MMORPG: War God, You are Invincible Again
Chapter 489 - 243 Pyrrhic Victory

Chapter 489: Chapter 243 Pyrrhic Victory

When Lu Hong awoke again, he found himself lying on a soft bed, surrounded by familiar faces.

"Boss, you’re awake?!" Upon seeing Lu Hong regain consciousness, Silver Wind laughed happily, "I knew it, Boss is mighty, there’s no way you’d go just like that."

"Go where?" Lu Hong replied unhappily, "Are you cursing me to die?"

"It wasn’t me who said it, it was that old man." Silver Wind pointed to the old priest.

The old priest hurriedly denied, "Don’t talk nonsense, I only said the baron would wake up later, not that he would never wake up."

Saying this, the old priest approached Lu Hong’s bed, sensed with his Divine Soul, and exclaimed, "You’ve recovered quite well, the vast amount of blood might have burst your meridians, but your recovery speed is impressive. It seems the power of the bloodline is indeed strong."

Indeed, after the fusion of the War God’s bloodline, the most essential improvement was Lu Hong’s recovery ability. A qualified warrior must have a strong body, right?

"I still haven’t fully recovered, have I?" Lu Hong spoke, "I feel kind of heavy."

"That’s right! Woof! I’m here! Woof! Master! Woof!" A dog’s head appeared in front of Lu Hong and started licking before waiting for permission.

"Scram!" Lu Hong turned to the side and kicked the dog off the bed.

Scanning the familiar faces all around, everyone seemed fine, so the counterattack against the sea tribe should not have been lost.

However, Lu Hong was still unaware of the specifics, so he asked, "What was the outcome of the battle?"

Bai Shi took over the conversation, "It could be described as brutal."

"What happened after I lost consciousness?" Lu Hong asked with a furrowed brow.

"Although your three waves of skills terrified the sea tribe, they still resisted stubbornly. The battle went on for a full two weeks. Nathias couldn’t conquer it for a long time, fearing you’d wake up and slaughter them again, so he ordered a retreat."

"And what were our losses?"

"You’ll have to ask General Xie about that." Bai Shi looked over at Xie’an.

Speaking of this, Xie’an’s initially joyful expression also darkened, "First, the empire’s own army suffered losses of around four million. The exact numbers are with my father. The mercenary groups lost over three million, and as for the other forces from different planes that helped, the death toll hasn’t been calculated yet, but it’s definitely not less than four million."

Hearing this number, Lu Hong’s expression also became solemn. From the restart of the sea tribe invasion war, the combined time of several battles had only been about a month, yet the death toll had reached an astonishing ten million. The severity of the battle was simply shocking.

But this number was within everyone’s acceptable range, given that the sea defense line was too long.

Lu Hong could help in one area but not everywhere. The losses in other regions were at least ten times compared to the stronghold.

Moreover, as mentioned before, the magic power of the Black Sea tribe was infectious and could corrupt humans. The soldiers who were polluted would fight among themselves, resulting in losses also not less than a million, truly terrifying.

"What about those damned sea tribes? How many were killed?" Lu Hong asked unwillingly.

"How would I know? Anyway, it’s not less than our losses." Xie’an said with a bitter smile, "I can’t exactly fish out each corpse from the sea, can I?"

"By the way, why didn’t the sea demon beasts help this time? Did you ask someone about it?" Lu Hong suddenly remembered the agreement he had made with the ocean overlords and sounded quite dissatisfied.

But Xie’an explained, "Don’t blame them. This time the invading sea tribes were those Black Sea tribes. Did you see any of the original sea tribes?"

Hearing this, Lu Hong understood. It seemed that Nathias had taken people to besiege the sea demon beasts, so the ocean overlords couldn’t assist.

"How are they now?"

"According to the reports received, the sea demon beasts also suffered heavy losses. But fortunately, the four overlords were present, so their core was not damaged. After learning of the Black Sea tribe’s retreat, Nathias also abandoned the siege on the sea demon beasts and retreated to the deep sea."

"That’s good." Lu Hong nodded. Humans and sea demon beasts still had many opportunities for cooperation. Only by working together could they truly resist the sea tribes.

"After this event, the ocean overlords also made a decision to migrate the sea demon beasts near the empire’s defense line. This way, next time the sea tribes invade, they can watch out for each other. I think it’s a great thing." Xie’an recalled what his father had discussed and shared it with Lu Hong.

"Yes." Of course, Lu Hong didn’t concern himself with such matters. Suddenly, he thought of something, and upon a careful look, Lando wasn’t in the room: "Where is Duo’er? Where is she?"

