Chapter 017: Dark Crystal Ball

"Who is it, who has invaded the underground kingdom of the Fire Clan, invaded our steel city!"

“…… Ugly fish monsters, have you betrayed the friendship of the Spirits! If so, you will be punished like thunder! ”

"Despicable humans, you are only allowed to leave this territory that does not belong to you immediately!"

The Martyrs are an extremely proud race.

If they think they have been offended, whether it's real or just their imagination, no matter how slight, they will hit back immediately.

So, basically, just one moment you heard the alarm, the next moment the majestic steel city opened its doors.

"Huha, huha, huha!"

From the dark doorway came the sound of heavy footsteps and a very rhythmic pre-battle shout.

But even more deafening was an unknown roar! It's like dozens of trains whizzing past you!

The fish-man thieves placed a large number of horses on the banks of the underground river, although many fortifications were still unfinished. But with the commotion coming from the Steel Gate, Yang Jiangong immediately raised the sword in his hand. "Prepare for battle—"

"The Overseer is in place—"

"Soldiers, whatever comes out of the gates, I now order you not to take half a step back!"

Yang Jiangong's eyes shone brightly under his eyebrows, like a pile of flames in the thorn bushes. This gaze shoots everywhere, just like the young soldiers waiting for the battle to come.

Although in the past years, the Spirits have rarely left the steel cities they rule. But once there is a war, they will fight with incomparable courage to defend their homeland.

An army of martyrs resembles a finely carved chainmail shirt. Each warrior is a hard iron ring, bound together by duty, honor, and loyalty. And, like a chainmail, as long as the link remains strong, no blow will be able to penetrate the Spirit's defenses.

The deputy head of the Octopus said that the division of the leadership class of the Lie clan was quite simple, consisting of only one larger clan.

The martyrs within the clan are not necessarily directly related. But as long as they are in the same clan, the members are more or less related to each other.

For the martyrs of the ruling class, clan and family became one and the same concept. Their Flame Clan and Fire Clan all have their own different bloodlines. And in order to maintain the purity of the bloodline. Intermarriage between the Spirits and the Fire Clan is not permitted.

The Fire Clan, with a snow-white beard or a metallic copper beard, also has a straightforward personality.

And the Martyrs. He has a fiery red beard. The character is also the most violent!

Compared to the few Spirits, the Commoner Fire Clan has mostly pale skin, black hair and beards.

The Fire Clan is a head lower than normal humans, with a twisted body, short legs and long hands, a large head, and a weathered face. The biggest difference between the Spirits and the Fire Clan is that all the Fire Clans don't grow beards that symbolize power like the Spirits. And the height of the martyrs is also the same as that of normal humans.

According to the deputy head of the octopus. The combat power of the Fire Clan is a fight with the fish-man and water thieves on land.

Therefore, the main combat power of the underground world still depends on the three thousand martyrs.

These martyrs marched out of the gates. Aside from being the same height as normal humans, their armament is extremely perverted!

Each Flame Warrior was wrapped in a pair of heavy shining armor, the level of heavy armor was so high that it almost covered the details of the face, and the glittering battle axes and swords shone with a cold metal thread.

Yang Jiangong looked at his youth army array, and then looked at the heavily armored martyr army. Compared with these difficult iron lumps, Zifang is simply a group of cannon fodder on the battlefield.

"Damn, in the face of such a perverted martyr army, it is equivalent to directly abolishing the combat effectiveness of the youth army!"

A touch of helplessness suddenly rose in his heart, but Yang Jiangong's will to fight did not waver in the slightest, and seeing the extremely powerful equipment of the Lie Clan, it only strengthened his determination to conquer the Steel City.

Whoa, whoa, whoop......

Something that caused a major roar has finally appeared!

When he saw these things for the first time, Yang Jiangong almost stared at his eyeballs in surprise.

"What's that? Robots? Is there any mistake, me - it's not this way to play if you want to play people, Lao Tzu is fighting a cold weapon war, not Star Wars! Yang Jiangong was completely speechless.

Nearly two meters tall, these steel monsters resembling an ostrich, all of them became mounts beneath the butts of a fire shooter.

