Chapter 41 If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools
The sky in the green forest plane was blue-gray, and there were no clouds on it, only clumps of wet and cold mist falling from the sky. As far as the eye can see, there is green everywhere, and it seems that there are no other colors in this plane.
Green was originally the representative color of life, but when the whole world is filled with green, it gives people a feeling of suffocation.
The city that Gordon had snatched from Schumpeter was not small, and it was more than enough to accommodate the few hundred people brought by Richard. After settling down, Richard began to reorganize his army and reformulate the system of tactical commands. Reilly, on the other hand, learned about some of the characteristics of the Green Forest Plane from Lina's mouth, and went out to explore it a few times. The main reason why he was so enthusiastic was because of a sudden mission.
[Main Quest: Selena's Will]
Objective: Capture the heart of a tree of life and transform it into a dragon god fortress with Asha's divine powers.
Rewards: 300 Deadwood Guards, 1,000 Elven Archers, 100 Jungle Warriors, 30 Druids, and 3 Wood Elf Heroes.
After the quest was released, the system introduced the construction method of Ryujin Fortress to Rayleigh's mind. As long as you get the heart of the Living Tree, you can start building the powerful Dragon God Fortress.
On the sixth day of arriving on the Green Forest Plane, a group of heavily armed warriors left the city and walked towards the forest dozens of meters away. For the pioneers of the Norland plane, the forest is their worst enemy. In this plane, plants grow very quickly, a sapling can grow into a towering tree in just a few months, and the natives are able to get trees off the ground and walk some distance before rerooting.
In order to solve the dilemma in front of him, Richard came up with a solution: cut down the tree.
A group of strong, round-shouldered men walked in the middle of the procession, wearing plate armor and armed with giant axes, and were the main force of the logging operation. On each side is a row of heavily armed warriors armed with tower shields to protect the lumberjacks.
Richard, Reilly, Nereus, and Agamemnon walked at the back of the line. Richard and Reilly looked relaxed, Agamemnon was expressionless, and Nereus pouted, not knowing who they were fighting against. In his hand he held a black, double-edged giant axe with a purple electric light swirling inside. This half-ton giant axe is a legendary weapon.
From time to time, Gonde peeked at Nereus, and kept muttering things like "superb" and "I really want to touch it". His attitude towards tomahawks is like that of most men towards women. When there is no other choice, what you have in your hands is a thousand good. As soon as you see something better, you immediately want to take it for yourself.
Cutting down trees is hard work, and this is especially evident in the Green Forest Plane.
With the order of the officer leading the team, the fighters scattered in all directions. The axe-wielding wrestler stood under the tree and began to work. Each logger is protected by two hoplites.
The natives of the Green Forest Plane are very similar to the elves of the Norland Plane, and they use spells to drive over a hard, woody tree that is very difficult to cut down. To add insult to injury, the grain of this tree is so brittle that when it is cut with an axe, a pit appears in the trunk and chips fall like gravel. The tree was called rock wood, and the warriors hated it even more than the native elves.
A fifth-level warrior with abundant physical strength can only cut down four or five rock trees every day. However, the tree has little other use and can only be burned as fuel.
Richard came prepared this time, carrying a batch of fine-grade wood-breaking giant axes. Normally, only a handful of powerful warriors in an army would be equipped with this great axe, which was used to destroy wooden gates and walls during sieges. However, Richard now has a lot of money, and he bought five hundred giant axes of broken wood in one go.
As the saying goes, if you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools. With the Broken Wood Axe, the warriors were able to cut down a tree half a meter in diameter in a matter of minutes.
"Humans are creatures that really rely on tools. Reilly said with a smile.
"That's where we're stronger than Warcraft. Richard said triumphantly.
"It's true. ”
Seeing the forest being cut down in pieces, the Green Forest Elf finally couldn't help it.
More than a dozen sharp arrows roared out of the forest and shot at the felling warriors. In addition, three long arrows entwined with the forces of nature were fired at Richard's group.
Reilly activated his calmness, then pointed in the direction the arrow was coming from.
Without warning, a large dark cloud appeared in the air, covering the elves' hiding place. The next moment, countless bolts of lightning fell from the dark clouds, turning that area into a forbidden area for life.
Agamemnon held an exaggeratedly large hammer covered with barbs and two balls of colorful light flying around the hammer's head. In the face of the attacking long arrows, he swung his hammer, and countless thin lines suddenly appeared from the two balls of light, flying straight towards the long arrows, enveloping them. Then, the colorful light lit up for a moment, and then retracted back into the ball of light, and the long arrows were not even visible to the dregs.
After Gangde and the others rushed into the forest, they only saw more than a dozen charred corpses. The eighth-level magic thundercloud storm is really not something that those ordinary elves can withstand. Moreover, Reilly's spells are much more powerful than ordinary mages, and although those lightning bolts have no locking effect, they are enough to kill the thirteenth-level green forest elves in an instant.
Nereus looked at Rayleigh in shock and asked, "Why can you instantly use eighth-level magic? Is it a bloodline ability?"
In most cases, instantaneous level 8 magic is the preserve of legendary mages. Even if there are some exceptions occasionally, they are all geniuses among the powerhouses of the Holy Domain. And a figure like Reilly who can instantly perform eighth-level magic at the sixteenth level is rare in the entire history of Norland.
"This is my construct's ability to make a spell instantaneous. Reilly said with a smile.
"Can you make the ninth-level magic instantaneous?" Agamemnon asked sharply.
"Yes. ”
"Perverted!" Nereus exclaimed.
"Did you change from a chrysalis to a butterfly?" asked Reilly, smiling.
"No, from a human to a monster. Richard complained.
"You're just jealous that I have seven construction slots. Reilly spread his hands and said.
After the battle, the Green Forest Elves seemed to be frightened and never reappeared. The warriors' confidence grew, and they cut down a large piece of rock and wood, and Richard even felt that he heard the wail of the forest.
The felled rockwood was dragged back to the city and placed in a large magic circle set up by Reilly. Dozens of puppet mages are guarding here, keeping the magic circle running. Every three hours, a Deadwood Guardian walks out of the magic circle. It is a war machine similar to the Treants, with fourteen levels of power.
"While these guys are very capable of frontal combat, they are too slow. Reilly shook his head and said, "It can only play some role when attacking and defending the city." ”
"The crux of the matter is that this thing can be mass-produced!" Nereis said excitedly, "But why would a Deadwood Guardian consume a thousand Rock Trees?"
"In order to reduce costs, I used alchemy to transform rock wood into pure energy. Reilly smiled and said, "If you are willing to use the magic crystal and Mithril, ten rocks and trees can make a deadwood guard." ”
Richard rolled his eyes and said, "Then you might as well use rockwood." ”