It was already late at night when Richard accepted the mission and left the Stone Castle. After returning to the Duke's Palace, Richard did not disturb anyone. He only paused for a moment outside Messiah's house and looked at Messiah's sleeping face in the bright moonlight.
Then he used teleportation again to join Talis.
He couldn't leave the Northern Route Army for too long, especially now that the situation had changed. Originally, Richard was relatively confident in this war, or perhaps relying on the systematic army's successive victories made him a little arrogant. This time
However, Richard was awakened by a sudden mission. The mission requirement was to eliminate fifty white dragons. According to the nature of the mission system, the actual number must be much more.
Richard estimated that there should be at least a hundred white dragons participating in the battle. Although he had never fought against the white dragon, he only knew that the white dragon was defeated by the Snow Giant, but the Snow Giant won with its absolute numerical advantage.
This time he and Bai Long fought differently. Bai Long formed an alliance with the orcs, which was equivalent to having an army of orcs to supplement the shortcomings of its ground troops. The orc army received air support from Bai Long, which was a total effect of one plus one greater than two.
Fortunately, the mission system issued the mission as an early warning to Richard, otherwise he would have suffered a big loss if he was unprepared. Now Richard just wants to return to the North Route Army as soon as possible, for fear that he will be there when he leaves.
In a short time, Bailong cooperated with the orc army to steal his camp.
…
"Lord Richard."
Although it was late at night, neither Taris nor Richard would feel any discomfort due to this little exertion. Taris was neatly dressed and was waiting for Richard to give orders.
It's just that Richard didn't give any orders first, but handed Talis a rein.
"This is?"
As a hero of the system, Taris was only confused for a moment. After receiving the reins, the properties of the reins appeared in Taris's consciousness.
"The Reins of the Flying Dragon King."
This is a treasure that has been left idle by Richard since the appearance of the Reins of the Poison Dragon. Richard himself has no use for it. For his few sky-level heroes, this thing is useless. It is good for traveling, but it is useless for his heroes to lead troops.
, it will always be the slowest unit in the team that determines their marching speed.
"In a moment, you take the poisonous dragon and the five golden dragons and fly about two thousand kilometers northeast. My army stops in a military stronghold on the northeast edge of the dense forest. I will stay for a day after I return and wait for you. You can send a few giants to the northeast.
Bring the dragon over here."
"Yes, sir!"
More than a month has passed in the new year. Of course, the system army has also refreshed a lot. Five golden dragons have been recruited. It took too long to bring the ground army there. Richard must give up. But the giant dragon is different. The tower
Although the marching speed of Reese's troops is not as fast as that of a pervert like Sir Mrak, he also has advanced logistics skills, and the bonus to the march is not low.
Riding the Flying Dragon King and only bringing flying units like giant dragons, one day is enough for Talis to fly from the North to Cave Mountain. Now that he is about to face a powerful enemy like the white dragon, Richard still wants to strengthen his skills as much as possible.
The power inside.
"Roar!"
The roar of the giant dragon sounded again in the sky above Miracle City. Taris was also a person who moved cleanly and neatly. After Richard gave her the order, she immediately summoned the Flying Dragon King and took six giant dragons to fly northeast.
The roar of the giant dragon is already a common thing in Miracle City. The uncontrollable roar of the poisonous dragon when it took off only woke up some people who were light sleepers. They turned over and covered their ears and went back to sleep.
In the Duke's Palace, Messiah was also awakened by the roar. She came to the balcony in her pajamas, looked at the dark night sky and whispered again:
"Richard..."
At this time, Richard had disappeared into Miracle City and teleported to a place thousands of miles away. Richard finally rushed back to the North Route Army's camp at dawn.
In the morning light, streams of smoke rose from the camp. The soldiers had already dressed and were waiting to distribute breakfast. Fortunately, Bailong did not move so fast. What Richard saw when he came back was not a burning camp.
"Immediately summon all officers above the flag regiment commander to the big tent for a military meeting!"
"Yes, sir!"
As soon as Richard returned to the main camp in Yandong Mountain, he immediately summoned the senior generals among the messenger generals. Soon, more than 60 senior officers were sitting in the huge cave, making the originally spacious cave look even bigger.
Somewhat crowded.
"I have received reliable information that the orcs have formed an alliance with the white dragon. Soon, the orc army will have a white dragon to assist in the battle. Everyone must be mentally prepared for the next step."
"What? White Dragon?"
