Chapter 13: The Shield of the Rock
As the days passed, the understanding and friendship between Davien and Olesia deepened, and both of them tacitly agreed not to bring up the topic again. In the days that followed, Olesia gradually became serious, practicing her archery skills on time every day, setting up camps, setting up simple warning traps, etc. She also showed a side that was not inferior to Davian, after all, she was not completely unprepared to dare to come out alone, as the top archer of the young generation of the elves, the skill of survival in the wild had naturally penetrated into Olethea's body and became an instinct.
Thanks to Olesia's earnestness, the speed of the journey was greatly increased. Town after town was left behind by them, and for different reasons, they all agreed to camp in the jungle, in the forest, and the like instead of going into town. After the deliberate exercise and practice day after day of the two of them, the strength of the two of them slowly rose from level six to the point of reaching level seven.
In the middle of the day, Olesia took the initiative to ask Davion about the cooperation in the battle.
"When we practice together how to cooperate with each other's actions, some gestures, code codes, etc., to facilitate future battles. It seems that Olethea's desire to improve her strength is not as low as it seems from the outside, and behind the serious Olecia is not inferior to Davian's motivation and perseverance. It's just that the two of them are very smart not to mention the reasons behind each other, and they have been getting along well recently.
"Well, yes, let's talk about it when we get to Rock Ridge City. After all, there are no suitable enemies here, and with the guidance of our seniors there, we can grow faster." ”
Due to Davian's insistence, Olesia had no choice but to agree, and sped up the speed, the two made an appointment, and after arriving at Rock Ridge City, in addition to cooperating, the two also had to practice one-on-one actual combat, which Davian thought of based on the method that his father taught them back then.
Ten days later.
Outside of Rock Ridge, Davion and Olesia stood side by side in a city that was still known for its natural scourges, even though it was only a little north of the continent. Dozens of meters high, the purely rocky walls give them a strong sense of impact, and this city built on the mountain, like its small lord, gives people the feeling of being tall and powerful, crushing opponents with absolute strength, and anyone who tries to capture the city will have to accept its terrible catapult roar like a landslide.
Davion and Olesia glanced at each other, and both saw in each other's eyes the pressure of the city. In the face of such a giant city, the strongest warriors of any race would feel insignificant. The two walked side by side towards Rock Ridge City, looking at the behemoth along the way. The city walls, inner walls, and houses are mostly made of local stones, and it looks as if a huge hole has been forcibly dug into it, and then forced into this terrible city. The entire city is at least three times the size of the rest of the cities, and the outermost walls are made of the finest snow rock, which is the best in the entire continent of Kalimdor. If it weren't for the fact that the little city lord was a mountain giant, he led his clan to mine some of the Xuesen Rock in person, and the Xuesen Stone purchased back was not enough to defend against this "giant beast". The city was built for war purposes from the very beginning, and the whole city was embedded in the mountains, leaving only about 120 degrees of attack angle for the enemy. If you insist that there should be a dead end, there is only the cliff behind you that is steep almost 80 degrees into the sky. Due to the rock mountain itself, most of the army's equipment cannot climb in this kind of rock, and the hard rock is destined to only be supported by weapons or magical items of the quality of fine iron forged by the dwarves to support the soldiers' climbing, and the wind that has been whistling on this cliff for many years has once again brushed down a group of unqualified soldiers, which makes the possibility of this raid plan being implemented greatly reduced. And such a high cost is enough for any empire to consider other options, even the elven empire with the peak of magic will only choose to use magic to forcibly open the gates of the city head-on, even if you count the consumption of magic scrolls, the cost is much lower than this method.
Davion and the others had arrived at the gate of the city at this time, and looking up at the city from the bottom up, it gave people a feeling of suffocation, and the simple and impregnable defense alone made people feel hopeless. The walls were three times thicker than any other city and would have made any commander hesitate to attack, especially since they were all made of snow stone.
