Principality of Ernifea, border of Taron County, Fars Fortress.
The majestic and tall fortress wall stands on the border of Eta County as usual. It not only gives a great psychological impact to everyone who comes and goes here, but also gives unparalleled pride to the border soldiers guarding here. feel. But now, these thoughts in everyone's mind have disappeared, because the invasion from the empire has advanced before their eyes.
Before they were even ready, crossbow arrows landed on their heads.
Due to the empire's advocating force, the empire's combat power is much higher than that of the principality, and this part of the combat power is mainly reflected in the strength and quality of individual soldiers and troop coordination, and is much less in technological elements such as magic. But relying on these alone, the empire's iron cavalry has already reached the east of Zaraha City, under the walls of Fars Fortress. If this fortress that has never been captured is captured by the empire again, it will be so far away from Erni. The demise of the Principality of Feia is probably not far away.
Now, looking at the crowds of people fighting under the city wall, General Dusk has no confidence at all that he will not let the scenes he described before become a reality - his troops who were not sent out for reinforcements in order to save strength. Some of the troops have been dispatched at this time.
Standing attentively, with his hands clasped, the general kept his eyes on the southwest of the battlefield - where the fiercest fighting was, and he didn't even notice that his hat was crooked. From time to time, his subordinates would quietly run to him and report the latest situation to him, but every time he waved his hand feebly and told them to leave.
The people who had been sent out were almost all of his troops. He had no way to deal with the remaining changes on the battlefield.
A few days ago, relying on the remaining defense of Zaraha City, the principality's troops barely regained part of the position, and then opened the battle line, blocking the imperial army to the west of Zaraha City's front line, and at the same time controlling the situation. In Felong County, additional personnel have been deployed within the military department, and the latest information and references from the Speaker were also handed to him, but those mentioned in those things were troops deployed from various counties in the principality. , but it has never been implemented due to the delay in the parliament's decision. That was all, but a group of people appeared from nowhere and raided the battlefield in the southeastern part of Zaraha City. With more than a dozen people, they destroyed all the defense facilities there, and even the garrison was destroyed. Several magicians were killed by them, and the communication was not reported back. So when Dusk knew this information, the empire's Snow Wolf Army had already used the fastest speed to break through the temporary gap, and The flames of war between the two sides burned in front of him.
I heard that those people were still a group of adventurers... what a fucking ghost!
There was no time to think about why adventurers were helping the empire. Dusk hurriedly sent out his troops to block the front of the empire's elite, trying to resolve the battle outside the city - if the Snow Wolf Army were to rush in like this In front of the Fars Fortress, when they consolidated their battle line and the siege troops arrived, they really had no confidence in blocking their attack. You must know that there were tens of thousands of imperial troops behind them. That gap is leaking through.
However, judging from the current situation, the actual results have not changed much.
There is a gap in the abilities of the soldiers and a lack of combat awareness. The coordination between the troops has not even reached the level of training. These little brats who are used to being raised in the rear no longer know how to fight. Facing the tiger-wolf Imperial Army, At that time, they were so frightened that they could not even lift their weapons. If it were not for the air support provided by the magicians standing on the walls of the fortress, this "evenly matched battle" would soon turn into a defeat for their side.
However, this situation will definitely not last.
The magic of mages is limited. In this sudden battle, several magicians have been carried down by soldiers due to lack of magic power, and some have been counterattacked by the empire. A large number of troops were wiped out in a raid, which made General Dusk feel heartbroken. After the Snow Wolf Army stabilized the battlefield, many special forces from the empire also entered the battlefield and exerted their respective strengths. For the magicians of the Principality, They have many ways to restrain their combat power. In addition to a small amount of magic bombardment, a large number of magic shields and anti-magic fields for individual soldiers appear on the vast battlefield. Among them, there are also small groups of special forces armed with anti-magic weapons. The troops always pay attention to the location of enemy magicians appearing on the battlefield, so as to pounce on the magic units as soon as they are discovered, and carry out a devastating blow to them. With the perfect cooperation of several types of troops, the entire battlefield was like a training ground for the Imperial Army. Everything was constantly changing in their favor. While gradually eroding the Principality's troops, it also made Dusk's expression darker and darker. The hair is pale.
