"What time is it now? You are still worried about a ring?" The sea hag's voice was as ugly as her appearance. When her mouth opened, it was cracked all the way to the base of her back cheeks, and the sharp teeth and press in her mouth were all broken. Revealed, "No matter what method the other party uses, now that idiot Kurgor has completely surrendered to the other party. Although the fat dragon's brain is not easy to use, it is undeniable that her ability in the water is very unique. Lizard The strength of the human army is also far superior to ours. We are now more than 70 kilometers away from the Yuanhai Swamp. If we can't run even halfway, we will be overtaken by the lizard army led by her. The moment we are overtaken, it will be ours. The moment when the amphibious force was completely wiped out.”
After listening to the sea hag's analysis, the green hag had to temporarily suppress her dissatisfaction with the night hag, and said with a worried look: "Not only that, if they lose the amphibious force, they are likely to take advantage of the situation to attack the distant sea. The swamp, trying to uproot us.”
Night Hag revealed a terrifying smile and said, "If they really dare to do this, it would be a good time for me to test the true power of the nightmare realm. I will make it impossible for them to come back."
"Although the nightmare realm is powerful, after all, it is not entirely within our power. How to dig out that little thing from the depths of the nightmare realm is already an extremely troublesome problem. If we give her a large number of souls, If we go in, aren't we asking for trouble? Will it slow down our ability to obtain truly powerful power?" The Green Hag was very disapproving of the Night Hag's activation of the nightmare realm.
Not only for the reason she said, but also because the night hag's innate ability to manipulate nightmares gives her an absolute dominance in studying matters in the nightmare realm. The internal balance of their hag gathering is already in jeopardy. Whether the power of the Nightmare Realm itself is gradually growing, or the Night Hag is further studying it, it will be difficult for her to join forces with the Sea Hag to fight against her, and in the end it is likely to become the object of her enslavement and control.
The relationship between these hags is like the broken ship they are riding on now. They are tinkering with it to keep it sailing and unsinkable. If they want to be intimate, forget about it. Each of them has their own little calculations.
"That's right, even if the Nightmare Realm is activated, its power will be more effective if a large number of soldiers cooperate. We must not give up the troops in our hands until the last moment." Sea Ghost Woman is unconditional this time They sided with the green hag.
The gathering of hags is composed of neither two nor four, but three. It is not only limited by the laws of magic, but also limited by their bad personalities.
If more than three hags gather together, they will not form a more powerful hag assembly, but will become weaker, because a lot of their energy will be used to plot against each other.
Three, no more, no less. When two of the hags are in conflict, the other one can act as a lever to balance. There are many such balancing methods, and they are not limited to one. Like now, the two hags are in a conflict. The disadvantaged hags unite in unison to oppose the most powerful moment of checking and balancing, which is their most common method.
In their eyes, the threat to their companions is far greater than that of their enemies. Even if the lizardman army led by the Lizard Queen is very close to them, they still put their own checks and balances first.
idiot.
Night Hag cursed in her heart, if it weren't for the two of them holding her back, she would have already taken the treasure in the far sea swamp, mastered the realm of nightmares, and peeked at the road to the God of Nightmares.
But if you get rid of the two of them, relying on your own strength, which is slightly insufficient, you can only grit your teeth and continue to endure their stupidity, and make a compromise suggestion: "We are definitely not the stupid dragon in the water." Opponent, but once her army arrives on land, its strength will be greatly reduced, especially since we also have an army of abyssal gnolls on the shore. We will join the two armies in one place, slowly retreat to the distant sea swamp, and then completely destroy it. Lock it down and sit back and watch what happens here."
"This method is feasible. The strength of the conqueror's army far exceeds our original prediction. Now we can ensure that our main force does not suffer losses, which is the greatest victory."
"Our dispatch of troops this time is a bit too hasty. Look at the Dark Castle. From beginning to end, all they are instigating are the cannon fodder of the monster tribes. They have not used their main force at all. No matter how the situation here changes, they will not stand still. A place of defeat.”
"Being invincible does not mean life is easy. After the conquerors' army builds the Bridge of Faith, do you think they will tear it down? They will definitely build a city here, and by then the high road will lead to Cormyr. The two lines are connected with the East Road. If nothing unexpected happens, before the conqueror's army officially enters the Rockland, he will be awarded the title of Baron of the Rockland. At that time, the situation in the Rockland and the Goblin Borderlands will be drastically changed. Changes, Dark Castle’s layout here over the years will all be broken or even overthrown.”
"At that time, it will not only be the Dark Castle that will have a hard time, but also us. Therefore, two old sisters, you should do your best to help me, completely break the nightmare realm, and find my disobedient daughter. Only in this way, we don't have to continue to be trapped in this swamp. Not to mention the entire Toril, even the entire multiverse will be at our mercy. We will become everyone's nightmare. Don't you want to see it with your own eyes? , how do those human beings struggle desperately in dreams, but there is no way to escape? Don't you want to use nightmares to erode their reason and their bodies bit by bit, so that they can become what we want and become in our hands? Puppet and tool?”
