"But I have to tell you with great dismay," said Morkin, "that the idea of flying the continent by airship is unrealistic. First of all www.biquge.info, the airship needs to be inflated every half a month. At the same time, because its big belly is full of poisonous gas extracted using alchemy. Only aliens like the puppets who don't need to breathe can survive on the airship. ”

Sensing Zoro's puzzled expression, Moore King further explained, "Even standing in the suspended cargo compartment under the airship is unrealistic. After loading heavy loads, the bottom of the airship will leak, and inhaling the leaked toxic gas for a long time will make a fresh life unable to sleep for a long time. ”

Goblins themselves have anti-poison properties. If you want to build an airship, can you have your own airship?

In Sauron's thoughts, "The airship mastered by the guilds not only provides a convenient guarantee for their guild business. It also gave them a monopoly on a lot of trade. If you take the airship technology into your own hands and set up a brand new trade guild, similar to the logistics and transportation in the previous life, it will be an endless amount of income. ”

The idea of starting a trade guild is certainly a good idea.

But Zoro soon came to realize the reality: it would be difficult to implement the idea.

First of all, with the current strength of the Dragon Court Woodland, no matter which aspect you start from, you don't have this ability for the time being. You know, the human and financial resources required to set up a guild are enormous.

When the warning horn sounded, Sauron said in his heart, "It's time to come." ”

After the fall of the Agate River, Templeton, Bue, and Black Hill, the trolls knew that they could not occupy several human towns for long.

First of all, Montenegro will not tolerate it.

Before the Black Mountain Legion assembles for a crusade, the trolls who have lost their roots will retreat from human territory, and there is really no reason why they should spare the nearby Dragon Court Woodland on their way to other trolls tribes.

Dense, the roar shook the sky, and the number of trolls who came to the Dragon Court woodland was conservatively estimated to be more than a few thousand.

And this will be something that the Longting Woodland will not be able to resist. The food brought by Morkin's airship could keep Zoro from worrying about the stomachs of his subjects. But the mercenaries recruited by Morkin have not yet arrived.

"My lord, there is an enemy attack! It's an troll. ”

Ares' eyebrows furrowed.

"How many of them are here with these lowly creatures?"

"These greedy creatures, how many people are coming?"

When the two apprentices, Bellinger and Achilles, interjected, the guard officer Leon felt like he had slapped himself in the face. The lord guard, as the lord's retinue, in addition to protecting the lord's personal safety, must also maintain the lord's dignity.

"The lord didn't speak to you first, stand down! ――”

The eyes of the guard officer Leon, although they were light blue, were as sharp as the pupils of an ostrich when he warned and reminded the two people.

No one has the right to question a liege, or preemptively ask a scout, unless the liege asks for it. The two men offended the authority of the lord, and Leon saw this very clearly.

Zoro waved his hand, signaling that Leon was okay.

The sentry's face was slightly panicked, and it was only after swallowing a mouthful of saliva that he could fully understand the enemy's situation. "Lord Lord, behind these thousands of trolls, there are many more ......"

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"Lol Cardin, live and die with the town of Lol Kadan!"

"Yes, women and children are all on the battlefield, even if we fight to the last man, we have to pull enough cushions."

When they learned the news of the trolls' attack, a stream of heat surged in the veins of the dwarves, and everyone showed righteous indignation, vowing to fight the trolls who invaded their homes to the end.

There were also a few refugees, who were also talking about it, but they were not as determined as the dwarves.

"Oh my God, even if you escape to the Dragon Court Woodland, will you die?"

", don't look at what kind of place this is. We should get out of here. Go to Zhongping Ridge to find refuge. ”

"It was the Lord of the Dragon Court Woodland who gathered us in his territory, and he promised to protect us, so he had the obligation to escort us to break through!"

"Shut up, you unconscionable idiot. If it weren't for the protection of the Dragon Court Woodland, you would have been eaten by trolls a long time ago, and your bones would have been thrown to the ground to feed the dogs. ”

In the discussion, basically, everyone's eyes are on one person to a greater or lesser extent.

He is the only legitimate lord of the Dragon Court Woodlands, Lord Zoro.

Glancing around, the crowd gradually quieted down. Zoro's eyes shone with a keen and delicate light, making people almost feel that he had a demon spell. They closed their mouths that kept talking because they were out of control.

