Chapter 62: Chapter 62: The Might of the Arrow Tower, Prairie Wolf Pack
He immediately clapped his hands and shouted.
"All farmers stop working and return to the courtyard to avoid injury. All soldiers disperse and surround the buildings."
"Prepare for the territory expansion task!"
The Lord personally gave the order.
All the farmers did not dare to slack off, put down the resources in their hands, and jogged back to the territory with their tools.
All the soldiers were mobilized.
The three Wolf Cavalry, the Dark Night Female Hunter, and the Sharp Claw Druid began pacing around the newly constructed buildings.
The mages Tasuya and Favide chose to stand behind Zong Shen.
Mapple and Madeleine, the Ranger sisters, agilely leaped onto the rooftops of two nearby Tier Two Houses.
They drew out an arrow with a silver-white arrowhead, gently placing it on the longbow, their sharp gaze sweeping like a hawk over the sunlit earth.
Zong Shen nodded with satisfaction.
Then he opened the [Territory] function.
[Territory: None]
[Lord’s Mansion: Level 1]
[Current expansion range: 1000 meters around, complete the land expansion task to successfully expand]
[Click to start expansion]
"Expand!"
Zong Shen directly clicked on the expansion.
[Territory expansion task begins]
[Remaining hostile targets: 10]
It started! However, there seemed to be no change taking place!
Suddenly, the top of the Elemental Arrow Tower in the courtyard behind them lit up.
This indicated that a hostile target appeared within the alert range of 500 meters.
"Boom!"
"Whoosh!"
With a loud twang, a flaming long arrow shot out from the top of the arrow tower, directly hitting the knee-high grassland hundreds of meters away.
This range far exceeded that of the Dragon-kin Ranger’s longbow.
[-30]
[-10]
Zong Shen could see two damage values appear.
"Awoo~"
The long and undulating howl of a wolf echoed.
The sound was much more resounding than the cub Zong Shen killed on his first day landing here.
The grass in that patch swayed as if something was rapidly crossing it.
Three seconds later, the Elemental Arrow Tower shot another arrow, this time without elemental damage.
"Boom!"
The long arrow launched again.
[-32]
It only dealt ordinary piercing damage.
The Arrow Tower’s piercing damage was 60 to 69, but after hitting, it only caused 32 points of damage, indicating that the intruder’s armor value was at least 30!
Combined with the howl, it seemed that the territorial expansion task attracted genuine Grassland Giant Wolves.
These are of the same species as the Giant Wolves ridden by the Wolf Cavalry.
Finally, Zong Shen saw silver-gray figures crossing the grass, running towards the territory.
A uniform group of Grassland Giant Wolves, each over three meters long and about 1.2 meters in height, genuine giant wolves.
The quantity, not large nor small, was exactly ten.
The leading giant wolf was exceptionally tall, with two long arrows embedded in its body, swaying with the wind.
"Boom!"
Another arrow was shot out!
The arrow tower launched another attack with its ultra-long-range advantage, being extremely precise and stable.
[-33]
The leading giant wolf let out a painful cry.
Yet its steps didn’t falter.
Leading the pack, it howled and charged forward!
Zong Shen’s eyes narrowed slightly.
These giant wolves started entering the detection range.
[Adult Grassland Wolf Leader lv10 (Green)]
[Level: lv10]
[Race: Beast]
[Tearing Bite Damage: 45-51]
[Life Value: 435]
[Armor: 35]
[Speed: 5]
[Skills: Tearing Bite (inflicts an extra Tearing Bite damage), Bleeding (causes the target to bleed for 3 seconds, damage per second being one-tenth of the Tearing Bite damage)]
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[Adult Grassland Wolf lv10]
[Level: lv10]
[Race: Beast]
[Tearing Bite Damage: 35-41]
[Life Value: 335]
[Armor: 25]
[Speed: 5]
[Skills: Tearing Bite (inflicts an extra Tearing Bite damage), Pounce (leaps and pounces on the target, suppressing it for 0.1 to 3 seconds depending on size and target)]
Adult Grassland Wolves were quite large.
Especially the Grassland Wolf leader, whose attributes were comparable to the giant wolves of the Wolf Cavalry.
The pack’s rush, though only ten, had a certain momentum.
The lead wolf, after enduring three arrows from the arrow tower, still had 330 life points. It finally wisened up and slowed down its pace, blending into the pack.
Finally, the pack approached the range where the Dragon-kin Rangers attacked.
The two Ranger ladies pulled their longbows taut and began shooting methodically.
[-45]
[-45]
Two damage values appeared above different wolves.
They barely paused before starting the second round of shooting.
The attack speed was brisk, with an average of one arrow every two seconds.
"Whoosh, whoosh!"
[-45]
[-45]
The longbow’s string was no joke, requiring great strength to pull easily.
Especially during continuous shooting.
Each Dragon-kin Ranger had a quiver with 40 arrows, which needed replenishing after use.
The short spears of the Wolf Cavalry were the same.
They were non-renewable consumables.
Of course, if Zong Shen was willing to invest in quality short spears and arrows, their lethality could be enhanced.
Because soldiers could also change their equipment; they were currently using the standard equipment of their respective professions, between Whiteboard and Green Quality.
With battle wear and injuries, equipment would become worn out, requiring Zong Shen to provide replacements.
With the current small number of soldiers, they could operate as an elite squad, but once Zong Shen established a stable recruitment system, training and equipping soldiers would become a complex issue.
Unfortunately, Zong Shen only had two Ranger ladies, unable to form a large-scale Arrow Rain.
Otherwise, covering them with an Arrow Rain would decimate the wolf pack within two rounds.
At this moment, the Wolf Cavalry, Female Hunter, and Sharp Claw Druid hovered around 20 meters from the territory.
Creating an armed buffer zone around the buildings.
The wolf pack advanced under the shooting of the Arrow Tower and the two Dragon-kin Rangers.
They finally came within 100 meters.
Zong Shen stood with his hands behind his back, unmoved.
This battle didn’t require the Lord himself to intervene.
A single Elite Wolf leading nine Whiteboard Wolves; if they couldn’t handle an attack of this level, they shouldn’t be here at all.
At this time, the two mages simultaneously stepped forward, raised their magic staffs, and began chanting.
A palm-sized Small Fireball and two pitch-black Necromancy Arrows shot out simultaneously.
Facing such scattered enemies, Favide wisely chose the short, flat, and quick Small Fireball.
These wolves had no Magic Resistance Attribute, allowing Magic attacks to deal full damage.
[-58]
[-75]
[-75]
Three damage values appeared in succession.
The wolf pack struggled ahead to within 50 meters.
At this moment, the wolves were in a sorry state.
Almost all had injuries.
If it weren’t for the mysterious summons, these wolves would likely never have dared to attack Zong Shen’s territory!