"The heavenly soldiers are indeed heavenly soldiers. They fell directly from the sky and helped Pearl Harbor resist the invasion of the Naga fishmen!"
"The battle process was very straightforward. More than 300,000 Nagas and fishmen were quickly killed in just two hours."
"Several legendary spellcasters took action, and various legendary spells cleared a large area."
"That scene is simply too spectacular!"
"The Cole elves have also mastered long-range artillery and weapons, and I heard that they are more lethal than those in the Gulf Territory!"
"I have already said that the Cole elves have mastered artillery technology, right? You just don't believe it, can you prove it now?"
"That's right. Combining spells with various weapons and equipment is the way to go. The Gulf Territory still has a long way to go!"
"Perhaps the Gulf Territory's technology was stolen from the Cole Elf Kingdom."
"I think this is also the case. There is absolutely nothing to say about the technical background of the Cole Elf Kingdom!"
"The Gulf Territory just doesn't have much foundation, and there aren't many spellcasters and battle mages, so we found another way!"
"I also think that's the case. The Gulf leaders just don't have the confidence, so they are looking for various allies everywhere!"
"..."
Various discussions are full of praise for the Elven Kingdom of Cole.
His words were unconsciously filled with contempt for the Gulf Territory and other human kingdoms and forces.
Others have long been accustomed to these "filial sons and grandsons" of the Cole Elf Kingdom.
If it were before, they would still laugh at these idiots who like to boast about the Cole Elf Kingdom.
"Why not live in the Elf Kingdom of Cole?"
“Is it because they don’t want you?”
"If you blow the Cole elves like this, can they reward you with a few more copper coins?"
"If you like to play Cole Elf so much, why haven't they rescued you from the sea of misery? Is it because they look down on you?"
"..."
Often at this time, other people around you will also speak up.
Everyone likes to see their faces turn red after being ridiculed, but they can’t defend themselves, so they can only say something:
"I just don't have a chance, otherwise I would have been like so-and-so and gone to live in the Elf Kingdom of Cole. That is the real paradise!"
"The Cole Elf Kingdom is good and has mastered a variety of production technologies and methods. You people should reflect on it, why can't you do it here?"
"Don't just be like those in the Bay Area, who are complacent and crazy after you have achieved some results."
"Let me tell you, the Cole Elf Kingdom is taking the right path, and people are interested in it."
"The air in the Elf Kingdom of Cole is much sweeter than other places. It is full of birds singing and the fragrance of flowers..."
"..."
Faced with these guys' unfounded arguments, others will seize on their various "sore legs" and refute them simply and directly.
When they argue unreasonably, everyone can't help but laugh out loud.
However, now everyone did not wait for this happy atmosphere. They simply glanced at the battle information about the Cole Elf Kingdom and chose to ignore it without hesitation.
More people were silently flipping through the various information in the Gulf Territory newspaper.
Why is this so?
Because they can often read some practical technologies and information from newspapers in the Gulf Territory.
Many people have learned to analyze and extract from it, find valuable things, and seek a lot of benefits and welfare.
Some people even got inspiration from it and embarked on the road to fortune before everyone else.
Many people are browsing hard, trying to find news about cooperation and investment in territories near the Gulf.
These tangible benefits are what they care about and care about the most.
As for those idiots outside, they still hope that the other party will continue to be stupid so as not to compete with them.
Compared to the past, the mere appearance of the Cole Elf Kingdom can trigger a lot of discussion.
The current discussion environment in the northern continent has unconsciously changed dramatically.
The hand shown by the Cole Elf Kingdom has appeared many times in many battles between forces.
Their performance, although not as exaggerated as the Cole Elf Kingdom.
But it was also quite good, at least it was defended smoothly.
The performance and positioning of the Cole Elf Kingdom are as before, far exceeding other territories and forces, giving everyone an unprecedented shock.
Without this layer of highlight filter, some well-informed nobles and elites will have another idea.
"Is this what the Cole elves are like?"
"What weapons and equipment do you think they will use?"
"If that's the case, then the Cole Elf doesn't have much of a trump card..."
"The power of these weapons and equipment is only slightly stronger than that of ordinary lords and forces. It is not as powerful as they said."
"Mostly light artillery, heavy artillery and stronger howitzers seem to be rare..."
"Ordinary soldiers are still the same as before. Although they wear enchanted equipment and weapons, their attack methods can still be called primitive..."
