The Boss King actually disguised himself as a novice village chief?!
Chapter 788 - 559: The Assault on the "Dwarf" Fortress

Chapter 788: Chapter 559: The Assault on the "Dwarf" Fortress

Upon learning the whereabouts of a large number of Mechanical God Cult Believers, Lind took action immediately.

To prevent Undead from leaking information and attracting competitors, hence adding "uncertainty" to the future, Lind promptly estimated the scale of the war.

Ever since acquiring Undead, his style of warfare hasn’t changed; it basically consists of going all-in with Undead.

After all, Undead are cheap to use, simply mobilizing a human wave tactic with sheer numbers, and Lind doesn’t need to care about the specifics of operations; the Undead will play their part.

But not this time.

"We need a detailed map, including the surrounding geographical environment, and any potential strong entities nearby."

This is a vastly consequential war.

The terrain of Misty Rain City is complex, and every Ring Knight is very powerful, not to mention they all guard something sealed underground.

Even if Lind could forcibly use brute force and take out the Ring Knights at lightning speed, the chaos caused by the Seal underground would be a big problem, making it prudent to gradually erode their strength and control the scale of conflict.

If Lind could leap to attain the power of an 8-ring, of course, he wouldn’t need to go through all these troubles; he could consider a rallying call and then just wait for all of Magic Land to bow down before him.

Magdalena’s role remains crucial.

"I remember that there’s a fortress there, once inhabited by a group of Dwarves." Magdalena puffed out her round face, "They are very arrogant."

"Dwarves?"

Lind had heard of them but had never seen one, unless Gnomes count as Dwarves as well.

This time the Astrologer spoke: "They come from different clans, their bloodline flows with distinct blood, but they all belong to humanity."

Lind had never heard such an assertion before.

"We, too, are considered as another race."

"It’s just a racial appellation, in the past we used to refer to humans from other Material Planes as the Old Tribes, Ancestors, Barbarians."

"That fits the stereotype very well." Lind nodded in agreement.

He steered the conversation away from racial titles.

Looking at the Astrologer again, he asked, "Those Dwarves, how strong are they?"

"Xenophobic, self-proclaimed superior race, but their numbers aren’t high, only about 8000, and if there have been wars over the years, their numbers will only have diminished."

Distinguishing between superior and inferior fits the "barbarian" stereotype he has of higher Planes.

"No, that’s not the case." This time Nur spoke, "Having followers of the Mechanical God Cult, they won’t have any casualties unless there’s infighting."

"That’s right." Lind agreed with Nur’s statement, "What’s worse, their strength might have increased even further over this period of hiding; more powerful weapons, larger numbers of troops..."

Everyone at the table fell silent.

They had to launch a quick attack on the Dwarf Fortress without causing too much commotion to the other Ring Knights, and they needed strong siege capabilities, meaning they couldn’t muster too large a force – having a massive army of tens of thousands would only trigger turmoil within Misty Rain City and lead to a complete loss of control.

"We are extremely short on time," Lind declared, "I will first determine who will join the attack on the Dwarf Fortress."

It’s easy to select from the Undead—it’s just choosing the strongest since individual combat capabilities become crucial when mass tactics are not an option.

"I’ll lead the attack; Magdalena, Corruption King Grace, Tione, Prince of Dual Swords, Ana Ghost, Lady of the Night, Snake Queen, Nur, follow me."

Lady of the Night, Snake Queen, Tione, and Lind possess the strength of a 5-ring.

Corruption King Grace, Prince of Dual Swords, and Ana Ghost are at the 6-ring strength level.

Nur, as a believer of the Mechanical God Cult, is responsible for bridging past talents.

Even this number might be too large; diverting a large number of powerful NPCs from their posts could lead to the loss of those areas they were responsible for. But the Mechanical God Cult is too important, forcing Lind to be cautious.

Strike fast, rescue, and then leave immediately.

Only by traveling light can they truly ensure rapid execution through and through.

"Besides, we also need Silver Waterfall Swordswoman Lea, and a few Astrologers to join us."

With the high-end fighting force already decided, the rest of the numbers need to be filled entirely by Undead who will handle all the desperate fighting and pathfinding without any waste.

The remainder is to assign missions for the Undead to take part in this important talent rescue operation.

...

After role-playing gameplay commenced, many entered out of curiosity, with a small snowbound country in the northern part of the Enstad Continent as a test case; Undead really became the King of a country, making the entire nation operate and work for oneself, truly experiencing the story from a completely different perspective, giving the Undead a sense of role-playing, instead of being detached from everything as Undead.

My Huanqu won’t lose as he pushes open the door, looking at the Sun outside suddenly feels tears well up in his eyes.

"Finally got out!"

He had chosen the Prisoner role and had always been trapped.

He had tried to forcibly escape and ended up as a red name in a persistent wanted state, with even the country’s Prince, Knight, Soldier, and other characters of Undead coming after him.

Now he finally had a chance to go out.

"Become a Gladiator at the arena, a Mage Tower’s magic experiment test subject, or a digging Slave?"

My Huanqu couldn’t be more thrilled.

"This is the first time there’s been an option other than becoming a Slave!"

Without a second thought, he’d choose to be a test subject.

He was eager to take this opportunity to study magic, possibly to understand it better and advance further, rather than being a mechanism that only executes predetermined skills with a casting bar.

Search the lightnovelworld.cc website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.