Chapter 1746 The Hungry Dragon
Bing Zhixie’s eyes fell on the darkly colored place on the map, which was the dense forest that Kun mentioned. Bing Zhixie remembered that the wooden building of Luolan's family was not very far from the dense forest, and the location of the Qianling tribe was not too far away. Could it be that the so-called 'fetal demon' that affects people's blood circulation is in this dense forest?
The reason why he came to the nearby tribes to inquire was to find out whether other tribes had the same situation as the Qianling tribe, so that he could understand the possible scope of influence of the 'fetal demon'. Now it seems that all the tribes on the map are far away from this dense forest. If there are not dangerous beasts in the dense forest that people dare not live close to, then there is only one reason.
Thinking of this factor, Bing Zhixie accelerated his pace towards the next tribe. He asked Kun to ride on a Pegasus while he walked on empty feet and flew towards the north.
At night, the starry sky was thousands of miles away. Under the flight of the silver moonlight dragon, it didn't take long for Bing Zhixie to reach another tribe about 20 kilometers away. As a result, when we got here, we saw that the entire tribe had been destroyed. Under the cold moon, everything was pitch black. Apart from the chirping of insects and beasts, there was no sound of human beings and no light.
The traces of destruction within the tribe are more recent than those of the previous tribe, and should have happened within the last ten days. There were still several wild beasts in the village gnawing at the corpse of half a Lieshan barbarian on the ground. When they saw a stranger coming, they let out low roars, expressing strong hostility and unkindness.
Bing Zhixie walked towards those beasts. They seemed to sense an unusual aura, and they were so frightened that they fled away. The Moonlight Dragon in the low sky thought it was going and chased the beasts.
Kun pulled out a spiked hand ax from the corpse and turned around and said, "It was those mountain beastmen who did it. They like to use such weapons."
Bingzhixie said: "It seems that they have looted all the nearby tribal villages."
Kun became worried: "They may attack my tribe again."
"It is indeed possible." Bing Zhixie said to her: "Do you want to go back?"
Kun hesitated for a moment, shook his head and said: "No, I want to go with you. They were repelled once , there should be no more attacks on my tribe in the short term. The orcs in Shan Dou will always become weak after being injured. Be more careful. The warriors in the tribe are all good. They are not afraid of those guys with long tails. The 'fetal demons' are the most terrifying."
Bing Zhixie wants to say, as long as you are willing. By moving, they should be able to get rid of the 'fetal demon', but they may not believe it and will not move. Of course, Bing Zhixie himself also wanted to solve this mystery.
A pure elemental stone demon with raw gemstones in its body was wandering outside the village. Kun saw it and was very happy.
Bing Zhixie can't find anyone to confirm his judgment, but he is now sure that the fetal demon of the Qianling tribe should be related to the dense forest. He remembered that Kun had been to the dense forest, so he ran over and asked: "Kun, Kun, what are you doing?"
Kun said: "Look, this guy has glowing gems on his body."
Bing Zhixie saw that this elemental stone demon not only had raw gemstones on its body, but also had a piece growing out of the stone back of its body. The rune stone, the naturally generated text symbol on it is 'Mongram', which is a rare rune stone. Bing Zhixie's consciousness condensed, and he used a small ice magic to hit the stone back of its left shoulder. The hard ice shattered the stone demon's left shoulder, and the 'Mengkem' runestone collapsed from its body. Come down.
The stone demon was attacked and launched a magical counterattack at Bingzhixie. Bingzhixie relied on the magic barrier raised on his appearance to deflect the incoming magic, and ducked over to pick up the runestones on the ground. Suddenly, he found that there was something else stuck on the stone demon. He ducked in a few steps and moved to the stone demon who was as tall as the two of them. He punched the stone demon with a frosty arm, knocking it over, and then used the five-star ice weapon. He locked it on the ground and couldn't get up, so he jumped on it to check.
“What are you doing?” Kun was very curious and found every move he made strange.
Bing Zhixie used ice to pry out a one-foot-long black stone tiger from the cracks in the stone demon. At first glance, he thought it was metal, but when he held it in his hand, he realized that it was made of stone. This stone tiger is in a prone posture. It is somewhat damaged, but the craftsmanship is relatively sophisticated. It is obviously made by man, but it is integrated with the stone demon. The stone demon is a new creature formed by the natural earth spirit that falls on the land or rocks after death and attracts the surrounding elements. This has been confirmed in academic research on magic. It was probably when this stone demon was forming that it gathered the stone tiger together.
