Chapter 191: Withdrawing from the Battlefield
Gu Xi reached out and pressed the token, and in the next moment, Gu Xi felt a strong force pulling him upwards.
Then, Gu Xi felt as if he had been stuffed into a washing machine, his body continuously stirred, wrung out, and then a large amount of water was injected into him.
Under this effect, Gu Xi's body almost fell apart. When everything stopped, Gu Xi found himself lying on the ground, every part of his body in pain, unable to stand up.
"There's another one here, quick, rescue him."
Before Gu Xi could look around, a voice sounded in his ear.
A few people quickly surrounded him, roughly turned him over, and directly shoved a bottle of potion into his mouth.
The potion was fishy, bitter, and hard to swallow, almost making Gu Xi vomit what he had eaten a few days ago.
He quickly sat up, pulled the bottle out of his mouth, and was about to spit when he realized his injuries had mostly healed.
His mana, health, and stamina were fully restored.
Looking closely at the purple liquid in the bottle, Gu Xi hesitantly asked.
"Is this a full recovery potion?"
"Good eyes, but it's a defective product, it tastes awful."
Gu Xi just finished complaining when someone immediately responded.
Gu Xi turned his head and saw a pale-faced undead mage player sitting beside him.
"Comrade, where were you stationed?"
Seeing Gu Xi looking over, this player asked familiarly.
"Perimeter node."
Having defended that position for so long, with most of the ghoul army attacking from his front, how could Gu Xi not know where he was stationed?
"Oh, the perimeter node?"
The player exclaimed loudly, "My god, didn't they say all the perimeter nodes were wiped out?"
"Nonsense, we've always been guarding it."
At this moment, another undead mage player walked over with a staff.
"Don't treat us as dead, we just fought hard, but we're still alive."
"Exactly, who spread the rumor that we were all dead?"
"Right, we're still alive, and we won't let anyone take our rewards."
As they spoke, more players gathered around.
Hearing their words, Gu Xi understood that these were players like him, defending the outer nodes of the undead scourge array.
Although the nodes fell into the hands of the ghouls in the last wave, these undead also fought with their lives.
The limited forces of the undead scourge array could only hold out against the endless ghouls until the end because they did their best.
Even Gu Xi, a player, almost thought he was doomed.
Now, Gu Xi particularly understood these players' attitudes.
He smiled, stood up, and walked to the players, "Brothers, I'm Gu Xi, stationed at the perimeter node."
"Hello, you look like your forces were exhausted?"
"Did you go to the front line yourself? Me too. To tell you the truth, I wanted to become a death knight back then, but my talent wasn't good enough. Still, I have a full heart for close combat.
Do you know how we undead mages can bypass the restrictions of death knights and form our own knight order?"
"How to bypass it?"
Gu Xi asked curiously.
"Don't listen to him; it's just his wild idea. He didn't even work on his talent for this. Clearly having over level 5 strength, yet just hanging around here."
"What's wrong with hanging around? I've researched for a long time, and I think it's possible.
Listen to me!"
Hearing this, the players laughed.
Slowly, Gu Xi found more and more players gathering around him, and the noise grew louder.
Gu Xi understood the situation; players assigned to the perimeter nodes of the undead scourge array were unconsciously grouping together.
They feared their merits would be erased and wanted to honor their fallen comrades who fought alongside them.
"You're all here."
Just as the players gathered, the head mage walked over from a distance.
Gu Xi noticed that the head mage looked extremely weak, as if he might collapse at any moment.
But he still forced himself to come here. The head mage knew very well that no matter the troops, rewards had to be distributed promptly.
Leaders who delayed rewards were already buried.
Arriving among the players, the head mage immediately saw the thirty-odd players gathered together.
These were the players who survived from the perimeter nodes.
Although contact with these nodes had been cut off, the head mage knew that all players were fighting desperately.
Without their sacrifices, the undead scourge ritual wouldn't have been easily completed.
Now these players survived. No matter how hard the core undead mages worked, it couldn't compare to these who fought with their lives.
The head mage immediately came here, shaking hands with each player, thanking them for their contributions, and then handed out prepared rewards to each corresponding player.
From their expressions, it was clear the players were very satisfied with the rewards.
Soon, the head mage reached Gu Xi. Before Gu Xi could speak, he grabbed Gu Xi's hand.
"Comrade Gu, you faced the most dangerous enemies of the entire undead scourge array. You managed to hold out, giving your all.
No need to say more, I know what to do.
Here's the promised reward. Take this delivery note, and you can collect the remaining twenty building design diagrams.
We'll also find a way to compensate for your losses in this battle.
All the surviving undead from your defended position will be transferred to your team.
This is the undead transfer horn; they are still buried under the ice and snow of the undead scourge array. Blow this horn, and they will appear before you.
Additionally, this is an extra reward for you, various resources needed for building construction. It's not much, just a token of our appreciation.
You can collect these when you get the design diagrams.
Finally, this is the undead scourge ritual badge, representing your participation in the ritual and significant contribution as a key player.
You can paint this on your battle flag to prove your valor."
Looking at the head mage's offerings, Gu Xi couldn't help but admire his thoroughness. The rewards included promised ones, later compensations, tangible rewards, and honorary praises. Everything a player wanted was given.
With these rewards, even the most critical and dissatisfied players couldn't complain.
Thinking of this, Gu Xi glanced at the head mage, reached out to take the items, and softly said.
"Thank you!"