Chapter 432: Battle of the Baltic Sea (5) Sacrifice
"Alice, can you stop [Coral Growth] and stop those corals from growing and repairing?"
After being silent for a while, Semiramis asked in a cold voice with his cold gaze still on the coral bushes that had become a battlefield.
She knew what the consequences of her request would be, without the intricate terrain of the corals, the Tough Fish would be vulnerable to the enemy Sea Beast Legion, and those large sea beasts, dragons and plesiosaurs, could easily tear them in two, as if they had killed the Sea Serpent and Moray Eels, except for those who had reached the legendary, it would be difficult for others to resist.
"Don't think about it? Maybe there's another way. β
In essence, Alice also knew that this was the best and only way to turn the situation of the battle back into the plan, but such a method would not only cause Tough Fish to suffer heavy losses, but also make these Tough Fish who did not really identify with their two leaders more dissatisfied with them, and at the same time reduce the prestige of the two of them on the other side of the men.
After all, most of the time, most people don't like a ruler who will sacrifice the lives of his subordinates at will in order to achieve his goals, so when the prestige of the ruler drops to a certain level, rebellion and independence will also be a matter of course, this is not a special case, but a very common thing in the entire crystal wall system, not only in the main plane, if those gods encounter similar things, it will be difficult to stop.
"Alice, I understand, I understand, but it doesn't matter, let the disobedient subordinates play the last residual heat, this is also a decision that I, Semiramis, have seriously considered, in your words, even if the waste is destined to be thrown into the trash, there is no remaining value left. β
"Our goal is not only to repel the attack of those men, but more importantly, to take this opportunity to destroy the army of those merfolk and kraken, even if we can't do it according to the tactics we have set before, we must achieve this goal. β
"Okay. β
Seeing Semiramis's resolute attitude, Alice didn't plan to ask any more questions, she turned her head to look at the area of the coral grove where the fierce battle was going on, and as her gaze moved, the magical runes carved into the area of the base of the coral grove began to dim.
However, this little change was noticed for a while, and the battle in the coral bushes continued, and the tenacious fish that wanted to kill the enemy, the sea serpents and moray eels who wanted to survive the enemy, fought together, and the mermaids and krakens outside were still resting, thinking about how to solve the big problem they were facing.
The pace of time did not slow down by the fierce fighting, and after two hours of fighting, except for a few troops who did not go too deep into the coral bushes to escape, the others were killed by the tough fish and became the food they used to develop the clan.
The pause of the battle calmed down the chaotic sea water again, and everywhere they looked was filled with swollen blood-red flesh that was soaked by the sea water, and the attack of the mermaid and the kraken once again reaped the bitter fruits of defeat, and they thought for a long time, but they couldn't understand why the [High Temperature Blister] they cast could not have an effect, which was completely unreasonable.
The argument between the merfolk and the kraken began to heat up, and even the physical and mental exhaustion could not stop them for a while, and some of them even proposed to retreat for a while, and wait for the information about the coral bushes to start over.
As soon as this point of view was put forward, many people agreed, and the two consecutive attacks failed, which made them begin to fear this battle, especially the girl who was said to bring calamity wherever she went, but she still didn't show up in the city, the shadow of the famous tree of people, and the two defeats made them begin to believe the rumors that circulated in the Baltic Sea, although they brought calamity, but they would never fail, at least the once undefeated and invincible Attila was defeated in her hands, and the same was true of Corondo beforeγ
"One last try, if it doesn't work, we'll retreat. β
Seeing that her spellcasters had begun to discuss how to retreat, the mermaid princess hurriedly spoke, after those spellcasters went back, they were still noble spellcasters, but they lost so many subordinates, but they did not achieve any results, and fled back in disgrace, her status will definitely plummet, and at that time her enemies will not make such a good opportunity to fall into the ground, maybe in the end her fate may only be a little better than the bottom slave.
"One last time, one last try. β
The same is true of the Siren Princess on the other side, she put aside the conflict with the mermaid princess just now, and opened her mouth in agreement.
Seeing that the two commanders made their choice, although the casters of the underground were still dissatisfied, they still agreed to the request to attack once, after all, if they really retreated without achieving any results, their faces would not look good.
The attendants serving the spellcaster quickly packed up their things and retreated from the caster in an orderly manner, on the one hand, so that they would not affect the caster's spell casting, and on the other hand, they were also protecting them, after all, if the spell caster failed, they mortals who did not have much strength could not resist the impact of chaotic magic.
The multicolored bubbles once again converged into a torrent and rushed towards the coral bushes, and then a dense explosion sounded again, but compared to the previous two, this time it was inferior in terms of both quantity and duration, after all, the state of the mermaid and the kraken was completely different from the previous one.
However, this time the result was beyond their expectations, and when the smoke and dust cleared again, what came into view was a coral bush that had turned into ruins, and there were still some tenacious fish that were still not dead struggling violently under the ruins.
"Did we succeed?"
"Probably a success, right?"
Even the merfolk and the krakens were overwhelmed by this sudden change, and even the cheers they should have been left behind, and the last attempt was just an attempt, even they themselves did not feel that they could achieve anything this time, looking at the road in the distance that had become ruins and could be passed, everyone present felt as if they were in a dream, not real at all.
"What are you thinking? Is this the time to be in a daze? We've succeeded, why don't we organize the army quickly?"