"It's just like what the Gulf Territory said. For some forces and territories, the ship is too big and it is difficult to turn around."
"..."
The more contact they have with the Gulf Territory, the freer and independent their minds will become.
They can look at various things and phenomena from a more essential level.
Take the Cole Elf Kingdom's move this time as an example. On the surface, it is to show its strength and reestablish its name as the overlord of the northern continent.
However, the other party's real purpose may be to test the effects of various new weapons and the subsequent large-scale transformation of the army.
If it were before, they would at least feel fearful and panicked about the possible generosity of the Cole Elf Kingdom.
But now, they have more ideas.
As discussed in various management and research meetings on the development of the Territory conducted for them by the Gulf Territory.
"The Elf Kingdom of Cole is a typical kingdom where the upper level determines the lower level's system and structure."
"When they can achieve fair, open and fair development and guidance, the development speed will become very fast, and the cohesion will be stronger than imagined."
"However, once the ideas of the upper class deviate from those of the lower class and the public, and the two sides begin to pursue different interests, or the upper class intentionally or unintentionally ignores the voices and development of the lower class, then they will fall into a vicious circle of self-depletion."
"The upper levels will take the initiative to curb the development of the majority of the bottom, or lead them into a state of opposition, consumption, self-satisfaction, division or fragmentation."
"Through the monopoly of force and resources or knowledge, the upper levels can successfully control the lower levels."
"Construction machinery, magic applications, golem applications and other technologies."
"They can greatly increase the importance and power of the people at the bottom, but they also occupy a lot of resources."
"Once it develops, it will be a hungry but very potential monster. It will swallow up a lot of resources and influence."
"But its growth has weakened the upper-level individual units to varying degrees."
"When the individual power of the gods is revealed, and ordinary people can use various tools to reproduce it, their "rule" will inevitably be shaken!"
"So, the gods, who may not necessarily be omniscient or omnipotent, can still see the threat to "them" from the development of these technologies."
Correspond to the current actions of the Cole Elf Kingdom.
They will understand a simple but simple truth.
The stronger the army, the more resources it needs and the more power it has.
The lords will be afraid of them and will use various means to control or suppress them.
Gods with greater control and superiority will inevitably reject them instinctively.
Even if they don't reject it.
The thirst for resources in this area of development will also be huge and staggering.
There is always a class of vested interests who will reject such an approach or obstruct it.
As for why the other party doesn’t follow suit and develop together?
The interest class understands the interest class!
If you can make easy money through monopoly, why do you have to work so hard?
But they are all curious, where will the Cole Elf Kingdom's next target be?
Continue to clean up the Nagas and Murlocs in coastal cities?
Completely eradicate the flesh and blood royal court that is suspected of causing the "plague disaster"?
Or are you planning to take action against the Bay Territory, which is taking a rest?
If it was the first two, they would be very interested in participating.
Put the trophies and the like aside for now.
If they can get the production orders needed to fight in the Cole Elf Kingdom, they will definitely be able to have enough to eat.
It's nothing more than giving some kickbacks to the people in charge of the Cole Elf Kingdom. They have long been familiar with such situations.
If you can't bribe the staff of the Gulf Territory, why can't you also bribe these elves who are having fun?
As for their vague hostility and vigilance towards the Cole Elf Kingdom, they can be put aside for the time being.
Make money, eat, don’t be embarrassed!
If it is the latter, I believe that the Gulf Territory has already been prepared and has been waiting for the Cole Elf Kingdom to show its hand.
However, this did not happen.
The Cole Elf Kingdom, which had obtained more information and endured a severe beating, knew better than them how strong the Gulf Territory's army was.
In the past, there were relatively few soldiers in the Gulf Territory, which was enough trouble.
Now, the number of troops in the Gulf Territory is unknown!
How dare they take action rashly?
However, they did find their next target - the tried-and-true orcs!
The edge of the wild plateau.
The Scarlet Fortress of the Netherese Empire.
Bay Territory Scarlet Castle Defense Area.
On the dry and barren land, lush green grass rarely grew.
All creatures living in this area seize the opportunity to come out to feed, reproduce, and grow.
Just one summer.
The number of herbivores on the wild plateau will increase several times.
That's why their ability to reproduce is so amazing.
Only then can the carnivorous animals on the wild plateau survive and reproduce.
