Lords Trying to Survive: Strategizing from a Rundown Yard

The mighty war eagle descended from the sky, like a black shadow iron tower falling in front of Zong Shen.

Its claws hooked a space storage ring.

There were several abbreviated characters engraved on it, which should have come from one of the descendants of Marquis Ekmeledin.

Zong Shen took out an oval token from the ring.

The rune tracks on it were fine and complex, and the materials used were also very particular.

It can be seen that it was carefully designed.

Marquis Ekmeledin, who received the news, also returned to the scene from the tower defense line.

Zong Shen handed the token to him and ordered at the same time.

"Try to strengthen the role of the remaining magic circle."

"I hope it can buy us more time."

The marquis holding the token nodded in a daze.

He raised his hand to call a griffin knight, who flew him to the core area of ​​extremely chaotic space not far away.

There were many magical elements running wild, and colorful winds could be seen everywhere.

The violent airflow also stirred up a large amount of dust, which seriously affected the vision, and various detection methods were difficult to use.

The Marquis did not advance rashly. He called the Griffin Knight to stop at the edge of the core area.

Wearing a relatively thick protective light shield, he began to use the newly arrived spare token to feel the remaining magic circle.

When he communicated with his mind, the token in his hand lit up.

At the same time, the shadow of the magic circle also vaguely emerged on the cracked ground in front.

But compared with the previous solid appearance, the shadow at this time seemed extremely vague.

After carefully sensing it, Marquis Ekmeledin also had a few beads of sweat on his forehead.

The situation on the scene was worse than he thought.

After all, he did not have a strategy module like Mr. Zong, who could get real-time feedback.

He could only guess about the situation of the magic circle.

The token in his hand began to heat up after the connection was completed.

The Marquis felt like he was holding a soldering iron.

But Marquis Ekmeledin himself is also one of the media for communicating with the magic circle.

Because this magic circle was designed and initially constructed by the ancestors of the Clift family.

The magic circle incorporates the power of his own blood.

So not only is the token the key, but Marquis Ekmeledin himself is also the key.

The token became hotter and hotter, and it seemed to be overloaded.

Gritting his teeth, the Marquis forcibly mobilized the power of the remaining magic circle.

"Buzz!"

The sudden buzzing sound made the vibration of the earth slightly calmer.

The chaotic magic elements and the regional storm formed gradually calmed down.

Another light shield rose up under the crooked castle, piercing the center of the black cloud vortex in the sky.

With the rise of the straight light column again, the core area directly restored stability.

All kinds of magic elements gradually subsided, and the ground stopped shaking.

Only those huge cracks in the ground failed to recover completely, like scars after being injured.

The backup magic energy reserve pool of the magic circle was activated, and the situation was temporarily stabilized by forcibly communicating with the broken magic circle.

However, the collapse of the magic circle is irreversible.

Even if the supply of magic energy is restored, the problem cannot be solved from the root.

This magic circle was designed with some self-recovery methods.

It is used to solve the overload after natural loss and high-intensity attack.

However, the magic circle was too severely damaged by [Negative Magic Fluid].

In addition, the powerful monsters in the Demon Abyss Prison also struggled when the gap was opened.

This is mainly because when the magic circle was damaged, Marquis Ekmeledin happened to use family means to open a gap, giving the monsters an opportunity to make trouble.

All these made the damage of the magic circle even more pessimistic.

Although the core area where the entrance to the Demon Abyss Prison is located has been temporarily stabilized, the crisis has not been resolved.

The guarding magic circle can only gain no more than one day of time.

When the next sunset comes, the crisis will reappear.

"Huh!"

He exhaled a heavy breath.

Marquis Ekmeledin spread out his hands, the skin and flesh on them had already been scorched and there was a faint green smoke floating.

That was the mark left by the burns of the spare token.

It is undoubtedly a very burdensome task to mobilize the magic circle in a damaged state.

The blockage of the rune circuit makes the operation of the magic circle more difficult.

Fortunately, he finally completed the task.

Back in the ruins of the arena, Zong Shen was stroking the war eagle's head raised high.

"My lord, the power of the remaining magic circle is taking effect."

