Section 089, Hidden Stronghold
"Didi Didi" Just as Dante and Chen Xiaoyao were chatting, the horn in the carriage sounded, "Ladies and gentlemen, please pay attention, the convoy has arrived at its destination, please prepare to get off." β
When Dante heard this, he hurriedly shoved Ash and whispered to her, "Hey, it's time to get up." β
"Ah...... Uh-huh......" Ash opened his eyes in a daze, sat up, rubbed his eyes, and looked out the window, saying as he looked, "Wow, there are so many people out there." β
"Oh? Really? When Dante heard her words, he also leaned over to the window and looked out, and sure enough, he saw many blood elves standing outside. The convoy had arrived at the secret stronghold, and while the assault team attacking the Dark Temple consisted of only 1,000 warriors, nearly 3,000 engineering troops had opened the way for them.
In addition to the large number of engineering soldiers, the most conspicuous are the four engineering robots specially used to dig holes. I saw these robots, each with a huge digging drill on each arm, and it seemed that there was no rock structure to stop them.
Nearly 500 additional mages have been assembled in the secret stronghold, who specialize in casting covert magic to cover the troops. These additional mages will not participate in the battle, and will be primarily responsible for maintaining the stability of the Alternate Space Portals and performing covert magic throughout the entire process until the Assault Force completes its mission and withdraws from the Dark Temple.
The materials in the secret stronghold are piled up, but under the cover of hidden magic, the outside is completely invisible.
Kael'thas and Romans have obviously made careful arrangements, and now it's up to the Great Demon King's ability.
Dante pulls Ash and gets out of the car with the others to the secret stronghold. As soon as he stepped out of the carriage, he saw that it was already dusk. The convoy was just right-timed, and the Blood Elves were ready to start working in the evening, so that they could better hide their eyes.
When the crew of the convoy got off the bus, a large number of tents were quickly erected. Everything was executed according to the original plan.
Dante pulled Ash, together with Chen Xiaoyao and Pushkin, and walked to the camp, watching the blood elves coming and going, and didn't know what to do for a while. He saw that Romans was standing not far away giving orders to his assistants, so he walked over and asked, "Excuse me, Lord Romans, what are we going to do now?" β
Romans glanced at Dante and Ash, waved his hand, and said, "Ah, it's none of your business now. The mages are preparing to open the parallel space portal, and it will take a little while. At 9 o'clock in the evening, the portal will open and settle down. At that point, we're going! β
Speaking of this, he looked at the blood elf warriors who were busy around him, thought for a moment, and said to Dante: "Well, it's dinner time, you guys have something to eat first and take a rest." Miss Ash just got motion sickness, right? Now is the time to take a break and stabilize. Wait until you start moving, and you may not have time to eat. β
With that, Roman pointed to a nearby campfire, where two Blood Elf warriors had set up a cauldron on the bonfire, as if they were boiling something. Romans shouted at the two Blood Elven warriors, "Hey, you two, prepare dinner for your guests. β
The two blood elf warriors nodded when they heard the order of the ** division, and beckoned to Dante and the others to come over.
"Okay." Dante nodded, and pulled Ash over to the campfire and sat down. Chen Xiaoyao and Pushkin also came over and sat down.
A Blood Elf warrior who was in charge of preparing dinner came over to Dante with a few cube-shaped items wrapped in oiled paper, and said, "Mr. Dante, come, this is the field rations we ate when we were on a mission. I'm really sorry, in the wild, it's definitely not as good as eating in Silvermoon City. Please bear with me. β
"It's fine!" Dante hurriedly took the two pieces of military rations, tore open the oil paper and looked at it, it was a compressed biscuit. He smiled and said to the warrior, "Uh, is there anything to drink?" β
The other soldier, who was busy cooking, brought them two bowls of hot soup and handed them over, saying, "This is hot soup, let's drink it." β
"Well......" Dante gave Ash the rations, and carefully put a bowl of hot soup on the ground first, and then took another bowl of hot soup, and said to Ash, "You feed me cookies, I'll feed you soup." β
"Hmm!" Ash nodded, tore open the oil paper, broke off a small piece of military rations, handed it to Dante's mouth, and said with a smile, "Come, open your mouth, ah......"
Dante took the rations into his mouth, took Ash's fingers in his mouth, sucked it vigorously, and fed her a spoonful of hot soup.
"Drink ......" Chen Xiaoyao, who was sitting on the side, looked at the endless greasy smell of the two of them, and sighed, "I said, it's different to have a girlfriend by your side, hey." He bit off almost a third of the military rations in one bite, feeling that the military rations were completely insufficient to stuff his teeth.
"Dante......" Pushkin suddenly spoke, "I think I'll go home when this is done." β
"Okay, no problem!" Dante nodded and said to the Minotaur, "How are you going to go back?" β
"Moo......" Pushkin thought for a moment and said, "I don't know how many ways to go to the Xiyue Continent." The only thing I know now is to go to Gem Harbour and take a boat moo. β
Dante nodded and said, "Then I'll send you to Gem Port." β
"Dante......" Chen Xiaoyao whispered when he heard this, "Jewel Port...... On the other side of the Valley of Thorns......"
Dante waved his hand and said, "I know, I know, I will take these things to heart." β
"Huh? What's the matter? Ash was curious, she obviously didn't hear the conversation between Dante and Chen Xiaoyao in the car, and asked curiously.
Dante fed her a spoonful of hot soup, gagged her, and said, "It's none of your business now, let's talk about it then." β
"Attention everyone!" At this moment, a blood elf warrior trotted all the way in a panic, squatted in front of Dante and the others, and whispered, "Don't make a sound, everyone!" A griffon army has flown over from the sky! β
"......" Dante was not nervous when he heard this, but curious and excited. It was the first time he had seen a griffon.
The griffon is a characteristic species of the griffon kingdom, with the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle. Armed with magical hammers or bows, human or dwarven knights sit on griffins and attack their enemies from the sky.
The magic hammers used by the griffin knights are very special, and when they are thrown at the target, they can hit the target and then hit another target next to them, and then bounce back into the knight's hand, which is very powerful.
Griffons are fierce beasts themselves, and can use their beaks and claws to attack enemies even when they get close.
After being notified, the entire population of the base immediately stopped their activities and all of them crouched down to avoid making noticeable noises. Mages began to increase the output of their covert magic to keep their colonies safe.
For a moment, the entire stronghold was silent. The colony is located on the edge of a forest, and it is the cold winter season, and the forest is filled with only the occasional "...... Call...... Whew...... "The sound of the wind, but no sound." The atmosphere became tense.
Soon, Dante saw three flying griffins appear in the sky! Neither the three griffons nor the knights on their backs wore heavy armor, apparently scouting griffons for the enemy.
I saw the griffin and the human knight on its back constantly looking around, flying and scouting the surrounding situation. Soon, the three griffons flew over the secret stronghold.
"......" Although Dante believed in the magic power of the blood elves, he felt that he was nervous to death at this time, for fear that something would deviate. Ash seemed nervous, too, snuggling up to him, clutching his arm tightly, breathing heavily.
Fortunately, the three griffons didn't notice anything unusual, and flew directly over the stronghold and disappeared into the distance.
"Uh......" said Dante, relieved, "it's all right, it seems, it's all going well." β
Ash nodded and said, "I was really nervous just now. β
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When it was almost 9 o'clock in the evening, Romans finally came to inform Dante and the others: "It's ready, you can open the portal immediately, everyone, please get ready to act!" β;