#90 - Chapter 90 The Attack Came to an Abrupt Stop

At the edge of the former Duchy of the雄鹿, now within苏映雪's territory.

鲁尔雄城 (Luerxiong City).

"Cough cough cough!" "Cough cough ah!"

A group of commoners who had just finished their work arrived at the tavern, immediately erupting into violent coughing fits.

They coughed so hard that one might suspect they were trying to cough up their lungs.

However, the others in the tavern paid no attention to these coughs.

Because since yesterday, the number of people exhibiting the same symptoms had become too numerous, and was only increasing.

"Cough cough, Lina, a drink."

A dockworker called out to Lina, who worked at the tavern.

Soon, Lina, dressed in revealing clothes, brought a watered-down beer to the dockworker.

"Here, this is for the drink, cough cough cough."

To Lina's surprise, the dockworker, who usually took advantage of ordering drinks to grope her, didn't have any lewd intentions today.

This seemed like a good thing, but it wasn't.

Because while the dockworkers would often touch her inappropriately, these actions made up a large portion of Lina's tips.

Amidst the cacophony of coughs, the dockworker seemed only to want to quickly get his drink, gulp it down, and soothe his throat, which was aching from coughing.

"This is truly a disaster."

Lina looked at the five copper coins in her hand, unable to suppress her worries.

"If this disaster continues, I'll soon be bankrupt."

"Hopefully, this cold will pass quickly...."

In fact.

What happened in this tavern was just a microcosm of the larger situation.

Starting from the edge of Wu Wei's territory.

Whether it was forests or river valleys.

Whether sparsely populated villages or bustling cities, the same kind of plague began to break out.

The plague spread so quickly that within two days of Wu Wei unleashing it, the entire Trial Continent had been infected with this plague, which had initial symptoms very similar to a common cold.

However, just as Lina was feeling melancholy, extremely noisy clamor suddenly erupted outside the tavern.

Before the people in the tavern could understand what was happening, a warrior bearing the emblem of a scepter and rose walked into the tavern.

Seeing this emblem, everyone immediately recognized that he belonged to Su Yingxue's forces!

"You, you, and you, leave the tavern with me and go outside."

The warrior pointed to everyone in the tavern who showed symptoms of coughing, including the dockworker.

"What for?" "Why go outside? It's so cold!"

As the patrons became increasingly nervous, the warrior explained.

"Don't you know? Our great lord has ordered that anyone afflicted by the plague, who exhibits symptoms of a cold, can receive free medicine from the nearby church."

"And those with more severe symptoms can receive the protection of the priests, who will remove their pain and sickness."

Hearing this, many people were stunned.

Free medicine?

How was that possible!

In the minds of these commoners, medicine that could cure diseases was something that only existed within the military.

And even within the military, not everyone could drink this kind of treatment potion.

"Really? A bottle of medicine costs at least one silver coin, right?"

"Yeah, yeah, such an expensive thing, cough cough cough, is really free for us?"

However, these doubts instantly vanished when these infected commoners arrived at the church and saw the medicine being distributed into their hands.

These commoners, who immediately became lively after drinking the medicine, once again believed in a rumor.

That the lord who ruled them was a genuine angel, a miracle walking among humans.

Thinking of this, many commoners were even more grateful for Su Yingxue's actions in saving them, and some even chose to convert to the new religion established by Su Yingxue.

In reality, Su Yingxue was saving them precisely for this reason.

She was gathering faith!

This female lord, who followed both magic and faith routes, decided to take advantage of this plague released by Wu Wei to directly accumulate a large number of faith fragments!

In her opinion, there was no opportunity easier to accumulate faith than a plague.

That's why she was directly sending large amounts of medicine to the commoners within her territory at this moment.

However...

This seemingly generous behavior actually couldn't save the lives of too many commoners.

Because this was just the beginning of this wave of plague.

More diseases and symptoms were just beginning.

What Su Yingxue would face would be a thorough bottomless pit.

And arriving right after the plague would be the invasion of the demon army!

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"Attack!"

Sitting on the Abyssal Throne, Wu Wei issued an attack order to the three demon armies under his control at the same time.

These three demon armies were led by the Plague Twins, Imp Matriarch Caroline, and Hendricks, respectively.

And the directions of their attacks were also completely different.

The Plague Twins' attack direction was north, which was towards Su Yingxue's territory.

Imp Matriarch Caroline was advancing east, and from that direction, territories of lords of all sizes extended all the way to the sea.

As for Hendricks, his direction of advance was somewhat special.

His attack direction was actually towards that allied army!

Because Wu Wei's goal for him was to entangle with that allied army, preventing them from advancing towards the Bitter Sea Desert.

Although the contrast in military strength between the two sides seemed incredibly disparate, Wu Wei still issued this order.

And, facing such an order that was not much different from "seeking death", Hendricks executed it very happily.

Because Wu Wei and he were both very clear that this demon sealed within the magic sword could not die in battle.

Moreover, the army that Wu Wei gave to Hendricks was also the strongest, with the previous twelve Juggernaut Demons all in his army!

As a result, Wu Wei's orders were quickly carried out.

The three demon armies advanced rapidly in different directions.

But unlike in the past, Wu Wei's attack this time was his most insane attack!

Because Imp Matriarch Caroline, advancing east, under Wu Wei's command, led countless numbers of imps, destroying every town they encountered, one after another, as if they were pulling up radishes.

Under this kind of attack, although the casualties among Wu Wei's army were huge, he still wouldn't hesitate in the slightest each time he launched an attack.

One city after another turned into scorched earth under the demons' rampage.

One after another originally prosperous lord bases turned into ruins amidst the demons' roars.

Wherever these demons went, everything turned to death.

And the number of demons that died was equally staggering.

Just from capturing four towns and three lord bases, Wu Wei's army had already lost nearly two-thirds of its forces!

But even so, Wu Wei's offensive was still astonishing.

Even though the number of army losses was huge, his command was still flawless.

Many solo lords wanted to directly thwart Wu Wei's offensive with the superior forces in their hands.

But they would soon experience Wu Wei's terrifyingly extreme methods of slaughter.

Chaos and panic spread in the east of the Trial Continent, along with the plague released by Wu Wei.

Moreover, this fear reached a new climax after Wu Wei used the resources he obtained to create a large number of reinforcements.

Because the reinforcements Wu Wei sent were no longer the small demons that had died in large numbers, but the Juggernaut Demons that had surpassed these lords by at least two eras!

These terrifying demon giants grinned as they drove one lord after another back to their hometowns.

These lords, who were already fighting on their own, gradually recognized a cruel reality in the absence of sufficient cooperation.

That was, if they didn't consider uniting, then they would all be completely exterminated by Wu Wei!

However, just as they finally mustered the courage to prepare to establish a new allied army.

Wu Wei's attack came to an abrupt halt.

These demons, who were still frantically killing everywhere the second before, suddenly fell into some kind of sudden stop.

No.

Not just this group of demons.

The same was true for the demon armies at the Plague Twins' and Hendricks' locations.

After a brief sudden stop and silence, they suddenly began a rapid retreat.

This kind of strange situation couldn't help but make all the lords guess what had happened on Wu Wei's side.

And in fact, Wu Wei's territory had indeed become a mess.

Because a monster had appeared in Wu Wei's territory, a monster that Wu Wei never expected....