Chapter 783 782 When the fierce fish opens its mouth, the arrogant earthworm realizes
Chapter 783 782. When the vicious fish opens its mouth, the arrogant earthworm realizes that he has become bait - [1530]
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"The gnolls retreated?"
On the third day of the Shadow Valley evacuation operation, while Murphy was happily assigning daily battlefield patrol tasks to his little players at the Baphomet Canyon position, a high-altitude search from Reifno brought him a
Unexpected news.
From the high-altitude view of the Blood-Eating Spirit Vulture, which was nourished by its strength and became more powerful, Murphy could clearly see the jackals on the periphery of the Baphomet Canyon position making a large-scale and orderly retreat. Their retreat did not
Chaos, rushing in the direction of Shadow Valley along the way they came in standard clan style.
One queue after another of Jackals was covering the retreat. At the current rate, it would take at most half a day for the number of Jackals remaining outside the position to be reduced to a point where it was not enough to continue the attack.
For the Nord position, which has just accepted the retreating troops from the Shadow Valley, this is a good thing. It means that the soldiers on the position will get enough rest time, but for the commanders, this new trend
It seemed extremely weird.
Murphy did not publicize this matter, but sent a messenger from the Blood Vulture Clan to convey the news to other commanders. He himself quickly found the "Three Commanding Generals" under his command to discuss the situation.
Unfortunately, Wu Duilun and his staff officers conducted a "death charge" yesterday that was very suitable for the player's status. As a result, they are still in the three-day Internet abstinence period and cannot go online. Therefore, the only people who came are Lao Qin and Qing Dynasty.
veteran.
"Perhaps Hugersen wants to engage in a strategic retrenchment?"
The Qing Dynasty veteran who was summoned guessed:
"They just occupied the valley, but before we evacuated, we destroyed most of the facilities and blew up the main entrance of the tunnel. If the jackals want to reopen the tunnel, they must first familiarize themselves with the terrain. Their base camp was also burned and because of the encounters everywhere.
The attack caused chaos in the rear. If Xu Gesen wanted to break through the Baphomet Canyon and the Foul Swamp in one go, he had to make a necessary reorganization of the current army.
What's more, there is also the problem of food channels.
General Maxim led our elite and our warriors to retreat to Fort Courage, where they still took the initiative to harass the Black Flame Pass communication line.
I think maybe the jackal warlord wants to seize the opportunity to retake the grain road, or maybe he wants to solve the trouble in Fort Courage in one go.
If it were me, I would definitely do this!
They have just won a victory, so instead of advancing rashly, they should seize the time we have to push out of the barren mountain area to stabilize their rear.
It's like boxing, you have to pull your fingers back to make a fist."
"That makes sense."
Murphy nodded, and then looked at Lao Qin, who was frowning next to him. The latter noticed Murphy's gaze, but he did not speak immediately. Instead, he pondered for a moment before saying:
"Hugesen dispatched this vanguard when he entered the barren mountain area, and then he did not call them back even in the worst case scenario. This shows that the great warlord's original intention was to fight on two fronts.
Now that it has secured the strategic location of Shadow Valley, and has won victory on one front of the two-front battle, how could it suddenly withdraw its punch at this time?
When you were fighting in Shadow Valley, I supported the Nord defense in this position. I must tell you, Lord, although the commander of the Winter Wolf Legion showed full confidence, in fact I
He knows the details of his army very well.
In the confrontation with the Hass Warlord of the Bloodscar Clan, they suffered more than half of their casualties, which has exceeded the upper limit of casualties for most armies in the cold weapon era. Although the Winter Wolf Legion's strict discipline can ensure that the combat order will not collapse due to losses,
This cannot change the personal mood of the soldiers.
I have witnessed broken soldiers rushing out of the trenches madly on the battlefield and being killed by jackals, and I have also seen low-level officers with weak will sneak away at night.
Colonel Duke even set up the gallows to punish deserters, which actually proves that their situation has been stretched to the extreme."
Lao Qin paused, glanced at Murphy who was listening carefully, and said:
"I can see the problems that Warlord Hass on the other side can't see.
I must remind you, Lord, this Warlord Hass is very difficult to deal with! He is a general who has experienced hundreds of battles and is very capable of commanding. He is not obsessed with occupying positions but prefers to kill and injure our effective forces.
This makes every attack he personally directs extremely bloody.
It was attacking the Yankees' minds and morale in this way, and the facts proved that it did it.
Such a commander must know very well that the Yankees are now hanging on with only one breath left. The best way to fight at this time is to continue the pressure tactics, rather than retreating and leaving the enemy with precious breathing space.
