(For the "Chen Wenjun 2" brother [5/5])

At dawn the next day, the battle at the Black Flame Pass finally came to an end.

The good news is that after Murphy personally went into battle, led the Translancians to fight and rush to build momentum, and finally led Hu Cong's army to fight a wave of counter-charges, the second and third positions have been successfully recaptured.

The bad news is that Position No. 1, which has been most heavily infiltrated by the underground tunnels, the outermost position of the Black Flame Pass, has completely fallen into the hands of the Claw-splitting Jackals.

They had sacrificed at least 8,000 kobolds and 1,000 jackals in the last night's battle to withstand the counterattack of the Hu Congjun, and used the time gained by the sacrifices on the front line to add a vicious barrier around the No. 1 position.

It was a supernatural force exerted by the voodoo priests, like an undispellable fog of war that completely cut off the entire No. 1 position from the rear.

Murphy could have rushed in, but at the last moment he chose to stop.

First, because the dawn is approaching, the environment is no longer suitable for vampire combat, and second, because they are afraid that dusk may be in the way of the fog, so rushing in is likely to fall into the net.

Lord Heather is going crazy.

She saw it as a disgrace to the Black Flame Pass, especially in the face of the Translancian victory at Fort Grit, and the loss of her first position was like a vicious slap in the face of the face-conscious dwarven lord.

She was determined to retake Position 1 before the sun went down today, and even decided to take the field herself.

Of course, this is not just because of the dwarf's face, the main thing is that the black plague has just begun, and the Black Flame Pass has lost a heavy position, if it can't be recaptured as soon as possible, then there will be no way to fight the battle after that.

In addition to the battle at Blackflame Pass, the battle at Fort Grit also came to an end at dawn.

After the hapless Overseer, who presided over the invasion, was shot in the head by Cowboy Judy, the invasion was essentially over.

The remaining gnolls and kobolds still have a numerical advantage, but after the Valand knights themselves led the hussars to complete the trampling charge, the numerical advantage? Hey, that's just an illusory lie.

What's more, the Trancian warriors who fought here and slapped the jackals in the face with absolute bravery have returned here!

When the Happy Stick took down the Blood Banner and led the charge with it in his own hands, the most hard-nosed Gnoll brute would let out a cowardly scream, and then turn and run away like a coward.

Although it is still a long way from becoming a true "holy relic", it is clear that the banner dyed red with the blood of warriors and gnolls is beginning to emerge.

In a world where there are metaphysical things like gods and psionic powers, the greater the significance of the flag, the greater the possibility that it will be "otherworldly" one day in the future, especially when it continues to participate in various major events, when its sense of historical involvement becomes more and more thick, and it only takes an opportunity to become a real legend.

There is no shortage of similar stories on the continent.

For example, the Treasure Great Wilderness Battle Banner of the Winter Wolf Legion of the Nordtov Kingdom.

It was the battle banner used by the Hero King Boris when he was determined to open up the Great Wilderness, and it witnessed the great conquest of the Hero King from beginning to end, and eventually became a symbol of victory in all directions, and it has remained in the Winter Wolf Fortress on the far north border since the Nordtov Frontier was decided.

Even the Western Sahara barbarian bands in the Chaos of the Far North feared the power of the Great Wilderness Battle Banner.

The victory at Fort Grit wasn't as exciting and remarkable as the Deathmatch, but the fact that the defenders of less than 400 men were able to hold out to the end in the face of thousands of gnolls and kobolds was undoubtedly memorable.

After breakfast after dawn, an army of Blood Alliance was mobilized and settled in the devastated Fort of Courage.

They were joined by two priests of the earth.

Lord Heather has given a death order, within seven days Fort Courage must complete the main construction, and within twenty days, she must see this "holy place" that is very important to the morale of the defenders of the Black Flame Pass complete its strategic defense.

The four Earth Priests could complete the construction within the allotted time, but they needed specific drawings, and the Silver Dwarves were all master designers, but they also needed time to rebuild the perfect defenses according to the terrain of Fort Courage.

However, this problem has long been solved by the Transansians.

While the Silvermoon Regiment escorted 30 budding newcomers back to the Black Flame Pass, Samoyalia, the "War Architect" of the Brotherhood of Stonemasons, arrived at Fort Courage with two of his local apprentices, who brought a full set of drawings he had designed during the three days he had been offline.

Of course, it can't be a work designed from scratch.

Samoyed was a very pragmatist, and his drawings borrowed from the ancient "art of war" of another world, creating a pentagonal bastion structure based on the topography of Fort Courage, which is both beautiful and functional when viewed from above.

"This design ensures that our soldiers will not have any shooting spots on the city walls, and I have also designed a guard tower for defense and guard in the salient of the bastion, on which we can erect the city defense cannon.

