As the chief and chief sorcerer of the Evil Branch Clan, Hex has truly experienced an emotional roller coaster in the past year.
In the past few years, the Wildhammer dwarves took advantage of the rebuilding of the Alliance and the unification of the three dwarf tribes to try to expand their territory, and many small-scale conflicts broke out with the Vilebranch Trolls in the Hinterlands.
After finally waiting for the Wildhammer dwarves to calm down, the relatives next door who had a bad relationship suddenly attacked without warning.
Although he was slightly surprised by the Witherwood Troll's rebellion, Hex also saw this as an opportunity.
A perfect opportunity for the Evil Branch clan to sit on the throne of the forest troll clan.
The smug Hex mobilized a large number of troops and rushed to the front line, and started a fierce battle with the deadwood trolls coming through the mountains at the line of the Altar of Zul.
Without the intervention of external forces, the local evil branch trolls would most likely win the final victory in this forest troll civil war after making considerable sacrifices.
However, Hex never expected that the changes in the situation in the Hinterland in the past few years were always in the hands of someone.
The Wildhammer dwarves contracted their front line intentionally, and the Deadwood Trolls were also lured here in a planned way.
In this case, the people behind the scenes would certainly not be able to allow the Evil Branch Troll to win this war comfortably and naturally ascend to the throne of the Amani Empire with a great victory.
When she first learned that the Wildhammer dwarves and the Maltooth traitors were joining forces to attack, Hex was not too surprised, because this was a situation she had predicted at the beginning of the massive war against the Witherwood Trolls.
The Vilebranch trolls and the Wildhammer dwarves had long been at odds with each other. Thinking from another perspective, if Hex were in Falstad's position, she would not let go of this opportunity to take advantage of the chaos to weaken her old enemy.
However, Hex failed to predict the green dragon raid and the high elves' army that followed one after another.
When Sinsaro was besieged, Hex realized that the situation was developing beyond her expectations, but she was not in a hurry as she still had sufficient troops in hand at the time.
In barrage terms...
As long as the main force stationed on the front line can come back in time to relieve the siege, everything will be fine.
For this reason, Hex even sacrificed the lives of his people for blood sacrifices, and used the eggs of Hakkar that had been prepared to unseal the Soul Reaver again.
According to Hex's assumption, with Hakkar on the defensive, it would be impossible for the enemy army to capture Sinsaro, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack, before Evil Branch's army returns to support.
However, while Hex was busy negotiating terms with Haka, the bad news from the mountain suddenly reached her ears.
The main force of the Evil Branch, which Hex had high hopes for, was ambushed and plotted by the high elves' cavalry, and then crashed into the quagmire of defenses that the high elves had already deployed.
Under the premeditated attack from both sides, the evil branch army, whose morale had dropped to the bottom, regretfully stopped moving forward just one step away from its destination.
Looking down from the top of the mountain, you can still see many divided evil branch combat teams fighting stubbornly.
But when the situation has developed to this point, unless a powerful man can be summoned from the sky to reunite these evil branch soldiers who are scattered like stars in the sky, a comeback is almost impossible to happen.
After losing unified command, a large number of evil branch trolls who lost their fighting spirit fled into the dense forests of the Hinterlands.
These deserters could not escape the fate of being captured in the end. After all, there were many gryphon knights with wide vision patrolling the battlefield.
In order to deal with these annoying griffin knights, Hex gritted his teeth and sacrificed some of his tribesmen again, assisting Hakkar in summoning a large number of wind serpent descendants.
Wind snake, as the name suggests, this strange creature looks very similar to a snake, except that it has a pair of small wings on both sides of its body.
Thanks to this, the wind snake can fly into the sky to fight, and can also spit out various energy attacks according to its different attributes.
The summoned sons of Haka quickly entered the battle and had a fierce conflict with the gryphon knights hovering over the Hinterlands to cover the ground forces.
The Wildhammer dwarves were also fighting on two fronts at this time. Most of the main force joined the western battlefield under the leadership of Falstad. There were not many gryphon knights dispatched to the east to reinforce the high elves.
Faced with a sudden attack by a large number of wind snakes, the Griffin Knights, who originally had firm control of the air, gradually fell into a disadvantage due to their numerical disadvantage.
And that's not the worst.
