Chapter 238 - 146: The City Falls (3)
Chen Yao: "What else? There are so many of them. You expect me to send my lovely ladies out to fight?"
Chen Yao: "Look at the video, there are so many people! Even a lord that strong got completely steamrolled."
Chen Yao: "Paying a little protection money doesn’t seem so bad. It’s not like they’re asking for much anyway."
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The siege video caused a huge stir on the world channel. Everyone had experienced legion battles, attacked a Beastman Territory, defended against the assault of an Eye Demon’s lesser legion, and even resisted the siege of a zombie legion.
But an attack from a Human Race army millions strong was something no one had ever experienced.
Just seeing the army in the video, which stretched as far as the eye could see, sent a chill down the spine of every ranked lord in the path of the Northern Expedition Legion.
No one was confident they could resist such an enormous legion alone.
The lords closer to the Northern Expedition Legion began scrambling for reinforcements; they had no confidence they could stop the Northern Expedition Legion on their own.
The lords further back weren’t confident either, which meant this wasn’t a problem one person could solve. They had to find reinforcements, or their only option was to give up.
[Cuiwei Star Experts Group]
Abby Jackson: "Help, help! Can anyone send troops to support me?"
Abby Jackson: "That Northern Expedition Legion is going to reach my territory tomorrow."
Zhao Zhaonan: "We want to help, but we can’t. Your territory is so far away. Why don’t you ask the lords near you?"
Gongsun Hao: "There’s nothing we can do. You’re too close to the Northern Expedition Legion; we can’t make it there in time."
Frank Hill: "I’m close to you, but it’s useless if I’m the only one sending support. You won’t be able to hold out anyway. I’m better off keeping my troops in my own territory. Maybe I can last a little longer that way."
Abby Jackson: "If no one helps me, I’m just gonna throw in the towel. I’ll let them destroy everything, and once the buildings are gone, I’ll just abandon the territory. I’m going to inherit a territory back home anyway, so it makes no difference to me."
Frank Hill: "Don’t do that! Wear down their forces a bit, and it’ll be easier for the rest of us. Who knows, you might even manage to hold them off!"
Abby Jackson: "Nope. If no one comes, I’m throwing."
Frank Hill: "..."
Mi Qisheng: "Why don’t you buy a ’Territory Transfer Talisman’?"
Abby Jackson: "’Territory Transfer Talisman’? What’s that?"
Ding Dong: "It’s an item that was just unlocked this month. They sell it in the points shop."
Abby Jackson: "Let me see!!"
Abby Jackson: "Damn, what a rip-off!"
Abby Jackson: "It costs a hundred thousand points! That would completely wipe out my savings."
Abby Jackson: "And what’s more, all buildings and soldiers are wiped, and only the Lord’s Mansion, Territory Core, and heroes get to move."
Abby Jackson: "How could you even suggest I use this thing?"
Abby Jackson: "If I use this thing, won’t my points just get wiped out and I’ll immediately fall off the leaderboards?? I’d be better off just giving up, taking my hundred thousand points back with me to exchange for tech blueprints. That would at least help my family level up."
Ding Dong: "Whoa now, it’s not as bad as all that. Look closer, there’s a line of small text at the bottom of the description."
Ding Dong: "Your buildings and soldiers aren’t wiped, they’re sealed. You need to use ten percent of the resources to unlock them. And because they’re sealed, you get to keep your points."
Abby Jackson: "Let me look again..."
Abby Jackson: "Oh, my bad. You’re right, it does say that. But... it’s still too expensive."
Mi Qisheng: "Well, that’s up to you! Either you throw in the towel and go home with your points, or you take a gamble, move your territory, enter the third phase, and earn points to exchange for even more valuable technology."
Mi Qisheng: "Also, any buildings that are destroyed or soldiers that are killed won’t be covered by the migration. You’ll lose points for them."
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After a moment of thought, amidst Frank Hill’s howls of protest, Abby Jackson chose to migrate, moving from his current position to a relatively empty area.
Although all the buildings, soldiers, heroes, and resources in his territory were preserved, the mineral deposits and special resource points he had previously discovered were all gone. He would have to expand his territory and send out scouts all over again.
If he couldn’t get his territory fully set up before the end of the second phase, then when the phase ended and the consolidation period began, other people’s territories would grow naturally while his would remain stagnant.
By the time the third phase started, he would be lagging far behind everyone else.
He certainly had his work cut out for him for the rest of the month.