The first to come back to their senses were the two princesses who were the commanders of the army, and they urged their troops to continue to move forward, and the huge army began to advance, and when they passed through the ruins, the strong smell of blood came to their faces, and many sea beasts could not bear it, and they returned their feet to devour the corpses.
The mermaids and krakens will not pay attention to these, as long as they do not affect the next attack, anyway, this is also a common thing in the ocean, if it were not for their restraint, the powerful sea beasts would have already started to hunt.
Although the formation was loose and slightly chaotic, when the dense number and various sea beasts appeared in front of this undersea city city, the warriors standing on the city wall inside couldn't help but exclaim.
The ones who are now organized for defense are all those who have not gone through the last war that ruined the ambitions of the Fish-Man Empire, and the number of legends among them is very rare, adding up to only three, and most of the rest, if you call them to hunt, it will be unsatisfactory to ask them to fight.
The three who entered the legend, one was an old blind killer whale man, one was a dolphin, and the last one was a coral bush that had grown for an unknown number of years, and this still did not count the combat effectiveness of those tough fish.
However, in essence, Alice and Semiramis did not have much hope for these three legends, although the dolphin and the coral bush are legends, their combat effectiveness is also at the bottom of the legend, and the other killer whale man is also very limited in combat effectiveness due to age and old injuries.
So in a real sense, there are only three high-end combat power in Rice City under the sea, Alice Semiramis and the North Sea Giant Kraken, compared with the mermaids and Kraken, they are at an absolute disadvantage in terms of quantity, but in terms of combat effectiveness, Alice and Haili Kraken are both standard-breaking existences, and most of the time they can turn the trend of the battlefield with their own strength.
When they came to this underwater city, the mermaids and krakens did not attack immediately, on the one hand, they asked their subordinates to reorganize the formation of the army, and on the other hand, they gathered together to discuss, and the rune barrier that enveloped the city made it impossible for them to make a good judgment for a while, after all, in this magically barren sea, they had never heard of such a thing, let alone seen it.
"Take a break and attack. β
The mermaid princess said this, she wanted to break through the city as quickly as possible, and use her achievements and exploits to pave the way to the mermaid's supreme throne, so that those guys had nothing to say.
However, there are very few people who support her point of view, after today's continuous spell casting, they have felt very tired, not to mention casting magic to attack, even standing and walking are very reluctant, and now they only have one thought, that is, to rest for a good night, to relax their tired brains.
"I'm tired, I don't have the strength, I don't have the magic anymore. β
"It's just that, anyway, we've broken through the defenses outside, the city won't go, we won't be short of food, and it's not good to wait for one more day. β
"That's right, it's getting dark now, and without our magical support, if we fight at night, there will be a lot of casualties. β
"That enchantment also needs to be studied and studied, this thing I."
The opposition of the mermaids and krakens around made the mermaid princess's face red and white, and just when she couldn't help but burst out, the kraken princess next to her, who had been silent, quickly grabbed her hand, stopped her movements, and then stepped forward and said.
"Let's rest for the night, then, but tomorrow, I want you to work together to get these outsiders out of our Baltic Sea, we have already made a mistake in the time of Torongo, and we have made a second mistake in the time of the fishmen, so this third time we must deal with them before they happen. β
"It doesn't matter who the opponent is, who the enemy is, whether it's that Alice, or the so-called Kraken, the giant monster of the North Sea, it doesn't matter, the Baltic Sea will only be the Baltic Sea of our Baltic Sea people, and it must also be the Baltic Sea of our Kraken and merfolk. β
Subsequently, the mermaid and the kraken set up camp about a kilometer away from the city of Rice under the sea, which happened to be the place where the coral bushes were destroyed, and the reason why they chose this place is because it is a flat land that is more suitable, and on the other hand, the food here is very sufficient, and there is no need to use the food stored in the logistics, which can save a lot of supplies for the kraken and the fish-people.
The night at the bottom of the Baltic Sea is very quiet and cold, even in this summer, ordinary humans are soaked in such sea water for too long, their muscles are frostbitten, and their bodies are frozen, but sea beasts have no such concerns, they are used to the cold water, used to live under the frozen sea.
The army of merfolk and krakens did not set up tents like the races on land, they gathered together to rest in groups of races, and at the bottom of the army was a spellcaster army composed of merfolk and krakens, and some sea beasts that liked to be active at night patrolled around the camp to prevent the opposite city of Les from taking advantage of the opportunity to launch a night attack on it when it was not visible at night.
The main direction of their defense is still on the opposite side, so it is inevitable that the vigilance and defense in other directions will become negligent, and on the surface of the sea a few hundred meters from the bottom of the sea, more than a dozen large wooden ships ride the wind and waves, and sail towards this place by the moonlight.
The wind blowing from the northwest made the sails full, and countless black shadows were maneuvering the ships on top of the ships, and by the faint moonlight, you could vaguely see the faces of these black shadows, which were the rhinoceros people of their hometown on the savannah, believing in the gods of the Nile, and living a life of chasing the rainy season and chasing pastures every day and every year, and in the northern part of the Aesir gods, only the men of Alice, the lord of Jutland, would have their figures.
The rhinoceros men went about their work quietly, surrounded only by the sound of the wind and the waves, and there was no worry on their faces, for they knew that the bottom of their ships had been dyed with paint, and that it would be difficult to find them at night unless they were seen up close.