Chapter 382, on the grassland, Brainy’s blocking battle
The Plantagenet family developed the agricultural areas of the castle.
Aria waved casually.
The summoned knight's weapon cut a demon wolf into two pieces.
This orange-quality monster leader was killed in front of her without even blocking a move.
After killing the demon wolf, Aria picked up the demon wolf's body and found half of the leg bone.
This looks like the material produced by the monster.
In a world of mist.
The probability of directly producing equipment from monster lairs in the wild is very low.
Most are of various materials.
To produce equipment, that is to attack the lairs of subhuman civilization monsters such as goblins and jackals.
Just compared to ordinary monster lairs.
The monster lairs in the demihuman civilization of the Old World were often concentrated in tribes.
A nest of demihuman civilization belongs to a tribe.
Many nests of various colors will be formed around the tribe.
Attacking one will immediately attract a bunch of monsters.
It is often easy for monster lords to be born in such tribal monster lairs.
The attack is extremely difficult.
However, the monster lair that Aria attacked was a pure demon wolf lair.
There is no tribe.
This is because this area was the direct jurisdiction of the Plantagenet family to develop the castle in the Old World era.
That is to say, the mist invaded later and the agricultural area was transformed into a resource area.
Source crystals were born in the resource realm, and then the monster lair appeared.
at this time.
Aria, who picked up the demon wolf's leg bone, looked at the material.
An accurate judgment was made quickly.
"Monster materials can be used to forge high-level weapons."
“It’s a good harvest.”
"But the units that the lord can forge are the gray dwarves of Blackwater City."
"These duergar are not worthy of a heroic leader."
"Using high-end materials to forge them is a waste."
"It seems that it can only be left in the warehouse to gather dust like the previous trophies."
Aria put away the demon wolf's leg bones with some regret.
The reason why it is a pity is because if this kind of monster material is handed over to high-level craftsmen to make it.
But it can make high-level magic weapons.
Now it can only be stored in the warehouse or sold, so she naturally felt sorry for Fang Yuan.
And just then.
As Aria killed the highest level demon wolf leader in the agricultural area.
The Guardian Knights behind them began to attack the Demon Wolf's lair.
After having Aria as the leader.
The fighting power of the Guardian Knights is extremely powerful.
It has become the second most powerful knight corps under Fang Yuan.
With the sound of "rumble" the charging horses sounded.
The orange demon wolf army gathered in front of the demon wolf lair was cut open as easily as butter.
Then the Guardian Knights split into two.
A turn on the battlefield caught the panic-stricken Demon Wolf Legion.
On the battlefield.
The war horses roared.
With each charge the sound rang out.
Thousands of demon wolves were killed.
And at the same time.
With a large number of demon wolves dying outside.
The source crystals in the demon wolf's lair are also constantly producing new demon wolves and even mutant demon wolves to protect the lair.
But what they faced was the Legion of Guardian Knights who were highly motivated to fight.
These mutant demon wolves are enough to be regarded as a great threat by the eighth-level lords.
At this moment in front of the guardian knight.
They were killed easily.
When there are no more groups of demon wolves in front of the demon wolf lair.
A dozen guardian knights jumped off their horses, rushed into the Demon Wolf's lair, and found the Source Crystal inside.
The guardian knight drew his sword.
Slash dozens of times with force.
After a while.
The huge orange source crystal turned into piles of fragments.
Among these fragments, there are also some completed orange source crystals.
The guardian knight picked up all these source crystals and source crystal fragments.
Then he quickly left the nest.
The Demon Wolf's lair, which lost its source crystal, began to collapse.
After a while.
The demon wolf's lair, which occupied the entire agricultural area, was shattered inch by inch.
It turned directly into a pile of mud fragments.
At this time, the agricultural area also revealed its true colors.
Neat and uniform farmland and farmhouses.
At the same time
Along with this, the demon wolf's lair collapsed.
At the edge of the battlefield, some demon wolves that had not yet been killed began to flee in all directions.
These escaping demon wolves should have been hunted down to the end.
Because after they escape, they can quickly regroup into a new demon wolf tribe.
And they, who have memories of the war, will regain their strength once their strength is restored.
The demon wolf army will be organized to counterattack.
Blue Star Lord suffered this kind of loss when it first developed.
