Chapter 740 The legs are just decoration, the big shots above wont understand
Sharlayan's disconnection method is not as effective once and for all as Yin Lidan's direct bombardment of the Frozen Throne. It can only temporarily block the remote mental control exerted by Ner'zhul using the Helm of Dominance.
And the effect is not very stable.
Anub'Rekhan's mental state switched back and forth between lucidity and chaos. One second he was calling me king, and the next second he was tortured by the reinforcing soul restraint and screamed again and again.
After all, he is a clan brother who has been guarding the kingdom for many years. Anub'arak knows that Anub'rakan cannot be saved, but there is still a trace of illusion in his heart.
It was precisely because of his moment of hesitation that the unconscious Anub'rakan found the opportunity to crawl into the ground and escape from the battlefield.
"Hey~"
After regaining consciousness, Anub'arak sighed with a complicated expression. He wondered if letting Anub'rakhan go this time would leave hidden dangers in the future.
After temporarily cutting off Ner'zhul's remote control, the originally forbidden natural disaster of the undead suddenly became a mess.
The Scourge Undead have never conducted any military formation training, and the reason why they can maintain a consistent pace depends entirely on the remote control of the Necromancer and Ner'zhul.
Once the "player" was lost, the undead who regained their self-awareness fell into chaos without any surprise.
"It's now!"
His mental energy was greatly consumed, and Sarlayan felt a throbbing pain between his eyebrows.
But he did not waste this excellent opportunity created by gathering more than a hundred magisters.
Holding back the pain in his head, Sarlayan immediately activated Ursoc's incarnation, rushed out of the bunker first, and crashed into the chaotic undead army.
The most mobile Morning Frontier Legion followed closely behind. Under the leadership of Saladre, the polar paladins urged their horses to speed up.
The knights followed closely behind the giant bear that opened the way in front of them, using the impact generated by their gradually increasing running speed to create a striking gap in the army of tens of thousands of undead.
The Northern Rangers led by Vereesa adopted a mobile shooting method. While advancing with the Paladins, they drew the bowstring in their hands and threw it at the center of the Scourge Undead to cover the charge of the Paladins.
Selevor and other magisters were exhausted, so they temporarily stayed where they were to recover their energy.
However, the mage masters are all rich and cannot participate in the battle themselves. They can also use arcane puppets to help.
The magister army in Quel'Thalas is not just composed of mages. After all, mages are a valuable profession, and it is impossible to use them to form an army of thousands.
On a large-scale battlefield, the mage troops need enough space and protection to cast spells.
Arcane puppets can perfectly complete these tasks. Quel'Thalas usually equips the magister troops with a large number of arcane puppets to do the dirty work, allowing them to firmly protect the mages in the center of the formation.
Since recruiting Talonikus, Sarlayan has been responsible for providing ideas, and Talonikus has been responsible for realizing those wild ideas.
Over the years, the Marquis of Deep Shadow has come up with many improved technologies, including the transformation of arcane puppets.
Regarding this matter, the barrage went through some debate at first.
The reason was that someone questioned the combat efficiency of the arcane puppet in humanoid form. He believed that the two legs of the puppet should be changed into tracks suitable for all-terrain use.
At that time, the old man also left a famous saying from another world - the legs are just decoration, and the big people on them will not understand.
This old man's views have attracted many people's rebuttal. Another group of people believe that humanoid puppets are the most in line with the aesthetics of normal intelligent creatures.
Moreover, when fighting outside, you will always encounter steep mountains that crawlers are not good at climbing. Flexible legs are more useful.
Sarlayan did not make a hasty decision to choose any one of the factions. He told Taronikus the views of both factions and asked him to make a tracked version of the arcane puppet for practical testing.
After some testing and comparison, Talonicus concluded that...each has its own merits.
After being equipped with tracks, the arcane puppet can travel freely in most terrain environments, but the cold tracks are not as flexible as the legs in some situations, and turning will be more difficult, making it not suitable for individual combat.
But if you change your thinking and place these tracked arcane puppets at the back of the formation to enhance their long-range firepower, the new arcane puppets can become heavy self-propelled turrets.
Under the premise of being protected by the front line, these heavy artillery-type arcane puppets can provide powerful fire support to the soldiers on the front line.
