The Boss King actually disguised himself as a novice village chief?!
Chapter 785 - 557 "National War"_2

Chapter 785: Chapter 557 "National War"_2

Previously, everyone had a single goal: to defeat an unbeatable enemy, no matter the sacrifice, driven by sheer fervor.

Now the situation has changed; if the victory costs too much and the losses outweigh the gains, we start to consider more appropriate strategies.

Should we continue to enhance our own stats, or form teams for better coordination? In any case, we must ensure that fighting the BOSS is profitable—the time for selfless contribution has passed.

Ahead on the giant map, red dots light up one by one.

The magical map, created by the Mechanical God Cult, connects the [cores] of the Undead territories, forming a network, and gradually fills in the blank spaces on the continent.

However, there are a few cores that flicker twice and then burst, vanishing.

It’s certain that territorial wars have occurred.

"You’re planning to rely on them to build an army?" The voice of the Sin Dragon comes through.

Flying above in the sky, the Sin Dragon looks down and after its gaze pierces through the clouds and draws closer to the ground, it sees the Undead busily working away.

Although Lind doesn’t see those, he remarks, "Using them as cannon fodder in war would be the ultimate waste."

If the Undead had any sense of loyalty, Lind wouldn’t be worrying about a shortage of NPCs or lack of talent.

In a smaller scope, they are a group of educated individuals who are able to think; on a larger scale, they are millions of transmigrators.

The Sin Dragon doesn’t understand Lind’s point; besides acting as expendable troops due to their fearlessness of death, what else could the Undead be good for?

"Your opportunity has arrived," Lind suddenly says.

The Sin Dragon clearly doesn’t get it: "What do you mean?"

"I promised you before, that we would allow the Undead to voluntarily share some of your curse, but you also need to give them some power," Lind explains.

"Of course, but how should I do it?"

"Just like that, fly over in the sky, and then every once in a while, drop some ’Curse’ and ’Blessing,’" Lind elaborates, "especially between the Shilu Continent and the Enstad Continent."

"Huh?" The Sin Dragon obviously doesn’t understand, "They will accept it?"

Such an act of bestowing curses from the heavens, even as a deity, the Sin Dragon wouldn’t have the courage to attempt. After all, who could ignore the Undead’s frightful record of slaughter?

However, since Lind has assured with utmost confidence, there must be no problem.

...

In the northeast corner of the Shilu Continent, on a piece of land.

Rehmannia Complex has completed the construction of his fortress. He did not choose to build surface buildings but opted for military-style construction instead.

The purpose of a castle is not to be aesthetically pleasing, but to be prepared for war.

"It’s about time."

Within the territory of Rehmannia Complex there are 5 Knights, 20 Soldiers, and not a single beggar or Prisoner.

The former, due to identity issues, had no chance of becoming Lords; however, it seems some have disclosed that beggars could trigger certain hidden side quests, so those beggars all transformed into Bards, wandering around, which fit their personas well.

As for the Prisoners, they were all locked up in the cells, with statuses too low—rescued, they could only become Slaves or fall as magic experiment subjects.

A large number of Undead had abandoned their Prisoner identities.

"Brothers, once our territory develops and I am ennobled by the royal family, I will definitely grant you your own lands," Rehmannia Complex draws a big pie in the sky.

It can’t be considered a pie in the sky, because he truly plans to do so.

The 25 Undead cry out in unison: "Thank you, Prince 114!"

One person chatters casually: "What do you think it would be like to choose a nobility title from the Rand Kingdom?"

"Rand Kingdom, becoming Rania’s younger siblings?"

"Then we would be directly related to Lind, damn!"

The most solid ’big leg’ in the game to cling to.

"Too expensive, totally unaffordable."

They have exhausted their resources and could only afford the status of a Knight; most people could only buy a Soldier status, and only by reaching the top could they become Knights. Hence, most cash-strapped Undead chose to follow an Undead Prince, and after growing strong together, become nobility.

"Hold on, it looks like someone online has already bought it, damn, the rich indeed are powerful."

"Share the link, let me see."

