Volume 15 The War of Kings! Chapter 22 begins

After a few days of preparation, Luo Lan began to quickly arrange the details of this raid. 【Fengyun Reading Network.】

The names of the people who decided to play were decided in just one day.

On the side of the Holy See of Light, in addition to Luo Lan, there were Boris and Frenard, while the Knight Alliance and the Mage Guild naturally sent Abner and Mayvis, and Angus Gale was responsible for logistics and arrangements along the way.

Although Luo Lan explained too much and did not impose anything on the Mage Guild and the Knight Alliance, he did not want to bring a few monk leaders who had different opinions with him, so the candidates selected by each other were tacitly understood.

In order to confuse the Council of the Dead, a few days later the news came that the Vice-President of the Friars, Lundit Landiston, had returned to the diocese of Bethlehem, and that the major monks had visited their respective areas where they were responsible for garrisoning, nominally the military garrisons of the Friars, but in fact there were not many Friars who were permanently there, but only symbolically once after each succession or meeting of the Friars.

Although this is a good excuse, anyone with a discerning eye can see that they are suspicious.

Standing on the top of the council chamber, Domor watched the Holy See guards below gradually move away with the cross flag held high, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but sneer, in his opinion, Landiston is not so stupid, there must be a deeper arrangement here, but he can't see it clearly for a while.

But it doesn't matter, if you guess correctly, these people should have arranged a double on the way, and they themselves broke away from the group, so as to avoid everyone's sight, such as Landiston, and the long road back to Bethlehem was enough time for him to make arrangements.

"Come, go and tell my father that Landiston has departed, and I estimate that in about three or four days he will leave the guard and join up with the other monks, and ask him to be careful. ”

It's just that at this time, the Lord Landiston, who was still grinding out of the city in Domoor's eyes, was not in those guards, but in a hidden stronghold outside the city, which had long been emptied, surrounded by several heavily guarded fortresses and watchtowers, and anyone who approached it would be detected in advance.

"Leaving tonight?"

When he heard the news, Boriston looked surprised.

"Not bad. Luo Lan replied in the affirmative.

"Before the meeting, I asked Brother Angus Gale to build a number of teleportation arrays on the road, we only need to go there with the energy crystals and we can use them immediately, if we are faster, we can reach the northern edge of the Western Continent in one day, after crossing the river, we will immediately head southwest, in the forest here, there are timberwolf mounts prepared by local hunters, almost another day's journey, we can directly set foot on the vast mountain range, there is a canyon path, leading to abandoned mines, we will need about half a day to get through the mines, if the speed is fast enough, we can reach the Lukin Hills that night, which is already the eastern foothills of the Sunken Mountains......"

Luo Lan looked at the map on the table, and while detailing the route, he pointed at it with his scepter, and around him stood the various monks who had already decided to fight.

However, not everyone is optimistic about the time Luo Lan said, because the things on the map and the actual situation are sometimes completely different things, but Luo Lan's full preparation, which at least reassured them a little.

Although Luo Lan's reputation is very great, and the actions he led have never failed, after all, except for Boris before, it can be said that no monk present has fought under Luo Lan's command, even Mayvis, who didn't pay much attention to him when he was fighting the dragon, and didn't know much about his style of action, so it is inevitable that there are some doubts in his heart.

"Well, I've explained it to you. Luo Lan walked around the table in front of him and walked towards the door of the hall, "Now let's go and see our guards." ”

Although he didn't speak loudly, there was naturally an unquestionable momentum between his actions, and several monks unconsciously walked out behind him.

The open space in front of the hall was already full of people at this time, and it was faintly divided into three groups.

The Knights' Alliance Mayvis brought twenty knights, eighty-eight servants, and three armed female attendants this time, for a total of one hundred and twelve people.

The Mage Guild Abner led fifteen elemental mages, sixty mage apprentices, a total of seventy-six people, and it is worth mentioning that Descartes, who had been recommended at the Council of the Monks, was also among them.

The Vice-President of the Holy See, Randison, the Chief Friar, Boris, and the Chief Friar, Freinard, led three Templar Knights, ten Light Priests, four Priests, three hundred and fifty Templar swordsmen, fifty priests, fifteen paladins, plus Jean and Nair, who were hidden in the crowd and dressed as priests, for a total of four hundred and thirty-seven.

The total number of people exceeded six hundred.

On the surface, these numbers seem to be far greater than the number of people the Council of the Dead had attacked in the previous attempt, as the Council of the Dead had less than sixty people including the Mask Dough when they captured the Horn of the Abyss.

But this has to be taken into account, since the beginning of the Angry Thunder Cliff, the Council of the Dead has been arranging, including the Blood Knights, as well as the knights who are dispatched in various places to attract attention, the response team, etc., these people are not a small number, but a rough estimate is that the number of people used has reached at least more than a thousand.

