Chapter 525 - Old Enemy (1/2)
“Since Alliance of Mages and Divine Protectors won’t let us rest in peace, we won’t let them either! After we’re through with them, they’ll turn tail and scram whenever they see us!” Nie Yan coldly declared.
Hearing Nie Yan’s words, the players in the villa immediately became fired up. After the siege of the Cripps Stronghold, It had been a long time since they last fought a war. They felt like their bones were growing rusty.
Nie Yan had decided to declare war against Alliance of Mages and Divine Protectors.
“Boss, just give us the command!”
The players in the villa were itching to do battle.
Nie Yan turned to Bladelight. “Take 30 people with you, and go hunt some Level 80 Lords. Quickly snatch up the properties in the Hilton Stronghold. Leave Alliance of Mages and Divine Protectors to us.”
Bladelight pondered for a moment. Nie Yan was planning to hinder Alliance of Mages and Divine Protectors while his group hunted Level 80 Lords and earned contribution. Like this, they could snatch up the most important properties in the Hilton Stronghold.
Battles could always be put off and delayed. However, the matter of purchasing properties in the Hilton Stronghold couldn’t!
If all these properties were snatched up by other guilds, Asskickers Unitedwould lose out on a huge source of potential revenue. This kind of loss was incalculable.
“Alright, be careful.” Bladelight nodded.
“It’s best if you bring 30 top ranked guildmates with you. Make sure nothing leaks out,” Nie Yan said. Nothing good could come from Alliance of Mages and Divine Protectors knowing the movements of Bladelight’s group.
“Understood.”
A 30-player team wasn’t enough to deal with a Level 90 Lord, but a Level 80 Lord would be no issue. Adding too many players would make them too easy to discover.
Bladelight’s group exited out the backdoor of the villa. They had to first throw off the Alliance of Mages and Divine Protectors players observing this place.
After Bladelight departed, Nie Yan began organizing the troops.
「Guo Huai, has there been any movements from Divine Protectors and Alliance of Mages?」Nie Yan asked. If they dared to leave the city, he would show them no mercy.
「They’re still recuperating. It seems like they won’t be leaving the Hilton Stronghold any time soon. I’ve already dispatched people to monitor them. If there’s any news, I’ll immediately report back to you,」Guo Huai said.
「Mhmm.」Nie Yan nodded. Alliance of Mages and Divine Protectors had suffered heavy losses and probably wouldn’t dare to rashly step out of the Hilton Stronghold. Asskickers United’s players had to recuperate as well. So, there was no need to rush.
Nie Yan pondered for a moment. Should I try paying Crazy Magic a visit? If a conflict broke out within the walls of the Hilton Stronghold, Asskickers United’s side would have the absolute advantage. After all, his position was only second to the administrator!
「Guo Huai, find me the location of Crazy Magic!」
「Alright,」Guo Huai replied. He had already spread his intelligence network across the Hilton Stronghold. Finding Crazy Magic’s location was a simple matter.
「How many Armoured Ice Catapults do we have right now?」Nie Yan asked. Ifthey had enough Armoured Ice Catapults, he planned to put these formidable war engines to full use in the upcoming war.
The Armoured Ice Catapults had displayed astonishing might during the war for Nisode. Merely three suppressed the Tuoba Family to the point they couldn’t even breathe, leaving them with no choice but to abandon their strongholds. This in turn led to the decline of the several guilds under them as well.
Three Armoured Ice Catapults were far from being enough to deal with Alliance of Mages and Divine Protectors. No one knew how much Alliance of Mages and Divine Protectors had advanced their technology since the siege of the Cripps Stronghold. However, one thing was for certain: it hadn’t stagnated. Delfina, one of Nie Yan’s three slaves, had helped him duplicate two Armoured Ice Catapult Blueprints. With three artisan teams simultaneously working on this project round the clock, they probably had quite a few Armoured Ice Catapults completed by now.
「We currently have 21 Armoured Ice Catapults. Three are with the War God Tribe, five with Battle Crazed Alliance, and the rest is at the Cripps Stronghold,」Guo Huai replied. Believing Nie Yan had a special reason for inquiring about the Armoured Ice Catapults, he asked,「You’re planning to take action against Alliance of Mages and Divine Protectors? It’ll take us at least five days to transport the Armoured Ice Catapults, but if we get intercepted along the way, I can’t guarantee we won’t suffer heavy losses. They might have a method to deal with catapults. I also recently learned that Alliance of Mages already have 15 Armoured Catapults.」
Nie Yan pondered for a moment. Alliance of Mages and Divine Protectors were based too far away from Calore. At this stage of the game, when most land mounts were of a fairly low rank and flying mounts were still incredibly rare, this kind of distance posed a huge challenge.
「What if we uses horse-drawn carts? How long will it take then?」Nie Yan asked.
「If we use carts, we can cut the transport time to three days. However, building the carts won’t be cheap,」Guo Huai said. If they really were going to war with Alliance of Mages, victory wasn’t guaranteed. Given the distance, it would be very difficult for Asskickers United to seize any advantages.