As the days passed, the forward fortress was stuffed with more and more supplies - the convoys of transports that had come from the rear never stayed in the fortress for more than three days. Although most of the people and the big-headed soldiers wanted to stay in the house for a few more days. But under the officer's whip, he could only roll away from the fire unwillingly. After unloading the baggage, the light chariot Jane hurried back from the ground to the hinterland of the kingdom of Lucia.

However, within 3-4 days of the first convoy on its way home, a second convoy often arrives at the fortress in the freezing season. And the big-headed soldiers in the fortress who have been assigned to the frontier, even if they are sluggish, should understand their fate next (according to the tradition of the Lucia Kingdom, such plans will only be notified to the big-headed soldiers below before the action). For a moment, even the players who were secretly observing in the woods seemed to feel the new strange atmosphere in the fortress.

Over the past few days, the convoy has probably transported more than 100,000 pounds of supplies. Unless the fortress in front of him has an uncommon super-large capacity cellar, counting the original material reserves, it should already be the storage limit for it to ensure normal operation. Barrett, who knew the situation before him, understood at once; Lucia's pre-battle preparations were ready, at least in the fortress in front of her.

The approximate volume of a fortress is not difficult to judge based on observation and experience on the surface of the earth. But that's not the case with the ones underground. The cellar where supplies are stored has long been a must-have for all fortresses. However, in general, the volume of these underground facilities is not very large.

Because the weight of the fortress is amazing, it is a great test for the foundation. If you want to build a large storage space underground, you must invest a lot of money in load-bearing wall columns to ensure the strength of the structure. In most cases this was very uneconomical - and given the financial situation of the Kingdom of Lucia, it was very unlikely that a large amount of resources would be invested in it. As for the use of strange things such as dimensional bags, in the face of such a huge amount of materials, the amount of money required is also an astronomical amount.

Every time there was a supply message, Barrett would send it back to the Bolham Territory in a timely manner. It's a pity that the territory doesn't have any other instructions other than the last time to be careful of beasts. I don't know if they have the wisdom bead in their hands, or if they can't analyze useful information and put it on hold for the time being.

Barrett, who returned to the secret hall again, lay directly on the futon. This period of surveillance work has brought him great mental stress, and although his physical exhaustion has recovered quickly, he has been suppressed in that regard. The best solution now is to stop emptying your mind and use sweet dreams to temporarily dispel those many troubles.

Players in a similar situation have it in each of the players of the 'Bloodstained Gray Flower', but they are all able to vent through other means. Only Barrett in order to ensure the mood of his teammates, as the captain, he cannot show any discomfort and weakness in front of the players.

Fortunately, these boring, depressing, and stressful days have finally passed. With the fluttering banner and the preparation of supplies, the army from the interior of Lucia finally appeared in front of the players. Lalu immediately sent a message to his companions in the Secret Pavilion. Unfortunately, the soldiers moved so quickly and nimble as the wagons were so swift and agile that by the time Barrett arrived, they had already disappeared behind the gates of the fortress. Even the drawbridge has been lifted.

However, the messy footprints on the ground in front of the fortress had not yet been buried by the snowflakes falling from the sky, which left some traces of the previous huge team. Barrett, who observed the footprints, immediately turned his gaze to the catboy: "What is the specific situation?" ”

"I just roughly calculated, it should be three hundred-man meows! By the way, the officers who command them are counted separately. At this point, Lalu scratched her ears, "Their gear doesn't seem to be very good, though." Most of the people's leather armor appears to have been repaired more than once. Even from this distance, I could clearly distinguish the layers of armor pieces on it. As for the weapon, it's too far away to see the status, but the style doesn't seem to be very uniform. It feels like the equipment that the soldiers themselves have found. It doesn't seem to be a regular army? ”

"In Lucia's tradition, those guys aren't aces at best. Whether it is a regular army or not is not certain. Barrett smiled at this, "'Grey animals' are their usual practice!" However, although the exchange ratio on the frontal battlefield has not been very good, in fact, the opponent has crushed a lot of enemies with this tactic. ”

"Barrett, you're saying Lucia's regular army is equipped with that kind of equipment?" At this time, Lalu even omitted the end of the 'meow'. Fortunately, he covered his mouth in time, so that the sound did not reach the woods.

Barrett nodded: "With Lucia's financial situation, she has to support so many troops, and at the same time, she has to face layers of oil jams at all levels of bureaucracy. It's not easy to get to this point. The equipment dug up from the warehouse, although it does seem a bit humiliating, can actually have a certain effect. Don't look at them for real, if they really fight, they are much better than the soft-footed shrimp of the Cruze Kingdom. You must know that it is not only weapons and equipment that determine combat effectiveness. ”

"Oh! In other words, this will be the type of enemy we need to face later, meow? Lalu stretched out her paw and scratched her beard.

Barrett touched the cat's head: "Yes! That's the enemy we need to face. By the way, remember to use this when you come back next time. Who knows if there is a group of beasts hidden among those guys. If the smell is tracked by the other party, then we will be passive. I'm going to tear down the wooden bridge now, so that I don't have to worry if I don't have an accident. ”

Barrett gave Lalu an alchemical ointment called 'Animal Repellent'. Not only does it mask the user's own scent, but it also allows those with a keen sense of smell to secrete a large amount of mucus to clog their nostrils after smelling the ointment. So as to achieve the purpose of driving away the beasts.