And what they need to attack this time is a tribe of gods that reaches 10,000 people, including no less than a hundred elemental messengers, and there may even be the help of the Council of the Dead, so these people are not many, or even few.

Angus Gale looked down, in the wide field, the queue was still a little thin, and he said with pity: "There could have been more people, but the teleportation array does not have such a large capacity, and the energy crystals consumed by so many people back and forth are an astonishing number." ”

Luo Lan smiled lowly and said, "Fortunately, there are not many such actions, if you come one or two more, I'm afraid the Monk Guild will have to collect the donations in the next few years in advance." ”

The short-distance teleportation array does not consume so much, and even as long as some spar powder is enough, but the long-distance maintenance teleportation array, there are often more than a dozen energy spar notches on a teleportation array, but this is not enough, someone also needs to keep cleaning out the spar powder that will be exhausted in a short time, and then put a new spar in it, the longer it is maintained, the more it will be consumed.

Even then, it is often possible to teleport up to fifty people at a time.

To maintain a large teleportation array, there are not a few people needed, and the consumption of energy crystals is also thousands, and the teleportation array leading to the Western Continent, they have arranged no less than forty along the way, you can imagine how amazing the wealth consumed in this is.

Angus Gale smiled wryly, the teleportation array was established before the Monks officially approved the operation, because it was a private operation, so it was his own money, and the materials used to build the teleportation array just made him very painful.

Not only that, for this operation, he even used the power of his family to use the channels for private trade with the dark realm, including warehouses, trading stations, and warehouses, which were also used by him.

It is conceivable that these properties will definitely be abandoned after they are used, and the loss to the family is not small, but first, he can justifiably get rid of Domol's attacks on him, and second, Luo Lan has privately promised that he will let his family participate in the maritime trade between East Bethlehem and the free city-states.

In this way, he gained far more than he lost, and he no longer had to trade with the Council of the Dead, so despite the huge investment, the return was also extremely large.

Luo Lan took a step forward and quietly glanced down.

Everyone was swept by that faint gaze, and all of them couldn't help but get nervous, including the monks standing behind Luo Lan, obviously they didn't just see his back, but they felt a burst of awe in their hearts.

"From now on, no one is allowed to leave without permission," Luo Lan said in a deep voice, "Everything you need, including equipment, clothing, food, forage, horse mounts, auxiliary tools, magic scrolls, lighting equipment, insect repellent medicine, etc., as long as you can think of it, you can ask for it from Brother Angus Gale." ”

Speaking of this, he smiled slightly, and said: "Let me reveal a little, unlike the previous situation when the nobles went to war to prepare all the materials except food, these things are provided by the monks, so you will not be asked to give even a single gold coin, so you can take as much as you can, next time you will not have this opportunity." But there is a premise, you are not allowed to get more materials than you can carry, and if anyone leaves the team because of this, they will be killed on the spot after they find out."

The cold words made everyone feel a chill behind them, but at the same time, it was also a burst of excitement, obviously the monks would not hesitate to take out the inventory for this operation, and the monk Lantiston also knew everyone's thoughts, and there was no intention of saving for the monks, this time following the Lantiston monk on a mission, it must be no problem, it seems that after coming back, not only can you get enough merits, but also make a small fortune, thinking of this, almost everyone's heart is hot, and the mood is suddenly high and warm.

"For the Monks, for the Vice-President of Landiston"

The crowd cheered together.

A few words lifted the morale, and he was full of enthusiasm for the battle, and it was not a sophisticated language skill, which made several monks behind him look at each other, especially Ferrinard and Abner, who both showed thoughtful expressions.

Luo Lan's hand was slowly raised, and the boiling crowd suddenly fell silent, and he smiled: "If it goes well, within ten days, we will be able to return to the headquarters of the Monks' Society, and you can still bring enough loot to brag about your fruitful achievements to your comrades." ”

Immediately, there was a knowing laugh from below.

"At that moment, the Dark Council will definitely not have time to react," Boris pouted, "I'm afraid they were still thinking about our departure at that time." ”

Everyone burst into laughter again.

"Then......" Luo Lan waved his hand and said, "Let's go and prepare now, when the first moon appears in the east, it will be the time for us to set off."

After three hourglasses, the team of six hundred and twenty-five people regrouped.

Right in the middle of the fortress, they lined up in a neat line and stepped into the first teleportation array.

What followed was a very boring march, because the teleportation array could not be built accurately one after the other, of course, the perfect relay teleportation was the best, but considering the terrain and concealment factors, whenever they crossed a teleportation array, they often had to cross some rivers and forests, hurry on remote paths, and hurry to the next teleportation location.

