Apocalyptic Lord: Heroes of Might and Magic Descend

Chapter 98 Competitors: Legendary Heroes

The night view of the new world is beautiful.

The three moons in the sky carried a strange sense of unease.

The skeletal warhorse was incredibly fast; the wind whipped across his face, making Lin Mo want to accelerate even further.

However, the speed of the hero's mount is limited after all. Even so, it still takes about half an hour to travel more than 20 kilometers.

"I'm still too early!" Lin Mo checked the time; it was only a little past eight in the evening.

There are still more than three hours until the hero arrives.

This is the suburbs of the migratory bird city, which used to be part of a certain county.

Lin Mo had never been here before; he only knew that the hero he was looking for would descend upon this place.

"There's a farmland in front, a high-voltage power tower next to it, and a row of bungalows." Lin Mo found the right place; there were some roaming gnoll bandits there.

There are approximately twenty or so.

For Lin Mo now, these wild troops no longer pose any threat whatsoever. He even felt that converting some of them into skeletons after the battle was too few.

After all, adding a dozen or so skeleton soldiers wouldn't even be enough to fill Lin Mo's teeth.

"Let's wait!" Lin Mo looked around and surprisingly found some resource points.

For example, there is a quarry 100 meters away.

However, no treasure chest was found.

Even if it exists, it's likely that someone else beat it to it.

After all, more than a month has passed since the catastrophe. Except for some areas with extremely high danger levels, which may be guarded by high-level troops, other places must have been visited by others.

So finding another treasure chest at this point definitely requires a gamble.

It is clear that although the early stages of the cataclysm are dangerous, they are also full of opportunities. If you are lucky enough to find a treasure chest, you can basically achieve something in the new world.

Further away, there seems to be another troop recruitment building, which is a gnoll house.

Lin Mo was too lazy to even go and claim it.

This area is relatively barren, with no particularly nice buildings, and I guess no one comes here on weekdays.

There are a few windmills in the fields in the distance, but these things have to come and collect resources frequently, and only those that are a little closer to the territory are valuable.

Lin Mo didn't cause any trouble; he just waited quietly in the same spot.

Time passed by, second by second.

As midnight drew ever closer, Lin Mo would occasionally look up, observing the strange phenomena that were about to appear.

"Ten minutes left!"

Lin Mo stretched his arms, but the skeletal warhorse beneath him remained completely still throughout.

But at that moment, the skeletal warhorse suddenly turned its head to look in one direction.

Lin Mo frowned as he heard the sound of horses' hooves.

Soon, a man rode over on a white horse. He was clearly a lord or hero, and judging from the appearance of his mount, he should be from the fortified territory.

"What's this guy doing here so late?" Lin Mo was naturally a little annoyed.

The other party clearly saw Lin Mo as well, and was taken aback at first before riding over.

At a safe distance, the other party stopped and looked Lin Mo up and down.

"Where did you come from?" the other person asked.

Lin Mo was somewhat speechless. The other person was most likely just passing by. He estimated the time, but absentmindedly replied, "Is there something you need?"

If there's nothing else, hurry up and leave.

At times like these, Lin Mo dislikes nothing more than unnecessary complications.

"What do you mean I have something to do? You come to my territory in the middle of the night and ask me if I have anything to do? Heh, looking for trouble, huh?" The lord's voice was mocking.

Lin Mo understood at this moment.

This guy is just trying to get information out of me.

It seems they've sensed something's wrong and want to figure out what's going on, which makes it harder to get rid of them.

Having figured this out, Lin Mo no longer cared.

Anyway, once the hero you need lands, if the other side wants to steal it, then there's no need to be polite anymore.

Seeing that Lin Mo remained silent, the other party continued to probe.

"Silent? Tell me, what are you doing on my territory in the middle of the night? What are you up to?"

"Are you mute? That's fucking bad luck."

He was cursing and swearing, but his eyes kept darting around at the fat people.

Lin Mo spoke up at this moment: "Go back, don't cause trouble. I'll leave in a bit."

"Quite the boast..." Before the lord opposite could finish speaking, suddenly, a bright light appeared in the sky.

