Chapter 318: Danger lurks
Facts have proved that without the leadership of the demon heroes, the unorganized, undisciplined, and undisciplined demon miscellaneous soldiers are quite vulnerable, and the combined forces led by the Griffin Dynasty easily and completely defeated these demon miscellaneous soldiers at a much smaller cost than expected, and then quickly advanced towards the Jesbaker fortress.
"Don't you think it's a little too smooth?" Roger frowned and looked at Prince Robin to the side. Even without the leadership of the higher-ranking demons, the combat effectiveness shown by these broken demons was really a little too low, which immediately aroused Roger's suspicions.
"These demon miscellaneous soldiers, I'm afraid they were summoned in advance by the demon heroes from the beginning. There should be a lot of heroic generals who have seen this, so everyone is marching carefully, and there is a high probability that there will be an ambush of real elite demon troops ahead. Prince Robin's face was also a little solemn, "But that's okay, the bigger the movement of the demons, the more it proves that the garrison on the side of the Jesbaker Fortress and the Gates of Hell is probably not sufficient now!" ”
Roger nodded, and was about to say something when he heard a commotion in front of him.
"Enemy attack!"
"Watch out for those favorite fireballs!"
"Ah......h
"Where's the archer? Fight back......"
The shouts of the officers, the screams of the soldiers, and the explosion of fireballs rang out one after another. Without looking closely, Roger also understood that the front was now a mess.
The total strength of the combined forces of the various ethnic groups is indeed quite large, but it also brings many problems. At the very least, due to the attack on the troops at the front. The legions of the elven forces in the rear had to stop for a while.
Pulling a hair and moving the whole body, the other forces after the elven force naturally had to temporarily stop the march. This made the leaders of the various forces frown.
But there was no way, this was the road to Jesbaker Fortress. The road ahead was blocked by friendly forces caught in the middle of the battle, and the others could only stare at it.
"Your Majesty! Ahead of you are the troops of the Mercenary Kingdom! A puff of black smoke suddenly rose from Roger's side, and then Sayuri appeared from it, kneeling down on one knee and reporting to Roger.
In the presence of other people, Sayuri and the others naturally want to maintain the image of the Oaks Kingdom.
"Specifically?" Roger's eyelids couldn't help jumping, and then he asked.
"Led by the seventh-order Abyss Lord, there are about tens of thousands of mid- and low-level demons who are attacking the troops of the Mercenary Kingdom, mainly focusing on the Abyss Lord's continuous beaded fireball magic and the fireball attacks of the pet queens. The Marksman and Priest troops of the Mercenary Kingdom are fighting back under the protection of the shield guards, but the strength of the counterattack is not strong. Sayuri, who had always kept her head down, replied quickly.
The Mercenary Kingdom believes in the god of war. It has always advocated straightforward combat, and the domestic arms are mainly swordsmen, shield guards, knights, and even sword masters and other melee arms. Such a legion is quite strong on the frontal battlefield, but it is somewhat powerless to fight back in the face of long-range attacks and attacks from flying units.
"Let Wendy come with the Air Elemental Legion to help." Quickly gave the order, Roger looked at Sayuri, and added, "There are Cerberus in the demon army, and the task of reconnaissance is actually very dangerous, you should be more careful." ”
"Don't worry. Your Majesty. The current scout troops are all observing the movements of the demons from afar, and they have not been discovered by the demons for the time being. Sayuri nodded at Roger and disappeared into the black smoke.
Seeing Wendy flying forward with the Qi Elemental Legion with an excited face, Roger immediately looked at Prince Robin beside him: "Uncle." Let's let my Earth Elemental Legion go to the outskirts of the line. Even if we are attacked, the earth elementals who are not afraid of fire will be able to hold out until we launch a counterattack. ”
Prince Robin thought about it for a moment, then agreed with Roger with a wry smile.
Most of the various classes of the elven forces are afraid of fire. Whether it's a tough tree man or a holy unicorn. Or like the druids who are draped in leaves, or the elven shooters who are lightly armed. There was not much resistance in the face of the flames.
