The Blackstone Fortress is similar to Fang Yan's imagination, it is a typical war frontier fortress, the walls are extremely strong and tall, but the facilities inside the walls are slightly shabby, this kind of place has only one function, that is, fighting, and everything else is secondary.

Soldiers are soldiers in Blackstone Fortress, there are no civilians or miscellaneous servants, and soldiers can play any role if needed. There are a total of 4,000 beast alliance troops in this Blackstone Fortress, and the highest commander is also a Minotaur, even taller than the one Fang Yan saw just now, listening to Li Taige, his strength has reached the first-level martial artist, and he is the strongest in the entire Blackstone Fortress.

A mere first-level martial artist could actually sit in a frontier fortress, Fang Yan muttered in his heart, thinking that it was no wonder that the human-beast alliance was beaten so badly by the dark species, it turned out that the cultivation level of humans and beasts in this world was so low.

However, after thinking about it, they were relieved, if the human beast was too strong, the dark species would not have a chance to be arrogant at all, and Fang Yan and they would not have any difficult words. Everything had only one purpose, to increase the difficulty of Fang Yan's trial.

The name of the supreme commander is Thunder, it seems that the minotaurs are all surnamed Lei, and the largest orc gathering area, the Thunder Moo Fortress, is named after the orc emperor.

When Thunder learned that Fang Yan and they had rescued his army, Fang Yan's attitude became very friendly, and while they were warmly entertained with good wine and food, they kept asking Fang Yan about the purpose of their trip, and what difficulties they had, and it was impossible to help.

Fang Yan's purpose in coming to find the Human-Beast Alliance was this, so he said without hesitation: "The purpose of our trip is only one, to destroy the Heart of Darkness!"

When Lei Ting, who was still enthusiastic just now, heard this, he immediately fell silent and never mentioned this topic, but under Fang Yan's repeated questioning, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and said helplessly: "Now that we are already extremely difficult to protect ourselves, we simply have no ability to launch an effective counterattack against the dark population, let alone destroy the dark heart. ”

"How do you know if you haven't tried it?" Fang Yan asked rhetorically.

Thunder sighed: "Why haven't you tried? At the beginning of this great war, we had planned to destroy the Heart of Darkness, and successively sent tens of thousands of elites, but each time we only advanced halfway, the whole army would be wiped out, and even the nest of the dark species could not be seen. ”

Fang Fengbao said vaguely while eating meat and drinking wine: "Tens of thousands of people have not succeeded, you are really not ordinary scum." ”

Thunder was a little embarrassed and asked rhetorically, "Do you know how powerful the dark population is?"

Seeing Fang Fengbao shaking his head, a look of jealousy appeared on Lei Ting's face, and his tone of voice was a little weak: "According to the information we have now, there are 300,000 dark species in the basic stage, 120,000 in the transformation stage, and 40,000 in the mature stage! And the total strength of our human-beast alliance army is only a mere 400,000. This has to be distributed in various regions to protect the local security, and the troops that can be drawn are only 50,000!"

Fang Fengbao disagreed: "It's because you are too timid, if it were me, I would directly gather an army of 400,000 and go all out to attack the dark population, and fight to the death, there is always a half chance of success." ”

Hearing this, Thunder snorted lightly: "Half? Not even a percent! The reason why the dark species are strong is because as long as the dark heart is not extinguished, they can be resurrected indefinitely! Once a full-scale war starts, just the 300,000 basic stage army of the dark species can destroy us, and when the war is over, there will be no one left in our orc alliance, but not a single one of the dark species will die!"

After speaking, Lei Ting looked at Fang Fengbao and said angrily: "What else do you want to say now?"

Fang Fengbao was a little speechless, and finally closed his mouth.

Senior Sister Hu next to her held her chin and said suspiciously: "The Heart of Darkness is the top priority, but the war pays attention to winning with a surprise soldier, or high mobility, it is completely possible to organize 10,000 cavalry to insert it like a sharp blade and forcibly destroy the Heart of Darkness." ”

Thunder shook his head: "It's useless, we have already tried." At first, we organized 20,000 cavalry, but when we arrived at the dark lair, there were only 10,000 cavalry left, and these 10,000 cavalry could not break through the eight mutant dark species. ”

Fang Yan nodded: "If these cavalry are not strong, it will indeed be difficult to defeat the dark species of the mutation period. ”

Fang Fengbao had a disapproving look on his face: "Since it's useless, then what are we still sitting here for? ”

As soon as these words came out, the audience was silent, and after a while, Fang Yan stood up, looked at the thunder, and took a deep breath: "Do you have a refiner here?"

Thunder was stunned: "Refiner? I haven't heard of this profession. ”

Fang Fengbao cut off: "Even the refiner doesn't know, he really hasn't seen the world." ”

The corners of Fang Yan's mouth rose slightly: "It's similar to what I guessed." ”

Lin Feng frowned slightly, and asked in confusion, "How did you know that there are no refiners in this world?"

