Chapter 748: Tides and Sea of Fire
(The second half of the chapter will be replaced in the early morning)
After Kane's transformation, the ship has two entrances and exits that need to be guarded.
In fact, there are three, and the third and largest is the entrance and exit of the boat, which connects to the cargo hold, at the tail of the big ship.
This hatch was originally double-decked, the inner door could be opened inward, left and right, and the outer door was lowered by a hydraulic rod, which was like a suspension bridge, which could be placed directly on the dock to facilitate the entry and exit of boats and vehicles, or cargo handling.
This door was damaged by the sea monster when the ship sank, and later Kane carried out a certain repair, but the degree of repair was limited, mainly because large parts like the hatch door, whether it was newly built or replaced, were more difficult, and Kane, who was faced with the trouble of being troubled by the clever daughter-in-law's difficulty in cooking without rice, could only be a pastemaker.
Deep divers are as intelligent as humans, and if they don't take into account the characteristics of extremes, narrow-mindedness, and even madness, they are even more intelligent and knowledgeable than most humans, after all, they have the advantage of living for a long time.
In this case, they naturally know that the weak point of the big ship is the tail facing the sea. Once you breach it, the tides will pour in, and monsters will be able to ride the wave and wreak havoc. Capture this tin fortress.
Therefore, from the very beginning, the focus of the attack was on the stern of the large ship, and more specifically, the new type of giant hermit crab, which was prepared to attack the rear hatch.
It's just that the combat power of the human side is still increasing faster than they expected.
The Deep Divers did not mean to be lenient with these humans, but after the failure of the last night attack, they reassessed the combat effectiveness of their opponents, and finally decided to deploy their troops, rather than continue to wave with their limited manpower and tactics with few bright spots.
In this world, deep divers have built cities in the deep seas of all oceans around the world, but they still seem too few to cope with the vast sea area, and the transportation of troops cannot be completed overnight.
But this time has come and gone, and Kane has become a lot stronger.
Faced with the ring-mounted combustion belt that has been formed, the deep divers are in a bit of a dilemma. It is not easy to cross the burning zone, and what is even more troublesome is that there is a big crisis within the burning zone.
After all, the last time we fought, the other side established a fulcrum through the layout of the fire head, and then formed a fire network, and finally ignited a large area of the sea, and this time, until now, the incendiary bombs are still being thrown, looking at the burning belt, another fire head is everywhere, and it is completely possible that a larger range of fire will be staged again than the last time, and the profound lesson of the last time will not be forgotten in a few days.
However, if the offensive is interrupted at this point, the combat power that has already been put into the battlefield is likely to be wasted due to the lack of follow-up.
"It's already on the deck and fighting, maybe with a little more force, it can quickly collapse. ”
"It's hard to organize another attack of the same scale in a short period of time, and the near-field combat power is almost exhausted. ”
"For this battle, we have invested two Storm Sacred Stones. ”
"This is the will of Mother Goddess Hydra, and we should do our best, no matter the cost. ”
"Even next time, in the face of this kind of isolation and annihilation tactics, we still don't have a very good way to crack it. However, our adversaries are likely to become more difficult to deal with by using resources. ”......
The persuasion of the Elder of the Deep Diver finally paid off, and the High Priest of the Deep Diver, who led the operation, gave the order to throw the reserves into battle.
Along with this is the use of the third Storm Stone.
This kind of energy crystal, itself is a rare genius treasure, which is generally the size of a soybean, but the one used by the deep divers is the size of an egg, and it is a synthetic product.
The key ingredient in crafting is Cthulhu's divine powers.
In the Old Dominator lineage, Cthulhu is the symbol of water and Hasta is the symbol of wind, and these two supernatural forces are mutually restrained.
This is obviously different from the characteristics of the four elements in the DND system: earth, fire, water and wind, earth and wind, and water and fire.
That's why Kane always said that the basic laws of this world have been distorted and embodied.
