At first, Manna didn't seem to hear clearly, so Siegel coughed twice to get her attention.

"I'm sorry, my lord, but I've been making too much noise on the city walls lately, and my ears are a little uncomfortable. The female knight hurriedly said. "What did you just say?"

"We're getting ready to go to Waterdeep. Siegel said, "The time is almost up. ”

"And the orcs here?" Manna patted her head as she finished her question. Recently, I have been commanding continuous operations, and I haven't had a good rest, but it's not because my mind has become stupid. The threat of the orcs is now largely gone, and there is not much need left for the defense of the orcs.

The black passage created by the wraiths gradually lost its effectiveness under the washing of orc life, and faults appeared in many places. The Forbidden Rune Array had a big upper hand, and there were constantly falling rocks hitting enemies trying to pass through. As if coming to life, the city walls and mountains began to remove the "lice" crawling on their bodies.

So the defense of the Black Blood Castle became very easy and even began to get boring.

There are still some orcs who carry shields made of stone slabs every day, or use their martial arts to try to pass through the Black Blood Castle, but their numbers pose no threat. Maybe in a few days, there won't even be a sporadic orc, right?

As long as you leave a few hundred troops, carefully defend against enemy sneak attacks, and the warriors of the Raven tribe, then this back road should be safe. "My lord, will you lead the whole team out?"

Siegel shook his head, handed Manna a cup of tranquil tea, and then said, "The defense of the Black Blood Castle will be handed over to the Raven Tribe as much as possible, and a person will be left here to be responsible for liaising with mercenaries." Let the tentacles of humanity penetrate deep into the north of the Walled City Range as soon as possible. ”

"It's a bitter cold place over there. Is it any good?" Manna is the one who has been to the north of the Walled Mountains. Knowing the harsh environment and the fierce folk customs. "Is there a mine, or is it a rare material?"

"There are slaves who need to be rescued, but when you tell the mercenaries, you just need to say that there is money left over from the slave traders. Siegel rubbed the corners of his forehead, the aftermath of the elemental surge had not completely disappeared, his head was still buzzing, and he would only feel more comfortable when he drank the tranquil tea. "You know that those who buy and sell slaves are still rich, don't you?"

"yes, logically. I'm your slave, right?" Manna chuckled, handing the empty cup back.

"At that time, I didn't expect to find a female archer with the ability to lead the troops, otherwise I should have paid some more money. Hear me, you're worth a lot of money, so you'd better not go north of the Walled Mountains, where slavery is abiding. Siegel said, "Bring most of the crossbowmen back to Heim Territory, leaving behind the cavalry and caravanserais." The cavalry followed us to Waterdeep, while the caravan stayed behind and prepared to transport the goods. ”

"Goods?" Manna was stunned: "Didn't you say that you don't want anything in the Black Blood Castle?

"No, Kerry the Giant will send him the loot of his trip to Waterdeep. Forty percent of Heim's collar was inside. ”

With that, Siegel left the room and went back to rest. Only the female knight with her mouth wide open and her surprised expression was left all the time.

The day I left the Black Blood Castle was rainy and rainy, wetting the flag and soaking through the robes. A strong wind blew from the east, bringing a chill even on a summer day.

The orcs died down, and the battle for the Black Blood Castle ended in victory for Heim. Why this battle happened and why it was led by Heim was unknown to the ordinary soldiers, but they didn't care either. Look at the mountains of orc corpses, they are proud enough.

What's more, after returning to Mir City, there is also a reward from the lord.

The thought of this made the wind and rain not affect the mood much, and the knights soothed the horses and followed closely behind Siegel.

They're on their way to Waterdeep. Twelve hundred cavalry was a huge number for the southern lords, but it was nothing in the steppe. The nomadic tribes here can easily eat this number of enemies, and there will not be even dregs left.

But what lord can move on the steppe as leisurely as Siegel?

