CHAPTER 673: CHAPTER 411: THE HUNDRED THOUSAND SKULL SEA (PART 2)

The other three turned to look, only to see three dragon skeletons flying across the distant sky over the Twilight Mountain Range in the dark red clouds, disappearing behind the mountains.

In Lu Heng’s memory of the battle where the skeleton army besieged Kolos City, the largest dragon skeleton that appeared was the Frost Bone Dragon.

This Frost Bone Dragon from memory had already been destroyed, but it wasn’t the only dragon skeleton; it was just the strongest, thus most memorable.

These three dragon skeletons had already flown into the Twilight Mountain Range, and it was hundreds of kilometers away. Catching up to them now would surely be futile.

Lu Heng used the Communication Treasure Pearl to send the intelligence about the dragon skeletons back to Kolos City, and then he heard Queen Orelana’s voice.

"You’d better come back. The situation is worse than expected."

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As time passed, the Abyss Battlefield had reached its twenty-first day, with only nine days left until the deadline.

In these twenty-one days, during the initial ten days or so, not many undead skeletons appeared on the continent.

After the Abyss Battlefield reached its halfway point, the number of undead skeletons appearing on the continent increased significantly.

Every night, the Dragon Hawk Knights of the Elf Clan patrolled the skies and could see undead skeletons wandering on the ground.

Not only the Dragon Hawk Knights, but Su Muyu often released the Qingluan Divine Bird to scout, discovering more and more undead skeletons.

The areas where these undead skeletons roamed were all gathered together.

In the war room of the Kolos City Palace District, there was a sand table, and areas where undead skeletons were found were marked with Skull Flags.

One Skull Flag represented a hundred undead skeletons. If the number in a certain area reached two hundred, two Skull Flags would be planted; if it reached three hundred, three flags would be planted.

Now the sand table was already full of Skull Flags.

Queen Orelana leaned on the table, her expression solemn.

Lu Heng returned from outside, stepped into the war room, and saw the Skull Flags on the sand table, already understanding Queen Orelana’s concerns.

Queen Orelana took a deep breath and said, "I had doubts about your earlier mention of a hundred thousand skeleton army, but now I believe it."

She had counted many times; there were three to four hundred Skull Flags on the sand table.

Just these alone meant that the number of undead skeletons appearing on the continent had reached thirty to forty thousand.

However, these were only the undead skeletons discovered through reconnaissance, and adding the undiscovered ones, and those that might appear in the next nine days, the number could definitely reach a hundred thousand.

Queen Orelana rubbed her temples and said, in a grave tone, "We received your warning in advance and have already cleaned up the biological skeletons around Kolos City as much as possible, yet we’re still faced with the siege of a hundred thousand skeleton army."

Before the Abyss Battlefield opened, the Elf Clan received this information almost fifty days in advance.

During these fifty days, the Elf Clan had been reinforcing the city walls and cleaning up surrounding biological skeletons, all to reduce the number of skeletons the Undead Sovereign could control.

Lu Heng offered some comfort, saying, "Everything we’ve done has not been in vain. At the very least, the Bone Sovereign has to go further afield and spend more time to enslave so many undead skeletons.

"In fact, a few days ago, I realized that what the Frost Bone Dragon and the Creator Organization’s raiding team were doing was actually to stall us, giving them time to resurrect so many biological skeletons."

Queen Orelana picked up three Bone Dragon Banners, hesitating several times, before planting them in the Twilight Mountain Range location, saying, "Kolos City will ultimately have to face the siege of a hundred thousand skeleton army. The confidence in my heart has already begun to waver."

Though she was reluctant to admit it, she truly felt immense pressure and was no longer sure if Kolos City could hold.

She took a deep breath and asked, "In the prophecy you mentioned, did Kolos City stand?"

Lu Heng was silent for a long time before answering, "No."

Queen Orelana had already guessed the answer in her heart, but hearing it still caused a pang.

She looked up at the dome, closed her eyes, and took a deep breath.

"Do you think we can change the prophecy?"

Lu Heng replied with determination, "This is the purpose of my coming here. Regardless of the final outcome, I will do my best."

Queen Orelana clenched her fists tightly, "Even if this battle is destined to be lost, I will fight to the end. Kolos City will only fall after I have fallen."

"We still have time to devise a better battle plan, and we have the geographical advantage of the city to defend, so we might not necessarily lose." Lu Heng, on his way back, had already been contemplating this issue.

Before long, Terres and Fiona arrived one after the other.

Queen Orelana gathered the senior elves for a meeting to discuss the upcoming defense plan for the city.

In the council hall.

Queen Orelana gravely announced, "Based on the current reconnaissance results, Kolos City is about to face a siege by a sea of skulls. As initially expected, the number of undead skeletons will reach a hundred thousand."

Before today, some top elves still believed the number of skeleton army would not reach a hundred thousand.

This number of a hundred thousand skeleton army was proposed by Lu Heng, not proven by objective reconnaissance, so initial skepticism was normal.

Now, things have changed. The number witnessed by the Dragon Hawk Knights responsible for patrol and reconnaissance from the Elf Clan had already proven this number to be correct.