Monarch of Evernight - Chapter 1159

Chapter 1159: 1159

Chapter 1159: Battle of Attrition

Within Whitetown, Qianye hadn’t closed his eyes for long before he was woken up by the rumbling of cannons . He stood up and glanced out of the half-standing wall, only to find a group of vampire swordsmen charging over in utter silence .

Qianye remained still . Under the effects of bloodline concealment, he was able to remain undetected even as the vampire soldiers rushed past him . Only when they had passed did he stand up and aim his Mystic Spider Lily at the back of a vampire knight’s head . He then vanished again after a single shot .

The knight let out a miserable scream as he fell to the ground, rolling about while clutching his head . The vampire warriors stopped immediately—some remained on guard, while the others tried to save their officer . The vampire knight was the leader of this squad . Currently, he was critically injured, but not without hope of survival . In the end, the soldiers had no choice but to split off most of their men to carry the knight out of the battlefield . The remaining handful of soldiers became cautious as they explored deeper into Whitetown .

Qianye’s figure vanished after observing the developments . When he appeared again, he was already on a rooftop several street blocks away, hurling a spear and pinning a werewolf baron to the road .

That baron’s two followers wanted to help their master, but some of the corpses on the roadside suddenly stood up . A hail of bullets ensued, punching holes in the two followers until they looked like sieves . The mercenaries then scattered in every direction, lying down again elsewhere and pretending to be corpses .

Every corner, light and dark, might see a bullet or a dagger suddenly appear, so every corpse had to be confirmed for authenticity . It wasn’t even certain if a random pile of rubble was safe—a number of mercenaries might rush out or it might collapse and turn into a trap .

The dark races had dug numerous tunnels under Whitetown to store supplies . After Song Zining took over the city, he expanded these tunnels to form a maze-like network with several layers . At this point in the fight, all these arrangements were being fully utilized .

After suffering in the city ruins repeatedly, the dark races soon discovered that the secret was underground, yet they had no way to counter the strategy . They had discovered some underground entrances, but those entering would never return . No one knew which passage was real and which was a death trap .

The entire city and the area below it were interweaving battlefields, where danger was lurking in every direction .

In these ruins, two enemies were the most dangerous—Qianye and Song Zining . The latter’s Three Thousand Flying Leaves Art could produce illusions that were difficult to discern . Numerous times, two different dark race units would see the silhouette of a mercenary group and end up killing one another .

Qianye, on the other hand, was the nightmare of titled experts . His Bloodline Concealment made him look like an ordinary mercenary on the battlefield . The experts who were used to sensing things with their perception would ignore him because he was so similar to an ordinary soldier . Then… there was no more .

After killing a demonkin viscount, Qianye finally felt a tinge of exhaustion . He had unknowingly been fighting for an entire day and lost count of the number of fights he had joined . Was it twenty or thirty?

The sky was turning dark, and the moon was glowing with a faint yellow hue, outlined by a thread of blood-red . The void continent would occasionally see two moons as well, but their positioning and shape were largely different from the main continents . This filled one with the feeling of being in a distant land, especially when the fight was at its fiercest .

A long steam-whistle resounded in the distance . This mournful and lonesome sound was the signal to retreat . The dark race soldiers ran out of the city like the receding tides, many of them falling to the bullets striking their backs . The mercenaries’ tenacity and blood-thirst had been fully awakened; they had no intention of holding back their fire just because the enemy was retreating .

Qianye climbed on top of a crumbling building and gazed at the direction of Whitetown . In his eyes, the specks of light that represented living flesh had grown sparse . This meant that a good number of mercenaries had once again become corpses . Although he knew some of them were still in the underground tunnels, the number was fairly limited .

Sensing something, he leaped down onto a pile of rubble in a certain street block . Song Zining was gasping on a large rock . His mask was nowhere to be found, and even his white robe had disappeared . Only his spear was firmly in his hand, its color dim from the caked blood .

Qianye sat down beside him and sighed . “We don’t have many troops left . ”

Song Zining replied, “They lost a lot more .

“Many of them have been following us for some time . ”

Song Zining understood Qianye’s mood . “Qianye, it’s normal for people to die in such battles . This is a frontal war between two major factions . Not to mention a couple thousand soldiers, you, me, and even bigger characters are just small pawns on the battlefield . We have no choice even if we’re pushed to the forefront . ”

Qianye sighed . “I really don’t understand sometimes, what’s all this fighting for?”

“Survival and resources, what else? Ha, those aren’t things we should be thinking about . What we need to do now is survive . ” At this point, Song Zining patted Qianye’s back . “You’re a man who’s going to stomp on the Sacred Mountain, how can you be so downcast? Haha . ”

“How about you? What do you fight for?” Qianye asked all of a sudden .

Song Zining said after a period of silence, “Before the old ancestor went into death cultivation, I could already feel that she was filled with regret . She regretted not ruling with a heavy hand and cleaning out the family . Speaking of which, I wouldn’t have received training in Yellow Springs if she hadn’t made the final decision back then . ”

“She was the one who made the decision?” Qianye was shocked .