"Hey~!" Kun made a surprised sound.
Bing Zhixie took the stone tiger and asked: "Have you seen this thing?"
Kun said: "I saw it in the dense forest and brought back a similar one from the tribe. , but I don’t know where it was thrown.”
“Dense forest.” Bing Zhixie thought of the stone slab he saw under Luolan’s house again. , that is also an artificial object, and was also found in the dense forest: "It seems that there is something in that dense forest." Bing Zhixie made up his mind: "We will not look for other tribes, we will go directly to the dense forest. You have been to that place, Just in time to lead the way.”
“It’s late today. Let’s go back tomorrow.”
Bing Zhixie nodded in agreement.
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Back in time a little, the troops from the four branches of Baishuang Shangcheng who went out to feint attack returned to the city. The number of people who came back was only half of the number when they left the city. The soldiers lost were either killed or injured. Just missing. The so-called disappearances included many deserters, and they were reported as missing just to avoid embarrassment.
Baishuang City fell into an extremely tense atmosphere. Although the fourth black dragon and Hu Shan had not returned yet, the reconnaissance spies sent out and the enemy's artillery fire proved that the plan was not successful. Not long after, Hushan and his Hushan army came back very tragically. When they went out, there were nearly 2,000 troops, but less than 200 people came back alive. Many of them fell off the cliff and died.
“What should I do now?” The pessimistic atmosphere did not come over me again, but it was just heavier than before. The queen was speechless, and so was Rachel.
After a while, Reiche asked the staff: "Let's count, how many people do we have that can fight?"
"We have already counted." The staff officer said: "The regular troops in the city, plus The total number of Storm, the reinforcements from the Rhineland, the security forces of the capital, and His Majesty’s Royal Banner Army and Guards totaled less than 33,000 people.”
Everyone’s expressions became extremely difficult. Look: "Are there only this many people who can fight?" The staff officer nodded with a livid face: "This is still the number of lightly injured soldiers. Moreover, soldiers continue to flee from the city, and this number is still declining."< br>
An officer said angrily: "What's going on? Hasn't it been ordered that the city gate can only be entered but not exited?"
Another person smiled bitterly and said: "The first ones to escape were those guarding the city gate."
Everyone was silent.
After a while, several light cavalry who followed Jean Hus came back and told General Reich what had happened. Lei Qie felt that the world was spinning and he almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, he was supported by the people around him. He had guessed such a possibility when Huss led the troops out, but when he actually heard the bad news, he was still caught off guard by the deep sadness in his heart.
Now the bad news keeps coming back, and everything is developing towards the worst side. The argument of abandoning the city and fleeing spread again among the officers, and it was even more intense than before.
Half an hour later, the fourth black dragon also returned to the city. He and Beric struggled for a long time, but neither side could do anything to win over the other, and finally separated. In fact, he tried to fly above the 'pirate' army several times, hoping to cause some disaster to the opponent, but he was stopped by Berwick and the damage caused to the enemy was limited. And he didn't dare go too far into the enemy's direction for fear of being trapped again like yesterday.
Lei Qie lowered his head sadly: "The enemy is indeed too strong, and Fried even thought of the weaknesses of the Red Corner Highlands in advance. I'm afraid we have no hope in this battle."
大When the general said such words, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Unexpectedly, the fourth black dragon Said: "If you want to hold on here, there is still hope."
Everyone looked at the outsider blankly. They had heard enough of this kind of optimistic words these days, and they were numb: "What hope is there? Our last attempt has failed."
Article 4 Black Dragon said: "Didn't you notice? The enemy did not use the method yesterday to attack Baishuang Upper City. They were using magic rock cannons to attack from a distance, and the soldiers also had the intention of marching to the mountain. They even made plans to attack in the morning. intention. But in fact they did not launch a real attack, they were just bluffing, They want to scare you out of the city. "
Lei Qie cheered up: "The enemy did not use the method of yesterday's flood to break through the city, which shows that yesterday's method cannot be used continuously. The troops are not marching towards the mountains very fast now.”
"Maybe they are just afraid of our magic rock cannon and don't want to enter the range of our defenses, or their plans are disrupted by our raid." Someone said.
