Volume 4: Swan Song (Remastered) Chapter 28: The Attack and Defense of Nanhai Town (3)

Little by little, the sun sank into the horizon, and darkness drove away the light and covered the earth.

Another wave of attacks was repulsed, and the town of Nanhai was finally able to get some more peace, until the first rays of sunlight appeared tomorrow morning, and the collision of blood and fire, iron and bone would begin again.

The walls are full of wailing, there are wounded soldiers, players waiting to die, and enemies who refuse to take their last breath, and the players in charge of cleaning the battlefield will not let go of any suspicious corpse in order to increase their military merits as much as possible, one or two knives, until they cut off their necks and pierce their hearts, they will continue to search for the next target.

This is also a small change brought about by the war, even these logistics players who are responsible for cleaning up the battlefield have already been polished by this cruel war several times, and now the players who can still insist on staying in Nanhai Town can be said to be the best after the big waves, those fools and wastes either died under the ferocity of the orcs and the cunning of the trolls, or they fled back to the kingdom of Ashwood early, relying on the docks to carry some war materials in exchange for meager military merits.

Dalton, the shield guard from the Holy See of Light, stood beside Raphael, and a few hours earlier, he and Tadelal had teamed up to repel the attack of the Wolf King Nandus, and this was not the first time they had fought each other, and certainly not the last. Although there are now a total of three heroic forces in the town of Nanhai, the enemy is not unprepared, the Bloodcave Clan has sent the heroic warrior of the tribe, Damar Bloodeye, and the Dark Pine Trolls are led by their High Priest, who is proficient in the troll voodoo spell, and the High Priest who is proficient in the magic of trolls and voodoo has made Archmage Matthew suffer a lot.

"Here are today's results and loss statistics!" Due to the consumption of a lot of mana in the previous battle with the wolf king Nandus, Tadelal had already returned to recuperate and handed over all the matter to Raphael, "More than four hundred orcs, more than two hundred trolls, the number of werewolves is a little less, less than a hundred!" Our losses were nearly 2,000 soldiers, of which more than 70 percent were killed in battle, and the remaining 30 percent were basically seriously wounded, and they needed to be transported back to the Ashwood Kingdom by transport ship immediately, otherwise they would inevitably die because they could not be treated. ”

The exchange ratio of nearly one to three is not unacceptable, but in fact, the real exchange ratio should be quadrupled on this basis, because Lana did not count the players when they counted them, and if the number of deaths of the players is counted, then this number is a bit shocking.

Raphael rubbed his eyebrows, nearly two thousand soldiers is not a small number for the current expeditionary force, although it has always been replenished by sea, but after all, most of the transportation capacity is used to carry the materials needed for the war, and in general, it can only replenish about a thousand troops per day. What's more, as more and more players leave Nanhai Town in fear of the bitter war, it is foreseeable that the number of soldiers of the Expeditionary Force will continue to rise in the future.

"What about the material? Since the day before yesterday, we have been in short supply of arrows and all kinds of materials for defense, and without those things, I am worried about the next war with human lives alone. ”

Lana shook her head: "Just got very bad news, those Naga and Fish-People attacked the second fleet at noon today, and one light battleship and three transports sank, including a whole shipload of bursting arrows. ”

"It seems that we killed those fishmen too badly before, and made those Naga realize our strength!" When cleaning up the jasper mines, Raphael had already laid a trap for the fish-men who were constantly harassing Nanhai, and Horbes and Pyrin Girardin led some soldiers to teach the fish-men who came ashore to fight the autumn wind with the help of the players, and since then, the coastline of Nanhaizhen has also been peaceful for a while. But now it seems that these "woo-la-wa-la-woo" (fish-man voices) did not give up completely, but joined forces with their master, the more ferocious Naga of the sea, to start the idea of a transport fleet.

Raphael couldn't be sure if there were werewolves behind the attack on the transport, and theoretically most of the fishmen living near the shoreline of the hills of Hillsbrad were Greyscale, while the Naga were mostly from the Broken Waves tribe, the former was not on good terms with the orcs of Dunhold Castle, and it was hard to believe that these Naga would be together with the Bloodcave Clan.

