As the clock ticked into September, the weather in Elok seemed to get even hotter.

On the busy 'Adiri Line', Buck stayed up all night after arriving at the line, and took his guards to patrol the entire line at dawn.

The situation of the fortification construction is not optimistic, the fortifications in front of the headquarters, that is, ten miles away from the flank of the Beiyin Forest, are fairly good, and the rest of the place has not had time to erect the horses, but only rudimentary wooden watchtowers have been built in a few major locations.

Buck called the Labor Leader and the Coalition Mage together early in the morning for a meeting, but the meeting did not go smoothly because the mages in the Mage Tower were very negative.

After patient persuasion to no avail, Buck finally burst into a rage, and his Sistrian arrival roar spread throughout the barracks, and the regular mage of the mage tower was nearly killed in his rage.

A letter from the Kingdom Army saved the mage's life, a letter identical to the one Sir Eumann had sent him the previous morning. In other words, there is not a single word in this letter about supporting the 'Adiri Line'.

So, despite Buck's anger, he was left with the only regular mage in the army.

At this moment, Buck regretted very much, when the United Fleet was restructured, he rejected the proposal of the Kingdom Mage Regiment to form a mage detachment.

Just when Buck didn't know what to do, news came from the Yekjar Military Port... The good news is that the two directors of the Mage Tower in the military port may have sent five regular mages and two hundred apprentices, as well as a list of supplies proposed by Buck, possibly because of their current alliances.

It was nine o'clock in the morning when the five mages and two hundred apprentices arrived at the defensive station.

The originally clear sky suddenly darkened, and from time to time there were bursts of thunder, and a heavy rain was about to fall. Buck ignored the Tower's request to delay construction and forcibly ordered construction to begin.

The rain fell quickly, but there was only light rain in the construction area, and heavy rain farther north.

The water vapor emitted by the light rain made the entire camp even hotter unconsciously, and Buck, who was too hot to be too hot, wanted to take the opportunity to replenish his sleep, but a piece of information brought back by the scout immediately dispelled his sleepiness.

According to the intelligence, all the wandering undead around Broken Bones Town have been gathering in the open space south of the town since last night.

Buck took this information, and after walking back and forth in the humble camp for half an hour, he called his own soldiers to pull out their horses and shouted to gallop towards the vast plains that led to the northern part of the Northern Silver Forest.

He needs to go to the field to see what might turn into the main battlefield in the future!

Two hours later, under a dark and clear sky, Buck gave the order to stop his progress next to a winding stream polluted by evil energy.

The murky and visibly grey stream still flowed, and the withered vegetation on the bank clinged to the embankment like parasites, leading down to the grassy path along the stream.

The iron hooves of the war horses walked along the way, stepping on the withered vegetation, squeezing out the dark red disgusting water stains inside, and emitting a strange sound of "zilazila", and at the same time emitted a smell more disgusting than the polluted stream water.

"The vegetation seems to be alive?" Buck said with a strange look on his face, leaning down to look at the flattened plants under the horseshoe prints, his eyes full of curiosity and inquiry.

"I guess... But you'd better not stare at them all the time. The guide was obviously not sure, "After the monsters took over this area, everything around us changed shape, and I remember that when I fled, although the vegetation by the stream was polluted, they still kept their vitality upright... Or that they grow better than before, just... Their appearance is just as disgusting as those monsters. ”

Hearing the guide's explanation, Buck and the surrounding guards couldn't help but look at the vegetation on the edge of the stream that withered at a rate visible to the naked eye due to sunlight, and those pairs of radiant eyes looked at these vegetation as if they were looking at a peerless beauty.

"I told you not to stare at them all the time!" the guide exclaimed loudly when he saw the GIs looking at the vegetation and couldn't take their eyes off it, "these things will have auditory hallucinations and hallucinations after looking at them for a long time, and then they will turn into man-eating monsters." ”

"Really?" Buck was visibly unconvinced.

