Spring is always short-lived, and with a few sudden short bursts of heavy rain, the weather gradually warms up.

But compared to the Northland, which is still in the bitter cold, this place is obviously more suitable for human habitation, at least the wood spirits like this climate, warm, humid, sunny, especially the plant grows.

But at this time, the south wind with the rotten bones of the corpses blows, and the dark clouds follow, but the temperature drops in vain, as if to suggest that the warm summer days of people are not so soon, at least there is still a deadly spring cold to be passed.

Due to the fact that the seeds of the Dream Forest bear a similar shape to Oak after germination, the new Dream Forest in the process of evolution has a nice name - Oak Town, and for his guardians, the undead have been delayed, leaving them to wander in both worry and happiness.

Fortunately, the shadow of war seemed to be expected to be a few days later, and they had more time to prepare for war, fearing that, as is customary, the longer the build-up, the more staggering the number and quality of their opponents became.

The earliest expectation was that the undead should have arrived two days ago, but when it turned out, there was no trace so far, in the minds of many veterans, they were already mentally prepared, such a long preparation time, the opponent had already gathered the frontline troops of Rainy Night City, and the number of the undead army that was about to attack would be very exaggerated.

"It would be nice if it was ten days and half a month later, it is said that there are many people in the country of mages who are interested in justice points, and perhaps, they will also join us."

But judging by the sudden rise of smoke in the distance, the reinforcements that may have arrived have not caught up, and the ones who should have come are still coming. Before dark clouds covered the town of Oak. A Pegasus rider was the first to fall. Before he landed, he preached loudly.

"It's coming, it's coming!"

What's coming? In fact, everyone knew it, but no one panicked.

"Close the gates!"

"Inform all scouting and hunting teams to return to Oak Town."

"No one informed the wood spirits and the leaders? Go to a messenger. ”

This is the adventurer, noisy and chaotic, but full of action, and after a few minutes, everyone knows that war is coming. It's all starting to get busy.

In fact, there is no need to hide the military situation, the experienced warriors can judge the size of the army and the time of arrival from the height of the dust raised, the forward knights of the undead will arrive in about two hours, and the warriors who have been prepared for a long time have been mobilized.

A large number of bows were placed on the ramparts, the archers began to adjust their bowstrings, the treemen rose from the ground, and the catapults began their final ballistic calculations.

In less than an hour and a half, the first group of skeleton cavalry had arrived, and the silent Bone Knights, with their rotten saddles and riding spears, circled the walls. Look for defensive flaws, if only the opponent shows weaknesses. They naturally became sharp knives for the raid, but in the end, they retreated.

"Are you late?"

The Death Knight Haburn finally gave up his intention to attack, and looking at the scene before him, he questioned for the first time the judgment of the Emperors whether the Republic was underestimating these plant life.

The rhizome of the Babel tree brings the power of the mother, giving the new "Oak Seed" the power to mature, and the gradually sprouting "Primordial Oak" gives Oak Town new strength, and when the natural cycle is constructed, although it is still called Oak Town, in the eyes of most people, it is already a fortress-level defense.

The taller and taller city walls, the brigade of tree people patrolling back and forth, these are not to be talked about for the time being, but the most incomprehensible thing is that this green fortress is extended, it is already a verdant green, the trees are growing at a speed visible to the naked eye, one forest after another is forming on this wasteland, and the former wasteland has become a grassland and woodland.

It's a miracle created by the overflowing force of nature, and soon, this forest will become the nourishment for the continued growth of Oak Town, where small natural creations are included in the larger natural cycles, one ring after another, and finally self-balanced, and at that time, just by getting close to here, there will be countless hostilities and eyes watching you.

Finding that the opponent's defenses were already complete, and forcing the siege of the city with a cavalry regiment dominated by skeleton cavalry was only a useless attrition, the undead forward commander did not hesitate to choose to retreat, waiting for his main force to arrive.

In a makeshift mountain headquarters in Oaktown, the leaders of the adventurers are also discussing the current military situation.

In a sense, the Wood Spirit clan strictly adheres to the true character of the NPC, they obviously lack complete trust in the adventurers, coupled with the different pursuit of mission strategy between the two, the Wood Spirit expects Oak Town to grow up at any cost, while the adventurers always pursue their own best interests as the goal, naturally, there are two sets of leadership teams in Oak Town, but from the current point of view, they are still mainly cooperative, and there are not many differences.

Two sets of leaders, one is the alliance of adventurers, and the other is the decision-making level of the wood spirits, in fact, I am afraid that this will also be the regular cooperation mode between the contract warriors and the local forces in the future, and the local forces will always expect their subordinates to obey the command completely and completely, and carry out every order to the letter.