Of course, intelligent creatures with a keen sense of smell are different from wild beasts. As long as they have enough perseverance and are fully able to endure the torture in their nasal cavity, they can track it down with this trace. However, the smell dissipated quickly in the air, and in the cold wind that was whirring at the moment, it did not become another direction for the enemy to track.

Blessed with the Snow Boots, Barrett moves extremely fast, and his muscular physique gives him stamina far beyond the ordinary. After running almost non-stop, Barrett arrived at the only bridge on the nearby trade road less than two-thirds of the time expected.

The various parts of the wooden bridge in front of me are neatly spliced, and the wood seems to have no peeling, but it can be maintained for a hundred years without deformation. In addition, the specially processed rattan has greatly improved its load-bearing capacity, and even large freight wagons can pass through it as usual. However, this craft was apparently uncommon in the Western Continent - according to Barrett's memory, it must have come from the handiwork of some group of elves.

In a sense, this is also a valuable historical artifact. But it's a pity that today Barrett is going to destroy what some see as a work of art - everything has to make way for war.

Although the creek in front of you is less than 50 feet wide. The river was barely up to Barrett's waist - of course, if it were noodles, anvils, or larups, it would definitely be over his head. But even the current is not fast, at this depth it can still affect the movement of soldiers.

And although the current river surface is frozen, the ice surface in the south such as the Cruze Kingdom is very thin. If a person steps on it, it will inevitably crack and collapse. In this case, it is impossible to directly step on the ice floes to cross the river without using supernatural abilities. What's more, the cold water near freezing, in this environment, tortures a person's health, and may even destroy a team at once.

What's more, people can still pass, but horse-drawn carts that can carry heavy loads cannot force them to wade through the water. Therefore, if the Lucians wanted to maintain the advance of the battle line, they had to choose a location nearby to build a pontoon bridge. That must have had a considerable effect on slowing them down.

"Bang-" Under the cold light brought by the 'Broken Peak', a wooden pole with a bowl mouth was cut in two by Barrett. With his profound stone dragon flow skills, Barrett at this time has become a 'little expert in demolition'. The giant blade in his hand is like a dinner knife that cuts through tofu, cutting through the wood without even bringing out the slightest wood chips and residue.

"Boom! Bang-" With such a loud sound, the wooden bridge, which had been damaged by Barrett, collapsed with a bang. The bridge that suddenly collapsed in the middle instantly smashed the ice on the river, causing a splash of water. Then, under the influence of the flowing 'glacier', these two small pieces of debris began to move downstream of the river.

"Huh!" With a soft sigh, Barrett picked up the 'Broken Peak' again and cleaned up the remaining remnants of the shore. Only then did he turn around and rush to his foothold.

Upon his return to the Vault, he once again wrote a detailed report to Boreham. Then the whole talent was freed from the mechanized state of work. Klematis, who found that Barrett had regained some anger, asked, "How's the situation over there?" The text message is so rudimentary that we can't even sketch out the picture in our heads. ”

"Don't worry so much, it's just a team of more than 300 people. And it's not Lucia's trump card unit, even if we can't win, we should be able to run. Hearing this, Barrett immediately cheered up his companions, "And our task is not to go head-to-head with the entire army of the other side. With the Mage's Vault, we can move at any time, play hide and seek, and steal their scouts. ”

"But I'm still a little worried about beasts. I can't believe that there are really people who can control them on a large scale. I just don't know what kind of beasts Lucia will deploy in the army? Rielly even bit her finger as she said this.

"The bestials are a group of people who are very ostracized by other intelligent beings. So most of the time, in the process of interacting with people, they tend to hide their true identity. Barrett paused, "So there's never been a way to get an accurate number of statistics for that kind of group. ”

"When I was in church, I heard people say that. There are quite a few werewolves within the kingdom of Lucia. There are also occasional bear and boar people. But there is no news from the tiger people. Speaking of this, Clematis seemed to suddenly think of something, and immediately laughed: "Regarding the tiger man, after Lulu used the effect of the guardian cat, the image seems to be moving closer to the tiger man all of a sudden. If you encounter such an enemy, you may be able to deceive them. ”

Hearing this, Rielly glared at her friend angrily, knowing that the current topic of the 'guardian cat' was a scar on Laru's. Although the cat boy is not here for the time being, Claymatis's talk like this still causes Rielly's dissatisfaction.

"Don't worry! Sooner or later, this problem will be solved. It's a big deal to go to Lalu's place of origin. Barrett, who stepped forward, patted Rieley on the shoulder and comforted her.

With the first reinforcements in place, the fortress seemed to come alive immediately. The most intuitive thing for players is that the originally lazy city head guard actually started to work seriously. Fortunately, at the beginning, when the players were watching, they demanded themselves according to the highest standards of the simultaneous existence of light and dark sentinels. Therefore, it has not been able to have much impact on the daily monitoring work.

Just three days later, there seemed to be another team on the horizon as far as Barrett could see. As they get closer, Barrett discovers the strangeness of these people. The man at the head of the pack looked very strong—muscular, muscular, and hairy. Very thick hair and beard with an eerie ivory color.

Behind him were 5-6, though not as tall as him. But all of them can be regarded as strong men more or less. What's more, whether it's the big guys in the front, or the members in the back who look like ordinary people. They all wore simple clothes or leather robes that were easy to put on and take off, mend and replace - not more or less armoured like the Lucian soldiers who had preceded them. (To be continued.) )