Chapter 811: Battle of the Attila Empire (10) --- underground waterways
The appearance of Sigurd was already doomed, and the reinforcements led by Sigourney had no way to intervene in this battlefield in a short period of time, and there was no way to provide any effective help to Attila.
Sigourney would also like to get more support from the United Kingdom if she could, both in terms of supplies and the number of soldiers.
Obviously, Sigoaney's idea is very unrealistic, if the United Kingdom can continue to provide more reinforcements, then in the previous battle, the Baltic Empire will not be pushed back into the deep mountains of the Norwegian mountains, and have to rely on mountains and forests to survive.
Over time, the United Kingdom became weaker, its population plummeted, and its stockpiles made it difficult to fight a large-scale war.
The battle between Sigourney and Siegmund takes place on a flat terrain in the Norwegian mountains leading to the city of Attila, and in bad weather such as a blizzard, the duel between parents and children does not attract much attention.
Sigourney had indeed managed to turn the impossible into a miracle in the previous few battles, but now they had to face the dominant Siegrud.
Siegmund has lost his famous weapon in the last battle defeat, and there has been a serious decline in combat effectiveness, and he can't gain too many advantages when fighting ordinary legends, which is likely to affect the entire battle situation, just because of the lack of high-end combat power.
The two armies turned the entire plain into a battlefield, and Sigoarney's pre-war mobilization before the battle began, let the soldiers below know how bad the situation had become.
This forced the soldiers to temporarily put aside their worries and be willing to obey Siegmund's orders, devote themselves to the battle, and use their long swords to open up their future.
Not to mention the unrealistic things in the distance, they must at least survive on this battlefield, and even if they cannot win, they must not be defeated.
While the United Kingdom was locked in a bitter battle for victory and its future, the battle at Attila had changed, and more precisely, the battle had entered the final decisive stage.
From the time Atila started the battle with Alice, the pace of the battle was out of the control of both sides, and a protracted battle had become a completely unrealistic idea, and it was impossible to continue to realize it.
The battle between Atila and Alice, as well as the knights and the legends, has completely thrown the city into disarray, with several walls crumbling and buildings in ruins.
No matter how sturdy a building is, it is vulnerable to the constant bombardment of those legendary magics, and what seems impossible for mere mortals to do, is really simple for legends.
The part of the city above ground has been devastated, but the part of the underground waterway below the city is still intact, after all, it is buried two meters below the ground, and is covered with solid stone slabs above and below.
The city of Upland did cause a lot of trouble to the Attila Empire at the beginning, and the street battles about the underground waterways were worth their reference and learning, and they optimized the underground waterways and then applied them to this battlefield.
Of course, they did not know that the idea of using such a complex environment as underground waterways for street warfare was proposed by the Baltic Empire, in addition to the reasons conducive to warfare, the use of underground waterways can also facilitate some replenishment through sewage outlets connecting rivers and seas, and still obtain sufficient supplies to support a long and protracted war during street fighting.
Although the Baltic Empire was the first to put forward this concept, to be honest, the Baltic Empire did not have much experience in fighting in underground waterways, and there were often many discrepancies between theoretical things and practical things.
In the past, the cities they had occupied had basically no complete underground sewer system, and after breaking through the walls and entering the street fighting, they quickly won the battle and ended the battle.
After entering the underground tunnels, these Baltic Empire soldiers became overwhelmed, and the dark, damp, and cramped place made it impossible for them to use their previous tactics well.
Not only that, but in this underground waterway, they encounter new enemies, enemies that are easy to deal with, but difficult to entangle, hordes of rats and ferocious rats.
Killing these rats and ferocious rats is not the slightest difficulty, and each heavily armed soldier will be able to emerge victorious against five times more enemies.
The real question was never how to defeat and kill the nezumen, but the problem of killing them, the dead bodies quickly decomposed, and the whole environment was infested with plague.
It's already cold outside, but the underground waterways are still maintaining the corresponding temperature, the waterways are not frozen, and the grease-filled, black liquid is flowing slowly, emitting a foul smell.
The plague pervaded every inch of the region, and in the first two days of entering the battlefield, at least a third of the army experienced varying degrees of discomfort.
Every night, the coughing sound makes it impossible to sleep, and no one knows if they will be lying in a hospital bed the next day, weak, even if they don't do anything, the mere breath will be infected with the plague.
The spellcasters in the army are already busy, and they need to constantly use the magic of [Detect Toxins] and [Detect Diseases] to diagnose them, and prescribe the right medicine according to the conclusions of the diagnosis.
The Baltic Empire was not short of medicines, and the near-assembly line mode of production, as well as the application of various new technologies, led to an abundance of supplies.
But it takes time for these medicines and supplies to be transported from the Baltic Empire to Scandinavia, and there will be various attritions along the way, and there may even be accidents, and they will be captured by those attackers.
Judging from the current situation, if the problem of the plague cannot be solved, the medicine they stored before will only last for more than 20 days, and the situation is not optimistic.
In addition to the plague, they also have other problems to face, and there are a large number of undead hidden in this underground waterway, not only the ghosts, wraiths, ghouls, ghosts, skeletons, and zombies they have encountered.
