evilly smirked, and for a moment he mistook my intentions, "don't get me wrong. If I wanted to kill you, then I could have done it a long time ago. I still can do it right now, even if you are in the middle of your forces."
"This…"
"Just accept my kind invitation and appreciate my interest and placing you in such high value. People like you are rare, and I'd hate seeing you die without serving me to the fullest of your potential."
"…"
I made my offer, and he had to make up his mind. I'd wait for him for a few minutes to decide. If he dwindled, then I'd take him down and accept such loss.
Finding capable talents was indeed a hobby for me. After all, I arrived at my position thanks to lots of my talented people's contributions.
"Ok, but you'll promise to return me here unharmed even if I refuse to join you."
"If you refuse, then you'll die," what did this middle aged lord think? This wasn't a fun game or a show of total generosity.
His life was already in my grasp to decide. If he didn't want to join me, then only death awaited.
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"This…"
"Make your mind, old man. If not, then I'll kill you on the spot."
"Tsk… Fine! Let me see with my own eyes first if what you claimed is right or not."
"Come then," I instantly opened a portal, making his eyes go all wide open.
"How… How can you use space magic here?"
"Don't ask," I shrugged. After all, it wasn't me who did this, but my staff.
As I passed through the portal, he followed. And once he came to my land, he stopped, looking at the grand scene that awaited him there.
The fight didn't change that much actually. The pillar was still flying midair, releasing such bright and dazzling golden light.
Yet from the far, one could hear a series of deadly and terrifying explosions. I looked at his face to see it was dark.
"So… It's true…" he seemed to get the entire situation without the need to see more.
"I didn't lie," I waved my glaive twice in the air, "so, are you going to join me or…"
"I will… I will join," he hurriedly said, "I don't want to be an idiot and die thanks to pride and such useless things."
"Cool," I pointed my glaive at him before adding, "you'll form an oath with me. Here are the conditions…"
I stated the conditions which were provided for me by Kong earlier. They were the harshest terms in this world it seemed, as the face of the old man changed again when he heard my words.
"Is it necessary?" he didn't expect me to ask for such harsh terms.
"What? Do you have any other option here?"
"Sigh… You are right. I'll do it then," he looked like he got aged by decades at this moment. With lowered head and dejected look on his face, he completed the two circles and writings in between using his blood.
"Cool," and as I finished mine and the oath took place, I said in a cheerful tone, "Now you can stay here and lead my forces in this fight."
"This…"
"What? Did you think I was after your land? I was indeed, but I was truly after you. From now on, you'll be one of my trusted generals in this world."
"Thanks… Lord," he said the last word in heavy tongue. As a lord, he never got used to calling anyone else by this word, only had the chance to hear it from his subordinates.
"Can I call off my forces from this army? Let them come here?"
"Sure," I pointed my glaive at the direction of my pillar, "my little baby here recognised anyone who belongs to me. Let your forces break from the fight and get inside. No harm will come to them."
"Ok."
Before leaving here I made sure to leave instructions for all my warriors and two pets to listen to the arrangements and orders of Tom.
That middle aged lord was called Tom. and then I returned back.
First I went to check on Kong's place. As expected, the scouts left his place and went after my forces.
It seemed news spread over, and the grand army of lords knew that Lang's forces were with me. And that meant Lang was working with me.
I checked and found nothing out of the ordinary here. Kong's forces were still stationed inside. And with no danger, things looked quite calm and peaceful here.
After listening to Kong's useless complaint about my delay in checking over his place, I left after reassuring him that his place wouldn't get hit anytime soon.
I gave him one extra mission to do. He had eyes everywhere, and I needed eyes at certain places.
When he heard about my intentions, he couldn't help but get shocked again. I left while he was still immersed in his shock, shaking his head and muttering:
"I got myself a crazy ally!"
Of course I was crazy, especially when I saw a chance and believed in my ability to seize it.
Then I went back to Tom's land.
Chapter 1043 [Bonus chapter] Single Item Is Enough To Change The Course Of War
The marvel thing about this oath was that it added the territory of the lords going underneath me without the need for me to do anything. When I went there, I found all the forces standing idle, waiting for me it seemed.
And when I arrived there, I got something I had to decide right now. Should I send them to the previous lands, or should I send them to the next ones?
Tom was the thirteenth lord, and that meant there were still two more remaining I didn't visit yet. After looking at them for a long five minutes, I made up my mind.
