The cavemen in the logging camp soon discovered a group of adventurers appearing on the other side of the river beach - a team led by a warrior, a combination of two crossbowmen and a wizard, a very common configuration in both the Eruin and Cruz areas.
——The appearance of this group of humans was undoubtedly an irritation to the creatures of Qiaogandigen, which had a strong sense of territoriality, so sharp whistles and the sound of the wooden door creaking and opening soon sounded in the camp. The underground creatures
As soon as they came out, about two groups of more than thirty cavemen waded towards the river bank.
They divided into two groups and tried to double-team. The adventurers obviously noticed the movement here. The crossbowman fired two arrows and missed one. The other one hit but had no effect. The crossbow arrow hit the target.
It hit a caveman's chest, and the huge impact caused it to take a step back and splash in the river water - but that was it. The caveman shook its head, then raised its spear and followed the team.
"The skin is really thick," Kerencia, who was hiding in the bushes, frowned: "The rumors are indeed true. It's hard for us to deal with this kind of thing even if it's not even a thousand, but even a hundred."
"The speed is still fast. It's almost three hundred feet from the other side of the river to this side, and it only takes them a few seconds." Yuta replied, "This speed is really scary, faster than the best cavalry!"
"Faster than the best cavalry?" The tall leader of the Firelands Chapter smiled casually, "That's because you have never seen an outstanding cavalry, Miss Jutta."
The red-haired female mercenary leader choked and immediately turned around to glare at this guy.
But Brando nodded. The speed of the caveman is about as fast as the second-line cavalry. It is slower than the best war horses. But most of Warnd's truly excellent cavalry do not use war horses as mounts, such as Eruin.
The strongest air cavalry patrol cavalry - this name describes the way these knights cross the battlefield, calmly and indifferently - actually refers to the flying dragon cavalry regiment. They have establishments in various Eruin legions, and are often air cavalry.
The best among them.
"Stop arguing," Kerenthia interrupted the conversation between Fern and the female group leader, "Look, there are at least more than two hundred cavemen in that lumberyard. With such a huge number, no matter what, just by looking at it alone
The mercenaries under our command can't bear it -" the middle-aged man shook his head as he spoke, his silver hair shining in the sunlight between the woods: "Lord, do you have any countermeasures?"
His eyes were cast on Brando intentionally or unintentionally.
Antitina snorted softly on the side. She could clearly see this guy's plan. Indeed, relying on the strength of Brando and Akane, even a frontal breakthrough would not be difficult. Two golds can deal with a hundred blacks.
There is basically no problem with the iron. With the help of many mercenaries and three group leaders, the logging camp can be stormed in at most two hours.
But if these guys lead you by the nose every step of the way, then what prestige does the Lord have? Besides, she looked at Brando's calm face and confident look, and knew that this young man she had been following must be
It has been planned for a long time.
Therefore, the noble daughter replied coldly: "Cavemen are not good at attacking cities. Sir Ron of Bashor once went deep underground to deal with these creatures, and clearly described the habits of these creatures in his book. The cavemen's
Their ability is most limited in this kind of riverbank area, and even their best method of digging tunnels has been lost. No matter how thick their skin is or how fast they run, as long as we take down the logging camp, we can switch from offense to defense.
, there is nothing they can do."
Fern turned back and glanced at Brando, and replied with some surprise: "Is there such a thing? The lord chose this place as an offensive base. Did you also consider this?"
Although Brando remained calm on the surface after hearing this, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but twitch, and he secretly thought that this really didn't happen.
It is actually a common phenomenon for logging sites to be located close to the river. Firstly, it is to facilitate transportation downstream, and secondly, a waterwheel can be built to allow water power to drive the sawmill. After all, magic power is still a rarity in these remote areas.
stuff.
But he didn't do much research on places like Tonigel. He only knew that there were four logging camps near Fir City. As for the state of these logging camps, only ghosts knew.
"There are countermeasures," Brando nodded, "It all depends on how much of the opponent's force our bait can attract." The young man turned back and smiled at these nominal subordinates, "But everyone can relax, this time
The battle is not as difficult as you think, just think of it as a warm-up for the mercenaries to get used to each other."
warm up?
Not only the three big group leaders present, but also the leaders of many small mercenary groups were stunned. More than three hundred mercenaries faced more than two hundred cavemen. What kind of warm-up was this? They were evenly matched no matter what.
Let's have a hard fight.
"Wait and see." Brando calmed down and his eyes fell on the river beach. The battle on the river beach had just started at this moment. When the 'adventurers' noticed the caveman's intention, they began to move towards the forest.
Retreating, their speed was very fast, but still couldn't match the caveman's natural advantage, and they were caught up at the edge of the forest not long after.
However, the wizard in the team immediately tapped the ground with his staff and recited a spell loudly. With a "crash" sound, the pebbles and soil under their feet rose up from the ground and lifted the four of them up. The soil rose to form a tower of almost two meters.
