Chapter 488: Retreat South

"What are we going to do now? Edward. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 When Edward finished his silence, Legolas asked, "How's the situation on the Alpine side?"

"Alpine City has been destroyed by the Abyssal Earth Dragon. Edward said, "But there shouldn't be many casualties among the Western Continent Alliance, and Caron and General Edwin of Iron Curtain City have already led their troops to break through." ”

"It's not bad news. "Nataya said, "At present, the main forces of the Western Continent Alliance are only the First Legion of the Austrian Kingdom of Caron, the Second Black Iron Army of Iron Curtain City and the Third Knights of the Knight City-State who came to support, if the First Legion and the Black Armor Black Iron Army in Alpine City are defeated, only the Third Knights and the armies brought by the various lords of the Austrian Kingdom will remain." Counting on foreign reinforcements and the motley army of lords, there was not much hope for this war. ”

"Where is the Third Order of the Knightly City-State at the moment?" Edward asked.

"The Fortress of Snake Valley southeast of Takayama Castle. "The Third Order of the Knight City-State are all Scaly Knights, and they are not good at mountain warfare, so they are stationed in the Snake Valley Fortress in the south of the Green Plains. I think the 1st Army and the 2nd Black Iron Army that broke through will also retreat there. ”

"Then let's go to the Snake Valley Fortress. Edward announced, then looked at the skeleton and the others, "What are you going to do, do you want to join my Demon Hunter Knights, or do you want to find a base to do?"

The skeleton looked at Duke the ape and Carney the dragonman, and finally decided, "Your Excellency's ability to defeat Regrok alone is enough to prove your strength." However, in the face of the crisis of the dead race, I have to proceed with caution, and we intend to find a place to settle down first, and then plan for the course of the war. β€œ

"Your Excellency's Order of Demon Hunters will be humbled by us if they can shelter us from establishing a base area. ”

The skeleton's posture is low. As the three of them escaped from the Divine Claw Capital, except for the elite troops directly under the patriarch of their clan, most of them were civilians who did not engage in war, and if such a team was discovered by the army of the Orc Empire, it would immediately be wiped out.

"The Free City of our Demon Hunter Knights is a great place to stay. Edward said, "There is our Demon Hunter Knights protecting it, and there are also the alpine ape tribes of your orc empire living there, you can go and settle there." ”

"Alpine apemen!" Duke, the little ape-man patriarch, was surprised as soon as he heard about this distant clan, "You mean that the alpine ape-men who suddenly disappeared a few months ago joined your Demon Hunter Knights?"

"Of course, these are the alpine ape-men. Barney has a crush on the ape-man and causes several paladins with covered helmets to take off their helmets, revealing an ape-man's face.

The three skeletons looked at each other in surprise and immediately agreed, "Thank you Captain Edward for taking you in!

"Very well, Legolas, Barney, these orc friends will be escorted by you. Edward Road.

Legolas immediately took the order, and Barney was eager to stay with Edward, but eventually accepted the order.

Legolas handed over a portion of the Holy Ranger and Paladins to Edward, and he and Barney entered the jungle with the rest of the team and the skeleton trio.

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When Edward returned to Alpine City with Nataya, the fortress-type city that had been standing on the top of the mountain had disappeared, and half of the mountain peak had been hollowed out by the Abyssal Earth Dragon, and the ruins of the city and the mountain almost filled the abyss below the cliff!

"I didn't think much of it when I first heard about the Abyssal Earth Dragon, but now it seems like it's a strategic weapon. Nataya's face was heavy.

"Yes, the Abyss Empire has a wide variety of armies, and there are many types of strategic creatures. Edward glanced at the large number of local troops gathered under Takayama Castle again, and continued to advance southeast with Nataya and the Demon Hunter Knights under the cover of the dense forest.

As they made their way through the forest on the morning of the third day to a green hilly area, they saw a cavalry engaged with the wolf cavalry of the Orc Empire.

The wolf cavalry of the Orc Empire is the main mobile force on the ground, and their mounts are all wolves, almost exactly like the orc wolves in World of Warcraft, but their knights are almost all werewolves.

Their opponents were knights in elite light blue armor. The mount on which they sat was a kind of horse, but it was covered with blue scales, its eyes were fierce, and its mouth was sharp, and it was clearly not a horse that ate grass.

This light blue cavalry force was very powerful on the plains, they were neatly arrayed, imposing like rainbows, and they were very agile in turning and maneuvering, although they were only half the number of wolf cavalry, they were able to suppress each other to the death.

"This is the elite cavalry of the Third Order of the Knight City-State. "Edward, you see, the scaly horses they sit on not only work well with knights, but also have longer necks than ordinary horses, which can tear at each other's mounts, and their scales are very tough, and their defense and vitality are equally amazing. ”

"Awesome!" Edward complimented, "Is it possible for our Knights to be equipped with such scaly horses?"

"Almost unlikely. Nataya shook her head and said, "This is a specialty of the knight city-state, and it is also the foundation of their state, only in the scale and horse fields within the territory of the knight city-state, there is a small number of it, and it is listed as a non-tradable item in the country." ”

"The wolf cavalry is going to be defeated!" Edward nodded, looking at it for a moment in appreciation, "In this kind of plain and hilly terrain, this is indeed a nearly invincible force. Perhaps only ranged troops will be able to stop them a little. ”

As soon as Edward's words fell, a large number of bear-man troops emerged from the dense forest on the edge of the plain, and there were also dark shadows in the sky above the dense forestβ€”they were the eagle-headed and vulture-man troops.

Among the troops of these orc empires, Edward did not see the demonic beasts of the Abyss Empire, but he saw two relatively large generals. One of them is Zhang of the Bearren who was once picked up by the Edward Holy Light Giant Serpent, and the other is the general of the Eagle Head.

As soon as these reinforcements from the Orc Empire appeared, a loud horn sounded in the rear of the elite of the Third Knights, and then these elite cavalry stopped the pursuit, turned to the side, and retreated in an orderly manner.

"It seems that the Orc Empire's army has been overwhelmed, let's move on!" Edward ordered, "We can't let the Orc Empire continue to move south, we must assist the Western Continent Alliance to stop them at the Snake Valley Fortress!"

"Yes, my captain. "Why aren't there any Abyss Empire troops?"

"They won't be here for a while, Ray Rock's death will leave them temporarily out of the chain of command, and it will take at least a day for a new commander to be born. Edward's eyes blazed, "This is our chance, we can fight back in this day!"