"Come out!"
"Lord!"
I first summoned Lucas. He seemed to be immersed in fighting as he flashed the moment he appeared before realising where he was.
"I want you to lead this army," I pointed to the few tens of thousands here, "lead them towards that direction and…"
I started telling him what I wanted.
"Sure lord, but I came from a lord territory where a brutal fight is going on out there."
"Did he summon a large number of forces?"
"The two lords joined hands actually, each brought an army of many hundreds of thousands," he paused, "we merged our forces together but…"
"We lack numbers."
"And in quality as well," he gave me such surprising news, "one of the two lords has a blue grade territory. And that bastard called for a really troublesome army."
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"I see," it was nice to meet such a hard foe.
"And lord… He uses something weird in fighting, I think it's like skills and abilities but he uses them without any interval."
"Hmm… Interesting foe indeed. What about the other lord?"
"He is… Just like any other lord here."
"Fine, you go and do your task then. I'll join you once I'm done from these lords."
I watched him go down there and start arranging his forces into many smaller groups. I didn't dwindle here for too long before heading towards the last epic battle location.
Even Lucas found this battle hard to win. And that made me place a great hope on this one.
Would the enemy be so strong? If so then it was time for me to try out something I didn't try yet.
According to him, the last two merged forces and stationed together at the last lord's place, which was around half an hour from Tom's place.
At last there was someone smart enough to lean towards such a tactic. And that meant these two already got the news about the current situation of the battle going on at my land.
"They indeed did something good," when I arrived there, I found a huge stretch of land, almost over a thousand miles.
It was blue grade indeed, one of the rare blue ones in this region. The size of this land wasn't enough to stop these two from filling it with many soldiers.
And these ones seemed to be well trained, most of them actually.
They got the home advantage, and the help from many buildings. I even saw part of the wall stretched in a semi-circular way, blocking the path over my armies in three spots, allowing only for my army to walk inside through three wide gaps.
But no matter how wide these gaps were, they looked narrow in front of the army of mine and theirs.
I saw lots of their armies standing on top of these walls. Coupled with many defensive towers and lots of heavy guns, the fight turned into a carnage, a meat grinder eating up many of my forces.
This… This was an awesome tactic that I never saw before!
"Interesting indeed," even from the air, I spotted lots of flying islands that were all made out of some kind of metallic ore. Attacks landed from air and ground, making this battle impossible to win this way.
However… They might get an advantage if they were fighting anyone but me.
"Come forth!" and at this moment I decided to take out something I never took before, something big, something mighty, something that could change the outcome of this entire battle with its presence.
My flying castle!
*Fwoosh!*
In a flash, that gigantic flying castle appeared all of sudden. Its shadow alone was enough to scare the sh*t inside all the soldiers in this battlefield, on both sides together.
"Listen up, you two jerks," I held my horn and spoke to these two lords. I had to admit that I admired their wits and tactics. However just from this alone I could tell they were far to reach.
These two already knew about the desperate situation their forces were facing back at my land. Instead of thinking about submitting to me, they prepared all this to stop me from taking down their lands.
So if they wanted war, I'd gladly hammer their doors with the heaviest sledgehammer I got.
"This is my thing, and I'm coming to crush you down. Bring everything you two got, even bring soldiers from that nearby land. I don't care. Try to flank me, trap me, try to kill me… Do whatever you want, as I'll also do whatever I want and take my time in tearing your two armies piece by piece down to the last elites surrounding you right now and then… I'll kill you two."
I turned my attention towards my castle. "Attack!" I just gave a single order.
My castle… Who said it was empty?
I got my little beauty back when I crushed that arrogant son of b*tch, the lame king of the Hector race. I got it as a bonus, and at this time it was filled with lots of force.
I never thought about taking advantage of it until now. I never faced a situation like this before, where my forces were limited and I couldn't bring more troops in short notice.
I just gave the order, and hell gates opened and flooded its deadly attacks over all the soldiers down below.
Chapter 1044 A Brilliant Tactic
Seeing this war marvel fighting on my side and all these forces launching hell over my enemies was pretty damn cool.
I couldn't say I liked this, I loved it!
I stood motionless in place, just feeling the same amazement my forces had. As for my enemies, they were petrified out of pure shock and immense fear.
Facing such a deadly war machine from the air was an unexpected move. I bet even these two meticulously prepared lords never saw this coming.
