Chapter 158: The Enemy Appears
"Master, wake up, Master!"
In a daze, Gu Xi heard Luna's voice. He even felt cold little hands pressing on his face, seemingly trying to wake him up.
Gu Xi sat up, glanced at Luna, and saw that she was holding a roasted owl and a cup of Green Ghost in her hands.
"Thank you, this is exactly what I need right now. Luna, how long did I sleep?"
Glancing at the undead who were already in position, Gu Xi reached out to take the food and drink.
"About two and a half hours, Master. The gargoyles and the new skeleton soldiers and skeleton archers are already in position. Also, it seems the enemy is almost here."
"Almost here?"
Gu Xi tore off a leg of the owl and bit into it forcefully while looking outside.
He noticed a large number of strange creatures approaching from about seven to eight kilometers away.
These creatures looked like mummies, but their skin was red. Among them were some riding on yaks, beating drums made of unknown skins, directing the troops towards this direction.
Gu Xi could only see them from a distance and couldn't determine their numbers or strength.
He glanced at Luna and then climbed up the stairs behind the city gate to the top of the gate tower.
At the top of the gate tower, fifteen gargoyles were huddled together at the edge of the wall, wrapping their wings around themselves, waiting for the order to strike.
"Go check out the enemy's situation."
Gu Xi ordered sternly. If he weren't still chewing on owl meat, he might have sounded more authoritative.
Upon hearing the order, the gargoyles took off, splitting into three groups of five, flying towards the distance.
From the top of the gate tower, Gu Xi found it a more suitable position to command the battle.
From here, he could easily see everything within a two-kilometer radius.
This would make battle command much more convenient.
However, Gu Xi also knew that this position was somewhat detached from the battlefield, and many of his spells couldn't reach every corner of the battlefield.
Moreover, he couldn't see the battle happening directly under the city gate, which would be a blind spot.
As Gu Xi was contemplating the feasibility of commanding from the gate tower, the gargoyles flew back.
Although they couldn't speak, communication was not an issue. They drew the enemy's situation on the ground using the dust.
Three round formations represented the enemy's advancing battle formation.
Although it was unclear if their numbers were three thousand or six thousand, one thing was certain: the enemy wasn't mindlessly charging forward.
They must have corresponding commanders among them.
"What kind of troops do they have?"
Realizing the enemy wasn't easy to deal with, Gu Xi quickly asked.
The gargoyles gestured and used their movements to explain the situation to Gu Xi.
From the gargoyles' actions, Gu Xi could infer a lot. He understood that gargoyles could become the mage's most effective subordinates for a reason.
Their movements were very precise and easy to understand.
After watching for a while, Gu Xi grasped the general situation of the enemy.
This wave of enemies coming over wasn't very powerful. According to the gargoyles' judgment, their strength was about the same as the gargoyles'.
That would be between levels 3 to 4.
The number formed three groups, mainly humanoid, with slow movement speed. The gargoyles could easily fly back and forth above them four or five times before they reacted.
As for their combat power, it was not yet clear. But from the current situation of these enemies, their slow movement speed indicated they were the type with thick skin and high health.
Gu Xi pondered for a moment and looked down at the bottom of the gate tower.
At this time, Luna was leading the undead troops, commanding the newly transformed ordinary undead.
Facing this situation, Gu Xi decisively said, "Luna."
Hearing the voice, Luna looked up at Gu Xi and saw him making a forward pushing motion from the top of the gate tower.
So Luna led the ghosts forward, and the skeletons that had always stayed within the undead plague formation also followed Luna's guidance and marched out.
These skeletons that charged out were all newly transformed, without even a proper set of equipment. Their weapons were bone swords or short axes.
But under Luna's leadership, they marched forward with the momentum of a victorious army.
As for Gu Xi's troops, only the skeleton archer leaders were ordered to follow. The rest remained in place, even the Bone Slicing Camp showed no intention of attacking.
As the undead troops charged out, Gu Xi also ran down from the gate tower. He stood on the Evil Coffin, holding the Cold Wind Staff, directly heading to the front line of the battlefield, watching the undead troops charge.
In the sky, fifteen gargoyles circled above.
As the undead troops left the control range of the undead plague, Gu Xi could feel the ground shaking again.
This was because there weren't enough undead here, so the undead plague ritual was summoning new undead.
However, since the original undead hadn't died, the new ones could only stay underground, unable to emerge.
With this discovery, Gu Xi smiled.
Now he didn't need to worry about the number of his troops.
Without the concern of undead troops, there was only one way for the undead to fight: frontal assault.
"Kill!"
Upon hearing Gu Xi's shout, the skeletons that were originally walking began to charge.
Their sudden charge startled the three advancing enemy troops.
In the red-skinned mummies' eyes, this was very unusual.
Undead troops leaving their defensive line was understandable.
After all, some players preferred to keep enemies outside their defenses.
But now, with a distance of nearly fifteen hundred meters between them, why were they charging?
Could it be that there were other unknown combat methods among these skeleton soldiers?
The red-skinned mummy leader was also perplexed. After hesitating for a moment, he raised his weapon and ordered his troops to charge at the approaching skeleton soldiers.
So, all the red-skinned mummies started running, even the drumming in their ranks sped up noticeably.
Seeing the red-skinned mummies charge, Gu Xi smiled. Their charge disrupted their formation.
Moreover, the premature charge threw off their rhythm. Now, the situation was under Gu Xi's control.
At this moment, Gu Xi tapped the Cold Wind Staff on the Evil Coffin, and it began rushing forward at full speed towards the battlefield.