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nTranslator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

n“The issue concerning Devil’s Den can’t be delayed. We have to destroy the den immediately!” William could not allow a Devil’s Den to exist behind the City of Dawn.

nThe military fortress of the Iron Nation was already a grave threat, and the Nation was serious about going to war. If on top of that, a Devil’s Den was allowed to expand, it would spell the end of the City of Dawn.

nWith the problem of Devil’s Den on one side, and the oncoming war in version 1.0 on the other side, the City of Dawn would be sandwiched between two adversaries.

nEspecially when he had already triggered a mission and accepted…

nHidden Mission: Crisis in the territory with the discovery of a Devil’s Den

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nMission Introduction: The Devil’s Den symbolizes the invasion of darkness and it has many threatening dark creatures. As the Lord of the City of Dawn, what will you do?

nMission Target: Destroy the Devil’s Den

nMission Completion: 0%

nReward: 130000 experience points

nReward: ???

nMy Lord, allow the soldiers to eradicate the den. I’m willing to be the vanguard.” Alec, the intelligence minister loudly shouted.

n“…” William glanced at the agitated Alec, and waved his hand as a signal for him to calm down.

nIf he allowed Alec to go to war and send many assassins with the same level as him, how many could he kill?

nSince he was an intelligence-gathering assassin, it would be inappropriate for Alec to lead the vanguard troops.

nHe was not a true epic level warrior. If he encountered a warrior at the same level as himself, he would be rendered helpless.

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nScarce resources must be very carefully used, only where they were needed the most. Assassins should never be sent to a battlefield. They had more important missions to do. Even if they could not assassinate the BOSS, they could disrupt the enemy behind their lines.

nIf the morale of the army was shaken, it could then be easily defeated.

nThe war in ”Gods’ did not mean total extermination of the enemy for victory. If the enemy commander died, the enemy soldiers would surrender, and victory would be achieved.

nOnly the players were not afraid to die. They did not care even if they died…

nDuring an outbreak of guild wars, each player would at least perish three to four times.

nWilliam surveyed his four confidantes and said in a deep voice, “We have to deploy our troops but we have to plan properly and carefully. Iron Nation is on our back. If we deploy all our soldiers, they could take the opportunity to invade us.”

nThe situation had turned into a complicated one.

nBesides the 50,000 slaves and commoners constructing the military fortress, Iron Nation had also deployed a legion with 3,000 soldiers.

nIt had created a sense of tension between the City of Dawn and the Iron Nation.

nNobody knew when the alliance between both of them could be broken.

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nIf William deployed his soldiers, Iron Nation would get wind of it. Though a magic scroll was expensive, a high-level spy would be equipped with it, and William was unable to create a huge magical barrier for the city.

nHence, he was unable to stop information from leaking out.

nMoreover, about 2,000 of the neutral slaves were actually spies. If they helped the Humans outside, the city gate would most likely fall.

n“2132 hidden spies, 800 of them even has middle-level combat power. The Iron Nation is indeed unscrupulous.” William just took note of their names, appearances and addresses.

nWhen the war would be declared, those spies’ time would be over. They would be taken into custody.

nThe time for their capture was not ripe yet.

nHe had to give Iron Nation the confidence that they could actually take over the City of Dawn with ease.

nIf William were to alert his enemy, death would await him. Iron Nation could send tens of legions to wipe out the City of Dawn, and the huge defensive bonus of the city wouldn’t be of any help.

n“Why don’t we seek help from Princess Annie. We could ask her to send out her soldiers to guard the city? Iron Nation is not aware of your relationship with the princess.” Odom made a suggestion.

n“Relationship? What relationship? What do you know?” William raised his brow. He had the same idea.

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nA Lord could dominate a discussion, but he also had to give his subordinates a chance to speak. It made them think that they were valued by the Lord.

nIt did not matter whether the subordinates were correct.

nIt did not matter whether their words were music to the Lord’s ears.

nIt did not matter at all!

nThe crux of the matter was that a Lord had to think of the conclusions and goals beforehand. He must not be led by his subordinates.

nThe discussion among the subordinates was important as it motivated them to work harder.

nIf the subordinate were to have the thoughts as William, he would give him an encouraging glance. If someone was not making sense, William would just listen without any rebuking. But he would not accept any absurd suggestion.

nIt created a constructive environment for discussion.

nWilliam was full of appreciation as he looked at Odom. He observed his confidantes and saw how many were in agreement with his proposal. Being satisfied, he nodded. “We’ll follow Odom’s suggestion. You lot prepare at least a legion of soldiers for deployment, and I’ll have a discussion with Princess Annie. Also, summon Fiu Roeser and the Troll that was placed in the mine!”

nOdom triumphantly smiled. He was glad his efforts were not wasted!

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nLautner immediately departed to gather the soldiers for deployment.

nWilliam hurried over to the moon tree. He needed to have a good talk with little Annie. William was unable to caress the unicorn who had not given him any luck. Instead, the unicorn obtained William’s remaining three points of luck. William was lucky that his luck points did not go negative…

n“It’s infuriating. So much undead to deal with.”

nMorning passed, and afternoon came.

nThe soldiers of the City of Dawn had been fully assembled and were ready to go. Annie’s personal guards and the soldiers of Blue Moon Town took over the defense of the city.

nSuch a large-scale military maneuver could not be kept from the spies within the city.

nBut William didn’t care. He had nothing to hide. He immediately gave the order for his army to set off!

nThe army comprised of 4,000 soldiers including 500 of his personal guards. This was a legion with 1000 combat strength.

nLautner, Odom, Eric, Alec, the Tauren Fiu Roeser and the Troll Bloody Crusher had followed William in this expedition. Sia also came and she was in charge of 20 middle-level mages and 50 novice-level mages.

nA legendary NPC!

nAnd seven epic NPCs!

n“If we still cannot defeat the Devil’s Den, then I’ll stand upside down… cough.” William did not choose to fly his flag.

nBesides William and his followers, members of the City of Dawn’s Temple of Light had also joined. The Temple Messenger had brought along 20 temple knights and 5 Pastors.

nEven 500 of his 800 mercenaries had joined in!

nThis would be the largest war since the start of the City of Dawn.

nBut William was not aware of the fact,

nThe dark warlock of the Devil’s Den was not fearful when he knew about the situation.

nInstead, he was laughing in excitement.

nCasa could not help swallow hard as he looked at these undead, death knights, skeleton soldiers and dark magical beasts. They were a formidable force.

nCasa gazed at this man. The man who had taught him dark magic but forbade Case from calling him teacher…

n“What is he going to do?”

n“These dark creatures cannot defeat the Dawn Army.” Casa knew it, but he didn’t dare to speak out loud.

nBut the well-prepared senior dark warlock knew exactly what was inside Casa’s head. He laughed sinisterly and said, “Do you remember the last bloodline of the Lonely Mountain empire? There’s a bounty on the Dwarf Odom Heavyhammer!”

n“What?” Casa eyes widened as he heard this information.

nSo…

nI see…

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