85: Invasion of Warcraft
Over Peaks, Yuna drove Valkyrie in the direction of the Peaks Mountains.
"The White Raven has been dispatched."
Nolan looked at Evelyn, "Now tell me, what the hell is going on over there in the Peaks Mountains?" β
"I don't know why." Evelyn said in a deep voice, "However, I have just compiled the report that has been sent from the Linfeng Mountain Range recently...... The first mutation actually showed signs much earlier.
"About two months ago, there were frequent incidents of demonic beasts invading the territory on the side of the Linfeng Mountain Range, and the number of them more than doubled compared to previous years.
"However, the City Lord's Mansion at that time did not take timely measures against this unusually increased number of demonic beast invasions, because ...... That's when the war came. β
At that time, it was the invasion of the grassland people, and Linfeng City was already too busy to take care of itself, how could it still send troops to investigate and support the Linfeng Mountain Range on the other side?
Even after the war, there were countless things to do in the city to rebuild villages and resume production.
Those Warcraft invasion reports were also buried in higher priority documents, and no one cared about them.
"Speaking of which, the day before yesterday, I took over an incident in which a demonic beast invaded the Linfeng Hills."
Nolan thought for a moment, "I didn't pay much attention to it at the time, but now it seems that it is a very strange thing for the Rock Helmet Ground Turtle to leave its habitat and come to the hilly area in the winter. β
The Rock Helmet Earth Turtle is a native magical beast of the Linfeng Mountain Range, and because of its slow movement and hibernation habits, there are basically no sightings of them in winter.
Not to mention that they have left the mountains and come to the outermost hills.
This is different from the situation where ordinary demonic beasts strayed into human territory, it is as if ......
They've been expelled by something.
"Yes, there shouldn't be such a large-scale invasion of the Demon Beast at this point in time."
Before coming, Evelyn had also checked the information of Linfeng City over the years, so she made the same judgment, frowning and said, "Something must have happened in the Linfeng Mountain Range, so I wanted to use the power of the White Raven to investigate what happened over there." β
"The top priority is to expel the demonic beasts first and protect the safety of the resource points." Nolan groaned.
"Send the 'tanks' over...... No, if the battle site is in the mountains, I'm afraid you won't be able to use the Sky Burning Flame. β
Sky Blaze is very effective at dealing with large-scale miscellaneous soldiers, but its aftermath is too cumbersome.
Even in the grasslands where combustible materials are relatively barren, after each tank dispatch, the mages of the Knights have to spend great efforts to extinguish the burning embers on the grassland.
Not to mention the Peak Mountain Range, which is overgrown with trees and is completely a primeval forest, rash use of high-level fire spells will only cause even more turmoil and make the situation uncontrollable.
Set fire to the mountain, and sit at the bottom of the prison.
But if you want to replace the right spell for the tank, what should you replace?
Destroying the beam?
However, the current tank has not yet had time to equip with high-precision sights, and the huge number of Warcraft is not suitable for destroying the play of the beam, and I feel that this is not the optimal solution.
"It's okay, it's not so bad that you have to send tanks out."
Seeing Noren's frown, Evelyn was relieved, "I have already sent the Knights over to support, so I won't be overwhelmed by these demonic beasts." β
Unlike the invasion of the steppe people, at that time, their clan masters were exhausted, and a large number of high-level transcendents put a lot of pressure on Linfeng City.
Although there are also high-level demonic beasts in the Linfeng Mountain Range, their range of activity is concentrated in the depths of the mountain range, and they basically do not wander in the marginal areas.
The group of demonic beasts that invaded the territory was mainly from the third to the fifth order, and although it was a bit troublesome to exterminate the large number, it was not yet to the point where Linfeng City was powerless to resist.
As soon as the most elite knights arrive, everything will be fine.
The main reason why she came over to ask for help from Nolan and Yuna was that the White Raven could arrive at the battlefield faster, alleviate the urgent needs there, and later help the Knights find out the truth about the outbreak of this Warcraft tide.
After all, it's the best mobile and reconnaissance unit in Peak City.
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Propulsion at full speed by the Valkyrie wing, Yuna reached the Peak Mountains after about two hours.