From the perspective of the merchant, from the perspective of making the best use of things, it is best to be the most dangerous cannon fodder for the temporary comrades-in-arms bought with money, and the lineage that they have worked so hard to cultivate must be retained, but the Adventurer Alliance must think about the people under them, and they still want to be able to obtain a large amount of profits without losing a single life.

The two are in different positions, which naturally brings disagreements.

Cooperation, communication, appropriate trust, a vague relationship between the top and bottom, but not absolutely, the two sides always keep their distance, and pursue the intersection of various interests under the same goal, which seems to be the best option at the moment.

And this time the alliance of adventurers is composed of more than a dozen senior adventurers, and the people who speak are either high-level executives of large mercenary groups, or they are respected adventurers themselves, representing the interests of scattered adventurers.

"The total number of undead is probably between 60,000 and 80,000, and judging from the banner, there are probably more than ten Maharaja undead, and the leader is Davey ...... of Esso Reeves."

Unlike the scattered adventurers who only see the skeleton knights in front of them, medium and large mercenary groups have their own reconnaissance methods. Some were patrolled in advance by air cavalry. Some are detective spells of prophetic mages. The situation of the main force of the army of the undead is already clear at a glance.

And when many investigative methods summarized the information obtained, they naturally came up with a relatively reliable intelligence summary, but the camp was still silent as before, not because the opponent was too strong, but because it was ......

"No, this amount is too small, will there be fraud?"

Yes, not at all as expected. There were far fewer undead than expected, and it was originally estimated that all the undead lords of Esso Reeves were dispatched, and the overall strength was likely to exceed one million, but only one-tenth came.

Bag clips? Feint? Bait? Or do you just abandon this place and start another battle somewhere else? Many thoughts lingered in everyone's minds, and it was because there were so many possibilities that no one dared to draw conclusions.

Suddenly, a carrier pigeon flew into the tent and landed in the hands of Keith, who was thinking.

“…… It seems that our employer has additional sources of intelligence. ”

It was an intelligence notice from the wood spirit. It simply shows that for some reason, some of the undead lords refused this summoning. There are also some undead lords who have gathered but suddenly left the army, so that the opponent's combat power is less this time, so that adventurers can prepare for war with peace of mind.

"For some reason? It seems that employers don't fully trust us? ”

As soon as the words fell, some people were obviously dissatisfied, and it was no wonder that the adventurers were dissatisfied when they fought for their employers, but they could not gain the trust of their employers.

An old man with gray hair shook his head helplessly. Simu, the former diocesan bishop of the Earth Mother God Cult, is now also a well-known adventurer.

"Oh, let's be honest, do we trust our companions completely? What's more, there was that incident before. ”

He was obviously talking about the espionage incident a few days ago, and since this incident was revealed, many teams have been careful a lot, and no one knows if they have such undead spies inside.

"I've also heard that it is said that the wood spirits have specially invited other helpers, and it is said that they are the top 30 people on the list of goblins?"

"Celebrity list? Unlikely. The top 30 are all national treasures of various countries, how can they accept employment, and if there is really a famous general, he would have been given the command to him a long time ago, and we people are not unaware of the importance. ”

“…… Have you forgotten? Goblins are not only ranked among the famous generals of various countries, but also have a more authoritative list. ”

“…… Natural Disaster List!? Top 30 of natural disasters? Are you sure you're here to help us, not to kill us together? ”

The scene calmed down suddenly, and the meaning of such a thing as the natural disaster list was "If you accidentally encounter it, don't think about resisting, let alone counter-killing, run for your life." At the end of the list, there are monsters like the ancient dragon that crush ordinary demigods, and the top thirty are basically the super troubles of thousand-year-old monsters who can't die at all.

"Top thirty? Willing to be hired? Is it the Plague King or the 'Volcanic Tyrant'? Either one is not a good thing! ”

The Plague King was a classical alchemist specializing in pharmacy, and his original research object was medicine to cure the plague, but for some reason, the object of the original hope of healing was burned alive as the source of the plague, and as a doctor, he was declared a heretic and blasphemer by the Templar Church, and has been hunted down ever since.

As a result, he really became a heretic, and when he took revenge, he released the mutant virus he had carefully cultivated, turning the entire diocese where the enemy was located into a hell on earth, and now the king of the plague has been wanted by more than 20 countries, but he is still at large.

And he is also one of the few "mobile scourges" who are still active on the continent and accept the employment of others, of course, he is not hired to cure the plague, or to create the plague, in addition to the bitter hatred of the Templar Church, as long as he finds the opportunity to take revenge, he is the most harmless of the natural disasters, but he can ascend to the eleventh place of the natural disaster, or because it is said that the guy is powerless, but once he dies, the multiple mixed viruses stored in his body break out, and the population of the entire continent will be reduced by one-half, Even the Templars only dared to say that he was wanted, but no one dared to do anything.