If...if that happens, there is a vast plain behind Fars Fortress. Although there are several small towns and inns in the middle, those things definitely cannot be used as strategic locations. For defense, the only thing left is Tania, the capital of the principality, and the piles of adventurer stations... That's right! Take advantage of those stations! but......
Can we trust the risk-takers when something like this happens?
What happened on the front line has been reported, but it should not reach the hands of Horsman and Pamir so quickly. However, even if they heard about such things, they would also be concerned about the improvised adventurers outside the city. Be extremely skeptical... Dusk leaned forward and held the city wall with both hands. His eyes were still staring at the northwest of the battlefield, but his mind was involuntarily thinking about other things and the fall. Arrangements later. He gritted his teeth and kept swatting away the reporting soldiers. At a certain moment, when he saw that the troops in the northwest could no longer hold back and fled backwards, he shouted to the guards next to him.
"Notify Jala! Let him lead his people up! Go to the left!" He waved his hands vigorously in the air: "You! And you! Get the remaining magicians ready! We have to give them to the city wall. A great gift!”
"And..." After all the orders were given, he waved and called another guard: "Go and notify the people in the city and let them get ready..."
"Get ready to retreat," he whispered.
"Don't be so anxious."
A gentle female voice suddenly appeared next to the general, startling him and the guards next to him.
"You, you, you...who are you!"
The gorgeous blue robe floated as the woman turned around, and accompanied by a burst of violet floral fragrance, it fell on her legs again. The woman holding the staff inlaid with a huge blue gem had a smile on her face, but ignored the general's words. questioning and panic.
"On the order of Pamir, I am here to assist you." Her voice was slow, as if she was spending her own vacation: "To be precise...it is to assist all the principality troops."
She swayed her waist and walked to the front of the city wall, holding hands and looking at the vast battlefield below: "I didn't expect to encounter such a fierce battle so soon..."
Ignoring the general's scolding behind her, Christine closed her eyes and slowly raised the staff in her hand. There was a wind blowing over the city wall, but the next moment the wind turned into a biting cold air.
"Remember to ask your people... to clean up the battlefield."
These were the last words left by Christine - the ice-blue light belonging to the water element spurted out from her robe, and turned into a dazzling bright light in just the blink of an eye.
The temperature was dropping, the elements were shaking, and the entire Fars Fortress began to shake. As the cold current flowed out from the city walls, the roar of the elements came from the air, and the harsh roar passed through the entire battlefield. Floated further into the sky.
The sky and the earth change color.
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"Drink!"
Another ice ape fell to Nan Tieshan's hands. He turned around with a laugh and waved a muscular POSS at the two "newbies" behind him, showing off the monster corpses on the ground.
"Did you see it? This is the power of the new weapon! Hahahaha!"
Laughing with his hands on his hips, Nan Tieshan walked up to the other two people without any concern for the other monsters this might attract: "Every time [Punch] hits the target, my attack power will increase! This attribute is really So perverted, so perverted! Hahahaha!"
"I know..." Duan Qing responded feebly, without any of the self-conscious attitude he had when he was his younger brother.
"Hahaha... Okay, okay, I understand, isn't it because I haven't been 'sold' anything? Don't be so discouraged." Nan Tieshan patted Duan Qing on the shoulder: "Look, she's not Have you gone up the mountain? Maybe you can meet her again, so you have to seize the opportunity when the time comes!"
"I should also thank her properly! Hahahaha!"
Duan Qing covered his face and didn't want to pay attention to this big man who had grown all the way. He sat on the stone beside the road and continued to sigh.
