Chapter 2038 - 2031: Beat Them to Death
"Hahahaha, what a joke. How could our Ice King City possibly suffer any calamity? Stop fearmongering here!" As soon as Zhang Menglong spoke, he was instantly hit by a united diss from all the Ice Demon Race tribes.
"Ice King City’s geographical location is excellent, there’s practically no natural disasters at all. The surrounding Warcraft tribes have almost been wiped out under our hunting, there’s no such thing as Warcraft attacking the city. What you’re saying is completely made up!"
"You trying to pretend to be a Prophet or something? Do you think you’re from the God Race, with the power to foresee the future?"
"City Lord, he just wants to say something special to get some attention. Please, City Lord, see through right and wrong and drive him out!"
The joint diss from all the tribes left the City Lord in a bit of a bind for the moment. He definitely didn’t want to drive Zhang Menglong out; the massive revenue Zhang Menglong had brought to this Ice King City made him, in every sense, his sugar daddy.
But if he insisted on protecting him, it would definitely arouse dissatisfaction from the other tribes. Yet he still hadn’t figured out why Zhang Menglong suddenly said something like this. Did he really have the ability to foresee the future? Or was he just a big conman?
"I already said it, Ice King City is going to face a huge catastrophe very soon. If you don’t believe it, the loss will be the strength of our entire Ice Demon Race. Knowing this and still doing nothing, that makes you the sinners of the Ice Demon Race!"
Zhang Menglong slapped that "hat" down on the heads of those tribal chiefs with a crackle, and his resolute, ironclad tone more or less gave everyone an illusion: it sounded like he was talking about something that really was about to happen.
"I’ve said all I need to say. Whether you listen or not is your business. You can keep fighting over this Ice Demon Flower, I’m going to guard the city!"
"Menglong, hold up a moment!" The City Lord suddenly called out to Zhang Menglong, who was about to leave. "Menglong, you said a great calamity will happen. Do you know what kind of disaster it actually is?"
"Countless Insect Clan Warcraft!" Zhang Menglong said. "I was born with some special powers; sometimes I can see glimpses of what will happen in the future. What I saw was a massive Insect Clan Warcraft invasion. I don’t know how many there are, but I’m afraid the entire Ice King City will have a hard time stopping them!"
"Ridiculous!" The chief of the Rift Sky Royal Family slammed the table and stood up. "Utterly bewitching nonsense. Even if the Insect Clan Warcraft invaded, how could they possibly destroy our Ice King City? Our Ice Demon Race Adventurers exceed fifty million, and the City Lord’s army has over thirty million elite Ice Demon warriors. Even if an entire Insect Clan Warcraft species attacked, we could easily hold them off."
"You’re right, but what if it’s not just a single Insect Clan tribe?" Zhang Menglong sneered. "City Lord, whether you believe it or not, I’m taking my Ice Throne to guard the city right now. I can feel the disaster is about to happen. I can only hold the south gate. As for the other three sides, you all figure it out yourselves. Or you can continue fighting over the Ice Demon Flower here and throw the safety of the entire Ice Demon Race to the back of your mind!"
"Lucas, help me mobilize the entire Ice Throne and gather at the south gate of Ice King City. Get ready to repel the enemy!"
Lucas was obviously half-believing, half-doubting Zhang Menglong’s words, but Zhang Menglong had placed a Soul Seal on him. When it came to his orders, Lucas was one hundred percent obedient.
After saying this, Zhang Menglong actually took the initiative to leave! He didn’t even hesitate for half a second!
"City Lord, this..." The City Lord’s deputy also didn’t know what to do at this moment.
"Everyone, let’s put today’s matter on hold for now. If what Menglong said is true, then we must plan early!" For some reason, the City Lord seemed to feel that Zhang Menglong’s words were all true.
"Since the City Lord has decided, then we’ll risk our lives to accompany the gentleman," several people said boldly and heroically. But in their hearts, they didn’t take this seriously at all. They were just thinking: if this all turns out to be one big farce, then let’s see what face that Ice Throne will have left to even mention their share of the Ice Demon Flower!
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All the tribes began to mobilize their forces, including the elite warriors of the City Lord’s Mansion. They all converged toward the four great gates. All city gates were shut—no entry, no exit.
"What’s going on?"
Seeing the entire City of Ice Demons suddenly grow busy, the Ice Demon Race people in the city all felt an immense pressure, as if something was about to happen.
"Hmph! Who’d have thought so many of us would have to accompany a snot-nosed brat to play house!" On the northern city wall, the chief of the Yunting Royal Family was complaining to several other small tribe chiefs. This time they had mobilized over eight million people. If it turned out to be a false alarm, the waste of manpower and resources would be incalculable.
But if he didn’t come today, he’d be stuck with the stigma of being unwilling to defend the Ice Demon Race. He had no other choice. Right now he only hoped that, in the end, that Ice Throne would pay a heavier price for his actions today.
"Chief Xiada, this may not necessarily be a bad thing. Everyone’s already very wary of this Ice Throne. I just had my people spread the word, synchronizing the source of this information across the entire Ice King City. If nothing happens today, that Ice Throne will definitely plummet straight down, and from then on they won’t be able to lift their heads in Ice King City!"
"Brilliant plan. We hardly need to move a single soldier, and it’ll be hard for them to gain a foothold in Ice King City!"
"But what do you think, could his prediction actually be true?"
A minor tribe chief stared into the distance, thoughtful. He didn’t believe that Zhang Menglong would make up this kind of story just to fool everyone, but this so‑called disaster...
All of a sudden, the ground of Ice King City began to shake violently. It felt as if countless troops and horses were marching toward them in perfect step, the air itself thick with a heavy, oppressive atmosphere.
Everyone looked at the people around them, their expressions turning to shock. "Could it be..."
Crack!
The ground split open, and one colossal behemoth after another appeared about five hundred kilometers from Ice King City. Endless Insect Clan Warcraft poured out from the ground, some even flying straight up into the sky.
This scene wasn’t just happening on one side of Ice King City. At some unknown time, the entire Ice King City had already been surrounded by this massive Insect Clan army!
"City Lord!" On the north side of Ice King City, countless Ice Demon warriors watched this scene with incomparably grave expressions. "This number is at least tens of trillions! What in the world happened? Do we even have this many Insect Clan Warcraft within the territory of our Ice Demon Race?"
"What Zhang Menglong said is actually true?"
The news spread like wildfire: the leader of the Ice Throne had foretold this insect tide. It instantly spread throughout the entire Ice King City. It was all thanks to his warning that Ice King City had made preparations and could now resist the Insect Clan’s attack at any moment.
If they hadn’t made any preparations and the Insect Clan army suddenly attacked, Ice King City would have faced an unprecedented crisis!
But everyone also asked themselves: can we really withstand such an impact? Each side has over twenty trillion insects, while the defenders only number in the tens of millions. Even though the terrain favors defense, can such a massive disparity in numbers really be overcome?
The south side.
The warriors of the Ice Throne had already made their preparations, and their attitude toward Zhang Menglong had undergone a dramatic shift. At first, they might have joined just for the generous pay, but now, their faces all showed undisguised awe for Zhang Menglong.
Zhang Menglong issued an order with his divine sense.
"Jin Kela, start the siege. Hit them till they’re dead, and go easy on the south side!"