"Find a way to send those seriously wounded soldiers to the Ashwood Kingdom first, I have to go and see the situation of Mr. Tadral, I hope today's battle will not affect the next defense!"

If the attack on the transport ship was a surprise, then here in Tadraar, Raphael undoubtedly reaped the joy!

"Lord Tibest! How did you end up in Nanhai Town? Could it be the Tirisfal Glade......"

When Raphael opened the door of Tadraal's room, he found that there were not only the High Priest Tadrar and the Archmage Matthew, but also the Expeditionary Commander Tibest, who was supposed to be playing hide and seek in the forest with the werewolves in the Tirisfal Glade.

"Don't worry, Raphael! The situation is not as bad as you might think! Tadelal smiled to soothe the new priest's emotions, "Your Excellency Tibest arrived last night!" ”

Tibest rushed to Nanhai Town last night, which means that this heroic knight has been observing for a whole day today!

"You did a great job, Raphael! Very good! It even far exceeded our expectations! Tibest did not hesitate to praise himself, if he had only heard about the actions of the Lightbringer from Tadellar's mouth, then he had already determined with his own eyes that this girl was indeed worthy of the favor of the Light.

"Thank you! I'm just following the teachings of the light! Protect the weak and fight for good! ”

"That's enough! There are so many people who can't even keep their faith, and you are firmly on this path! As long as you keep going, the Light will never abandon you! Tibest walked up to Raphael and stretched out his hand on the top of Raphael's head, a milky white light emanated from his palm, enveloping Raphael's entire body, making her swept away from the negative effects of using the Angel's Soul many times before, "Lord Abirus has left a seed in your body, I can feel that this seed is thriving under the watering of the Holy Light, but you have to remember that there is no power in this world that is not earned for nothing, although the Angel Soul is strong, But it's not like there aren't any negative effects for you right now, don't let it confuse your mind! ”

"Thank you for your teaching!"

"Alright, Tibester, now is not the time for you to educate your juniors!" Seeing two old friends sprinkling dog food in front of him, Matthew, who had never recruited a good enough disciple, couldn't help but say, "Let's get back to business!" Hurry up and find a way to clean up that group of damn bastards out there! I'm fed up with the stench of trolls, and I swear I'll never let go of a troll who uses voodoo spells! ”

It was clear that before Raphael came in, the three were discussing how to deal with the enemies who were besieging the town of Nanhai.

In the world of Entagre, hero-level combat power is not a decisive existence, low-level soldiers may not be able to harm them, but soldiers above the fourth order, as long as the number is sufficient, still has the ability to pose enough threats to heroic-level existence. This is also the reason why the wolf king Nandus is not willing to take risks easily, as long as the expeditionary force does not show fatigue for a day, he will not fight with Tadelar and them to the death. If there are too many ants, they can bite and kill elephants, not to mention that the expeditionary force has more than 20,000 soldiers in Nanhai Town.

But for the current situation in Nanhai Town, the existence of heroic combat power does affect the battle situation. If the expeditionary force didn't have Archmage Matthew, I'm afraid those trolls would have breached the walls with voodoo spells. And if there is no Holy Shield to guard Dalton, I am afraid that Tadrar alone will not be able to stop the wolf king Nandus from killing ordinary soldiers on a large scale.

With the arrival of Tibest, although the expeditionary force cannot occupy an advantage in the number of soldiers, it does stand at the key point that determines the victory or defeat in terms of heroic-level high-end combat power. Although Tibest is also a hero-level strength, he is indeed extremely close to a legendary hero-level existence, and he alone is enough to defeat and even kill the wolf king Nandus!

"Raphael, sit down and listen too!" Tadrar beckoned Raphael to sit beside him, and several of them continued to discuss how to change the situation in front of them, using the sudden arrival of Tibest to teach those enemies outside the town of Nanhai a profound lesson.

While several people were discussing the plan of action in the city hall, in a camp more than ten kilometers away from Nanhai Town, the wolf king Nandus was also planning how to solve this long-delayed battle.

