Send Out the Troops
While Gu Xi was recovering his magical power, Gu Xi troops had already assembled.
Shaya, preoccupied with matters in Victoria City, has already returned Victoria City via Hearthstone.
But Luna was still there, and she could manage all the undead. Soon all the undead gathered together.
After being replenished and fighting the Death Avatar, the number of Skeleton Soldier in the three Battle Squad has changed somewhat.
[Battle Squad 1 (Level 1, Unnamed, Traits: Attack +5, Defense +1, Experience 77/200): Captain (1/1), Level 2 Skeleton Boss, Members (23/43), Level 3 Skeleton Soldier (23)]
[Battle Squad 2 (Level 2, Unnamed, Traits: Attack +4, Health +4, Experience 42/500): Captain (1/1) Level 2 Skeleton Boss, Members (31/38) Level 3 Skeleton Soldier (31)]
[Battle Squad 3 (Level 1, Unnamed, Trait: Defense +6, Experience 184/200): Captain (1/1), Level 2 Skeleton Boss, Members (24/49), Level 3 Skeleton Soldier (24)]
In total, there are 78 Skeleton Soldier, plus the 50 Skeleton Archer that were just successfully converted, bringing the total number of Skeleton troops to 128.
This finally brings our troop strength to a certain level. Otherwise, having Skeleton Soldier but not even reaching a hundred would be too embarrassing for a necromancer.
Of the other twenty Zombie, six were killed, leaving only fourteen. The Ghost, however, were all still alive and were now waiting at the City Gate.
As for Gu Xi's most important combat force in this battle, the Bone Dragon -transformed Death Avatar, it is currently flying continuously in the sky.
When Gu Xi arrived, Luna, who was organizing the team, quickly flew over.
"My lord, the troops are ready. Oh, and I've temporarily chosen a Skeleton Soldier to help you carry the flag. Do you think that will do?"
Luna pointed to the ranks of Skeleton Soldier, where a noticeably taller Skeleton Soldier was standing. All his weapons had been removed, and he was wearing nothing but his armor.
Gu Xi's current Chief Battle Flag is just a white flag; it doesn't even have a pole, and it's just an ordinary wooden flagpole. There's no logo that belongs to Gu Xi himself.
Gu Xi Xili has his own battle flag, but he still has a long way to go.
In fact, if Gu Xi hadn't obtained the Chief Battle Flag this time, he would have had to wait until at least level 5 to have his own battle flag.
For now, having one Skeleton Soldier to help carry the flag is enough; what more could he want?
After handing the Chief Battle Flag to the Skeleton Soldier, Gu Xi took out the map, glanced at it, and pointed towards the Dock Area.
"Move out! Target: the Boundary Tower."
As Gu Xi led his troops out of his own city, he heard a ding.
[Ding! You are entering the Dock Area. Your actions will trigger a response from the Dock Area guards. Please retreat immediately!]
[WARNING! You are entering the Dock Area. Your actions will trigger a war. Please retreat immediately!]
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Gu Xi ignored the warning. He was going to attack the Dock Area anyway, and this was just causing the enemies inside to come out earlier.
Sure enough, after three warnings, the system stopped giving any further notification sounds.
However, Gu Xi had already heard the sound of horns coming from the Boundary Tower.
Meanwhile, wave after wave of Black Ghoul Shadow emerged from the Boundary Tower, forming battle formations on the open ground in front of the towers.
Gu Xi was rather speechless at the actions of these Black Ghoul Shadow.
He thought he was going to attack the city, but before his troops could even get into position, they came out on their own.
"What's going on?"
"My lord, do you think it's because there's not enough space for so many troops to be deployed inside that tower?"
Gu Xi considered many reasons, but could not explain why the Black Ghoul Shadow came out to fight. Only after Luna said that did Gu Xi realize what was going on.
That's actually quite possible.
This place is just a Boundary Tower, not a city wall or castle, a place where troops can be stationed and battles can be fought. The tower is six stories high, but there is no place on it for the Black Ghoul Shadow to fight.
Gu Xi led his troops over, and these Black Ghoul Shadow had no choice but to come out and fight.
"Looks like I was overthinking it. Prepare for battle. Death Avatar, you take flight first."
"Luna, you're in charge of Ghost. There are two enemy bosses. One is Defensive Type; you and Ghost handle that. The other is magic-based; I'll have Death Avatar deal with him when he appears."
Gu Xi quickly issued the order and waved his hand, and the Skeleton Soldier rushed forward.
Under Gu Xi's arrangement, the Skeleton Soldier of Battle Squad 3 were positioned at the front, followed by the spear-wielding Long Spear Skeleton Soldier of Battle Squad 2.
Skeleton Soldier wielding Two-Handed Sword were spread out on both sides to prevent enemies from sneaking up on them.
The newly transformed Skeleton Archer followed at the very back, calculating their attack range.
The Skeleton Archer's effective range is 100 meters. Beyond this range, the arrows can still fly, but their power will decrease with distance.
Unless someone can obtain a battle-ready item like the Golden Bow, no one can solve this problem.
Even the most skilled Elf can only achieve an effective range of 350 meters; beyond that, the power diminishes.
Gu Xi knew this too, and he also knew where his advantages lay.
Skeleton Soldier aren't afraid of death, and their range is limited anyway, so just move the Skeleton Archer forward.
Therefore, the Skeleton Archer stayed behind Battle Squad 2, less than 30 meters away from the battle position.
At this distance, the Skeleton Archer is superior to long-range attackers in both shooting power and accuracy.
Here they can also achieve the effect of rapid concentrated fire and burst fire.
This position is arguably the best fighting position for the Skeleton Archer.
After the team formed a battle formation, Gu Xi was protected by a group of Zombie. Luna had already taken the lead with the Ghost and flew into the air, pressing down on the Black Ghoul Shadow Troop from the front.
Meanwhile, the forces of the Black Ghoul Shadow had already begun their attack, quickly forming four square formations, each with forty men.
The arrangement of this formation shows that they consist of ten level 3 Ghoul Shadow and thirty level 2 Ghoul Shadow.
The four formations, led by a massive, Ghoul Shadow, were striding forward.
Gu Xi was somewhat surprised that the Ghoul Shadow had only deployed slightly more than half of its forces.
He wondered if these Ghoul Shadow were looking down on him.
There were only 120 people, and only a portion of them were level 3 troops. This is not how you send someone to their death.
Just as Gu Xi was wondering about this, something strange happened at the Boundary Tower.