The demon men of the manor previously couldn't completely eradicate these crows, which shows how difficult it was.
However, those crows are bullies who fear strength and bully the weak.
After losing many of their own, they didn't dare provoke the demon men, learned their lesson, and only teased the slaves on the mountain and the ghosts of the Lower Spirit Manor.
The demon men wouldn't stand up for slaves, so they couldn't be bothered to handle it.
Sword Casting Manor, tower defense fortress.
Through a palm-sized small window, Jiucai Rong was staring at the flock of crows in the sky, extremely tense.
He appeared calm on the surface, but ten minutes ago, he threw a stone at the crows, sounding the first cannon of war, and shouted, "Large main storyline expansion pack—"
"Crow Disaster, Initiated!"
Jiucai Rong was both happy and uneasy.
As a simple, unremarkable worker, he'd never had such a spotlight moment.
But unfortunately, he didn't have the experience of those wealthy players who led the first dungeon kill and commanded group battles via voice chat.
Everyone knows that commanding battles and never having done it are two completely different appearances...
It's not just about talent; it requires rich experience.
There are some wealthy players who specifically spend heavily to hire experienced people to command group battles.
"How about you go?"
Jiucai Rong knew Su Yuniang was a battle fanatic.
She had commanded various group battles, whether in shooting games or traditional online games, doing so while kicking back and insulting others as she led the charge.
Seeing Jiucai Rong wearing a pained expression, Su Yuniang kindly comforted him:
"I'm not needed. You have to trust these blacksmiths; everyone has a first time, and you'll gain experience in the future... And you don't have to worry about commanding poorly because they don't listen to commands anyway."
"....."
Jiucai Rong felt a bit heartbroken; could she please stop talking so well, given that he's quite anxious now?
Currently, there are over twenty buildings in tower defense, averaging four or five people per team.
It has a grid structure that covers each other.
Now the war has begun!
As the crow swarm began to darkly cover the manor's rooftops, a large group of players raised their bows through shooting holes, releasing a wave of arrows into the sky.
In wartime situations, there's no need to consider hit rates.
The main tactic is fire suppression.
In times of war, over twenty thousand rounds of bullets were needed to kill one person.
They didn't make a crossbow, because producing just two made them realize the cost-benefit ratio was too low.
It's complex to make, inaccurate, and prone to damage. A bow is simply a piece of iron and hemp rope, and this production efficiency is incomparable.
The actual loading speed is far inferior to arrows, whereas with some training, excluding strength concerns, one can shoot over one per second quickly; accuracy is a different matter.
"Fire again!"
Whoa!
The second wave of arrows rushed towards the sky.
Because here, magic copper mines were the most abundant, after outsiders witnessed a luxurious wave of magic copper arrows shot simultaneously, a scattering of crows was instantly struck down.
A large number of arrows also fell to the ground.
But the shape of the ground had already been altered, into unique dome-shaped funnel terrain.
The funnel surface was smeared with a type of lubricant mined from the Otherworld, referred to as No. 95 oil, which made the ground slippery, allowing most of the arrows shot to gently move into a funnel groove pit on the ground.
Beneath the grooves.
A player in the tunnel was responsible for collecting the arrows, orderly and systematically.
"Sort them, sort them."
"This mark is from the Eye Legend team."
"This is from the Litter Team."
Arrows were categorized and delivered by a courier team via a network of underground tunnels back to the towers.
After a few minutes of this type of fighting.
The effect of the several synchronized volleys turned out to be quite good; Money Child moved slowly and reacted clumsily, so even in hand-to-hand combat, an ordinary, well-trained hunter could easily toy with them.
Their characteristic was merely strength, but precisely because of that, they could draw strong bows.
At the moment, crow density was too high; shooting blindly, several powerful waves of arrows surprisingly took down over a thousand crows.
...
At this moment.
Inside an arrow tower.
A blacksmith named [Dizzy] constantly analyzed,
"As expected, these crows are like those in the records, with a portion of their bodies in the Five-Body Realm that is undying."
"Striking those body parts makes no difference; their skin is tough and can regenerate, the recovery is too strong, only able to hit places not tempered."
Demon beasts are different from humans.
The human tempered body follows a pattern, which is artificially the head and limbs, referred to as the five elements.
Whereas the tempering of demon beasts is random, possibly the hand, wings, claws...
Most demon beasts don't really cultivate techniques but instinctively absorb spiritual qi to temper various body parts, growing their cultivation slowly over time.
So, weaknesses are random.
This necessitates the personal experience of cultivators hunting demon beasts to probe and observe where the weak points are.
However, most of the crows before us appear to be in the early period of the Five-Body Realm, with only a single wing and claw tempered, while the rest are mortal flesh, equivalent to weaknesses all over.
Furthermore, the blacksmiths don't have to consider where the weak spots are.
Because they're completely shooting blindly, relying purely on luck.
At this moment, a nearby teammate [Blind] suddenly shouted, "Damn, crows are attacking our arrow shooting holes, pecking madly at the windows of the opposite tower!"
So soon?
Their intelligence is remarkable!
Everyone's expressions changed upon realizing a group of crows was gathering at the shooting holes of the opposite tower.
With fierce tearing!
The shooting holes were wrapped with metal, but even so, they couldn't withstand the abuse, and at this rate, the opposite tower would surely be breached, and the crows could soon eat their brains.
"Cover, cover!! We have to cover them."
With a loud roar, they shot arrows at the shooting holes of the opposite tower, shooting down the madly bitten crows.
