Chapter 315: Bad News from the Dwarves Underground (4)
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Whether it's dwarf meters or other ruler calculations, the only thing they need to know about these players who are gradually descending into the dark abyss is that their surroundings are not safe, and they need to be vigilant at all times so as not to lose their lives. Especially when the descent depth is more than three kilometers, even the range that can be illuminated by a strong magic flashlight made of magic crystals is very small.
However, due to the original excavation of the Gem Abyss, the number of monsters in this area is still very small. Coupled with the reason for the fall of the gem abyss, even monsters fell with the collapsing rock wall. However, once the descent reaches five kilometers, this area is not the same area that the player has set foot in.
In fact, if it weren't for the fall of the Gem Abyss, coupled with the awakening and destruction of the huge beast of Edmunds. Chen Kai: It is impossible for them to descend the player directly into such a deep underground world, because there was originally a very huge protrusion under the cliff, and this part provided a good place for the rock wall lizards to live, although there were not many of them, but they were stuck on the road to the dwarf world. But now that the place was gone, Edmunds' massive body had smashed all the rocks, sending the veins of the Gem Abyss that might have been stuck here into the deeper underworld.
Of course, the so-called veins of gems stuck here are just guesses from the player, but the ore and gems scattered around still confirm the news. For Chen Kai, when the news was really confirmed, his mood was very bad, because it meant that the town of Burkna had completely lost the gem vein, a big source of wealth. Although the ore belt scattered on the slope of the rift valley still has mining value, it can be regarded as a consolation prize for Chen Kai and them, but because the danger factor of that location is too high. No one knows how long the slopes supporting these scattered ore belts will be able to withstand the pressure of ore mining. The winding slopes are dotted with hundreds of ore belts, large and small, which will bring a considerable but not a lot of wealth to the town of Burkner, for everyone knows how big the gems in these veins will be, and how expensive they will be.
However, no matter how high the cost is, these discovered gem ore belts still make Chen Kai very happy, at least he still has some smiles on his face. Of course, this qiē is not visible as one of the first players to descend into the Underworld, although they would love to get off the magic float and mine some gems to sell for money. But even the nearest gem ore belt was nearly twenty meters away from the magic float. Although the black dwarves didn't expect Chen Kai to use this method to transport players, the chosen landing position was still very good, at least there was almost no obstacle all the way, and naturally there was no other place to stay. Looking at the gem ore belts that were shining in the light as they faded into view, all the players who stayed on the magic float slowly passed through the huge void created by Edmunds. Enter a deeper underground world.
Maybe it's because the glow on the magic float is so dazzling. This time, not a single monster came running to attack them. Everyone gradually arrived at the predetermined place without danger, and not far away, several dwarven soldiers were trying to raise their heads to look at the light that was approaching not far from them. When they saw the familiar figure after the light had dissipated, the excitement in their hearts was incomparable. Because the dwarven kingdom is very difficult now, don't look at the dwarf world with a population of 100,000. Almost anyone can be a warrior. However, when they faced the opponents who were killed on the first day, they appeared in front of them one after another, and it was only for several days in a row, and the mental pressure was unprecedentedly huge.
Of course, the pressure on players is even greater, as they face the loss of experience from leveling up. If it weren't for the continuous replenishment of the drows, it is estimated that the first batch of players who were pulled as cannon fodder would have collapsed long ago. But it's the dwarves who are more devastating than the player, having to go through battles every few hours. Even the dwarves can't hold on, and they need to be on guard against the assassinations of the Drow at all times, which is simply tragic to the extreme. Fortunately, this qiē ended as more and more players entered the underground world, and when the magic floating disk shuttled up and down sent nearly 40,000 players to the underground world, nearly two days passed.
At the same time, when the first batch of players appeared on the walls of Lava City, the eyes of the players in Xianghu Town on the opposite side were extremely red. Because they already knew the price paid by the dwarves at this time, the two magic gems worth tens of millions were finally exchanged for mountains of gold coins, and this kind of hiring price definitely made these players in Xianghu Town crazy. Because they didn't get much money other than some equipment.
However, even Li Xiangrong can't pay a penny more from Zhuoer, because if on the ground, Prince Ace of Zhuoer? Lossing is a formidable leader. But in the underworld, he can only be regarded as a prince of the drow elves at best, not a king. If the players had the incomparably powerful power of the Minotaur and a few Saint-level powerhouses, they might not be used as cannon fodder, or the players would have gathered more than 100,000 people to put a lot of pressure on the Drows. But these players are neither united nor strong enough, and can only become cheap cannon fodder. If Ace? Losin became the king of the Drow Elves. Maybe the players of Xianghu Town will have a better time, but unfortunately now the prince of the Drow Elves is not having a good time himself. He can only stay depressed on the ground and become his prince, because in the underworld, the status of male drow has begun to decline.