Hahahaha, I loved it!
"Don't stand like this, they are on my side," I held my horn and spoke to my soldiers this time, "advance!"
I pointed out my glaive and took the first move to the front. My chariot flashed and the next moment I jumped off, landed on top of one of the three major walls, and started killing.
"Make sure to cover up my boys on the ground," I didn't forget to give this order before jumping and joining the fight.
For once I wanted to feel the fun of killing enemies with my glaive. And frankly… This feeling of being mighty and unstoppable was priceless!
I never felt this way, ever before!
I kept moving around the walls, a single man holding his glaive, fighting against a huge bunch of giant soldiers holding their weapons and trying to resist.
Yet each and single weapon was crushed under the might of my glaive. Saying it was deadly was an understatement.
I kept moving, killing all the enemies in my path, while enjoying this.
"Your walk will end here," and just in less than ten minutes, I spotted a group of a hundred, walking in such calm steps towards me.
Few held spears, few held shields, and lots of them held swords. They were all giants, cladded in heavy armour from head to toe.
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Only their eyes appeared, and I couldn't tell the looks of their faces even from such curves on their cheeks.
They looked troubled, I could sniff that from miles away.
"And who is going to stop me from walking through this lovely piece of land?" Even if I smelled trouble from them, it wasn't enough to make me lose my cool.
"We will," one of them said, while landing his heavy sledgehammer on the wall, creating little trembling there.
They were indeed fierce! But who said I was the weakling I was before?
Right now… I was supported with my sacrificial boosts and my mighty glaive. Let me see then who was stronger, who was fiercer, and who would kill the other.
"Come on, show me what you got," I taunted them by motioning my hand for them to come, "if I liked you, I may leave few alive to work for me."
"Humph! Kill him, let us show the lord the might of our sacred knights again! Attack!"
That dude seemed like this little group's leader.
Who said numbers mattered? This little group of a hundred was indeed capable of standing against an army and crushing it.
But for their bad luck, they stood against a single man who was much stronger than any army they faced.
*Clang!*
The first to step forward was the ones holding their shields. Unlike any shield soldiers I saw fighting before, these dudes were quite reckless and fierce.
Any shield bearer would wait for his foe to come to stop the attack. However they moved first, ran and even ended up jumping high in the air, landing at me with their shields like they were holding axes or swords!
And when they just were landing at me, a group of spear and sledgehammer holders jumped off their heads.
It was clear how fierce and deadly this tactic was. I'd even go to say not a single enemy they faced would stand tall against such a combined attack.
From the front, shield soldiers would keep me busy and make sure I'd end up losing any chance of attacking. And from top, these soldiers were coming for my head.
I could easily summon my chariot, use its shield and protect myself. However right now I felt a strange adrenaline running through my veins.
I fought for a long time while being on top of my chariot, and it seemed I lost lots of great moments while doing this.
Fighting head on, taking danger with one's glaive and strength was awesome! And at this moment, I decided to honour such fierce fighters and match their might and tactics with mine.
*Rumble!*
I didn't do anything but duck, take a half circle around myself while expanding my glaive to the limit horizontally.
And what happened next was for the group of shield bearers to bear the might of my glaive. They got sturdy and capable shields, I could give them that.
However even if they could stop harm from coming at me, they couldn't stop the fierce strength in my glaive.
They were thrown in the air, like a bomb just exploded and sent them flying.
And with a single step, I bypassed the zone of danger while holding my glaive and watching the group landing from midair and hitting nothing but empty air.
"I'm here," and before any would regain their composure, I slammed against their backs with my glaive, sending each and every single one of them flying off the walls.
Would they die if they fell from such height? From over one hundred metres tall walls?
Well, this was their thing to worry about. As for me, I just cleared over forty off the fight.
And there were still sixty remaining.
"You… Are strong," the leader seemed to be shocked by this, "I love it!"
"I can only return your words back, I also love it, hahahaha!"
"Attack!"
He just bought a few seconds to wipe off the shocking feeling his little and elite soldiers got from my little show.
And I knew it. Yet I didn't interfere to stop them.
Such a group… Sigh! Why wouldn't they just change their coats and start serving me? I wasn't a bad lord, right? I could give them tons of battles to immerse themselves in.
Chapter 1045 What A Group They Are!
"You don't get shield soldiers anymore, why won't you show me what you'll do with these?" I slightly arched my body, extended my glaive towards them while extending my left arm to barely touch the shaft of my glaive.