The topic circled around and returned to themselves. The Night Hag obviously knew the fatal weaknesses of her two sisters very well, and she brought the whole matter to the point that they were most interested in.
The ugly eyes of the Sea Hag and the Green Hag suddenly flashed. Didn't they dream of the beautiful vision described by the other party? It's just that they lack the ability of the Night Hag to enter and control dreams, and the nightmare realm is too unique. Even if they are not careful, even they will have to get inside and be played around by the Night Hag.
Knowing what they were worried about, Night Ghost Woman vowed: "We are a whole, and only when we are united are we the most powerful. I promise that as long as this thing succeeds, I will share all the power gained with you. "
snort!
The two hags snorted involuntarily at the same time. Sometimes they didn't even believe their own words, let alone the promise of another hag.
In desperation, Night Hag Po could only use her trump card and said: "I am willing to take the Hag Po Oath."
Upon hearing the hag's oath, the sea hag and the green hag perked up, looked at each other involuntarily, and said in unison: "Okay."
If there was anything in their lives that gave them so little trust, it was the Hag Oath.
This kind of oath has a magical effect and can only be sworn by a hag to a hag, and an oath sworn by a hag to ordinary people. When she claims to be a hag oath, it proves that the fooling has begun, and those who believe it do not even know how they died in the end. .
It's just that the hag oath has relatively large restrictions on the hags who swear it. Selfish hags are not willing to easily bind themselves with the oath, so they rarely use it, let alone take the initiative to ask for it like the night hag. This shows that there are greater interests. The point tempted her and made her willing to accept the bondage of the hag's oath.
The night hag solemnly said: "Once Ilbota breaks through the nightmare realm, finds my daughter, and gets back my power, I am willing to share this power with Zunuris and Shenard." .”
While swearing, the night hag took the initiative to stretch out her hands and showed them to the two hags, one on the left and the other on the right.
The two hags also stared at her hands for a moment. Since there are loopholes in any oath, the most obvious loophole in the hag oath is that the oath made by crossing the fingers does not count.
This loophole can only fool the new hags. These two quasi-legendary hags who have lived for who knows how many years know all the twists and turns of hags. If you want to use this to trick them, it will be difficult to reach the sky.
When the Night Hag finished her oath, the Sea Hag and the Green Hag couldn't help but smile. However, this smile was as ugly and scary as it was, but they didn't have such consciousness.
"If you had done this earlier, wouldn't this matter be simple? We would have captured the Nightmare Realm long ago."
"It's not too late now. We will definitely do our best to help you next."
Night Ghost Granny said with a smile: "If there is no problem, let those children land. We don't have much time left."
If the situation in the Goblin Borderlands hadn't been developing in an extremely unfavorable direction for them, and she was afraid of long nights and many dreams, how could she have bound herself with the hag oath?
A big meal for three people, how can it be more delicious when eaten by one person?
"That's how it should be."
"Let's get started."
The two hags, who were in a good mood, stopped obstructing them. With an order, the amphibious army of the Far Sea Swamp did not blindly run along the Bianhuang River to the Far Sea Swamp. Instead, they found a relatively gentle river bank. All personnel disembarked on the west bank.
The amphibious army of the Distant Sea Swamp is also composed of two types of troops. As cannon fodder, like the lizardman army, they are also bullywugs with green skin, pot bellies and frog heads. However, compared to the bullywugs of the Thun Swamp, the bullywugs of the Distant Sea Swamp are Bullywugs are much more numerous and better in terms of number, equipment, and size. The only flaw is that they are numb and swollen all over and covered with tumors that ooze abscesses. Patients with intensive care disorder look at them. Their appearance will definitely change for the worse, especially when they appear in large groups. Instead of calling them bullywugs, it would be more appropriate to call them leprechauns.
This fully shows that their life under the hags is much better than that of the Lizard Queen. At least they are not disadvantaged in terms of food. Although the hags are sadistic, twisted and cruel, they advocate dark transactions. When you're willing to give something valuable in exchange, they usually keep their promise and then watch you struggle with regret.
It is not difficult to guess what these bullywugs have given up, and that is appearance. Only when the entire race accepts the filthy synchrony of the hag will there be a group change in appearance.
The other core force is trolls, aquatic trolls. Compared with ordinary trolls, these trolls have sky-blue skin, a respiratory system similar to fish gills on the back of their necks, and their hands and feet are also connected. They have flippers and are taller, with an average height of over three and a half meters.
Just like those bullywugs, these aquatic trolls are also covered with boils full of abscesses, but they are not so dense, but their size is amazing. At first glance, they look 60 to 70% similar to sea hags.
The number of aquatic trolls is relatively small, only four to five hundred, and most of the rest are frogmen.
As for the lizardmen, there are none.
In fact, apart from a few lizardman villages and tribes surviving in the swamps of the distant sea, not a single lizardman was seen in the core area.
