Chapter 390: Chapter 390

Hanna turned her head to look at Lin Rui: "What should we do, Lord? Such a massive elite army, it’s not something your little lover can hold back."

Lin Rui checked the time; it was already a sunset as red as blood.

He calmly said, "Wait, no rush to enter the battlefield. As long as Audrey isn’t in crisis, let her keep consuming them."

Hanna raised an eyebrow: "Didn’t you rush over at full speed, afraid that the treasures inside Dawn Fortress would be taken away?"

Lin Rui said calmly, "People die for wealth, birds die for food. Treasures are indeed important. But I’m not so reckless as to crash headlong into a trap."

Hanna sighed: "Little ancestor, it’s really too difficult for a demon to lure someone like you. With such enormous wealth in front of you, yet you can keep your composure and resist the impulse. Does it mean that only by using my body can I tempt you, huh?"

"..." Lin Rui was speechless: "How can you be so serious in the first half and immediately switch gears in the second half?"

"Talent! Demons always need to stir a man’s heart at every moment."

Hanna giggled a few times, then turned to look at the battlefield: "What about the Explorers? They’re suffering heavy casualties."

Lin Rui glanced at the struggling Explorers, completely untouched. Explorers are not flowers raised in a greenhouse; they must be able to face this brutal battlefield and dangerous world.

Lin Rui cannot always pamper them like a nanny.

A reality facing all Explorers is that they have always assumed that an Explorer’s combat power and will to fight are inferior to the members of this world’s armies.

Why should recruited soldiers be more resilient and endure bloody battles than the same number of Explorers, who collapse and flee in the face of slight pressure?

It’s simply because they haven’t imposed strict demands on themselves and haven’t adapted their mindset.

Clearly, many Explorers have transferred to the Black Banner Guard, but the Golden Pansy Domain’s Guard has never recruited a single Explorer.

This situation itself indicates that the Explorers have not fully integrated into this world and have very noticeable differences from the local residents.

Lin Rui never thought the Explorers couldn’t be sacrificed, nor did he intend to painstakingly protect each of them lively. That’s the work of kindergarten parents and teachers.

Since they chose to come out and fight, they naturally have to bear the possible risks themselves.

They cannot expect to share the benefits during smooth conditions and rely entirely on Lin Rui to bear all the risks and save them at any cost during adverse conditions. Even Audrey doesn’t have such treatment! Audrey has to fight side by side with Lin Rui, in blood battle to the bitter end.

So Lin Rui firmly said, "They are still fiercely fighting, the battleline hasn’t broken down, we don’t need to reinforce at the moment. We will watch and wait."

With Lin Rui’s decision, Hanna said no more. She couldn’t wait for everyone inside to be wiped out, so she could monopolize the Lord.

But the situation clearly wasn’t developing in her expected direction.

The Explorers, first and foremost, were not as vulnerable as imagined. Daring to gamble lives with the enemy was never Lin Rui’s specialty alone.

The Explorers here mostly have extraordinary qualities, and particularly in critical situations, many have played their trump cards.

They relied on a giant pit blasted open by magic, where groundwater mixed with blood stained the area into stripes of blood rivers, making the ground very muddy, thus hindering the ogres’ massive bodies from attacking smoothly.

Chen Dong, as one of the commanders, shouted: "Everyone, pay attention, I’m going to use [Sands of Time]. When the hourglass is broken, except for revival, all states will revert to one minute ago! Meaning, within this one minute, unleash everything!"

Even Audrey was drawn to his statement.

If time could revert one minute, she could also use [Dark Energy Prayer]. The entire Undead Army will gain substantial boosts in life value, attack power, and defense.

Dongg Qingxue used the enhancement scroll [Wild Roar] without hesitation, increasing attack power by 20% and attack speed by 20% for 30 seconds.

When Chen Dong’s Sands of Time effect reverted, it essentially meant the entire army maintained enhanced states for a minute.

