Chapter 562: Harvest of the Bay Territory (8500)

A hidden army secretly left Black Crow Castle under the bloody moonlight.

They traveled westward, avoiding not only the cities and towns where the Kor elves were located, but also the mobs who were sweeping and looting everywhere.

Looking at the desolate ruins in the distance, Sera's eyes were full of calmness and indifference.

Sera didn't take the grudges between the surface elves and the drow elves too seriously.

She just remained vigilant about the Kor Elf Kingdom, especially after she got to know them better.

The performance of the Kor elves was not weak, and could even be called very outstanding.

Although the towns and villages of the Kor elves were destroyed every day, they showed good combat capabilities and resistance spirit.

Even in the face of the brutal and tyrannical gray dwarves and the drow army, they still showed no retreat.

You know, the looters organized by the gray dwarves and the coalition of the drow elves are one of the best combat forces in the underground world.

Perhaps in the vast and deep dark depths, there are many unknown and terrible existences.

But for now, the combination of gray dwarves and drow elves is enough to bring a huge threat to a kingdom and power.

With nearly 400,000 troops, it has been almost a month now, but all the Kor elf cities in this area have not been taken down.

This is enough to explain a lot of problems.

The accompanying Woji obviously thought of this, and was very grateful for the cooperation with the Bay Territory. At the same time, he also wanted to see the true strength of the Kor Elf Kingdom.

Of course, before that, they need to rush to the depths of the Kantru Mountains as quickly as possible, where they plan to build a gray dwarf castle and base.

They move very fast, always bypassing the gathering area of ​​the Kor elves and advancing stealthily.

Behind them, more than 500,000 Kor elf troops have re-surrounded the Black Crow Castle and the surrounding cities.

Unfortunately, they came a little late, and hundreds of thousands of looters have already rushed out of the encirclement they set up and wreaked havoc in other places.

After the Kor Elf Army defeated a gray dwarf team with a nearly crushing momentum.

The originally united gray dwarf team soon began to wander around fighting on their own.

The Cole elf army was preparing to gradually narrow the encirclement.

An elite force of more than 50,000 people was sent to take the Black Crow Castle directly. They were ready to recapture this fortress that controls the passage.

Unfortunately, they underestimated their opponents.

The walls of the Black Crow Castle were further strengthened and renovated, not only becoming very high, but also thicker.

Every 50 meters, there is a towering arrow tower, which is densely covered with hundreds of shooting holes.

More than 30,000 elite gray dwarf warriors are stationed in this increasingly hideous and solid city.

What made the Cole elf commander feel aggrieved was that the maze, which originally belonged to this city and was one of the strongest defensive forces, became the amulet of the gray dwarf combat troops.

This also means that one of the strongest killer moves of the Cole elves, the elven spellcaster.

There is no place for it.

The elven spellcaster cannot join the ordinary combat team despite the interference and influence brought by the maze.

In this way, the difficulty of taking down Black Crow Castle has been greatly increased.

Matthew looked at the Cole Elf Army coming from afar, noticed the probing eyes of the second prince Krezer next to him, smiled and turned his head and said:

"The longer we persist here, the greater the chaos created by others."

Although he said so, the second prince Krezer has never been a selfless and selfless character.

Seeing others eating meat, but he can only be beaten, he always feels uncomfortable!

After a moment of hesitation, the second prince Krezer couldn't help but continue:

"If we suffer heavy losses and lose Black Crow Castle, it may lead to the failure of the entire plan."

If I lose this battle, your Bay Territory will also be empty-handed.

Matthew naturally understood what the second prince Krezer meant, smiled slightly and comforted him:

"As long as we can win this battle, they will see the weakness of the Cole Elf Army, and then they can rest assured."

Nodding with some suspicion, the second prince Krezer was just about to step up the layout of the city defense battle.

He looked at the Gulf Territory warriors hiding in their cloaks with surprise from time to time.

They clearly issued various orders, carried various materials to the city walls, arranged various weapons for defending the city, and completed the defense arrangements against the Kor Elf Army at the fastest speed.

It was the first time that the second prince Krezer found that these gray dwarf warriors under his command could actually be so obedient and execute orders obediently.

