Section 6 The Saroman Snake (1)
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Wang Qinian arranged for the guards to take turns so that some of them could take a break for a while, and the wood elves died another forty or thirty people, and the rest were almost all wounded, and only Garrison was left with a few Munk orcs, and he all relied on the iron armor of Old John later, otherwise maybe he would no longer be there.
When fleeing to the castle, there were two hundred and one people in the team, and the battle of the breakout at the edge of the town was the beginning of a large number of attrition, some of the injured wood elves who could not escape sacrificed themselves in exchange for the opportunity to escape from their companions, and a quarter of the number was reduced at that time, and some of the slightly injured could barely escape to the castle with the team.
Therefore, the number of people after arriving at the castle was about one hundred and fifty, fortunately, the terrain was favorable, and it was those orcs and old John who stood in the way, and the wood elves were injured a lot, but as soon as they were injured, they were replaced by their companions, and there were not many deaths on the spot.
It wasn't until Bernhard had to make a move that the number of wood elves who died on the spot skyrocketed, but now that Bernhard has made a move, he can summon the earth element to directly block the door, and the elves have reduced the danger of direct flesh fighting, but now there is a lack of bows, and there are still a lot of arrows found from the previous weapon storage.
I'll have to look for it again, Wang Qinian said to himself.
According to Bernhard's inference, the Ante Antmen did not really retreat, but just left the attack range of the Castle Wood Elves, waiting for the Ant-Man in the town to meet and prepare for the next war, so the people in the Castle did not want to take the opportunity to escape, even Bernhard, who had shown his strength, would not have such thoughts, because until now, Wang Qinian and the others were not sure whether there was just an Ant-Man tribe outside, or if there were more Ante Ant-People underground.
Can only wait until dawn, Ante Ant-Man hates the sun, and may retreat.
But the next Ant-Man attack may be more ferocious, and the pure wood elves are quite optimistic, but Bernhard is a little worried, even if it is just a tribe, the red ant nobles should appear in the next attack.
Except for the police post, the others fell into a deep sleep tiredly, Wang Qinian only took a nap and woke up again, he quietly walked to the depths of the ancient castle, intending to continue to search the area that had not been searched just now, to see if there could be any more appearances, if only a second weapon storage room could be found.
Wang Qinian first searched for houses in the area outside the center of the castle, but the results were very disappointed, and he did not find anything useful, either the contents of the house had been severely damaged, or the room was empty, and it had been moved by the residents of the town who did not know how many years ago.
Finally he entered the house in the center of the castle, a three-story building that was supposed to be the former residence of the castle's owner.
The building was quiet, Wang Qinian walked on the spiral staircase, and there was a clear sound of footsteps, and he couldn't help but subconsciously collect his strength.
A squeak and the sound of rats running past made Wang Qinian laugh at himself for being too cautious, this ancient castle had been abandoned for so many years.
He searched from the first floor to the second floor, found nothing, and then ascended to the third floor.
Most of the rooms on the third floor remained untouched and had not been emptied, perhaps because the townspeople were scared after someone went missing.
Wang Qinian searched the bedroom and study of the owner of the castle successively, and as soon as the books in the study were taken in his hands, they turned into powder with a little force.
Wang Qinian only found a delicate dagger in the study, which still looked very sharp, but he was very disappointed that he had nothing to gain otherwise.
After a turn, he returned to the first floor, wondering if he had missed something.
At last he found the entrance to a basement, he couldn't help but be pleasantly surprised, but when he entered, it was now empty and happy, inside was a wine cellar, which should have been stored with ice, which was used to store fine wine for the owner of the castle, but after so many years, the ice had long since melted, and there were quite a lot of wine barrels in it.
There was a strong smell of wine in the air, the cellar was well sealed, and no one had opened it, although it had been too long, and the wine had begun to wave, but the smell of wine was accumulating in the cellar.
Wang Qinian was a little unaccustomed to the rotten air with the smell of wine, his brain was dizzy, his feet were weak, he staggered, knocked over several wine barrels, and finally clung to the innermost wine barrel so that it did not fall.
There was a sound in my ears, and a dark passage suddenly appeared under the cellar.
Deeper basements!
Wang Qinian stood up in surprise, his heart beating, maybe there was a second room in it to store weapons?
He cast a spell on himself, blessed with a dim vision, and then took out the dagger he had just found, held it in his hand, and cautiously walked underground.
After walking through a deep passage, there was a faint light in front of him, and Wang Qinian, who had been subjected to dim vision, could see more clearly.
The light is the stone embedded in the stone wall, which is the fluorescent stone that accompanies the excavation of the magic crystal, and there is also a faint magic reaction in it, but it is not pure, but it cannot be used like the magic crystal, but magicians and nobles like to use it for lighting.
This more secluded basement has a number of rooms, which seem to have been arranged by the owner of the castle for refuge.
Wang Qinian walked through several underground rooms, there was nothing in them, and he couldn't help but be disappointed, and at this moment, he heard a strange sound from the room next to him.
