How Level Zero Devil Destroys Player Experience

At the moment my mind moved.

The bottom floor of the white spire that preserves the core of the city of Antia.

Tens of thousands of boxes were brought back by the players, and Antia used them as energy source crystals for backup energy reserves.

Although the box is still there, the source crystal inside has turned into air and dissipated.

The input energy dropped sharply like a cliff.

As for Antia, the energy shield was unable to receive enough energy, and its brilliance dimmed at that moment.

But no one could notice.

Because in the next second, the attack of the Holy Night Moon Fox will arrive in an instant.

boom--

The dazzling silver light easily shattered a huge hole in the energy shield, and countless fine cracks spread around it like broken glass.

"!?"

Agatha, who was giving orders promptly, was stunned.

Everyone in the command post was stunned when they saw this scene.

In other words, all the troops and players who saw this scene were also extremely surprised.

Until I saw the Holy Night Moon Fox gather its light again.

Agatha immediately realized something and showed a rare look of anxiety.

"Stop him, he's targeting the core!"

But it was too late.

Holy Night Moon Fox attacked again, directly passing through the broken hole in Antia's energy shield.

Bombard the core area of ​​Antia city.

Although the white spire was built with extremely strong materials, and although the surrounding squares were set up with many magic circles for emergency preparedness, and although the box containing the energy source crystal was not so easy to destroy.

But after losing the protection of the energy shield.

Under the attack of the Holy Night Moon Fox, he was as powerless as a cub facing a ferocious beast.

boom--

The white spire was completely destroyed the moment it came into contact with the silver light, including all the energy source crystals stored inside. The entire surrounding block was turned into charred ruins under the sudden attack of the Holy Night Moon Fox.

Lost energy supply.

The energy shield outside Antia sizzled, and the transparent film completely dissipated like a bubble.

The city core provides more than just shielding function.

Most of the units that needed the city's core energy supply were paralyzed, and various war weapons such as magic crystal cannons, wizard towers, multi-dimensional magic spells, etc., suddenly became silent.

In addition, all energy source crystals are stored in Antia.

As a distribution center, it provides necessary energy transmission to other cities.

After the destruction of Antia's white spire, five cities including Riedenburg, Green City, and Kalodia fell into the dilemma of energy shortage.

It's like the first domino being knocked down, triggering a chain reaction like a storm.

It only takes less than a few minutes.

Not only did most of the resistance attack methods become silent, but all cities, including Antia, were completely exposed to the beast tide.

With the energy supply from the city core, Antia's army and players had a hard time resisting the beast tide.

After losing the support of the city's core, the consequences are naturally predictable.

Without the resistance of energy shields, the magic and ranged attacks from the beast tide passed through the front-line defenses and fell heavily on the archers and magician troops on the city walls. Even if the latter reacted quickly to dodge or put up magic shields, they still caused considerable damage.

The war weapons were unable to obtain energy supply and had completely lost their ability to suppress the beast tide.

In just a moment, the front line showed signs of collapse.

Although all this happened within a few minutes, it seemed like a flash in the eyes of all the troops and players.

In just a moment, the entire battle situation was completely overturned.

Even though Agatha subsequently ordered everyone to withdraw to the city for defense, the situation of disastrous defeat could not be reversed.

But what was strange was that after the army and players retreated to their respective cities, the beasts seemed to have received some kind of order and stopped all their attacks, and stopped outside the city as if the tide had suddenly stopped.

A few mages and archers attacked out of curiosity, but after being killed by the fierce attack, the attacking monsters returned to their previous calm, just like an army acting in unison.

Soon, everyone's doubts were answered with the sound of a voice.

"You have already failed. Take your troops and leave immediately. I don't want to carry out unnecessary killings."

A huge white shadow separated the beast tides on both sides like Moses, and walked towards Antia from the distance in the sky.

Although the voice was a little stiff, it still resounded loudly over all the cities.

Holy Night Moon Fox looked intently in the direction of Antia's command post.

"I swear in the name of the Moon Fox Clan that you can leave safely without being attacked."

"But if you insist on fighting to the end, I will not hesitate to flatten everything in Karen, including you."

As the words fell, all the beasts roared as if to cheer.

Chapter 235: The Fall of the City

Such a provocation immediately aroused the anger of many players and the military, but they did not dare to launch the attack first, not only because of the orders issued by various officers, but also because of those precedents -

Some players launched attacks on the beast tide, but like the first ones to stand out, they were immediately overwhelmed by the beast tide's counterattack just like before.

In fact, those who were equally indignant were not only the players and troops on the front line, but also the command posts in the rear.

After hearing the words of the Holy Night Moon Fox as a victor, many officers also expressed their dissatisfaction.

"That's too much, Lady Agatha. We haven't lost yet!"

"We will live and die with Antia!"

"Lady Agatha, we still have a chance!"

"These beasts are cunning and unprincipled, and we cannot agree to them."

But this is just a temporary emotion.