This pair of eyes, even when looking sideways. did not show the slightest cowardice and panicked look.

As Sauron's palm stretched out, some kind of unspoken instruction. Leon, who was beside him, naturally untied the water bladder in his waist and respectfully placed it on Zoro's hand.

His eyes fell on Moorkin. "If I'm not mistaken, totem poles have one more purpose."

While Morkin was still in the middle of his thoughts, the dissatisfied voice of the guard officer Leon rang out, "Answer the lord's words, merchant!" ”

When he heard Leon's deliberately elongated and accentuated voice, it was as if Morkin had just woken up from hibernation, and even though he had reorganized his face, some indescribable emotion still wrapped around his heart like spider silk gently but stickily.

"Yes, my lord. Any totem pole, as long as a drop of totem liquid is injected, the dome protection can be opened. Powerful dome protection that can make the Dragon Court Woodland immune to attacks by any profession below Silver in one day. Speaking of which, Moorkin added, "Even if a Silver Profession attacks the Dome Protection, you have enough Totem Liquid to consume." ”

The water leak, which is usually used to keep time, can be accurate to the totem liquid in the water bladder to a single drop, without the slightest waste, and slide in from the water inlet of the epic totem pole.

Quietly watching this scene.

It's not just Moorkin's eyes that flicker. Isol, the master of the dwarves, was also staring at this scene at this time.

Isol's words made Christina's face disappear without a trace with curiosity and surprise on his face.

"Christina, this doll lord of the Dragon Court Woodlands, is more mysterious and hidden than you think. If you want to think about your future, I advise you not to offend or offend him again. And also...... If you want to restore the ancestral business of Onyx River Town, you may want to consider gaining his friendship. It would be better to marry him. ”

Listening to the dwarven master's words, Christina's white and pure face suddenly rose two flushes. But it was only for a moment, and there was a hint of shock and resentment between her eyebrows.

It's a pity that Christina's expression was not taken seriously by the dwarf master.

But seeing that he only muttered slightly for two seconds, he brushed Christina's shoulder, took a big step forward, raised his voice and said loudly, "Isol, the Russian silver warrior, a dwarf from the Kingdom of Turin, is willing to live and die with this place. ”

So far, there are only a handful of people who know the identity of the dwarven master. With the first man taking the lead, and still a dwarf from an exotic continent.

The first to be impatient were the native dwarves, after all, this was the place they had lived for a long time, and this was the home they had sworn to protect. “…… Let those cowards who dare not respond to the battle drown in his cowardice with his self-esteem. ”

Taunted by the dwarves, more and more foreign refugees feel ashamed.

Humanity has always preached a spirit of solidarity. Right now, if even a dwarf from a foreign land can give up his life and forget about death. So what good reason is there for others to be timid? Not to mention how harsh the dwarves' voices sounded.

"As long as we are given weapons, we are willing to fight the trolls to the end."

"Yes, we need swords, spears, bows and arrows, lots and lots of shields."

In the dense crowd, the feelings of hatred and hatred gradually rose, and the low morale of the battle was finally mobilized.

But oblivious to this scene, the dwarven master Isol, who stood beside Sauron, had most of his entire face covered by a beard. It's just that in Christine's perspective, this is something that has never been seen before.

"Has even Master Isor turned his back on Onyx River Town, on his friendship with his father?"

Christina realized something, her brow furrowed slightly, her eyes deep and her thoughts sinking into her own thoughts as if they were ghostly. "Master Isol, he's too ...... After that, Christina was the only one left. The rest of the loved ones are dead, dead. There are also these people of the Onyx River who fled to the Longting Woodland, they no longer think that the Onyx family still has the right to lead them. Now, after all, they still chose to turn their backs and bow down at the feet of a baby lord. ”

"As my father used to say, there are never real friends in this world. …… When one day he was gone, Christina ...... It's time to grow up, it's time to be mature. Hide your sadness and hide everything. Just go to achieve your goals. Christie muttered to herself, her eyes clouded with water. But as time passed, I saw that all the resentment and sadness on her face gradually disappeared, and she just pursed her mouth, with a trace of resentment and a touch of unwillingness at the corners of her mouth.