The high, three-meter-square castle - complete with parapets and crenellations, and the city body made of hard earth and stone - protected the four people in the center.
Fortress building techniques.
Everyone was surprised. Only the three-ring spell of protective phrases in law magic could achieve such an effect - although it was still far from the legendary realm of the magician who could shape the city out of thin air.
But it can at least prove that the Law Wizard on the field is at least as strong as the Black Iron Peak.
Who is so extravagant?
Others turned around to see who was willing to send one of his three-ring law wizards to the front line as bait. However, only Kerenthia caught a hint of indifferent smile on the face of Fern next to her.
"Fern, is that your man?" he asked in a low voice.
The Grand Master of the Firelands Chapter nodded nonchalantly. "Maferi is the best wizard in our regiment," he replied.
"You are so willing." Kerencia did not feel relieved after confirming her thoughts, but instead felt a sense of crisis. The silver-haired middle-aged man looked at the tall and silent Fern, and then
Looking at Brando who said nothing, he suddenly felt that his position was shaken.
At first, he fought side by side with the young lord for the longest time in that night's battle. He thought that he would have no problem making a first impression in front of Brando with his performance. Unexpectedly, this man seemed taciturn.
The honest and honest veteran had unknowingly reached a tacit understanding with the young man.
Maybe some agreement has been reached.
Kerenthia cursed secretly in his heart and gritted his teeth. But immediately his eyes were subconsciously attracted to the battle at the edge of the forest - when Maferi used the fortification technique and retreated behind the warriors and crossbowmen to rest,
The middle-aged mage leaned his whole body on his cane and gasped for air. The previous three-ring spell obviously consumed a lot of his physical strength and energy.
However, the effect is also obvious.
As Antitina said, cavemen are not good at sieges. The hind limbs of these underground creatures are strong and powerful, but the forelimbs are short and thin. They often do not rely on the strength of their upper limbs when attacking, because they only use their forelimbs.
To use tools and hold the spear, the caveman used the power of his hind limbs to launch an attack, relying on the conversion of potential energy to attack the enemy.
However, a wall caused them huge trouble. The two-meter-high city wall was not very high, but the cavemen found that once they jumped high and prepared to attack the humans, what greeted them was a cold and shining sword edge—
—And they have no way to dodge in mid-air.
After just one encounter, the cavemen were hacked back in two. The short corpse flew back and landed on the river beach, rolling several times before stopping. Their companions got out of the way, and then slowed down in confusion.
By sending out sonic feedback, they have discovered that there is a towering earth and stone castle in front of them.
The cavemen looked at each other, but the 'Muru' cavemen who caught up from behind immediately made a sharp whistle-like sound, causing them to spread out and attack from all sides.
"Too reluctant..." The red-haired female mercenary leader frowned. She knew that the four mercenaries serving as baits were all good players selected by Brando from them.
The strength of the elite is that they can survive for a while and a half under the siege of thirty cavemen on flat ground, let alone when they have all the advantages of the land.
But no matter what, it was still too much to endure under the siege of thirty cavemen until the opponent was tempted to send more support.
But what she didn't expect was that after the purple-red caveman warrior forced his companions to launch two rounds of attacks, he decisively used a sharp whistle to make all the cavemen retreat and prepare themselves around the earth and stone castle.
How is this going?
The four mercenaries were waiting in formation beside the parapet. The previous battle had already consumed a lot of their physical strength. As long as the cavemen worked harder, they might be able to capture this temporary fortress in one fell swoop. But they didn't expect that at this moment they would
Return.
You must know that the wizard Ma Feli has regained his breath, and he will be able to fight again after a while.
"The cavemen are unwilling to pay the price. Although we can attack with one fell swoop at this time, it is impossible to attack without paying a lot of casualties when the geographical location and personal strength are not conducive to our side." Brando felt that there were many people around him.
The mercenary leader was surprised and explained.
Although these people are experienced in all kinds of battles, they have not necessarily dealt with these Qiaogandigen underground creatures. In the cruelly competitive underground, population and military strength are very precious resources, and they are not allowed to be arbitrary.
wasteful.
This is also the reason why the average individual strength in the underground world is generally higher.
"That's it," Kerenthia glanced at Brando. As mercenaries, they may not look down on nobles and scholars of noble birth on the battlefield, but they can't help but be proud of being able to apply these secret knowledge to the battlefield.
Take a look. "But I didn't expect that the cavemen's ability to attack fortresses is so weak. Don't those underground creatures have the habit of building cities?"
Brando almost choked on this question. He thought that the guys under Qiao Gendigang were much better at building cities than humans. Because the underground castles were first created to prevent the invasion of demons, and those walls were thick and strong.
It can even put human fortress-type cities like Braggs to shame. As for the fortification art, it comes from the dwarves in the mountains. The defenses of cities like Fir City are simply not enough to compare with.
"It's not that the cavemen don't have siege capabilities," he replied, "They are the first-level organization of Jorgendigon, and they usually operate together with the bugbears, another first-level organization."