Obviously, in the event of a large-scale invasion, the number of warriors of the Spirits would not be enough to protect the Iron City, which inhabited the underground kingdom. And compared with the combat power of the Fire Clan and the Flame Clan, the gap between the two is that a deep well has to be dug from the sky to the ground.

Therefore, the Fire Clan can only be added to the battle sequence as a ranged class.

The height and combat power of the Fire Clan seem to have been destined for their incomparably painful speed and slag-like melee ability, so they must invest in a revolutionary invention in the Underground Kingdom in ancient times, the mechanical chocobo!

The mechanical chocobo is a miracle of goblin craftsmanship. A war machine developed by the Fire Clan and the Goblins. But the goblins who still know about this technology are probably dead.

Each mechanical chocobo is specially designed for its rider and is built using state-of-the-art compressed steam engines, four-wheel drive motor power and pure steel plating technology.

Providing riders with reliable and durable transportation, some have complained that the mechanical chocobo lacks real perception and feels very stupid and clumsy to ride.

However, the Fire Clan will counter with a hands-on approach that the mechanical chocobo, with the rider's skillful handling, is even more responsive than the best-trained mount.

Mechanical chocobos - This is a superlative mechanical invention of goblins, designed in ancient times by goblins who are skilled in machines, and the goblins are the same race as gnomes. It was also a vassal race of the Fire and Fire races.

It wasn't until a long time later that the goblins decided to leave the underworld and go to the surface. It became a vassal race ruled by the dwarves.

"Crossbowmen ready—spears in front, swords and shields behind."

With Yang Jiangong's order, the Lol Cardin Youth Army looked resolute, but for the spearmen of the most advanced youth army in the team, there was not only the determination to die, but also the fear before the war on the faces of many people, as well as the sadness of parting with life and death!

Although some of the recruits had mixed expressions on their faces. But today, they will all be baptized in blood!

Recruits are on the front line of the battlefield, which is for a recruit who has never been on the battlefield. Only by being tested with blood can we bring out our greatest potential.

The black and slaughtering steel city in front of him, and the dense iron bumps of the fierce people, are like a huge bloodthirsty beast. The magma was as red as blood. It constitutes a majestic, iron-blooded picture.

"Humans. Why invade the territory of the Fire Clan. ”

When they saw the crossbow and blood bow in the hands of the young army, this immediately aroused the vigilance of the martyrs.

The Fire Clan is an ancient and industrious race, but it is gradually entering its twilight.

In ancient times, they also lived on the surface of the earth near the crater. Powerful fortresses were also built in the mountains, but they were eventually abandoned. As a result, the Fire Clan often reminisce with melancholy about the great glory of the past, where they have been in retreat for hundreds of years.

During this time, the Spirits ruled over the Fire Clan, and were reluctant to come into contact with other races, including humans. I don't want them to find their last territory hidden beneath the surface. The reason why I have a relationship with the water thieves is because of the underground river.

"Isn't it? Is the Fire Clan almost unable to keep its last civilization? ”

Askar, who was both a patriarch and a warrior, had mixed eyes when he looked at the other two elders.

"Hmph, the Spirits have never surrendered, and will never surrender! We will fight to the death, even if it is hopeless. ”

It seems that the Spirits know the number and potential of the human race, but the Elder of the Spirits, Ray Byrne, his temperament is as fierce as a volcano.

The most desired death for every warrior of the Martyrs is to fall in a battle with no hope of victory, and that there are witnesses who can one day compose his deeds into a battle song. To put it simply, the Martyrs of the Martyrs bloodline are a group of madmen who are eager to fight.

"Ofg is right, in order to keep the territory, we have no choice but to fight!"

Another Flame Clan Elder, Ibek, said similarly gloomily.

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"Humans, why are you invading the territory of the Fire Clan?"

Hearing the other party's questioning, under the protection of the Youth Army, Yang Jiangong stepped forward. Judging from the current situation, if the two sides meet hard, they will inevitably end up in a lose-lose situation. If there is a turnaround in this battle that does not have to be fought, it is the best.