Several people had already climbed to a considerable height along the trail. The temperature gradually dropped as the altitude increased, and they even felt chilly. During the climb, Nantieshan was always in front cleaning up the monsters along the way, and those human-like apes gradually turned into ice apes with snow-white hair.
It seemed that they were getting closer to the snow.
Due to the inexplicable rejection before, Duan Qing, who came all the way, had begun to doubt his own life, so listlessness and indifference became his normal state. Even Xue Ling Huan Bing, who didn't talk much, couldn't stand it, and comforted him along the way. It took him a while. But every time she said a bunch of comforting words such as "Smile at life, one day I will sneak into Europe", Duan Qing would silently point to the stone hanging on her waist, and then use resentful words. Look at each other.
[Water Stone (empty)]
[A gem that contains the energy of the water element, but after a long period of loss, the power within it has disappeared. 】
[It is possible to regain strength. 】
[Special Effect: Dispel the Fog]
"The rocks you pick up are so good, why am I being hated for no reason..."
"This stone has no effect. Now it can only be used to dispel the fog..."
"Don't try to lie to me. I still don't understand the description. This thing will obviously have room for upgrade in the future, okay?" The resentment on Duan Qing's head was about to materialize: "And you think dispersing fog is some rubbish skill? Well, maybe we can use it soon..."
"...If you want it," Xue Ling Huan Bing suddenly whispered, "I can give it to you."
"Uh." Duan Qing's resentment was dispersed a little: "No need, it's just a broken rock. I have crushed rocks much more powerful than this... Huh?"
He suddenly raised his head and looked at the front of the mountain road - at this time, the mountain road had completely narrowed a lot, and due to the height, the vegetation here was almost non-existent, and there were exposed rocks and gravel on both sides. There was a feeling of desolation, but at this time Duan Qing, together with Nan Tieshan, noticed the front of the narrow mountain road.
An ice ape was stuck there, but it was much smaller.
"Hmph, little baby, all the adults in your family have been beaten away by me..." The proud Nan Tieshan clenched his fists and walked in front of the little ice monkey: "You are still here... ..”
"Get in the way!"
He punched out, sending the shrinking little ice monkey flying away.
With a creaking sound, it rolled a long way along the slope up the mountain, and then disappeared behind a certain big rock. Although there were some slight abnormalities in the situation, Nan Tieshan, who was in high spirits, did not care. , just stood there laughing. Duan Qing looked at the small figure that was completely inconsistent with the ice ape he met in the previous battle, and asked with some confusion: "Why is there a little monster blocking there?"
"And that's after we kill all the monsters..."
"Hahahaha! Are you afraid? Their whole family is dead. Of course this little kid doesn't want to live, right, so he went out to die on his own... uh." Nan Tieshan, who was standing in front, laughed and turned around. And then... the laughter suddenly stopped.
Duan Qing followed his stunned expression and looked behind him, and as expected saw a scene that shocked him.
"Roar!"
A huge ice ape stared with two red eyes and roared at the three people in front of it.
"It seems that their child is not the only one left." Amidst the deafening sound of beating his chest, Duan Qing pulled Xue Linghuan Bing and ran towards the front of the mountain road: "The boss hasn't come out yet!"
"Don't panic! Don't panic! What are you afraid of? Maybe it's just an empty frame, just bigger..." The big man in black armor in front shouted loudly, but judging from his trembling voice, this man was now Shi's mood was not as stable as he said, so Duan Qing and Xueling Huanbing ran past him without hesitation.
"If you don't believe it, just try it yourself..."
"What are you afraid of! Just give it a try..."
I don't know whether it was because he insisted on his own self-esteem or because he was concerned about his own face. Nan Tieshan still did not turn around and run away immediately. Instead, he mustered up the courage to take two steps forward. But the next moment, he also gave up on himself. The previous thought turned around and ran away.
Behind him, the huge ice ape picked up a huge boulder and smashed it in the direction of the climbers.
