How Level Zero Devil Destroys Player Experience

But facing the expeditionary force with overwhelming numbers and strength, they were ultimately one step behind.

Under the siege of the expeditionary force, the number of player deaths slowly increased.

Seeing that the expeditionary force was gradually gaining the upper hand and knowing that resurrecting them would only result in additional casualties, the players all chose to leave Rock Corner.

When the last team returned to other towns to resurrect, the street fighting in the town came to an end.

But the players' battle results were also gratifying. Twenty thousand players eventually killed more than five thousand expeditionary soldiers. Although a group of them were resurrected later because of the rescue of the black priest, about three thousand soldiers were also killed.

Compared with the 40,000 soldiers of this expeditionary force, this is not a low number.

Most importantly, they successfully delayed the expeditionary force's progress at Cape Rock for nearly three hours.

Taking advantage of this time gained by the players, the Rockhorn army led by Xi Luo and Osborne also arrived at Port Sel to provide support, which greatly alleviated the pressure on Port Sel and at the same time dealt a certain blow to the expeditionary force in the area.

When the commander of the expeditionary force in Rock Corner learned the news from his confidants, his first reaction was that he had been deceived, followed by anger after being cheated.

After allowing the expeditionary force to simply replenish supplies in the town, he immediately led them to the front line behind Cape Rock, intending to use this gap to launch a surprise attack.

The result can be imagined.

The team was originally intended for a surprise attack, but due to the rapid march the team was stretched out and exposed many flaws.

On the way to the town of Johnson behind Cape Rock, they encountered an ambush that had been waiting in a canyon.

After delivering the supplies to Johnson, another army from Rock Corner ambushed here with Johnson's reinforcements.

Although they managed to escape in the end, more than ten thousand demon soldiers were killed.

It dealt a heavy blow to the expeditionary force.

"That's just the way it is."

Jacinia's cold voice sounded, briefly describing the above battle situation.

In the temporarily converted command post, the commander of the expeditionary force in charge of the advance in the direction of Rock Corner swallowed his saliva and could not help but secretly look up at the figure sitting in the seat in front of him.

Unexpectedly, the other party looked at him at that moment, and he immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

"I'm so sorry, Master Guinness."

But Guinness ignored the other party's intention. It would be more appropriate to say that he was lost in thought rather than looking at him. "What are the casualties in other areas?"

"It's not as serious as in Rock Point, but it's still around 20%."

Yade, the commander of the First Legion on the right, reported.

"Even lambs fight back fiercely."

Guinness sneered, "But at this rate, we will get almost all the supplies in a few days. It's time to prepare a big gift for them before they leave."

"What do you mean, sir?"

"Which secondary cities are in the vicinity of Antia and are in the direction of our attack?"

Everyone immediately understood what Guinness meant, "Green City and Kalodia City."

Then they listed the advantages and disadvantages of attacking the two cities.

Guinness listened silently, and suddenly looked to the side, "Gassinia, what do you think?"

"Reporting to Lord Guinness, I think we can choose Riedenburg as the target of attack."

"Oh why?"

Hearing these completely different answers, Kinnis immediately became interested.

"Our attack will be noticed by Antia. Green City and Kalodia will definitely be properly prepared, but they will not or will rarely consider the situation of Riedenburg being attacked."

"Although Riedenburg is not in the main attack direction, it is also on the sidelines. The mobilization will not consume too much energy and supplies of the soldiers."

"We can use the long mountain ranges in front of Riedenburg, Green City, and Kalodia to conceal the movements of our troops."

Jacinia gave the reasons one by one.

The words Sherlock gave based on his years of understanding of Guinness successfully left a deep impression on Guinness.

"Yes, let's temporarily implement Garcinia's plan, but before that, follow the original action."

Although it is tentative, people familiar with Guinness know that it is almost a confirmed idea.

After everyone, including Jacinia, left, Guinness stood up from his seat, as if he had finally noticed the commander of the Cape Rock Expeditionary Force who had been ignored for a long time, and walked towards him.

But to the latter's surprise, Guinness not only did not hold him accountable but patted him on the shoulder.

"Victory and defeat are the norm in war. There's no need to be so nervous."

"Yes, Master Guinness, I promise that this will not happen again."

The expeditionary force commander was terrified, yet also somewhat relieved.

"I don't need verbal explanation." With a warm smile on his face, Guinness patted the other party on the shoulder and left the temporary command post. "Your family members are the greatest guarantee for me."

The expeditionary commander behind him had his back wet with cold sweat.

……

Although the fighting situation at Cape Rock and Port Sel was outstanding and dealt a heavy blow to the expeditionary forces in that direction, it was still harmless to the expeditionary forces as a whole.

In the next few days, after the expeditionary force successively disintegrated the first line on the southern side of Antia, it launched a fierce attack on the second line. Faced with the surging momentum of the expeditionary force, the town troops on the line could only retreat step by step.

The tight defense line seemed to be torn into pieces as if it was torn by jackals.

As if infected by the expeditionary force's momentum, the beast tide led by the Holy Night Moon Fox was unwilling to fall behind.

The day after the expeditionary force broke through the first line on the south side, the first line on the north side was trampled by the iron hooves of the beast tide, just like a donut, and the outermost circle was completely torn off.

The enormous pressure from both the expeditionary force and the beast tide caused Antia to run around in a hurry, but still could not reverse the decline.

Agatha, the governor of Antia, knew that the situation was critical, so she convened a meeting with all the officers, generals, and leaders of forces who held important power in Antia.

"It's a little later than I thought, but I'm still patient."