This is not just a matter of being bound by 'reason' and losing one's imagination, but it involves the composition of the world.
Just like the three beings of the Taoist universe, the magic universe is the four elements of earth, fire, water and wind on the foundation of magic, under the influence of light and darkness, weaving the world. At least from the perspective of basic laws, the multiverse system that Kane came into contact with is like this, which can be regarded as a gathering of like things and belonging to the same circle.
So in such a circle, suddenly a wind and water, earth and fire suddenly popped up, if not crooked, it is also an anomaly. This can be regarded as an important embodiment of the old branch as an outsider.
It is precisely because of this difference that Kane wants to use extraordinary technology in this world, there is a problem of format conversion, and the higher the high-end, the lower the fault tolerance.
Deep divers don't need to change their skills, but they have to obey the rules.
As members of Cthulhu, they are naturally water-loving and hostile. It's just a small spell, a high-purity wind attribute extraordinary power crystallized like Storm Crystal, if you want to use it, you can only use it through Cthulhu's divine power 'surrender',
Therefore, it is a big investment for deep divers to come up with a storm surge like today's to help attack.
After all, the relationship between the gods and the dependents and the believers of the old line of rulers is far from being compared with the relationship between the gods of the DND line and the people who pray and believers, and the interaction between the gods and men of the two is not at the same level at all.
Even a small amount of divine power obtained by the dependents or believers of the old branch (there is no stable system of trading divine power of faith) is often accompanied by huge costs and great adverse side effects, so divine power is mainly used as a universal power to bind or harness other transcendent powers.
Even though the Storm Stone is the embodiment of this equal emphasis on bonding and control, the Storm Stone stands in the waves, arms raised high, chanting loudly, and the Storm Stone emits a bright light, constantly decomposing as it slowly rises.
With the Holy Stone as the center, a tornado storm of extraordinary power was formed, and the final area affected was tens of thousands of square kilometers, and the free extraordinary power in this area quickly responded, becoming a force that could be channeled and deployed, turning into raging thunder and rolling waves, rushing towards the shore where the big ship was.
In the face of this level of power, Kane was also helpless, and could only watch as the burning belt was swept out of a big gap by the high-speed rolling seawater.
Of course, this is just the beginning. The main purpose of the deep divers to catch the huge waves is twofold, the first is to destroy the foundation of the big ship, although the big ship has been reinforced, but the ship is a ship, a sufficient amount of fast surging sea water can not only wash away the mud and gravel, but also bring buoyancy, lift the boat, and send it in the direction of the ocean with the help of low tide. And once the big ship enters the deep enough waters, the sea monster comes in handy.
Secondly, the deep divers broke through the incendiary blockade arranged by Kane through this artificial wave and transported more troops to the front line.
Especially for units like giant hermit crabs, it is really slow to let them crawl on land, but once there is enough seawater to push, they can ride the waves like surfboards, and due to their high weight, they are also very stable in rough seas.
The deep divers took advantage of this feature of the giant hermit crab, just like during World War II, when the tank covered the infantry advance, and behind each giant hermit crab, a large string of deep divers was hung, so that the deep divers did not have to use their small body to fight against the stormy waves, and completed the protrusion quickly and steadily.
From the sky, the ship is surrounded by giant hermit crabs and divers and starfish monsters after a high tide, like a reef levee intercepting seaweed and shrimp and crab shells that have washed ashore.
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Walking through the difficult howling corridor, your eyes suddenly become brighter, but it is by no means invigorating.
The Gobi Desert, gravel wilderness, no trees at all, even thorny plants are scarce, the sky is chaotic and the clouds flow and roll, fast as a galloping horse, but never endless, the sunlight can only reveal a brief moment from the occasional gap, look at the ground, the light of the sun and the shadow of the clouds, forming an irregular vein-like light wave flow that is easier to see on the sand and gravel surface of the river bottom projected by the sun, creating a strange and alternative atmosphere together with the wind.
When any life is faced with such a landscape, it cannot help but feel that this is a forbidden place for life.
