City of Desire [Kingdom Building]

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Solivos Yark

“Thank you in advance for the greatest gift I have ever received,” I said as I looked at the beautiful saber in the woman’s hand, before jumping off the beast.

I could fight on horseback, but given the blazing fire swirling around the saber, it would be better to fight on the ground.

I would have been able to defend the beast, but given the artifact, I would rather focus on myself and getting that artifact in my hand.

I am not a saber user, but I am not worried about that. As long as I have it, I will exchange it for spear artifacts; there are a couple of them in the kingdom.

She dismounted as I did and came toward me, with glittering fire blazing across the saber.

“Hehe!” I laughed.

I pointed my spear forward and shot toward her, activating Spearman’s Surge.

It is one of the best skills I have in my arsenal. It is made from merging the two skills. It increases my speed and reflexes.

It is aligned with the weapon; it gives me a boost when I use the spear.

The skill isn’t the only thing giving me a boost. The weapon is also doing it; it is a half-artifact. Taken from a noble spearmaster, I had killed.

That was the most difficult battle I had fought. It nearly killed me, but I succeeded. As a reward, I had reached Lv. 30 and got this powerful class.

I have a feeling that killing her would be even more rewarding, and I am not talking about the artifact alone.

I appeared in front of her, but didn’t attack immediately.

“Give me the saber and I will spare your life,” I offered to the woman.

She didn’t reply. Instead, the glittering fire on her saber burned brightly, and she swung it toward me.

It immediately made me serious as I understood I had underestimated the artifact’s power.

I thought I could defeat her without aura, but feeling its power, I know, doing that would be a massive mistake; the artifact is powerful.

I made the decision instantly, and my aura burst out of me, and I attacked.

Activating Iron Thrust and Piercing Point, before pushing the aura into them, to amplify their power.

Instantly, my attack became a lot stronger.

Clang!

My spear clashed against the saber, sending a fiery shockwave that shook me and made me take a step back.

I am not the only one who did. It sent her back as well. Two steps, actually.

I didn’t waste even a moment and moved forward with the Spearman’s Surge, powering it with aura.

I appeared behind her and attacked her swiftly with the Iron Thrust and Piercing Point.

The woman turned fast, her saber creating a fiery arc before meeting my spear.

Clang!

The weapons clashed again, but this time, I was more prepared and was only shaken a little while she took a single step back.

I used this opportunity to move forward and attack again.

Clang Clang Clang!

Our weapons clashed hard, one after another. She is at a disadvantage against me, but it is very small and shrinking fast.

“They have trained you, Hun?” I asked, surprised.

The way she is fighting me, responding to my attacks. It’s clear that she had been trained.

Our intelligence about her stated that she is an above-average fighter; this is not above average. She responded, adjusting her attacks based on mine.

“Do you think they would have just given the artifact without it?” she replied with a laugh and, for the first time, launched the attack.

It is an arc of fire; so powerful that I know, I could not let it hit me.

So, I moved to defend against it using the Intercepting Strike, powered by the aura.

Bam!

The fiery arc exploded as I defended against it. Shaking me, the opportunity she used to launch another attack.

Clang!

The next moment, I stopped her attacks.

“I am far from that easy,” I replied with a grin before attacking her again.

Our weapons clashed once more, and they clashed again and again. I am trying to understand her combat style and weaknesses.

She is not a talented fighter, but is very good at defending her weaknesses.

The glittering fire is unlike any fire I have ever seen.

It had physical force, making her attacks more powerful. If I didn’t have the aura, I wouldn’t have lasted even a minute in front of her.

I continued with my attacks while also leading the battle.

I studied the battles we fought and learned that engaging them was the greatest mistake we had ever made.

I had brought the powerhouses, but I had told them not to fight unless they had no other option. I focused more on bogging down the enemies with our most significant advantage.

The undead.

I had commanded all the pillars to focus the undead on the enemies.

I told them not to care about the undead. Once we win the battle, we can salvage most of the parts. Besides, we will get many fresh bodies after our victory.

Time passed, and I continued with my battle, when I started to notice things.

The enemies are moving through the undead at the same speed as before; it seemed like they weren’t able to tire them out.

Giving me a feeling like the armies of that wretched Kalgha Dominion. That thought didn’t give me a good feeling.

‘Four of you, what the hell are you doing? Slow down the enemy, blast the undead, if you have to!’ I commanded the four main pillars controlling the horde.

“It will destroy a lot of the undead?’ came the reply from Hanby.

‘So what? I want them dead,” I replied.

Yes, we do not usually blast the undead as that makes them completely useless. If they kill the undead, it could still be salvaged later; that is not the case with the blasted undead.

Bang Bang Bang!

A moment later, the blasts began to ring out throughout the battlefield.

…

General Azalea

Bang Bang Bang!

“See, these blasts are the herald of your defeat.” The bald man said as the blasts rang out through the battlefield.

They are sounding from everywhere, and they are doing damage. I could feel my people dying.

‘Plated Sprint!’ I commanded through General’s Command and activated Enhanced Défense.

“If this is all you have, then it is best that you give up,” I replied, and anger flashed in his eyes for a moment before he controlled himself and launched another attack.

I moved my saber with the Swift Saber and defended against the attack.

It is what I am doing the most, defending.

I know my limitations. I am not as good a fighter alone as I am in the group. I am mostly focused on defence, using minimal skills.

The aura isn’t infinite; it has a limit. Once he reaches it, I will go on the offense; until then, I must preserve as much strength as possible and keep my emotions calm.

The strategy isn’t as flashy as my saber, but it is the best one, and I am good at it.

It will put immense pressure on my men, but it is never easy to fight an opponent like him. He is very experienced, finishing him is the dream.

“You should be the one who gives up. You have a choice right now, and in a few minutes, you won’t,’ he said, flashing to my left, and attacking.

I didn’t reply to that.

I am worried about my people; these explosions are dangerous for them. We have prepared for this, but like the undead, we too will bear the cost.

I am directing my people, taking in all the information coming at me every second.

He is using a different strategy from others. He lets the undead attack us while keeping the powerhouses away. He wants to tire us out before letting his powerhouses loose on us.

This is the strategy they use against the forces of the Kalgha Dominion. He was stationed there before coming here.

This strategy isn’t without a cost.

It destroys many undead, and they can’t be recovered. However, it also presents us with the opportunity if we play our cards right.

Thankfully, we have a strategy for it; General Stone devised it based on how the Kalgha dominion does.

The plated defense is designed to minimize casualties while maximizing speed, allowing us to reach the enemy more quickly. The undead have already cleared the path ahead in the wake of the explosion.

In this strategy, the units are covered in protection spells to protect against the explosions, while speed skills roar.

Commander Stone seemed to have expected it.

Seeing that he had increased the number of mages in the army a few days ago, we already had more mages than Greltheaven’s army.

Panar’s army has double the number of mages per unit than the Greltheaven.

They have taken massive risks in sending more mages here, but I am glad. It saves many of my people’s lives, but we have to use this to reach our goal.

The enemy had started killing us faster with this strategy, but they have also created a way toward their powerhouses for us, and we will use that.

“It’s a good strategy, but it won’t work,” he said and laughed; the next moment, explosions intensified.

Seeing that, my expressions turned ugly.

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