I am the Arcane Archer, and all my skills are self-created.

Chapter 342 Two Uninvited Guests

Fifteen minutes later, the sword pointed at the rose.

She brought two people with her: her vice president and her personal bodyguard.

Three people walked in through the main gate of the Sunrise Fortress.

The sights she saw along the way made her vice president's face grow paler and paler.

At the city gate, the massive iron gate was twisted and deformed, and the hinges were melted off. The guardhouses on both sides of the city gate were blown down to half-walls.

Further in, a large amount of Ironblood Alliance equipment was scattered on both sides of the road, untouched.

Further in, you pass through a main street.

Three or four buildings on both sides of the street had collapsed halfway, revealing their wooden structures and stone fragments. A burnt smell filled the air, the spatial scorch marks from the Burning Star Returning to Nothingness Arrow slowly dissipating.

"Good heavens," the vice president whispered.

He pointed his sword at the rose without saying a word.

She was observing.

A few members of the Myth Guild strolled along the street, cleaning up the battlefield and gathering supplies. Some glanced warily at the group pointing at Rose, but didn't stop them; Hua Zitong had already given them a heads-up.

When they reached the inner city square, Sword Pointing at Rose stopped in their tracks.

She saw the two large pits.

The vitrified rock at the bottom of the pit still emitted a faint light and heat, and the edges of the pit were neat and tidy, as if it had been dug out by a giant spoon.

"The Arrow of Burning Stars and Returning to Nothingness," said the sword pointing at the rose.

She had seen the effect of this skill before; Li Wu had used it when killing a world boss.

But that time the target was a single boss.

The target this time is people.

Inside the pit, at the bottom of the pit.

Sword Pointing at Rose, they bypassed the large pit and headed towards the ruins of the command post.

Li Wu and Hua Zitong sat casually, even a little lazy, on the open ground next to the ruins.

When Li Wu saw Jian Zhi Qiangwei approaching, he nodded as a greeting.

"sit."

Sword Pointing at Rose looked around. There were no chairs, no tables, only rubble and dust.

She sat directly on a large rock.

The vice president and guards stood behind her.

"Congratulations," said Sword Pointing at Rose. "Thirteen minutes. I don't think anyone will break this record."

"I was lucky," Li Wu said.

Sword Pointing at Rose smiled; she knew those words were just politeness.

But she also knew that when Li Wu said he was "lucky," there was often some kind of "luck" involved.

"I'll get straight to the point." Sword Pointing at Rose didn't beat around the bush. "We, Sword and Rose, are also on the offensive. I've been assigned to attack Starshine Fortress, while the Blood Wolf Guild is on the defensive."

"I know," Li Wu said.

"You know?"

"The troop movements on the event map are no secret. Your forces stopped three kilometers northeast of Starshine Fortress and haven't moved since."

The eyebrow of the sword pointing at the rose twitched.

While attacking the Iron Blood Alliance, he was also monitoring the movements of other guilds.

"The Blood Wolf Guild has over a thousand men guarding Starshine Fortress," said Sword Pointing at Rose. "We, Sword and Rose, have fifteen hundred men. We have a numerical advantage, but fortress sieges are not open field battles; the attackers suffer far greater losses than the defenders. I've estimated that if we launch a direct assault, even if we eventually take it, I'll lose at least a third of my men."

"Five hundred people," Li Wu said.

"Hmm." Sword Pointing at Rose, she looked at him. "Five hundred people is not a small number. I don't want to make such a pointless expenditure."

Li Wu didn't respond, waiting for her to continue.

"That's why I came to you." Sword Pointing at Rose took a deep breath. "Help me take down Starshine Fortress."

Hua Zitong cleared her throat softly beside her.

"What are the conditions?" Hua Zitong asked.

"The conditions are simple," said Sword Pointing at Rose. "You help me take Starshine Fortress, and after my people have accumulated a certain amount of points and contribution points in the fortress, they will voluntarily withdraw from the fortress before the event ends, handing over control to your Mythical Guild."

Hua Zitong and Li Wu exchanged a glance.

This is basically consistent with Li Wu's previous guess.

"In other words," Hua Zitong said slowly, "Starlight Fortress will belong to our Myth Guild in the final settlement. And what you, Sword and Rose, will receive are the points earned during the process."

"right."

"So how are your victory conditions calculated? The attacking side needs to capture at least one fortress to win. If you eventually withdraw from a fortress..."

"I've thought about this," said Sword Pointing at Rose. "The system determines victory by capturing at least one fortress. As long as my guild controls one fortress at the moment of settlement, it'll be fine. But what if I quit in the last two minutes of the event..."

"Then you won't have a fortress anymore," Hua Zitong pointed out the problem directly.

"Therefore, I need your promise." Sword pointed at Rose, then at Li Wu, "Promise that after you take the second or third fortress, you will hand over control of one of them to me before the settlement."

This is a circular transaction.

Sword and Roses helped Myth conquer Starshine Fortress, and after obtaining the process points, they withdrew.

However, after withdrawing, Sword and Rose will no longer have a fortress, thus failing to meet the victory conditions.

Therefore, the myth needed to "give" another fortress to the sword and rose at the last moment.

The final result is: Myth Guild holds two fortresses, and Sword and Rose holds one. All three sides have met the victory conditions.

"There's a premise to your plan," Li Wu finally spoke.

"What are the prerequisites?"

"Your plan assumes I will attack the third fortress."

The corners of her mouth, pointing her sword at the rose, turned up slightly.

"You will."

"What makes you so sure?"

"Because you are Li Wu." Sword Pointing at Rose directly called him by his real name. "Your goal has never been just to pass. You wanted to get all three. You said it from the beginning: all three."

Li Wu glanced at her for two seconds.

"You're quite well-informed."

"Hua Zitong told me."

Li Wu turned his head to look at Hua Zitong.

Hua Zitong's expression was very calm: "After confirming my stance with Qiangwei, I told her about your goal. Anyway, you didn't say it was a secret when we had the guild meeting."

Li Wu did not pursue this issue.

Hua Zitong rarely makes mistakes. If she chooses to reveal information, it must be after careful consideration.

Just then, the communicator rang again.

It belongs to Hua Zitong.

She glanced at the screen.

"Hua Yu and Xiao Feng have arrived and are at the main entrance."

Li Wu tilted her head slightly: "Let her in."

Hua Zitong operated the communicator, signaling for passage.

Three minutes later, another group of people appeared at the edge of the inner city ruins.

Flower Language, Little Phoenix.

Three people followed behind her: a mage, a warrior, and a rogue.

Hua Yu and Xiao Feng's gaze swept across the ruins before landing on Li Wu.