The escaped monsters returned three years later with a tide of beasts.
Directly destroyed an entire alliance.
When in the wasteland territory.
Fang Yuan has told his heroes more than once.
Attack monster lairs in the wild and don't let anyone go.
The root must be eradicated.
But now!
Aria watched these demonic wolves escape and did not order the guardian knights to pursue them.
The reason why she did this.
It's because before cleaning this place.
Aria set up a large group of guardian knights around her, just to kill all the demon wolves in one fell swoop.
These devil wolves!
Not one of them can escape.
And it turns out Aria was right.
soon.
The guardian knight responsible for intercepting the escaping demon wolf came on horseback.
"Your Excellency."
"All the escaped demon wolves were killed."
"No one survived."
"This wolf lair is the last monster lair."
"With this place being breached."
"Have we all recovered the Plantagenet Fortress?"
There was a hint of excitement in the voice of the guardian knight who reported.
But Aria shook her head.
"That's right and wrong."
"The reason why it's wrong is that the Plantagenet Fortress is huge, and capturing the outer fortress is only the main part of it. During the heyday of the Plantagenet Fortress, the outer guard walls were all over the entire border."
"The area enclosed by the Warning Wall is ten times larger than the Plantagenet duchy of Gondor."
"There are thousands of knights in it."
"These knight leaders were once the source of troops for the Plantagenet family to develop the grassland."
"The territory we have taken now is less than one-tenth of what it was in its heyday."
But soon, Aria's tone changed.
"But you are right, the main body of Plantagenet Fortress has been recovered."
"The main fort, inner fort, outer fort and the core part of the warning city wall are all under his command."
"This is actually the core part of Plantagenet Fortress."
"After all, in the Old World era, when I left Plantagenet Fortress and went to the underground city, this was all that was left."
Aria recounted the past, with a hint of loneliness in her words.
The guardian knight around him seemed to feel this emotion.
His head dropped unconsciously.
But Aria adjusted her emotions quickly.
Just now I just remembered some of the past.
"Memories always make people sad."
Aria said softly.
"But what is gone is forever gone."
"Civilization has been destroyed, so there is no use talking about it."
"We still have to base ourselves on the present and fight for the Wasteland Territory."
Aria changed her tone and began to issue her own orders.
"Now the Plantagenet fortress has been taken."
"You quickly send people back to the main city where the Lord is located."
"Tell your lordship."
"The main part of the fortress has been completely occupied."
"The fortress can be upgraded."
"And tell the lord, hurry up!"
"It's best to upgrade the fortress in one day."
"The orc army has entered Mirkwood."
"Now the fortress is not only a base for us to counterattack the orcs to replenish our army."
"We must also prevent the orcs from going deep into the dark forest to prevent them from discovering the road to the main city."
"The second one is more important than the first."
"The lord must be urged to complete the upgrade as soon as possible."
"Yes!"
As the messenger returned to the main city, he left.
Aria then asked again.
"How's it going over there with Brainy?"
Originally, Aria and Brainy completed the task of recovering the Plantagenet fortress.
But after they came here from the main city.
Soon it was discovered that the orcs on the grassland had sent a legion of 30,000 to march towards the Dark Forest.
According to the intelligence sent by the reconnaissance soldiers.
The goal of this orc army's march is clear.
It was for the Plantagenet Fortress in the Dark Forest.
At this time, it will take some time to regain the fortress.
Once the orc army enters the Dark Forest, their own plan to regain the fortress will inevitably follow.
The orcs would definitely attack them.
And this will definitely delay the progress of regaining the fortress.
In order to ensure that the fortress can be recovered in the shortest possible time.
After Aria discussed with Brainy.
Decided to divide the troops!
The stronger Aria leads the Guardian Knight Legion to quickly clean up the monsters in various areas of the pioneering territory.
Complete the capture of Plantagenet Fortress.
Brainy led the Demon Knight Legion to stop the orcs trying to enter the Dark Forest.
slow down their marching speed.
In order to ensure the safety of the Demon Knight Legion.
They also received support from the Bloodline Castle.
Christian made an offensive gesture there.
Attract the main force of orcs to the castle.
At the same time, Assis was dispatched to lead the gryphon knights and dragon hunters as air support forces to assist in the operation.