Seeing the black squid flag on a red background from a distance, the knights of the Jackdaw tribe will take the initiative to come over, reveal their identities, and enthusiastically act as guides.

"We won in Waterdeep. The people of the Raven tribe will say, "The Khan has led us to victory over the elves and the black-hearted merchants!"

By asking the front line for specifics, Siegel finally reorganized what was happening.

Giant Kerry led a combined army of 20,000 steppe tribes to Waterdeep, but stopped when he was still a few dozen miles away from the city. He personally took the Guards and Scouts to the outside of the city to observe from afar the pearl of the New World, which had been at war for a long time.

The battlefield can be divided into three parts, with the masked lord's servant army firmly defending the eastern side of Waterdeep, where there is the noble district, the upper city, and the harbor. With a large number of piled up defense weapons and supply routes from the sea, they could barely hold off the siege team with the Ancient Tree of War as the core.

But the elves' main direction of attack has never been here.

The elves' camp is set in the south of Waterdeep, where mages and druids unleash elemental magic attacks on the Three Peaks' defensive shield day and night. They don't seek to break through the shield, they just drag it like this. When both mages have strong enough defensive spell protection, the so-called spell battle is a tug-of-war and attrition.

The only thing that can really break through the Three-Peaked Pagoda is the Elemental Surge Circle. Heavy troops were gathered here to patrol day and night to prevent a sneak attack by the "Mage Federation". At the same time, in order to prevent the members of the Federation from escaping, the Elemental Surge Circle also took on the task of blocking teleportation and other spells. Elves defend at the same time in an offensive battle, which is a rare sight if it weren't for a spell battle.

The Tri-Peak Tower, as the other side, has been under tremendous pressure. The mages inside couldn't fight, and they were reluctant to leave, but the defense was not necessarily able to prevent it, and all kinds of emotions were brewing in the three towers. According to the people of the Jackdaw tribe, those mages are just cowards, and they don't have the courage to rush out until the end.

Until the end.

The light of the elemental surge illuminated the entire heaven and earth, replacing the sun in the sky in an instant, becoming the only luminous body in the entire world. One of the Three Peaks collapsed in an instant. A small earthquake was triggered. Then there were explosions all over the city. The flashes of various colors resemble festive fireworks. It is also like a meteor in the sky, brilliant and short-lived. The whole city seems to have been suddenly stabbed into the vital point, and suddenly lost the ability to react.

Subsequently, the elves stormed the Tri-Peaks Tower, and they considered themselves victorious.

But near Waterdeep, there is an unaffected team: the Jackdaws. And the jackdaw is the sacred bird that stands on the corpse and sings about victory.

Except for the plasma bolts that Siegel gave to Kerry, all of which failed and spontaneously combusted, the steppe tribes still maintained their full combat capability. Giant Kerry had a flash of inspiration. Very decisively, he led the whole army to charge and slaughtered Waterdeep like a pack of wolves.

He first pounced on the elves' camp outside the city. The nomadic cavalry was divided into ten teams, like ten sharp knives, cutting directly into the elven body.

Elemental Surge treats all magic effects, spellcasters, and magic items equally, with only a few exceptions exempt. For example, artifacts such as the Ice Spear were unharmed. The elven caster also hid in a specially designed circle beforehand, avoiding the destructive effects of the surge. However, the surge has just ended, and the surrounding elemental energy is not stable, and casting spells still requires a lot of risk, and if you are not careful, you will inhale too much energy, which will exceed the body's tolerance range and lead to death. Similarly. All magic items are safe if not in use, once picked up. An explosion could occur at any time.

Elves can only fight against the cavalry of the Raven tribe with normal weapons, and are not supported by the spells of mages, clerics, and druids. The druids are doing better, they can still transform, and the priest has no problem making a cameo as a hoplite. Only the elven mages are the most pitiful, and can only pick up the longbow that has not been used for a long time and do some long-range support.