Here, they also encountered the Banshee and the Death Knight, who theoretically did not appear on the main plane and was on the same level as the Lich, two high-level undead with intelligence, causing them great casualties.
Not only that, but after the banshees appeared, all the soldiers of the Baltic Empire could not rest properly, and the faint cries of the dead before death echoed in their ears at every moment.
And on the frontal battlefield, the low-level undead led by the Death Knights also put a lot of pressure on the soldiers, these Death Knights were extremely good warriors in their lifetime, and they still retained that kind of excellence after death, and the negative energy made their thinking evil and distorted, and became cunning and insidious enough.
These Death Knights have even achieved a feats on the battlefield that will impress all soldiers, including those of the Baltic Empire, by using the complex environment of underground waterways to ambush and kill legendary warriors from the Northland Ice Fields.
It was the chief of an orc tribe, a legendary warrior accustomed to fighting on the open ice fields, and he was so unaccustomed to such a dark, damp, cramped environment that he felt that there was no way to fight with his hands and feet.
In addition, the legends of the enemies are hidden, and it is difficult to find comparable enemies on the frontal battlefield, and the unilateral slaughter of those nezumi and undead makes him feel very bored and disgusted.
As time passed, he slowly developed impatience, slacked off during the battle, and lazily couldn't lift his spirits.
As a result, he was attacked by the army led by the Death Knight, and suddenly two giant slimes rushed out of the sewage of the underground water to wrap his body, and the banshee that appeared from the ceiling was all within easy reach of the [Banshee Howl].
Banshee Howl has never been a simple spell, it is comparable to Finger of Death, and spells that go from a single individual to a swarm are enough to deal instant damage to the legendary.
The legendary orc was lucky enough to be spared the instant damage, but the close Banshee Howl made his body weak.
The subsequent attack from the Death Knight was the straw that broke the camel's back, and the orc was strongly unwilling to die because he did not make a decent counterattack until he died, inflicting decent damage on the enemy.
After completing their mission and obtaining the corpse of the orc warrior, they quickly left the battlefield, the corpse of the legendary warrior was their best trophy, and it is conceivable that a powerful death knight would appear on the battlefield before long.
Through the use of prophetic spells, the caster knew everything that was going on in this corner, and the consequences of this event had a profound effect on the rest of the legends, making them understand that the Attila Empire had the means to kill legends with mortal powers.
This incident also forced the spellcasters of the Baltic Empire to start arranging [protective arrays] around the camp to prevent the undead from approaching.
In addition to this, the territory of the Baltic Empire is also supporting this war, and they have begun to develop equipment to deal with plagues and toxins, which was not thought of before, who would have imagined that the mighty Baltic Empire soldiers would be defeated by plagues and toxins.
Before solving these problems, the military factories in Jutland came up with another solution, and they provided the troops on the front line with a batch of golems specially designed to fight in this environment for free.
These Jutland military factories hope that these new products can perform better in the complex environment of this underground waterway, and then let the army purchase these new products and provide more funds for research.
The new products appeared on the front lines five days later and were put into use, with good results at the beginning, with the underground waterways in both areas completely cleared.
These new products, rightly named Flesh Golems, are humanoid golems made of flesh and blood, and due to the latest technology at the core, using souls as materials, these golems have the wisdom of human children.
In the Baltic Empire, there is actually no shortage of souls, and in those battles with the participation of spellcasters, they can always collect souls as valuable trophies when cleaning up the battlefield, especially those souls that have performed well in life, and are excellent raw materials for the manufacture of many magic products.
And because they are golems, they don't care about the plague, they are resistant enough to the erosion of negative energy, and they can not fear the undead.
In addition, there are also golems that are specially used for underwater warfare, and with these golems, the soldiers of the Baltic Empire have cleaned up the surrounding waters and dealt with many things hidden in the water, such as those piranhas, such as those giant slimes.
Giant slimes, in particular, are hidden in the water and are difficult to spot, and when the soldiers pass by, they will suddenly jump out of the water, envelop the soldiers, and then return to the water and leave quickly.
The other soldiers on the shore didn't have a good solution to this, they didn't have any means to deal damage to enemies in the water, let alone track down the slimes.
In this underground battlefield, more than fifty soldiers have disappeared without a trace, and they can only guess their fate from the equipment that appeared in the hands of the enemy, which is certainly not a good ending.
With the golems on the battlefield, the Baltic Empire's armies began to gain a foothold in the underground waterways, clearing the enemy from the shadows.
The people in this battlefield know that this is a war of annihilation, and they want to kill or capture every known enemy, and completely turn the city into ruins and wipe it off the map.
In the second week of the war, Nezumi spellcasters appeared on the battlefield, systematically dropping corpses and toxins into the waters, affecting the air they breathe through the volatilization of liquids.
The Baltic Empire's counterattack was much simpler and more brutal, opening several vents for the closed environment of the underground waterways to ventilate the area.
The cold air from outside poured directly into the area, and the waters were frozen in patches, and countless creatures that had become accustomed to the warm environment of the underground sewers were frozen to death.
The biggest influence on the side of the Attila Empire are the rat people, these short-lived races, many of them have never left the environment of the underground waterways from birth to death, they have never felt what is called cold, they have not even seen ice and snow, let alone deal with it.
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