The crowd watched with pleasure.
Impressive!
Absolutely incredible, the battle command center anticipated the opponent's moves.
They specifically reinforced the barriers at the shooting windows, otherwise, it would have been a direct hit.
The professionals outside, specializing in animal studies and various psychology experts, predicted that the crows' first reaction would undoubtedly be to attack the windows. They landed in a "field" pattern, mutually covering each other to prevent breaches.
Quickly.
A flock of crows arrived and began to peck at their shooting holes, but the tower across was smart too and helped them with cover.
"Hahaha, we don't need their help! Attacking them is one thing, but attacking us?"
"Exactly, exactly, our tower even has a guillotine!"
"Chop away!"
They shouted happily and released the ropes.
A large machete descended on the shooting holes, instantly slicing the batch of crows, cutting them in half, leaving the ground blood-soaked.
They had transformed their shooting holes into guillotines, daring anyone who pecked to be chopped away.
At this moment, they felt they had occupied the high ground of intelligence!
The opponent's attacks were all anticipated.
...
In the underground battle report room.
"What's the situation?" Su Yuniang's hand was a bit tired, she put down her bow to rest.
"Daojiu has rehearsed in his mind several times on how to forge, and the body has been sent over. He is leading the blacksmith team trying to craft the first Magical Artifact." Jiucai Rong said.
Even though it is the lowest tier Magical Artifact, perhaps even cultivators wouldn't spare a glance at it in street stalls.
But for them, it's a significant step.
"I am asking about the battle situation." Su Yuniang asked.
"The second wave of archers has already swapped, the couriers are shooting arrows, while those tired of shooting have started picking up arrows, also becoming couriers."
Jiucai Rong didn't appear pleased, "It seems fruitful, but far from my expectations, the hit rate is only three out of ten, even under the conditions of a large flock of crows within range."
The current arrows loss rate is not low.
Some arrows are stuck on the ground, not moving into pits, those close to the tower are poked with a long stick, allowing arrows to flow into the pits, far ones don't have a solution.
If this continues, even with as much recovery as possible, they fear that after another hour of shooting, there will be no arrows left.
At that time.
Without fire suppression, they will be at a disadvantage, and the tower's breach will be inevitable.
Melee combat?
Money Child himself had tried PK.
They are all low-tier Demon Beasts, theoretically evenly matched, but Money Child has great strength yet is slow in reaction and stiff in movement.
Against swift-reacting crows in close combat, it would undoubtedly be a cat-and-mouse game, unable to hit, being toyed to death.
"This rate of arrow loss is too fast, indeed underestimating the waste by these blacksmiths." Jiucai Rong took a deep breath, suddenly a piece of grave battle report came in.
"Not good! These crows suddenly stopped attacking the shooting holes, starting to attack between buildings, targeting unprotected attack blind spots!"
"Some are even undermining towers, it seems they are digging tunnels in."
With these words falling, Jiucai Rong and several responsible command blacksmiths' complexion changed drastically, instantly stood up.
How is it possible!?
Attacking the earth walls' blind spots of the tower?
Their walls are made of earth, rubble, and tree leaves for reinforcement, certainly not luxurious enough to use Magic Copper in crafting, unable to withstand for long under bird beak digging.
They only strengthened the defense at the shooting holes.
Under normal logic.
Beast instincts lead them to attack the places attacking them, thus the continuously shooting observation windows are undoubtedly the first targets.
Not bypassing observation windows and attacking blind spots.
For humans, avoiding the front and attacking the walls' method is very normal.
But for beasts, it's quite abnormal, much like a person shooting arrows at you, you suddenly turn to attack the floor beside you that wasn't attacking you, very absurd.
This goes against animal instincts, against animal intuition.
If at this point, all that is accomplished is merely this, it's at most intellectually agile.
But currently.
What made them feel it was extraordinarily bizarre was:
The tower... there shouldn't be a blind spot at all.
They are mutually defensible, some so-called blind spots are covered through the design windows in the tunnel.
The current architectural towers outside are the crystallization of countless experts' wisdom.
They even performed real-world calculations through computer 3D modeling to find the optimal architectural model.
"How could there be blind spots!"
"Those experts must be just bricklayers, too much talk."
The crowd discussed fervently.
At this time, Su Yuniang glanced at the crowd, "No, it's not the building that has blind spots, the architecture is perfect, but it's our actual attacks that cause blind spots."
"You mean..." Jiucai Rong also realized.
"Yes, we have only a hundred people."
Su Yuniang's voice was solemn, "The small number thus formed defense blind spots... But these blind spots are temporary, appearing as our archers move, and the opposite side consistently finds them..."
Her voice lowered, "Is this really possible?"
Don't assume it's a simple task.
Even replacing with an intelligent human, a national level strategic expert, in command of the crows under such conditions, might not manage it!
Only those adept in strategic planning, overseeing the overall situation, using a few crows to probe the current distribution of the archers, can find the temporary shooting blind spots and carry out weakness attacks.
Yet the blacksmiths were not fools.
Changing places repeatedly and altering blind spots, the opponent's macro control, feedback of each tower's information, immediately found new temporary blind spots.
"Though inconceivable, that's the only explanation… Does the opponent know warfare tactics?"
At this moment, everyone felt horror!
Seemingly witnessing an undefeated great general, commanding these crows as chess pieces, engaging in warfare.
"It's the boss, it must be the boss of the crow flock showing up!" Someone suddenly shouted.
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