The video indeed shows someone purchasing the Prince title from the Rand Kingdom, even wandering around in the Royal Palace. However, the identity is not Rania’s brother, but the illegitimate son of the deceased Dragon King Kote.

Nevertheless, that’s akin to a superb starting hand in the game; when establishing their own territory, they didn’t situate far from the Rand Kingdom, and could even ask for direct assistance in dangerous situations, though when dealing with close kin, one must foot the bill for any aid sought.

"Is it about the costs? It’s about whether there is anyone to hire in the first place!"

The few inside the fortress heave sighs; the Country they chose has already perished, being set as surviving Princes of a fallen nation, fallen Knights, fallen Soldiers.

Therefore, they absolutely have no chance of calling for external reinforcements.

"Wait, I see someone is live streaming."

"Japanese."

"Let me check."

"Seems like they are right next to our territory."

Games know no borders, but gamers do.

The fortress has been preliminarily constructed. To expand the territory, resources are needed. The Undead need to grind by themselves or loot others.

"Then what are we waiting for? Let’s go!"

The team quickly readies, each person brings out their strongest gear, and swiftly moves out.

"A national assault, this is a battle concerning the survival of our nation!" Liuwei Dihuang Pill whispered.

Embarrassingly, the whole nation, including the Prince, only had 26 people.

But the combat power that 26 individuals at Heroic Rank can unleash is absolutely not to be underestimated.

After drinking an Accelerating Potion, their speed of travel increased, and their bodies became much lighter.

The other side might have scouting magic, or perhaps they also share the same thoughts. In any case, they met at the border of the two territories.

Arrows "whooshed" out, inaugurating the prelude to the war.

"They have more people on the other side, over two hundred, damn!"

"Kill them, then strip their equipment!"

Liuwei Dihuang Pill and the others show no fear in their eyes, only excitement.

Having played the game up to now, they’re experts in looting enemy gear. However, unless really provoked, people typically wouldn’t play the game so ruthlessly.

But it’s a special period, with special enemies, and they’re treated specially.

"Right, don’t forget our main objective, go for the [Core]!"

The team quickly splits up and goes into stealth.

Liuwei Dihuang Pill encounters a trio from the other side.

A knight, a wizard, and a ranger with a bow.

The classic trifecta.

He quickly places his shield, leaning his back against it while keeping a lookout in all directions. In his hands, he’s grasping a Magic Wand and swiftly chanting Magic Spells.

Magic rapidly coalesces.

Thud thud thud, the impact of arrows pounding the shield, hasn’t shattered yet, and the spellcasting is already half-done.

Suddenly, Liuwei Dihuang Pill’s complexion changes. Since the opponent is not attacking, continuing the chant would be at his own disadvantage.

He pulls out an Alchemical Tool, abandons the chant, and with a roll comes charging out from behind the shield, throwing it violently forward.

The bomb explodes, flames shooting upwards. While the opponent’s vision is distracted, he casually fires a Flame Arrow aiming at the wizard who’s chanting from afar.

At the same time, he mentally commends himself for anticipating correctly.

He’s setting up the shield and casting magic, and surely the opponent would do the same.

The knight steps forward, blocking the Flame Arrow.

The ranger also notices Liuwei Dihuang Pill, shooting Continuous Arrows, forcing him to roll and dodge incessantly.

The gap in numbers is too great, and with similar strengths on both sides, there’s no way to fight.

Just then, a massive figure floats above their "border battlefield," dropping several light orbs.

Almost everyone manages to grab one.

"Movement speed buff!" Liuwei Dihuang Pill is thrilled, as his movement speed directly increases by 200%, moving swift as the wind.

Looking at the other side, the ranger seems to have gained a buff too, with a slightly embarrassed expression.

From their states, it’s clear that the ranger has received an increase in strength.

The other two look much gloomier.

"The knight got bleed and slow effects, the wizard is silenced!"

"Roar——!" The Sin Dragon roars, flying off into the distance.

Running and leaping, Liuwei Dihuang Pill launches flame arrows exploding on the wizard and the ranger, with the knight unable to come to their rescue in time.

Nor is the knight’s rescue needed, as he is about to bleed to death.

"We win!"