Although the number of them is not the largest, they are definitely the strongest carnivores, and of course they are the orcs who are entrenched here.
Matthew visited the newly expanded Scarlet Castle, browsed its various areas, looked at the busy adventurers, and continued to explain to Liana:
"According to some hidden information and the records of the Eastern Empire and the Goblin Empire, the Orc Empire came from tens of thousands of years ago, earlier than the elves."
"They once spread all over the material plane, but because of their cruel nature and plundering, they were besieged by almost all intelligent creatures."
"Most of the territory they occupied has been taken back by many intelligent creatures." "For example, the southern part of the northern continent, such as the Kal Great Plain, the western part of the Dark Forest, most of the territory of the Cole Elf Kingdom, and large areas in the east. were once controlled by orcs.”
"The orcs are a race that does not move forward and has always been addicted to blood and barbarism."
"This is the reason why many intelligent creatures cannot tolerate its existence."
"There were many secrets hidden in the past wars, and there are many records about the orc gods."
“However, judging from the previously recorded movements of the orc god Ugsh’s awakening.”
"The orcs should continue to regain their strength. I believe it won't be long before their strength improves by leaps and bounds."
The thing that interests Matthew the most is the "trust" the Elf Kingdom of Cole has in the orcs.
The opponent placed this hand on the orcs, as if they were sure that they could break through the defense lines of the Netheril Empire and enter the territories of other human kingdoms.
Lianna, who knows the Kol elves very well, gave a rather bold guess:
"Either the Cole Elf Kingdom has given support and is preparing to activate various internal responses..."
"Either the Cole Elf Kingdom knows the true strength of the orcs, maybe they will participate..."
As for the importance and clear understanding of the Cole Elf Kingdom, it is a required course for all Gulf Territory managers.
They must understand who the real enemy of the Gulf Territory is and how they should continue to remain vigilant.
The general direction of thinking is clear, so that things will not go astray.
Just at this time.
Rolling black smoke rose from the distance.
Corresponding magical images appeared on big screens everywhere in the Blood Castle.
Big loudspeakers scattered throughout the streets immediately issued an announcement that resounded throughout the city:
"Post No. 46 discovered a large number of orcs, located in the third section of the blocking defense line."
"All areas of the Scarlet Castle will immediately enter a state of emergency combat. Corresponding combatants are requested to accept and deploy combat missions."
The more lively Bloody Castle immediately became excited.
The vast majority of adventurers immediately put down what they were doing, or quickly ended the matter and hurried to the corresponding emergency preparation area.
Matthew could clearly see that there were many adventurers, but their actions were not chaotic and appeared orderly.
These adventurers are well trained, and the managers and commanders stationed here in the Gulf Territory have obviously put in a lot of hard work.
The teleportation array lights up.
The rapid support force has gone to Post 46 and surrounding areas to provide support and defense.
The golem train starts.
Combat materials and follow-up support troops will quickly arrive at the combat area as a backup force.
Golem armed trucks drive out of the city.
Flexible and mobile combat forces will patrol and inspect the entire defense line.
Once enemy situation or danger is discovered, attacks and disposal will be carried out quickly.
Production factories and agricultural production areas that were in a semi-working state also decisively turned on full power and quickly entered production.
All kinds of materials, no matter how much they are stored, are far from enough during the time when the war breaks out.
The various reactions and arrangements of Scarlet Castle are all performed quite well.
When Matthew and Lianna arrived at the command center, managers and commanders were engaged in wartime discussions.
Matthew did not intervene, but carefully looked through the information on the arrival of the orcs.
Lianna looked at the passing scenes and noticed that a large army of gray-black orcs appeared on the lush grassland.
The camera zoomed in quickly, and various data and programs were continuously running to analyze and record the situation of these orcs.
Just seven or eight minutes.
The basic situation of the dense orc army has been calculated.
"Kobold slaves: 123700."
"Gnoll Slave Warrior: 44673."
"Troll Slave Warrior: 37215."
"Ogre Slave Warrior: 5742."
"Orc Peon: 463275."
"Ordinary Orc Warrior: 126472."
"Orc Wolf Trooper: 42755."
"Elite Orc Warrior: 37235."
"Orc Champion: 5751."
"Orc Batrider: 3921."
"Orc Kodo Knight: 2314."
"Orc Blademaster: 891."
"Orc Warlord: 372."
"Orc Commander: 3."
