Thirty miles away, even in a complex environment, is not too far.

The five men immediately walked back and sped up. The demons haven't discovered them yet, and they don't travel fast, so they can get rid of them quickly as long as there are no accidents.

Seeing that it was close to the distance of ten miles from the mine, the armored troops contacted the mine, indicating that there were demons operating in the east, at least four hundred, and they were converging in the direction of the mine.

This coal mine, where 500 troops were stationed, had a small six-pointed star fortress. Although the scale is small, the magic net covers a large area. The mine is full of robots working, and there is no human command. The mined raw coal is not processed here, and it is processed and sent to the alchemy factory.

The people in the small castle immediately mobilized and prepared for a defensive battle.

Although it is said that a head-on impact can also kill those demons, it is not necessary. Besides, the information is not clear, theoretically there are hundreds of demons, and there can be no legend. Even if there is a strong person, at most there is an epic realm.

This is very unlikely, and in this brigade stationed in the coal mine, the command squadron is fifty spellcasters, led by an epic mage.

There are eleven more battle mages, and the rest are magic net mages.

This configuration is very high, but most magicians have no actual combat experience, and they are trained in the illusion.

In addition, in the standard squadron, there is also a five-member spellcaster team, and the proportion of mages in the five hundred people is very high.

However, Qiu Xuanji's order is that when you can solve the enemy with a long range, you will never fight in close combat with the enemy, and you can rely on the city to fight, so you will not fight in the field. This mine can also be abandoned when it encounters danger. Anyway, the demons don't mine, so there's no loss if they are left here. Just take it back later.

There are more powerful launchers in the castle that can actively contact soldiers from afar.

The order to recall was issued, and the six squads that were still outside immediately rushed back.

Epic mages are only temporarily transferred, a team of five hundred people, although there can be epic mages, but it is not a standard configuration. The number of epic mages in a battalion may be larger, and when necessary, they will be assigned to the brigade, such as this coal mine, where five hundred people should be stationed alone, and Qiu Xuanji assigned an epic.

The number of epic poems in the dukedom is not so much, and it can be squandered at will.

But in the future, the brigade is definitely equipped with epic. Because the brigade of 500 people, plus 2,500 mechanical structures, plus an unspecified number of robotic warriors, the combat unit may exceed 5,000. The highest is nearly 10,000. With so many combat units, it's not surprising that there are a few more epics.

The equipment of the strong cannot be based on the number of human soldiers alone.

Moreover, the new mechanical structure, even if it is manufactured to a level 20 standard, is not too expensive. A brigade of 500 people, if it is equipped with some level 20 mechanical equipment, the standard of combat effectiveness will rise sharply.

On Xiahe's side, the cost of a level 20 mechanical structure, ten is equal to a steel golem, and the combat power is much stronger than a steel golem.

A brigade of five hundred people, equipped with ten steel golems, is not excessive, then it is equivalent to equipping two hundred and twenty level mechanical structures. Xia He can still get this money. It's just that now he is studying the various adaptability of mechanical construction, what type of cost-effective construction, and how to make soldiers better command mechanical construction.

Finally, there are cheaper mechic warriors, what will be the way to fight in the future, their role in the army, and so on.

The people sent to fight this time are all collecting data.

Xia He admitted that he took advantage of Snowvis, this method of mechanical construction to reduce costs, he didn't think about it at all, and he relied too much on mecha soldiers before.

And the magic defense and attack methods of the construction are much better than those of the mech soldiers.

The best weapon for a cyborg soldier is a plasma gun, and you can't use an enchanted magic musket. However, mechanical structures can be used, and the higher the level, the more complex the magic musket can be used.

The only problem is that the higher the level of the mechanical build, the higher the level of soul gems required.

A level 20 mechanical structure requires a complete soul gem, and it must not be cut. Now Xia He is using a fifth-level mechanical structure, and the soul gems are all in the form of cut fragments, and the construction is in the form of independent ability, which is also severely limited.

The advantage is that he doesn't need a legendary mage to refine the internal magic pattern of the soul gem, just a great mage.

And the level 20 magicians have a lot of them in his academy.

The epic mage completely opened the magic net to meet the combat standards, the six-pointed star castle was closed, and all the magic arrays were warmed up and ready for battle. Since the demons are approaching, it is impossible not to fight. Anyway, the magic array here is powered by a magic furnace driven by raw coal, and the underground is a coal mine, so it is not afraid of consumption.

On the six corners of the castle, there are huge long-range magic muskets that can attack from more than a dozen miles away. At the top of a tall tower in the core, magic cannons are also prepared, and magic ballistas are arranged on the lower level.