Richard's majesty in the North Route Army is very high. When he is sitting on the main seat, the people below are usually very quiet and will not be too noisy. However, the information he just released is too shocking, and the officers below also
I couldn't help but start talking.
In fact, most of these officers don't know much about white dragons, but just hearing the word dragon is enough. It doesn't matter whether it is a golden dragon, a black dragon, or a white dragon. As long as it has the word dragon, it is synonymous with power.
Among them, the one who had the biggest reaction was Kuz. He has been responsible for the contact with the Northern Route Army and Sol. He also had the deepest understanding of the entire Eastern Expedition among the people present except Richard. He understood
The significance of this battle to mankind is clearer, and it is clearer what impact it will have on the entire battle if a large number of white dragons participate in the battle and offset the advantages of human dragon knights.
"Where did Lord Richard get the information? Are you sure it's trustworthy?"
Richard glanced at Kuz who was asking the question and said nothing. Kuz quickly realized that he had made a mistake and was not qualified to question Richard.
"I'm sorry, sir, I've lost my temper."
Kuz stood up to plead guilty. Richard waved his hand and had no intention of pursuing the case, but continued:
"The intelligence is absolutely accurate. As for the source, I can't go into details. The number of white dragons is only a lot more than our giant dragons, but their combat power is slightly lower. When preparing for war, everyone should pay attention to making preparations and try their best.
Repair some of the orcs' bed crossbows and build a batch of giant crossbows."
The orcs' dragon-hunting crossbows were completely destroyed by the giant dragon, but some ordinary bed crossbows are still there, and most of them can be used after repairing them. It is better to use them to deal with white dragons than ordinary crossbows.
"Sir, how strong is the white dragon? Is it comparable to the golden dragon?"
"Not to mention the golden dragon, the white dragon is slightly weaker than the green dragon."
This is finally good news, but the officers below are still feeling heavy. Fortunately, the information about Bailong's participation in the war was directly informed by Richard. If someone else told them, it would be one thing whether they would believe it. Now the orcs
With White Dragon's help, it will be a big crisis not only for the Northern Route Army, but for the entire human race.
"Kuz, you immediately send a message to Lord Sol, asking the center army to act with caution and be careful of the White Dragon."
Richard did not care about the thoughts of the generals below and continued to arrange the tasks.
"Yes, sir!"
After receiving Richard's order, Kurtz immediately left the cave as quickly as possible to convey the urgent military information to Thor, fearing that he would be delayed for another minute.
"What should I do next? Continue to strengthen the defense of Cave Mountain, send troops to cooperate with Gruqing to capture the remaining orcs around. Tomorrow I will march eastward to the plateau as originally planned."
"Sir, do the orcs continue to attack with the help of the white dragon?"
"Of course, the orcs have a white dragon, and I also have a giant dragon. If we stay here and don't go to the plateau, what's the point of fighting all the way?"
"Everyone, go down and get ready!"
"Yes, sir!"
According to Richard's estimation of the white dragon's combat power, it is slightly inferior to the level of the green dragon. An ordinary golden dragon can barely defeat one against two. However, with the double bonus of Richard's dragon king's divine power and Moriel's specialties, the golden dragon can defeat one against three.
It's not a problem, not to mention that there are more powerful dragons such as the ancient golden dragon and poisonous dragon in Richard's army. By the time Taris arrives with the remaining dragons, Richard will have almost thirty dragons in his hands.
The combat power of Archangel Night Angel is also capable of fighting hundreds of white dragons.
Therefore, Richard has only increased his vigilance now. It is not that he is afraid of fighting. On the contrary, he has to enter the plateau with a more determined attitude. What he is really worried about is Sol's main force in the middle. If he retreats, Bailong's
All the pressure was concentrated on the center, and the whole battle collapsed.
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Middle Road, Raging Flame Fortress
The Raging Flame Fortress is said to be a fortress, but in fact it is the size of a medium-sized city. It is a front-line fortress for the orcs in the Watch City defense line. Because it is opposite the main dragon's breath pass of humans, it is always facing the main force of the human army.
Therefore, more than 70,000 to 80,000 troops have been stationed for a long time.
Not only is the fortress built solidly, equipped with many giant bed crossbows and dragon hunting crossbows, but it also interacts with the two surrounding small fortresses and can cooperate with each other. Even a million-strong army may not be able to capture this place on weekdays.
Raging Flame Fortress.
