Chapter 774 - Chapter 774: Landing Plan
Chapter 774: Landing Plan
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
On the edge of the cliff, the Undead Lord Maldonis gazed at the sky, his eye sockets flickering with icy flames, as if piercing through layers of dark clouds to see something higher.
Behind him came a rumbling sound. A towering figure, three stories tall, clad in heavy bone armor and wielding a massive axe, approached from behind. It knelt down on one knee, its mouth clacking.
A raspy voice spoke up.
“Maldonis, my lord, the joint fleet is about to reach the coastline.”
Maldonis didn’t reply, nor did he even flinch in his skyward gaze, as if he hadn’t heard at all.
The skeletal figure remained motionless after kneeling, blue flames flickering in its eye sockets. Though expressionless, one could sense its awe and fervor for the diminutive entity before them, barely larger than a heel bone, yet commanding their loyalty—a being not divine but surpassing gods.
Only they, his loyal attendants, knew the terrifying power possessed by this slender, grotesque body compared to the massive, monstrous forms of other Lords.
But what they admired most was his vast and profound strategy, which wielded valor to slay enemies yet could overturn worlds with its cunning.
After a long while, Maldonis lowered his head, turned around, and spoke slowly.
“Let them pass.”
“Yes, my lord.”
The skeletal attendant wasted no time in returning to its feet, ready to carry out the command.
No matter how wise or foolish the order seemed, it wasn’t for him to question or advise. Lord Maldonis’ commands were never wrong.
“If the joint fleet seeks to land, send a ten-thousand-strong force to obstruct them. Deploy lower-tier artillery if needed,” Maldonis suddenly added.
The skeletal attendant paused, a moment of realization flashing through its mind.
A force of ten thousand couldn’t possibly block hundreds of warships and tens of thousands of allied soldiers from landing. At best, it could only delay them for a while.
They were adept at land warfare and ill-suited for naval combat. Moreover, they needed to defend the lengthy coastline, which stretched their forces thin. Firstly, under the circumstances of “insufficient intelligence” and “fear of the Lord’s demise, severely lacking maritime reconnaissance,” it was understandable to hastily mobilize forces only when the enemy approached the coastline. Even if the counter-landing failed, it could be justified.
This would subtly drain the strength and energy of the Greed Lord, preempting any questions about why they weren’t assisting in blocking the allied forces’ landing.
Secondly, it would covertly hinder the Greed Lord’s power and energy, allowing some allied forces to enter, thus preventing the Greed Lord from smoothly completing the task of invading the Southern Continent while still intervening when necessary to gain strategic advantages.
Thirdly, according to the plan negotiated by the five Lords before the war, after the Greed Lord completely conquered the Southern Continent, they would join forces with the Dreadlord’s Legion and the Undead Lord’s Legion to attack the Northern Continent or support the Eastern and Western Continents’ Lords according to the war situation.
However, there was a significant change in the situation. The foolish Dreadlord, unexpectedly, was killed. The plan thus evolved into only the Greed Lord’s Legion and the Undead Lord’s Legion attacking the Northern Continent.
In this scenario, if the Greed Lord were to expend more energy than anticipated in the struggle against the joint fleet, then his strategic moves toward conquering the Northern Continent after fully occupying the Southern Continent would naturally be much slower.
Moreover, if the maritime fleets of the several major orderly factions and capitals from the Northern Continent, which comprised the joint fleet, were to suffer losses here, it would clear some obstacles for their Undead Lord’s Legion’s future attack on the Northern Continent.
Fourthly, if all went well, and the Greed Lord sustained considerable losses under the blockade of the Desert Alliance and the joint fleet, his reserves would naturally be insufficient, making them the primary force for attacking the Northern Continent.
Compared to contending for the desolate Southern Continent, which was densely populated with kingdoms, the Northern Continent obviously provided them with more room to exert their strength and achieve greater accomplishments.
This plan kills four birds with one stone!
The skeletal attendant felt a sincere sense of admiration surging in his heart.
Indeed, Lord Maldonis was worthy of admiration. A simple gesture contained such profound implications.
After a moment of contemplation, he responded with a tone of awe and admiration.
“Yes, my lord, Maldonis.”
Everyone thought that after killing one of the Five Lords, the Dreadlord, the pressure on the orderly factions facing the demons would diminish, allowing them to gain some advantages.
However, the situation was still far from optimistic.
Though the Dreadlord was dead and they had lost control of the Sea of Depths, the several Lords from the Eastern and Western Continents still held significant advantages. The Decay Lord attacking the Western Continent utilized environmental pollution to steadily advance the frontlines towards the north.
Until the news that arrived yesterday, the vanguard of the Decay Lord’s army had already advanced to the northern part of the southern swamps of the Western Continent, where they were establishing outposts and supply depots, evidently intending to continue advancing north.
Up to that point, the Decay Lord had occupied one percent of the land in the Western Continent.