The fact is, they have already faced defeat and cannot hold on even for these short eight hours.

Should you choose to retain your dignity and resist to the death, thus being slowly eroded, or simply accept your defeat and leave with the other party's charity.

If it were the Agatha of the past, she might have chosen the former. With her pride, it was impossible for her to accept such charity like a down-and-out gladiator instead of leaving her dignity on the battlefield.

But time will eventually change a person.

Especially as a consul.

Agatha looked at the people in the command post. Although they were indignant, their faces were still filled with fatigue. After all, they had been fighting for a whole day and night without closing their eyes, and this could not be concealed.

His good friend Anriel, with many priests, controls the chosen giants, and the mental energy consumed is also unimaginable.

What's more, there are the troops who have been fighting on the front lines without much rest, the teams from various forces, and the adventurers who are willing to help.

"The oath of the Moon Fox Clan cannot be violated."

Agatha shook her head slightly.

It looked like he was just responding to the last officer's question, but in fact he had already given the answer to everyone.

"He just wants a nominal victory. If that's the case, there's no need for us to cause more casualties."

"Notify everyone and have all troops withdraw from the city. I will be solely responsible for all the consequences that follow."

Although the core of the town was attacked and all energy supplies were cut off.

Most players have already anticipated the outcome of this battle.

But when Agatha's order was issued, which was equivalent to declaring the war a failure in a real sense, they still found it difficult to accept.

After all, they put a lot of thought into this incident and have been fighting since yesterday until now, but their efforts from beginning to end only resulted in failure.

Even according to Antia, the exchange of contributions will not change afterwards.

Their mood is still somewhat low and bad.

However, things are ultimately irreversible. No matter how unwilling you are, you cannot change the situation that has already happened.

The army transports important war weapons and supplies, and players simply pack up and follow the army to evacuate to ordinary towns behind the front line.

And the Holy Night Moon Fox also kept his promise. During the whole process, the beast tide did not make any moves, except for some unwilling players who launched attacks and wanted to launch sneak attacks. The monsters and BOSS in the beast tide would decisively take action to kill them with thunder.

It was like a small wave drowning in the sea without causing any ripples.

Finally, after more than two hours of long evacuation, five cities including Antia had become empty cities, and all the troops and players had left.

Oh, or there's one more.

"That's really cruel."

Looking at the large area of ​​ruins in front of me that looked like it had been attacked by a terrorist, I couldn't help but be shocked and shook my head. I ordered the hundreds of leaders and ordinary monsters I brought in on both sides to start digging inside.

There is strength in numbers, and it will be over in less than ten minutes.

A crystal that was shining brightly and seemed to contain the power of laws was presented to me.

This crystal is undoubtedly the core of the city that supports the operation of the entire Antia energy system.

Even the white spire and dozens of defensive spells on the outside were destroyed, but the core of the city seemed to be intact, only covered with a little dust.

Because one of its characteristics is that it cannot be destroyed, the attack of the Holy Night Moon Fox only destroyed the white spire and the surrounding arrangements for connecting and transmitting energy, as well as all energy reserves.

This is why Antia's energy system was paralyzed.

Otherwise, I would not have made such a reckless move and let the Holy Night Moon Fox directly attack the core of the city.

"I finally got it. It took me a lot of effort."

Looking at the crystal in front of me, I feel a lot of emotions.

It took him more than a month to arrange it, and it involved several forces, even Holy Night Moon Fox, Antia and Berghead. The effort put into it was self-evident.

In addition to thinking, it also consumes a lot of energy.

Although the Heart of Herontis can recycle unused products, the return ratio is also reduced to a certain extent.

More than 10,000 energies were earned through this incident, and about half of them were lost here. Of course, it was mainly due to the problem of quantity.

"I should have known not to prepare so much. Alice is such a profiteer..."

Faced with such a huge loss of energy, I feel really heartbroken.

But at this moment, a familiar voice suddenly sounded.

"You guys, it's been a few days since you stopped talking bad about me behind my back."

Alice, floating in the air, was dragging her cheeks and sighing, just like a mother watching her children who have not learned their lessons well.

"I think you should look for the problem in yourself."

I rolled my eyes, not at all surprised by his appearance. "And with your surveillance abilities, is that what I mean by saying bad things about you behind your back?"

"Don't talk nonsense, I respect every player's privacy. How can I have time to watch your little movements every day, except at certain times."

I was a little disdainful when I heard the previous words, but the last sentence aroused my curiosity, "When?"

"For example, when you sneaked into Guinness's mansion, your shy look was extremely cute."

"...Stop talking nonsense. How did I perform this time?"

My face turned red and I quickly changed the subject.

“Yes, a very good performance.”

Alice didn't have any idea either, so she just followed my topic and praised me with a smile.

Like the judges gave high marks to the theater's repertoire.

After all, even she didn't think that I could come up with so many tricks. Not only did I participate in the beast tide camp in the incident and make a series of arrangements, but I also brought in Berghead.