After about thirty teleportation arrays jumped and teleported in a row, the sky had already brightened slightly, and they had reached the edge of the Central Continent and the Western Continent at this moment.

"The six teleportation arrays below are further apart, and we need to rush more way. Brother Angus Gale looked at the hourglass clock he was carrying, estimated it, and said, "If we don't make a stop, we will be there before noon." ”

"Don't take a break. Luo Lan, who was riding on the horse, swung back with his gloved hand and said, "Let the priests, priests and priests come up, don't be stingy with mana, what we have is mana stones." ”

"Yes, my lord," a paladin captain immediately took the order.

After a while, various chanting sounds began to emerge from the entire queue, and the light of blessing spells and various auxiliary auras expelled the remaining dark night around them.

"Don't stay too long. Luo Lan said in a deep voice: "Go forward quickly, otherwise it will be easy to be discovered, and everyone will follow." ”

"Yes" There was a neat response behind him, Luo Lan smiled, he also reprimanded these members of the monk council who spoke out casually, it seems that the morale has not been lowered because of the boring hurry, but has become more vigorous.

No one noticed that above them, there were faint figures of multiple mounted gargoyles.

That's the thieves arranged by the Doomsday Guild in advance near each teleportation array, they are responsible for monitoring the surrounding movements, and eliminating people who may be close and leaking the news, although this is a bit cruel, but the teleportation array is arranged in a remote place, if there is still there at this time, it means that the other party is either a smuggler or a bandit, and being killed can only be regarded as their own bad luck.

When the sun rose high, a light finally appeared on the last teleportation array, and with a loud sound, a neat queue walked out of the teleportation array.

More than a dozen of the guards who were in charge of picking up the guards here immediately prostrate on the ground to greet the arrival of the superiors and their guards.

After Luo Lan walked out of the teleportation array, a cold wind blew across his cheeks, and a wide river blocked the way under the flat mountains in the distance.

"This is the Lengyan River, and the downstream Musur is only its tributary, which, together with the Nightwhispering Forest, forms the dividing line between the central and western continents. Angus Gale pointed down and said: "I can only send you here, cross this river, you will reach the territory of the Dark Realm, on the other side, there will be a caravan to meet you, the leader is called Philma, he will show you the way, take you to the next place in the forest, there, he bought more than a thousand timberwolf mounts from hundreds of forest tribe hunters at a time, although the movement is a little bigger, but the amount we bought in previous years is not small, so it did not attract much attention." ”

Luo Lan nodded, although there were only more than six hundred of them, but the number of mounts could not be divided so simply, among them, there were those who might be injured and sick on the road, with sufficient preparation, their actions would not be disturbed by accidents, Angus Gale was very thoughtful.

Therefore, he turned his head and said gently, "Brother Angus Gale, I will take everything you have done to heart. ”

Angus Gale's heart was relieved, and then he smiled and said, "It is my duty to serve my lords." ”

After separating from Angus Gale, everyone took a short break under Luo Lan's order, checked the supplies and equipment they had brought with them, and then ordered the mage to perform the ice sealing technique to temporarily freeze the river, and quickly walked into the forest after crossing the river.

Because they have entered the territory of the dark camp at the moment, they have to act more carefully than before.

Not long after entering the forest, they met the person who answered Angus Gale's mouth, and it is worth mentioning that this person was a mute, and he only greeted him, but he was such a person, who only relied on five servants, and actually took care of a thousand timberwolf mounts.

If it weren't for the urgency of time, coupled with the fact that this person couldn't speak, Luo Lan would have wanted to talk to this person.

Everyone changed horses and rode on the timberwolves, and they did not delay and ran straight towards the vast mountains.

The agile body of the timberwolf ran quickly in the jungle, and the scene around him fell backwards one after another, often seeing a tree in front of it as if it was about to be installed, but it felt that it was far behind it.

On the way they rested, changed several times, and by the next morning, the surrounding vegetation began to thin out, and the morning sun poured its golden light down on everyone from above, and a magnificent mountain figure came into view, the white snow of the mountain and the gray-blue ridge were clearly visible.

Someone from the "Vast Mountains" team pointed ahead and shouted.

This is it

At this point, Angus Gale had done all he could, and the next step was to rely on Sharoman's clues to find the canyon hidden in the mountains.

But this is not a difficult matter, because before, Luo Lan sent people to survey the terrain and find the trail, before setting off, he already knew the exact location, and the people who came to meet him were also arranged by him in advance, of course, everyone didn't care, and still thought that this was Angus Gale's arrangement.

So there was no delay, and more than 600 people walked south along the foot of the mountain, and by the time it was close to noon, the canyon trail was already in sight.

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