The reason is naturally the Lizard King's Court in Thun Swamp. The Lizard Queen's powerful influence and control over the lizard people makes these suspicious hags dare not let the lizard people appear in their territory, lest one day they and the lizards will be together. When the Royal Court starts fighting, those lizardmen will fight back and side with the Lizard Queen. It is not impossible, but very likely. Her fog of obedience has a permanent effect on many lizardmen.
After a few years of continuous killing and running, there were no more traces of the lizardmen in the swamps of the distant sea.
The Lizard Queen and the lizard-men army rushed slowly and slowly. By the time they arrived, all the amphibious troops in the distant sea swamps had landed and quickly retreated to a place three or four kilometers away from the shore to prevent the Lizard Queen from directly controlling the flood and bringing them with them. He chased the lizard man ashore.
Without the help and restraint of the river and the continuous replenishment of river water, the flood controlled by the Lizard Queen would not be able to run a few hundred meters ashore, so it would be almost consumed.
"General, what should we do now?" The Lizard Queen's words showed deep worry. She was now afraid that Gavin would use her army of lizardmen as cannon fodder, so she also drove them to the shore, even if she finally won the war. , the final casualties will be extremely heavy.
"What they did made it easier for us." Not only was Gavin not disappointed, but he could not hide his excitement. This decision seemed smart, but in fact it was downright stupid.
Because the lizardman army has never been their main force, the conqueror army is.
The army of conquerors had already begun to mobilize their troops and launched a counterattack, and they actually took the initiative to attack the guns.
Gavin turned to the half-black dragon lizardman who was serving respectfully on the side: "General Gregory, you will be in charge of the Evil Fang Legion next, and march with them. Anyone who dares to enter the water or wants to cross the river, whether it is the Dark Castle Do you have any doubts about the monsters or the army in the swamps of the distant sea? Kill them all on the spot?"
"This..." This thick half-black dragon lizard man did not dare to answer Gavin directly, but instead glanced at the lizard queen.
Even though they had long been accustomed to the Lizard Queen's capriciousness and issuing inconsistent orders at every turn, this reversal was a bit too big.
On the front foot, they were still fighting to the death with the army of conquerors, as if they wanted to drown them all in the river of wilderness. On the other hand, they became allies to deal with the common enemy. The opponent's coach even killed Al in the blink of an eye. Hassan replaced him and became the new vizier, while Alhassan completely disappeared.
What puzzled him the most was the change in the Lizard Queen's temperament. She was perverse and violent. She always rode on others' heads. When did she allow others to ride on her head?
Especially when the other party is the vizier she just canonized. Who is the master? Who is the servant?
Gregory couldn't help but wonder, had his mother been replaced?
But the aura coming from her body cannot be faked, nor can the abilities she uses.
"Gregory, are you questioning my order? I have already said that from now on, all matters in the royal court will be handed over to General Gavin. You must assist him unconditionally. His order is my order, and his will is My will." Lizard Queen roared angrily, "Such doubts are not allowed again, otherwise I will not be lenient."
The anger in the Lizard Queen's words was real, but it was not directed at Gregory, but at herself and Gavin.
By now she has basically understood what Gavin is going to do. He doesn't want to support her to be the queen of two swamps at all. Instead, he is paving the way bit by bit to steal his own royal court and steal his own servants. What will happen next Just steal your own wealth.
However, there is nothing I can do. I can only say and do what the other person wants, and I have become an out-and-out puppet on strings.
"Yes." The half-black dragon lizard man could only bow and obey the order. His inner fear of the lizard queen took over, making him dare not think too deeply.
"Return to the main army." Gavin ordered the Lizard Queen.
He must now keep her with him at all times and not allow her to have any single contact with the lizardman army or issue random orders, which will adversely affect his subsequent reception.
Whether it is appointing the new vizier of the royal court or stepping on her head to go to war together, it is all to build momentum for the next acceptance.
Not to mention that she would not be able to stay in Thun Swamp in the future because of the restrictions on Vizeme Manor. Even if she could stay, Gavin would not let her stay. The Lizard Queen is definitely not a qualified ruler. Her Lizard Court It's just that she can't create more wealth as a tool to satisfy her own selfish desires, let alone integrate into her own power.
Although the Lizard Queen was unwilling in every possible way, she could only obey Gavin's order and turned around again and ran towards the Bridge of Gods and Humans. This time, there was no incident, and it only took a few minutes to return.
"Take off, starting from the east end of the bridge, and fly over the entire Bridge of Humans and Gods at low altitude." Gavin issued a new order.
The Lizard Queen fluttered her dragon wings that did not match her huge body, and passed unsteadily over the Bridge of Humans and Gods.
This slow speed was just right, not only allowing the army of conquerors below to feel the terror of the Lizard Queen's size, but also allowing them to clearly hear Gavin's new round of speeches.
What a negative impact the Lizard Queen brought to the conqueror's army at the beginning, she can bring such an encouragement now, not only because she has now transformed into one's own fighting force, but also once again proved the unfathomable strength of her commander, even if A powerful dragon can be subdued, which is even more difficult than simply killing it.
(End of chapter)