And based on our previous understanding of Xu Gesen, that divinely chosen warlord is also very talented in the art of war. I believe that this retreat order was not issued by him.
perhaps
Is there something wrong with the Jackal’s internal command system?”
"Do you think this is possible?"
Murphy asked, Lao Qin narrowed his eyes, nodded and said:
“I think it’s very possible!
According to what those of us warriors who chose the Gnoll civilization disclosed in our tavern, there are also conflicts between various classes within Gnoll society.
For example, the Bloodscar clan has always respected the priest class, while the Bonegnashers respect warriors with outstanding merits. Haas is the warlord of the Bloodscar clan. It is not at the top of the power structure, so it is possible that some people like to point fingers.
The priest interfered with the command.
But I have no proof of this.
And the biggest question is, if the Hath Warlords are forced to carry out retreat tactics, what does this mean that the Jackals are planning to do? Are they going to launch another astral tear, destroying us just like they tried to destroy Shadow Valley?
In this position?"
"They probably won't do that."
The Qing Dynasty veteran shook his head and said:
"Last time, the astral rift in the Shadow Valley caused a wolf disaster. It turns out that the astral wolves not only hate us, but are also rude to the jackals. If there is another larger-scale wolf disaster, the jackals will also
There will be terrible losses."
"But we have to take precautions!"
Lao Qin said in a deep voice:
"Similar things can't happen again! We were able to escape disaster in Shadow Valley because luck was on our side. Brother Meow Meow's patrol happened to discover the Jackal's conspiracy that day.
But we can't rely on luck in everything. Lord, I heard that the Goatman Astromancer is very knowledgeable about astral tearing. Maybe we should also entrust him to design a spell to defend against astral tearing.
The gnolls are obviously learning our tactics. These barbarians are really knowledgeable about how to conduct war. This is an eternal game of spear and shield, and we must be one step ahead."
"It makes sense, then let's invite Master Boer to come to the position."
Murphy adopted Lao Qin’s suggestion and said:
"Invite it to strengthen the plane boundary around the position, and I will ask Tris and Villanse to help."
The two staff officers nodded immediately.
After they left, Murphy also contacted his old baby Tris. Before he could speak, he heard Tris say:
"The cement-sealed heart is not online today. She has never been late in the past."
"so what?"
Murphy's eyes jumped and he asked:
"What do you mean?"
"Her 'time' has come, probably in the next two or three days."
Trish said:
"Her situation is very special. This time it is a permanent transfer of consciousness to Transia. I think this process may be noticed by the shadow of the subspace. After all, this consciousness carries the coordinates and atmosphere of another world.
So if possible, you need to go back to the Scarlet Castle and waste time in the Moon Chamber to personally host her summoning from another world."
"Well, I will rush back, but now there is something I need your help with."
Murphy told Tris about the situation on the position and the retreat of the Jackals. The Scarlet Witch immediately understood and promised to rush to the position as soon as possible. This promise made Murphy feel particularly reassured. If Tris came over, this would be the place.
There will be two golds in charge, and coupled with Goatman Bol's understanding and countermeasures of astral tearing, they can still get a chance to counterattack even if the gnolls take risks.
There seems to be no problem.
The lord hung up the quantum communication. He went through it in his mind and found no obvious problems, so he planned to continue patrolling the position and making insinuations about the attitude and impression of the new players towards him, the mainline NPC.
This is the most important core factor in the "NPC playing method" that he summarized himself. He must always ensure that he has a positive and perfect image in the hearts of the players, so as to create the player's "sense of belonging" to him, the mainline NPC.
Well, to sum it up in a crude way, it’s probably similar to seizing every opportunity to show off and pretending to be cool.
Of course, if you can reward players while showing off, then most young players will be willing to shout his name and be loyal to him at some point.
It's a pity that Murphy really doesn't have much money to squander right now, otherwise he wouldn't have to work so hard on "creating characters."
Just when Handsome Murphy was getting along with his honest and reliable little players, he was in a deep underground tunnel not far from the position.
A group of crazy kobolds who have been given bloodthirsty spells are digging a tunnel in a burning way. They don't need to dig this tunnel perfectly. Anyway, the master of the jackals has only one request, which is to get as close as possible to those damned people.
The Nord positions.
Behind this group of frantically digging kobolds, Old Manson, who was guarded by three teams of hunting elects and six blood-scar priests, was leaning on a bone cane and following with the dimensional diamond.
It looked at the kobolds working hard in front of it with a very critical and dissatisfied look. The old Manson thought that kobolds were perfect for being used as servants and cannon fodder, but after seeing the dusk with his own eyes,
After the "scholar" in the novel created a new life called rat-man, it suddenly became full of dissatisfaction with the loyal kobolds in various senses.