The reason is very simple. In the past month, these gray dwarf warriors have been convinced by the latter's "fists".

Of course, if you want these gray dwarf warriors who are used to being casual and cruel and ruthless to obey obediently, instead of rising up to resist.

After hitting them with a stick, you naturally have to give them a sweet date.

The sufficient food provided to them by the Gulf Territory is an unprecedented enjoyment for these gray dwarf warriors.

And if you want to get good wine, you must be "obedient".

After the implementation of the simple version of the Gulf Territory military regulations, naturally a considerable number of gray dwarf warriors cannot adapt to it for the time being.

But it doesn't matter, there are too many gray dwarf warriors who don't have enough food.

These guys who were proud of their military power and status were soon cleared out.

After clearing out a full 1/4 of the gray dwarf soldiers, this newly established 10,000-man team had basic rules and discipline.

The second prince, Krezer, had many complaints and thoughts about this.

But he still endured it, and it was far from the time to turn against each other.

After all, almost all the supplies of the entire Black Crow Castle still depended on the funding of the Gulf Territory.

He was reluctant to abandon the Black Crow Castle.

That's right, the transformation of the entire Black Crow Castle and the transfer of more than 30,000 gray dwarf warriors could not be separated from the strong support of the Gulf Territory.

For this reason, the Gulf Territory invested more than 5 million gold coins in supplies and a training and construction force of 1,000 people.

Such a huge investment is naturally not for the purpose of improving relations with the gray dwarves, but to collect real rewards.

After counting the supplies and harvest, Ji Fan excitedly reported to Matthew:

"This week, we obtained 1,345 new advanced magic materials, 72 spell books, 675 elven spellcasters, and 9.72 million gold coins..."

After the report, Ji Fan recalled the greedy eyes of the looters and continued with a smile:

"They don't seem to be satisfied with the trading conditions we proposed, and some are ready to discuss and start."

Matthew shrugged his shoulders as if nothing had happened and looked through the detailed material account book.

He saw many extremely rare and important magical plants, and continued to instruct Ji Fan:

"As long as they dare to start, give them a profound lesson, and the rest will naturally be honest."

"If someone dares to provoke, then it is reasonable to raise their prices. Who told them not to master advanced teleportation technology?"

The reason why Matthew had the confidence to say this was that he had successfully mastered the crucial treasure of Black Crow Castle with the help of the great arcanist Kno-Norman!

That's right, both Matthew and the Great Archmage of Knonorman are very interested in the mystique technology mastered by the Kor elves.

Let alone the Dragon Madness Mystique that caused great turmoil and led to the decline of the dragon.

Just talking about the city mystique in each Kor elf city, which can resist most magical attacks and destroy and suppress the spellcasters inside, they all have very powerful and practical effects.

The control core of the mystique is the light blue large arcane crystal in Matthew's hand.

There are no spell patterns and fluctuations on its surface, but there is magic like water flowing inside, which is slowly flowing.

The entire image of Black Crow Castle is condensed in this large arcane crystal.

More detailed data slowly appeared in front of Matthew.

"Intermediate Mystery Lock Core: Extraordinary arcane creation, can manipulate the intermediate mysteries that rely on it, can perform spell defense, magic power manipulation, prohibition of spellcasting, phantom fog and many other operations."

In order to control the Mystery Lock Core in his hands, Matthew spent more than 10 million fate power as a price to erase all its original permissions.

According to the research information provided by the Great Archmage of Kno-Norman, Matthew's control over the Mystery Lock was confirmed.

After mastering the Mystery Lock of Black Duck Castle, Matthew knew that the reason why this raid was successful was due to major surprises and coincidences.

Mystery Lock is different from the elemental energy pool.

Not only can it not produce magic energy, but it also consumes the surrounding magic power continuously.

In a sense, it performs magic prohibition operations on the internal area.

It is to cut off the influx of elements in this area from another deeper level, and absorb the existing elements at the same time.

It is equivalent to a small magic net, which realizes a large range of spell effects through various pre-set spell designs.

In a sense, if the study of the maze is in-depth enough, it will greatly promote and improve the mastery of the magic network and the essence of spells.

