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It was more than ten days in a flash, and it had been more than two and a half months since Alice and the others left the sacred forest.

During this period, the sacred forest was relatively calm, and both elves and human gatherings were proceeding step by step.

The grapes could be harvested on a large scale in a day or two, and the last harvest had already been made and stored in the cellars, just waiting for the caravans of the Holy Merchant to come and trade with them.

In addition, construction of Stormwind has actually begun, and a large number of stones and timber are being transported to the location where Stormwind was built.

The only thing that worries people is that there has been no news from the mission for two and a half months since it left the sacred forest, and I don't know if everything is okay.

Both elves and humans are looking forward to the return of Alice and the others.

The Terrans are looking forward to the news of whether they can bring back Gervais, while the Elves are naturally concerned about the safety of their queen and their clansmen.

And just when the elves, humans, and others were expecting Alice and the others to come back soon, there was bad news outside the sacred forest.

The elven patrols and the patrols sent by Gust all came back to report that they had seen a powerful orc team heading towards the Sacred Forest.

The number of orcs is about three thousand, and the strength of these orcs is not weak, the lowest is the strength of the silver knight, and the strength of the golden knight has more than three hundred.

An orc army of three thousand such strength, this is even more difficult to deal with than three thousand paladins, at least it can have twice the combat power of three thousand paladins.

In the gathering place of the Terrans of the Sacred Forest, Caroline, Gust, Hayden, Gandalf, Ike, and Vivien were discussing nervously after receiving the news.

Today, among the people of this sacred continent, Caroline is considered to be the overall being, mainly responsible for expenses and wine trade.

Gandalf and Ike were in charge of Gervais's original subordinates and the expansion of Gervais's immediate army.

Gust and Hayden manage the small number of men they each brought in, and are responsible for maintaining the security of the gathering, as well as overseeing the progress of the construction of Stormwind.

And Wei Wei An is still the civil official that Gervais gave to her, responsible for managing the serfs who came to this sacred continent.

"Grandfather, how long will it be before those orcs get to us!"

Caroline's expression was solemn, and the worry in her heart was revealed.

Now all of Gervais's belongings have been invested in this sacred continent, and if it is destroyed by the orcs, then she will not have the face to see Gervais.

"With their speed, they can reach us in half a day at most."

Gust mused to answer his granddaughter.

"Will you be there in half a day?"

Carolyn's heart grew more and more worried.

Although Alice had also told her when she left, if there was danger, she could ask the elves for help.

However, the elders of the elven clan had just passed the news that the number of people they could support immediately was only five hundred, and the rest of the support would not arrive until the day after tomorrow.

Because Caroline's gathering place is actually on the edge of the sacred forest, far away from the elven palace.

There are two reasons for this.

First of all, the royal palace of the elves is in the hinterland of the elves, and there are a large number of elves gathered there, and it is definitely impossible to accommodate them as humans.

Another reason is that they are stationed at the edge of this sacred forest, which can facilitate the Terrans to build their own Stormwind City, after all, Stormwind City is located outside the sacred forest.

It is precisely because of this that the large army of the elves is in the hinterland of the elves, and these five hundred elven soldiers are only stationed at the outposts on the periphery.

Although the strength of these elves is not weak, they all have the strength of the Silver Knight, but the problem is that there are only more than 500 of them, and even if they can fight one against two in the jungle, or even with one against three, there is still a gap of half.

In addition, there are more than 300 golden knights among the beasts, which is the biggest threat to them.

As for Caroline, they were on their side.

Now here in the Sacred Forest, the soldiers who have reached the Silver Knight can make up more than 1,000 people, which is still including the Rose Knights, and even fewer Golden Knights, and if they can make up twenty, they will reach the sky.

As for the other bronze horsemen and ordinary soldiers, there are quite a few.

But those were all selected from the Eurasian continent and brought the Holy Continent as seed soldiers, just so that they could grow quickly and be able to defend Stormwind City in the future.

If they are allowed to participate in the war now, with their strength, there will definitely be countless casualties, which will be a huge blow to the future development.

"Why don't we retreat to the Sacred Forest for the time being, and wait for reinforcements from the Elves!!"

It was then that Gandalf suddenly spoke.

For now, this retreat is their best bet.

But no one else can say anything like that.

