Chapter Forty-Four: The Iron Slag Army Heading South

Li Yun didn't know that Wanda had left in the woods. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info his control of the town is not perfect, after all, the current magic fountain is not the original energy pool, and the energy throughput efficiency alone makes him have to make some choices, and he will lose the other.

After arranging their respective jobs, he concentrated on making the Moon Deep Well.

Moon Wells are often associated with fortifications and even fortresses in towns, but this one is an exception.

He didn't plan to build a fort in the woods, nor did he plan to develop the townsfolk into luna cultists.

In fact, even if he is willing, it is very difficult to do it.

His instincts told him it would be a thankless task.

In order to avoid his subjective assumptions and mistakes, he also deliberately asked the goddess on the side.

The goddess smiled and said, "You already have the answer in your heart, don't you? ”

Indeed, the more than 2,000 people who still live in this town today are people of faith, and they believe in interests.

There is no room for other beliefs in their hearts, and whoever they want to buy them will cost a high price.

In fact, there is nothing wrong with believing in interests, after all, it involves the most realistic problems, not to mention that not everyone has lofty goals and lofty ideals.

It was like when an old man from the town asked him in the evening: "Young man, aren't you tired of doing things so endlessly?"

Only then did he remember that he hadn't eaten breakfast, lunch, or dinner.

Of course, he knew that the old man was referring to his positive attitude was a bit too much.

But it is his choice to stand on the side of mankind, and he will stop any behavior that wants to kill and enslave human beings as an end or means, as long as he encounters it.

He also knew that his methods of doing things were a bit bullying, like the people who moved here, which were forced, but he felt that his actions were good, correct, and rational.

Matt and Beckett were also involved in this migration, and according to his instructions, the two of them were to educate people on the way about what had happened before and after Mann Territory, as well as the current situation in Netharel and the other kingdoms.

They would eventually settle in South Mannland, where there was an uncultivated area between the Werewolf's Town and Village and the Mann's Village.

Li Yun planned to place these there, divided into four villages, not under the Mann Territory, but like the werewolves, to form an alliance with Mann.

It is now the beginning of February, and the end of February is the season of spring ploughing.

In this way, the cooked land in the southern area is basically used without abandonment. As for the abandonment of the eastern district, it is lowland, and the land is already barren, so it is not a pity to throw it away.

Knowing the evil forces on the side of Hessgreen's Mill, the route of the migration was carefully considered, and the people were to spend the night at the edge of the mountains, so that they could avoid the opposing forces. With the large magical equipment he gave him to conceal their tracks, and the assistance of werewolves who are good at tracking and counter-tracking, he believes that the migrants can hide well. Thousands of people are hidden in the mountains crisscrossed by valleys and ravines, and it is not so easy to find. And he also arranged for another werewolf force, as well as some of the men of the Moon Shadow Warband to take over.

Since the members of the Moon Shadow Warband were in the west and north, it would be a little later to notify them or for them to arrive. He simply arranged for them not to rush too much, but to act as a receiving force. This arrangement seems to be appropriate for now, and if possible, he intends to unite these people tomorrow daylight to wipe out the evil power of Hessgreen Mill.

When he built the Moon Well, he made a point of inquiring about the situation on the migration team's side.

Both Maite and Beckett have war paints, and one of them acts as a signal relay, so he can communicate directly with that side.

According to Matt, the migrants had all fallen asleep, everything was going well, the werewolf scouts had dispersed, and there were no enemy scouts from the mill.

After hearing this, he felt a lot more relieved. If the opponent goes all out to attack the migrants, his side will be very passive.

Li Yun didn't know that in fact, the warbled warband on the other side of the Hessgreen Mill didn't know about the migration at all. The only person who could provide them with relevant information was that Wanda and her party did not come here to find the elite combat power, because this side was a long way, and it was a mountain road, Wanda was in a hurry, and the forest was deep and dense at night, and if she didn't take the road, her travel speed would be greatly reduced, and if Wanda went to Hessgreen Mill, she would not be able to bring people back before midnight.

The person in charge of Hessgreen's warp power is called Boggart Anvil, a Firehammer Gray Dwarf, he is a member of the clan established by the apprentice of Dobaru Deep Rock, one of the heroic spirits inspired by Li Yun, and he deeply feels that the Anvil family is ancient and extraordinary, and wants to follow the founder of the Firehammer Clan and establish a new clan.

But he failed, and what he considered to be the extraordinary Anvil family and his staunch supporters became victims, and even if they did not die in the raging battle, they were captured and burned alive, and there were very few escapes like him. It was also at the end of his life that he received the assistance of Lady Dream, and was able to escape, and since then he has been loyal to Lady Dream, but he has always wanted revenge.

