Chapter 157: Gu Xi's Mission
The Evil Coffin moved quickly. In almost an instant, Liu Zishi brought Gu Xi to an open space.
Jumping down from the Evil Coffin, Liu Zishi took out the token given to him by the head mage.
The token was flashing with a blinding light, indicating that this was their target location.
"This is it. I'll place the token here. Your task is to guard this spot until the light on the token disappears."
Hearing this task, Gu Xi's eyes narrowed.
As the saying goes, the bigger the matter, the fewer the words.
The task at hand sounded simple, but much was hidden beneath the surface.
Guard this position—how big was the area? If enemies passed nearby, did that mean a fight?
And guarding until the light on the token disappeared—how long was that?
If Gu Xi couldn't hold out, would someone come to help?
These were all questions.
But Liu Zishi had no intention of explaining to Gu Xi. After seeing Gu Xi nod, he quickly placed the token on the ground.
Gu Xi then noticed layers of black magic circles spreading from the token on the ground.
At the spreading edge of the magic circle, Gu Xi could even feel something squirming underground.
Once the black magic circle expanded to a diameter of about a thousand meters, Gu Xi understood the area he needed to guard.
At the same time, the ground where the token was placed began to rise, forming a platform, with the token firmly embedded on top.
The token emitted a glow, and the faint white light enveloped the magic circle in front.
Seeing this, Liu Zishi nodded with satisfaction.
"It's done. My part is finished. Now it's up to you."
"Wait, Comrade Liu, I have a question. If a fight breaks out, the battlefield…"
"Oh, everything on the battlefield is yours. You clean up the battlefield yourself. But let me remind you, if it's not necessary, try not to use corpse explosion."
"Not use corpse explosion? Why?"
Gu Xi had just asked the question when he felt the ground tremble, and some arms stretched out from the underground.
Then some skeletons began to crawl out from below.
At first, these skeletons were clearly level 0, but under the token's light, they began to level up quickly, acquiring bone-made long swords and fragmented armor.
What was this?
Gu Xi glanced at Liu Zishi.
Liu Zishi confirmed, "This is part of the Undead Scourge Array. We're summoning souls on a large scale at the rear, and the undead will be sent to the frontline through the magic circle.
Whether you can use these undead to defend this place depends on your ability.
By the way, the magic circle in front controls a maximum of three thousand undead. Once full, new undead will only be added when some die in battle.
You know the levels of newly summoned undead. If their levels don't rise, whether to use them as cannon fodder or to train them seriously is entirely your choice."
"And my troops?" Gu Xi asked seriously, listening to Liu Zishi's words.
"Unlimited in number."
"I understand."
Gu Xi immediately grasped the situation. He plunged the Cold Wind Staff heavily in front of the platform, and the city gate from Aridowei appeared behind Gu Xi.
Gu Xi used the city gate to protect the platform holding the token.
With the city gate's appearance, Luna brought Gu Xi's undead troops out from Aridowei.
"Master, what's happening?"
Looking at the troops following Luna, Gu Xi asked seriously, "Luna, how many troops do we have left?"
"Bone-cutting Battalion: 121, Battle Squad 1: 26, Battle Squad 2: 29, Skeleton Archers: 133, Zombies: about 39, Ghosts: 32."
Hearing Luna's report, Gu Xi took a deep breath. He knew he had heavy losses in the Old District, but he hadn't expected to lose so much.
It was almost half of his forces gone.
Moreover, Gu Xi hadn't had the chance to summon those lost undead. This loss was entirely on him.
"No, Luna, go recruit more troops. I remember we got two recruitment vouchers from the last treasure chest. Recruit a batch of skeleton soldiers and skeleton archers.
Add the skeleton soldiers to Battle Squad 1, and mix the skeleton archers.
Also, bring all the gargoyles from the Ghost Tower Bridge.
Speed up the construction of the Magic Tower and the Barracks. After these two core buildings are completed, follow the ten design blueprints I sent back: city gate, arrow tower, and moat, in that order. Be quick."
Luna, having worked with Gu Xi for so long, immediately understood the danger of the situation. She quickly returned to the city to carry out Gu Xi's orders.
At this time, the bored Demi also walked to the city gate. Looking at Gu Xi standing on the Evil Coffin with his Cold Wind Staff, she said leisurely.
"Master, you're preparing for a big battle, but it seems you're not in good shape. You don't have much mana left. Shouldn't you rest a bit first?"
Gu Xi glanced at Demi, a trace of doubt in his eyes.
"Don't look at me like that. I can't help you fight now, but I can give you a reminder.
After all, I rely on you now. I don't want to wake up one day to find you and your city gone."
"Thanks."
Gu Xi looked at Demi again and decisively lay down on the Evil Coffin, covering himself with a blanket and closing his eyes to sleep.
As for the battlefield, there was no need for Gu Xi to keep watch constantly. Luna was directing the undead troops coming out from Aridowei.
Under the command of the undead leaders, Gu Xi's undead troops were already positioned on the battlefield.
Meanwhile, influenced by the Undead Scourge Magic Array, more skeletons crawled out from the ground.
Their strength temporarily increased under the light.
Of course, their strength didn't increase indefinitely. Depending on the individual strength of the undead, their enhancement limit varied.
Some skeletons could only reach level 1, while others could reach level 3.
Without needing Gu Xi's direction, the undead leaders began actively communicating with the more talented skeletons, hoping to recruit them into their teams.
But for some reason, these undead obeyed the leaders' commands but refused to join the teams.
After several attempts, the undead leaders gave up on forming these undead into teams and instead focused on directing their positioning and waiting.