In this way, no matter which direction the gnolls attack from, they will have enough firepower to attack before they can get close to our walls. ”

Samoyed used his handy psionic measuring rod to introduce to the four dwarven earth priests beside him on the unfolded blueprint:

"But to complete this design, the four of them have to shape the terrain of the Blood Banner Heights into a wider platform, forming a drop of 5-7 meters with the ground in all directions, so that we don't need to build 20 meters when making the city wall, according to my calculations, in the case of the lack of heavy firepower of the jackals, about 10-15 meters is enough.

In the core area of the Pentahemal Bastion is the core tower of the main defense, so there is no need to create an exaggerated castle building, which consumes too much time and cost, so it can be built according to the model of a mage tower! ”

The "war architect" confidently said:

"I've seen Master Ilyich's Mage Tower blueprint for the Midnight Tower from the side of the Crimson Keep, and we could have made a miniature version of it, and once the Mage Tower is built, we in Transcia will appoint a senior Silver Rank spellcaster to sit here for a long time.

When necessary, this mage tower can even become a spellcasting centerpiece to inflict devastating astral tearing grandspells on nearby gnolls!

I consulted with Archduke Tracey and such an idea is absolutely feasible.

Moreover, the Grand Duke also said that with the current size of our Crimson Keep, one of the seven Serenade defense cores of the Vulture Clan could be placed in Fort Courage, so that when besieged by a large army here, the defenders could activate the barrier to create a stronger defense.

The only problem is that this is not the psionic node of the Dark Mountains, so the replenishment of psionic energy is a big problem. ”

"Well, it's not impossible."

A female earth priest, after repeatedly reviewing the drawings of Samoyed, looked up and said:

"We Earth Priests have a complex magic that can use the power of Mother Gaia to transfer a certain psionic node of a piece of land for a short distance. Fort of Courage is only about a hundred kilometers away from the nearest psionic node, and if this magic can be executed, then this mage tower can be molded in a short time.

But the problem is that such magic is not something that we can use casually, and we must pray to Mother Earth Goddess for permission in advance.

You must understand, Architect of Translasia, that the earth is Gaia's domain, and that in the legend of our Silver Dwarves, the spiritual nodes in the world are the joints on the body of Mother Earth.

These naturally occurring nodes, once artificially shifted, cause suffering to the Mother Goddess.

This is terrible blasphemy.

Therefore, we can only perform such rituals with the permission of the Mother Goddess. ”

"Then ask."

Samoyed was an atheist, and he couldn't understand the sincerity of true believers about the gods, but he knew he couldn't just say anything about it.

He said:

"As I passed through the Valley of the Shadows, I learned from my people that today is the day when Gaia, the Mother Earth goddess, is on duty to guard the war of the Black Calamity, and you can borrow the altar there."

"What?"

Samoyed's words made the four priests stupid.

You Translansian, do you want to listen to what you're talking about! Our dwarven Mother Earth Goddess is notoriously fond of fighting, how could she voluntarily join the war and become some kind of bullshit guardian of war?

Also on duty?

Bah!

I can't make up lies!

Which of the gods on the mainland is not arrogant, why do they whisper to help them, and still have one every day?

Are you afraid you're not talking in your sleep?

"It's true!"

From the faces of the four dwarven priests, Samoyed saw suspicion, and he immediately explained:

"Yesterday's war guardian was Lord Vam, so our warriors can burst out in the dark night to kill ten times their own enemy, and last night you saw the bravery of our Transansians, so you can't fake it, right?

According to the schedule posted in the Shadow Valley, the deity on duty tomorrow should be Su, the day after tomorrow is the Eastern Holy Spirit, the day after tomorrow is the god of nature, and the last day is Lady Spider.

One day, relaxed and happy!

Oh, by the way, my compatriot was tasked with the Mother Mother Mother this morning, and the Lord Gaia asked us to find rare ores and gems to offer to her as a blessing offering. ”

"Impossible! I don't believe it! ”

The priestess who had just spoken shook her head vigorously.

Not believing that the face of the Transans would be enough to summon the six gods, the earth priest used a secret method to merge himself into the earth and travel quickly, reaching the Valley of Shadows in a few minutes.

The sight of her jumping out from under the earth scares a group of new people, and then they realize that the important NPC has "refreshed", and they rush around to trigger the quest.

But the priestess was in no mood to pay attention to the irritated Trancians, and she hurried through the crowd to the altar area of the Valley of the Shadows to take a look.

In the next moment, the priestess was like five thunderbolts.

Boy!

These Transian madmen actually made different altars for the six gods, arranging them in rows under the mountain wall, according to the architect just now, in a cycle of six days.

The Altar of Vam was already filled with "freshly chopped" heads of gnolls, kobolds, and even goatmen, and judging by the barbarian runes floating around the Vam Altar, the Berserkers were pleased with the offerings.

On top of the stone altar of the Mother Earth goddess lit today, there are also several uncarved ores, and it is not known where these Transians found them.