"It is expected to last at least until tomorrow's sunset."

He reported truthfully.

But Zong Shen just nodded.

The golden subtitles reflected the remaining time.

From the original seven hours, it became 31 hours and 19 minutes.

The buffer time is enough for Zong Shen to transfer the population of the Dagalisni Giant City to the small dimension world.

But this time he really doesn't want to abandon the city again.

Population and various resources are only part of the wealth of the giant city.

In fact, the giant city itself is the most important.

The buildings and defense nodes here are ready-made. After Zong Shen takes over, he only needs to use the lord's privileges to strengthen and transform them.

Give it the advantages that a territory should have, and the defense capability of the Dagalisni Giant City can be greatly improved.

There was no way before when he was in the giant city of Luntax.

At that time, Zong Shen and the territory were not strong enough for him to take over the giant city in its entirety.

The city could only be abandoned there, and eventually turned into ruins and battlefields.

After more than a month of fighting, the lord and Grand Duke Jonathan's troops had already turned those places into scorched earth. Only various crooked ruins and some towering towers that had not yet completely collapsed proved that there was once a city there.

The earliest lords who settled there wanted to dig three feet into the ground to find treasures.

At the beginning, they really dug up a lot of good things.

After all, it is difficult to completely plunder the resources of the entire city in a short period of time.

Zong Shen did take away the big heads, but there were also many small heads left.

These small heads became the spoils that the lords could find.

In any case, the giant city of Luntax has become a thing of the past.

The buildings there are completely destroyed and there is not much value in occupying them.

As a giant city-level territory, Zong Shen still wants to do his best to keep it here.

"First evacuate the population according to the circle."

"You and Colby are jointly responsible for this matter."

Zong Shen summoned Colby and handed him the [Dimension Seed (Special)].

And opened up some usage rights to him.

[Dimension Seed (Special)] is the prototype of a world.

And Zong Shen is the master of this world, and the two are mutually dependent.

After receiving the order, Colby, riding on the transformed giant wolf, took the Marquis Ekmelding away.

Zong Shen looked at the backs of the two people leaving with a calm expression.

He stood up and turned to the direction of the core circle, which became much more stable.

The magic light column that connected the sky and the earth rushed into the sky, and the momentum was as spectacular as ever.

"Bang!"

Suddenly, there was a hollow loud noise.

It was like something collapsed.

After this loud noise, the clarity of the light column decreased sharply.

The remaining seal ban became unstable again.

Zong Shen narrowed his eyes and sighed slightly.

He knew that things were not that simple.

The ban has been loosened, and the monsters in the Demon Abyss Prison will not wait.

They are also a force that cannot be underestimated when they gather together.

The attacks from only three demigod-level monsters were enough to destroy the remaining restrictions.

The sound just now was caused by the monsters' fierce attack from the inside.

Originally, the monsters in the Demon Abyss Prison could not shake the ban.

But now is different from the past. This barely maintained magic circle has been riddled with holes.

The monsters trapped in the Demon Abyss Prison are extremely ferocious.

Seeing the gap appear and the power restricting them being reduced, they immediately became eager to try.

This excitement was transformed into an urgent desire to attack through mania.

Although most of them have lost their rationality, the instinct to pursue freedom still exists.

The dull echoes one after another, as if the low bell is announcing the arrival of death.

Affected by this, the countdown for the maintenance of the magic circle is changing.

It is accelerating backwards from 31 hours.

At this rate, it will return to zero in half an hour at most.

This means that the attacks of the monsters in the Demon Abyss Prison are accelerating the collapse of the magic circle.

Fortunately, the evacuation order for the second circle is still in progress.

It should be possible to complete the evacuation of the second circle before the situation becomes worse.

In this way, the population of the first and second circles can basically be preserved.

However, the third circle, which occupies the largest area and accounts for the highest proportion, may not be taken care of.

Even if the city gates are opened to let them try their best to escape, not many people can escape in just over half an hour.

Marquis Ekmeledin and Colby, who are currently performing evacuation and stabilization tasks in the second circle, also noticed the changes.

The core circle magic circle, which had become slightly stable, is shaking violently.

The fluctuating light and shadows make people feel dizzy.