Sauron nodded to the Dwarven Master, a gleam of gratitude flashing in his sharp eyes.

When he turned his face sideways and looked around at the dense crowd, his eyes were as clear as the clear autumn sky, revealing the pride and majesty of a royal lord. "Sons of the Kingdom of Dande, we are not afraid of any challenge. In this coming war, I will need every one of you men to take up arms. It doesn't matter if you're a dwarf, goblin. Or freedmen in several other towns. Believe me, with the protection of the dome, you will not be slaughtered by trolls, and you will not die without the power to resist. Rather, we watched these trolls, stained with human blood, die in horror at our feet. ”

That being said, even the Dragon Court Woodland already has a dome defense.

Only the most loyal and brave army is the right hand of the lord. The absence of a reliable army makes everything difficult.

Formed by refugees, despite the fact that they received weapons from the dwarves' arsenals. But without combat training and iron-blooded discipline, they would not be the opponents of trolls.

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When the time of war comes.

The morning was foggy and confused, and the entire Longting woodland was shrouded in a thick fog, as if an extremely thick and wide curtain had fallen from the sky.

The fog had cleared by noon, and it was now close to evening.

In the perspective, the faint white smoke and the continuous trolls mixed together to form an invisible pressure, squeezing towards the Dragon Court woodland from all directions.

Those traps laid by the goblins can only kill a few hundred trolls. There is no way to stop them.

The moment the dome protection was raised, Zoro could now feel it, now enveloped like the sky by an invisible force. It's like a bowl upside down. It's just that this transparent force field is surrounded, and it will only be visible when it is attacked, and it is usually invisible to the naked eye.

Place all armed men at the perimeter of the dome's protection. The spear blades were all pointing outward, allowing the archers to ascend to the only three-story building, the lord's residence of Sauron, staring condescendingly at the approaching trolls.

As a result, the following situation has been created.

The few dwarven warriors showed high morale, but Sauron could only order them to form a warlord to keep the layout neat and stable. If there were no overseers, God knows if these militias, with their uneven qualities, would have collapsed in the first moment of war.

After all, it was only under the protection of the dome under the command and a 'non-existent' dome that could not only be seen by the naked eye. Stand on the plains, no different from the wilderness, and face the dense trolls. People who have not received formal training, they just take up arms casually and join in with the enthusiasm of the moment.

Later, when the trolls approached, they all opened their mouths again, panting vigorously, and appeared frightened and frightened.

Therefore, the determination before the war and the face of standing on the battlefield are always two different things.

In Zoro's eyes, most of them were besieged by fear, which made their elbows tighten at their waists and their heels under their hips, taking up as little space as possible, and even sucking in as little unnecessary air as possible, but even so, the fear that pierced their souls did not change except that it had increased unabated.

This can be seen from their trembling hands and feet.

Especially in the ears, one after another, the trolls began to blow the horns of attack, and the dense trolls were getting closer and closer, eating away at the last bit of perspective.

"Hold steady - don't be afraid, with the dome to protect us, the enemy can't attack us. You may not have seen the protective power of the dome, but I can responsibly tell you that tonight, you will be drinking and dining by the warm fireplace. ”

Compared to fear, Ares' motivation was ethereal. Because from the mouth of the trolls on the other side, there was a deafening battle cry like tens of thousands of cauldrons of boiling water were boiling.

"Knock, knock, knock......"

Similar to the sound of war drums, mixed with the sound of neat steps, a terrible roar emanated from the whole land, causing the entire ground to shake with it.

It's like a terrible earthquake that has struck, and everyone's body seems to be shaking up and down with the earth.

"Keep justice and courage in your heart, it will enable you to overcome fear and gain inexhaustible strength!" The voice of the dwarven master Isor fell on the ears of many militiamen around him, stabilizing the morale of a certain range near his body.

Huhu――――

Master Isol's hand wielded the ironwood stick, which spun at high speed.

A particularly loud roar from the trolls blew through the wind. For a moment, the entire sky above the Dragon Court Woodland was hot and quiet, as if the air had condensed, and suddenly there was no sound.

"Human blood exudes a magical power and vitality all the time. It was your human blood that brought our race through that remarkable process of transformation. ”

The old skin, the weather-beaten face, the wrinkles, and the opening of the mouth drove these wrinkles to twist into hideous lines.