Following behind Secretary General Aina, I couldn't help but think.

When we arrived outside the meeting room, there were many officers and guards waiting there.

After letting Kai and the others stay here as well, I followed Aina and pushed open the door into the meeting room.

There were not many people in the meeting room, but they were all important figures in Riedenburg, including the governor, legion commanders, heads of major associations, and management of secondary towns, a total of more than twenty people.

Among these adults with a certain imposing manner, a petite person seems to be a little out of place.

But no one dared to think of contempt, and everyone gave a simple but respectful greeting.

"Miss An."

"Miss An, nice to meet you."

After all, the other party personally planned the two special operations in Rock Corner, and the results achieved were rare and outstanding even in the entire Antia.

The existence of such deeds makes age simply not enough to cover up the honor and glory of the other party, and it also lays the actual foundation for the commander identity granted by Agatha.

Not long after responding to their greetings, they sat down at a conference table.

The meeting convened by Agatha began.

……

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Change the setting of the duration of the event. I feel that ten days is not enough to support it, so let's change it to twenty days.

Chapter 205 Meeting in Progress

In addition to the large magic screen in the center of the conference table, which displays the situation in Antia's conference room.

Four more magic screens rose up one after another.

They are the conference rooms of the other four mid-level cities around Antia.

Others, including me, did not find it strange. In such a critical situation, it would be a waste of time to ask everyone to rush to Antia for a meeting, and the meeting room in Antia could not accommodate so many people.

This approach is undoubtedly the most labor-saving.

Agatha appears on the main screen, presiding over the meeting.

"Hello, everyone. You should know why I called you to a meeting. Yes, because there is an increasingly serious threat of beast tides in Karen, and there is also a group of demon armies that suddenly visited."

Looking at the demonstration on the main screen, the data was compiled and listed by Antia officials.

All those who participated in the meeting had a clearer and more specific understanding of the current war situation, and their hearts were inevitably cast with a heavier shadow.

Because the data gave a clear answer. If they continued the invasion at this pace, they would not be able to wait for the support sent by the Empire.

Seeing that everyone on the screen looked much more serious, Agatha threw out the key point of the meeting.

"Well, I won't waste any more time talking nonsense. I want to ask you all if you have any better ways to deal with it."

Everyone who had made preparations early expressed their understanding and simple plans in the order arranged by Agatha. After that, Agatha would ask others to discuss the rationality of the plan.

Most people would mention the deployment of additional defensive measures and military personnel in Green City and Carlodia City.

Because anyone with a discerning eye could see that the expeditionary force was attacking these two cities.

During the discussion session, people often mention this aspect.

Agatha remained silent, occasionally joining in the discussion, and seemed to be carefully considering everyone's opinions.

Finally, it was Riddenburg's turn to speak. Agatha was about to ask the secretary next to her to organize the minutes of the meeting and discuss the context of each plan with everyone again, but she suddenly remembered that she almost forgot about a special operations commander whose identity she had been granted.

This cannot be blamed on her, after all, the other person's height is too easy to be overlooked.

"Ahem, Miss An, what do you think?"

I couldn't help but roll my eyes. From the other person's embarrassed look, I could guess that I was almost deprived of the right to speak because of my height.

"The ultimate goal of the expeditionary force is not Green and Karodia, but Riedenburg."

As soon as these words were spoken, they immediately attracted everyone's attention. They looked at him in surprise and started talking about him.

The people in other towns did not have much of an impression of the battle that took place at Rock Point, so the remarks of this young child were only fragmentary.

"Quiet."

Finally, it was Agatha who spoke up and calmed down the discussion. She cast a curious look at him from the screen, "Ms. An, how did you deduce that?"

“This is the result I predicted.”

This once again caused an uproar among the crowd. After all, this kind of talk was like a child's play.

But soon, someone came forward to confirm it.

"Miss An does have the ability to predict the future."

The one who spoke was the Archon of Rock Point.

"Yes, she used her ability of prophecy to help us successfully resolve many crises."

The Archon of Jolson said the same thing.

There were also people like the Archon of Port Sel and the Legion Commanders in the three towns who spoke out.

The various supporting speeches suppressed the voices of others, causing them to cast surprised glances at Ridenberg's screen.

The same is true for Agatha.

But it was mainly because of her good friend, Anlael, the High Priest of the Hall of Light, who spoke up, "Miss An's family is a famous Paladin family. It once gave birth to a Saint of the Church of Light. They may indeed have some special secrets."

Anriel's words were obviously more important than those of Riedenburg's men. After she finished speaking, everyone's original suspicions were reduced a lot, but they still looked a little bit unbelievable.

Agatha hesitated for a moment, "Miss An, do you know why they chose to attack Riedenburg?"

I smiled slightly and briefly recounted the origin of the expeditionary force.

"This expeditionary force is led by the Dark Faction's Aubenro Empire, the ruler of Berghead, and the Blood Eagle Lord Ginnis. They are quite powerful, even though it is impossible to predict how they came to the Light Faction."

"It is also clear that they are planning to take advantage of the beast tide to invade Antia and gain certain material benefits from it."

"Although the enemy has the upper hand now, the army he leads has also suffered casualties. As the ruler of the hub city, Guinness will naturally balance the gains and losses and will not get too involved in this war. Otherwise, it will not be good for him if the expeditionary army suffers too many casualties."

"So their goal is to attack Riedenburg, and they won't be as reckless as the beast tide."

“And the reason why Riedenburg was chosen was mainly because of the surprise.”

I repeated what Garcinia had said and added one more sentence.