Song Zining had never mentioned how he had come to join the Yellow Springs camp . Qianye had always thought Song Zining had been abandoned by the clan after his talent test was manipulated . That was why he never asked about the details . Now, it would seem that Song Zining did suffer discrimination in the clan, and the old duchess was also pulling the strings from behind .

“Yellow Springs wasn’t a bad thing . Think about it, those on the Evernight Continent would never get such resources even if they sold their lives for it . ” Song Zining stretched lazily . “I’m so tired, let me lean on you . ”

Qianye kicked away a charred piece of metal and sat down with his back against Song Zining . The two reminisced about the past, about Yellow Springs, and the time before they had met .

This was an era where one had to struggle for survival, not one where one could live upon another’s charity . Even if one could live by kneeling, some would rather die standing .

Thinking back to the Evernight dumpster, Qianye couldn’t avoid a certain scene from popping up in his mind . That silver-haired man reaching out to him, his body shrouded in lingering green light . It felt as though he had met an angel .

…

Far off in the distance, Romier’s expression was ashen as he observed the long casualty report . His eyes were so red that it looked like he was going to bleed .

Only titled experts were listed in the document, and that was exactly why this list was so shocking . Those at the scene couldn’t help but feel relieved that they weren’t a part of this list .

The only one who wasn’t astonished was Duke Pratt, the one other seated person in the room . He had indeed entered Whitetown and retreated when the order was issued . But how could ordinary experts know what he was doing inside the city? Even if some people knew, they didn’t dare speak out .

Romier had no way to deal with this . Looking at the casualty report, he finally realized Pratt’s mood when he was retreating . Over half of the titled experts under his command were now dead, including a marquis and no small number of direct relatives . This battle had severely damaged Romier’s forces, and it would take several decades to replenish the loss .

All eyes were on Romier at the moment . The man knew what everyone was thinking—they wanted him to enter Whitetown with Pratt . That was the only way to suppress Qianye and Song Zining . To be frank, it was time for a showdown between the two parties .

This decision, however, wasn’t easy .

Romier rarely fought in factional wars, but he wasn’t about to underestimate his opponents . As a powerful character of the Mamon clan, he knew certain secrets that even Pratt didn’t . He recalled the arachne duke who had charged into the Martyr’s Palace . The spider had to flee for his life almost immediately, leaving his fleet behind and traversing the void forcibly . Later on, he was saved by the reinforcement fleet, and that was the only reason he had survived . Even now, the arachne was still unconscious, and no one knew what had happened inside the Martyr’s Palace .

Romier couldn’t stop thinking about that expert who had injured the arachne duke . Where could they be hiding? He had investigated repeatedly, regardless of the cost, but he couldn’t find out the expert’s whereabouts . From the beginning up until the end, there was only Qianye and Song Zining inside Whitetown .

At the thought of this, Romier couldn’t help but glare at Pratt, but the old arachne pretended not to know .

Romier felt quite hateful at heart . If Pratt hadn’t given him the wrong information, he wouldn’t have lost so many soldiers . At this point, it seemed Whitetown had several thousand soldiers remaining at the very least . That meant Qianye had garrisoned over thirty thousand soldiers here!

Fitting thirty thousand men into this small place was crazy . And what black magic were these human defensive structures made of? They could still be used to fight a battle of attrition after being demolished by heavy cannons .

Gazing at the distant Whitetown, Romier finally spoke, “How many soldiers do we have left?”

“Sire, less than forty thousand . ”

After a moment, Romier said with narrowed eyes, “Issue the order, all forces attack! All tribes, all warriors, I want everyone who can move on the front lines . The flagship will retreat back into the void . ”

All the followers were shocked . “Sire, you must not!”

This was cutting off one’s path of retreat . Apparently, Romier was planning to burn their boats and defeat Whitetown . The only problem was that Romier was cutting off the retreat of those on the ground . People at his level could retreat immediately once things went south and return to the flagship . The other counts and viscounts who couldn’t traverse the void would be left behind to die .

Pratt understood Romier’s plan, but his own flagship was also in the void, so he was all too happy to follow the plan . The other people didn’t dare criticize Romier directly .

Having assigned the mission, Romier turned to Pratt with a smile . “Sire Pratt, would you be interested in taking a stroll through Whitetown with me?”

Pratt stood up and said, “There’s nothing to see there, but if Sire Romier is interested, I shall of course accompany you . ”

“Very good!” Romier walked out of the warship and stood in the air . All the experts appeared behind him as the massive warship turned about and vanished over the horizon .

In Whitetown, Qianye felt as though he didn’t get to sit very long before the sound of cannon shells once again echoed through the air .

At this point, no one was bothering to intercept the projectiles . Origin power was precious—even Qianye couldn’t completely replenish his energy at this point, let alone others . The dark races didn’t have much ammunition left, either . The sparse cannon fire was just for a show of dominance .

Qianye and Song Zining exchanged glances, ready to split off into the field . It was at this time that Qianye sensed something and looked up at the sky .

The two Evernight dukes were slowly flying toward them, unleashing their aura without the slightest bit of concealment .

“Time for a showdown . ” Qianye realized .

Song Zining glanced at Qianye and performed a hand gesture . Qianye nodded after some thought .

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