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"Dominic, from where I'm standing right now, do you have any way to kill me directly?"
Gu Xi, who had been feeling frustrated, suddenly thought of a method and bluntly asked the question.
"No, my lord. The forces under my command are insufficient, and while my attacks may look steady, they are slow.
When I strike, unless I have formed an encirclement, it is difficult to achieve a one-hit kill.
I have no way to do it. That cavalry commander from earlier might be able to pull it off with a surprise attack.
But his charge makes too much of a commotion, and he seems somewhat lacking in brains. He does everything head-on, making his attack direction easy to spot and avoid."
Dominic, who was commanding his troops against the Sludge Undead, immediately diverted part of his attention to explain when he heard Gu Xi's question.
After thinking for a moment, Gu Xi asked again, "Then if you were defending this city using its current layout, and I had already broken in, with the current situation forcing you to kill me in order to turn things around, what would you do?"
"There is no good method. I could only abandon this district and retreat to the next city wall to defend, trading space for time.
There is truly no way to use a sneak attack or assassination to turn the tide."
Dominic was only a Chief-level Hero, not some god. In such circumstances, there was nothing he could do.
At most, he could slow Gu Xi's attack speed and call for some reinforcements.
If reinforcements could be summoned, there might still be a chance to turn things around.
But without reinforcements, once the City Gate had been