The city of Wozhimara seems more crowded than in the past few days.
You can always see warriors walking together on the busy streets. They wear leather trousers, long boots, and thin linen shirts on their upper bodies. They rarely travel with weapons. At most, they have a dagger tied to their thigh.
As for the knights, their clothes are much more orthodox. They wear hard leather armor and carry knight's swords on their waists. Even when they walk, they have to straighten their backs, which makes them look a little different from the crowd.
Bena Province continuously delivers military equipment and relief supplies to the Maca plane. The carriages driving out from the airport terminal drive to the material warehouses in various areas of Wozhimara City. A group of poor children often chase the food trucks all the way.
, they always expect that a piece of wheat cake will fall out of a certain grain bag in the car if it is not fastened properly.
But the chance of this is very small. Usually the wheat cakes they picked up were secretly thrown away by the members of the logistics department who were sitting in the carriage.
A group of infantry regiments wearing neat armors passed through the main street, and the carriages driving on the street ducked to both sides of the road.
Surdak stood on the bell tower of Wozhimala City and looked out over the city. He could see the troops who had received the mission to participate in the war gathering along the streets towards the city gate. Outside the city, the flames of war and gunpowder smoke filled the air.
The heavy cavalry regiments were already standing in attack formation outside the city gate along the suspension bridge that crossed the moat.
Half-elf archer Samira sat on the edge of the stone eaves outside the clock tower, her legs dangling in the air, her arms supporting her body and leaning back. The morning breeze blowing in her face blew through her fine hair, and the corners of her rhombus-shaped mouth were slightly raised.
Looking outside the city at this time, the number of hell dogs surrounding the city has been reduced a lot.
There is a huge pile of corpses made of hell dogs on the edge of the moat outside the city. In the thick smoke, you can vaguely see the flames that are constantly rising. It is said that it has been burning for three days, but because there are always new corpses of hell dogs every day
He was thrown into a pile of corpses, so the fire shows no sign of extinguishing even now.
There are some alchemists in the city who say this is a waste. If you have a big enough pot, you can refine a lot of fat.
The Bena Army gradually took the initiative on the battlefield outside Wozhimala City, allowing the residents here to see the hope of victory in the plane war. Especially since Marquis Luther's Constructed Swordsmen Group has already set off for the second battlefield. I believe that it will not be long before
Good news will follow soon.
A heavy cavalry regiment rushed into the Hell Dog camp and killed the siege dogs outside the city to pieces. However, even in such a disadvantageous situation, the Hell Dogs still did not choose to evacuate Wozhimala.
city.
Suldak asked strangely: "Why don't you think this hell dog has evacuated from Wozhimala?"
Half-elf archer Samira looked at the hell dogs outside the city, shook her head and said nothing.
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In order to celebrate the victory in the Battle of Meijin Town, the guard battalions of the three cities held a celebratory dance at the square station.
The knights of the guard camp are usually responsible for managing the city's security, and are already semi-out of the scope of the army. Therefore, military discipline is loose. In addition to allowing drinking at this dance, the bold knights of the guard camp also invited the dancers from Wozhimala City into the military camp.
This made the plane war command very dissatisfied.
That night, the three commanders of the guard battalion, including Viscount Emmett, Viscount Owen, and Earl Collins, were called to the war headquarters for an interview. The three commanders returned to the station with livid faces, and the celebration dance ended hastily.
The second campaign of the Constructed Swordsmen Group led by Marquis Luther also ended prematurely due to the early transfer of the Hell Dogs.
The hell dogs in this area had already evacuated the area before the Constructed Swordsmen Group arrived. The guard battalion reconnaissance team responsible for this area did not find the Devil's Gate or the Hell Passage. Subsequently, these guard battalion reconnaissance teams
It was decided to form several small teams and disperse in the jungle to expand the search area.
Since the Devil's Gate was not found, the army of Hell Dogs continued to pour towards Wozhimara City. The battle between the Hell Dogs and the heavy cavalry that besieged the city began to turn into a stalemate tug-of-war. The giant Hell Dogs
and three hell dogs appeared one after another, and the heavy cavalry regiment also began to suffer casualties. This giant war beast in the Maka plane swallowed tens of thousands of strategic supplies every day.