If it weren't for Roger sending the Earth Elemental Legion, Prince Robin, who was also worried about the attack on the team, would probably have to let the Green Dragon Legion and the Golden Dragon Legion be responsible for the garrison on the periphery.
This is obviously very overkill.
With the support of the Air Elemental Legion. The Mercenary Kingdom quickly dealt with the demon troops who came to harass. However, the question of how the demon forces avoided the scouts of the coalition army and successfully raided the mercenary kingdom made the heroic generals of the major forces frown.
Due to the fierce fighting, there were no useful clues left at the scene. After the magicians of the Tower of the Nine Rings came to investigate, most of the heroic generals agreed with the magicians' opinion: the demons should have suddenly come to the vicinity of the coalition team by teleportation. As for why the magicians and priests of the Mercenary Kingdom did not notice the fluctuations in magic power during teleportation, the magicians of the arrogant Tower of the Nine Rings agreed that the magicians of the Mercenary Kingdom were too inferior.
This made the court mages of the mercenary kingdom very dissatisfied, but they were powerless to refute anything. After all, in addition to the realm of the undead, among the other forces, only the level of the elven clan's legal strength can compare to the Tower of the Nine Rings.
After learning of this "fact", the huge coalition army, under the command of the heroic generals who were a little worried, continued to advance towards the Jesbeck fortress. But this time, all the heroes and generals were vigilant, paying attention to the fluctuations of magic around them at any time.
No one would think that the heroes of the demon clan would only launch such a surprise attack.
Although the first raid ended in failure, the fact that the allied forces of all races had to stop during that time made the demon heroes soon launch another raid.
This time, they caught up with the elven forces and crashed headfirst into the iron plate.
Just before the demons were about to launch a surprise attack, Tuna, the Earth Elemental Hero who was guarding the periphery with the Earth Elemental Legion, frowned, and she keenly felt that something was wrong underground!
Tuna immediately closed her eyes and communicated with the earth. Soon, she opened her eyes. Then he directly used the third-order strategic magic of the earth system, "Earth Shake and Mountain Shake".
Under the influence of magic, the ground in front of Tuna shook violently. Immediately, the ground in many places directly sunken down!
Looking at the strip-like depression, Roger's mind couldn't help but recall the attack on the Emerald City, and immediately shouted: "Not good! The demons are actually digging tunnels with abyssal worms, and they quickly approach the surroundings of the coalition forces! All troops are ready to attack! ”
As soon as Roger's words fell, the demon troops, who were alarmed by Tuna's strategic magic, quickly drilled out of the ground.
On the side where Tuna was, since most of the demon troops were buried, only those abyssal worms were the ones who came out of the ground.
Unlike the Legendary Abyss Worm that had attacked the Emerald City under the control of the fallen angel Beara, most of these Abyss Worms only had the strength of the Eighth and Ninth Orders, and only one had reached the level of the Tenth Order. Although the strength is weaker, there are many legendary abyssal worms. However, the size of these abyssal worms is not small, and with the addition of enough numbers, it is definitely more than enough to dig out several tunnels for the demon raiding forces.
However, now that half of the raiding force is buried in the ground, it is still a question whether they can successfully drill out.
After directing the rock elementals to withstand the abyssal worms, Tuna rushed to the other side with her guards.
The demon troops on this side immediately drilled out of the ground after sensing the strategic magic cast by Tuna, so there was no loss of strength.
But when the raid had already been discovered, these demon troops could only launch a strong attack.
And in the face of the attacking demons. The elven marksmen who were guarded by the rock elements calmly raised their longbows and quickly shot a large number of arrows, nailing all the demons to the ground.
Unlike the Mercenary Kingdom, the most powerful of the Elves is the long-range attack force. The longbows of the elven archers. In a matter of minutes, you can send the demons back to their hometown.
However, the demon troops are easy to solve, and the abyssal worms with rough skin and thick flesh that like to escape make the elves feel a little headache. For the Abyss Worm. Although the elven arrows could pierce its ring carapace, they only inflicted a small wound on them at most. Not enough to be fatal.
