Under the leadership of his adjutant, Gru soon arrived at the camp outside the emergency center and met the group of Erathians with heavy faces who had come from afar.
Seeing the chief of the jungle guardians arriving, before Gru could say anything, the leader of the crowd, a rather aristocratic human hero with a thick brown beard on his chin, took the initiative to say hello:
"Chief of the Jungle Guardians, leader of the Jungle Warriors, respected hero Gru, I have heard of your name as early as in the army of Erathia. You were in the land of giant trees, Green March, and
The guerrilla tactics used in the Shadow of Death campaign to defeat the enemy can be said to have maximized the combat capabilities of the arms, and are worthy of careful study by every strategist. I am not afraid of your ridicule. When I was training commanders at the Knight Academy in Erathia,
Some of the lesson plans adopted come from the battles you personally commanded."
Seeing that the human hero in front of him spoke well and had a calm demeanor, and he was very familiar with the battles he had commanded in the past. Gru felt something in his heart. It seemed that he had met a commander in the Erathian army, and he was at the level of a general.
character.
Thinking of this, Gru looked at the group of people behind with a bit of scrutiny in his eyes. After realizing that the identities of the heroes seemed to be connected to the human army of Erathia, things also became
Gets complicated.
"I don't think you came here to discuss tactics with me." Under the gaze of everyone, Gru slowly said, "The end is approaching, why do you human heroes come to Eli at this moment?
I did not see an envoy from the Erathian royal family, and this is not an envoy on behalf of the human kingdom."
As Gru spoke, he paid attention to everyone's reactions. Under his words, some Erathians lowered their heads, quite embarrassed when they couldn't speak, while others were full of anger and full of blood.
Due to the long-standing arrogance of the Erathians, they were extremely dissatisfied with Gru's blunt remarks about their situation. Some people had sad faces and could not get over the pain for a long time.
At the end of the sentence, Gru turned his attention to the leading human hero, hoping that he could give him an answer: "Tell me, who are you? What is the purpose of coming to Eli this time?"
Under Gru's inquiry, the human hero smiled bitterly and said: "Chief Gru, we Erathian heroes, although we entered Eli without any prior notification, we did not have any malicious intentions at all, but we acted as a last resort.
We have made this choice, and beseech the Elf Kingdom Eri to bring us shelter and protect us from other Erathians."
Hearing this, Gru also showed a puzzled look, as if he didn't understand what was said: "Why do those Erathians hurt you? Aren't you heroes? Or have you done something evil that others cannot tolerate?
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Faced with Gru's inquiry, the human hero let out a deep sigh: "Chief Gru, my name is Christian. I was once the commander of the Third Knights of Erathia. Not to mention I have made great contributions to the Holy Kingdom.
He has fulfilled his duties faithfully and has commanded hundreds of battles, large and small, without ever dishonoring the name of a knight. Many of the people who fled to Eri with me are just like me. They are just one of the Erathians and have never done anything.
If we make any move that threatens the Holy Kingdom, if we insist on saying that we have done anything evil, I am afraid it is only because we are heroes."
"How do you say this?" Gru frowned and asked.
Christine shook his head. From the expression of the commander of the Knights, Gru could see his loneliness, and heard him say: "The oracle has been issued. In this doomsday battle, heroes are everything.
The root of the trouble, if you want to quell this war, you can only uproot the person who caused the trouble. In response to the oracle of the Stigmata, Queen Catherine has ordered that all the heroes in Erathia be captured and imprisoned, and they will be held captive under the witness of angels.
Below, those who violate fate will be punished with death."
Following Christine's words, deep emotion and helplessness appeared on the faces of other people nearby. Once upon a time, the heroic power that was admired by thousands of people and gave them great potential has now become a hero at this moment.
A curse made them a being that was not trusted and was criticized by thousands of people. They had to flee their homeland when the end came and turned to other forces for help.