As he approached the gates, Davion watched in amazement as the two barbarian chiefs led a group of orc and human soldiers guarding the gates, their green eyes constantly scanning the people who came in and out. Davion frowned, although the entire Azeroth races live together, even in the Kalimdor continent, it is common for barbarians, elves, humans, dwarves and other races to live together, but like the guard force in the city, it is still mostly played by elves or humans, in the final analysis, it is still the relationship between the degree of care and whether the mind is meticulous, orcs, dwarves and other races are always difficult to achieve the sleekness of humans or the meticulousness of elves when dealing with emergency matters. Perhaps that's why only a race like the dwarves can be seen as the embodiment of sincerity and integrity. What's more, the overall situation on the continent is still dominated by humans and elves, both of which have their own kingdoms, and systematic learning and management give them many advantages over the beasts in other aspects except strength.
Following the crowd, the two quickly arrived at the city gate, Davian walked a few steps to the side, randomly found a resident and asked the direction of the city lord's mansion, and then took Olesia and walked towards it quickly, it seemed that he couldn't wait to see the city lord.
When he was allowed to enter the City Lord's Mansion, Davion was still discussing with Olesia the grandeur and simplicity of the City Lord's Mansion, so large that it would make people feel luxurious even without any expensive decorations. In terms of size, this city lord's mansion has reached the level of a palace, and Davian and they stand in it like dwarfs and dwarves.
But when he saw the little city lord, these problems were directly solved.
"You are...... Little City Lord?" Davian asked with a little weakness as he looked at the mountain giant in front of him, who was nearly 7 meters tall. Deep down, he kept shouting: "Little ...... God, where is such a terrifying body so small, Uncle Worden is bullying me for my young age, even if my father becomes a dragon. Olesia's face on the side was not normal, such a huge body was much taller than the war beasts of the elven race. After all, the two are still young, and the giants have never heard of each other. With a height of seven meters and the innate physical advantage of the Mountain Giant race, Xiaoxiao at this time stood in front of them like a small mountain.
"Hehe, I'm Xiaoxiao, I've already read the letter, since Worden introduced you here, then you are. Xiao paused for a moment, and looked at Davian and shook his head imperceptibly, the little city lord's greeting omitted his family. "Davion, who is this?"
Xiao Xiao looked at Olethea who was standing aside.
Olesia took a step forward with a pale face, "Olesia, I'm from Silvermoon City. ”
With a small sigh, Davian explained, "I met halfway through, and then we went together. Xiao Xiao nodded and didn't ask much. "Today you first wander around the city to get acquainted with it, and then come to me tomorrow, and I will arrange for you, Kaimo, you take them to the place where they live first. ”
An orc next to him nodded to Davion, who thanked him and left with Kaimo.
After settling in, Davion and Othea planned to walk around, which was the first time they had come into contact with a city of a military nature. Looking around, the main body of the city is made up of various forms of rocks, snow white and dark gray have become the main colors of the fort, but the feeling is not gray but thick and unshakable, huge marble, snow rock and so on can be seen everywhere, and the residents use the rocks to build their own houses, taverns and other buildings. The atmospheric, rugged architectural style is just like the bold character of the residents. Compared with the houses I once saw in the mountains and forests, there is less freshness and nature, and more stability and simplicity.
The two discussed it, and each had different goals, so they planned to look at it separately.
After the two made an appointment to meet at a tavern in the evening, they went their separate ways to find the place they were interested in. Davion walked straight to the gate of the city, and once again observed Rock Ridge City, one of the six most difficult cities in the alliance, and felt a sense of reliable security and strong self-confidence. Known as the "Shield of the Rocks", in addition to the desperately thick walls, Rock Ridge City has two inner walls and a total of seventy-two catapults. Due to the fact that most of them are fixed, and because of the geographical advantages of Rock Ridge City, these catapults are much larger than other cities, as Rock Ridge City has always been. Under the designer's design, the total coverage of all catapults was enough to hit all the land in front of Rock Ridge City. Under the effect of solidification magic, all catapults have a staggering range of hundreds of meters, and of course the cost is terrifying. After the completion of Rock Ridge City, the guards continued to send their archmages and high-level warriors to assist in the defense on various fronts, and even made heavy promises and hired high-level mercenaries and neutral magicians with various rare materials to help defend, which was not a small price.