263 A Hard Victory
Su Wan was unwilling to be outdone. “Night Elves, fire!”
Xu Yuan looked at his beautiful Overlord. Although he mostly used her as a tool to get experience, he trusted her. She always gave him the freedom to make his decisions and even asked for his advice. This kind of Lord was difficult to find.
If anything got dangerous, Xu Yuan decided to act immediately.
Although she was far from achieving her goal, Su Wan didn’t hesitate. She had to make sure her troops were alright. If need be, she would order them to retreat immediately.
The current battle had turned tides. It had become extremely difficult. The remaining Heavy Blade Warriors had gone all in and activated the Spiral Storm.
Under such a terrifying attack, the troops could only resort to guerrilla warfare. Time passed. The troops were now mentally and physically exhausted.
The puppets spun. Their speed increased by three times. The giant lizards that were near the puppets were shredded to bits.
Su Wan, Shi Linglong, and the others were shocked. In the past, with Xu Yuan’s Demonic Dragon Blessing, the troops had been able to win every fight. Everyone felt that everything would be alright as long as they had Xu yuan’s support. However, their belief was shattered this time.
Everyone was on high alert. They could not act rashly. They realized that they couldn’t rely on Xu Yuan’s Demonic Dragon Blessing every time.
Su Wan tried to calm herself and began to discuss strategies with her friends. Xu Yuan was happy to see this. He had wanted this all along. Although he was strong, he didn’t want Su Wan to rely on him entirely. He wasn’t invincible, after all. There were beings like the Lord of the Sky and the Light Princess who could challenge him.
Therefore, he needed Su Wan to get stronger and upgrade her territory to be on par with such powerful enemies. He couldn’t always protect her.
The battle continued. After continuously fighting for two days and nights, the number of Heavy Blade Warriors finally reduced.
Su Wan and the others couldn’t remember the last time they had enjoyed some peace and quiet. The fight drained everyone. No matter how many times the troops died, Xu Yuan resurrected them, and they joined the fray again.
Su Wan looked at the decreasing number of Heavy Blade Warriors and felt a sense of accomplishment. The past two days had been hell, but they were now close to victory!
“Destroy that last puppet and put an end to this battle!” shouted Su Wan.
The main force charged forward. They recognized the pattern of the Heavy Blade Warriors. When three puppets were destroyed, they activated the Spiral Storm. Then, they activated the Overload ability, which increased their rotation speed by three times. When that happened, their blades whistled as they spun where they stood.
The troop charged forward without hesitation, using their bodies to forcefully slow down the opponent’s rotation. The Battleaxe Warriors behind them took this opportunity to focus their fire on the enemy.
In the end, a Heavy Blade Warrior’s head flew high into the air and fell on the ground with a thud. Its boy toppled on the ground with such impact that sparks flew everywhere.
The blades fell and the body no longer moved.
Everyone watched in silence for a few seconds. Su Wan then smiled. Despite being so exhausted, she felt happy. They had won!
Everybody felt ecstatic. They had fought long and hard and finally achieved victory!
They had learned a lot from this fight.
Furthermore, they still needed to find the key. Su Wan looked at the inscriptions on the wall behind the corpses of the Heavy Blade Warriors.
Her heart quickened. The storage warehouse! That is where the Arcana Hall Core was located. It was time to reap the rewards.
The warehouse itself must have a lot of precious treasures like dragon eggs or divine artifacts!
Su Wan took deep breaths to calm herself. It was said that being closest to success also meant that one was close to failure too. She disagreed.
She was not in a hurry. She looked closely at the magical inscriptions on the wall, and then at the corpses of the Heavy Blade Warriors around her.
The temptation of the rewards was strong. However, the battle had been intense and they had suffered heavy losses. If it hadn’t been for Xu Yuan, they would have been long dead.
Even the combined troops of the four Lords weren’t enough to defeat the Heavy Blade Warriors.
All in all, it was worth it.
“Xu Yuan, how did I do?” asked Su Wan. Looking at the dead puppets and the many gems scattered around the floor, her mood improved.
“So-so. Qingrong performed well in this battle,” said Xu Yuan truthfully.
In the anti-magic zone, everyone felt crippled because they couldn’t use magic, especially Lin Yao. Zhao Qingrong, on the other hand, had done well because she was good in direct combat.
‘D*mn it!’ cursed Su Wan inwardly. Hearing him praise Zhao Qingrong pricked her heart.
Zhao Qingrong chuckled and put away her saber. “Did you hear that? It seems my performance was better this time.” She liked teasing Su wan.
“Get lost or I will spank you!” Su Wan felt better after bickering with her friend.
The troops were dismantling the puppets and collecting the gems. The puppets contributed around 1200 gems. When Su Wan added it to the gems she had found from the magic puppets before, she had a total of 14000 gems in her hands.
One step closer to reaching the 20000 resources which were one of the requirements to upgrade her Territory Core!
“The ruins are indeed bountiful. It’s a pity I couldn’t find a dragon egg here. I would have paid anything for it!” Shi Linglong looked at Xu Yuan with envy. She wanted a dragon too!
However, these weren’t even the final rewards. The real reward was still waiting for them.
Su Wan looked around Arcana Hall. At the back was another area used to store magical materials.
Everyone felt excited as if they were about to open the dragon’s treasure vault, but they were all exhausted. Su Wan ordered them to take a break before exploring the area.
After that, she called Shi Linglong and Zhao Qingrong who were standing guard outside.
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