This caught his eye almost immediately.

"They're here!" Lin Mo looked up and couldn't help but take a deep breath. "I wonder if things went smoothly with Brother Gang. I hope so."

The light in the sky did not fall immediately, but gathered for several more minutes.

In this situation, the unknown lord hero is obviously even less likely to leave.

Lin Mo was too lazy to say anything more.

He is ready for the battle.

Once the hero lands, the opponent will inevitably try to grab it, so Lin Mo's goal is to defeat the opponent as soon as possible and then gain control of the hero.

Or, take action now.

Lin Mo looked at the lord opposite him. The man appeared to be around thirty years old, with rough skin and large knuckles on his fingers holding the reins, clearly indicating that he used to do manual labor.

They had no grudges against each other and didn't know each other before, so Lin Mo decided to give the other party one last chance.

"You can still leave now!"

This was definitely well-intentioned advice, because Lin Mo didn't believe that the other party would remain indifferent after the hero descended from the sky.

As expected, the other party didn't say anything, nor did they intend to leave, and they also took out a military treatise.

More and more clusters of light appeared in the sky, looking like stars, illuminating the originally dark night sky.

"Since that's the case, let's finish this quickly. You made the choice, so don't regret it!" Lin Mo patted the skeletal warhorse, and the next moment, he charged towards the opposing lord hero.

"attack!"

In an instant, the two lord heroes entered war mode.

"What are you doing?" the lord on the other side shouted, but his movements were not slow at all. In an instant, he released his troops.

I must say, the quality isn't bad.

100 units of centaur warriors, 75 units of battle dwarves, 66 silver pegasus, and 34 great elves.

To date, many lord heroes do not actually have many troops, as this depends on the time it takes for them to establish their territories, the speed of development and construction, and the losses of their troops during expansion.

Knowing the difficulty of accumulating troops, this lord hero also inferred the strength of others' troops according to his own standards.

Thinking that even if the other party was stronger than him, they shouldn't be much stronger.

Furthermore, the reason he dared to stubbornly refuse to leave was because even if he couldn't win, he was certain he could escape.

Because he has a special item, "Desertification," which allows him to run away if he can't win, since he won't lose either way. If he can win, he can simply kill the opponent.

That was his plan.

The next moment, when the opponent unleashed their unit types for battle, he was also terrified.

"Why are there so many skeleton soldiers, and a vampire king too..."

"If you can't beat them, then run away."

Anyway, this was his plan all along.

However, when he used the "Desert in the Face of Battle" skill, he received a "Failed to use" message.

"Wha...what's going on?" The lord hero was dumbfounded.

I've never encountered this situation before.

Lin Mo wasn't going to waste any time and immediately controlled the skeleton soldiers and the vampire king to rush over.

He couldn't even be bothered to use magic to assist the enemy with such a small force.

The battle ended in less than a minute, and the enemy hero was executed by him.

When it's time to be ruthless, Lin Mo never hesitates.

Just then, the clusters of light in the sky also fell down, like stars falling to earth. These clusters of light were of different sizes and colors.

The ball of light that landed here was very large, with a touch of gold.

As soon as the ball of light landed, Lin Mo immediately stepped forward.

He executed that lord hero earlier because the actual landing point of the hero might deviate by more than ten meters. If the hero landed right in front of him and the hero touched him, everything would be for naught. So, to be on the safe side, he had no choice but to kill him.

Upon touching the landing orb of light, the golden orb immediately transformed into a human figure—a resolute-looking male hero with a beard, wearing a light iron helmet, chainmail over a leather armor, and carrying a quiver and a crossbow.

"Knight Orling, I pledge my allegiance to you, may the Holy Light guide your path."

A stream of information flooded into Lin Mo's mind:

[Hero Contract Successfully Signed]

[Hero Name: Orling]

[Hero Class: Knight]

[Hero Specialty: Archery]

[Initial Skills: Basic Archery, Basic Leadership]

[Initial Military Manual: Activated]

Attack 2, Defense 2, Strength 1, Knowledge 1

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