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Wang Qinian was searching the basement, but he didn't expect that not long after he left, Ante Ant-Man attacked again.
This time, the number of Ante Ant-Man was even larger, plus the more than a hundred ant-men who had retreated earlier, the number was close to five hundred, and the entire Ant-Man tribe had all come except for the people who transported and guarded the food.
The only thing to be thankful for is that, judging from the current shape, it is just an Ant-Man tribe, not an Ant-Man kingdom.
Ant-Man has no tools, and the tools in the hands of an Ant-Man tribe are even more rudimentary, otherwise the wood elves would not be able to defend this city at all.
As long as the Antes have a few more ladders for siege, the defenders will be finished, and the number of wood elves and the lack of bows and arrows will not be able to defend the entire castle at all, as long as the Ante antmen climb the city wall and enter the castle, and attack the front and back, everyone will be finished, including Bernhard.
And now, as ferocious as the Antes are, despite their overwhelming numerical advantage, they can only honestly attack from the gates.
Bernhard still summoned the Earth Elemental to fight, and summoned eight Earth Elementals at once, blocking the gate so that the Wood Elves couldn't get in at all.
In Wang's absence, Bernhard was in command, and he had half of the Wood Elves and Garrison stay inside the gate, in case an Antex rushed in, or if there was a hole in the Earth elemental's defenses, the Wood Elves would still need to resist if necessary.
The other Wood Elves and Slave Catchers stood on the wall and threw it at the Ants while dismantling and carrying something that could be used to throw a qiē in the castle.
The ants had to brave rolling rocks, falling wood, and tiles and stone chips, and although the damage was not large, it could still play a small role in distraction.
The offense and defense of the two sides were deadlocked again at the door, this time Ant-Man was more prepared and his strength had improved a lot, but with Bernhard there, it seemed that the defense line was still strong, and there was not much difference between Wang Qinian and Wang Qinian.
"What's that?" Ciri suddenly stopped firing and pointed in surprise to the distance, where there was a red dot.
"It's a red ant nobleman. She was supposed to be the leader of this Ant-Man tribe, and among the Ant-Man, only the Queen Ant could command her. Ciri, you stop shooting, just pay attention to her alone, she is a warlock in Ant-Man, with spell-like abilities, kill her if you have the chance. Bernhard admonished.
Ciri nodded and agreed.
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Wang Qinian almost suspected that he had misheard.
But listen again, in this silent place, beyond the sound of one's own breathing, there is indeed another sound of existence.
His face changed suddenly, and he scurried from the room where he had been to the room where the voice had come from.
The inside was still empty, but Wang Qinian immediately lowered his body and pressed his ears to the ground.
At the moment when he bent down, the ground close to him suddenly cracked.
Dirt sprayed out like a fountain in all directions, and strange noises came from within.
It was the language of the Ante people, but Wang Qinian could understand it.
The ant soldiers cheered as they finally opened the way from the outside of the castle to the inside of the castle.
is from underground.
In an instant, Wang Qinian guessed a lot, the previous defeat of the Ante people made them understand that it was extremely difficult to attack the gate directly, so they decided to dig a tunnel, leading directly to the inside of the ancient castle from the underground, and then suddenly attack from the inside, and beat the defenders without warning.
Wang Qinian's cold sweat suddenly broke out, it was not easy for other races to dig a tunnel in a few hours, but it was not difficult for Ante Ant-Man, who was itself a nest in the ground.
They are almost on the verge of succeeding, or rather having succeeded.
Although Wang Qinian is now present, there is only one person in Wang Qinian, and I don't know how many ant soldiers there are in the tunnel, ten or a hundred?
What to do?
Wang Qinian tried his best to think that he had to make a decision in seconds.
Now he went out to move the rescuers, and he was safe, but Ant-Man was completely successful and appeared inside the castle without hindrance.
If you want to stop them, but you are only one person, you can rely on the release of magic missiles, the dagger in your hand, and the two scrolls in your arms, the Weakening Ray and the Dark Strike.
Wang Qinian retreated out of the room, thinking that he had to gamble.
The cracks in the ground were getting bigger and bigger, and the Ante ant soldiers began to jump out of their burrows, one, two, three, a dozen or so of them, and the numbers continued.
The Black Ant Warriors and Ant Warriors of the Antes have few brains, but the Queen Ant and Red Ant Nobles are much more intelligent.
The red ant nobles who controlled the entire Ant-Man tribe outside had arranged a careful plan this time to storm the gate of the castle with a large army, and if the wood elves and Bernhard couldn't resist it, it would be needless to say.
She also arranged for two teams of ant soldiers, each led by a black ant warrior, to dig in from the ground from the beginning of the earlier wave of failures.
The two teams of ant-laborers, each with twenty-four men, dug in two directions, one team dug in the wrong direction, and this team succeeded.
More than 20 ant-men crowded the originally spacious room, Wang Qinian took a breath and appeared at the door from the wall, but his mouth came out with the same strange voice as the ant people.
He commanded in a majestic tone in the language of the Ant-Men, and the Ant-men were all stunned for a moment.