Then the knights were under the clouds, at the end of their vision, and saw the Eye of Karok Shash, which was still shining even in the daytime.
The reason why the Church of the Silver Flame was willing to send a knight order here was mainly for it, which was an irrefutable miracle, and the Fountain of the Holy Flame of the Great Church of the Silver Flame was dwarfed by it.
Hilma Rahzan, the senior priestess who accompanied the team, confirmed, "It is indeed a silver flame, incomparable, like the light of the sun, which is the characteristic of the true eye of the eleventh level of spells. ”
In the world of Dungeons & Dragons, mortal spells reach their peak at level 9, level 10 is legendary spells, and of course, the most famous is the level 12 spell Casal Sealing Magic, which surpassed the legendary Grand Arcanist Casal to kill the first goddess of magic in the world of Feren.
Spurring his horses and wheels rolling, the cavalry headed in the direction of what the Church of the Silver Flame called the Eye of Light.
Two days later, the Great Hideous Fortress began to reveal itself in the gravel wilderness.
Its majesty lies not only in itself, but also in the contrast of its surroundings.
If it is in the shadow of the cliff area where the cliffs of ten thousand people rise, it is nothing in height and volume, but here is the wilderness, the common gravel, the largest is only the height of the person, a few meters in diameter, under such a background, the big hideous fortress looks super majestic.
"Where did the creator get the massive boulder to build such a behemoth?" Graveson couldn't help but sigh.
"I heard that the creator has the skill of turning earth into stone, this kind of stone is different from the real sense of the rock, they are stronger than steel, and can also absorb magical energy to a considerable extent, further strengthened, the more years pass, the stronger it becomes. Gadot Elson, an investigator who was attached to the Curranburg Library, said the accompanying investigator.
The Fort Collanburg Library is an organization, and the Ombudsman is a profession unique to the world of Abbron, who is particularly adept at solving mysteries.
Investigator is an advanced profession, and at the same time has a specific scope of work, Elson belongs to the outside work, has some characteristics of an explorer, and is more capable than an internal investigator.
A Level 7 Wanderer, a Level 5 Ranger, and a Level 4 Investigator, Gadot's total level is as high as 16, and he is already among the first-class powerhouses of mortal creatures.
The Library of Fort Collanburg takes the Creator Clan very seriously, which is why they did not hesitate to ask for a seat of participation from the Church of the Silver Flame and sent her here.
Graveson and Sylma also wanted to meet the Creator, and although they were both members of the Church, they had different starting points, Graveson was military-oriented, and Sylma was religious-oriented.
The Knights were welcomed by the Gaskara tribe and welcomed into the city by the tribe's newly added sand lizard cavalry.
Gaskara has always had a tradition of raising giant sand lizards for their samuts, as did the Haroun tribe, or rather, most of the intelligent creatures living in the Demonic Wasteland.
It's just that in the past, the conditions did not allow it, and Gaskara mainly guarded the entrances and exits of the valleys and patrolled the valleys, unlike the Haroun tribe who lived a hunting and nomadic life, so the number of domestication was limited.
Now with the logistics system provided by Kane, raising sand lizards is a matter of course, so the paladins formed the tribe's first Shashgo Knights to ride on sand lizards.
Paladins are good at using a variety of weapons, can make better use of armor, and most of them are also trained to ride, and as church knights, they are still qualified.
The Silver Flame Knights also had to admit that their turtle brothers had improved the entire system under the premise of guaranteed hardware, and their performance in all aspects was not much worse than theirs.
Of course, the Silver Flame Knights still have something to teach the Gaskara tribe, such as military knowledge, riding skills, combo techniques, and combat skills, and the skills used by the members of the Gaskara tribe are still too rough.
For the sake of the same faith, the warriors of the Gaskara tribe were quite able to accept the Silver Flame Knights, but they also didn't look down on each other very much, thinking that most of them were little white faces with fists and embroidered legs.