Although the Drow Elves have not yet officially established the dominance of the female Drow, the Drow Prince is well aware that his chances of succeeding to the throne are pitifully low. Even if he occupies a stronghold on the ground that can continuously deliver food to the underworld. However, several defeats in battles ruined the prestige he had built, and most importantly, the Drow sometimes did not rely on merit to become kings, but more often than not, whoever had the advantage in the underworld was qualified to become the king of Drow. Although strength is an important basis for the drow to ensure their rights. But Ace? Losing had to admit that sometimes intrigue and trickery were the shortcut to the throne, and he lost on it.
However, even if this prince is unable to provide material support to the players who go deep underground, as the players of Xianghu Town continue to rush into the underground world, the advantage in numbers allows them to gradually get more rewards. Although the drows look down on these players, they have to admit that the crazy and unkillable players in the battle are indeed terrifying. So after knowing that the dwarves on the other side had spent a lot of money to hire nearly 40,000 players, these drows also gave the players a slight increase in wages, giving each of them fifty drow gold coins.
20 million gold coins are distributed to 40,000 players, and each person is Wu Bai when he gets it, and the exchange rate set by installing the Drow Elf is 50 Drow gold coins, and the maximum amount of Drow gold coins can be exchanged for 100 gold coins. Although the weapons they received from the Drow elves were worth a little more, they were not as comfortable as the actual gold coins. The most important thing for these players is to storm the immensely strong dwarven walls. The steam ballistas made by the dwarves above are more powerful than the real rocket artillery. If it weren't for Edmonds destroying a lot of the city walls, it is estimated that players would have to pay an extremely heavy price just to occupy this first position. However, even if they occupy a position, the players of Xianghu Town do not have any confidence in capturing the Dwarven Lava Capital. Although the Drow Elves are very dismissive of this, as they believe that with constant attacks, they can take down the dwarven city that they have coveted for hundreds of years, and thus completely turn the black dwarves into slaves of the Drows.
But most players think that the drow are too whimsical. No sane person would take the initiative to attack a fortress-level city. Unless it is completely surrounded and crushed with a hundredfold number of soldiers. Then break through the walls with powerful siege weapons. Although the walls of the dwarves have now been breached, in reality there is no difference between such destruction and not being destroyed. At least the players can't afford to break into the dwarves' lair in a short period of time, in fact, the battle against the dwarven lava city has been going on for more than a week, but in fact, it is other than the first line of defense that was originally occupied by the player's human life. The drows didn't push even a meter closer.
Although the Drow blamed the small number of players for this, and caused the Drow Prince on the ground to mobilize more than 40,000 players to go underground, the players who actually stayed underground thought that they should not want to occupy any of the walls as long as they did not change their tactics. The direction of the wall chosen by the Drow Elves was incorrect, and there was almost no strategic depth, because the Drow chose a small area suitable for the Drow to fight in the first place. For such terrain, the numerical advantage of players does not make any difference at all. They don't have the ability to stealth the Drows, and if they do, they'll be directly exposed to the terrifying steam ballistas of the walls of Lava City. As a result, players from the ground are ravaged by steam ballistas again and again on the battlefield chosen by the drows. Several times the player ran up to Drow and asked to change the direction of their attack, but received a refusal because the terrain was too suitable for Drow to sneak around.
But for the player, the rocks that are suitable for the drow to hide their tracks are the things that block their view. Those narrow passages are a shortcut to retreat for the Drows, but they are a dead end for the players who can't even carry a bed crossbow. After two days of fighting, the end result was a revolt of the players, and then the drows raised their wages and chose the direction of the siege again.
But even if the newly chosen siege direction is chosen. It is also a painful battlefield for players. The walls of the dwarves were so high that the height of the great cavern where the entire lava capital was located was 100 meters, but the walls were built a full 60 meters. The walls were so smooth that the iron saped rocks were so strong that even the sharpest weapons didn't necessarily leave a deep mark. In the face of such a wall, if it were not for the gap left by the ravages of Edmunds. It is estimated that players will not use this place as the focus of their attack at all. The forty-meter-long crack made the nearly sixty-meter-high wall look as if it had been torn apart. But even so, it is still difficult for players to rush to the crack more than 20 meters high.
Most importantly, thanks to the Drows, a long time was wasted allowing the dwarves to mend the rift with ease. When the players in Xianghu Town push catapults and bed crossbows to attack the city wall. The dwarves have repaired a large section of the damage, and have repaired most of the destroyed steam ballistas on the walls.
