Chapter 2734: 1501: The Lord's Inquiry and Deployment (Part 2)

Capítulo 2734: Chapter 1501: The Lord’s Inquiry and Deployment (Part 2)

“Completely heed Lord Brave; according to the attack pattern of ‘Corrosion,’ there shouldn’t be any more attacks today.”

Old Book made a gesture of “please,” while guiding everyone back to the Great Temple to rest, and started describing.

Through Old Book’s description, Leo Ray learned further.

After experiencing the Era of Blankness, the remaining strong ones of the Silver Fire Kingdom quickly restored the kingdom’s glory, making the Human Clan stand at the peak of the Ten Thousand Clans, alongside forces like the Elf Tribe. At that time, although there were constant frictions among the Ten Thousand Clans, there hadn’t been a large-scale war.

However, the period of stability didn’t last long; with the appearance of ‘Corrosion,’ the Ten Thousand Clans soon became overwhelmed, leading to the destruction of many small forces successively. Only first-class forces like the Human Clan stood firm, but due to mutual distrust, they all chose to mind their own business.

Until the God’s Stones of major forces began to break one after another.

“Indeed, when the remaining clans discarded their prejudices and chose to work together, the Deity appeared, teaching us many means to resist ‘Corrosion’ and bringing forth many new Chosen Sons of God.”

In the elegant resting room of the Temple, Old Book first instructed the attending servants to offer sweets and hot tea to Leo Ray and his party, then continued saying, “For this reason, we have persisted to this day, still guarding the last piece of land free from ‘Corrosion.'”

“So, the Deity didn’t appear from the beginning?”

Upon hearing this, Leo Ray pondered and nodded.

“That’s right. Initially, we could only hear the Divine Revelation through the collection of God’s Stones. If we had been guided by the Deity earlier, perhaps the situation wouldn’t be as passive as it is now.”

Old Book sighed heavily and responded.

“What about the Dwarf Soldiers stationed in that fortress earlier?”

Leo Ray took a sip of tea and asked another question: “In this city, it seems there hasn’t been any sight of Dwarf Elves.”

“Lord Brave indeed has sharp eyes. Initially, Dwarf Elves lived with the Human Clan, which led to an inevitable result: the emergence of many Half-Dwarf Elves whose lifespan, though not as long as true Dwarf Elves, far surpassed ordinary humans.”

Old Book refilled Leo Ray’s tea and continued, “Originally, this wasn’t a bad thing, but with the intensification of the war against ‘Corrosion,’ the population of the Ten Thousand Clans began to dramatically decrease. Although the Human Clan has a shorter lifespan, they reproduce much faster than those long-lived races, thus things became self-evident.”

“So, maintaining human purity is more conducive to reproduction?”

Leo Ray quickly understood the meaning in Old Nick’s words, with many thoughts swirling in his mind.

In the Human World, every strong person envied those long-lived foreign race strong ones for having more time for cultivation. Surprisingly, here, it turned out to be the greatest advantage of the Human Clan.

“Exactly, so the Dwarf Elves voluntarily all moved into the fortress, choosing to protect the comfort of humans, because only with more soldiers can one stand undefeated in the battle against ‘Corrosion.’ Even major resources were given to the Human Clan.”

Old Book sighed heavily once more. Although it seems that humans are respected, and indeed they have earned the respect of the Ten Thousand Clans, humans also bear the heaviest responsibility, continuously standing at the forefront against ‘Corrosion.’

Looking at Old Book’s aged face full of vicissitudes, our group couldn’t help but fall into silence.

It must be said, compared to our territory, people here have indeed undergone unimaginable hardships.

And it’s certain that if the Great Catastrophe befell us, like this, if we were to operate separately, the outcome would probably not differ from theirs.

Thinking this, the strong ones all turned their gaze to Leo Ray. Fortunately, the Lord always pushed towards the unity of the Ten Thousand Clans, thus allowing everyone to see a flickering light in the darkness.

Among the contemplative crowd, Moli showed a worried look, biting her red lips tightly.

She naturally understood the stakes here; if her Forest Elf Tribe continued to act independently like other first-class forces, the outcome would speak for itself.

Yet, even if she were able to return safely and inform the stubborn Elders of her tribe, those high-minded codgers probably wouldn’t listen. What can she change? She still can’t change anything.

Feeling the growing heaviness in the atmosphere, Leo Ray drank the cup of hot tea in one go and asked the last question: “City Lord, has there ever been an advent of an Otherworldly Lord on this land?”

“To Lord Brave, no, a large part of the outside land has already been corroded, and the Ten Thousand Clans all centered around the Human Clan established huge cities to counter ‘Corrosion.’ Even the Demon Beasts have been mostly destroyed by ‘Corrosion.’ Where is there room for an Otherworldly Lord to survive?”

Old Book shook his head and replied, “I heard about Otherworldly Lords not long ago from the previous groups of brave ones, only then did I know such a thing existed.”

“Understood, it seems the situation on the ground is worse than imagined.”

Having resolved all doubts in his heart, Leo Ray looked solemn, nodded to Old Book, and said, “City Lord, if you truly wish to protect this city, then I have a few tasks for you.”

“Say without hesitation, Lord Brave, you all are summoned by the Deity, and are the hope of this city, I naturally will fully cooperate.”

Old Book nodded eagerly and responded without hesitation.

“Good, then I will speak frankly.”

Leo Ray put down the teacup and began to describe.

The first task is to bring over the other commanders carrying Divine Stone Weapons.

Only this way can I take the opportunity to upgrade their weapons.

The second task is to collect all equipment within the city.

Of course, I won’t simply upgrade and return them, but replace them with my own equipment.

After previous battles, my carried reserves are sufficient to upgrade all soldiers’ equipment to a higher tier.

With higher-tier equipment, it can certainly improve the city’s defense capabilities to some extent, and the equipment collected will further expand my equipment inventory.

The third task is to collect the magic medicine, magical scrolls, and other upgradable items within the city, and I will upgrade their equipment through replacement as well.

“Understood, I will get right on it!”

Upon hearing Leo Ray’s instructions, Old Book promptly arranged for everything to be done.

In the following day, Leo Ray followed the plan and successively completed these three tasks.

Not only did he upgrade the city guard’s equipment, magic medicine, and magical scroll reserves by at least one tier, but also upgraded the additional four Divine Stone Weapons, increasing his Divine Stone Weapon inventory to over six hundred.

“Next, it’s about finding a reason to distribute these Divine Stone Weapons.”

At the door of the Temple, Leo Ray wore a contemplative expression.

Just distributing half of them would exponentially improve the city guard’s capability to counter ‘Corrosion’!

With such a significant improvement, countering previous ‘Corrosion’ attacks would certainly be easy! In other words, the difficulty of guarding the city significantly decreased!

“Wait, something’s not right.”

Leo Ray’s brows suddenly furrowed, his expression growing severe.

The prompting voice must have already known his talent and could predict his actions.

In this premise, the voice still summoned him here, indicating that things are far from simple.

Considering the prompt voice previously twice placed him in peril, nearly costing him his life, based on its behavior, this time must also be fraught with danger.

More precisely, the prompting voice definitely doesn’t believe he will easily guard this city!

“Does ‘Corrosion’ have some other big move? What could it possibly be?”