Lei Qie said: "Then this shows that they have no real intention to attack, at least not today. Their strength is about twice that of ours. Of course, they may not know it. But to break the city, there is no need. The way they did yesterday is impossible in a short time unless they attack with several times the force. I have studied the history of world wars in San Vicoia, and there are many battles in history where the number of defenders was dozens of times greater. The enemy can't break it." He said while looking at everyone with encouraging eyes: "As long as we unite as a city and nothing like yesterday will happen again, it is not impossible to hold on."
"But how long can we hold on?"
The fourth black dragon said: "I don't think it will be long."
"What do you think?"
"This is my judgment."
The Queen also said at the right time: "I have asked the young engineers of the Magic Guild, and they said that with the enemy's current artillery attack, the magic shield in the city will at least still be It can last for seven days. Even if the opponent's golden dragon keeps attacking day and night, it can still last for more than one day. In addition, even if the magic shield is broken, The Frost Monument Tower above the palace can also activate a stronger frost shield to protect the entire city, and the food stored in Baishuang Upper City is enough for 100,000 people to stay here for three months. "
In fact, the Queen said. These words are not entirely true. With the power of the enemy's Holy Flame Golden Dragon, a full-strength attack may not be able to forcefully break the city. What is difficult is that the fourth black dragon, the Dark Dragon, is restrained. But everyone present was attracted by the queen's words behind her.
This is the first time that many people have heard that the Frost Monument Tower above the palace can also activate the frost shield. This is probably a secret that only the heirs to the throne are told, and all the royal officials among them do not know this either. . In the history of Baishuang City, the Storm Kingdom's troops have been approaching the city several times, so the city has the habit of stocking war food.
The Queen continued: "And this is not the only thing we have. When it is really difficult, Mr. Fourth Black Dragon, release that thing. It can buy us time to evacuate. But I would rather It is used to repel enemies."
After hearing this, Serena, who had always advocated evacuation, asked: "Your Majesty, are you saying there is a way to help us evacuate safely when we have to? What is that thing you are talking about?"
The Queen shook her head. Said: "I don't know what that is. But I know that thing will definitely cause big trouble for the enemy and prevent them from chasing us."
Selena was still full of doubts, but when she saw Midgard The queen was so confident that she felt relieved for the time being.
As expected, the enemy's attack this afternoon stopped when the magic rock cannon of White Frost City fired out of bounds, and then began to use sound magic to start talking trash. The Holy Flame Golden Dragon also came twice and spit out three mouthfuls of dragon flames. Soon the Guangji Pagodas on both sides of the mountain and in the city had to withdraw. These two tentative dragon flames could not break through the magic shield of Baishuang City for the time being, and the power and range of the light gathered by the Light Accumulation Tower were limited, so they could only hurt the Holy Flame Golden Dragon when it flew close.
In retaliation, the fourth black dragon also rode the dark dragon out of the city to demonstrate, spitting out a few symbolic mouthfuls of black fire. Due to the days of fighting and serious injuries, the power of the dragon flames spitted out by the two giant dragons on both sides was no longer as powerful as before. Dragons have the ability to heal themselves, but it takes a long time to wait for the injuries to slowly recover. Neither the frontline field doctors nor the hospitals in Hoarfrost City were able to provide the giant dragon with effective enough treatment. The most important thing is that dragons usually don't want puny humans to see their injured and vulnerable side, and refuse to let outsiders heal them. If you want to treat them with external medical care, unless it is its owner or a specialized dragon veterinarian who uses professional methods. Neither side currently has this capability.
The seriously injured and exhausted Dark Dragon landed in the city, and the dripping dragon's blood raised bursts of gray smoke on the ground. It howled loudly, jumped across the street, caught an 8-ton Skellers Red Beast, threw it into its mouth and ate it alive, scaring the owner of the Skellers Red Beast. A noncommissioned officer howled and ran away without his life.
Eating a red beast is not enough, it also needs to replenish more energy. Usually a dragon with an owner would not use this method to replenish its physical strength and grab food, but it is very hungry now, and it will not be able to recover the physical energy of so many owners even if it returns to the life space. The consumption of human beings and dragons is incomparable. Yes, even if the fourth black dragon is already a top-level seventh-level seal knight and has the most physical strength among the four professions, he cannot afford to supply the extremely hungry dragon.
On the other side at the same time, the Holy Flame Golden Dragon was also enjoying a feast in the camp. A large number of warcraft killed in battle have become its delicacies, although it prefers to eat living creatures.
(End of this chapter)