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149: Chapter 149 The Stolen Divine BowFu Hao believed in the power of the information network he had built, yet he desperately hoped that this network had malfunctioned and transmitted incorrect information—because the general offensive of the coalition led by the Kalis Empire was undoubtedly a catastrophe for the Endel Kingdom, which had not yet solidified its foundation.

However, just a few weeks ago, the Kalis Empire declared war on the Endel Kingdom and launched an attack three days later, which exactly confirmed the accuracy of Fu Hao’s information network. From the perspective of mobilizing a large army to launch an inter-state war, this speed was simply rushed, like adding fuel to fire.

”Advance!”

”Flatten the Endel Kingdom!”

The armies of the Kalis Empire and its vassal states, totaling millions of soldiers, set off with determined expressions after completing their preparations. The only regret for the war-fanatic players was that because the Kalis Empire’s actions were too rushed, the spectacular scene of millions of soldiers marching in a crowd did not occur.

”In the end, I still couldn’t stop the war.”

Watching the Kalis Empire’s offensive via the live broadcast, Fu Hao smiled bitterly. Previously, The Seven Legends, including Helm, had tried to use the teleportation gem Fu Hao left behind to rush around and forcibly intervene in the war as they did when holding the legendary meetings, but the results were minimal, and the war broke out in the end.

Of course, the armies of the Kalis Empire and its vassal states had not yet invaded the territory of the Endel Kingdom, but making an army that had already set out retreat was harder than containing the war before it started. Fu Hao had no choice but to bury his extravagant hope of ”resolving the crisis without a fight” deep in his heart.

The bad news did not stop there—even The Seven Legends, whom Fu Hao had pinned his hopes on, were forced to stand by and watch this war due to the threat of the Kalis Empire.

The Seven Legends, especially Helm, could have resisted the army alone, but their primary code of conduct was ”protecting humanity,” and the Kalis Empire, which firmly controlled the human faction, made it impossible for them to resist head-on.

If Fu Hao were there to persuade them in person, perhaps the situation would be different, but now that he was trapped in the divine realm, the only people he could directly talk to were fellow players.

[All cooldowns have ended, the ”Fates Luck” skill has been activated.]

Looking at the footage of the Kalis Empire’s march, Fu Hao sighed several times; a week had passed since he used Fates Luck to strengthen Margo’s soul in the divine realm, and the skill’s cooldown had finally ended.

He prayed briefly in his heart: ”I know this is a stretch, but I pray that this time I must reset the cooldown 8 consecutive times!” This prayer was filled with the determination of a desperate gamble, but unfortunately, like the other gods in the divine realm, the god who heard the prayer remained indifferent—following last week, the sages ring remained silent and lusterless this week.

From the perspective of the luck attribute, the probability of the sages ring resetting the skill cooldown did not exceed 50%, so the probability was not abnormal, but Fu Hao still could not hide his disappointment. ”In the end, it has come to this.” After a brief lament, he sent a whisper to Chaos as planned: ”The strengthening is finished.”

”...What is the result?”

”Failure, it’s only +2 now.”

”Then...”

”As we discussed before, please.”

”I understand.”

Now, Chaos, who was in charge of the royal power on behalf of Fu Hao, did not hesitate at all and immediately initiated the plan previously agreed upon with Fu Hao—using the Archer Legion, which had been expanded to 20,000, to gradually consume the effective strength of the Kalis Empire’s army before it reached the Endel Kingdom.

Although this plan was not innovative, and even simple to the extreme, it was the most effective strategy for countering a large army: when facing tens of thousands of arrows flying from tens of kilometers away, what could they rely on for defense? Occasionally, they could use super-wide-area shield magic to block once, but they could not defend permanently.

”If only I could crush their morale in one go.” Fu Hao muttered to himself while watching Chaos’s private live broadcast.

His goal was to completely crush the morale of the Kalis Empire army through this surprise attack. If the soldiers, in a war of interests not related to the fate of the race (like the God-Demon War), were made to fear death due to doubting an ”overwhelming victory,” the war would at least stall and no longer advance at such high speed.

