Chapter 145: Chapter 145

Du You walked by, and all the soldiers he encountered bowed in respect. Now, he finally had the feeling of being an important person. However, Du You remained alone.

Though he could command five hundred soldiers, he would not send them into action liberally.

Doing so would tie him down and limit his own movements. Du You was not particularly adept at strategizing like others. He could simply spend his days within the city and accumulate a large number of tasks.

At the same time, this approach would ensure sufficient room for future development. While others were calculating the future, Du You believed that a direct attack would be sufficient. Why waste time on calculations and stay busy for nothing?

Those who were constantly plotting didn’t necessarily have more power than him. Du You overlooked the fact that he held two professions and was a terrifying existence at the 10-star level in both. If it weren’t for this advantage, could he really compete with others?

Leaving Border City, Du You didn’t bring anyone with him. Flying on Xiaozi, he headed straight for his destination. The fortress of his destination was closer to the city of the Beastmen. It could even be said that the fortress was closer to the beastman city than the Border city was. It was once thought that this fortress served to monitor the beastmen and could strike a fatal blow to them in critical moments.

Perhaps this fortress was indeed built for such purposes in the past, but now it was clearly not the case. After all, who would transport large amounts of food to a fortress in beastman territory for no reason? Something was fishy.

After a journey of two hours, Du You arrived at his destination on Xiaozi. "First, rest for an hour, then prepare to attack."

Du You summoned the Cursed Crow King, and they rested together. Their small number made them a small target. He simply had to find a place to hide and no one would discover his presence.

The hour passed quickly. Du You climbed onto Xiaozi again: "Let’s go. Fly past and dive towards the fortress."

Xiaozi immediately understood Du You’s intentions, she leaped into the sky and dove towards the fortress. The soldiers guarding the city saw the approaching bird, but it was too fast for them to react.

"There’s someone on that bird. We’re under attack!"

"Quick, sound the alarm." When the soldiers realized something was wrong, they started to act. ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡·𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕖·𝔫𝔢𝔱

But at that moment, five gray-green rays of light descended from the sky. All of a sudden, a massive quantity of mucus materialized out of thin air, forming a swamp that covered their heads. The terrifying poison spread, immediately killing scores of soldiers with weak powers. Consequently, the alarm could not be sounded.

"What’s going on? Why has it suddenly gone dark?" The people inside the castle noticed that everywhere outside had turned pitch black.

Just as they were about to step outside and check, the surrounding area was suddenly bathed in red light, making the interior of the house bright as day. At the same time, the temperature began to rise severely, and a large amount of poison also began to spread.

"Not good, we’re under attack. Someone has set fire to our place. Is it possible that a Grand Mage has launched such a large-scale fire spell?"

"Why would a Grand Mage come here to attack us? Quick, detoxify us!"

A wolf-man spoke angrily, "You humans are faithless. Do you think that we Beastmen are afraid to kill?" Indeed, a Beastman emissary, representing the Beastmen, a wolf-man warrior, was present in the castle.

The flames swelled, engulfing everything in a cloud of smoke. The surroundings became a world of extreme heat.

"Quick, follow me to the shelter! Otherwise, we’ll be burned to death. If we were going to deal with you, would we put ourselves at risk?" Hearing these words, the wolf-man finally showed some cunning.

He quickly led people to hide in the shelter. Although the shelter could not block out the high temperature, they managed to survive. Everyone sweated as if they were in a sauna.

But those outside fared even worse. They were either poisoned or burned to death. The range of the fire attack was too vast.

Luckily, the Mucus Swamp was not thick. Therefore, the fire only burned for about a dozen seconds before it slowly petered out.

Du You rode Xiaozi once again, and dove down, "Ha! Do you think it’s over just like that? Let me give you another round until you’re all roasted alive." Du You laughed, preparing to unleash his spell again.

But before Du You could cast his spell, a white light suddenly shot up from below. Xiaozi felt the danger and instinctively dodged, but the light still pierced her wing.

"It’s an arrow, an archer?" Du You’s pupils contracted. Only an expert archer could land such an accurate attack on Xiaozi, considering her speed and height. "Go down quickly, land in a hidden spot."

Du You didn’t want to expose himself to an archer, especially not when Xiaozi was injured and couldn’t fly. A Rank 5 Xiaozi had her wing pierced with a single hit; whoever did it was definitely no ordinary person.

Xiaozi chirped, feeling wronged, and landed behind a nearby rock. As soon as they landed, another arrow whizzed past Du You’s head. It sent a shiver down his spine. He had been having it too easy recently, making him careless. A single archer nearly turned him into a crashing birdman. If that happened, death would be certain.

"Who are you? Why are you attacking us?"

"Are you alone? Are you from the Border City, or were you sent by the Wos Empire?"

Several flushed-faced men walked out, and among them, one held a bow and arrow. He was the one who had attacked Du You.

"Four, why are there four?" Du You was shocked. According to the intelligence, there were three men at the 6th level, but there were actually four of them here, one of them a wolf-man.

Wolf Cavalry, God Archer, a Heavily Armed Warrior, and a Mage. It was fortunate that he had set a huge fire as soon as he arrived, decimating most of the soldiers and leaving the remaining ones in bad shape.

Otherwise, he would be in great danger if he charged in . Just two arrows almost cost him his life.

"Why all this talk? Enemies must be killed." The wolf-man was furious. Because of Du You, he was nearly roasted alive, and most of the food he had come to purchase was destroyed by fire. What remained was contaminated with poison. Now, he wasn’t sure whether the batch of food could still be used, and he would definitely face punishment when he returned.

Even as a 6th level wolf-man, he couldn’t ignore such a huge loss. If not for his strength, he would surely face death after returning.

As he spoke, the wolf-man got on his mount and charged towards Du You. He was enveloped in a red Dou Qi, and even before he could reach Du You, the sharp aura made it feel as if Du You was about to be ripped apart.

"I can’t hold anything back today. I hope everything goes smoothly." Du You still felt palpitations from nearly crashing earlier.