Chapter 629: Utgard Castle (3/4)
Jiang Zai didn't fool the two brothers and sisters of the giant bear, he really had something.
On the way to find the two siblings, Avena receives a summons from Archmage Angela:
The Knights of the Silver Hand and the High Elves gather at Utgard Castle to purge the Scourge of all forces there, and then head straight to Icecrown Glacier to join Old Verding and build the Vanguard Camp together.
Fighting a protracted war with the Scourge Legion is the stupidest strategy, and it is the best choice to directly attack the Icecrown Glacier, attack the Frozen Throne, and kill the most terrifying core force of the Scourge Legion and Arthas!
However, Utgard Castle is easy to defend and difficult to attack, the Dragon Raider Clan and the Ancestral Dragon are huge and have terrifying attack power, in order to minimize the losses, Uther hopes to organize an elite team to attack Utgard Castle first, and kill the leaders entrenched inside, especially King Imiron.
As long as the Dragon Raider Clan loses its leader and commander, their threat will be reduced by half, and when the time comes to launch a general attack, the damage of the coalition forces may be reduced by at least half.
These elite soldiers are not easy to train, and if they can die one less, they will die one less.
Uther wants to coordinate the overall situation, and he must not take risks himself.
Old Mograini was willing, but he wasn't enough!
On the High Elf side, Haduron is willing to act as a ranged attacker and scout, but not enough.
So, Uther thought of Jiang Zheng.
So, Jiang Zai came to Utgard Castle.
Viku is tall, barely over three meters tall, and taller than a minotaur.
The giant's house is definitely bigger than the human house, so the castle of Utgard is also unusually tall, and ordinary people have to "climb with their hands and feet" when they take the stairs.
The fortress is home to probably thousands of Viku, as well as hundreds of Ancestral Dragons, and many more are scattered throughout Howling Fjord, such as the small town of Neflewa to the south.
The threat to the Howling Fjords is not limited to the Vikus, but also to the Iron Dwarves, such as the area around the Giant's Plains.
The Iron Dwarves are Lorcan's minions, from Storm Fjord to Grizzly Hills, to Howling Fjord, and even including the Crystal Song Forest and the Dragonbone Wilderness, they can be found everywhere, and they are not all the way to the Scourge Legion, there are many Iron Dwarves and Storm Giants, and they have also been resurrected as undead by the Scourge Legion.
The Northern Expedition was not interested in provoking Lorcan's forces for the time being, but the Scourge had already done so, so some of the troops of Utgard Castle were sent to the Giant Plains to deal with the Iron Dwarves there, causing the castle's defensive ability to decline again.
"A week ago, Lord Haduron and Archmage Romans raided the castle of Utgard and killed the marauder Ingval at the 'Terrace of Tyr'. Three days earlier, Archmage Angela, the one-armed Invar, and two Master Assassins from Ravenhold Manor had killed Skavard, Darlon, and Shivara Sogree. ”
Old Mograine carried the Ash Messenger on his back, pointed to the highest point of Utgard Castle, and said, "Our targets this time are the Cruel Skadi, the knight of the Vikuron, and the king of the Dragon Raider Clan, 'Imiron'. Here's some information from Ravenhold Manor, you can take a look at it first, Nicholas. ”
Old Mograini handed over a roll of paper, and Jiang Zheng opened it.
For the Northern Expedition, Kalia ordered the recruitment of elite soldiers everywhere, and Duke Choraci sent fifty elite Assassin League elites, and it is said that so far, more than 200 Viku have died at their hands.
It's not just assassination, it's more about intelligence.
The Assassin League's ability to gather intelligence is the best in the world. Those high-level assassins and master assassins infiltrated the castle as if they were in a no-man's land, with extremely high professionalism and remarkable results.
It can only be said that the League of Assassins deserves to be the League of Assassins.
Only a few pieces of paper, but very detailed, including the schedules and habits of Skady and King Imiron, as well as an assessment of their combat prowess.
This is a unique evaluation system of the League of Assassins, and Skady has a high overall evaluation, considering him to be the best among the Viku Dragon Knights, considering him a top combat master, and the young dragon "Graouf" he sits on, is also a mutant Ancestral Dragon that can breathe "frozen clouds", and his true combat power is comparable to that of Saphilon.
The League of Assassins offered a professional assassination plan, but at the cost of four high-ranking Assassins and one Master Assassin, they failed to take out Skadi, and then raised their rating of him by one level.
Skadi and the young dragons under him are both legendary level, equal to double legends.
As for King Imiron, in that era when there were no human beings, when powerful races such as giants, Viku, and Mogu ruled the world, his strength to be the king of the strongest Viku clan can be imagined.
He should be a "God-King Skowald" level existence, ranking as a high-level legend.
Naturally, it's not as good as Alsace, but it's not too much different.
After all, his relationship with Arthas is not really a master-servant relationship, but a cooperative nature.
"What is the battle plan of the Great Lord?" Jiang Zheng tilted his head and asked.
"It's impossible to hit them from below. It's not a game, and King Imiron won't give us a chance. Once he finds out about us, he will gather men to deal with us, and we only have one chance. ”
Old Mograini said: "Therefore, we can only choose to divide our troops into two ways: all the way to infiltrate the seat of Imiron, deal with King Imiron, and all the way to take the griffin and dragon eagle, fly to the platform of Eagle Eye, and attack Skadi. My idea is that Lord Haduron and Anvina are in charge of dealing with Skadi, and you and I are dealing with King Imiron! ”
"So, how do you guarantee that you won't be discovered? You won't be invisible, and the Viku aren't blind. ”
Jiang Zai handed the roll paper to old Mograini and smiled: "Skadi is not easy to deal with, and he is not the only one who has the Vikulong Knight of the Eagle Eye Terrace. You go to heaven with them and deal with Skadi. As for King Imiron, just leave it to me! ”
Old Mograini was stunned.
He was worried about Jiang Zai's strength, so he decided to deal with King Imiron with Jiang Zao, because he knew that because of the imbalance of yin and yang in his body, Jiang Zai could not use the divine sword Stumka now, and his strength had dropped a lot.
But he didn't expect Jiang Zheng to refuse, which made him a little suspicious:
Is Nicholas really that powerful?
But in the end, he didn't refute, but chose to listen.
Because he has to admit that this young man, who has not yet reached adulthood, is really good at creating miracles.
Haduron rode the dragon eagle, old Mograini rode the griffon, and Anvena flew freely.
Together, they ascended to the sky, and under the invisibility of Avena's spell, they flew to the platform of Eagle Eye.
And Jiang Zheng also quietly flew to the top of Utgard and quietly walked into this Viku Castle.