Fu Hao intended to complete the +10 strengthening of Margo’s soul during the delay of the war and return to the original world to participate in the war. Of course, even with his and Jin’s power added, it might not be 100% possible to reverse the war situation, but as long as he obtained the blessing and new skills from Margo, victory would be within reach—how could the Creation rank be just an empty name?

Fu Hao had hoped that the first surprise attack would not only use the Archer Legion but also deploy super-large catapults, but Chaos did not have an almost infinite backpack and Subspace ring like him, so Fu Hao could only settle for the deployment of the Archer Legion: ”However, the Archer Legion should be enough.”

He had once defeated an army of similar scale with just the power of the Archer Legion, and although the quantity and quality of the opponent this time far exceeded before, the quality and quantity of the Archer Legion’s bows were also not what they used to be. He believed that even if he could not annihilate the opponent as he did when defeating Prince Mian’s army, at least he could deal a heavy blow and force the opponent to retreat.

However, his optimism did not come true.

Chaos signaled for the attack, and 20,000 archers equipped with +10 bows fired simultaneously, aiming directly at the center of the Kalis Empire’s army.

In an otherworld where ”area skills” existed, reducing the number of infantry was more important than reducing cavalry, and Fu Hao’s primary goal was to ”delay the war,” so he intended to cause panic by killing a large number of soldiers in the center.

But things went contrary to his wishes; the 20,000 arrows fired by the Archer Legion suddenly hit a huge, transparent barrier and were immediately reflected back at the Archer Legion! Fu Hao was all too familiar with this magic—the ”Reflection Barrier” developed by Emperor Endel and used exclusively by him had appeared in the hands of the enemy on an unimaginable scale.

He immediately summoned Emperor Endel to question him: ”What is going on?”

”...It is indeed the Reflection Barrier developed by Jim, and they used an absolute-grade magic crystal to forcibly expand its scale. To consume a precious absolute-grade magic crystal for a single shield spell, they are simply lunatics.”

”Enough, first tell me how they can use the Reflection Barrier?”

”Most of the people who have seen the Reflection Barrier are dead, so the reason should be the last duel.”

”The duel? Do you mean that in the duel where Leonhardt was present, someone stole the Reflection Barrier I used?”

”Exactly, they did not imitate it after memorizing it, but directly copied the magic arrangement by storing the magic. Even the most genius magician cannot completely replicate all magic arrangements.”

Just as the Emperor said, the super-wide-area Reflection Barrier used by the Kalis Empire’s Magic Knight Order indeed originated from Fu Hao’s magic.

Apparently, someone wearing equipment with a ”magic storage” effect had watched his duel with Leonhardt and stored the Reflection Barrier, which then flowed into the Kalis Empire through unknown means and was used in combination with an absolute-grade magic crystal.

The doubt was resolved, but the problem remained.

Without waiting for Fu Hao’s whisper, Chaos reacted immediately, ordering the standby NPCs to use the +10 teleportation gem, but it was too late—although the +10 teleportation gem could transfer friendly forces on a large scale, it required a long casting time, and the arrows reflected by the Reflection Barrier were too fast, not leaving enough time for the entire 20,000-strong Archer Legion to transfer.

In the end, Chaos could only give the order at the moment the arrows approached: ”Use it!”

Gorgeous light enveloped her and some members of the Archer Legion, and they quickly disappeared. Fu Hao roughly estimated the number of the returning Archer Legion and sighed: ”It’s over.”

The Kalis Empire’s super-wide-area Reflection Barrier was likely a one-time thing—not only might there be no more magic-storing demon codices, but according to the Emperor, activating the magic required an absolute-grade magic crystal.

Such a treasure, which even Fu Hao found difficult to obtain, was only owned by the strongest human nation, the Kalis Empire, in a quantity of five. To consume one for a single defensive spell was simply crazy in Fu Hao’s view, but the result indeed worked:

At most four thousand people returned safely with Chaos, meaning Fu Hao had lost sixteen thousand archers for nothing.

More seriously, the core of the Archer Legion was not the archers, but the +10 bows—now he had essentially handed over sixteen thousand bows to the enemy.