The signs of collapse seem to be more severe than before.

The Marquis's face turned pale immediately.

"It's the monsters in the Demon Abyss Prison that are running wild!"

He muttered to himself.

Even with his temperament, he couldn't help himself in such an emergency.

Colby seemed particularly calm.

Perhaps it was because he was ignorant and fearless, or perhaps he had strong confidence in Zong Shen.

He gently patted Marquis Ekmeledin on the shoulder and said.

"Don't worry, just complete the order of the master."

This scene was like an officer comforting a soldier who had just entered the battlefield.

Colby didn't care about Ekmeledin's title at all.

In terms of the position system within the territory, Colby is now similar to a marshal.

He is in charge of Zong Shen's favorite.

In theory, as the ruler of the great city of Dagalisni, Marquis Ekmeledin is inferior to Colby in terms of the position level within the territory.

What's more, Colby is a veteran under Zong Shen.

He was completely trained by himself.

Zong Shen can give Colby 100% trust, but can only give Marquis Ekmeledin 50%.

In addition to a certain connection with loyalty, it is more because Colby has proved himself.

Swallowing a mouthful of saliva, Marquis Ekmeledin nodded with difficulty.

Zong Shen has no better way to deal with the collapse of such a large magic circle.

After all, this is the prison left by King Arthur and many of Avalon's founding fathers.

Unless you are a demigod-level magic circle master, there is no way to solve the problem.

Of course, the simplest and most brutal method is to let the magic circle collapse.

Then completely defeat or subdue the monsters.

Although this option is straightforward, the price to be paid is also the highest.

In addition, Zong Shen is also very curious about why King Arthur left the Demon Abyss Prison.

He was not idle just now, and found several props in the storage compartment that should be useful in advance.

But these are precautionary measures.

The real winner he has high hopes for is not those cold props.

Without acting rashly, Zong Shen just recalled Gugat.

On the surface, he and Gugat are the strongest among all the people present.

With Gugat's demigod body, there is not much risk in staying here.

When fighting with real guns and real bullets, Gugat is still very powerful.

Not to mention that it also has a powerful [Furnace Bomb], which can even kill demigods.

What can I say about self-destruction? It is really a daunting trump card when it is forced.

No one will easily provoke an opponent with the ability to self-destruct.

Even if they could defeat such an opponent, they would still have to worry about being killed by the self-explosion.

He and Gugat quietly waited for the moment when the magic circle collapsed.

Even though they tried hard, the ending did not seem to change.

But the backup token still played its due role.

If the remaining magic circle had not been mobilized, there would probably not be even a half-hour buffer.

The Demon Abyss Prison was another small world, and Zong Shen was not clear about the situation inside.

However, since he sent the war eagle Li Ang to get the backup token, the monsters took half an hour to start attacking, which led to the abnormal situation later.

If they had attacked fiercely at the beginning, I am afraid that the magic circle would have collapsed completely.

Therefore, the monsters imprisoned in the Demon Abyss Prison were undoubtedly in a relatively chaotic state.

This was a good show for Zong Shen, indicating that the monsters were not a monolithic entity.

In any case, it would be much easier to deal with it this way.

Time passed by minute by minute, and the countdown speed was sometimes fast and sometimes slow.

Soon there were only a few seconds left.

At this time, the beam of light in the distance went out again.

The sky and the ground simultaneously wailed in a state of being overwhelmed.

It was as if both the sky and the ground were crying.

The sky was as dark as midnight.

Originally, only the sky above the city center was affected.

But now it has spread to a wider area.

The clouds as far as the eye can see are flashing with lightning and thunder.

The dark mass is surging.

At least the area within a radius of hundreds of kilometers is affected.

This scene seems like the end of the world will come at any time.

The wind swirled across the ground.

A large green crack was torn in the core area not far away.

"Out... out!"

The stumbling ancient Highland language echoed.

A huge figure emerged from the crack first.

It was a humanoid giant with a height of 100 meters, holding a huge mace, and with a green-brown skin.

Like a Highlander, but also like an orc.

The facial features are more delicate than those of the giants.

Strictly speaking, it is like an enlarged version of a Highland Barbarian warrior.

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