The digging abilities of these guys are far inferior to those of the Skaven.
Moreover, their fertility is far inferior to that of rat men. They also have extra emotions. Although they are ignorant, they also know fear. This is also a big disadvantage compared with rat men who have no emotions at all.
The most important thing is that the learning ability of kobolds is probably the worst in the world, but the learning and imitation abilities of rat people are very strong.
"Perhaps, after conquering Transia, we can completely abandon the kobolds."
Old Manson thought so:
"Since Dusk showed the Ratmen in front of us, it means that they are willing to give us control of the Ratmen, but those guys are pursuing a very dangerous future. Perhaps the Jackals should not accept their good intentions so easily with hidden evil intentions.
'.
Well.
Thinking about it this way, maybe the clumsy kobold is not useless after all.
At least these guys are loyal to the gnolls.
Think about it from another perspective, if Dusk can create new life forms like rat men, then they must also have the ability to strengthen the wisdom of kobolds. Perhaps this can be used as a requirement? There is something that scholars want to get in the filthy swamp. This
Isn’t it just a perfect trading chip?
Um!
That’s it.”
"High Priest, the kobolds stopped. It seems that they have already dug somewhere, or they are too close to the position and dare not continue digging. After all, there are silver dwarf priests on the position. These kobolds are afraid of those dwarves.
"
A blood-scar priest whispered a reminder to Manson, who was a little distracted. The latter raised his head and saw that the kobolds were already paralyzed from exhaustion, and they had completed their work.
The end of the tunnel was widened into a medium-sized circular space.
"That's it."
Manson nodded and gestured to the hunting voters beside him.
Those guys immediately stepped forward to grab the tired kobolds and quickly killed them, letting the blood flow and fill the place, and the scene immediately became evil.
These carefully selected kobolds are not just workers, they are also "casting materials" themselves.
Of course, this blood is not used to summon the power of subspace. The chaos stuff is not that cheap. It is impossible to induce the chaos of subspace through the blood of some inferior beings. This blood is only used to activate the dimensional diamond in Manson's hand.
of.
This is what the "scholar's servant" specifically ordered.
This new gadget is relatively sensitive to the stimulation of blood. Through a set of not-so-simple "unsealing" methods, the power of the Dimensional Diamond can be released from the material carrier.
"Let the ceremony begin now."
Manson released the diamond.
Irregular gray-black crystals quickly floated above its claws, and through the spells of the blood scar priests, the surrounding blood aura was attracted and poured into the seemingly stable crystals.
Just a few minutes into the ceremony, the Dimensional Diamond responded.
A series of vague fluctuations emanated from that thing, as if some invisible invisible things that were originally stable were disturbed, making all the jackals, including Manson, feel that the surrounding "space concept" was quickly being disrupted.
Weaken lysis.
The boundary of the world was weakened, allowing the breath of subspace to drift over, and the Lord of Hunting was sleeping in subspace. Therefore, the moment this passage was opened, Manson immediately felt that his god truly existed in his consciousness.
For sincere believers, there is nothing more joyful than "bathing in divine light."
Old Manson almost cried with happiness.
But the next moment, it heard the vague voice of the Lord of the Hunt, as if he was talking in his sleep:
"It's a trap run!"
"???"
Manson didn't react for a moment, but the speed of the crystal's disintegration accelerated at this moment.
It was like invisible chains that "locked" Manson and the surrounding jackals in place. Amidst the screams of the jackals and hunting elects, the power of Manson's extraordinary Golden Rule began to be decomposed and infused.
.
At this moment, Old Manson realized what he was doing.
Well, it turns out that today's "casting materials" are not just those poor kobolds.
It is also one of the "materials".
This is right.
When did the opening of a rift in subspace not require a huge price to be paid? Why can Dusk casually take out a strange crystal that can summon the power of subspace without any cost?
Ah, I was so eager to win that I was deceived.
——
"Uh! Wait!"
Handsome Murphy, who was wrangling with the young players to create characters, had his eyelids twitching. Before he could react, a severe headache suddenly surged into his forehead, even causing the handsome mainline NPC to let out a cry of pain.
This startled the little players around who were licking the NPC crazily. They thought they were licking too hard and causing the NPC to lack oxygen, so they immediately stepped forward to help their lord.
But then, they heard Murphy say in a hoarse voice:
"My sense of the power of the Warp has been triggered. In this dark hour we are being plotted! Someone around here is calling for the power of the Warp! Look! It's somewhere underground, find it!"