Fang Yan said with a smile: "Magic weapons have always been a necessary weapon for war, especially in the frontier fortresses, you will see refiners and a large number of refining furnaces everywhere to provide the needs of war. But when we came to the Blackstone Fortress, I didn't see a single refining furnace, and there weren't even any soldiers wearing magic-grade equipment created by the refiner. ”

Hearing this, Lin Feng's eyes lit up: "You mean, use magic weapons to kill a bloody path?"

Fang Yan nodded solemnly: "Yes, this is our only chance right now." ”

Thunder next to him was a little confused when he heard the conversation between Fang Yan and Lin Feng, and he was puzzled: "What refiner, what magic weapon, what are you talking about?"

Fang Yan didn't answer, just stared at Thunder with a resolute attitude, and asked word by word: "Tell me, do you want to win this war?"

Lei Ting was stunned for a moment, and then nodded like garlic: "Of course!"

"Okay, help me gather as much material as I need. ”

"What material?" Thunder asked.

Fang Yan waved his hand: "Don't worry, I will make a list of the things I need for you, you just collect them for me according to the list." ”

Thunder hesitated for a moment and asked, "Why should I believe you?"

Fang Yan smiled: "Do you have any other choice now?Do you wait for death to come, or do you bet on me, a stranger?"

Although Thunder couldn't fully trust Fang Yan and the others, it was not that he was afraid that they would be selfish, but that he was worried that they didn't have the strength, and that they would waste too many resources at that time, which would make the already embarrassing situation even worse. But remembering that Li Taige said that Fang Yan and the five of them were strong, as well as the ruthlessness when they killed the dark species, coupled with their firm goal of destroying the heart of darkness, Thunder still decided to take a gamble.

He took a deep breath and looked at Fang Yan: "I can't be the master of this matter, I have to report to Jinyao Castle and Lei Mo Fortress before I can make a decision." ”

Fang Yan shrugged: "I'm waiting for your reply." ”

After speaking, Fang Yan took Senior Sister Hu and them away, and under the arrangement of Li Taige, they temporarily lived in the Blackstone Fortress. And just as Fang Yan was waiting for Thunder's reply, the next afternoon, suddenly the horn of the Blackstone Fortress sounded, and when Fang Yan and the others rushed out of the room, they found that the entire Blackstone Fortress was in a mess.

Fang Yan happened to see Li Taige passing by, grabbed him, and hurriedly asked, "What's going on?"

Li Taige's face was gloomy and misty, "Do you remember those dark species you killed when you saved us?"

Fang Yan nodded: "Remember, what's wrong? Could it be that they have been resurrected?"

Li Taige swallowed with difficulty: "Don't be more terrifying, those dark species are scouts sent by the Heart of Darkness to test the strength of our Blackstone Fortress, and now the Heart of Darkness knows that the soldiers of the Blackstone Fortress are very weak, so they are ready to wipe us out." After speaking, Li Taige sighed: "Although you are very strong, the number of enemies is too many, I advise you to leave here first, so as not to be buried with us." ”

Although Fang Fengbao has always looked down on the soldiers in this world, when he heard that Li Taige actually asked us to withdraw first, Fang Fengbao was still moved, and grabbed my arm: "Brother Yan'er, or let's withdraw first, don't waste Li Taige's kindness." ”

Fang Yan glared at him: "If you want to go, don't pull me, there is no word for escape in my Fang Yan's dictionary!" After speaking, Fang Yan directly pushed Fang Fengbao away and followed Li Taige towards the city wall.

Being scolded by Fang Yan like this, Fang Fengbao couldn't hold back his face a little, and muttered: "I didn't think about escaping, didn't Li Taige let us go." Also, how did Brother Yan become so angry recently. ”

Senior Sister Hu patted Fang Fengbao on the shoulder and comforted: "He is also too anxious to take us through the secret realm, be more considerate and considerate of him." After speaking, he pursued Fang Yan away.

When the brothers saw it, they had no choice but to follow Fang Yan to the city wall.

When they arrived at the city wall, everyone was startled, only to see that the black pressure outside the city was crowded with dark species, and there was no edge in sight, like marching ants, which made people feel cold.

Fang Fengbao sighed: "I'm a good girl, how much is this?"

Li Taige on the side sighed: "It is estimated that the dark species in the nearby nests have all been dispatched, and there are at least fifty thousand." ”

Hearing this, Fang Fengbao's face changed, and he said with relief: "It's only 50,000, you have 4,000 defenders in this Blackstone Fortress, right? If you want to attack the city, the other party will have to spend at least five to ten times the number of troops to capture the city, we can defend it to the death, forgive them for not making any waves." ”

Li Taige looked at Fang Fengbao like an idiot: "Five to ten times the number of troops? How did you say this number? You know, if the dark species wants to attack the city, they don't have to break through the gate at all, they can climb up directly along the wall, and they don't even need to use ladders, let alone five to ten times, even if it's a one-to-one ratio, we can't hold it!"

Fang Fengbao just breathed a sigh of relief, and when he heard Li Taige's words, his face became ugly again.

In fact, what Fang Fengbao said was not wrong, the siege of the city does require a large number of fresh troops to be backed up, and it must be matched with the siege equipment, if you want to capture a city at the level of the main city, it will indeed cost about ten times the number of troops. But common sense cannot be applied in this world, so this kind of natural thing does not hold.