Chapter 1484: Chapter 1484: Clothes Make the Man
"Soldiers, you have worked hard.
You performed excellently in the recent battle.
I will treat your wounds immediately.
I hope you can continue to contribute your strength to the goddess and this world."
On the snow-covered city wall, a golden-haired girl in a white long dress, exuding an incomparably gentle Holy Light, walked as if she were a goddess descending upon the walls, healing the wounded soldiers and boosting their morale.
Any soldier who had seen this girl felt their pressure vanish, with infinite strength surging from within, secretly admiring this sacred maiden, worthy of being a Holy Maiden candidate sent by the Goddess Sect.
Is this girl really a Holy Maiden candidate of the Goddess Sect?
The answer, naturally, is no.
This seemingly divine girl is none other than Iyas.
As the saying goes, clothes make the person, beauty relies on attire.
A stray dog can also appear like a person with meticulous dressing.
In certain games or anime, some characters only need to dress themselves thoroughly, alter their past demeanor, sit honestly without antics, and their image would transform drastically.
Iyas is such a character.
Through a series of grooming, she exudes a unique aura, with her brilliance infinitely magnified, distinguishing her from ordinary mortals like a celestial fairy descended to earth.
If Yang Yu didn’t know how Iyas began as an elf, Bai Jin watching from the side, Yang Yu’s gaze would have been captured by Iyas once she finished dressing up.
After knowing Iyas’s core, Yang Yu’s feelings were quite complex looking at her again...
Iyas might appear like a Holy Maiden, but in reality...
Dressed in light attire, trying hard to maintain her posture, no matter how many times, as an Elf Warrior, Iyas was still not quite used to being the center of attention, constantly thinking when she could shed these hindering clothes that aren’t fit for battle!
For Yang Yu’s upcoming plan, Iyas tried her best to endure all sorts of discomfort, seriously playing the role of a Holy Maiden candidate.
Thanks to the Race Disguise Necklace effect, Iyas appeared as a regular human to others, with her Holy Light shine and aristocratic demeanor, no soldier on site doubted her identity.
At the entrance, Yang Yu was pleased, fiddling with the somewhat uncomfortable Potato Thorn mask that he hadn’t worn in a while.
Nearby, General Luo Ze breathed a sigh of relief, praising Yang Yu for everything they just accomplished:
"Thanks to the arrival of you esteemed ones, this place narrowly escaped disaster. With you here, it’s as if we have divine aid."
Yang Yu seemed downcast, as if he had no hope for the upcoming battle:
"We only temporarily repelled the first attack.
It’s not time to completely relax yet, the Demon Clan is likely to launch a second attack soon.
You’ve probably heard they have special troops.
They’re using high-level combat forces to maneuver through the battlefield, ensuring the Demon King Army can advance smoothly.
They’re likely coming soon.
Once they arrive, I won’t have time to direct your fight, in the end, it will still depend on you.
We don’t know how much time our trap can delay.
We’ll have to make the most of any time it buys!"
The most experienced hunter often appears as prey.
What Yang Yu demonstrated earlier was merely acting to allow Tian Hanxue to appear without reservation.
Right now, it’s still uncertain how previous operations impacted the situation; if past actions caused Tian Hanxue’s wariness to bring all the Four Heavenly Kings, the task difficulty would increase significantly.
With the Magic Suppressor in their possession, Yang Yu confidently controlled two other Four Heavenly Kings using magic but lacking strength.
However, current intelligence indicates only Tian Hanxue among the Four Heavenly Kings is not skilled in close combat.
The other two unencountered Four Heavenly Kings have unknown strength. But based on some intelligence, their melee abilities are extraordinary, hard to control with only the Magic Suppressor.
Adding one more Heavenly King would ruin Yang Yu’s plan, so he adopted a more prudent approach, appearing with partners as reinforcements.
Even if Demonic Clan scouts capable of manipulating minds come to gather intelligence, they could find nothing about Yang Yu and Iyas’s true identity.
Yang Yu and Iyas have already displayed power against the Demon King Army once and forced them to retreat.
The temporarily retreating Demon King Army will surely contact Tian Hanxue nearby to deal with the obstacle Yang Yu and Iyas present.
When the time comes, Yang Yu can lead Tian Hanxue step by step into the trap.
Bai Jin has completely gone into hiding, holding a Mini Magic Absorption Cube in her hand. As long as she controls the cube’s absorption efficiency, the tool can endlessly absorb a person’s characteristic magic power, thereby achieving invisibility under magic perception.
Bai Jin is the ace on Yang Yu’s side.
Her absence can increase the plan’s success rate.
Others staying out does the same.
The only ones appearing in the frontline are Yang Yu and Iyas, each hiding their identities, waiting quietly for the prey to arrive.
The wait lasted until the afternoon.
Dark clouds gathered in the sky, snowflakes began falling, and the towering wall again became covered with thick ice and snow.
Such weather is most suitable for the Snow Woman to battle.
The sky gradually turned dark, adding an unspeakable oppression to the entire fortress.
Soldiers on the city wall opened frozen food, scraping ice particles off its surface arduously with their teeth and chewing to fill their stomachs.
No one dared to relax even for a moment, fearing that would be the moment the Demon Clan army attacked the walls, leaving them no time to react, and the fortress would fall.
The general defending the fortress accompanied Yang Yu along the city wall in repeated inspections, confirming the army’s status, awaiting the Demon Clan’s attack.
Snowflakes gradually fell heavier, resembling one feather after another.
With each step, Yang Yu left deep footprints in the snow.
As he walked, Yang Yu suddenly felt the surrounding cold wind becoming louder, faintly hearing some sound from afar.
Yang Yu looked into the distance, as if he could see Tian Hanxue mingled among the Demon King Army, advancing step by step towards them.
He opened the system panel for a refresh; should the Demon Clan approach to siege, he, being on the frontline, would receive a task immediately, from which he could judge if the Demon Clan had truly launched an attack.
What Yang Yu saw was not an illusion; the Demon Clan braved the snowstorm and launched a new assault on the fortress. A brand-new defense task popped up on Yang Yu’s panel.
Various fearless of snow Demon Clans charged towards the fortress Yang Yu and the others were guarding, vowing to wash away their previous shame!