And the Raging Flame Fortress is the front gate of Watch City, a giant orc city. If the Raging Flame Fortress is not broken, the Watch City will be as stable as Mount Tai.
But today, this impregnable fortress looks a bit crumbling. There are sounds of killing all around. More than thirty wells have surrounded the fortress from all sides. There are also a large number of soldiers pushing ladders or directly carrying ladders.
Heading towards the fortress, some fast-moving wells had already smashed the suspension bridge on the wells onto the outer wall of the fortress. A large number of human soldiers, led by knight-level officers, rushed towards the fortress wall.
"kill!"
"boom!"
A human officer at the head chopped down an orc soldier with a sword. The orc soldier, who was a head taller than the other man, and his heavy armor were chopped off half of his body by the human officer's knight sword.
Looking at the power of this fighting spirit, this officer is not only a knight-level officer, but a senior knight-level officer has personally led a team to attack the city.
"kill!"
After killing several more orc warriors one after another, dozens of human soldiers rushed down from the well, formed a formation on the city wall, and tried to hold a section of the wall to cover more comrades rushing up.
…
"Fire oil!"
"boom!"
"ah!"
Not all soldiers were so lucky. Although all the wells were treated with fire protection and were separated by a layer of sand, their main structure was still made of wood. One well was covered with flaming arrows.
When the well was close to the fortress wall, it was splashed with fire oil at close range and immediately burst into flames. Among the people hidden in the belly, except for the strong knight-level men who forcibly jumped out of the opening from the back to survive, a large number of soldiers were burned to death.
Inside the well.
But a tragic scene could not stop the approach of human soldiers at all. Under the leadership of Thor, the main army of Longxingguan had been besieging the Raging Flame Fortress for five days with superior force. The well-prepared human army had built a large number of weapons in advance.
As soon as the siege equipment came up, all kinds of large siege equipment hit the faces of the orcs in the Raging Flame Fortress. The orcs couldn't stand the direct attack. The two small fortresses that were at the horns of the Raging Flame Fortress were also attacked by the large army at this time.
The siege was too busy to take care of itself, and there was no chance for Raging Flame Fortress to relieve the siege. At this time, Raging Flame Fortress could only look forward to reinforcements from Watch City.
"Where are the reinforcements from Watch City now? It's been five days! I should be able to see my shadow even while climbing!"
"General Thun! The reinforcements in Watch City have been blocked by humans. We need to hold on for a while longer!"
"When will humans stop our army in the field?"
"The 200,000 reinforcements in Watch City encountered human dragon knights. They did not carry dragon-hunting crossbows when they sent for reinforcements. Now they encounter four human dragon knights leading an army to intercept them, and they are unable to break through for a while!"
"Keep going, the human army is attacking so fiercely today, if they don't come back, the Raging Flame Fortress will be lost!"
"Bring the reserve team and follow me! Humanity must be driven down!"
"Yes, General!"
As one of the most important fortresses on the front line of Watch City, Raging Flame Fortress must be equipped with many dragon-hunting crossbows. Thor did not let the dragon knights attack the fortress directly from the beginning. Instead, he directly besieged the fortress with a well-prepared army, and then let
Other dragon knights accompanied the army to intercept the reinforcements.
The orc reinforcements made another big mistake when they were dispatched. In order to support them as quickly as possible, they did not carry a dragon-hunting crossbow with them. The four dragon knights were not restricted at all, and they blocked the orc reinforcements dozens of miles away, leaving Thor
Can command the army to attack the city more calmly.
Today, even more elite troops came out. Even officers at the level of the commander of the flag regiment personally led the troops to rush up to the city wall, forcing the defender to use the reserve team he had prepared.
"kill!"
On the city wall, as the orc commander personally led the reserve team to rush up, the already declining orc army showed signs of driving back the human army. The orc commander at the peak of the earth level and a large number of new troops joined in, allowing the humans who had just gained a foothold.
The army began to retreat continuously.
But after suffering so many losses, how could the human side, which had brought the war to this point, be willing to fail again?
In the distance, a man and a dragon stood in front of the army. Thor touched the scales on his companion's head and said:
"Al, it's time for us to get going, avoid the orcs' crossbows when we get close!"
"I try my best."
"Thank you for your hard work, let's go!"
"Roar!"
The golden dragon soared into the sky from the camp and flew towards the Raging Flame Fortress.
"Kill! Hold still! The dragon knight is coming!"
The morale of the human soldiers who had just been retreating steadily on the city wall was boosted by the dragon's roar.