This is also one of the reasons why the strength and mastery of spells by the Kor elves are usually higher than other spellcasters.

Now, Matthew has successfully mastered the maze of Black Crow Castle, which will expand its influence range and surround the connecting passage with the expanded city wall.

Other gray dwarf forces and drow elves cannot have the ability to have bad intentions when he masters the maze.

After getting the promise of the lord, Ji Fan nodded very happily.

He has long been fed up with those greedy fools, and it is just right to practice with them.

These guys will not be honest if they are not beaten severely.

That's right, the Bay Territory, which single-handedly dominated the entire underground forces and invaded the Kingdom of Kor Elf, is the biggest winner in this war.

With the help of the gray dwarves, they firmly grasped the Black Crow Castle, a vital and key place.

By continuously releasing the plunderers from the underground world, they can weaken and attack the Kingdom of Kor Elf without sacrificing a single soldier.

The gray dwarves are unwilling to provoke other underground forces, but that doesn't mean the Gulf Lord won't take action.

After a large number of underground forces passed through the passage.

In just one night, the Gulf Lord sealed the passage again by building a fortress stronghold.

Unless they are willing to use a large teleportation array to teleport people and supplies back to the underground world.

Otherwise, they can only take the golem train track built by the Gulf Lord to transport a large number of people and supplies.

The gray dwarves can't do it at all. They can't beat them, so they can only let others control them.

The drow elves have such ability, but they are definitely reluctant to spend a lot of materials. They are more willing to invest in the battle with the Cole elves, so they choose to pay temporarily.

Of course, these guys who are keen on killing and arson are not the kind of soft eggs who can be controlled by others.

Once they find an opportunity, or after completing this battle, they will definitely turn their spearheads back to the Gulf Territory.

However, they will not live to that time!

Precious and rare magic materials, including manufacturing technologies such as puzzle locks, longevity spells, and war golems, quickly entered the Gulf Territory through the hands of hardworking gray dwarves and drow elves.

The major research institutes and factories in the Gulf Territory greedily devoured and digested these technologies and resources, and quickly completed the improvement of production capacity and methods.

Unknowingly, the production technology of the Gulf Territory has gradually integrated the advantages of many forces such as the Netheril Empire, the Dwarf Kingdom, the gray dwarves, the Cole elves, the drow elves, and the El elves.

Combined with Matthew's development experience and foresight in his previous life, it has become a very powerful production factory.

Although its production scale cannot meet the huge war needs.

But it has shown an extremely outstanding production potential and will surely become a world-class factory that resounds throughout the material plane in the future.

Therefore, Matthew will fully support the second prince Krezer.

While continuing to defend the Black Crow Fortress, try to create more chaos for the Cole Elf Kingdom.

This is what they deserve!

The army in front of him is the first army sent by the Cole Elf Kingdom, but it is definitely not the last one.

What Matthew has to do now is to defeat this powerful army.

Looking around, Matthew saw the luxurious configuration of this army.

The pure white war horses faintly revealed the breath of magical creatures. It is said that they have unicorn blood.

Each of these high-level war horses is worth more than thousands of gold coins.

Just for the mounts, this 50,000 army cost tens of millions.

Each elf warrior wears bright golden armor, shining in the sun, giving people a dazzling majesty.

It was a fine-grade enchanted armor, just one step away from reaching the level of advanced magic equipment.

It was one level better than the current enchanted armor of the Bay Territory.

They carried amazing longbows, which were covered with gorgeous magic patterns.

On both sides of the horses, in two large quivers, arrows with dazzling tail feathers were shaking slightly.

The strength of these soldiers could also match their luxurious equipment, all of which were at the peak of the intermediate level, with an average challenge level of 12.

In the center of their team, hundreds of carriages were galloping steadily.

The carriages were traveling at a very fast speed, but there was no bump. They were floating carriages in the air.

On both sides of each carriage stood two burly steel golems.

The emerald green metal shell gave people a sense of integration into the surrounding grass.

At the end of the team, five hundred giant lizards came with a violent shock.

They dragged a series of tall siege machines, and if you counted carefully, there were as many as 200 of them.

In addition to them, a group of figures flying in the air also attracted everyone's attention.

They were huge griffins.