It is one of the three major mountain ranges of the Roland Empire, with a majestic ridge that stretches as far as the eye can see, and even in winter, it is covered with dense wooded vegetation and is evergreen all year round.
"I've arrived."
Yuna called out to Noren in the soul link as she lowered her altitude and flew towards a human stronghold in the outermost part of the mountains.
In order to exploit the resources of the mountains, people would cut down the trees, clear the land, and build strongholds, and when viewed from above, the strongholds in the mountains would stand out like patches of bald patches in the thick of the woods.
Comparing Yuna's first-hand perspective with the map of the mountains in front of him, Nolan quickly determined her location, saying:
"This is one of our plantations, it's located deep in the mountains, and it's also the area that has been hit hard by the monster tide, let's go and support them."
As the altitude continued to drop, Yuna was able to visualize the plantation.
In order to prevent the invasion of demonic beasts, all the strongholds in the mountains are erected with walls and barbed wire, and neat rows of repulsion horses.
The guards, some of whom relied on these bunkers to fight, others cast spells or shoot with bows from watchtowers, seemed to be well-trained and well-trained, and a large number of monster corpses had fallen outside the plantation.
But there were too many demonic beasts outside, and these guards alone couldn't handle that many of them, but the high walls and barbed wire were deformed and twisted under the impact of demonic beasts, and the defense line was already in danger.
I saw a four-meter-tall brown bear with a sharp barbed wire claw slapping on the outer wall of the plantation, and a circle of earthy yellow ripples immediately rippled on the wall, instantly blasting the wall into a gap.
Not only does it have a stronger physique than ordinary beasts, but it also instinctively uses magic to attract visions and strengthen itself, which is what makes monsters so powerful and difficult.
The one in front of him is the fifth-order earth-based demonic beast Brown Armored Bear, which is characterized by a short temper, tough fur, and infinite strength.
It broke through in the area where the plantation garrison was at its weakest, and the rest of the guards didn't have time to deal with the threat.
Yuna was about to help, when suddenly a sharp chirp sounded in her ears, and a goshawk two meters tall swooped down on her.
There are also monsters in the sky!
She dodged sideways and brushed the goshawk past her, then raised her magic guide and quickly unleashed a wind blade at it.
The low-level demonic beast could not escape the pursuit of the swift wind blade, and the goshawk was cut in half in the air.
After clearing the goshawk in her way, Yuna swooped down as she switched to another gear.
The brown-armored bear had just stepped out of a hole in the outer wall of the plantation when she had landed above its head, a circle of fiery red circles rapidly unfurling.
This is an extremely tricky offensive position, and the brown-armored bear is good at fighting enemies on the ground, but it is difficult to react to attacks from directly above.
In other words, Yuna never appeared in its field of vision.
"Boom!"
A violent explosion rang out, and the concentric flame blasted into pieces of the brown-armored bear's head, and the smoking headless corpse fell backwards, blocking the hole in the outer wall.
Then, Yuna raised the magic cannon in her left hand, and she found a suitable angle in the air to unleash a destructive beam on the hordes of demonic beasts gathered on the outer wall.
Under her aim, this beam of light pierced through the shells of more than a dozen demonic beasts along the way, leaving a temporary no-man's land on the outer wall that the living should not enter.
If it was against a human force, the strength that the White Raven had shown in these few seconds was enough to make them fearful, and they would slow down the pace of attack.
But in just a breath, this no-man's land was filled up by the successive demonic beasts, who were more difficult than the human army in terms of their fearless spirit.
"There's no end to going on like this......" Yuna rose to the sky again, looking down on the hundreds of demonic beasts outside the plantation.
Even if the current Valkyrie is equipped with a vermilion-level magic crystal, it doesn't mean that he can squander the magic power in his backpack.
Each of these demonic beasts is not powerful when pulled out individually, but it is a lot of victory, even if it has just killed more than a dozen demonic beasts with a single beam cannon, it seems that it has not caused much damage to them.
It still feels like a loss, after all, a beam cannon will consume one-third of the mana.
"There's no need to kill all the demonic beasts outside."
Nolan said calmly, "Have you noticed that the real purpose of these demonic beasts is not actually to destroy the human stronghold. β
As a driver, Yuna focuses most of her attention on the battle itself, and her insight into the big picture is not as sharp as that of a bystander.
