What is the enemy doing at this moment?
Clearly, they are planting trees.
This is the true thought in the hearts of every Holy Crusaders on the city wall.
It seems absurd, but no one can go out of the city to launch a surprise attack; otherwise, they'll just get punched by the Grand Knight Commander.
However, the distance between the enemies and the city walls exceeded the range of their weapons, leaving the Holy Crusaders with no choice but to request reinforcements while remaining prepared to face the attack of this small group of enemies.
The enemy's actions did not escape their notice. They saw these people digging holes in the ground, planting trees, and irrigating them. Then, the thin, short saplings began to grow wildly, as if they had been injected with some kind of potent drug.
When it grows to a certain height and thickness, it suddenly begins to wriggle rhythmically.
The Holy Crusaders on the city wall squinted, finding the scene before them rather gruesome.
But the next moment, their hearts all skipped a beat—
Something appeared from under that big tree!
They all put their hands to their eyes and peeked out from behind the city walls to see what had fallen from the trees. But when they looked, they saw the fallen objects wriggle a few times, and then creatures crawled out...
It's a human! It's a human!
A gasp erupted from the city wall, and even the Grand Knight Commander was stunned, momentarily unable to hear anything around him.
"Grand Knight Commander, what should we do?"
It was the adjutant's voice that snapped him out of his daze. The Grand Knight Commander turned around, forcing himself to calm down, and said:
"Immediately send a messenger to inform the Archbishop of this matter. We need at least two, no, three knightly orders of reinforcements!"
"Yes!"
The adjutant accepted the order and left, quickly departing from the city wall as if he wanted to escape as soon as possible.
The Grand Knight continued to observe the enemies, who, growing out of the trees, wore brightly colored clothes and did not resemble soldiers on the battlefield at all.
And each of them carries on their backs...
Three saplings?
The Grand Knight Commander involuntarily gaped open. A tree could produce a person, a person could grow three saplings, and the three saplings could grow into three trees...
No way?
Upon closer inspection, he saw that the hollow tree that had already "produced" a person had not withered; instead, it continued to wriggle rhythmically, beginning to produce a second person little by little!
This is far more terrifying than I imagined!
In a daze, a children's rhyme that had been circulating in the city for the past few days also reached his ears—
"... When the Son of God Son of God comes, there will be no corvée labor, no taxes..."
Do Son of God really exist?
Until this moment, the Grand Knight Commander still didn't believe it, but seeing one living person after another emerge from the tree, he couldn't help but believe it too.
If Son of God possessed such abilities as "creating soldiers from beans," wouldn't that eliminate the need for corvée labor and taxes?
The Grand Knight Commander slammed his fist into the city wall in front of him, gritted his teeth, and shouted:
"Everyone, get ready! Be prepared to defend against an enemy attack!"
"Yes!"
The Holy Crusaders soldiers on the city wall responded in unison, but their voices didn't sound as confident as before.
hateful...
The Grand Knight Commander was acutely aware of the shift in atmosphere, but there was little he could do. He couldn't launch an attack, nor could he abandon his post. All he could do was watch—watch the enemy Planting those strange, twisted trees, watch them emerge one by one from the tree hollows...
With the addition of support players at the foot of Black Pine City, the number of Teleportation Tree quickly began to increase at an alarming rate.
New Soul Returner kept emerging from the tree hollow, regardless of whether the players around them knew them or not, they would simply find a spot and prepare for battle.
As the early summer breeze blew, a spark drifted from afar and quietly landed on a withered branch and fallen leaves.
Within the suddenly rising vortex of flames, the four-armed demon's form gradually became visible.
Meeting the terrified gaze of the Grand Knight Commander on the city wall, Duma's four hands slowly parted:
" Soul Returner, now, launch your attack in whatever form you prefer!"
"Yes!"
The resounding cheers echoed throughout the Black Pine City, making the shouts of the Holy Crusaders on the city walls seem as ridiculous as a baby's cries.
At Duma's command, the densely packed, almost blackish-brown Soul Returner began to rapidly disperse in all directions.
The previous teams were too densely packed, like a compressed file, making them difficult to utilize effectively.
As Duma shouted, all the players instantly transformed into a tidal wave, charging towards the reef-like city walls.
The Battle of Black Pine City has begun!
Inside a luxurious mansion in the southern district of Black Pine City.
"Master of the family."
The servant approached Luorui'er Fitz with small, quick steps:
"The heretical rebels have begun their attack. As you predicted, they didn't take the detour and attacked the north gate. However, their numbers are greater than we anticipated; according to the messenger, there seem to be over ten thousand (not all of them had been teleported at that time)."
Upon hearing this, a look of relief appeared in Luorui'er's somewhat weary eyes.
She had indeed spent these past few days in fear, both afraid that the rebels would come and afraid that they wouldn't.
Upon hearing that the rebels had attacked the North Gate as predicted, Luorui'er couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
There were hardly any able-bodied men in the entire Aduolin Province, and it was a region with severe Alienation. The fact that there were so many people there must be the result of the rebel leader, who called himself the Son of God, exploiting the people's labor to the fullest extent.
Choosing to attack in one direction with all forces was indeed a good decision. After all, given the scale of the attack, if the enemy were to disperse, they might not be able to capture even one city gate.
Everything went as she had predicted; now that the enemy had launched their final attack, it was time for her to leave.
"Notify the Holy Crusaders on guard duty that, from this moment forward, no one, including myself, is permitted to enter or leave the Fitz mansion; otherwise, they have the right to kill them on sight."
"Yes, Master."
After the servant who was in charge of reporting left, Luorui'er turned his gaze to a corner where an old servant who had served the Fitz Family for more than thirty years sat.
"Is there any problem confirming the tunnel is working properly?"
"Yes."
"Those laborers..."
"Please rest assured, my symbiotic plants are extremely poisonous; killing them will only take a moment."
"Alright, gather everyone in the family, let's prepare to leave."
"Yes, Master."
After seeing off his loyal old servant, Luorui'er seemed to have unloaded the last burden, and sat in his high-backed chair, letting out a long sigh of relief.
While waiting for her family to gather, she casually picked a brightly colored flower from a glass vase beside her, removed the stem, and pinned it to her chest.