Even Gru was slightly startled after hearing the news: "Did Queen Catherine really issue such an order? When the end comes, to expel all the heroes in the territory is the same as cutting off one's arms.
It’s really not a wise decision.”
Christine did not think so: "Queen Catherine's decision naturally has her reasons. The Queen usually appreciates the heroic generals under her subordinates very much. I believe she also had no choice but to do this. Before the angel who captured the heroes arrived, I
He received the news in advance, and then he had enough time to lead his relatives to escape. Logically speaking, if it was the Queen's decision and high-level priests and angels participated in the secret operation, then there would be no possibility of the news leaking. It seemed that someone was acting deliberately.
Let the news out before the start so that the heroes in Erathia have a chance to escape."
As he spoke, Christian looked at the others in the team: "Except for me, there are many Erathian heroes who have received the news. I met many heroes who were forced to flee on the road. After discussion, we finally decided
They decided to come to Eli to seek help. There were also a few heroes who, after hearing the news, did not want to believe the information in the news and still chose to stay in Eli. However, their fate did not seem to be good."
Under Christian's explanation, Gru also understood the situation in Erathia. When the end came, when the elf kingdom Eli was busy dealing with the water element monarch and going to hell to stop Rhodes, the situation in Erathia
The situation has also quietly changed. The heroes who were revered in the past have now become like rats on the street, and they can only come to the Elf Kingdom to seek help.
"How many of you are there in total?" Gru took the initiative to ask as if he had thought of something. As the chief of the jungle guardians, he fully understands the power of heroes. The heroes that Erathia does not need have become the elves' kingdom.
The God-given opportunity you longed for.
"Including me, there are more than a hundred heroes who have escaped from Erathia, but not all heroes are willing to come to Erasi to seek help. Some people plan to find an unknown place to settle in the corner of the continent and hide.
After this doomsday, some people choose to stay at the border to observe further changes in the situation. Some even feel resentful after escaping from Erathia, and prepare to help the enemies of Erathia in turn, seeking refuge with Lucifer, the Lord of Hell, or
It was Rhodes, the Lord of the Undead. In the end, there were only about forty heroes who came to Eli with me. Counting the followers beside the heroes, there were about eight thousand of us, among whom we had been trained to take up weapons.
There are only three thousand people fighting, and the others are all dependents who need to be protected."
Under Christian's narration, Gru also quickly understood the situation of this group of heroes. Perhaps because of the request from Eli, Christian's attitude was extremely sincere, and without waiting for Gru to ask more questions, he gave the personnel information
When the important information was revealed, Gru thought highly of him.
The human heroes of Erathia are always accompanied by many followers. Now beside this group of fleeing human heroes, the average number of followers of each hero has reached more than two hundred, and most of those followers
They are private soldiers under the hero, or close confidants. Even if the hero wants to escape Erathia, the followers will follow him without hesitation.
"I will convey the news to the Eri Council and divide a forest land for the fleeing people, but in return, I need the power of these heroes to resist all enemies in the doomsday."
After understanding the situation, Gru immediately said that the arrival of this new group of troops was also a blessing for Eli. The addition of more than forty heroes was enough to make up for Eli's losses in the doomsday battle.
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Thinking of the hundreds of heroes who escaped from Erathia, even Gru couldn't help but sigh secretly. There were hundreds of heroes who escaped alone, and the number of heroes who failed to escape was obviously even greater. Erathia was indeed a hero.
Looking at the whole place of Eli, the number of heroes does not exceed fifty. Moreover, some of them were lost in the battle.
After listening to Gru's proposal, Christine nodded and agreed very much: "We never expect Eli to provide us with free assistance. This sounds like a fairly fair proposal, if we can take refuge in Eli."
, Facing the enemies who invade Eli in the last days, we certainly will not sit idly by and ignore them."
After reaching a verbal agreement, Gru was much less wary of Christine. Although this matter did not get the approval of the upper-level council, as the chief, he came forward to propose, and there was no problem. His strength was gradually weakening.
