Eleven hours after the offensive began, the sky was already dark and lit up by the sun.

The forested areas around the Papal States were full of traces of fighting, and the war was raging, spreading like a fire on a carpet.

The strong wind swept along the land, diluting the smoke over the forest, but it could not dispel the heavy and pungent smell of blood.

Bourville, who was already soaked in blood, shook his wide bull nose, sat down on the corpses of several enemies, gasped, and then asked Kellogg beside him, "How many?"

The lizardman wiped his dagger with the clothes of the dead and spat out the letter, "Hiss...... So far, we've captured six small outposts, two medium-sized strongholds, and the large enemy camp just now. ”

Bourville held out his hand to the lizardmen.

The latter hesitated for a moment and handed over his dagger.

Bourville lifted his heavy chain mail and slowly stabbed the blade of his dagger into his wound.

With a roar of rage, Bourville slammed it outward, and a spherical buckshot fell out of the wound.

"These shameless and despicable cowards!"

Hearing the Minotaur's angry scolding, the lizardman narrowed his eyes, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly: "Hiss...... The word despicable has never been in the dictionary of war. ”

Bourville glared at Kellogg and tossed the dagger back to him.

Ackerman knelt on one knee in a pool of blood, clutched the right hand of a dying elf, and said softly, "My brother, your hour will soon come. ”

The elf was clear-eyed, handsome, and looked very young.

His lower abdomen was hit by a bomb fragment, the corners of his mouth were blistering with blood, and the pain was so great that his face began to contort, but his voice sounded extremely relaxed.

"What I didn't expect was ...... At the moment of my glory, a dark elf will preside over my ceremony......"

Ackerman slowly leaned down and whispered in the elf's ear, "I'll tell you a secret, I have a closer relationship with the dragon god than the shamans of your species...... I can intercede for you and skip the queue......"

The elf smiled happily.

With the last of his strength, he looked at the people around him, nodded and said, "The light of God has come, I must take the first step, and I will wait for your arrival in the kingdom of heaven......

Ackerman placed his hand on his chest and whispered, "All for the glory of the dragon god." ”

Everyone: "All for the glory of the dragon god." ”

The elf slowly closed his eyes.

Ackerman sighed inaudibly, stood up, left his mourning to the others, walked over to Randall's side, and asked, "Did you find anything?"

Randall was holding a palm-sized black iron ball with a gunpowder fuse directly above it.

Seeing Ackerman's arrival, Randall said, "You can't be wrong, I saw the Southern Empire use this weapon during the battle in Lone Rock City. ”

They called these spherical bombs, thunderbolts, filled with black powder and thistles, and when they exploded, they could cover a considerable area with the help of fragments and flames. ”

Placing the lightning bullet in Ackerman's hand, Randall picked up something from the ground that resembled a small iron grinding disc.

"This thing is a new thing, I've never seen it before. Randall pointed to Joonella, who was lying on the ground doing research, and said to Ackerman, "But I heard the young scholar say that this bomb-like thing has some kind of sulfuric acid detonating device, as long as it is buried in the earth, anyone who steps on it will cause an explosion." ”

"Joonella called this bomb buried in the ground a landmine. ”

Looking at the thunder bomb in his hand, and then at the mine that Randall was holding, Ackerman frowned and said, "It seems that the enemy has some hidden hole cards, which have not been revealed." ”

Randall put down the heavy mine in his hand and said, "During the attack on the stronghold on the outskirts of the forest, we did not encounter these weapons. As we attacked closer and closer to the enemy's home position, these things appeared one by one. ”

"So, I guess. First of all, the number of weapons such as thunder bombs and mines should not be too much; secondly, in the last orc attack, due to the appearance of the dragon bone knight, the enemy had to re-examine the strength of both sides, and these weapons, which were originally used as the enemy's hole cards, were used so early. ”

Ackerman unplugged the fuse from the bomb, then put it on the ground, and said with a headache: "Thunder bombs aside, mines are a big problem. ”

"Don't worry too much about these mines. Joonella walked towards Ackerman with two giant wolves: "These beasts have a very sensitive sense of smell, and they can smell these explosives buried in the ground. ”

Randall nodded and said, "Moreover, there are not many of these mines, most of them are buried around the enemy camp, as long as they are ......"

Noticing that the hive on Randall's keel suddenly began to shake, Ackerman asked, "What's wrong?"

"The 3rd Column captured the camp in the valley and the 11th Column captured the Pelzer camp, and these two forces are currently working together to attack the enemy camp on the Far Ember Hills......"

"And then?"

"These two forces have encountered a fierce enemy counterattack and are requesting assistance from all nearby friendly forces. ”

Ackerman pondered for a moment, then shouted to the soldiers behind him, "Leave a team to deal with the aftermath, and the rest pack up and get ready to go!"

After a brief recuperation, the force returned to the east, heading towards the Far Ember Hills on the map.

It was only fifteen minutes before the soldiers could hear a faint explosion in the distance.

Ackerman listened to the movement in the distance, and said suspiciously: "It's a little strange, even if it is a large camp of the enemy army, under the attack of two columns, it is impossible to hold out for so long. ”

Randall looked up and said in surprise, "Look!"

Ackerman watched as the three Valkyries rode towards the battlefield on griffins, each with a large bag of spore parasites clutched in their claws.

"There is only one possibility for an enemy of this size to be able to dispatch the Valkyrie and make two columns open their mouths for help. ”

Ackerman and Randall glanced at each other and said in unison, "Enemy Command!"

Ackerman jumped on the tree beside him with his feet and shouted to the troops: "Listen, everyone, throw away all unnecessary restraints!