Chapter 944 Breaking the line of troops, the support has arrived
When Shado and Master Byron were exploring the Mystery Lock, the first solution they thought of was to fill the space with murlocs and then throw them down from a high altitude.
This is naturally a way to deal with it, but to fly frequently, even if you have the bloodline ability [Soaring into the Clouds and Riding the Mist], is still a heavy physical task.
It is far less relaxing and comfortable than standing directly on the shore and crushing it with your portable space. The price paid is just some daily surplus arcane crystals.
Soon, the sky gradually darkened. Near the big rock on the shore where Xia Duo was standing, the fish-men in the river were much thinner than when he came.
However, through the control of the water area, Xia Duo can also clearly perceive that there are more fish-men moving here further away, and there are quite a few of them.
Obviously, those who can move actively are fish-men who have awakened their self-awareness.
But Xia Duo has decided to change places, and things may not be peaceful here. All nearby murlocs who have awakened their self-awareness will come here to compete for food, and a fight among the murlocs is inevitable.
It can be regarded as a little restraint on the fishmen going south.
Of course, this is not enough.
Then, Xia Duo rose into the air from the stone and flew southward in the evening wind.
Every once in a while, he would create a batch of "fish-man sauce" to attract intelligent fish-men, and then try to clear out as many of them as possible before moving on.
In this way, he went to the vicinity of Savile Town and found a group of murloc corpses connected by aquatic plants under the river surface. After eliminating these weird monsters, he returned to the town.
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The location of the former site of the Tower of Time.
The fall of night did not make the battle calm down, but instead became more intense. A dozen huge light balls hung in all directions of the battlefield, illuminating this area as if it were daytime.
Sha Duo notified Nia in advance when he returned, so he landed directly next to Nia in the formation. Looking at her obviously tired face, he couldn't help but feel a little distressed:
"How is the situation? Has the support from the parliament arrived?"
"The fishmen are getting smarter and smarter, and there are more and more injured soldiers. The temple priests have been out of power many times. If Bishop Ambril hadn't used the temple's reserved holy power, they probably wouldn't be able to support it now. As for the support from the council, let alone
You’re talking about someone, but there’s not even any news!”
There was a lot of anxiety and worry in Niya's tone, which made Xia Duo feel even more distressed, so she said, "You can go and rest first, as long as I'm here."
"No, I have to be here. This is the lord's duty!" Niya said decisively.
Niya's eyes were very firm. Xia Duo only looked at her for a few seconds before he understood her persistence and said, "Then I'll be here with you!"
Then, he released his flying sword and entered the river to kill the enemy. Although this was not as efficient as using the portable space, it was still much more efficient than ordinary soldiers.
After only killing for a while, a burst of cheers broke out from the soldiers in front. Niya was a little confused, but Xia Duo was very clear.
He cleared out many murlocs in the north and set up "feeding points" at intervals. The gathering of intelligent murlocs was naturally an obstacle to the unintelligent murlocs.
In addition, he also cleaned up the corpses of the murlocs in the north, and the Wolfburg River almost stopped flowing, so the speed of the murlocs going south became very slow.
At least, at this time, after Xia Duo used his flying sword to clear out the latest batch, no more fishmen came ashore, so the soldiers who had been fighting since the morning burst into fierce cheers.
Vast numbers of murlocs rushed forward to attack the defense line. Even if they risked their lives, their huge numbers made these soldiers who had long been accustomed to killing feel deep despair.
If the temple priests hadn't been using holy light to soothe their hearts, they might have collapsed long ago.
Even now, they are cheering, but if they had extraordinary vision like Xia Duo, they would see this bright battlefield farther north——
Under the night, there were still countless fishmen floating on the river.
It's just that it will take some time for those fishmen to get here.
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Soon, Ke Yaen came to report the battle situation with an excited tone, "Lord Lord, Lord Xia Duo, we are victorious!"
Xia Duo just nodded slightly, while Niya returned the gesture, and then said:
"Commander Keyan, I already know the situation. This is indeed a victory, but you have also seen the situation during the day. There are far more fish-men than the ones we killed. Let the soldiers not let down their guard!"
"Yes, Lord Lord!"
Keyan immediately took the order and left. However, before leaving, Xia Duo stopped him and reminded: "The fishmen further north will arrive in about an hour. Let the soldiers have a good rest!"
"yes!"
Keyan suddenly showed a grateful expression, and he didn't know whether it was because he learned the specific time of the fishmen's arrival, or because Xia Duo cared about his soldiers.
However, Chateau didn't care about Keyan's attitude. He only cared about the status of the soldiers. Although there was a rotation mechanism before, there were only about 3,000 full-time soldiers in the Saville Territory.
And it is impossible for all the more than 3,000 soldiers to be brought here to kill the fishmen. People need to be retained in all important places, such as ports, trade areas, mines, town gates, etc.
At the same time, necessary territorial patrol teams also need to be retained.
There may only be one or two thousand people actually participating in the battle. Even if the battlefield is small, it can only accommodate two to three hundred combatants.
But from morning to now, the fighting has almost never stopped, and it is a relatively fierce battle!
Even if there is a rotation mechanism, even if they are full-time soldiers, even if the fishmen are very weak, they can be cut and killed almost at will, even if there are temple priests to boost morale, restore physical strength, and treat injuries.
Its real consumption is also very huge.
These soldiers are just ordinary people, without any fighting spirit. They only have a body of flesh and blood and a set of standard equipment to fight.
Xia Duo feels incredible that he can persist until now.
On earth, cold weapon fighting is just a three-way drum, which lasts about 20 minutes.
Of course, this is the most direct and intense battle. If you include the time for low-intensity battles, it may take a little longer, but it won't be much longer.
It is extremely rare to fight from morning to night like this, and most of the time there is strength in numbers, and the same group of people will not rotate multiple times.
Xia Duo was naturally worried that these soldiers would suddenly collapse. Now that they could rest for an hour, if nothing else, just relaxing their tense heartstrings could greatly reduce the probability of collapse.
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An hour later, the murlocs arrived as expected, as Xia Duo said, but instead of delicious human flesh, they were greeted by solid shields and cold spears!
In this way, the battle continued intermittently until dawn, when news came from the Tower of Time that Archmage Auron of the Arcane Federation applied for a temporary access key.
Although Xia Duo is a rare fourth-level member of the Austrian Law Federation, he does not have much friendship with the Austrian Law Federation, nor has he had much dealings with them.
Archmage Aulon's true identity is not in the Arcane Federation. He is a follower of the princess and was only assigned to serve in the Arcane Federation.
So, why does Archmage Aulon want to teleport here? Does it represent the Arcane Federation or the princess?
At this time, Xia Duo was able to receive the news, let alone Niya. The two looked at each other and saw a hint of joy in each other's eyes. Perhaps it was because Master Byron mentioned that the parliament's support had arrived!