Chapter 465 The Dilemma of the Surviving City!

Gondolin is an important pass built by the Gangwu Empire to defend the north with a large amount of resources. It connects 70% of the defense line in the northwest. It is one of the eight major passes in the empire and has the reputation of the most solid defense barrier in the northwest

The climate here is dry and cold, the conditions are difficult, the residents are brave and good at fighting, and they have a strong sense of resistance. Unlike the perennially comfortable southern grasslands, Gondolin has faced the invasion of the big golden tribes of the orcs for many years. The folk customs are extremely tough. Basically, boys over ten years old They can ride horses and shoot arrows, and they can't even pick up weapons weaker than a regular soldier in the south.

But even such a strong local nation has gradually fallen into an atmosphere of despair these days

Since three months ago, an unprecedented dark magic has shrouded the entire north. In places shrouded in darkness, creatures have become bloodthirsty and brutal. Even plants have been corrupted by the dark power and turned into cannibals. The forest in the north is expanding visibly with the naked eye. Residents who fled here from the city of Fangmeros said that the forest in the north seems to be alive, expanding continuously, and swallowing the entire city of Meiros in less than a few months Lost!

As for what was in that expanding forest, no one knew, because no one could come out of it alive.

Other cities have to face endless waves of mutated beasts, lions five or six meters tall, bison twice as big as Gadots, pythons tens of meters long, and the scariest thing is those insect creatures, those who once Tiny insects that can be killed with a single slap have also become extremely dangerous and become human-sized. Soldiers have seen human-sized mosquitoes more than once, and forcibly sucked their companions into the air. A mummy!

I heard that Normandia, the largest pass, was overwhelmed by the endless worms. Fortunately, they were prepared and let the mages prepare the flame shield in advance, which avoided the same fate

There are many, many legends about this dark invasion. Anyway, in the descriptions of people who have escaped from the outside, the outside is already a Shura hell-like existence.

Gondolin is a famous stone city, the outside environment is extremely harsh, and it is covered with white granite at first glance. Many people hate living here, because there is nothing but stone here, and there is no life at all, but also because of this, in the face of this Gondolin was able to last so long in the face of a dark field, and the once-criticized disadvantages of being away from forests and rivers have now become Gondolin's biggest advantages. There are very few creatures, and the people here have enough time to react. The mutation power of the strangulation is too small, and the mutation situation of the soldiers is not as bad as in other cities.

Gondolin, a stone city once looked down upon by countless people, is now the only surviving hope in the Northwest.

But the more this happened, the more desperate Mike the city lord in charge of the city became. He has been stationed in Gondolin for many years, and he knows how the city works.

Gondolin itself has no production capacity. This terrain was originally a stone forest. Because the terrain advantage was exploited by the second generation of emperors, it was used as a northwest barrier. It cannot be self-sufficient, but it actually needs 70% of the supply from the northwest.

Of course, as an important frontier city, in order to prevent being surrounded by orcs, Gondolin had sufficient food supplies, enough to feed the soldiers and civilians of Gondolin for more than half a year. Save a little, and it won't be a big problem to fight for a year.

But that was only for the soldiers and civilians in the city. Since the inexplicable black tide hit, refugees from the northwest have basically gathered here. Now the population here is almost three times the normal situation.

And the ones who managed to escape here are all excellent soldiers. This kind of soldiers eat much more food than ordinary residents, and the most important thing is that they are more hostile!

Being able to come here from the outside, most of them have experienced a lot of battles, and many soldiers have undergone certain mutations. After the mutation, the combat effectiveness of the soldiers has become much stronger, but their hostility has also increased a lot, and they feel like they are holding back at any time. Due to their own bloodthirsty nature, normal residents are very wary of these mutated soldiers, which makes those soldiers even more withdrawn.

Now faintly, those mutated soldiers seem to have huddled together, faintly and Gondolin, the city lord, is on par with him

This made him regret letting these soldiers in. At the beginning, he let them in because of the bottom line and kindness of being human. The second reason was that other cities around him continued to fall. He hoped to absorb these soldiers who fled to strengthen the city. However, at present, due to the desolate location of Gondolin, it seems that there is no threat of large-scale animal swarms. On the contrary, these mutant soldiers may be the real hidden danger that will lead to the destruction of Gondolin

"How to deal with it?" Mike, the city lord, became more and more worried. Now the food in the city is in short supply. Since three days ago, the food has been streamlined, and the food distributed is half of the previous one. The starvation made the conflict between them deepen. , You can hear locals complaining about homeless soldiers at any time on the street, and some even humiliate them face to face.

But when Mike was nervous, those mutated soldiers seemed extremely calm these days, completely different from the violent ones a few days ago, but the more they were like this, the more creepy Mike was, and now these mutated soldiers looked more like wild beasts ready to hunt , everyone is plain and cold

It's time to figure it out

Finally, after worrying for so long, Mike finally made a decision

Instead of being frightened, it is better to act first! ! "

And just after Mike made up his mind, two newcomers came to Gondolin on this day

It was Pu Yunchuan and Isabel who came all the way through mountains and rivers. This journey was more difficult than imagined. I have to say that it is really different to have someone who is familiar with the terrain lead the way. Isabel perfectly inherited the ability of Alice’s former top scout. Along the way, Pu Yunchuan avoided the mutation area with great precision, so that Pu Yunchuan hardly encountered any danger along the way.

But what he saw along the way made Pu Yunchuan's heart skip a beat. For example, he saw a bison that was twice the size of the Jiaduo beast from a long distance suddenly alive by a giant python that suddenly emerged from the pool. Tun, the giant python is much bigger than the snake chief who was halfway up the mountain in the Black Water Department. Pu Yunchuan was curious about how the pool could hold such a terrifying giant snake, but then he saw a group of terrifying mosquitoes Wrapped around the giant python all the way, sucking it alive into a huge mummy

And when they walked on the edge of the mutated forest, they could clearly feel that the forest was expanding, like a living thing, slowly expanding outward. When the two of them walked on the edge, they could clearly feel the forest's desire for them!

Anyway, although Pu Yunchuan didn't encounter any danger in the past few days, he suffered a huge mental blow. He swore that he would never go near that forest again

The guards seemed a little stunned that there were still survivors coming to Gondolin at this time, but although the guard soldiers on the periphery looked a little ferocious because of the mutation, they treated him and Isabel very kindly, and even offered them hot water and food. food

But as soon as they entered the city, those residents looked at them with disgust

what's the situation? Pu Yunchuan couldn't help but wondered.

"There is a problem in this city," Isabel said to Pu Yunchuan in a low voice, looking at the disgusted gaze quietly revealed from the window of the residential building.