And they were faced with the sabers of the Jackdaw tribe, as dense as the leaves in the forest.

The strategy of elite soldiers leads to an absolute shortage of numbers, and in the face of attacks from ten directions, no matter how good the organization and combat skills are, they are meaningless. Perhaps the elves were able to take the lead in battle damage at first, but soon the numerically superior cavalry flooded the elven camp.

The elves can only be glad that they still have the War Ancient Tree. The War Tree is born by relying on the high concentration of energy of the elemental surge, so the surge is not fatal to them, so the War Tree can also organize defenses. Huge bodies stood in the midst of a sea of cavalry, wooden fists and steel swords against each other. Although there is still an advantage, if the elves are all killed, what is the use of leaving the ancient trees? they don't have enough intelligence to organize a siege, let alone capture it.

The elves decisively sounded the horn of retreat, relying on the ancient tree of war to open the way, fleeing to the south, and even the elves who entered the Three-Peak Pagoda withdrew. Kerry led the cavalry in pursuit for a while, and bit off a lot of elven flesh before watching them go away and then return to Waterdeep.

He took ten warriors to the easternmost gate of Waterdeep and demanded that Waterdeep pay for the war. The masked lords were overjoyed when they heard the news, and if they could buy such a powerful war force with money, it would be a good thing to lose. They allowed Kerry to come to the city and, at his request, sent a masked lord as plenipotentiary to discuss the details.

Kerry appeared polite, waited for the arrival of the negotiator in the posture of a "civilized man", paralyzed the other side, and continued to move east. When the masked lord came down from the hanging basket of the city wall, Kerry suddenly grabbed him as a hostage, and took advantage of the trance of the city defenders to rush into the sea with ten warriors.

He learns some tricks from the white dragon and comes up with a way to attack Waterdeep.

The Ice Spear froze the surface of the sea, creating a temporary passage through the water. Kerry walked around the city walls on the ice, around the walls, and fought his way to the back of the gates. With only ten men and one hostage, the Giant Kerry rushed to the gates of the city while the guards hesitated for a dozen breaths.

The Ice Spear is frozen again, rendering all the mechanisms that seal the door inoperable. The inside and outside of Waterdeep City are separated only by a gate made of pure steel. The warriors took out their weapons of adamantite gold, which all the tribes of the steppe had saved up and had worked on by Siegel to destroy the fortifications. The guards of Waterdeep swooped down, and the warriors of the Raven tribe fought their way to the enemy. But when the gates fell with a bang and the cavalry from outside the city poured in, eight of the ten warriors were still alive.

Without spell support and gates, the exhausted Mercenaries of Waterdeep surrendered one after another in the face of the "steppe barbarians" who had just defeated the elves and their morale was rising, and many of them joined the sack. They take Kerry with them and point out where Waterdeep hoards wealth, and which merchants are rich and unvirtuous, or simply rich.

A very efficient ransack, with such a huge amount of loot, has surpassed Kerry's most arrogant fantasies. He then led his army to tear down all the gates of Waterdeep, making the city undefensible for a short time, and swaggered away with the booty.

There was only one place in the entire city that was not visited by cavalry, and that was the Three-Peaks Tower. In addition to the fact that there is still a constant raging magical energy that ordinary people cannot pass through, another reason is Siegel's admonition. The mage told the giant that the power of magic was strange and that there was no need to take unnecessary risks in victory. He was originally worried that Kerry would want to move the idea of the Mage Federation because of greed, but he didn't expect that in fact, the ** of the entire Jackdaw tribe had already been satisfied in advance in the process of looting.

When Siegel heard the news, his face twitched unnaturally. The elven camp combined with the wealth of Waterdeep gave the Raven Tribe enough foundation to develop into a true northern kingdom. King Khan, this victory has given Kerry enough prestige to really be called "king".

"Forty percent of it is mine," Siegel thought afterwards. (To be continued.) )