Therefore, Yang Jiangong has been secretly establishing contact with Achilles on the ground in case of accidents. If the Martyrs Legion dares to make a move, he will also find a way to rush over and kidnap the leader of the other party as soon as possible. Make it difficult for the opponent to start with the rat trap.

Under the confrontation between the two sides, Yang Jiangong bullied the front of the opposing army.

Yang Jiangong's actions caused a commotion against the Facial Team, with three thousand Martyrs warriors, plus three thousand Fire Clan archers and mechanical bird mounts under their butts, numbering more than six thousand.

Being targeted by three thousand Fire Clan shooters, saying that Yang Jiangong was not empty in his heart, it was purely a lie. There are limits to his armor and skin defenses.

But to get there, sometimes life can feel like an adventure.

"Human, you are so daring!"

"Are you despising our Martyrs?"

"Human, you won't go back alive again......"

The two elders beside Askar watched with surprise and indifference as Yang Jiangong bullied into the effective range of the shooter.

Elder Ray Byrne had even secretly lifted the battle axe in his hand.

"The Fire Clan are a glorious and proud race, and have the ability to defend themselves on the battlefield against all enemies. On the other hand, the Martyrs would never kill a messenger who had nothing to talk about before a war, let alone a negotiator who had thrown himself into the net. Of course - if you have lost the glory of your ancestors, then I have nothing to say! ”

Yang Jiangong pretended to be indifferent on the surface, but in fact, he was already a little nervous in his heart.

Elder Ibeck said gloomily, "Negotiation? Hmph, intruder, we don't have any conditions to talk to you! ”

"Since you know the glory of the Martyrs, then you must know that we have never and will never surrender."

"Intruder, don't talk nonsense, the Martyrs will not give in. Fight, and you will drown in your own blood! ”

Patriarch Askar and the two elders took turns responding.

At this point, this battle is no longer possible.

In the face of the aggressiveness of the three guys, Yang Jiangong could see that no matter what he said, it was redundant. Then, at the last moment when he was about to start the war, his eyes swept over the three leader-like people one by one, and he was surprised to find a breakthrough.

"Askar and Rayburn are two, their brains are like a rusty blunt axe. When humans and water thieves can unite together, the Fire Clan has been hiding beneath the surface for too long...... When the entrance to the underground world has been exposed, even if you can defeat the enemy in front of you, you will not be able to resist the more reserve armies of the human race. ”

The True Knowledge Crystal Ball that he carried with him actually helped Yang Jiangong get this information from the Elder of the Martyr Clan who had a red and white beard.

When he reconfirmed, the sensing from the Crystal Ball of True Knowing told him that one of the other six crystal balls was actually close in sight.

Its owner is none other than the gloomy Elder Ibek.

"The Crystal Ball of Dark Knowledge, its existence and location are the most secretive. It is only possible to sense its presence when it is in its vicinity. Well, you're always lucky. ”

The hint from the nightmare made Yang Jiangong feel like he had won the jackpot.

Using the Crystal Ball of Radiant Knowledge, Yang Jiangong conveyed a complete piece of information to Ibek's mind.

"You're right! If you can get some warriors out of the fray or help me, I'll swear in the name of the Radiant God that I'll help you ascend to the throne of the leader of the Iron City. When the time comes, you will be the sole master of the Steel City, and in return, you will only need to ask the Fire Clan to help me forge weapons and equipment. ”

I didn't see Yang Jiangong speak, but I could understand what he meant. Elder Ibek was completely shocked. So much so that it didn't even think about it, and just blurted out, "Why should I believe you?" ”

Elder Ibek's strange behavior immediately attracted the side glances of the patriarch leader Askar and another elder.

When Ibek realized this, he immediately shut his mouth.

"You don't have a choice. Because...... No mortal can defeat the gods! ”

Yang Jiangongluo pretended to be mysterious, and he just bluffed Ibek into a daze. After all, being seen through one's own thoughts is already a bizarre and unacceptable thing.

Yang Jiangong's spiritual communication with the other party was just something that happened in an instant. So except for Elder Ibek's momentary gaffe, the Fire Patriarch Askar didn't realize anything for the time being. (To be continued......)