Because if you retreat directly, what will happen to the grapes that are about to be picked, and the wines in the cellar?

There is also a gathering place that has been built with great difficulty, although it is only a simple wooden house, but it took several months to gradually build.

In addition, if the teleportation array in the gathering place is invaded or destroyed by the orcs, no one dares to bear such a loss.

Gandalf was Gervais's father, and it was undoubtedly most appropriate for him to say the words of retreat.

At that time, neither Gervais nor Alice could have blamed his father

As for the fact that if you really want to fight to the death with the orcs, the losses must be huge.

So now it's either a fight to the death, a bet on whether there's a chance to resist the orcs, and wait for reinforcement to come.

Either evacuate directly, mainly to preserve the population.

"I'm sorry, Uncle Gandalf, I don't want to retreat!"

It was only Gandalf's proposal that was immediately rejected by Caroline.

She really didn't want to abandon the gathering place that had been developing for months, almost emptying the Gervais family.

And this is the territory that she and Alice run for Gervais, so it goes without saying that they put in the effort.

If this place is destroyed, I don't know how many times the effort will be required to redevelop it in the future.

The vines need to be replanted and the wine needs to wait several months for it to be made again.

The main thing is that they don't have any gold to do any development work, and the next development will have to wait until the wine is made again and sold to the caravans.

And if the teleportation array is also destroyed, then they will directly cut off the connection with Eurasia.

In the future, if you want to travel between Eurasia and the Sacred Continent, you can only travel by sea ship through time and energy.

"Caroline ......"

When Gandalf heard Caroline's words, he still wanted to persuade her.

In fact, he is the one who wants to make this Stormwind City develop quickly, because Gervais is his own son.

But if you really stay and fight the orcs, then I really don't know how many people will survive.

They were all brought from Eurasia.

Especially Caroline, since she proposed to stay, she would definitely not choose to leave.

"Uncle Gandalf, you don't have to persuade me!"

"I don't want to run away without a fight, I want to try the Resistance Beast anyway, but this place has most of Gervais's background, and it can't be wasted like this."

"Of course, those serfs and weak soldiers still let them retreat into the sacred forest first! Plus, now let everyone bring all the wine from the cellar! How much can you bring! ”

"When the time comes, if you really can't resist the orcs, those wines can be used to exchange for supplies with caravans in the future!"

"Okay, then follow what Caroline said! Later, you and Vivien will be responsible for bringing the serfs and those soldiers into the Sacred Forest, and Gust and Hayden will take the Rose Knights and I to the outside of Stormwind to use the river to fend off the orcs! ”

Gandalf knew that it would be useless to persuade him, and immediately approved of Caroline's plan.

However, he wouldn't let Caroline stay here to fight the orcs, and immediately spoke.

"Then fight these orcs to the death!"

Hayden also nodded, not indicating!

"Then let's do what Gandalf said!"

Gust naturally has no opinion, as long as his granddaughter can be safe, he himself will not have two years to live anyway, and he will not lose this old bone.

"No, I'm going to stay too, and I'll let Vivien retreat into the Sacred Forest later!"

Caroline was reluctant to leave.

"Grandfather, don't persuade me, this is my proposal, I will never leave!"

"Vivian, you are different from me, you are a civil magistrate, and those serfs must be managed by you!"

Hearing that Caroline was not ready to leave, Gust was about to say something, but was immediately blocked by Caroline.

And Vivien was the same, just about to speak, but was interrupted by Caroline.

After this round of deliberations, everyone went about their duties, and the whole gathering place was moved.

With the help of Nathan and others, Vivien began to lead serfs and ordinary soldiers to retreat deeper into the sacred forest.

Wine and grain were also taken with them, but not in large quantities.

Because there were no roads for carriages to get to the depths of the sacred forest, they had to rely on manpower to carry supplies.

Caroline, on the other hand, led thousands of soldiers to the edge of the Hallowed Forest, a mile away from Stormwind.

There is a small river here, which is not very wide, only thirty or forty meters.

However, this is also the most favorable terrain at present, although the orcs are not as good as the elves in the forest, but they are better than the humans, so they are now facing the forest, and they want to hold the only wooden bridge on the river to resist the orcs crossing the river.

If you really can't stop it at that time, you can also retreat directly into the sacred forest behind you, and rely on the advantages of the elves to continue to fight with the beasts.