Chapter 214: Attacked at the City Edge
Luna's explanation made Gu Xi realize that his Aridowei was not absolutely safe.
His troops were still too few.
However, Gu Xi quickly changed the topic.
"Luna, I plan to arrange the Witherers and Corpse Poison Flies in the Tamworth. Is there enough land here now?"
"Maybe not. Last time when the Tamworth was attacked, there was only one large plot left. We can't build two troop training camps simultaneously here."
"That's a problem."
Gu Xi sighed. His territory was still too small. It seemed necessary to find some new sources of land.
Besides the shortage of land in the Tamworth, the Hundred-Arms Giant Graveyard was also short of land.
Dimmy needed a graveyard, a spirit tomb, and a ghost house, requiring three large plots.
There were only two plots available, and Gu Xi needed to figure out a way to squeeze out another plot.
These are all issues!
While considering this, Gu Xi and his team reached the edge of the Tamworth.
The city gate was already built. Since it was built in the Tamworth, it naturally carried the style of the Tamworth.
The city gate before him looked like it had been abandoned for a long time. The structure was still there but hidden among the plants.
From a distance, it didn't even look like a city gate.
Outside the city gate, there was an endless fog. Standing at the gate, Gu Xi could see black figures flashing through the fog from time to time.
"Shaya, go and test if the gate can be used."
Originally, Gu Xi just planned to take a look at the gate and leave, but seeing this gate, he had to consider whether it could be used.
It would be a joke if the gate couldn't close during a real battle.
Shaya flipped over and jumped near the gate. With a light push, a large number of vines appeared at the gate, sealing it tightly.
Seeing this, Gu Xi knew he didn't need to check further. This gate was stronger and clearly more spiritual than the one Gu Xi had been using.
As the gate reopened, Gu Xi knew it could be used. In future battles, he could deploy troops from different angles simultaneously.
While Gu Xi was examining the gate, the moat outside was also completed.
Unlike the gate without walls, the moat directly separated the Tamworth from the fog.
To cross the river, one must go through the gate.
Oh, wait, there's no drawbridge at the gate yet. Even if you see the gate, you can't cross the river.
This moat was filled with green strong acid. Anyone stepping into it would lose 3 points of life per second.
It was the best defense.
Although the moat and walls could only be summoned to the battlefield at level 9, Gu Xi knew this.
But he wouldn't skip building the moat just because it could only be used at level 9.
His city still needed defense in peacetime. What if Aridowei was attacked?
So Gu Xi wasn't foolish enough not to build the moat and walls.
Casually tossing some deadly aquatic plants into the moat, Gu Xi watched them grow rapidly in the acid, satisfied.
Then he said to Luna, "By the way, relocate the Lonely Walker Plaza here. Since the gate is built, there should be a place to store troops.
We can't let the troops stand in the woods."
"Got it!"
Luna noted this down.
Gu Xi then glanced at the towering root-like tentacles of the Tamworth. "Is that still in an inactive state?"
"Yes, we haven't figured out how to activate the Wicked Wood Lake."
Luna was helpless.
For regular buildings, there's always a condition for activation.
But this evil wood formed from green liquid was just marked as inactive without any explanation.
Luna had arranged many people to investigate but found no corresponding method.
"Keep an eye on this. It will be a problem if we can't fully utilize the Tamworth."
"Don't worry, sir, I'll handle it."
As they spoke, Gu Xi jumped onto the evil coffin, ready to check out the magic tower.
Just then, a roar came from the fog, and a new kind of shadow flew out.
It was Gu Xi's first time seeing flying shadow troops.
These shadows were few but quite large.
Each was the size of a small car, with long hair trailing behind, looking like salted fish flying in the sky.
As they flew out of the fog, these giant heads screamed and charged towards the gate at the fog's edge.
"Damn it, can we ever have peace? Luna, deploy the gargoyles, corpse poison flies, and skeleton mages. Shaya, join the fight."
Gu Xi decisively pointed with the Cold Wind Staff.
"Bone Spikes!"
The bone spikes, shaped like long swords, shot towards the nearest head like a flying sword.
The flying head didn't expect Gu Xi to attack and was pierced in the eye, instantly frozen by the icy power on the flying sword. The head lost control and rolled into the newly built moat.
In the corrosive acid moat, the head struggled briefly and then flew up again. However, Gu Xi noticed that its hair was completely gone.
Seeing Gu Xi attack, the heads screamed and rushed towards him.
Unexpectedly, Dimmy, who had been watching, took action.
Her body floated like a ghost, elegantly reaching a head, and her hands extended sharp claws, tearing the head into two.
Black liquid splattered everywhere.
Before the other heads could reach her, Dimmy turned and threw three roses of different colors at three black heads.
The blood-red roses shrank the heads into dry corpses that hit the ground heavily.
The dark green roses tore the heads into pieces, turning into black light spots before hitting the ground.
The gray-white roses tightly wrapped a head, blooming more and more flowers by absorbing the head's nutrients.
While Dimmy acted, Shaya also joined.
Holding a dagger in one hand and an elderwood stick in the other, she jumped onto a head, crossing her weapons to strike it heavily.
[Dimmy (Undead Leader) killed a Wicked Flying Head (Level 3), you gain 19 XP (19 XP overflow stored), Undead Leader gains 32 XP.]
[Shaya (Contracted Undead) killed a Wicked Flying Head (Level 4), you gain 24 XP (24 XP overflow stored), Contracted Undead gains 37 XP.]
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