"A total of 894,299 enemies were discovered, and the first level of combat readiness was activated."
"In addition, a large number of magic fluctuations have been detected in the weapons and equipment of the orc army, most of which are magic equipment."
"Based on normal combat simulations, it is necessary to produce 23,125 more artillery shells and 3,721 rockets to eliminate all enemies..."
"..."
Various data displays are revealed from the magic screen.
The commanders of the Gulf Territory were very familiar with its display, and as for the production opinions given by it, they chose to ignore it.
The reason is simple: it is "too expensive" to fight this way.
Moreover, the combatants cannot be fully trained.
Whether they are adventurers participating in the battle or warriors preparing for a baptism in actual combat, they all need to fight with the orcs with real swords and guns.
The Gulf Territory has strengthened the production and research and development of long-range weapons, but it does not mean that it has to give up all close combat training.
The Gulf Territory is coming into contact with more and more enemies, and their fighting methods are becoming more and more weird.
Even the orcs in front of me showed something special.
"Take these orcs, for example, they grow very fast."
"As long as we can't kill all these orcs, only a small part can escape."
"Then their reactions and judgments for the next war will become faster and faster."
"Even when faced with the bombardment of long-range attacks, their defense capabilities after surviving are constantly improving."
While explaining this, the commanders of the Gulf Territory played various videos and analyzed their characteristics one by one.
Some experimental subjects captured by the orcs, after experiencing hundreds of cycles of injury, recovery, and combat, demonstrated extremely amazing long-range weapon protection capabilities.
"Judging from the attack effect, armor-piercing and explosive bombs that have reached the peak of high-level destructive power have been offset by more than 75%!"
"Artillery and rockets with area-of-effect lethality can offset more than 85% of the damage."
"Although the ultimate individual produced through this experiment has characteristics that are almost impossible to replicate."
"But it is enough to infer that a larger and larger orc army must have similar characteristics."
"The orc army must be completely eliminated..."
Commanders made a certain degree of adjustments and improvements based on the plans and tactics that had been set long ago.
Matthew looked at it briefly, nodded with satisfaction, and left with Liana, preparing to go to the military factory.
Along the way, Liana was thinking about the "attributes" of the orcs, and felt very incredible about their specialness.
She compared its situation with other forces and discovered something interesting.
Compared to the pollution caused by distortion, the "symptoms" of the orcs are much milder.
At least they still retain consciousness and have relatively independent thinking, but most of them cannot control themselves.
And contrary to the aberration pollution, the stronger the orc is, the more awake he becomes, as if he can get rid of its influence.
Such a weird situation made Liana a little unpredictable.
Fortunately, a different kind of production factory immediately attracted Liana's attention.
An astonishing number of machine beasts have replaced the various golems commonly seen in the Gulf Territory.
The body shape of these machine beasts is almost the same as that of various golems, but they appear to be more flexible and relatively light in movement.
However, they are also very efficient and undertake a considerable part of the human work.
She looked at the Mohist disciples in white robes, and saw that they were preparing to go into battle, and a flash of surprise flashed in her eyes.
This is why the territory calls it a training ground.
This is because the combat intensity here is not high, but it lasts for a long time and is large-scale.
Not only can soldiers of all levels be sent here for actual combat training.
Various weapons and equipment can also be sent here for actual combat testing.
The strength of the orcs may become stronger and stronger.
The Gulf Territory will deliberately control the growth rate and quantity of their strength.
Once it shows signs of losing control, it will mobilize as a whole, as it does now.
She looked at the many transformed machine beasts being sent out in a steady stream, as if she had seen the fate of the orcs being wiped out.
Matthew, who took her for a walk, warned her quite simply:
"Although the orcs are about to start a big move, we cannot let them lead us."
Lianna, who realized the crux of the problem, looked at the orc army getting closer and closer on the big screen, nodded and replied:
"Understand, the Cole Elf Kingdom is the core, and killing them is the last word."
Nodding with satisfaction, Matthew continued to say to Lianna:
"Yes, now that you have thought it through, just go ahead and do it."
"Take other parts of the Dark Forest and let our control range border with other elven kingdoms..."
"The elven kingdoms are not capable enough, but they have inherited it for a long time. They have always liked our products..."
"How can we only let the Elf Kingdom of Cole cause trouble around us?"
It is disrespectful to come and not go! (End of chapter)