Without the blessing of the Sun Scepter, the Treants were terrified of the magma-hot blood of the Abyssal Worm. So the Treants are obviously not suitable to fight the Abyssal Worms either. The silver unicorns glared at the Abyssal Worms fearlessly, but before they could break out of the elven ranks, Tuna, who had reached the front first, led the Guards to meet the Abyssal Worms.
As the Earth Heroes, Tuna's Guards are, of course, Earth elemental creatures. However, unlike the ordinary rock elements that guarded Tuna's side before, these guards around Tuna now are obsidian elements with a strength of up to the ninth order!
The obsidian elementals are two circles smaller than the rock elements, but they are all essence, and the strength of the short obsidian elements is much stronger than that of the rock elements. In a one-on-one fight, the dwarf obsidian elementals actually suppressed the abyssal worms!
Despite the blessing of Tuna's heroic aura as an Earth Elemental Hero, being able to outperform the massive Abyss Worms in terms of strength is enough to prove the strength of these obsidian elements.
Seeing that the elven clan had solved the attacking demon clan so quickly, the leaders of the other forces looked at the elven clan with a slightly different look. And among these people who nodded their heads and said, "It is worthy of the elven race", the magicians of the Tower of the Nine Rings were a little restless.
Especially after seeing the teasing eyes of those people led by Alice, the mercenary queen of the mercenary kingdom, the faces of the magicians of the Tower of the Nine Rings turned red.
If the magicians of the Tower of the Nine Rings were given another chance, they wouldn't be so convinced that the demons were around the coalition forces that came by teleportation.
Unfortunately, there are no ifs in life.
Therefore, the magicians of the Tower of the Nine Rings can only hide in shame in the ridicule of the people, and hide in the protection of the constructed creatures.
Ridicule is ridicule, the heroes and generals of the major forces still know how to do the right thing, they have used their perspective to see the earth, and some nervously searched the underground around the legion.
Under such frequent searches, the people of the Undead Realm really discovered a demon army that was digging a hole.
So Geralt, the desperate knight, took the undead heroes to fight a counter-ambush against the demon troops, and easily harvested a large number of demon elite corpses.
But it seems that the demon heroes have also discovered that their actions have been seen through, so the next demon troops simply launched a strong attack, constantly attacking various forces.
In the face of such frequent attacks, the major forces had to send flying units to escort the main forces on the ground. And after the Church of the Gods directly sent a part of the angel army led by the Seraph Chief Raphael, the demons finally died down.
Although there are still scattered demon miscellaneous soldiers who will run to their own death, it is true that there are no formed demon troops in front of the coalition army.
Relieved, the allied forces immediately increased their march, and on the third day, the whole army finally arrived in front of the Jesbeck Fortress.
As the first and most important line of defense for the Gryphon Dynasty to guard the gates of hell, the Griffon Royalty has definitely invested a lot of manpower, material and financial resources into this Jesbaker Fortress.
But now, this impenetrable fortress has become the last line of defense for the demons to block the coalition army's attack on the gates of hell, and this contrast makes the face of Prince Josephine of the griffin royal family extremely ugly.
The only thing to be thankful for is that this fortress was originally used to defend the hell gate behind it, so the focus of the city defense construction is towards the side of the hell gate, and the side facing the coalition army naturally does not have such a strong city defense.
After saluting the Virgin Sarana, the titular leader of the coalition, Prince Josephine wanted to immediately command the army to attack the fortress of Jesbaker, and he was already a little eager to wash away the shame on the griffin royal family.
But before the Griffin Dynasty's troops could attack, there was considerable movement behind the Jesbeck Fortress.
"Rumble ......"
In everyone's increasingly solemn eyes, a large number of demon troops went straight around the Jesbeck Fortress and appeared in front of them.
There is no doubt that the heroic generals of the Demon Clan did not intend to just watch the coalition attack the Jesbaker Fortress, so they came to muddy the waters. (To be continued.) )
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