The regular version of arcane puppets with legs are relatively flexible in movement. Rather than serving as turrets, they are better at close combat and can be placed in front to provide protection for the back row.
The legs and tracks represent two different design ideas and uses. They have their own merits in the true sense, and there is no strict distinction between them.
After receiving the improved blueprints submitted by Taronikos in the name of the Marquis of Deep Shadow, the newly appointed Minister of Magical Engineering Research Talviel quickly summoned experts in engineering and magical structure.
After five days of discussion, the Magical Engineering Research Institute submitted an application at the cabinet meeting and produced a batch of tracked heavy artillery arcane puppets as quickly as possible.
At Sarlayan's request, the Cabinet Council released new arcane puppets to Northrend, where the situation was not peaceful, and was ready to test their quality in actual combat.
At this time, these heavy artillery puppets turned on their tracks and followed behind the ranger troops while firing. The large-caliber magic cannons blasted into the enemy formation, knocking the unprepared natural disaster undead off their feet.
The original version of the Arcane Golem charged forward with its legs spread out, following closely behind the Holy Knights of the Morning Frontier Legion into the enemy formation, steadily advancing the front line with powerful long-range firepower support.
At this time, the polar paladins of the Morning Frontier Legion had penetrated the formation of the Scourge of the Undead and turned their horses to prepare for the second round of reverse charge.
The gap in the back line of the Scourge was originally deliberately placed by Ner'zhul to lure the enemy deeper.
Without Ner'zhul's command, the scattered undead were unable to make the trap effective at all, and instead enabled the Morning Frontier Legion to counterattack.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The unimpeded Morning Frontier Legion was like a sharp knife thrust into butter, easily cutting through the already scattered undead army formation.
The Nerubian army, which had been keeping a low profile and remaining on the defensive, finally managed to hold the position until the clouds cleared and the moon came out, and the grievances they had been feeling for many days were finally released.
The Nerubians, who had suppressed their fighting spirit, launched a counterattack with high spirits against the undead natural disasters who had fallen into chaos.
When Ner'zhul finally dispersed the chaotic mental power in the battlefield with the help of the Dread Lords and reconnected with the Scourge to regain control, the situation on the battlefield had settled.
The undead fighting on their own could not stop the powerful coalition forces of Azjol Nerub and Quel'Thalas, and the originally neat formation was completely scattered.
When Ner'zhul regained command, only a little over 30,000 of the original more than 50,000 undead remained, and they were still being consumed.
Ner'zhul was so distressed that he failed to consider his original plan to capture Azjol-Nerub. The situation had deteriorated to this point, and the most important thing was to preserve the few remaining troops.
Under Ner'zhul's remote control, the chaotic Scourge regained order and began to retreat in an orderly manner.
Seeing that the enemy's formation was gradually returning to order, Sarlayan, who had already rushed to the front line to fight side by side with Anub'arak, persuaded him.
"Don't pursue the enemy when you are in trouble. The enemy's retreating formation is still complete. If you pursue them rashly, they may use the complex underground terrain to ambush you. The gain outweighs the loss. It's better to give up as soon as possible."
"The top priority is not to devote all our forces to the pursuit. It's time for Azjol-Nerub to consider post-war reconstruction."
Sarlayan's persuasion calmed down the hot-blooded Anub'arak.
As Sharlayan said, the defeat of the Undead Scourge is a foregone conclusion. With the remaining troops, it will be difficult for the Lich King to continue fighting Azjol Nerub without the reinforcements of the high elves.
If he did not want to be completely wiped out by the coalition's counterattack, withdrawing his troops was his only option.
The underground kingdom is the home ground of the Nerubians. Thinking about it from another perspective, if Anub'arak stood in Ner'zhul's position, he would withdraw from the underground at once, and then find a way to recover the debt after recovering his strength.
"Huh~"
Anub'arak breathed out a breath, and the hot blood in his head gradually cooled down.
"You are right. Many people like Vesina and Polva who have left their hometowns are still waiting to return to their hometowns. As the king of a country, I cannot act on impulse."
"The war is over, now it's time to consider post-war issues."
"Of course..." Anub'arak looked at Sarlayan gratefully and said, "It also includes the formal alliance agreement between Azjol Nerub and Quel'Thalas."