"We'll show you that against brute strength, nothing else matters!"
"Well said!" I have to admit, this leader was believing in the same thing I believed in.
I learnt this lesson a long time ago, and it all was thanks to that annoying jerk fellow of mine.
As the leader said, they came towards me without even leaning towards any trick.
All they did was to come in three lines, as if they were trained their whole life to do it this way.
Come, let's see how you'd entertain me giant fellows!
"Die you bastard!" a giant was less than ten metres away when he suddenly accelerated and came at me in a flash.
He held two giant swords, waved them as if they were nothing.
And just when he was sure he got me, I ended up showing him what speed really meant.
"One is down," I moved fast, just vanished from the front and appeared at his back. I didn't use my glaive as there were lots coming from the front at this moment.
So I only turned around myself twice before kicking him in the back, giving him a little push over the edge of the wall, sending him flying all the way down.
"I will kill you myself!" the one who came at me was from the middle line, and then two came from the other two lines.
They looked pissed off, as if I just kicked their best mate or something.
"Sorry, but you are too slow to hit me," I used my speed and evaded the two greatswords that fell at my head and chest, and with a little jump, I pushed my body above their heads.
"If you miss him already, then go down there and meet up," once I landed, they instantly turned over and tried to cut me with their sharp swords.
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And with this attack, three more appeared and hit me with their swords.
"You got nowhere else to go!" and just as these attacks came, three giant dudes jumped over, raised their giant sledgehammers above their heads, and aimed at mine.
If I tried to run through jumping, I'd get hit for sure by them. And if I stayed in my place, I'd end up getting hit by all these swords.
"Sorry, but didn't you all forget something?" and just as this situation seemed like a sure kill for them, I evilly grinned, "I got my glaive here!"
*Bang!* *Bang!* *Bang!*
And just as I saw their eyes go all wide when I said it, I used my glaive as a stick and sent them all flying off the wall.
In mere seconds, all eight of them ended up falling off the wall. And that didn't even make their comrades stop or slow down.
"Keep attacking!" I heard the fierce and slightly enraged shout from their leader, "encircle him. Ladies, bind his movement and make sure he won't use such dirty tricks!"
"Ladies? Come on, don't tell me you are having fun during battles!" I laughed and just when I did, I saw ten flashes moving so damn fast.
They were all black in colour, and they aimed to encircle me and block any path of retreat by forming ten layers of black circles.
And from outside, the rest of this gang was moving to complete their encirclement around me.
"You are going to fall here!" and just when I was assessing this new situation, a soft female voice came like a whisper in my ears.
"Damn! A seductive user?" and just when I felt my head dizzy, something flared up and brought a burning feeling to my chest.
It was my pendant! The one I bought a long time ago to protect myself from the seduction abilities of the succubus girl.
I never expected such a group to have seductive girls on their side. To be honest… This was very unexpected, and quite deadly.
Imagine facing such fierce soldiers, and they got something like this on their side. The ones fighting them would end up losing their focus, ending up falling under these girls' charm, turning into easy targets for their foes.
Scary! Such tactics, training, group fighting, and various abilities… They were really scary.
But I was much scarier than them!
"You…"
"Sorry ladies, but my heart is already taken. Besides…" I didn't let such moments of shock get wasted and started hitting these girls and sending them off the walls, "I'm a cursed guy who gets anyone who loves me ending up having a miserable fate."
"Take him down!"
"Don't let him catch his breath!"
"Come at him together!"
Just as I sent these ten girls off the wall, many shouts came, making me feel like they were fighting a monster.
Well… This wasn't too far from the truth indeed. They were monsters, and I was just a fiercer and hellish stronger monster than them.
They moved fast, came at me from all directions. At this moment, their numbers dwindled to less than half of their initial group.
Yet they still formed two circles, coming at me in pairs.
Whoever trained them did a great job without doubt.
"Die!"
"You are dead meat!"
"For our lord!"
"F*ck off!"
And just as they launched everything they got at me, I started to get serious.
A shield appeared in my left hand, and with it I started to block all the incoming attacks, one by one.
One block, and one hit. I kept doing this in a fast rhythm, sending all I hit flying. Bit by bit, second by second, I sent more enemies off the wall.
I got hit multiple times, but thanks to my defensive shield, no harm was done. I even didn't feel the hit and didn't interrupt my rhythm, luckily.
