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Chapter 78: Overtaken

In the following days, Chu Cheng didn't go anywhere. He stayed in the Cross Fortress and concentrated on practicing weapon skills.

In order to improve his skills faster, he deliberately consumed some reputation and got some defeated and captured orcs from the death row to be his opponents.

If there are enough opponents, weapon skills will improve very quickly.

He promised that as long as he trained with her for half a month, he could leave the dungeon and avoid death, but would be sent to work as a laborer in the mines.

If I just say that I released them, no one will believe it. This way of saying it will make it more credible.

As time went by, the atmosphere in the Cross Fortress became visibly tense, and more and more soldiers were transferred to the northern outpost.

Chu Cheng was not oblivious to what was happening outside. He could obtain information from both Zhang Chunlei and the class teacher.

According to the class teacher, the Cross Fortress has already decided to assemble a force to attack the Orc King.

A large number of missions have now been issued to clear out the large and small orc tribes scattered across the wilderness east of the Blackwater River.

Sun Yu and others have already determined the location and are joining forces with students from several classes to attack those tribes in the wilderness.

Chu Cheng didn't care about these. No matter how many of these tribes there were, it would have little impact on the overall evaluation.

It mainly depends on the big plot that comes next.

If this worked, the number of deaths among all the other people in the joint exam combined would not have been as many as his, and he would have been out of the top spot long ago.

It's better to be more stable.

Time passed, half a month later.

Chu Cheng upgraded his bow and shield weapon skills to proficiency in one breath, then stopped. After some preparation, he left the Cross Fortress and headed for the northern outpost.

The human northern expedition is about to set off, and he has to report.

Back at the northern outpost, the main force of the Northern Expedition had not yet set out, but from the information obtained from Duan Yuqin, we learned that the vanguard of the Northern Expedition had already set out and was now camped under the Black Stone Fortress.

As the largest outpost outside the Orc King's Tribe, Blackrock Fortress must be captured first.

Chu Cheng did not follow the main force of the Northern Expedition Army. Instead, he went to the Northern Expedition Army to report first, and then received a mission and set off with a logistics transport team.

The convoy crossed the Blackwater River, passed through the wilderness, and slowly came to a Gobi Desert. From afar, they could see the Black Stone Fortress built on the stone Gobi Desert.

The orcs' Blackrock Fortress was also built on a high ground, with stone walls covered with many spikes. The walls were filled with orcs and there were also many war weapons, such as catapults and crossbows.

More than a thousand human vanguards camped outside the range of the catapults, and teams of cavalry galloped around the fortress to prevent the orcs from breaking through.

As soon as Chu Cheng arrived with the transport team, he received a message from Zhang Chunlei:
"All seven of our classes are here, discussing the siege. Do you want to come?"

"Attack the city now?"

"A united group?"

"Class 1 is here too, but it's not a united group. Everyone has their own ideas."

Zhang Chunlei explained:

"The main thing is that the reward for capturing this fortress is very high. The previous bounty is still valid. If we can capture this fortress by ourselves without the Northern Expedition Army taking action, we will get a total of 50 points and 3 permissions. In addition, there will be 2500 reputation and 20 gold rewards. The boss is counted separately."

Chu Cheng wondered:

"Without the Northern Expedition Army, can you capture this Black Stone Fortress?"

"As far as I know, the orcs were defeated this time, but many of them are still inside Blackrock Fortress. There are many times more orcs and horses inside the fortress than before, and you probably can't gather hundreds of cannon fodder like you did last time."

"It really works, and this time I can summon more cannon fodder."

"Besides that, this time they are better prepared. They have a way to open the city gate directly without the hard work of attacking the city."

"Oh!"

Chu Cheng, who had no interest at first, finally became interested and asked, "Are you sure they can open the city gate directly?"

"Of course, if it can't be opened, who will?"

"so good?"

"If you have this ability, why would you use it here? Why not attack the orc king's headquarters in the back?"

You must know that although the Orc Kingdom is a huge tribe, the nobles and leaders of the kingdom all live in the inner city, and the defense of the inner city is higher and stronger than the Blackrock Fortress.

But that is only the overall height and strength of the city wall. The strength of the city gate alone is not much different.

It can open the gates of Blackrock Fortress, and also the inner gates of the Orc King's headquarters.

With this ability, of course it is more valuable to open the inner city gate.

"Unless, he can use this method more than once."

"strangeness!"

“Why didn’t you use it before?”

Chu Cheng scratched his head and asked:
"If we can open the city gate directly, that's fine, but there is a crucial question: how should the bounty be distributed?"

Zhang Chunlei immediately replied:
"The item to break the city gate is in Sun Yu's hands. This time he will use this item to break the city gate and summon a bunch of cannon fodder to block the way. He wants half of the points and 3 permissions, and the remaining half of the points and the 20 gold reward will be shared by us. He also doesn't want any of the BOSS spoils after the attack."

"Mao, the best should belong to him."

"Please ask me how much I can get if I go, and whether there will be subsidies for tanks?"

"Okay, let me ask."

He didn't have to wait long. In less than a minute, Zhang Chunlei sent him a message with an awkward tone:
"Well, Sun Yu said he dared not trouble you."

Chu Cheng: ???
"I see."

"You want to eat alone?"

After closing the communication, Chu Cheng pinched his chin and smiled slightly:
"You said you don't want me to join, so why don't you? I want to make a fortune. This reward is not yours alone. Anyone can take it."

"and"

His eyes flickered slightly, and he had a plan in mind.

Half an hour later, the joint team was ready and the next step was to summon cannon fodder.

Most of them are various elemental creatures, or pets or summons like grizzly bears and wild boars. Some use scrolls to summon teams of orcs or human soldiers.

Soon it was Sun Yu's turn. He took out a scroll emitting a faint red light and summoned a huge magic circle. The blood light overflowed and dyed the surroundings red. As the magic circle opened, it actually summoned a projection of the abyss demon that was five or six meters tall.

Abyss Demon Projection (Lord): A high-ranking devil from an unknown realm, level 50, 320000 health.

As soon as the projection of the Abyss Demon was summoned, Chu Cheng felt a little hot between his eyebrows, and then felt a powerful consciousness projected over. When he looked up, he saw the newly summoned Abyss Demon looking at him.

"???"

The glance was fleeting, and if I hadn't felt it clearly, I would have thought it was an illusion.

The summoned projection of the Abyss Demon continued to cast spells, and soon summoned three or four hundred low- and middle-level demons.

As the demon claws waved, many low-level demons shouted and rushed towards the Blackrock Fortress.

"How dare you?"

Chu Cheng turned his gaze to Sun Yu, somewhat surprised by his boldness.

(End of this chapter)