In case Brainy's demon knight is surrounded by the main force of orcs.
It was more than half a day later.
Let’s analyze it over time.
Now Brainy either defeated or was defeated as the orc legions prepared to enter the forest.
But no news has come yet.
Aria is not aware of the situation there yet.
The Plantagenet Fortress has just been captured.
Now you have to wait a while longer until the lord completes the upgrade.
Aria was able to leave.
Because if we lead troops to support Blaine now.
Once the orcs invade, take away the newly captured outer fortress or the core guard city wall again.
Then it will take time and troops to recapture it later.
In this repeated struggle.
The orcs could easily see the strategic role of Plantagenet Keep.
At that time, in order to cut off the mutual defense between the fortress and the Bloodline Castle.
There will definitely be additional troop support.
This way.
It is easy for both sides to get caught up in repeated tug-of-war.
Not only does the tug-of-war consume troops, but there is another crucial point.
When the fortress was not completely occupied.
It is difficult to cover the passage from grassland to dark jungle.
With the huge number of orc legions, they can send legions that are good at reconnaissance to find the way to the wasteland territory.
Thereby leading the war from the grassland to the forest, and even to the main territory of the Wasteland Lord.
By then, the orc army will have many soldiers.
But there are few soldiers on our side.
Orcs can choose to fight on two or even three sides.
Launch attacks on the Bloodline Castle, Plantagenet Territory, and Wasteland Territory respectively.
The direction of the Bloodline Castle will lose the ability to attack because there is no side cover.
The only option is to defend the city.
The Plantagenet Territory only has the main castle, which cannot be upgraded, so it cannot produce troops to replenish and consume them nearby.
The inability to replenish nearby means that in a war of attrition, one's own forces will inevitably be at a disadvantage.
The front line did not dare to engage in a war of attrition with the enemy.
The momentum fell behind.
If the Wasteland Territory is attacked, the problem will be even more serious.
With the cautious character of the lord, in order to protect the main city, it is very likely that he will directly order the troops to retreat, abandon the peripheral territories, and defend the main city to the death.
No matter which of the above three situations occurs.
This means that their side will lose the initiative to attack.
After the orcs took the initiative to attack.
You can choose to storm the Bloodline Castle, or you can choose to use the Plantagenet family's fortress as the main battlefield.
Burn the flames of war from the outside to the inside.
Your side will immediately fall into a disadvantage.
So at this critical moment.
Aria must first send troops to defend the territory it has captured.
As long as we can wait until the Lord raises Plantagenet Fortress to the top.
Then the situation on this battlefield will be revitalized.
With the Plantagenet Fortress, not only does the Bloodline Castle have a defensive support point, but it can also support the Bloodline Castle from land and teleportation arrays at any time. .
Even the entire border between the dark jungle and the grassland can become a point of active attack.
This means taking the initiative in the war.
I can hit wherever I want and attack whenever I want.
Even the orcs have an army of nearly half a million people.
We can only shrink our strength and evacuate the junction of grassland and forest.
In this way, the side security of the Bloodline Castle can be guaranteed without spending a single soldier.
The Bloodline Castle can also devote its defensive side forces to the frontal battlefield and the battlefield behind enemy lines.
At the same time, there was a guard wall outside the Plantagenet Fortress.
It is enough to block the passage from the Dark Forest to the Wasteland Territory.
At that time, all we need to do is open the protective formation.
Even if the orcs send Beamon to attack, they can only retreat in the face of the protective formation.
And this ensures the safety of the Wasteland Territory.
As long as the main territory is safe.
Then the lord can mobilize all his forces to support the war on the front line.
so.
The key turning point in the war against the orcs was at Plantagenet Keep.
Hold and wait until the lord completes the upgrade.
The entire eastern battlefield can shift from strategic defense to strategic offense.
now.
Aria looked through the jungle.
Looking at the junction of dense forest and grassland.
That's where Blaney chose to stop.
she said softly.
"Braney!"
"Everything depends on you and the Demon Knights."
Just when Aria was worried about Brainy.
At this moment.
The junction of grassland and forest.
Brainy and Assis chose the battlefield to block the attack.
The war has entered the final decisive moment.
Victory or defeat can only happen in an instant. (End of chapter)