It was just a copy of his attacks, repeating the deafening noises they caused. But it was enough to attract most of the monsters in the area towards the stairs region. And then different types of noises appeared as these masters started attacking as well, the type that came from real fighting.
William was far away from the stairs area when all this happened. He didn't want to be there when dark gold masters were leading such an attack against monsters.
He got lots of ruined buildings standing between him and these bloody battles. But just when half an hour passed and the noises didn't approach him, he knew his trap worked.
The monsters might be weak, but there was no end to them. Not all the masters had the same crazy mind of spending elixirs to replenish their lost spirit power. So it was expected that after one hour, the noises of fight vanished while he saw shadows climbing back towards the plateau area.
"They failed," William laughed while holding Lara's Bullet in his hand, "they are retreating."
[For real? I heard they sent almost fifty percent of the strongest forces in the entire city!]
"They couldn't break through my formation, hahahaha!" William was in a good mood right now, "listen up, it's time to strike hard when they are down. Let them know this city belongs to you and me, not to anyone else."
Lara was now sitting in the middle of her family elders gathering. They all looked at her, waiting to get the answer to the most important question.
[Speaking about that… I want to know how you plan to let our people in and out? This formation, the entire thing seems strong enough to stop even the strongest forces in the city. And frankly speaking, I got no confidence in passing through these monsters without your help]
William knew they were down to real business. And for a reason he felt she wasn't alone right now. "Ok, listen up…" he was ready to tell her the right way without beating around the bush. He knew he left her and her family members on the wait for long enough.
He started to speak about his arrangement in the Lost City. He said that he made other formations that her family could control using blood bonds. But his sole condition for her to be the one controlling all this.
Of course, he didn't just make one formation, or few. In fact, all these attacks were to make lots of such formations.
He'd give the Vancouf family just a few of them to control. If they tried to backstab him or something, grew greedy and tried to control the entire city for their own, then he'd simply activate other formations, preventing anyone from coming here.
This would be the perfect solution, but he was too weak to enforce such a thing over others. "... Using this method will ensure total control for your family over this city entrance and exit paths. I won't activate my formations as long as it's not needed."
[I got it] Lara was experienced enough to get what he meant. And other elders also got the hidden warning he issued towards them. They dreamt of course to control the entire city, but with William's warning, they knew their long dream wouldn't come true, for now at least.
At this moment, William didn't know that he gave an excuse for a faction inside the Vancouf family. And soon enough, this faction would start moving against him.
But in the eyes of others in the family, controlling half of the city was much better than sharing it with more than fifty forces in the city. So they agreed on William's offer, and Lara asked him to wait before they'd send their forces over.
The other city forces failed to break through the formation around the stairs. They reported this back to their forces. And when pure might failed to get them what they wanted, they started to use diplomacy and threats.
Yet the Vancouf family was a giant behemoth in the city. They didn't respond to any threats, and only promised to think about offers given through diplomatic routes.
From the promise of Lara to send forces until the Vancouf forces really appeared, almost half a day passed. William consumed lots of elixirs during this time, ending up gaining close to two hundred early-stage dark gold cores.
At first he gained lots of these cores as many of the monsters he faced were at this grade. But soon enough, and after he activated his formation, he rarely spotted any of these monsters.
William didn't dare to cancel his formation, fearing the densely packed forces at the plateau to get this chance to infiltrate the city again.
In fact he didn't mind them sending troops to get massacred. But he didn't want to make his already bad situation worse.
During this time, he contacted Ibra and Sara, asked them to go and seek refuge at Lara's place. They asked about the reason for that, but he didn't tell them anything.
He even asked them to wait for him at the portal area, waiting for him until he'd arrive there. He planned to leave this city once he got everything done, or if things went south or something.
If he got forced too much, he'd prefer to activate all the formations here and cease any access to the city for him and others. And when he'd become stronger, had more forces, he'd come here and claim everything.
But this was his last resort. For now, he focused on killing monsters, getting cores, and spreading more formations all over the city.
The most he got from all this fight was gold grade cores, then silver grade. He also got bronze and white grades, but not that much.
"Phew, you are finally here," William noticed the big ruckus that happened up at the plateau, and knew Lara sent forces over. But when he went there, he was surprised to see her on the head of everyone else, waiting for him over the stairs.
"You wanted me to control the formations," she rolled her eyes, expressing how annoyed she was with what he did, "do you know what kind of disasters you threw at me? Huh? Think of a way to compensate me then!"
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