"I've seen with my own eyes that many of the people we fled with looked at the vegetation as if they were staring at the mayor's wife, and eventually turned into man-eating monsters. The guide's eyes were full of horror, and as he spoke, he subconsciously controlled the horses to move away from Buck and the others.

"Don't worry... You see, they have withered. Buck was amazed at the strangeness of the evil power, and although his mouth was still stubborn, he actually withdrew his gaze as soon as the guide said those words.

Of course, there are also the surrounding soldiers who also retract their gaze.

"I should have told you earlier, but... You should understand me, this neighborhood has given me too many bad memories. The guide had a palpable look of frustration and sadness on his face.

"Where is the upper reaches of this stream?" Buck had a rough idea as he looked at the stream that was gradually changing in quality after the evil energy was dispelled.

The guide immediately replied subconsciously: "This stream connects to the canal of Iruk City, and the further upstream area is Leinster Falls!"

"Leinster Falls?" Buck was stunned, "Is it Leinster Falls on the Leinster Rift Mountains, which separates El Luk Territory from the Twak Heights?"

"Are there any other Leinster Falls?" asked the guide, curiously, with uncertainty in his tone because of his pitiful insight.

Buck didn't answer the guide's words, and his sparkling eyes looked at the meandering stream, and that sly gaze showed that his mind was thinking quickly at the moment.

"General, look at the two peaks ahead—" The guide didn't notice Buck's thoughts, and he didn't have the heart to observe what Buck was doing at the moment, he pointed to the two high and raised hills in front of him, and the meandering stream cut through the middle of the hillside to cut off the connection between them.

"That's what you said earlier, 'mountain'?" Buck said in disbelief.

"Is there a problem?" the guide nodded as a matter of course, "These two peaks are the highest in the region, and beyond them are endless plains. "Maybe it's because of Buck's earlier words, he can't help but emphasize the word 'mountain' when he speaks.

"Let's go check it out. Buck had no choice but to beat his horse and move on.

Half an hour later,

Buck saw what the Eluk Lords called the plains as flat as door panels...

That's the real flat...

The area where Buck's group was at the moment was the highest of the two 'peaks' on the right of the two 'peaks' in the guide's mouth, and in front of them, the vast expanse of land that could not be seen as far as the sea level, was as flat as if a giant had cut through it with a huge blade large enough to hold up the heavens and the earth, without the slightest protrusion.

"It's all flat like this within a hundred miles of here. The guide's words were sad, "Anyone who first sees this plain will be amazed by its existence, but after a long time, it will be boring, because you can't see anything here except the endless grasslands and farmland... But despite this, I still love this land because it is my hometown. ”

"Now it's their home. One of the soldiers teased at the undead wandering the plains, and as he spoke, he took out the short bow he had carried with him and mounted his arrows. "Whoosh!" the arrow accurately hit the head of an undead creature, and the tiny circle on the arrow activated at the same time, and the entire head of the undead creature was blown to pieces.

"Legend has it that this area was descended by the gods...", the guide pointed to the endless plains ahead, "It is rumored that the Plains of the Iruk Territory and the Tervark Territory Highlands were originally connected, but because the creatures in this area angered the gods, the gods sent divine punishment... Divine punishment has split the vast expanse of land in two, creating the strange terrain of the southern part of Iruk's realm. ”

"You should probably ask the gods to send down divine punishment once more and let them purify the undead in front of them!" a young guard couldn't help but tease.

"This area should be connected to the city of Illuk, right?" Buck ignored his soldiers' teasing, looking at the dim sky above him and asking the guide a key question.

"That's right!" the guide, perhaps distracted by what his own soldiers had just said.

"I remember that the city of Iruk had a very strong defensive line to the west?" Buck seemed to mutter, as if asking the guards around him.

But no guards could answer Barker's question, because they really didn't know.

"How soon will it take for the army of Iruk City to reach the area we are in now?" Buck asked the guide.

"I don't know. "The guide has a look on my face that you don't ask me this question.