Various enhancement energies appeared on the battlefield; the combat power of soldiers from the Golden Pansy Domain reached a peak during the twilight of fading vigor.

The sudden outburst caught their opponents completely off guard.

Hundreds of ogres couldn’t even escape the complex formation, getting directly besieged and killed.

Human soldiers were even more directly shattered, with thousands of besieging soldiers’ morale collapsing, retreating densely like tidewaters back.

Dwarf hero Groller poked his head out from a tunnel, eyes wide with disbelief as he looked at the retreating enemy army: "Oh, great God of Sadomasochism, great Goddess Luo Si, this is the most incredible scene a dwarf has ever seen. A group of skeletons, using the skeleton sea tactic unsuccessfully, actually won against the human and ogre siege. Theoretically, shouldn’t the human army easily defeat the evil skeletons and chop off the head of the Dark Mage?"

Audrey arrogantly raised her head: "This young lady is powerful enough to unleash a catastrophe. How could a mere baronial power or two defeat me?"

"Alright. The dwarves agree you have a point. So if the opponents are besieging us , what nefarious plot do they have?"

Audrey put her hands on her hips: "Who cares about the plot, ultimately it’s all decided on the battlefield, right? As long as I keep winning, no matter what sly plot Richthofen has, he will still be defeated."

"Young girl, confidence is good. But blind confidence is just courting death!" A cold, sinister voice suddenly rang out from nowhere.

Audrey and everyone around her instantly became vigilant, her summoned creatures immediately surrounded her, warily observing their surroundings.

In the next moment, columns of blue light appeared among the army arrayed below the city walls.

The previously unbroken Undead Army Array was instantly thrown into chaos.

After the light columns dissipated, thousands upon thousands of elite Templar Order knights appeared at the original positions.

Groller gasped sharply, holding his head for cover inside the tunnel: "Not good, the Grand Commander of the Templar Order, Richthofen, is here!"

Hearing this, all the soldiers from the Golden Pansy Domain reacted as if facing a formidable enemy.

Grand Commander of the Templar Order, Richthofen! Just the name imposes a terrifying pressure.

Audrey also widened her eyes: "What is going on? Why am I the one to face the strongest Grand Commander of the Templar Order?"

But even before she could react, the elite from the Templar Order launched a full assault. These soldiers are the most elite force around Richthofen, generally possessing Tier Four and Tier Five strength.

They appeared out of nowhere, yet instantly shattered the formation of Audrey’s Undead Army, causing a massive rout of skeleton soldiers.

Richthofen, with a sinister face, slowly walked forward from the middle of his massive army: "You do have some strength; a mere thousand undead elites fought neck and neck with my knights. This indicates that you carry quite a number of strategic treasures. I wonder though, if I kill you and take those treasures, can your master remain calm?"

Audrey looked at the spiritual reaction’s explosive blaze, dumbfounded: "How...how did you suddenly appear?"

Richthofen sneered: "I guessed you guys would come for a surprise attack, so I long set up a Return Scroll here. To divide and conquer, it matters not to me whom I defeat first. Just didn’t expect your master to remain so composed, not showing up at all."

Audrey hastily spoke: "Hey, can’t you have some leader finesse? Our Lord hasn’t shown up, why are you preemptively coming out!"

Richthofen coldly chuckled: "If he doesn’t come out, I will force him out. Let’s see, after I kill you, will he still hide!"

With that, the two-handed greatsword in his hand gleaming with golden splendor swept harshly, the sword qi stretching nearly a thousand meters, rushing in like covering the sky and earth.

The terrifying killing intent directly rendered Audrey unable to evade; the disparity in strength between the two was too immense.

Audrey was merely a Tier Four Catastrophe-level Apostle of the charm system, while Richthofen was a Tier Seven Legendary-level knight!

Sword qi crisscrossed over a kilometer, illuminating the entire twilight. ᴛhis chapter is ᴜpdated by Novᴇl_Fire(.)net