The strong sense of revenge made him one of the few doers in the dream garden who was not corroded by the **** wind, and when Ms. Dream said that he needed a military leader who was stationed abroad to form a force from scratch, he actively fought for it, but in the end he only became an assistant, not a leader.

He endured hardships and hardships, worked more than cattle, ate worse than pigs, and took the lion's share of the credit from the military leader. However, he won the hearts of the officers and soldiers under his command, he knew them better, knew how to motivate them, and they were more willing to follow him, because he was fairer in comparison, although the essence of this fairness was that I would give benefits to whoever worked hard for me.

Eventually, he launched another rebellion, and this time he succeeded. He became a military leader.

This incident made him understand a truth, defeat is the only sin, as long as victory, everything else is not a problem.

So this morning, when the news reached him, Boggart considered whether to rebel again, in order to completely free himself from the prostitute's control, and then take his army and sweep through the dark lands.

When this thought appeared in his heart, it quickly burned like wildfire in every corner of his heart, making him tremble with excitement.

It took a lot of effort for him to barely suppress his impulse. He knew that the more times like this, the more cautious he became, he had the eyeliner planted by Lady Dream, these guys may not really be very loyal to Lady Dream, but they definitely want to take his place as a military leader.

"Good, it's a very good opportunity. He secretly calculated in his heart, but on the surface it was a different set, and immediately gathered his subordinates after receiving the news, and asked to prepare the army and send troops to the night forest.

"Now, there is a thief who has stolen the magic spring of the goddess's bounty. That's ours. Moreover, this thief dared to stay in Night Town shamelessly, in vain to get more. I, Boggart, Anvil, have been ordered by the Goddess to lead a warband to the town of Night to destroy the thieves and relieve my lord's worries. ”

The righteous words were addressed to the commanders at all levels who participated in the meeting. Like him, no matter what selfish intentions he had, he would choose to be politically correct on this occasion, and people made generous statements one after another, and Li Yun was quickly promoted to a supervillain and a slut in people's mouths.

After scolding your opponent for his injustice, it's time to get down to business.

"Your Excellency, the strange heavy rain on the surface yesterday caused us to lose a great deal of energy, and we were unable to support the daytime march. ”

As soon as this was mentioned, Boggart was furious, and the supreme power (evil) he had accumulated for many years suddenly appeared in a large area of volatilization, for which he executed two unlucky ghosts who touched his head yesterday because of a small mistake, but this did not help to solve the actual problem, no, now the problem comes.

It's now February, and the winter rainy season in Kamalan has passed, and there is still rain, but it is no longer rainy, but the heavy rain is often followed by sunny days. Today is such a sunny day, marching in such a ghost weather, without the blessing of the supreme force, before reaching the destination, the combat power of the troops has been abolished, how to fight?

"We must go on the expedition today, even if we run out of our stockpiles of potions. ”

"Understood, General. ”

So in the afternoon, when the sun was setting in the west, a warband of 3,000 men drove out of the tomb of Hessgreen and headed for the Night Forest.

The main force of this army is the cave orcs, whose ancestors were once members of an orc clan on Zaham, and after the failed invasion of the world of Salanor, they fled to the dark regions, where they eventually multiplied, and now they have become a part of many intelligent groups in this world, and have no other relationship with the orcs of Zaham except for their thin blood.

The cave orcs led by the Boggart were formed by the merger of more than a dozen small tribes, and based on their skin color, the Boggart named the Bronze Clan.

The Bronze Clan has about 1,800 Dingkou, and this time 1,200 came, so it can be said that except for the old and the young, the rest are all dressed here.

"Ag, Zomoka!" a loud and powerful roar sounded.

"Whew!" the army responded.

The language of the cave orcs sometimes sounds very funny, but most of the populations in the dark regions do not speak very well, which is the language of the dark elves.

The drums of war were pounding, and they were beating marching drums. The cave orcs, who have received long-term military training and are fully armed, consciously follow the drumbeat and make a sound of "huh, ha!" with a full sense of beat, and at the same time, the discipline characteristics of the army are also reflected.

In fact, the most important thing to show the characteristics of the army is the uniform dress. If you say that you wear red and willow green, such as a group of mercenaries, then even if they are well-equipped, they look messy and like a rabble. Conversely, even a bunch of obscene and timid goblins can at least be used to control the field if they can dress uniformly. That kind of constant visual effect can not only make enemies fearful, but also embolden yourself.