The Magic Guild of Bena Province once again mobilized fifty magicians to join the Magic Investigation Team and conduct a large-scale search of the area where the Hell Dogs appeared in the Maka Plane. Although the Magician Investigation Team was able to determine that the area where the Hell Dogs appeared was
The jungle area north of Wozhimala City, but the exact location has never been found.
In order to find the devil's door as soon as possible, Marquis Luther decided to increase the intensity of the ground search, and this search changed the previous centralized search mode of battalion units into a dispersed search by small elite combat teams.
1. During the night, nearly one hundred and fifty reconnaissance teams entered the jungle swamp north of Wozhimala City.
At the same time, Marquis Luther led two regiments of constructed swordsmen (nearly a thousand men), a heavy armored infantry regiment of 1,500 men, and a longbow archer regiment of 500 men and immediately rushed to the third place to explore
area, the situation here is a bit complicated. The three guard battalions that went to explore this area were held tightly by a group of hell dogs, and the three guard battalions were never able to completely escape the battle.
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The Plane War Command has recruited an elite combat team to enter the jungle to investigate the whereabouts of the Demon Gate.
The dangerous jungle, unfamiliar environment, changeable climate, dangerous monsters, a large number of hell dogs and other factors have directly increased the danger factor of this task to the point where it is daunting for ordinary soldiers. Marquis Luther called on the Constructed Knights
Be able to stand up bravely and actively join this operation for the sake of early peace on the Maca plane.
However, thanks to the efforts of Viscount Emmet, the Hellanza Guard Battalion finally joined the battle sequence outside Wozhimara City. Although it requires going out of the city to fight, it is much safer than leaving the city for reconnaissance. Emmet
The Viscount hopes to bring back all the knights from the Hellanza City Guard Battalion for this expedition. Fifty-seven knights from the Hellanza Guard Battalion died in the battle of Meizu Town and stayed on the outskirts of the town of Meizu forever.
Surdak was having dinner. Although the city station did not need to eat marching rations, the vegetables and meat included in the meals were pitiful. Only the ogres sitting in the arbor ate with gusto, and expected the knights in the guard camp to eat less.
In this way, the ogre can wrap up all the remaining food at the end of the dinner.
Karl came back from the camp, sat down in front of Suldak, rubbed his forehead with his fingers and said to Suldak: "There are two paths for you to choose. One is to exchange military merit for teleportation tickets, and the other is to
We have to wait for the first half of the year. As long as the war in the Maka plane is over and the order of the teleportation gate returns to normal, it will be much easier for us to get a teleportation ticket through the relationship in Bena City."
“Wouldn’t that mean we have to wait half a year?” Surdak said hesitantly.
“If you want to let this big guy pass through the portal, you need to go through very strict approval. It will definitely not be possible during the war.” Karl patted Surdak on the shoulder and said to him.
Karl wanted to prepare a battle plan for tomorrow, chatted briefly and then returned to the military tent.
Surdak put down the dinner plate in his hand, took a sip of the bland soup, and then walked out of the Halanza guard camp. The half-elf archer Samira sitting in the tent looked like a nimble deer.
, followed after a few steps.
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The next morning, Viscount Emmett announced today's battle plan to the knights in the guard camp. Today, the knights in the guard camp need to capture a hillock occupied by the hell dogs outside the city, and lay out a barrier on the hillock to block the hell dogs.
Dog iron nets and large animal traps, these animal traps specially made for hell dogs, have been continuously transported from Bena City to Wozhimara.
Carl's support squadron is in the first offensive echelon. Viscount Emmett also considered that the support squadron performed extremely well in the small town of Meijin, with construct knights like Surdak and strong ogres.
Soldiers, so they were placed at the front to gain military merit.
Suldak stood next to Karl and said in a low voice: "Karl, I have decided to join the elite reconnaissance team."
Karl did not expect that Surdak would choose to take risks at all. He turned to look at Surdak and asked: "Dak, are you serious?"
Suldak nodded: "Of course, after thinking about it, I decided to exchange my military exploits for a teleportation ticket for Gulitem."
"Hey!...Dak." Karl turned to look at Surdak. At this time, he wanted to persuade him a few words, but he saw Surdak took out a piece of parchment paper with a red stamp printed on it.
, causing Karl to shut up.
