Chapter 454: Drawbacks

Chapter 454: Drawbacks



At that moment, three demon village armies were making their way toward Lucius' city. A pig demon village, a wolfman village, and a gnoll village.

They seemed to be moving independently, approaching from different directions. But there was no doubt about what their destination was.

...

Sylas had only just stood up when he received a message. It was only the second time he had received such a message, and it was from none other than Lucius.

'Return, huh? It seems that I was right.'

The counterattack had started.

Sylas thought for a moment before he took a peek.

[Leg 005]

[Your city has been targeted by an underlying dark current. Face off against the assault of Pig Demon Village 122, Gnoll Village 297, and Wolfman Village 011. Survive for three days]

'Interesting...'

Sylas thought about it for a moment. However, if Lucius couldn't deal with this, he would truly be too incompetent.

"Let's go. We're heading to the System City."

**

Orciuius City.

If it wasn't broken, Sylas had no intention of fixing it. The only question was how his previous noble title would affect things here.

And the answer was none at all.

Noble status was based on two factors: System City and Territory. Within the same Territory, his Barony Title might hold a small bit of weight. But outside of that Territory, it plummeted until it was worth nothing at all.

In this city, he might as well be a homeless man by the side of the road.

He entered the city smoothly and bought a territory, directly becoming a Citizen. Unfortunately, he didn't get promoted to Baron immediately like he wanted, but that much was fine. He had already expected this.

What he didn't expect was to gain something else entirely.

[Your Merit has been acknowledged by Orciulius City.]

Leg 004 changed before it was even completed, changing from stopping the Ravenclaws from gaining an advantage, to destroying their checkpoints. There was only one person who could

be responsible for such a thing.

Sylas.

Lucius took a breath. They didn't need to defeat the army; they just needed to last for three days. That would be enough.

This should be the way of the system finding balance. Otherwise, they might truly be out of

luck.

These weren't normal demon villages. They were all powerful, having Level 30s at their helms. They couldn't be underestimated in the slightest.

Lucius' protection plan was already finished. If Sylas came, good. If not, that was fine as well.

He was prepared.

But that was when something astonishing happened.

Just as the Grimblades were prepared for battle, the pig demons froze and their City Lord let

out a howl.

The pig demons seemed furious about something, and their power seemed to plummet for an inexplicable reason.

The battle began, but then the scene repeated itself. The wolfmen were the next to take a hit.

And then, hours after that, it was the turn of the gnolls.

Distracted and seemingly weakened, the demons weren't just repelled by Lucius; they were

crushed.

Lucius didn't understand what was happening at first, but then the reality sunk in.

Their villages... they had to have been destroyed.

Demons were special. They were spawned from thin air, and they were the only example of

City Lords that could freely leave their cities before reaching a certain village Grade.

But... that came with its own drawbacks.