I Become a Landlady in the Game World-Chapter 765 - 383: The Tug of War Between Two Territories_2

He had not anticipated that his own Lord possessed so many, and furthermore, used them to destroy the buildings within his territory.

He was now mulling over a problem, namely that the areas around the public buildings tended to have a relatively high volume of foot traffic.

Didn’t the Lord consider the residents of his territory when bombing these structures?

The thought flashed through his mind, but Nicholas suppressed it right away.

His Lord, after all, was not the kind of person to be concerned about the safety of the territory’s residents; no matter what happened, it wouldn’t reach the Lord himself.

And the reason the Lord had chosen him, Nicholas, out of the three - himself, Worley, and Norris - was probably because he was a lone wolf in Fasal Village, without ties, unlike Worley and Norris who had parents and children at home, so he could be ruthless.

Yes, he could be ruthless.

Without any hesitation, Nicholas placed all the Black Stones within the public buildings of the territory in the shortest time possible.

He cast an Array on each location where he placed the stones, allowing others to overlook the existence of these Black Stones until the appropriate moment, when perhaps as the one who placed them, he would "ignite" them.

After everything was done, Nicholas returned to Wolf’s side.

"Lord, the task is complete," Nicholas reported.

"Wait with me," Wolf said calmly upon hearing this.

"Yes," replied Nicholas, nodding with his body slightly tensed, but still silently standing behind Wolf.

The two stood before the city walls, watching their soldiers and those from Hope Village battling each other.

On the surface, both forces seemed evenly matched, neither able to overcome the other.

But in reality, the walls of Fasal Village were continuously under a variety of attacks, particularly from the massive war machines, each swing of their iron hammers inflicting considerable damage on the walls.

The soldiers of Fasal Village were all too aware of this, constantly attempting to target the massive war machines, but the soldiers from Hope Village protected them far too well.

After a back-and-forth struggle, several squad leaders could only lead their soldiers to engage with the Catapults and Crossbow Carriages.

However, with the interference from Hope Village’s soldiers, their attacks were minuscule at best, the efforts hardly paying off in equal measure.

"Their number of Catapults and Crossbow Carriages is too high, and they’re performing... on-site repairs."

"How can they have so much Stone and arrows?"

"They also have plenty of Shields! I aimed at one of them, wrecked his Shield five times in a row, but every time one was destroyed, he somehow managed to produce a fresh one."

"And those speed boots on their feet are very fast. We find a gap to attack, and they almost always dodge it, they were already effective at the start of the combat."

"Those who don’t dodge and get injured, I watched them take out a Recovery Potion the next second, drink it down, and then they were fine like nothing happened."

"It’s hard to harm them; their Armor Level is high. I feel it’s a whole ten percent higher than our own strength."

"How’s that possible? If it’s ten percent higher than ours, then that would mean Golden Weapons!"

"All these soldiers seem to have the same equipment; surely they can’t all have Golden Weapons and Purple Equipment. That’s too extravagant."

"I don’t know if their Equipment is Purple, but their weapons are indeed Gold Level, which you can tell by the Damage the arrows do to us."

"Is Hope Village really so wealthy? Did these soldiers buy it themselves, or..."

"The style is identical, clearly a standardized issue. It’s obvious that the territory’s provision is more likely. If they were forced to buy Golden Weapons and Purple Equipment on their own, would they be... so desperate?"

"..."

As the soldiers of Fasal Village organized attacks, they couldn’t help but discuss among themselves.

It wasn’t that they wanted to be distracted at such a critical moment, but rather, the situations they faced during the combat compelled their attention.

Both sides were fighting for their respective territories, yet Hope Village had assured all-around protection for their soldiers, making sure they could maximize the preservation of their lives during combat. How could the Fasal Village soldiers not be envious!

Of course, the most important point was that with Hope Village soldiers’ full gear, the assaults from Fasal Village could hardly make an impact, rendering their battle efforts futile and utterly exhausting.