Chapter 1046 The Problem Of My Technique
In less than ten minutes, and after retreating for hundreds of metres, I finally got rid of them. Well, not all of course, as I still had something with one of them; their leader.
"You… Are you a monster!" he was thrown back, but didn't fall as I aimed this hit with much precision.
"Speaking as if you are a normal person yourself," I watched a purple shield vanishing around him.
When he got hit, this shield kicked in and absorbed most of the hit. I knew he wasn't a normal person, and he must have an item to protect his life.
"Compared to you, I'm nothing."
"Then join me," I finally made my offer, "I like you, like your little group here. Why won't you all join me?"
"This… They are dead!"
"No, do you think such strong folks, carefully selected by you, would end up dying from such fall? I don't buy that," I shrugged before pointing at my glaive, "not to mention I aimed with the blunt side of my glaive, didn't even try to hurt them that bad."
"I won't thank you."
"I didn't do it to get your thanks, but your loyalty."
"Mine lies with my lord!"
"Then watch me kill him before swearing your loyalty over to me."
"I won't let you come closer…"
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Just before he'd continue his word, my chariot suddenly appeared. Its shield slammed heavily at him, sending him flying off the wall.
"Don't take it to the heart, it wasn't personal," I shouted at the edge of the wall while watching his body fly back, far away from this place, "I just got what I wanted to say and there is nothing else to do with you," I muttered to myself while shifting my gaze towards the entire battlefield.
This little group did manage to consume half an hour, and this helped lots of forces to retreat off the walls and regroup with the central bulk of their forces around their lord.
Did they think this was enough? Not a chance!
During this time, my flying castle managed to create all the difference. Even with me getting stopped by this little group of elites, my army managed to control two walls and passed inside the huge land inside.
It was indeed a good feat to do it, but that wasn't enough to secure my win here.
Putting the immense size of this territory, the large number of defensive buildings here, and the large number of forces standing between mine and that lord, it was still hard to decide the fate of this clash.
But right now I got myself freed at last. I could have killed those elites and gotten rid of them easily.
Yet I didn't. I liked this little group. Even if they were just a group of a hundred, it seemed they followed a certain set of training, making me want them even more.
This set of training, harsh rules to select elites to join them was a good thing. Sending such fierce fighters over to my second Earth world, and letting them select from the huge pool of talents there was the best use of them.
Having just a hundred? I bet after they'd end touring my training grounds back there their number would be in thousands, or even more.
Just imagining the presence of such elites under my control was exciting.
I didn't want just a bunch of elites, I wanted their way of selecting and training their group and expanding their numbers to such a terrifying scale.
Few thousand might look like a small number indeed. But it wasn't. I faced a hard time trying to deal with just a hundred of them. Imagine thousands of them, how terrifying that would be.
They wouldn't be an army, but a special hit force that would deal with troublesome enemies. Dealing with leaders, generals, and even lords and kings would be their speciality.
A hit force, assassins who would spread terror in the hearts and souls of my enemies… That would be the perfect role they'd play from now on.
But that would happen later. First I had to deal with their lord here and gain this territory under my wing.
If I had to select one lord out of the two then I'd say the one owning this piece of land here, the blue graded territory would be the one who owned and trained such a fearsome group.
But going at such a hassle for head on wasn't possible. I was quite sure that dude was ready for me.
Going directly towards him would be a trap, one that I wouldn't fall at.
First I got to change the course of this battle again. Unlike me, that lord got the home advantage. Not to mention his ability to keep summoning more troops here.
I could summon my soulers, but that wasn't enough to change the fate of this battle in a short time.
"It's time to try my technique out," I didn't try to use it before as there was a challenging catch for it.
Back at Earth and my second Earth worlds, and all the past battles, I depended mostly on my technique to shift any battle tide.
And that was a good reason for it. Any soldiers or enemies I attacked by my technique would end up serving me using contracts.
However in this world where the system got little control and contracts held no real value, my technique was greatly limited.
I could control enemies, but I knew that the moment I released the control over them, they'd regain their freedom again.
So I had a limited amount of power under my technique's power, allowing me to only control a limited amount of forces at any time.
"I have to change my tactics then… Go, take control of those behind the front line," I muttered while flying towards the frontline.
The frontline stretched for over a hundred mile, with lots of forces fighting against each other.
