Conspiracy

[City Pull: The Military Fortress Battle of the Steel Duchy]

[Difficulty: B+]

[Task Completion: 55%]

[Reward: 65,000 experience points]

[Comment: As a Mercenary leader, his skill in sending his subordinates to their deaths is truly masterful.]

Lotner said with burning eyes, "It's on!"

Alec's purpose in entering the castle was not to kill anyone; his key objective was to guard the military warehouse, where the equipment and supplies were of utmost importance.

In the factional warfare of this era, everyone was prepared to go all out. If military supplies couldn't be transported in time, they would definitely be burned. They would rather die than leave the enemy a single grain of food.

William stepped past the corpses at the warehouse entrance, patted Alec on the shoulder, and looked at the supplies inside, unable to help but sigh slightly, "Have you taken inventory?"

"The supplies aren't many, but they shouldn't be this few. There are probably only 100,000 arrows, 200 sets of Catapult replacement parts, 3,000 sets of high-quality armor and weapons, etc. As for the Heavy Crossbow Bolt and Catapult, they're already on the city walls..."

"I kept an eye on the military warehouse, but the grain warehouse was burned down." Alec scratched his head sheepishly.

"Send people to put out the fire; whatever amount of food we can save, we'll save."

"Yes, sir!"

As the Vanguard, William was entitled to a share of the spoils.

At this moment, Tyrannosaur rushed over. Since the garrison of the Military Fortress had retreated, the enemy troops that attacked the Catapult had also withdrawn, and the army officially moved into the Military Fortress.

"Tsk tsk, the warehouse wasn't burned down, that's really lucky." Tyrannosaur looked at the supplies in the warehouse with great satisfaction, his joy beyond words.

William glanced thoughtfully at the warehouse. Logically, during wartime, the Kuri shouldn't be so empty, but he didn't say it aloud. He simply glanced at the Tyrannosaur: "I have half!"

"I know, I know. The commander told me that your Mercenary have sacrificed a lot, so giving you half isn't a big deal." Tyrannosaur's eyes held a hint of mockery. Did you think you could just take it all away?

His Prince touched the Ring on his hand, not wanting to reveal for the time being that he possessed a vast spatial treasure.

He glanced at the Player outside the door, their eyes burning with anticipation, and knew that the Player had also made significant sacrifices. Although they had gained a considerable amount of experience after capturing the Military Fortress, many of their equipment durability had been destroyed. The looting of equipment earlier was just a drop in the ocean.

He turned around and shouted, "Half of the supplies I collected today are your reward!"

"Holy crap..." Tyrannosaur twitched his lips.

The Player exchanged incredulous glances. Were the rewards really that generous?

They had received a mission before the siege, which promised a generous reward—but this was half a military warehouse's worth of supplies!

William narrowed his eyes. These supplies were nothing but a pittance to him; how could his ambitions be contained in a single warehouse?

He wants to control two Human Duchy!

"Half the armor and arrows are of little use to me." William was not interested in the bulky armor of the human Steel Duchy; he preferred the streamlined armor of Dawn.

Even if you take these things back, you'll have to start all over again, which is a waste of time and materials. It's better to just give them to the Player.

Although it was said that rewards would be given according to merit, William distributed the supplies based on the output and death lists.

We aim to ensure that all Player have access to Blue Gear, and at least their gear is no worse than that of Steel Players.

"I died six times, not only losing a level but also dropping three pieces of equipment. I thought it would be a huge loss, but the rewards are so generous that I can level up again and even get two more Blue Gear." A Player happily looked at his Blue Gear, extremely excited, after all, he originally only had White Gear...

There are too many rich people in Dawn City.

You could even say that...

If it can be divided into three major areas.

The number of wealthy Player in Dawn City was several times greater than in Black Rock and Iron City...

Members of similar "Godly Tycoon Squad collect Contribution Points and Gold Coin every day. Many Player sell the money they worked so hard to earn in order to buy real money, which results in their equipment not being very good.

They never imagined that they would profit from the war.

Eternal Solitude, he now carries large and small bags filled with equipment. There are quite a few people like him, huddled together, afraid of being looted by other Player from the same faction.

Because it was this group of guys who just stole the equipment from the enemy Player' respawn point, and they're all rolling in money, with two or three extra sets of equipment.

Chu Liuqiu gave Changli Jiugu a look.

The latter nodded and jogged over to William's side. "Your Highness, we've seized some enemy equipment, and the quality is quite good. Would you like to take it?"

"..." William pondered for two seconds. There were actually people selling him equipment?

But after a moment's thought, he nodded. "You can hand over the equipment in exchange for Contribution Points of equal value."

Changli Jiugu hesitated slightly. "That's fine too!"

In an instant, Player with surplus equipment stepped forward to exchange their equipment for Contribution Points. Although they didn't exchange them for Gold Coin, Contribution Points were still very valuable to Player in the Dawn Faction. They could not only be used as Gold Coin, but also to promote their rank.

Meanwhile, more Player lacking equipment gathered at the front and exchanged it for their Contribution Points...

William didn't engage in any low-price buying and high-price selling; he simply acted as a middleman.

After all, he wouldn't stoop to cheating Player out of their Contribution Points.

The situation is very bad now.

The Steel Duchy's Freedom Call has attracted many Newbie and even Player Player join its ranks. He must offer them enough benefits to keep these Player loyal to Dawn City.

Kelnote, the Legion commander of the Steel Duchy, smiled calmly, "So, the Blackrock Duchy has already captured a city?"

Wells, shirtless and revealing his muscular physique, touched the wound on his chest and squinted. "That's right, I originally wanted to drag this out for a few more days to cause some damage to Black Rock."

As a result, I was held up by the Dawn City Lord. Fortunately, the plan to 'send the city' should not be discovered, and I also have a lot of equipment in the Kuri.

In particular, I even sent thousands of soldiers to help them capture the fortress...

Black Rock has now sent six Legion into the fortress, including 60,000 Mercenary from Dawn!

Did Solz go inside?

"According to the scouts, Solz didn't go in; instead, he returned to his camp on the Rhine River," Wells remarked. "That old fellow is cunning and treacherous."

In his eyes, this Military Castle, which was practically given away for free, was not as good as a makeshift military camp.

Kelnote pondered for a moment, "No need to wait any longer, launch a full-scale attack in three days!"

"The entire army?" Wells was taken aback!

"The 15 Legion shared by Rhine City and the two Military Fortress are enough. Any troop movements from other places will inevitably be known to the enemy."

Since they've already fallen into the trap, there's no need to delay any longer.

Six Legion were dispatched to cut off the route between the castle and the Rhine River Camp.

The remaining nine Legion, along with the Chosen Ones, wiped out everyone in the Central Fortress. If given the chance, they should also eliminate that damned Dawn City Lord.

"This war doesn't need to drag on any longer. What is Black Rock without Mercenary reinforcements from Dawn City?"

Kelnote sneered repeatedly. Roderick, the Mercenary Guild's Emissary, had apparently received some kind of benefit and was determined to protect William's Mercenary status.

But even so, what can be done?

Their Steel Duchy gave William face by calling him "Your Prince," but if they didn't, they'd kill him. Did they really think the Black Leaf Elf Royal Family would retaliate for a Half-Elf?

"Half-Elf with the Black Leaf Elf Royal Family blood!" Kelnote thought for a long time.

He believed that William was a pawn of the Black Leaf Elf. If William became stronger and even left the Blackleaf Forest to gain a foothold in the human kingdoms, it would naturally benefit the Black Leaf Elf.

But if he dies, it's no big deal; he's just a pawn.

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