As the king of the shadow werewolves summoned to the main plane by Arugao, Nandus knew very well what the current state of the archmage was, and Arugao, who had been transformed into a werewolf, lost the ability to cast spells, so his strength plummeted several notches, although he still had heroic-level strength, but his actual combat power was probably not even comparable to that of a sixth-order elite werewolf. This is understandable, after all, you can't expect an archmage to be extremely skilled in fighting while being proficient in spells, and few people can be strong enough in both at the same time except for the elves of the First Age who had long lives.

This has also caused the passage of Shadow Fang Castle to communicate with the shadow plane to be in danger all the time, and without the presence of Archmage Arugao, the difficulty of Dalaran to cut off this summoning passage is much easier than when Melganis activated the magic array. In this case, Arugao must of course stop the expeditionary force from approaching Shadowfang Castle at all costs, preventing this fragile fact from being discovered early.

To this end, Arugao racked his brains to lure the Bloodcave Clan of Dunhold Castle and the Dark Pine Trolls of Shattered Ridge to join the battle in Southsea Town, so that he could firmly lock the main force of the expeditionary force in the Hillsbrad Hills, and buy time for him to settle the Tirisfal Glade and further expand the number of werewolves.

However, the wolf king Nandus has his own little calculations. As Finus the Devourer gradually adapted to the main plane and began to regain his strength little by little, the king of the shadow werewolves became more and more unwilling to obey Arugao's orders, but every shadow werewolf who came to the main plane was summoned by Arugao, which means that the supreme leader of the shadow werewolves who are now on the main plane is not the wolf king Nandus, but Arugao.

The only way to change this is to kill Arugao, but that's a terrible idea by all accounts. The loss of Arugao will result in the complete closure of the summoning channel, and Nandus will no longer be able to bring more Shadow Werewolves to the Main Plane. Therefore, before all the Shadow Werewolves can be summoned to the Main Plane, Arugo must be alive.

So he is ready to use another method, that is, to take advantage of this opportunity to attack Nanhai Town, as much as possible to increase the strength in his hands, as long as he breaks through the city wall, turning hundreds of thousands of civilians in Nanhai Town into his prey, relying on the infection and assimilation effect of the shadow werewolves, or in a few days, he can increase the number of more than 100,000 werewolves out of thin air, and when the time comes, with the support of the army in his hands, and the support of Fenruth the Devourer, it is easy to make Arugao submit.

"So, tomorrow is the time to end this boring battle!" The wolf king Nandus waved his hand heavily, and bit a bone in his mouth, which could be seen to be a bear's thigh bone, and the mountain bear living in the wild of the Hillsbrad Hills was short-tempered and strong, but in Nandus's eyes, it could only be regarded as a good food.

In addition to Damar Bloody Eyes, who was munching on the bear around the campfire, there was also a troll with a hunched body, and instead of the usual blood-colored spots of Dark Pine Trolls, it was replaced by large areas of dark purple skin, which meant that this troll had a lot of shadow power within its body.

Troll's voodoo spell is actually a hybrid magic that combines the power of shadow, toxin, soul, fire, etc., the original voodoo spell relied on the bones and flesh of various animals, as well as some herbs to cast, but with the catalyst of countless wars, the voodoo spell used by today's trolls has long been modified and has become unrecognizable.

And among these voodoo spells, there are some particularly terrifying existences. The most famous is the Shadow Blood Ritual Ceremony, in which the priests of the Troll clan carry a pregnant troll to the ritual altar and then use the soul and flesh of their blood relatives to mix Shadow and Curse to turn the child into a terrifying monster. Under the influence of the ritual, the child will be transformed into a special being, and his body will no longer possess internal organs, replaced by various venom vesicles made of a mixture of shadows and curses. The survival rate of these babies is low, but each baby grows up to become the most powerful warrior of the troll tribe.

"Tomorrow, that mage belongs to me!" Tusca Darktooth, a soul hunter from the Dark Pine Troll, let out a low laugh, and the saliva dripping from the corners of his mouth dissolved into finger-sized holes in the ground, revealing its intense toxicity.

Under the cover of the night, both sides prepared a surprise, and when the sun rose, the war would also have a definite result.