City of Glory Offensive Zone.

This was once a well-known city on the Lebia Continent.

Due to its unique cultural attributes, it became an independent city-state.

This unique significance ensured that it was not heavily armed. Neighboring countries also protected it, making the City of Glory an absolutely neutral area.

However, the city's overly weak military power, combined with the outbreak of a rat infestation, quickly led to its downfall, as neighboring countries were too occupied with their own issues. The City of Glory almost became one of the first cities to be conquered.

The city, once gloriously named, has now become entirely the domain of the Ratmen.

Additionally, with the surrounding war remnants and original fortress cities, this place has become a critical node within the Ratmen's defense system.

Centered around the City of Glory, numerous defense nodes, varying in size, are scattered around, forming a solid military defense line.

Abis stood on a hillside, using the excellent view to look towards a distant fortress.

This was merely a forward fortress in the entire City of Glory defensive line, appearing filthy, as if piled up from various wastes.

Originally a human fortress city, after being captured by the Ratmen, they "remodeled" it with their bizarre architectural concepts, turning it into a "garbage fortress."

Beside Abis, Annabelle looked at a map in the channel and said, "The Ratmen's movements are becoming increasingly unpredictable. They must have dug numerous tunnels underground. From the air, it's getting really hard to detect their movements."

Habib nodded in agreement with what he heard.

In the sky, Gray Cliff steered his winged dragon, continuously conducting close reconnaissance of the entire defense line.

With his formidable strength and high-flying advantage, the Ratmen are powerless against him.

Virtually every movement on the ground was under the control of the Night Watchers, which is precisely why the Ratmen dug extensive tunnels underground.

Abis closed her eyes, gripping her magic staff tightly, and faced towards the Ratmen's defense line.

"I can feel it, chaotic magic power is flowing through the air along a specific path. These detestable Ratmen must have built some kind of sacrificial altar on this defensive line.

"Although I'm not sure about the specific use of these altars, it's certainly nothing good."

Upon hearing Abis's words, Annabelle shook her head helplessly, "Even if you've realized this, we don't have much of a solution, do we? Despite their small stature, these Ratmen love grand projects.

"If you can sense clues from this distance, the scale of their sacrificial altars must certainly be significant.

"Sending a few Soul Guardian teams for a raid is unlikely to destroy the entire altar.

"The Ratmen build too fast; they adhere to the principle of using whatever they find. Without deploying a large army, it's impossible to flatten their altar."

To be honest, the Night Watchers also "played a part" in this.

Even with the Ratmen's huge numbers and preference for grand construction styles, it shouldn't be so extravagant.

The root cause, however, is the Night Watchers' frequent assassination and raid tactics.

The problem is, the Ratmen have no countermeasure against such tactics.

This has led the Ratmen to gradually develop a peculiar habit: whatever they build must be grand in scale and vast in scope.

In this way, a single raid by the Night Watchers won't be able to completely destroy it; even if parts are damaged, the Ratmen can rebuild it sooner than the Night Watchers expected.

Moreover, the battle style of the Night Watchers has prompted changes in other aspects too.

For example, the issue of command succession: nowadays, the Ratmen have developed a relatively tight command system.

Once a superior is killed, deputies and subordinates immediately take over command.

The requirement is not high; as long as they can ensure their fellow Ratmen do not descend into chaos. After all, one cannot expect these Ratmen to possess outstanding command abilities.

This has also led to a significant issue, with a serious phenomenon of "lower overthrowing higher." Due to even minor issues like simple patrols, situations often arise where the leader dies and subordinates take over.

However, these are minor issues, effectively solving the threat posed by the Night Watchers' adept decapitation tactics.

It also prevents the Ratmen from falling into chaos and fleeing in all directions when encountering a raid.

Despite some negative impacts, the positive effects are quite significant.

"Don't worry, a full-scale war is about to break out; what we need to do now is mark the specific locations of those sacrificial altars. When the attack begins, we'll advance towards those altars.

"We will first destroy those detestable altars before gradually breaking through the opponent's defenses.

"You must know that sacrificial altars cannot be built just anywhere; they must be located above a magic node, so they might sometimes become weak points in the opponent's defense line," Abis said.

Annabelle nodded after hearing this.

"By the way, how long do you think it will be until you ascend to Legendary?" Abis suddenly asked.

Upon hearing this, Annabelle rolled her eyes.

Ascending to Legendary rank isn't easy.

"How would I know? Not everyone can inexplicably ascend to Legendary like you did, even surpassing Raelia," Annabelle couldn't help but exclaim.

Previously, Raelia ascended to Legendary during a combat breakthrough, which both suited her professional abilities and her personality.

Abis, however, was entirely different.

One day, people suddenly learned that Abis had inexplicably ascended to Legendary rank.

It was beyond comprehension, as there was no prior warning.

"After ascending to Legendary, I can harness more of the Evil God's power, so I'm able to see how well you all wield your power."

As a Desecration Priest, Abis has always been stealing the power of Evil Gods.

You might wonder, why not steal the power of True Gods? Because True Gods don't spread their power as recklessly as Evil Gods.

Moreover, under Kana's request, the targets of Abis's power theft are those Evil Gods with a certain connection to this world but at a distance.

These Evil Gods don't have a prying eye on this world, or perhaps they are just uninterested.

Evidently, it's absolutely not okay to steal the power from those Evil Gods who are close at hand and constantly watching this world.

They're staring openly; it's not right to steal so rashly.

"Really?" Annabelle didn't have much confidence in herself.

Abis nodded, "Don't worry, this ability is inherently what Evil Gods use to seek their Apostles; not everyone can catch the eyes of these Gods."

"True, that's not wrong."

"Alright, alright, I'll keep working hard, though I've already been working hard," Annabelle sighed helplessly.

With two members of the team already ascended to Legendary rank, it undoubtedly puts pressure on the other three.

After all, they're determined to become the first team of all Legendary rank members.

You should know, their team is called the First Walker.