After being supplemented by these heroes, Eli will become more proactive in future battles.
"You said there were eight thousand people who came with us. Where are they now? Are they all outside the border?" Gru asked again.
Christine explained: "After the flames died down, the wilderness has become no longer safe. Whether it is the wild beasts lurking in the darkness or the invasion of cold, it will easily take the lives of ordinary people. I placed them in the Emerald City."
If the council agrees, please temporarily lend us the Emerald City, which has long been abandoned by the elves."
As Christine told it, Gru also recalled some things. During the old Shadow of Death battle, the Emerald City once changed hands and was captured by the Lord of the Undead, Rhodes. At that time, Rhodes did not have the Lord of the Undead.
With such a resounding name, people only thought of him as a rebellious necromancer, but they didn't expect that he would conquer the entire Brakada Snow Region and become the doomsday overlord who ruled the country.
After the Battle of the Shadow of Death, the Emerald City returned to Eli's hands. However, what was left there was only a ravaged ruins with traces of death energy pollution and erosion. It was simply inaccessible to ordinary creatures, and in the end they could only be destroyed.
The entire town was completely abandoned. According to the predictions of elf scholars, it may take decades of natural recovery before the death energy there can be completely dissipated.
Thinking of this, Gru couldn't help but ask: "I remember that the Emerald City is full of strong death energy. Ordinary people cannot stay in that environment for a long time. It is probably not appropriate to arrange those people in the Emerald City."
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Christian just smiled faintly: "Don't worry, among the heroes who came to Eli with me, several are high-ranking priests of Erathia, and there are even three legendary priests. If it weren't for their being heroes, they
We should have been stationed in Erathia at this time. With their spellcasting, most of the death energy in the Emerald City has been dissipated, and the impact on humans has been reduced to a minimum."
Gru was a little surprised, and he also had a higher evaluation of the group of heroes that Christine mentioned. He had thought that most of the heroes who came to Eli were fourth and fifth level backbone heroes, and there were very few six-level heroes.
High-level existences above the level, I didn't expect that even the top powers like legendary heroes could not continue to gain a foothold in Erathia, and had to come to Eri to seek help. The power contained in these reinforcements seemed to be beyond the imagination of Bigru.
Even more powerful.
Thinking of this, even Gru couldn't help but secretly smacked his tongue. It seems that Erathia is determined to draw a clear line with all heroes this time. Existences of the level of legendary heroes, no matter which force they are placed in, will definitely
They are highly respected existences, but Erathia is the only one who has now taken action to expel and even judge heroes. What on earth do they want to do?
For a moment, even Gru didn't understand whether Queen Catherine of Erathia had a hot head, listened to the oracle, and made such a seemingly foolish move, or whether she had really found some support and did not need to belong to
With the power of a hero, can we survive this doomsday safely? Even if we don’t need the power of a hero, we should not expel the heroes under us. It is always good to have more power. It seems that there is only one way left.
Perhaps, perhaps it was precisely because Queen Catherine expelled the heroes that Erathia was able to have the power to fight against the doomsday.
Thinking of this, Gru frowned, and things became complicated again. It seemed that behind the expelled Erathian heroes and the oracle from the clouds, there were some Erathian secrets hidden.
It's just that he doesn't know it yet.
From Christine's sincere look, Gru knew that he had told everything he knew. If he continued to ask him questions, he would not gain anything, so he said:
"Don't worry, your relatives will stay in the Emerald City during this period, and they will be fully protected. As for other heroes who are capable of fighting, I need to know the power you have and the heroic specialties you have. You need to
Be familiar with the jungle guardian’s combat methods, so that when the enemy attacks in the apocalypse, there will be no mistakes in our coordinated operations.”
After discussions between the two commanders with rich combat experience, a plan for the coordinated operations of human heroes and jungle guardians was quickly formulated, and Eli's defense measures were greatly strengthened.