He didn't have a tooth in his mouth anymore. In a pair of eyes, blown by the wind, the eyes are deeply sunken inward. Skinny, with skin and bones on his hands and high cheekbones on his face. Obviously, from the rough outside, this is an elderly human being. But judging from his white bloodshot pupils, there was no doubt that this was a high-ranking ogre. It's just a human being. His ferocity, his bloodthirstiness, and his wickedness are no less than those hideous, low-level trolls.

The high-level ogres are already considered the elite of the ogre tribe, and most of them are nobles or professionals.

But seeing that he had some kind of threatening purpose, there was a slight strangeness in his voice, "............ Templeton, Bue, Onyx River Town, and Black Hill have all been captured by trolls, whether they are nobles, commoners, old people, women and children, all of them have become the food of our people. And a handful of tiny humans here, I will say one last word before I give the order to destroy you......"

At the last moment, under his pale face, those green tendons seemed to be countless worms crawling on his face.

And this scream, surprisingly loud.

"Put down your weapons and run! - Run away, the faster you run, the better! ”

As soon as the other party's words fell, the sky seemed to have turned into a gloomy child, and his gray face gradually sank, replaced by a heavy gray black, and there was a hideous giant face in it.

Many militiamen were frightened by the sudden scene and the huge faces in the sky, and some of them were timid, and even dropped their weapons on the ground.

At this moment, almost all of the trolls opened their mouths, baring their neat and sharp teeth and letting out a savage war cry.

"Woo woo It's like the tinkling of pots and pans.

The morale of the trolls rose at a speed like the wind, while the militia on the defensive, holding the weapons in their hands trembling and retreating, their morale plummeting.

……………………

"Your Highness, Your Highness, here they are." Even Behringer began to get nervous. Yabu, Zebulun and a dozen other apprentices were also nervous, and their palms were sweating.

This shows what kind of state other people are in.

Exchanging glances with the Ringwraith, Zoro looked down at everything that was happening on the battlefield, the morale of the battle that had been so hard to inspire, and the reality of collapse in the blink of an eye.

It is impossible for such a large cloud to condense in the sky for no reason, and it is impossible for a huge face to hang in the air.

Zoro's eyebrows were hot at this time, as if they had been burned.

And this strong magic fluctuation made him feel very real. It is not surprising that a high-level ogre sacrifice will have a little talent for magic.

"It's just that this level of magic effect isn't even an introduction to magic."

The trolls did not attack directly, but waited until it was getting late and picked a night fight.

And just in the moment when the sky was black and white, the trolls finally came.

One of Sauron's hands slowly raised his unsheathed sword.

Take a sip of totem liquid, and the content chanted in his mouth is the knightly declaration of the knight of the Middle Ages!

"I swear - I will be kind to the weak."

"I swear - I will stand up to rape bravely. I swear to fight all mistakes. ”

"I swear I will fight for the unarmed. I swear to help anyone who comes to me for help. I swear not to hurt any woman. ”

"I swear I will help my brother; I swear to be sincere with my friends; I swear that I will love me to the death. ”

The language is full of the most primitive magical power.

In Sauron's mind, there was a deep understanding of medieval chivalry.

The true story of the King Arthurian Knights of the Round Table, and everything that happened in that period of history, is all in the deep sea of memory.

With Zoro's yearning for chivalry, all his feelings and praises came out of his mouth with his personal feelings.

Finally, Sauron raised his hand and pointed diagonally at the densely packed trolls, "-Bet on the glory of this sword, I will protect this land to the end." Born with glory, died with honor, my heart is like my sword, I would rather bend than bend! ”

Hum――――

The darkness in the sky seemed to have been poked out of a huge hole.

The sword body and the beam of light became one, like clear water flowing through a pond calmly and soothingly, and in front of the troll, a heavily armed knight suddenly stood straight up from the ground, and the magic illusion tens of meters high was as tall and majestic as a cliff, looking down at the dense and ugly and hideous weak creatures under his feet......

A magical illusion as tall as an ancient god, spitting out words.

Completely dispels all the stress caused by the ogre, and inspires and shocks all the cowardly souls on his side.

"Glory -- that is, my life!"