They had a strong body, a huge eagle beak, wings that were five or six meters wide when spread out, and strong claws on their limbs.

Griffins are high-level magical creatures with IQs no less than humans.

Some legendary griffins can even speak human language.

Behind them are light-bodied elf knights.

Each of them has undergone rigorous training and has extraordinary shooting skills and close combat capabilities.

The challenge level of the griffin knight is very high, reaching 17+. They are not only the eyes of the entire army, but also a very powerful trump card.

Fortunately, there are not many of them, only 20 or 30.

Matthew subconsciously raised his eyebrows and said softly with interest:

"It's the Mage Corps? It seems that they are really ready to make a final effort, which is great!"

The Mage Corps is one of the five major legions of the Kingdom of Cole Elf.

The total number of each legion is as high as 200,000, and the 50,000 in front of us is only a part of it.

This powerful army has appeared in many expansion packs in the memory of the previous life, showing extremely strong combat effectiveness.

In the end, they fell in the mighty demonic disaster.

As for now, they are one of the most powerful legions.

However, Matthew is not nervous at all. Anyway, the ones fighting against these guys are just the gray dwarf warriors under the command of the second prince Krezer.

Even if more people die, Matthew doesn't feel sorry at all!

Moreover, Matthew and the second prince Krezer may not lose this time.

The Mage Corps, which has excellent mobility and very strong spellcasting ability, happened to be restrained by the Black Crow Castle at this time.

"Maybe, this time we can really teach the Kor elves a lesson."

The hundreds of thousands of people and nearly 20,000 soldiers that the Kor elves have lost so far are just heartbreaking.

If this regular army suffers a large-scale loss, it will definitely make the Kor Elf Kingdom heartbroken.

Matthew is also planning to capture a few high-level elven wizards to "learn" their skills and spells.

After getting Matthew's explanation, the second prince Krezer immediately relaxed a little. Looking at the ready city wall, he began to look forward to it.

Now is a great opportunity to understand the strength of the army of the Cole Elf Kingdom, so we must watch and understand it carefully.

The outer wall of the Black Crow Castle, which is already 10 meters high, not only gives people a considerable sense of oppression, but also surrounds the passage connecting to the underground world.

Facing this majestic castle, the commander of the Cole Elf frowned.

"What's going on? A newly built city wall? This is impossible!"

It has only been less than one and a half months since the fall of the Black Crow Fortress.

The towering city wall outside the Black Crow Fortress is definitely newly built.

Not only does it look seamless, without any gaps where stones are accumulated, but it also tilts slightly outward, and the front is full of convex and concave corners.

This type of bastion design can provide maximum protection against catapults and even attack weapons such as artillery.

It can also use the crossfire of the left and right sides to suppress and alternately attack the combat units climbing the city wall.

What gave him a headache was that one after another dark metal muzzle was exposed on the firing port at the top of the city wall.

The commander of the Cole elves, who understood the range and power of the dwarf artillery, looked at the completely unfamiliar and terrifying Black Crow Fortress and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

"Do we really have to fight?"

In theory, the defenders have an absolute advantage.

There are examples where the attackers have dozens or even hundreds of times more troops than the defenders, but still cannot conquer the opponent.

In the case of a small difference in strength, the 50,000 Cole elf troops can hardly take down the Black Crow Fortress with 30,000 gray dwarves stationed.

Even if the commander of the Cole elves is confident of victory, he cannot guarantee how many Cole elf warriors will survive in the end.

Unlike his idea, Matthew is looking forward to what kind of surprises the Cole elf troops can bring him.

After all, at this stage, the Cole Elf Kingdom is the strongest in the northern continent in terms of national strength and military combat effectiveness.

They will decline and be unlucky in the future, but not now.

"Will they really attack? There are only more than 50,000 people, they shouldn't be so bold, right?"

Touching the thick and solid wall, feeling a lot bolder, the second prince Krezer asked with some expectation.

Matthew glanced at the engineering golem that was working hard behind him, and answered with a firm tone:

"As long as the other party is not stupid, he will definitely choose to attack immediately."

"The longer he delays, the greater the price he pays."

Matthew has made a choice for the other party.