If the Lord of the Plague is a man-made disaster, the Volcanic Tyrant is a real scourge, he is a giant lava fire scorpion that feeds on geothermal heat and has been operating in volcanic areas for a long time, and he is said to have the ability to cause volcanic eruptions at will, in fact. Indeed, every time he appears, there is a background of a volcanic eruption.

The Lava Fire Scorpion itself has no enemies on this continent. It is a highly intelligent person, but it craves flesh and soul as food. So he accepted the war merger, although it only accepts treasures such as sub-artifacts, and the royal families are not unaffordable, but the business has not been very good, except for the minimum "appearance fee" of 700 sacrifices, and once it appears on the battlefield, it is a loss for both friend and foe.

After all, the contentious fertile lakes turned into volcanic areas. Important strategic points were turned into lava lakes, which also ended in heavy losses.

And it is precisely because of this that there are private covenants between countries, and countries and individuals who employ volcanic tyrants will become public enemies, but there are always people in this world who are desperate, although there is not much business, but every few decades, it always has business that comes to the door, and it can eat all at once.

The Plague King made it into the top twenty due to his life being too "important". The Volcanic Tyrant, who has caused countless tragedies, is only ranked twenty-ninth, and you can see what the top 30 of the natural disasters list are. And now the Wood Spirit is said to have hired a top thirty natural scourge, most of which are still ranked before the Volcanic Tyrant, which naturally makes adventurers frightened.

"No, we have to ask Mu Ling for clarification!"

And when the scene was chaotic, Keith received a letter from his team members, and he had already had news to inquire about.

“…… Sure enough, that 'Wood Spirit Super Cute' team, is there no one in the camp anymore? ”

On the side of the undead, it was also busy.

In a sense, I have some admiration and sympathy for the undead lord named Davey.

The older you get, the more afraid you are of death, and the wise undead are not fearless lunatic, and when the ever-growing list of missing people appears, many undead lords who plan to hug their thighs will also have to think about the future.

"I'm sorry, I have some personal matters that need to be dealt with urgently, and I wish you all good luck."

Before the reason for the disappearance is found, I am afraid that there is no undead lord who wants to stay in the army, after all, it is not only the low-level undead who are missing, but more, there are even legendary and saint-level undead lords and maharajas.

But even if Davi asks the Emperor of the Dead for help, he doesn't get a response, and in this case, no one wants to disappear so inexplicably unless the cause of his disappearance is found and eradicated.

And in the face of one missing list after another, even Dawei himself is confused, but he is also difficult to ride a tiger, there is only one chance, if he fails...... The emperors don't care what the reason is, failure is failure, what you don't have should go to the garbage heap a long time ago, Dawei himself will lose what he has, and even have to bear the wrath of the undead emperors.

And when the news came that none of the departed had suffered the fate of going missing, even a fool knew that Davey was being targeted by something terrible, and if he didn't want to take the risk, how to choose.

The most important thing is that Dawei himself has been unable to come up with a policy to stabilize the morale of the army...... In fact, not to mention him, even if I am in that position, I can't find anything wrong.

The "war" is still in the making, all the detection spells can't find the unborn, and the "fusion contribution" of the undead is an almost instinctive suicidal behavior, maybe a call, as if you want to go out for a walk, it will be automatically stopped, such a scene is extremely weird, and it is impossible to prevent at all.

If Dawei was willing to disband the army and re-examine the organization, he would naturally be able to solve the problem, but he simply didn't have the time to do so.

As a result, the original army of more than 300,000 undead finally left only 50,000 or 60,000, and most of them were Dawei's own descendants, who signed the soul contract, and Dawei wanted them to die with a thought of "one way to the black" lineage.

But even so, Davey is still full of confidence, and he can hear the melodious sound of the violin from his residence every day, and it seems that this music-loving undead boss is still in a good mood, and he still holds small concerts every day, but ......

"The heart is empty, and deliberately keeping it the same as in the past actually reveals the essence of timidity."

"Indeed, it has already arrived on the battlefield, and it is enough to directly raise the vigilance, but if you do this, it will become more and more empty-minded."

Heloise and I had a fair time to watch the excitement, but in fact, I still had some doubts.

After all, the undead lords are willing to see Dawei unlucky, but the undead emperors may not see the expansion of the wood spirit clan, and the defeated war can completely recall Dawei, and Dawei himself is unlikely to pass the road of death and go to the black, it seems that he must still have the trump card of turning the tables in his hand. (To be continued......)