One percent might have seemed small numerically, but in this vast world, the one percent of land in the Western Continent already encompassed the territories governed by a dozen or so kingdom-level powers.
Moreover, the land occupied by the Greed Lord was even broader. On the map, the southern part of the Southern Continent was already marked in red. If not for most of the Southern Continent being lifeless deserts and barren plains, with relatively few living beings.
Otherwise, according to Lainekel’s description, the Greed Lord could even summon demon armies numbering in the billions, leaving no vegetation wherever they go.
And now, the Greed Lord had completed the initial “planting,” gradually beginning to unleash formidable war potential. The newly emerged demons marching continuously from the south to the north, forming an unbroken black line towards the frontline, serve as the best evidence.
At the beginning of the war, the orderly factions reached a consensus: do not let the demons completely control too much land.
Demons were a completely chaotic and evil race, adept at perpetuating war, constantly plundering the earth’s resources, whether they be mineral veins or living beings. Everything swallowed up by them becomes nourishment for the madness and slaughter of this evil race.
From existing records, tens of thousands of years ago during the Divine War, the orderly factions made every effort to restrict demon access to resources, continuously harassing their rear logistics production, effectively squeezing the space for demons to unleash their war potential. It was only through this step-by-step strategy that they gained the upper hand, defeating them and achieving victory in the war.
Now, they were following these steps to recover.
Between the advancing joint fleet and the Southern Continent, there were constantly flying reconnaissance teams shuttling back and forth, gathering intelligence to assist the allied fleet in understanding the current situation on the Southern Continent’s battlefield.
News of the demon army under the Greed Lord launching a large-scale attack on the Desert Alliance was quickly transmitted.
On the flagship of the elves, representatives of all kingdoms and factions gathered together.
Regarding the Elven Empire, Commander Yassen of the Fifth Fleet in the Mid-Ocean sat in a secondary position, putting down the scroll containing intelligence in his hand, his expression solemn.
Speaking in the common language of the continent, he said, “According to reconnaissance results, the Greed Lord has deployed corps-level forces to launch a comprehensive attack on the Roni River frontline of the Desert Alliance. In just a few days, there have already been significant casualties.
Without our support, it is estimated that the Roni River frontline will be breached within three weeks, and tens of millions of humans and races will become food for the demons.
We must not let the Roni River frontline fall! At least… not in such a short time,” the representative of the Desert Alliance said with a dark expression.
The Roni River frontline was the Desert Alliance’s greatest asset in resisting the Greed Lord. They had placed great hopes on it, constraining the tentacles of the Greed Lord within this vast desert continent, and the Roni River was the best place for this.
Furthermore, if the Greed Lord’s army were to appear in large numbers in the Western-Mid Ocean, the Desert Alliance, which relies on maritime trade and commercial circulation for its livelihood, would suffer incalculable losses.
“Yes, this is also a place to fully deplete the Greed Lord’s strength,” said a representative from an affiliated state of the Elven Empire.
Yassen nodded and said, “Of course, we must arrive at the Southern Continent as soon as possible, but our only concern now is the Undead Lord.”
“The Undead Lord is currently the only one of the demon lords who has not launched a large-scale attack. According to available information, the Undead Legion under the Undead Lord’s command is stationed in a large oasis in the northeast inland of the Southern Continent, but many of its troops are stationed on the coastline.”
“If the Undead Legion intervenes, it will be difficult for us to successfully land.” “Then shall we bypass them and land on the northwest coast?” said the representative of the Pelan Kingdom among the three countries along the northwest coast.
Yassen shook his head. “The area beyond the northwest coast has already been blocked by the demon army of the neighboring Decay Lord. Forcing a landing there will only result in great losses.
And besides, there is no suitable terrain for large-scale coastal landings over there.”
The other representatives fell silent. While they spoke of landing to support the Desert Alliance, the presence of the Undead Legion, particularly skilled in legion warfare, presented many challenges. Finding a breakthrough was not an easy task.
Seeing everyone quiet down, Yassen paused and turned to look at Ji Chen, who was seated in the main position.
“Lord Ji Chen, what are your thoughts?”
Ji Chen slowly opened his eyes and said, “Land directly from the coast near the Roni River.”
Yassen frowned. “But there is a Undead Lord’s army of over a hundred thousand stationed there…”
“No worries, I can deal with them and create conditions for your landing.” Yassen was speechless.
It was only then that he realized Ji Chen was an epic-tier mage proficient in maritime spells, and the coast was one of the terrains he excelled in. With him taking action, landing would naturally not be a problem.
Thinking of the numerous high-level heroes under his command, he no longer had any doubts in his mind.
He nodded and looked around at the representatives.
“Any objections?”
“No, with Lord Ji Chen taking action, we are all at ease.”
The representatives dared not oppose, but rather were very willing.
The presence of a powerful individual could easily resolve many seemingly difficult situations.
The impact of a strong individual’s actions sometimes outweighed that of tens of thousands of troops..