Hearing Nolan's reminder, she also calmed down, and soon noticed that something was wrong:
"They...... Just 'passing through' here? β
The plantation was surrounded by demonic beasts, but not all of the demonic beasts that copied the rear were attacking the outer wall, but just bypassed the area and continued to run outside.
This also explains very well why the plantation that bears the brunt of the first thing in the face of a large number of Warcraft herds has not fallen for so long.
It's not because the garrison here is particularly strong, but because the target of this group of demonic beasts is not it at all.
Like the irascible brown bear, from beginning to end, only the curious or aggressive monsters will attack the human strongholds along the way, but these are only a few of the monsters.
"So, don't waste your magic power, just go and kill the monsters that threaten us." Nolan came to a conclusion.
Yuna nodded, put down the magic cannon in her left hand, and instead pulled out the knight's sword at her waist.
If you want to fight a war of attrition with these low-level demonic beasts, white-knuckle combat is a more cost-effective choice, and her fifth-order knight strength is enough to deal with such a scene.
She then roamed over the stronghold, and wherever any monster attempted to attack the outer walls and enter the plantation, she would descend from the sky and slay them all by firing the wind blade or slashing the knight's sword.
After a long stalemate with the group of demonic beasts outside, the shouts of human troops suddenly came from outside.
"Reinforcements have arrived." Yuna rose into the air and looked.
Although she had set out earlier than Yuna, the Order's reinforcements had arrived two hours late.
This is a mixed team of thousands of knights and the Ringpeak Legion, and when they arrived at the Peaking Mountains, the strongholds that they had struggled to support were finally liberated.
The knights swung their blades, the mages cast spells, and the reinforcements continued to advance inward against the tide of monsters, leaving behind countless corpses of monsters along the way, and finally pushed the defensive front to the plantation, which is the edge of the territory of Peak City.
Seeing the fluttering flags raised by the Knights, the guards on the watchtower sat down on the ground with relief.
After fighting with this huge herd of demonic beasts for a whole day, both physically and mentally exhausted reached the limit.
If it weren't for the mysterious reinforcements that fell from the sky to join the battle in the middle of the battle, which greatly relieved the pressure on the defense, they might have collapsed in despair halfway through.
Here, the mages of the Order raised a temporary shield on the outer wall of the plantation to protect the guards from opening the gate and meeting with the reinforcements.
"Thank you for your hard work, I'm AgatΓ©, the captain of the eighth squad of the Knights."
The knight, led by the reinforcements, dismounted, "Leave it to us next, the Knights will protect the integrity of everyone present." β
"Great."
The guard wiped his sweat, then looked at the figure in the sky, "That's ...... Is it the legendary White Raven? β
At the beginning of the war, due to the blockade of the steppe people, the defenders of the stronghold of the Linfeng Mountains cut off contact with the city of Linfeng, and their knowledge of the situation in the city was limited to hearsay.
Including the victory ceremony after the war, most of the people stationed here did not have time to go back to see it.
Therefore, they only heard that there was a mysterious and powerful white raven in Linfeng City, but they did not know whether this rumor was true or not.
"Yes, she's the White Raven."
AgatΓ© looked up and watched her figure gradually disappear into the distance, a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, "She is the goddess of victory in Linfeng City, as long as she appears on the battlefield, there is no battle that we can't win."
"Although this Warcraft tide looks dangerous, as long as she is there, it must be able to be solved smoothly."
"I see......" Seeing his look of conviction, the guards' apprehensive hearts were quietly relaxed.
The Knights are the elite of Linfeng City, and those who can join it are all geniuses with excellent talents who are above the top.
Being able to get their unconditional trust is enough to prove the reliability of the white crow.
Moreover, it was the White Raven who helped them just now, which made the guards' favorability of her quickly increase.
Followers +1......
Followers +1......
Followers +1......
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Yuna was unaware of what was being discussed about her by the people below, and after confirming that the stronghold was not in danger, she left the place and began to trace the source of the demonic beasts along the route they had taken.
What is it that drives the monsters to leave their habitats and flock to the human strongholds on the periphery?
She was going to go deep into the Linfeng Mountains and investigate the issue carefully.
(End of chapter)