With such a force, as long as the enemy does not dispatch the legend and relies on the army to attack, no matter how many enemies there are, the castle can support it for more than ten days.

The castle has a high proportion of mechanical structures and mechanical warriors, and there are more storage of magic projectiles. There's also a power generator underground, and the backup batteries are about 10% of the robot's proportion.

Even so, the Epic Mage reported the news to Qiu Xuanji. More than 400 demons are not a problem for him, but without reconnaissance, he doesn't know how many enemies will appear in the future.

The reserves of this coal mine are quite abundant, and now is the time when the Duke needs energy, so it is better not to throw it away if he can step up mining.

When all the robots in the pit were withdrawn, the demons appeared on the hillside in the distance.

More than 400 demon clans lined up, wearing metal armor, walked towards the six-pointed star castle.

The epic mage is in the tower, observing it himself, and the magic eye is suspended at the top of the tower, and he can see it clearly. These more than 400 demons move in unison, the weapons in their hands, all bloody tooth spears, and no leader?

The six-pointed star castle is built in an open area to the east and mountains to the west, and the coal mine is in the mountains, which is not easy to mine, but it is not a problem to have robots.

The castle is mainly to defend against the demons in the east coming over and interfering with the production of coal mines.

"It's so dense...... Are they joking?" the Epic Mage realized he might have made a mistake and shouldn't be so nervous. He made a simple calculation, and said: "The strongest of these demons is less than ten levels, which is considered an elite soldier, but unfortunately there are no long-range weapons, let's save some strength, flying wing projectile launch, long-range magic musket control field, six-pointed star airship takes off, ready to support, and the first standard squadron is ready to attack." Door 4 is ready to open, and Tower 4's magic ballista is warmed up. ”

The epic mage gave a series of orders, and half a minute later, on the magic tower, a thick magic missile with wings flew high, drew a huge arc in the air, and from top to bottom, it plunged into the ranks of more than four hundred demon soldiers.

Twelve long-range magic muskets roared, and the projectiles came first, exploding in the middle of the demon army.

The white light enveloped the demon soldiers on the periphery, and the demon soldiers were shot by the white light and fell to the ground in pain.

When the flying wing projectile exploded, the flames instantly enveloped the entire demon soldier area, and the metal fragments flew sideways, and nearly a hundred demon soldiers were shot like sieves under the cutting of metal fragments.

Hexagram Castle, near the eastern corner, in the towering tower, battlemage, magic net mage, and precision shooter added attacks at the same time. Unlike field battles, mechanical structures are also involved in the attack, and on the towers and walls, there are magic muskets with fixed positions and fixed attributes, just for long-range strikes.

The epic mage saw the demon army falling like leeks, and they all wanted to revoke the order of the state of emergency.

But be careful, he ordered all firepower to stop firing, unless the demons approached within 500 meters, and then he ordered the mechanical soldiers, took the technological muskets in the city's defense system, and used non-attribute projectiles to attack the joints and vital points of those demons.

The attributeless projectile actually fuses a bit of glitter dust as well.

The sharp metal projectile roared out, and the attack of the mechanical soldier did not have magic attributes, but the accuracy was still super high, and the metal projectile drilled into the joints of the demons, and the projectile twisted and torn, and the tough joint structure was destroyed instantly.

The demons wailed and crawled on the ground. In the blink of an eye, their arms were also broken, and it was difficult to even crawl.

"Lord Tiago, these are not real demons, they are vassals, and they are used to test us. Next to the Epic Mage, a young man in a cyan robe said.

He is a war Taoist sent by Xiahe, an observer.

"Not a real demon?"

"The demons have invaded a lot of worlds, some worlds have not been completely destroyed by the demons, and there are still some intelligent lives left, giving them as vassals and cannon fodder. They are completely demonized, and they are willing to serve the demons. This kind of person, the demon clan does not feel distressed no matter how much he sacrifices. ”

Epic mage Tiago listened to this and sighed.

"Is there anyone like that, what a ......?"

"It's really incredible, isn't it? In fact, in many worlds, in the process of being conquered by demons, some native creatures will spontaneously form demon worship, thinking that demons are gods, and can only obey, not resist. They will sacrifice with very terrible means, hoping that the demons will protect their safety. ”

The epic mage didn't know what to say, if it was him, he would rather have his soul destroyed than be a vassal of the demon clan. It's a big deal to die, the soul dissipates and returns to the world, which is also a good choice. If you are polluted by demons, you will become a monster and return to the demon world.

"In fact, for most of the creatures of the world, they don't care about any sense of honor, pride, dignity and so on. "The voice of the war Taoist is not very high, but it is heavy.