"If you're at sea, 500 nautical miles and a downwind can take as little as 20 hours. "The pro-soldier wants to estimate the speed of the warship.

Just as Buck was lost in thought, the sound of a galloping horse came from behind.

When Buck turned his head, the commanding herald holding the command flag approached on his horse and shouted, "My lord, Scout Detective, the undead legion of Broken Bones has been dispatched and is rushing towards the front of our defensive line!"

"Positive?" Buck was surprised.

...

In the northern part of the Northern Silver Forest, on the vast land south of Broken Bone Town, countless undead creatures were moving south at their fastest speed, and wherever they passed, the aura of corruption was spreading around at a speed visible to the naked eye, corrupting the only trace of vitality left in this area.

On the flanks of this huge army, a group of death knights on skeletal horses galloped back with tattered battle flags, occasionally screaming and smashing lone ghouls and spirits to pieces, provoking the necromancers sitting in the command cart behind them to roar incessantly.

On the 'Adiri Line', the mages who came to the aid were stepping up the construction of fortifications with the assistance of laborers. In the improvised barracks, soldiers from various units are assembled, and officers move back and forth in the barracks to remind soldiers of things they may have forgotten. In the Logistics Service, casual civilian officials are counting supplies and distributing them to the detachments as usual.

The red sun rises higher and higher in a tense atmosphere, and the scorching sun after the rain divides the earth into two different areas of light and darkness.

It was already noon when Buck hurried back to the headquarters, and after not eating for nearly fifteen hours, he ate a few pieces of dry food and poured a glass of ale, and then stepped on the incomplete earthen wall. As if the god of the sea no longer protected Buck, or if it was not protected by the god of the sea at all, the undead army did not postpone the attack as Buck had prayed to the gods.

No large-scale undead legions had yet been found outside the walls, but a small group of fast-moving steppe wolves-evolved undead had already roamed back and forth ahead, their presence cutting off all scouting routes.

"How long will our magic equipment last?" Buck asked, still staring at the dim earth as he heard a familiar sound of footsteps.

"Most of the magic equipment we have is in the testing stage, and we can't recharge it on our own. The chief of affairs, Ernest, specially reminded him before replying: "If the one-time test magic guide equipment is not strong in battle, it can last for at least two days, but if the combat intensity is too large, it may not last for a day." ”

"Where's the explosives, the crossbow bolts, the tar?"

"These are still sufficient, if the battle is not fierce, it is completely possible to hold out until the werewolf army and the mage tower reinforcements arrive. Ernest replied in the affirmative.

"What about enemy intelligence?" Buck asked again.

Ernest frowned imperceptibly, "As of an hour's notice... The scouts detected that almost all the undead creatures in Broken Bones Town were dispatched, but the specific distribution of troops and battle sequences were forced back by the wandering dire wolves before they could be detected. ”

"In other words, nothing was detected?" Buck gritted his teeth, unable to say anything to blame.

"My lord, there is a signal for the watchtower flag!" Sir Pato's voice sounded beside him, and everyone around him subconsciously looked at the watchtower next to him after hearing his words.

"It is General Nemero's troops that have arrived, and they have requested to enter directly into our northern flank and garrison. "Ernest's flag slogan was the best of all the people present.

When Buck heard Ernest's words, he snatched the lookout scope from Sir Pato's hand.

"What about the Koba, haven't they come back yet?" asked Buck as he looked at the Elven troops on the horizon in the distance.

"I guess I'm a 'deserter'!" Pato laughed "haha" and laughed, "I guess he'll come back with follow-up reinforcements... You don't have to worry at all that he won't come back, and when he leaves, he handed over the command of the Mage Tower Navy to us. ”

"Cunning bureaucrats. Ernest couldn't help but curse in a low voice, "He's doing this on purpose to make it difficult for us!" he spread his hands, "How do you arrange their troops now, and what do you think those people in the Mage Tower will say about us if they are pushed to the front?"

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