Among the gryphon knights who came in as reinforcements, they lacked high-end combat capabilities like Falstad and Kurdran who could single-handedly drive the situation.
On the Wind Snake side, there are close to ten high-level descendants of Haka whose strength has reached high-level elite or even epic level.
With these significantly larger wind snakes leading the attack, anyone with a discerning eye could see that it was only a matter of time before the Griffin Knights were defeated.
Once they lose air supremacy, the situation that Sinsaro's Evil Branch defenders faced before and was beaten by air and ground coordination will be transferred to the high elves.
Without Sarlayan's instructions, Melinthera, who deliberately changed the subject after Valeela returned, immediately ordered her descendants to take off to help the griffin knights face the enemy.
With the addition of more than a dozen green dragon cubs, the aerial battlefield was finally brought back to balance.
But Sarlayan knew that this was only temporary.
The Evil Branch Troll... or Hex is now like a gambler who has lost his sights. If this crisis cannot be successfully overcome, the name of the Evil Branch clan will become history from now on, and will gradually be eliminated like the Amani clan. The world has forgotten.
Rather than worrying about losing everything, Hex would definitely choose to put all his cards in one last fight.
Valeela's guess was correct. More wind snakes were summoned to the top of Zinzaro, and Hakkar's originally stagnant strength growth accelerated again.
Under the observation of Eagle Eye, Hakkar's level has reached level 63, which is the same as the second-generation elite dragons such as Melinsela and Onyxia, and there seems to be room for further improvement.
Needless to say, Hex, desperate, continues to sacrifice the people of the Evil Branch.
Having solved the worries from the direction of the Altar of Zul, Sarlayan does not intend to give Hakkar a chance to regain more strength.
The battle at the foot of the mountain has basically come to an end, with fewer and fewer trolls still resisting. Sarlayan handed over the remaining trolls to the Morning Frontier Legion, which was not good at mountain warfare, to finish the battle.
With a wave of Sarlayan's hand, all the infantry of the Marine Corps turned around in an orderly manner, speeding up the steps and advancing towards the upper floors of Sinsaro.
Sarlayan himself did not climb the mountain with the army. He, Stellagosa, and Melinthra transformed into dragon prototypes at the same time, carrying Valeera into the sky together, and rushed straight to Hakkar on the top of the mountain with a clear goal. And go.
Compared with ordinary wind snakes, Hakkar is extremely large, even larger than an adult dragon.
Haka also has the appearance of a wind snake, but its body is much thicker than an ordinary wind snake.
The wings covered with green wing membranes seemed to be able to block out the sky and the sun, and there were two arms growing on both sides of the body that ordinary wind snakes did not have.
However, Haka's "hands" are different from humanoid creatures. The top of the arm is two sharp bone bodies like sickles.
After rising to the sky, Sarlayan could finally see the tragic situation on the top of Zinsaro's mountain directly.
Yes, miserable.
The area near the altar on the top of the mountain has long been stained scarlet with blood. It can be seen from the color that the blood is still very fresh.
With Hakkar personally taking action to plunder the flesh and soul, the sacrificed Evil Branch Trolls did not leave even the residue that constituted the ooze monster. The blood sprayed on the ground was the final proof of their existence in the world.
Hex, whose face was corroded by acid, was standing next to the altar. There were some strong elite troll guards scattered around her.
The other direct subordinates were sent to the residential area of Xinsaro, which was still in the hands of the evil branch trolls, to capture more sacrifices.
"Tsk tsk~"
Sarlayan smacked his lips angrily: "I wonder what the civilians of the Evil Branch Troll are feeling right now. Are they more willing to sacrifice themselves for the sake of the tribe? Or follow the instinct of survival and surrender to their former enemies?"
Valeela sneered and complained: "Do they have any choice? Hex is not the kind of leader who will listen to public opinion."
"The civilians who are still under the control of Evil Branch may be hopeless, but..."
Sarlayan turned his attention to the middle and lower areas of Zinsaro that had been captured by the Marine Corps: "Other trolls still have the opportunity to choose. I will never torture prisoners. They are all high-quality labor force."
"Let's stop talking here."
Melinsela said in a solemn tone: "Salayan, I hope the battle plan you formulated can be completed smoothly... Hakkar is coming, so take action!"