Boggart's war group has gone a step further on the basis of uniform dress, the flags and orders are uniform, and there is no less practice in peacetime, no matter from which point of view, it is called the army.

The members of the second echelon of this warband are the big goblins and bear goblins. Some of these two creatures are active on the surface, but most of them live in dark regions, and in terms of size and combat power, they are not much inferior to cave orcs. But the social aspect is much worse, very few goblin gangs can exceed a thousand people, generally a hundred or so people, there are only a dozen big goblins and bear goblins, and the rest are ordinary goblins.

If bear goblins and goblins also have life pursuits, then it is food and treasures. The food doesn't say anything, the treasures, the treasures in their eyes, many times are the same as the treasures in the eyes of those wurms, and the characteristic is that they are shining. So Boggart tricked these guys into joining the gang with a bunch of worthless glass beads, which weren't even pure, just looked beautiful because of the multi-faceted edges and a little bit of self-luminous features.

Like the cave orcs, the goblins and bear goblins wear iron slag armor. Compared to those fine armor, iron slag armor can be described as a typical example of shoddy construction, neither beautiful nor practical, but it is still more suitable for big goblins, bear goblins, and cave orcs, because all three are races with brute strength. Easy to manufacture, low cost, Boggart is to value these two points, only to choose the heavy iron slag armor, as for the wear is very difficult, the use is very hard to use and other problems, Bogert is ignore, in his eyes, the soldier is a kind of alternative slave, slaves are used to endure hardship, the blessed is the uncle, and he does not love to raise the uncle.

Of course, not loving it doesn't mean that you really don't raise it, like the dark elf mage team in the war group, which is the uncle he raised.

He fed pig food for cave orcs, goblins, and bear goblins, barely raising more than 200 spellcasters. Of the three warbands in the Dream Garden, only his Iron Slag Army, there is a mage brigade, and the others are all two or three kittens. This is also an important reason why he killed the military leader in the first place, but he was not punished by Lady Meng. He even listened to the gossip that someone had sued him for his shady state, and as a result, Ms. Dream said, "Whoever can raise a spellcaster team with limited financial resources like Boggart, I support him in setting up another warband." As a result, no one answered, and no second person has done it so far, which makes him very proud.

It was precisely because of the existence of this mage brigade that he especially simplified the configuration of the army, there were no heavy ordnance such as trebuchets and bed ballistas, and all military supplies were pulled by beasts instead of carts. As a result, the Iron Slag Army has greatly reduced road requirements, and is a relatively fast rearmament force. His ordinary warriors were indeed heavily armed.

In addition to the spellcaster brigade, there are more than four hundred Rico goblins. It is said that in order to change the stupid and timid temperament of the goblins, Edin Rico conducted more than a thousand experiments, and finally he invented a brave potion, whether it is effective for other creatures still needs more convincing evidence, but with a set of special methods, it is indeed effective for goblins. In fact, Aydinrico has created a new population, and the Rico goblins are already very different from the usual goblins.

At first glance, the Rico goblins look like dwarves with a goblin's head, they are short, but not at all thin, they are no longer cowardly, but they have become very stubborn, and once identified, it is difficult to change. Edin Ricko took advantage of this to trick the goblins into working as drudgers, and the Lothmon (about the same as the cattle of the human world) and the monitor lizards (about the same as horses) in the army were controlled by these small men, and they also took care of most of the logistics of the warband.

The third part of the warband is naturally the most common undead force in the dark system. However, unlike other undead troops, the undead soldiers of the Iron Slag Army are neither the mainstream skeleton series nor the walking corpse series, but bone ghouls.

Ordinary ghouls are evil creatures that require a lot of blood to feed, they are somewhere between the living and the undead, and are generally used as a means of necromantic warfare, rather than as a common combat force. Mainly because they are like carnivorous beasts, they need to be domesticated to drive freely, and this more link, coupled with the hard demand for blood food, makes it not very cost-effective.

Bone ghouls are different, they are a ritual product, they are like they have had severe bone growth before they die, and after death, all their flesh and blood are decomposed, and only white bones remain. They resemble small lions, but act more like crocodiles. The sight of nearly a thousand of these things crawling forward looks more visually striking than an army marching solemnly.

This kind of special immortality is ruled by an equally special being, the Cave Naga.

These naga have no majestic and colorful fins, they look like rattlesnakes in the desert, they are scaly, shiny, and the tail end is the same as that of rattlesnakes, which can also make sounds, but ordinary people can't hear them, they are infrasound, and they are often used for exclusive communication between populations, such as organizing tactics and transmitting information.