Building a 10-meter-high solid wall in one and a half months is a signal to the other party.

We can build a lot of fortifications!

If the commander-in-chief of the Cole elves does not attack, the defense facilities of the Black Crow Castle will increase.

It will be more difficult to capture it.

As long as the Black Crow Fortress is not in the hands of the Cole elves.

Every day, more and more underground world looters will come out of the underground world.

Faced with this situation, the commander-in-chief of the Cole elves can only launch an attack.

As expected, the commander of the Cole elves, who had thought it through, decisively issued the order to attack.

The first to launch the attack was the iron golem that jumped off the suspended carriage.

Matthew, who was watching the battle, looked indifferently at the iron golems rushing over in a neat line.

He couldn't help but whispered in his heart: "You know, in order to let you launch the attack with peace of mind, I haven't prepared many defense facilities..."

These iron golems, with a sledgehammer in one hand and a drill in the other, exuded a surge of magic power all over their bodies.

They were the "impactor" golems that caused great trouble to their castles and fortresses according to the intelligence of the El elves.

These impactor golems are very powerful, with high defense and thick blood bars, and ordinary attacks can't do anything to them.

The siege hammers and magic drills in their hands can not only break the city walls, but also are very powerful killing weapons.

Who knew that the gray dwarves had already responded, and the dwarf artillery that was more outstanding than those made by the Dwarf Kingdom showed extremely strong destructive power.

Just one round of volleys caused considerable damage to these shock golems.

When the shock golems rushed to the city wall despite two rounds of artillery bombardment.

It also suffered fatal casualties!

More than 200 dwarf artillery were pushed to the firing port at the same time.

The fixed shooting angle has confirmed their shooting target and direction.

It was exactly where the shock golem rushed over!

Boom!

The destructive roar of artillery fire instantly echoed throughout the battlefield.

Three or four hundred rotating steel shells hit the shock golems heavily.

Although they have strong defense, they are only steel bodies after all, not immortal.

After being hit hard by steel shells, more than 30 shock golems were instantly scrapped.

The remaining shock golems, under the cover of artillery fire, suffered more and more damage. Broken hands and feet are common, and crawling on the ground is also normal.

Some shock golems still made it to the city wall with difficulty and began their work of attacking and destroying the city wall.

However, the shock golems were being destroyed too quickly, with one or two falling almost every minute.

Suddenly startled, the commander of the Cole elves ordered the elf soldiers who had been waiting for a long time to push the siege wagons and siege ladders and move towards the direction of the city wall.

Seeing that the opponent's large army began to attack, Ji Fan also issued a counterattack order without hesitation:

"Team 123, fire!!"

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

The enchanted crossbows fired by the gray dwarves in succession caused considerable trouble to the Cole elves.

Ordinary shields could not resist them at all, and the toxins contained were extremely poisonous and deadly.

As long as they were touched a little, they would immediately fall into a weak state of paralysis and powerlessness.

Many Cole elf warriors who could not dodge were knocked down by a few crossbow arrows in an instant.

Before they came into contact with the opponent, some elf warriors had already suffered casualties.

While feeling distressed, the commander of the Cole elves was secretly surprised by the opponent's preparations.

The maze suppressed the caster.

The dwarf artillery suppressed the golem.

The crossbowmen dealt with a large number of enemies.

The opponent's preparations made the commander of the Cole elves very uncomfortable.

But when he saw the approaching siege wagons and ladders approaching the city wall, his heart gradually calmed down.

As long as he could reach the city wall.

With the elite level of the Kor elf warriors, plus the numerical advantage of more than 60%.

This battle should be stable!

At this critical moment, a faint mist spread around.

One by one, the condensed fireballs "boomed" and hit the siege equipment.

Crack!

Crash!

The terrible impact instantly destroyed these wooden engineering machinery.

Several high-level elf spellcasters walked out of the carriage, their faces were a little ugly.

They joined forces to release multiple "spell counters", but they did not have any effect on the flying fireballs.

This made them feel both aggrieved and angry.

They naturally believed that the reason why the spell failed to achieve the desired effect was entirely because of the puzzle lock.

This should have been one of the most powerful weapons of the Kor Elf Kingdom, but now it has become the enemy's killer, and it is used on them.