But the priestess saw a group of vampire gods babbling to place the ore they brought on the altar of the Mother Goddess, and then pretended to kneel down and pray for the blessing of the Mother Goddess.

If ordinary vampires dared to speak to the gods like this, they would definitely attract severe divine punishment, but the Mother Goddess was extraordinarily generous today, and the earthy yellow streamer wrapped around these vampires like quicksand, giving them three enhancements: the power of the earth, the protection of rocks, and the feet of quicksand.

This scene shattered the priestess's worldview.

She stupidly watched the blessed Transansian vampires leave with a smile and a smile, rubbed her eyes vigorously, and saw the second group of Transansians come with minerals, and they were blessed again according to the previous process.

Scald!

Mother Gaia!

What are you doing? Mother Goddess!

These are vampires! It's the in your eyes, how can you be so unparticular? Why is it that the people of Translancia can receive this blessing, and that of us sincere believers it is very difficult to get your oracle.

Ah, Mother Goddess!

Have you abandoned your loyal dwarven family?

"Not really!"

Just when the priestess's faith was about to collapse, a voice as gentle as the earth came to the priest's ears with helplessness, making the priestess feel excited.

She immediately fell to her knees and recited Gaia's name sincerely.

She knew that it was an oracle from the Mother Goddess, and that it was a sacred thing for any earth priest.

"The Transans are the 'mercenaries of the gods', their defiance of death and their will to protect them are the most precious qualities of this war, my family, you must not only look at the surface"

Gaia originally planned to ignore these small things, but seeing that his followers were about to collapse their faith, he had to come forward to appease him, and by the way, he took this opportunity to deliver an oracle.

He said,

"This time the Black Plague will have a profound impact on the material world, and you must take it seriously! There will be significant changes in the dwarves, and that is part of the fate of the world, and you must be prepared to accept it.

In addition, the common shrine of Fort Grit, Avalon, and Vam, where the three gods descended their divine powers to help mortals achieve victory, will surely go down in history.

They have sent their families there, and you are to assist them in the construction of the Fort of Courage.

Finally, a time of greater connection between God and man may be coming, and you must be prepared for that.

Just learn from the Translancians.

Place my altar on every inch of the earth that you guard, and I will grant you the shelter of all things in your time of need, until the material world survives the shadowy times of unrest.

Go ahead!

Pass this information on to every dwarf, to every one of my children. ”

This is the end of the oracle of Mother Earth.

The priestess knelt on the ground, and when she got up, she was already in tears, and although Gaia was only telling the truth, as a bond and connection of faith, the gentle presence of the Mother Goddess was enough to make any pious person feel grateful from the bottom of his heart.

This is also the reason why it is difficult for fanatics and sincere people to deal with.

They are too "close" to the gods.

Even if the gods have no malicious intent, they will still be "changed", and in layman's terms, their bodies and minds are already in the shape of gods.

The priestess took one last look at the somewhat "rebellious" row of altars in the Valley of Shadows, and without saying anything more, she turned and jumped into the earth and hurried back to the Fort of Courage, sharing the oracle she had received with the other three.

Realizing the will of the Mother Goddess, the Silver Dwarves quickly used their own means to contact the Silver Castle in the Plantagenet Kingdom.

After hearing that the Mother Goddess had sent an oracle asking the dwarves to participate in this black plague more actively, even the High Lord of the Silver Dwarves was alarmed.

As for the construction of Fort Courage, of course, it has also been put on the top priority.

After all, this is what the Mother Goddess herself commanded.

Meanwhile, on the way to Fort Courage at the Black Flame Pass, a Western Saharan Berserk priest had just fought with Guru Yuri of the Eye of the Wolf Vision.

Well, the reason why they fought was fairly simple, it was just that they didn't like each other.

After all, the relationship between Vam and Su is very, very "tense", the gods are fighting, and everyone, as priests of the gods, is sorry for their faith if they don't fight.

"Dog thing!"

The barbarian priest, who had been beaten, did not lose the battle, and while wiping the blood from his face, he shouted to Guru Yuri:

"Fort of Courage is my holy place! There's no place for you wolf cubs! Lao Tzu's skills are not as good as others, and there is nothing to say, but the Berserk Temple has sent even more powerful fighters to guard the Holy Land! Wash your necks and wait! ”

This provocation made Guru Yuri frown.

Damn Vam idiots look like they're going to snatch Sue's new holy land, and there's really no one in sight! They don't have to worry about it, but if you add to that the group of Avalonians who are recovering but are more belligerent and dangerous than before.

To defend Fort Courage for Sue, the Eye of the Wolf God Monastery was not enough.

"Mia!"

Guru Yuri made a decision and whispered to the parishioners who were following him:

"Message to the Great Church of the North Wind! We need the Winter Fang Ascetics to come to our aid, at least one, otherwise we won't be able to defend Sue's holy land. ”

Ps：

Tomorrow there will be a change of alliance leader! Ask for a monthly pass~

(End of chapter)