The misunderstandings between the two sides have obviously subsided with this exchange, and in general, it is the Silver Flame Knights who are more shocked, and the skills honed by the Gaskara warriors are indeed more practical, and their group cooperation is also very good.
In contrast, the Battle Formation Skills of the Silver Flame Knights are more used against enemies who are numerous, not much different, or even generally inferior. This Gaskara is generally not used.
They rarely engage in large-scale battles with the Harron tribe, and the most common enemies that need to be dealt with by all personnel are often the kind of powerful boss monsters, but the Silver Flame Knight has not achieved much in this regard, and is not even as good as the Gaskara tribe.
To put it bluntly, the Silver Flame Knights are accustomed to winning by defeating the weak, while the Gaskara tribe is always the weaker side in the fight, adept at fighting in unfavorable situations, even in desperate circumstances. It wasn't until the Green Umbrella Group stepped in that the situation changed.
Now the changes in Gaskara have been widely spread in the Demon Wasteland, the Harion tribe once organized an attack on Gasda, and ran away halfway through, mainly because the Gaskara tribe also lacked the experience of using the city fortress to fight, and prematurely showed up the heavy firepower of the defense, although the people of the Harion tribe were bloodthirsty and perverted, they were not lacking in hearts.
The more lively fight was the attack of the Sand Master against a fang-fort.
The sneak attack turned into a strong attack, the strong attack became a strong attack, and the attack became a gamble, and in the end, most of the people in the fangs fort were killed, but the price paid by the sand lord side was also shocking, the exchange ratio was almost 1:2, the sand lord used to be 1 for 7 or even 1 for 10, and finally, in the case of reinforcements from the Gaskara tribe arriving, the sand owners could only retreat unhappily, and finally failed to take the fangs.
Watching and helping each other, this can be regarded as a new change that Kane has brought to the Gaskara tribe.
In the past, they only had this heart, but they basically didn't have this power.
Kane is too lazy to complain about this kind of inadequacy of troops and the division of troops to garrison a vast area, and every time he takes his face and his life to the top.
After his team provided them with steam-powered airships, both Gasda and Makruda were equipped to support the Fangs Fortress in their respective jurisdictions. The Fangs Fort is alerted by magical fireworks.
When Hilma, Mark, and Gadot ask Susa and Tokarn about the Creator, Susa reveals that the Creator does not live in the Great Hideous Keep.
"Why?" said Hilma, "I've heard that you have a good relationship with the Creator. ”
"His Highness Kane thinks that he is here to influence the development of Gaskara, and he thinks it is better to minimize this influence as much as possible and let us find out and solve problems on our own. ”
Mark Graveson interjected: "I have also discovered this situation through observation in the past few days, those flesh golems, except to provide technical instruction and professional services, will not answer any other questions, and will never leave the relevant facilities. ”
Susa said to Hilma, "I need to talk to you about the Creator alone. ”
Later, Hilma learned from Susa what Kane had asked before he made a deal with the Gaskara tribe.
As the secular mentor of the Silver Flame Guardian of the Silver Flame Church (equivalent to a saint, not an Indian saint), Gila Delan (who became a guardian at the age of 11, within the boundaries of Silverflame Castle, equivalent to a level 18 priest), Hilma's cultural background is much higher than Susa's, and she tastes more from Ethan's original words.
She said to Susa, "This is indeed a highness, and his question is not from an extraordinary perspective, but a perspective that is thorough, above the population, and measured by the length of a hundred thousand years. Unfortunately, your answer at the time did not satisfy him. ”
Susa sighed, "We didn't know at the time that His Highness Ryan was an existence of that level. ”
Hilma said gently, "I'm not complaining about anything, just regretting. The overall situation at the moment is not good at all, and we need strong allies. For this purpose, Hilma and Mark went to see the creator on this day, and Gadot came with her, but she was asked to be an observer only, and no speech was allowed, because this was a meeting between the Silver Flame Church and the creator, and Hilma hoped that the creator would make a good impression.