Simple anger is not enough to describe their mood at the moment.

They kept chanting spells and meeting with their staffs, releasing one buff spell after another, falling on the surrounding soldiers.

The attached magic effect will not be suppressed too much by the maze.

The second prince Krezer, who should have been very nervous, looked at the collapse of large siege equipment, and suddenly felt that this scene was very familiar.

Isn't it?

When he commanded the gray dwarves to attack the wall of the Bay Territory before, he also encountered the same spell bombardment.

Boom!

The exploding fireball spell instantly hit the waist of the engineering equipment, breaking it in half.

The flying wood chips and parts were scattered all over the ground, and the heavy head machine fell down, crushing several Cole elf warriors who were unable to dodge.

The terrible impact force set off a surge of air waves, and the Cole elf warriors who were charging were also blown down.

Watching huge fireballs flying out.

Hitting the siege equipment one after another.

All the spellcasters of the Cole Elf Army frowned subconsciously.

"The other side has at least 20 high-level spellcasters who not only control the maze, but also have the spellcasting expertise of fireball."

The Cole Elf Commander couldn't help but narrow his eyes at the intelligence gathered by the law enforcers.

He looked at the siege equipment that turned into ruins and fire, and immediately thought of a solution that was not a solution:

"Quickly notify other spellcasters to release shields for the siege equipment. Don't forget the Thunder Lizards and prepare more protective spells for them."

"If they like to bomb, then consume as many of their spells as possible."

"Order the fourth and fifth battalions to cover the castle from the left and right sides."

"Order the remaining shocker golems to protect the front of the siege equipment as much as possible."

"Notify other spellcasters to provide various spell gains for each Cole Elf warrior who is about to enter the maze."

It must be said that when the Cole Elf Commander began to get into the state, he was no longer worried about the death and injury of the Cole Elves.

After working hard just to take down Black Crow Castle, his various plans and adjustments have achieved good results.

The frequency of siege equipment being destroyed immediately dropped by nearly 1/3.

The gray dwarf warriors on the city wall also began to suffer casualties.

The magic longbows of the magician legion warriors have a very good range of 200 meters.

The proficient projectile skills allow them to attack the defenders on the city wall from below the city wall.

The re-concentrated shock golems, relying on the advantage of numbers, and passively taking the beating, forcibly opened a hole under the city wall.

It can allow two or three shock golems to settle in and continue to destroy the interior.

Facing the changes in the situation, Ji Fan did not panic.

He did not take those shock golems to heart.

The thickness of the newly built city wall has reached 8 meters wide.

Even if they destroy faster, it will take at least 3 hours to open a hole.

By that time, the battle would have been over.

He stared at the siege equipment getting closer and closer, and secretly ordered the artillery troops to aim at these behemoths getting closer and closer.

Boom!

The roaring flames instantly hit a well-trampling car.

A big hole was directly broken in the square well-trampling car.

The rotating shells jumped inside, tearing apart any objects in front of it.

When the flames dissipated, the well-trampling car was in a mess.

The artillery may not be able to break the strong defense of the extraordinary dragon beast, but it can still deal with these wooden siege equipment.

At the same time, the shooting between the gray dwarf crossbowmen and the elven longbowmen also reached a white-hot stage.

Both sides used enchanted armor-piercing arrows. Unless the shield was on the head, the arrow would penetrate.

But gradually, the crossbowmen continued to shoot in turns and began to gradually gain the advantage.

Because, except for a small part of the city wall that was attacked, the other crossbowmen could pull the trigger without worry.

The elven longbowmen below had nowhere to hide and could only passively endure the baptism of crossbow arrows.

They endured huge casualties, gritted their teeth and escorted the Thunder Lizards, and transported the last 10 engineering equipment to the city wall.

In order to achieve this goal, more than 4,000 elven warriors were killed or injured.

No matter how good their fighting skills are, how long they live, and how rich their combat experience is, they will always be cannon fodder when attacking the city wall.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The huge well-trampling car approached the city wall, and several iron hooks fell down, firmly holding one end of the city wall.

The elven warriors who had been waiting for a long time, the shouters swarmed out!

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