Chapter 1047 They Want To Run Away
It was such a grinding brutal carnage that left none alive. I didn't aim at this, and just let my threads spread and infect forces lying behind the frontline of the enemy.
And once that happened, I waited for ten minutes until my technique reached its full capacity of controlling enemies.
I got control of tens of thousands, close to one hundred thousand. I could use the power of my bones, but this would be a total waste.
My bones turned out to be such precious material, and I got to preserve them and not rashly use them like before.
In addition to that, what was the point? I'd end up doubling or tripling this number? Then what? I'd get nothing else to do in my power to turn these forces under my wing.
To do so in this world, I had to force each single one to perform an oath with me. It was just too damn troublesome and time consuming, and I wouldn't get to revise what each one wrote on the ground.
And I needed to do the same, not only once, but tens of thousands of times. Just thinking about this made me drop such an idea. It wasn't practical, not even close.
So I got another way to use these forces here. And that was what I said once my technique reached its limit.
"Attack all the forces near you, don't stop until you are dead," I shouted at these forces, giving them the order to act as a kamikaze group.
This was the only possible and useful way for these forces. Like this, they'd create havoc. And the ones falling from them would be instantly replaced by others thanks to my threads.
Just like this I ended up controlling a fixed amount of kamikaze groups in the middle of the enemy lines. And no matter how hard the enemy tried to wipe them out, they failed thanks to my threads kicking in and replacing those who already fell.
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I wouldn't end up having any single soldier on my side this way, but I'd also end up messing with the enemy formation and causing enough ruckus to relieve the pressure over the frontline of my forces.
In less than half an hour, the fruits of my tactic showed themselves clear to my eyes. The frontline of the enemy lacked any reinforcements at a certain zone where my technique was working its magic there.
Then from this collapsed zone, my forces pushed to both sides, cleaning more of the enemy forces like they were death gods reapers.
This helped in pushing the frontline forward by a large distance. And with this I also moved to the front, pushing my technique and the controlled forces to hit much deeper lines of the enemy.
Five hours! It took five hours to finally create a deep gap inside the enemy lines, and the central zone was already just a couple miles away.
The lords here tried their best to throw as many forces as they could, trying to stop the kamikaze group of mine. Yet no matter what they tried, nothing worked.
This was way outside their control, and I never stopped spreading my threads over to control more of the enemy soldiers.
"F*ck you!"
Just as I arrived this close up, the two lords seemed to realise the main problem here. It was me, and they got to take me down if they wanted to survive this.
So with such a loud curse, I watched a group of flying islands coming towards me. They were around twenty in number, not that much actually but were almost two thirds of what the two lords had at this moment.
Flying islands… That indeed brought many memories back to me.
"Come out!" and as the two finally took the bait and came at me, I didn't hold back anymore and called for my dragons and fallen gods.
It was time to show them how terrifying I was.
"Attack these islands like we used to do," and in such a leisurely and carefree way, I pointed at the direction of the twenty islands and gave them the order.
Having twenty flying castles was something good indeed. So far I didn't see any lord arm up his forces in such a way.
But it wasn't enough to stop me, not even close to make me feel a little pressured.
*Rumble!* *Rumble!* *Rumble!*
And to add more to their misery, these islands lacked the sturdy shields of the ones I fought against before. The shields got smashed after a couple of attacks only, making the islands vulnerable and open for my little force attacks.
They started to fall in groups of three and five. In less than a few minutes, not a single one was present.
And unlike what I expected, the fight kept going on, meaning that the two lords weren't on board of these two islands.
"So you just sent these to keep me busy? Nice distraction tactic and such waste of good soldiers and islands," I sighed. They thought these flying islands might keep me busy for more time.
And this wasn't a first. They did the same by sending their elites to buy their forces time.
Back then they had lots of forces and advantages. So it made sense to do it. But now? It looked a bit weird.
"Don't tell me…" it suddenly flashed past my mind, "are these two trying to run away?"
There were two ways to control any land in this world. One by killing the lord, and the second was by exterminating all the forces and ruining all the buildings inside any land.
If these two lords managed to slip away with part of their forces, then it would be impossible for me to gain any of the two lands. It might look like a cowardly move, but it was the perfect defensive counter for me.
These two might go to asylum to any of the surrounding lords and keep themselves hidden for now. Damn! What I did with Lang's enemies was about to happen to me right now! How ironic!
Chapter 1048 I Got Tricked!!!
