Chapter 352: Reinforcements from the Surface
If there is any difference between the war in the world of Seggs and the war in the era of Blue Star Cold Weapons, it is that the addition of extraordinary forces has made the direction and changes of the war more complex and unpredictable.
And the bug-like existence of the teleportation circle has completely changed the city battle mode of the Seggs world......
Unlike Blue Star, the war in the world of Seggs is often a large battle of defending or besieging a city, which can determine the trend of the entire war.
One of the most important reasons for this is that the existence of teleportation circles makes long-range support a reality.
Of course, the maintenance of the teleportation circle requires magic stones, and when teleporting, more magic stones will also be consumed according to the teleportation distance and the strength of the teleportation object......
This consumption is very small at the beginning, but with the increase of teleportation targets and the improvement of strength, it will soar at an exaggerated rate.
Therefore, for the average surface civilization, using teleportation arrays to support the army is quite a luxury.
Unless there is a decisive battle as a last resort, they will not use the teleportation array.
However, for the Underworld, it's different.
The underground world is extremely rich in minerals, with a large reserve of magic stones.
Not only that, because the underground world is closer to the origin of the plane, when using the teleportation circle to teleport, the mana consumed is much less than that of the surface world.
Therefore...... It is a fairly common operation for them to use teleportation circles to teleport armies.
If it weren't for the perennial war between the underground city-states in the dark region, even if they were all in the same city-state alliance, the trust between each other would generally not be high, otherwise the teleportation circle would have become a common way to travel.
In fact, it was this time that the Silent City-State Alliance encountered a real crisis, and the goddess they believed in issued an oracle, otherwise...... They would never easily deploy this kind of ultra-long-distance teleportation circle with the same risk as the reward.
And it is the existence of the teleportation circle that makes the already fierce war in the underground world, once the battle is over, it will go to two extremes-
Or, the war will end quickly after a big war.
Or, it will turn a siege war into a protracted war, and sometimes it is not impossible to besiege it for more than ten years......
And at this moment, the largest dungeon in the alliance of the Silent City-States, the City of Blades, known as the "Forge Capital", is facing such a siege.
Located in the north-central part of the western region of the Underworld, at the junction of the first and second layers of the Dark Realm, about three hundred kilometers from the Deep-Rifted Cavern, the City of Blades is at the forefront of the Silent City-State Alliance's fight against the Dark City-State Alliance.
The city consists of a large cavern hollowed out of stalagmites, next to the Dark Regions Sea.
The City of Blades has a large population, with a staggering 50,000 permanent residents...... Among them, the main inhabitants are the dark dwarves and underground gnomes, accounting for more than eighty percent of the total population.
Don't underestimate these 50,000 people, a city with this population is quite rare in the underground world.
Not only that, unlike the human cities on the surface, the city dwellers of the underground world are almost all transcendentals, and the number of transcendents who have reached the black iron rank is at least a quarter of the city's population, and the largest number of dungeons even have half of the population above the black iron rank......
In other words, there are at least 10,000 inhabitants in the City of Blades who have reached the Black Iron Rank.
In this massive dungeon, the Dark Dwarves built their houses and workshops, mines, and alchemy workshops around stone pillars, and built a magnificent wall of iron ore on the outskirts of the city.
The walls of the city glow like a sharp blade under the reflection of the fluorescent stone of the underworld, which is also the origin of the "City of Blades".
It has the largest magic stone mine in the entire western region, and the reserves of Mithril, steel, and iron ore are also quite amazing.
Thousands of years ago, the Dark Dwarves built it into a well-known forge city in the underground world, and the equipment produced in the City of Blades is even as famous as the elves on the surface......
The abundance of minerals naturally created a huge amount of wealth in the Blade City, and the huge wealth naturally attracted the covetousness of other forces.
So, the first dungeon that the Dark City-State Alliance chose to start with was here.
At this moment, the chief of Maple Leaf City, an underground dwarf named Brynn, was standing on the walls of the city, looking at the black army of spirit-absorbing monsters, dark dwarves (the name given to the dark dwarves by their fellow race that believed in the god of darkness), undead, monsters, and goblins, with a solemn expression.
The enemy attack came sooner than expected......
He never imagined that before the mission sent for help returned, it would usher in the siege of the Dark Alliance.
As of today, the City of Blades has repelled several enemy sieges.
On the city wall, the blood of the dwarves and dwarf soldiers had long been dyed black and red, and in the flickering firelight, it looked extremely tragic.
There was a thick bloody aura floating in the air, and the nearly 20,000 Silent Alliance warriors who originally defended the city had already returned to the realm of the goddess at this moment.
On the city wall, the soldiers sat on the ground tiredly, and from time to time they could hear the groans of the wounded soldiers......
Brin's mood grew heavier.
The number of enemies was far beyond his imagination, and the Dark Alliance army that participated in the siege this time probably exceeded 100,000......
If it weren't for the fact that the City of Blades was already strong, and there was a defensive core of the Temple of Death in the city, which could use defensive magic to resist the strong in the opponent's army, otherwise...... The city has long since been broken.
But even so, if there are no more reinforcements, I am afraid that it will not last long.
It also takes manpower to run the defensive magic technique, and because the Fire Beard Lord who can perform the divine descent is not there, the city of blades lacks high-end combat power and needs more power to maintain the operation of the magic art.
In this case, the warriors on the city wall can only fight less and less......
What made Brin even more depressed and frightened was that there were still high-level undead in the opponent's army!
The opponent seems to have some kind of artifact that interferes with the power of the goddess, and once a warrior is killed by the opponent, he will turn into an undead and join the opponent's army......
Of course, this is also because the Lord of Darkness and Shadows has stolen some of the authority of the Goddess's crown, otherwise...... How could it be possible for these undead who betrayed the goddess to be bullied?
"Lord Firebeard...... When will I be able to bring back reinforcements? ”
Thinking about the mission to Black Rock City, Brin sighed deeply.
His already short figure looked even more rickety at this moment.
The mission has been gone for several days......
If Brynn's guess is correct, Lord Firebeard should have traveled to the surface world through Black Rock City to ask for help.
After all, in the Goddess's oracle, he instructed the City of Blades to modify a large number of humanoid equipment in advance for reinforcements.
Probably...... The reinforcements should be humans.
The human mercenary group is still very famous in the world of Seggs, the most outstanding ones, and it is said that there are even legendary powerhouses!
If Flamebeard-sama could return with such a powerful mercenary group...... What a turnaround!
And while Brin was pondering, suddenly, a dwarven warrior stumbled to the city wall, shouting excitedly as he rushed:
"Lord Firebeard is back! Lord Firebeard is back with reinforcements! ”
Greehue-sama is back? Reinforcements arrived?
Hearing the news, Brin perked up.
He turned his body abruptly, looked up at the dwarven warrior who had come to him, and asked excitedly:
"Reinforcements have arrived? Is it a human mercenary group? ”
Listening to Brin's words, the dwarf was slightly stunned.
His face was strange and he said:
"No...... Not humans, but ...... Genie. ”
"Elves?"
Brin was stunned.