By the time Mograine arrives in the dwarven city. Fierce siege weapons continued to fire. Players in Xianghu Town use powder kegs as cannonballs to bombard the dwarven defenders on the city walls, and then use bed crossbows to destroy the scaffolding under the walls that are repairing cracks. The dwarves on the city wall who were constantly being attacked cursed through gritted teeth, but there was no way to do it. The players of Xianghu Town only gained a certain command after beating up the Drow of the Overseer Army, and their current actions seem a bit cowardly to the Drow, but the effect is still good. If this were not the case, it would not have been possible to occupy this first line of ground.
It is precisely because of this position that the black dwarves lose control of the area under the city walls, and they still have the city walls but are powerless to stop the players from putting ladders on the city walls. When the dwarves are powerless to stop the ladder from reaching the city walls. In fact, it also represents the end of the field phase of the siege and the beginning of the real siege battle stage. Although the players were attacking the city in the other direction, they couldn't even put a ladder on the wall there. Don't look at the low walls of the battlefield chosen by the Drows, but the dwarves have placed hundreds of steam ballistas there. The overwhelming penetration of crossbow arrows with steam is amazing. Even a warrior in heavy armor is the end of wearing. Even many players were directly treated as sugar gourds and were shot to death one by one.
Relatively speaking, the wall that had been ravaged by Edmunds, although the steam ballistas on it had been repaired a lot, were better than the terrible scale of the hundreds. Also when the player is able to mount a ladder onto a city wall. It is no longer the ballistas that determine the outcome of the battle, but the number of people and when to capture the walls. Basically, as long as the player takes the city wall, the battle drow behind can be all-inclusive. However, this qiē was shattered with the arrival of Mograini and them, and the more than 20,000 players in the early stage gave the players of Xianghu Town a counter-charge as soon as they appeared, and the army of players who killed out of the city collided instantly, making the dwarves suddenly feel that their money was too well spent.
If it weren't for the Drow who finally helped hold the line down. It's not good that the players in Xianghu Town will be driven directly to the magma river by Mograini and them to take a bath. Mograine, who took it when he saw it, retreated before the Drow could react, leaving behind the screaming Xianghu players on the ground and the Drow Elf Commander jumping to his feet.
After the expiration of more than 40,000 players, it is impossible for the players of Xianghu Town to attack the city if they want to. Because the number is completely inferior, and the opponent is a player who is not afraid of death, then the previous tactics are useless at all. So in addition to sticking to the occupied positions and constantly playing with the dwarves on the city walls, all that remained was to wait for reinforcements on the ground. It's just that what these Xianghu Town players don't understand is why the players in Burkner Town arrived at the place where the dwarves were so quickly, and there were more than 40,000 people at the same time. You know, they only attacked the dwarven city a few days ago. It only adds up to a week, not to mention the back and forth, and it is estimated that the dwarf's letter for help should still be halfway there.
However, in such a short period of time, more than 20,000 players from Burkner Town were able to kill the Dwarven Lava City, and the number doubled to 20,000 in the following day. For the players of Xianghu Town, who can only go down to the underground world with reinforcements, the other party's degree is too fast. For players, the more people know. Then sometimes a secret will no longer be a secret. Basically, in a short period of time, Li Xiangrong and Lan Xiao in Xianghu Town knew that the Gem Abyss had a shortcut to the dwarf world. But it's one thing to know, it's another to deal with it. Especially when the minerals under the gem abyss were discovered, Chen Kai set up a camp here again. One by one, players and indigenous miners risk their lives to descend into the abyss. The pieces of ore containing the gem were tied up with ropes and pulled up from the ground by Leighton's pack horse.
This approach is time-consuming and labor-intensive. But it is the safest, the only trouble is that the wear and tear of the rope will be great. In just one day, the 7,000-meter-long rope was worn out several times. But anyone who looks at the huge pieces of gem ore rough with no gravity of more than a ton is very happy, the only problem is that there are animal belt rough stones, it is too big and heavy, not to mention a few Layton pack horses that do not move, even if they can pull it, there is not such a strong rope to pull. It's just that after dissecting these gem ores, Chen Kai and the others were not as excited as before, because all the gems found in these gem ores added up to only one kilogram, and they were all scattered small gems. It is already a very good thing to dig up a kilogram of gems from a ton of gem mines in reality, but you must know that no one will dig such gem mines in the original gem abyss even if they are thrown in front of the player, but now it has become the only way to mine gems in Burkner Town. This may be the punishment of Chen Kai and them for wasting gems and ores at the beginning, after all, no one would have thought that there would be today.