I looked at the only place where these two might choose to run away from. They got one single wall under their control, the one that lay on the back of the central zone.
They still have over a million forces here. If they wanted to run, then they easily could slip through such dense numbers without getting noticed.
Missing a few hundreds or even a couple thousand from such a huge army would go unnoticed. But for their bad luck, I got to read their intentions and their plan to stall me here just failed miserably.
I knew they wouldn't stop even after losing such an important card. They'd better risk it rather than staying here and waiting for death to come to them.
"Fine then," as I got what they planned, I evilly grinned, "let the two birds try to fly, and when they'd think they were in the safe, they'd realise they ran directly into a deadly trap."
Trying to outrun my chariot? That was a joke! Thinking that a few thousands would stop me? That was hilarious!
I got two options ahead of me, and I selected the most cunning one.
I stayed here, creating more havoc at the central zone by controlling the tens of thousands of their forces, turning them against their fellow comrades.
And in the meantime, I kept a vigilant eye all the time over the direction of that wall.
I could have gone there easily and created havoc there, blocking any path of retreat over these two lords.
But that would end up by turning these two scared lords into frightening beasts. A cornered enemy was the deadliest enemy that anyone'd face.
It was better to lure them out of their forces, let them run towards what they considered safety for a few tens of miles before landing on their heads like doom.
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Killing these two would secure me two pieces of land, and a million good troops without doubt. And it would end such a long battle at last.
I still got three other battlefields and lands to crush and add to my territory before finally shifting my eyes towards the bigger fish waiting for me.
In fact, I got two pretty fat fishes waiting for me to hunt and devour. Hopefully they'd not feel my threat and rush away towards safety before I'd close my net over them.
So in the next hour I kept doing what my enemies expected, while watching the area beyond the walls.
"Damn! These two are really hard to catch!" and just after the passage of one hour, a sudden change occured at the direction of that wall.
I expected one group to appear running away from the direction of the wall. But right now, I saw hundreds of thousands running all of sudden, like they were water held by a collapsed dam and released to the world.
These two… Sigh! It seemed they doubted me reading through their plans. And so they took their time to withdraw more forces at the walls in a way I didn't notice until it was too late.
"Fine! I'll show you how futile all this is! Come, move towards that direction and kill all you can find!"
As these two decided to move in such a way, I didn't hold back and ordered my flying gigantic castle to move towards the direction of the retreating enemies.
However at this moment, I realised the flaw of this castle, the one I forgot about all this time.
This castle… It got such a heavy butt moving at a good speed! It was moving like a snail!
"Come back!" without any hesitation, I called it back and then flashed with my chariot towards the direction of the rapidly running forces.
And in less than a couple minutes I arrived on top of their heads.
"Come out!" I took the castle first, letting it block the path of retreat over most of the forces, "kill anyone down below! Don't let anyone escape!"
I didn't wait to see how my forces on this castle would do. I instantly moved towards one direction where the castle wouldn't be able to cover, and took out a large army of soulers.
One hundred thousand soulers at least appeared down below. In fact I called out for a million, but it seemed this was my current limit for now.
"Kill all of them," I gave them such a simple and direct order before flashing towards the opposite direction.
My castle was colossal, but the enemy managed to stretch their forces over tens of miles. So it was impossible for my castle to cover all this up on its own.
On one side, my soulers stood like death gods and started reaping souls without any pause. And from another, I stood in the air, while letting my dragons and fallen gods kill to their heart content.
"Where are you?" I didn't take part at all in this fight. I only kept watching in vigilance the wide battlefield, looking for any sign of the presence of these two lords.
But after an hour of such deadly fights everywhere, I couldn't tell where these two were.
And that meant one simple thing… They weren't here!
Damn! They outplayed me again!
"Go," as I realised this, I didn't resign to such fate. I'd never allow them to go away, over my dead body! "Keep fighting and killing until you kill all."
I called forth for all the flying monsters and then ordered my fallen gods to get over their backs. Riding dragons and flying monsters wasn't a new tactic.
I used it before. And at this crucial moment, I got to entrust this place over to them.
As the fallen gods got over the backs of my dragons and flying monsters, I finally had time to inspect the entire battlefield again.
I blocked the path behind the wall, but there were two narrow paths to retreat.
They were each on either side of the wall, to the right and left from it. It wasn't a good and all secured place to run through, but in the middle of this messy and chaotic battle, these two might get lucky and escape.