Speaking of Lando, everyone fell silent.

An ominous premonition rose in Lu Hong’s heart, and he immediately shouted, "Tell me quickly, where is Duo’er?!"

"Tuku Lu." Seeing no one speaking, Bai Shi had to speak up, "You need to be mentally prepared."

"What on earth happened?"

Faced with Lu Hong’s repeated questioning, the room’s door was suddenly slammed open, and Ze Xiu burst in, "Let me tell you!"

Seeing the eager Lu Hong, Ze Xiu pursed his lips and then said, "To buy you time, Lando resisted the power of the Sea God Trident alone and was counterattacked by the Heavenly God’s artifact. Now she is in a coma. If she doesn’t get the Demon Lord’s forgiveness, her Divine Soul will forever fall into the Abyss and never awaken."

"What?!" Lu Hong was greatly shocked, then said, "How can she be saved?!"

Seeing the man jump barefoot off the bed and come before him, Ze Xiu shook his head, "There’s no way."

"There must be a way!" Lu Hong denied Ze Xiu’s answer, "Tell me, no matter how difficult, I will awaken Duo’er!"

"To be honest, I’m not optimistic about you." Hearing this, Ze Xiu said, "There is a way, as I just told you. As long as Lando can get the Demon Lord’s forgiveness, she can retrieve her Divine Soul from the Abyssal Hellfire. But Lando’s previous actions of helping the empire went against the Demon Lord’s will; they will not choose to forgive her."

"Take me to see the Lord!" Lu Hong said in a deep voice, "Even if there’s only a one in a thousand, one in ten thousand chance, I must try!"

Seeing Lu Hong say these words, Ze Xiu also showed some admiration in his eyes, "Recover your strength first. In your current state, you can’t even enter the deep layers of hell."

With that, Ze Xiu turned and left, "Once you’ve recovered your strength, I’ll come to find you."

Anna silently walked to Lu Hong’s side, held him in a comforting embrace, and said softly, "There will be a way. I believe in you."

Lu Hong nodded, his eyes firm, "Yes."

Three hours later, without needing Konstantin to summon him, Lu Hong took the initiative to come.

"Your Majesty, the Baron has come." Zheke informed Konstantin, who was busy, "Shall I let him in?"

"Nonsense! Quickly!" The news of Lu Hong’s awakening had been reported to him immediately, but he didn’t choose to summon him, giving the other party enough time to reconnect with friends. Originally, Konstantin hadn’t expected Lu Hong to return to see him. Upon knowing he had come, his face was full of joy.

Watching Lu Hong stride into the palace, Konstantin was more and more pleased, a fine nephew of the uncle!

"Tuku Lu, how’s your recovery? If you need anything, just say the word."

"Nothing." Lu Hong shook his head, "Mr. Wang checked me, and now it’s just the severe depletion of blood. I’ll recover in a few days."

Konstantin nodded, "That’s good."

"Your Majesty." Lu Hong didn’t intend to waste words with Konstantin, directly saying, "Do you have any news of Caesar?"

Faced with this question, Konstantin shook his head, "I’ve also had people searching for a long time without finding a trace of Lord Caesar, as if he vanished into thin air."

Konstantin was more concerned than Lu Hong about searching for Caesar, after all, after all, the Holy Emperor Sword was in the other’s hands!

If the Emperor’s Sword were still on Konstantin’s side, he believed the Black Sea tribes wouldn’t have broken through Jinrui City during the first invasion.

"Tuku Lu, do you have any guesses about the whereabouts of Lord Caesar?"

Lu Hong said helplessly, "If I had a direction, I wouldn’t be asking you. Since he went deep into the sea to search for the Naga Queen, I’ve completely lost contact with him. In the worst case scenario, he and the Naga Queen were both severely injured, after all, the Naga Queen wasn’t present during the Black Sea tribe’s invasion."

"Sigh!" Konstantin sighed helplessly. If only he hadn’t given him the Emperor’s Sword.

Now, Konstantin truly regretted it; when it came to bloodlines, Lu Hong also had one. If only he could wield the Emperor’s Sword, giving it to Lu Hong to use would be better!

Of course, more than a mutual injury, Konstantin was even more worried that Caesar deliberately hid, abandoning the empire, craving to become a god!

Becoming a god was good, especially if the Human Race had a Heavenly God appear, they could absolutely rule the Star Sea, but the timing was wrong, and becoming a god was not an overnight matter. Now the empire was in dire need of top power. If Caesar craved to become a god, and the Naga Queen showed up again, who could stop her?

Perhaps even before Caesar became a god, the empire would have fallen.