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Chapter 2068 Attack
The metal fortress sits in a circular canyon, its three blade-like structure pointing directly at the three regions of anger, pride, and envy, exuding a strong atmosphere of grimness.

In the three regions, the mist formed from the dust of the savage orc corpses, created by the Soul Forge ritual, thickened and moved without wind, vaguely forming three ferocious beasts that roared at the canyon fortress from afar.

[According to predictions, the probability of savage orcs from the Wrath, Pride, and Envy regions launching an attack within 8 hours is as high as 87%]

Jasmine's voice echoed among the Crescent Sons, reminding every combatant within them.

The brutal battle was approaching, but the atmosphere among the Sons of the New Moon was unusually lively. A grand banquet was held, and warriors in magnificent armor raised their glasses and ate roasted meat.

These are heroic warriors. Although they are fighting a defensive battle that looks like they are being attacked, which does not conform to their understanding of war, fortunately, heroic warriors are relatively straightforward. With just a little bit of charm from their words, they will be overjoyed.

For example, phrases like "Although this is a defensive battle, the enemy has actually fallen into our trap and been lured out of their positions" and "It's not that we are being attacked, but that they are challenging us" are used to describe this situation.

This is similar to the analogy of "What enemy is there to lure us in? What's the difference between that and me attacking their base without taking any damage?" By slightly changing the perspective and emphasizing one's own strength, the heroic warriors become loyal advocates of defensive warfare.

However, despite the heroic warriors shouting things like "Long live the defensive battle!" and preparing to go to the battlefield, unfortunately, they didn't actually have to fight.

【Soul Furnace】This is a special ability that savage orcs inherit from the Great Beast God. It allows them to absorb soul fire through rituals, much like blessed beings, to strengthen themselves. Heroic warriors, on the other hand, have bodies entirely composed of soul fire. Whether it's a savage orc with 【Soul Furnace】or a blessed being, they are both super experience boosters.

Both of these can bring true death to immortal heroic warriors.

Even strangers would refrain from targeting heroic warriors because of their special status, but barbarian orcs would not care.

There seem to be many Heroic Spirits now, but due to some issues with Valkyries, the number can no longer be increased. Losing one means losing one forever, so we can only try to avoid direct confrontation with enemies that can completely annihilate Heroic Spirits.

Then why gather heroic warriors here?
Part of the reason is Lucy.

As one of the most popular songstresses right now, Lucy's Singer class is extremely high. The larger the scale of the team battle, the greater the effect she can have. So the Heroic Spirits are just there to fill the ranks and increase Lucy's Singer class boost, which means they're just there to be spectators.

Secondly, they came to participate in human experiments.

Jasmine has been researching magical technology, mainly focusing on the creation of magical artifacts.

Although the creations from the Age of Gods have more advanced AI operation, they are mass-produced and have very low adaptability. Apart from specially designed creations from the Age of Gods, the others are somewhat rigid and inflexible.

Therefore, Jasmine combined magical creations with divine creations to a certain extent, allowing souls to pilot the divine creations.

Jasmine conducted this research partly because of the difficult demands made by some strangers.

Some outsiders requested to pilot giant robots, but as everyone knows, giant robots are inherently impractical, not to mention that some outsiders even wanted them to have legs. As the Ark AI prioritizing rationality, Jasmine found it difficult to agree to such unreasonable and wasteful requests. However, the outsiders were hands-on; if she didn't agree, they would make them themselves. Therefore, Jasmine could only research toys for the outsiders, which were divine creations incorporating magical technology.

Although it is a normal-sized robot, the driver can adjust it to the perspective of a "giant robot".

However, this technology is not yet mature, so the heroic warriors were used to conduct experiments, which also served to prevent the barbarian orcs' [Soul Furnace] from harming the heroic warriors.

The real main force in this battle was the 600 newbie strangers. After the high-intensity leveling was stopped, their leveling speed slowed down a lot, and their progress in acquiring higher-level classes slowed down considerably. However, because they kept engaging in various quests to grind reputation, they gained a different understanding of their own classes and races.

This is also why the acquisition of higher-level professions has slowed down; everyone has different needs, causing much of Greenland's advance preparation to go to waste.

The person involved had some complaints about this, but that was all; in truth, they felt relieved.

The Crescent Moon Child constantly checks itself to ensure that no abnormalities occur, while also continuously rehearsing various tactics.

At this moment, Blaze was on guard at the entrance of the canyon, keeping an eye on the three groups of Sin Orcs.

More than battle preparations, he was concerned about the overall condition of the orc territory, and the restoration of the dragon vein's feng shui layout was progressing very smoothly.

The success here doesn't lie in how many were built, but in how the orcs spontaneously started doing similar things as the novice strangers built them.

This is the importance of reputation. When you have a high reputation, people in a region will start to actively learn about the person in question.

Because the reputation rewards include lottery tickets, the 600 newbies have a high reputation in the orc territory, and are expanding outwards from the Gianthoof Tribe to the entire orc territory.

Most orcs didn't know exactly what the newbie strangers were doing, but that didn't stop them from realizing that the newbie strangers were doing things that were beneficial to the environment. So the orcs followed suit and built the feng shui layouts that the newbie strangers had created.

This is an unexpected bonus. Although these feng shui arrangements were not built around the dragon vein, it is still a good thing in itself.

If we compare the current orcish territory to a sick person, their construction of feng shui formations around the dragon veins is like treating the illness. The orcs' act of building feng shui formations is like this sick person finally realizing the importance of healthy eating and exercise, thus improving the body's immune system in a balanced way.

The orcs' spontaneous actions were on a massive scale, but unfortunately they weren't using top-tier building materials like Titan Liver Trees, so Jasmine couldn't accurately scan how much they had built. However, overall, she could sense the growing vitality in the orc territory.

Time ticked by, and then Jasmine's countdown ended. A huge bell rang throughout the Son of the New Moon, and Blaze let out a sigh of relief.

The ground shook, dark clouds rolled in, and half the world became gloomy and oppressive.

(End of this chapter)