Cave naga are far inferior to ocean naga in the water, and can only swim on the surface of the water like water snakes, which is considered wading, and diving can only be done for a short time, and not deep and shallow, because they have no gills.

But on the ground or in the caves, they are powerful beings, they are long-lived, intelligent enough, and fecund, if it weren't for the fact that they don't get used to light, they don't like too much open space, and the dark regions don't have enough resources to support too many lives, they would probably be more feared by surface life than their expressions, the ocean naga.

Now serving the Boggart is a spellcaster class unique to Cave Naga, the Bone Mage. Bone ghouls are their signature nourishment, this immortality can further grow by killing and absorbing the energy of living beings, the most typical growth is bone spurs, the thicker and more hideous the bone shape, the more angular, the more powerful it is, the guards around Cave Naga are this kind of hideous undead, they are not only guards, but also to launch attacks, or open up the situation.

These cave naga serve the boggart, mainly because the boggart provides them with a steady source of food and energy, which means that the cavern naga can feed a larger population while the clan is stronger. Like these bone ghouls, the owner is the cave Naga, but it is the Boggart who feeds them, and they usually patrol and hunt in the dark areas in the mode of squads, and they need to fight, so they gather to participate in the battle as they do now.

Boggart also had a personal guard of more than 100 people and a staff group of more than 20 people, along with a spellcaster brigade, in the middle of the army.

They entered the mountains when the sun was about to set, and arrived outside the night forest at 21 o'clock, which was considered fast.

Edin Lico reminded Boggart: "General, the smell of the Night Forest has become very unfamiliar. It seems that the Messenger is right, and our enemies have gained a pool of energy and profoundly changed the environment here, and it is no longer a dark paradise. ”

Boggart looked at the starry sky above the night forest, sniffed the fresh air, and nodded: "It's changed a lot, I won't let my soldiers rush to death." As he spoke, he gave orders to the heralds, let his staff discuss, and send scouts to investigate.

It's a consistent style he likes. Normally, he doesn't give tasks to specific people, but throws them at his staff, who find the right people to do it. If you do it well, you will have to bear the punishment if you do it badly, so it is very difficult to be his staff, and each of them has to do their best to exert their talents to avoid disasters.

A few minutes later, the three cave naga entered the Nightfall Forest with their respective bone ghouls.

The dense trees of the Nightfall Forest have little effect on the cave naga and the bone ghouls, who can fly through the rugged and hard stone forest areas, and the bone ghouls, who are as swift and agile as mountain lions and cheetahs.

After about half an hour, they were attacked with a terrible attack - arrows from between the branches of the large trees, without warning, the arrows came first, the sound came later, and the power of death cold had the characteristic characteristics of breaking demons, and the mage's often added anti-arrow shield lost its effect.

In the end, only one cave Naga escaped with a wounded due to good luck.

Soon, the information was 'aggregated' by the staff and reported to Boggart.

"What? Met a high-level Shadowhunter in the forest?"

"Yes, General, behold, this is an arrow from the wounded Naga. One of the staff members put his hands on it and said, "Especially the energy remnants of the arrows, which are very domineering. ”

Boggart first noticed the arrow itself, and frowned: "This is a hunting arrow commonly used by the dark elves, I recognize this arrow feather and style." Then he felt the residual energy on the lower arrow, and then a spirit, his brow twisted into a pimple: "This is pure death power?"

"Yes, the cold of death, whether it is life, matter, or energy, encountering it will cause a heat death effect and complete death. ”

"The wounded man ......"

"This kind of arrow has a special energy slot, it is best to start the arrow immediately, then the Naga mage has dragged on for a long time, and needs to dig a hole bigger than a fist to cut off the necrotic tissue, it has been hit by three arrows, I am afraid it will not survive. ”

"Hiss......" Boggart felt his heart twitch and cramp. As a spellcaster, the mage's resistance to energy attacks is relatively high, but even so, it is all like this, if it is replaced by him...... The location is slightly right, such as near the heart, it will soon die, and there is no re-recovery, the heat death is dead and transparent, and if you don't die, you still have to die!

The staff explained the situation, such as having a high-level latent ability, such as having the characteristics of a pre-sound arrow, that is, arriving before the sound, which is not only a fast rate of fire, but also a technical blessing.

"This is no ordinary Shadowhunter!"