Suldak stepped forward, hugged Karl, smiled slightly at Karl, and said: "I have received the transfer order from the headquarters, and I will take the magic airship to the northern suburbs of Wozhimara City later. If you want
If you can do something for me, then wish me good luck!"
Karl pushed Suldak away hard, punched him hard on the shoulder, and said with veins on his forehead: "You really shouldn't be allowed to join the guard camp, you are a madman on the battlefield!"
Under Karl's watchful eyes, Suldak led three members of the security team to leave the guard camp.
"Suldak..." Karl stood in the square, pointed his finger at the scorching sun in the sky, and shouted loudly: "No matter where you go, don't forget the way back!"
Suldak also raised his right hand high in response and pointed at the scorching sun in the sky.
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Suldak led Samira, Andrew, and Gulitem to the airport terminal. The tall ogre immediately attracted the attention of many people around him.
Surdak did not stop because of this. He walked directly to an officer in charge and handed the parchment order in his hand to the officer. The officer glanced at Surdak and nodded slightly.
Nodding, he turned around and took out a map of the outskirts of Wozhimala from the box behind him and handed it to Surdak, and said to him: "Bring your own weapons, armor and marching rations. A magic airship will arrive every seven days."
Return to the ground and use magic flares if you encounter danger. I wish you good luck!"
Many construct knights gathered from various places in the city in front of the airport terminal, came to the officer in charge to receive the map, and then boarded the magic airship.
Two magic airships were parked on the dock. The coolies near the dock looked at the two magic airships eagerly, hoping that the captain on the airship would step down and select a few strong workers to fill his spaceship with cargo.
Unfortunately, more and more Constructed Knights are waiting. These Constructed Knights don't know each other, but they have the same mission.
The atmosphere at the airport terminal was a bit heavy, and some people were chatting quietly with the surrounding construct knights.
Surdak's team is a bit special. They chose to stand in the corner of the magic airship. The ogre Gulitem sat on the side of the magic airship, looking at the bustling airport terminal with novelty. No one wanted to stand up to it.
The pressure brought by the ogres came to exchange information with them.
Just like this, they waited until the crew on the airship pulled back the planks of the airship and loosened the rope tied to the airport terminal. As the winch retracted the rope little by little, the flotation device made a rumbling roar, and the magic airship
Floating into the air little by little, the ship's three-masted sail slowly rose, and the warm south wind blew the airship northward like an invisible hand.
Surdak unfolded the map on the airship. This search mission included the vast northern suburbs of Vozhmala City. Since the general range previously given by the Magician Investigation Team was empty, the search area was expanded by nearly 10%.
Twenty times, in order not to miss any place where the devil's door may be hidden.
There are actually fourteen pick-up points on this map where the magic airship docks. In addition, there are fourteen pick-up points marked in another color on the map. It is said that they are the pick-up points for another magic airship.
That is, every seven days, airships will come to these areas to pick up the Constructed Knights back to Wozhimara City.
There are already many Constructed Knights sitting on the deck, discussing with the team members around them the area where the Devil's Gate is hidden, in order to find the nearest landing point to disembark.
Suldak set his sights on the hooded half-elf archer Samira.
Samira opened her hood, revealing her eyes that were bright red due to mixed blood. She pointed to the farthest connection point on the map and said directly: "Since these nearby areas have been searched countless times,
We can target it here. The terrain in this area is relatively complicated, and there are not so many water systems. It is likely to be the area where the hell dogs are active."
“But this place has almost faded out of the main search area, and according to the markings above by the Magician Scouting Team, there are no signs of a large number of hell dogs in this area.” Andrew, an indigenous warrior, gave a different opinion.
The half-elf archer looked up at Andrew and said, "Those marks don't mean anything..."
“Okay, let’s choose this place!” Surdak had no better choice and was about to decide on the landing site.
Watching the elite teams on the airship disembark at various landing points, the magic airship quickly became empty. At the last two farthest landing points, only Surdak's team was left on the magic airship.
The captain of the magic airship walked up to Surdak. He held a wine bottle in one hand and a map in the other. He pointed to the farthest connection point on the map and warned Surdak: "This is the farthest place."
Don’t go too far to the pick-up point, there are almost no Hell Dogs here, and there are very few magic reconnaissance groups here, so you must pay more attention to safety, no one can help you if you are in danger!"
Suldak glanced at the gray-haired captain gratefully and nodded.