"The general is wise, and we have deduced such conclusions. I heard that the Shadow Escape and Moon Escape of the Forest Elves and the Moon Elves both have potency bonuses in the jungle environment, but the other party uses a more advanced one, and the bone ghouls can discern any regular micro-energy, but they can't detect each other. Ordinary Shadow Hunters don't have this skill, and Shadow Assassins don't have it. Not to mention the practical power of death, which is generally used as a magic weapon to create evil because of its scarcity, rather than being used universally. ”

"Is it possible that Naga happened to meet a special strong man?"

"It's unlikely. The other two Naga didn't return, and the bone ghouls were lost. Only the wounded Naga mage brought back his own combat power. ”

"It seems that once you lose your master, you will be controlled by the other party. The opponent either has a powerful necromancer or a powerful magic item. ”

"It's a huge possibility. ”

Boggart exclaimed, "This is the person we are dealing with? The same use of dark power, but more powerful, and no shortage of manpower?

"General, now we also wonder if there is something wrong here, such as someone taking the opportunity to rebel?" the staff carefully said a possibility while observing the words.

"Just those two scraps, Barther and Tandoro?" Boggart snorted, "It's not that I look down on them, they just want things to be more good." ”

"What the general is saying is, what we mean is, maybe it's not just a simple incident. Three guys suddenly appeared, and then lightly took away the energy pool, and then we came to help, but were stopped from the forest by powerful opponents who used dark powers. ”

Although Boggart already had some agreement in his heart, he said: "Put away your conspiracy theory tricks." I usually emphasize not to complicate things. To get to the core, to be clear about the essence. The problem now is that someone is trying to stop our army from entering Nighttown, and we're going to go in and come up with a way for me to do it. ”

"Yes, General. The staff retreated.

After a while, he reported again, saying that he might be able to open the way with the Devouring Behemoth.

Bogut pondered it and thought that this was not a bad idea.

In fact, he already has the intention of preserving his strength and retreating from the wind. But he didn't want to be honest and let some people have an excuse to attack him. Then he's going to have to make some big noise.

The mage brigade received the order, more than 200 people went into battle together, shook the staff, chanted incantations in unison, and the selected open space first appeared one after another magic circles, and then a huge pillar of light gradually solidified in the air, and then like ramming the ground, as the mages raised their arms and fell their arms together, they rose, smashed, and smashed again......

There was no sound of this smashing, but the magic light splashed, like a blacksmith striking a hammer on a red iron that had just been clamped out of the fire, and of course the scene was much grander, and the more the light shot at it, the brighter it became.

It lasted for almost half an hour, the smashing stopped, and the mages were tired, this half an hour not only had no energy, but also no physical strength, most people waved their arms up and down empty-handed for half an hour, and it was definitely not easy, not to mention the staff, and they had to concentrate on chanting spells and casting spells.

The sound from the depths of the earth rumbled like rolling thunder. The sound had been uninterrupted ever since it sounded, and it grew louder and louder, until the surrounding ground shook like a vibrating screen with the sound.

It lasted for more than half an hour, and it was nearly 23 o'clock by this time. Boom! In the loud sound of the sky cracking and the earth cracking, a giant worm with a body like a sandworm, but far more massive than that, came out of the ground and swallowed the piece of land where the magic array was located.

This is the bait that attracts it, filled with magical energy, and then hammered like a massage for ribs. The pork ribs are massaged so that the bones can be easily removed after cooking, and the ground is rammed with a huge pillar of light to make the land a delicacy that the devouring beast likes. There is no precious metal to be cherished, so rely on this energy feast to bring it to you.

Drawing it out is the prelude, and getting it to act according to the instructions is the point. The Devouring Behemoth is not someone's domestic pet, this kind of foodie is as rich as a king and has to be eaten poor. But fortunately, it is not very smart, after it swallows the bait, it will naturally go like the second bait, but this bait is fake, the devouring giant beast does not know, it instinctively follows the path mark drawn for it by the mage group and starts to move forward.

This kind of giant beast with a body thickness of more than 100 meters and a length of more than 100 meters, even if the dragon comes, it is difficult to stop its advance. I saw that the devouring giant beast opened up to seven layers of knife tooth mouthparts, and while clicking, it moved forward, its mouthparts were not only super guillotines, but also super crushers, the night forest was not an ancient forest, there were no super trees with a diameter of more than 100 meters, this was determined by the environment, and it was often dead if it was not so thick as it grew.

The diameter is more than ten meters, and the thickest is more than twenty meters, such a big tree is not enough to stop the footsteps of the devouring giant beast, this big guy eats very happily, like a small beast gnawing strawberries, and the juice is overflowing.

There is no doubt that if it is not stopped, it will eat a wide path with a diameter of more than 100 meters in the night forest. (To be continued.) )