On the city wall of Huowu City, the legionnaires are working hard to prepare the city defenses in an orderly manner - inspecting and repairing the constructed ballistae, counting the magic crossbow bolts shaped like spears, and placing bundles of cheap "magic missiles" and "strong acid
"Arrow" and "Glitter Dust" wands were distributed, and the mages recharged the arcane runes hidden inside and outside the city gate.
In addition, along the city wall, a large-scale "wind wall" barrier that can be flexibly deployed is enough to withstand various arrow rains and trebuchet attacks. At the same time, it provides a longer-distance boost effect for long-range projectile weapons on the city wall.
Not to mention that the city wall of Huowu City itself has the effect of "copper wall and iron wall". Once activated, even if dozens of solid iron bullets are thrown by the counterweight trebuchet of the old era, it may not be able to reach and create a gap at the root of the wall.
You can also release the "Fire Wall Technique" and "Poison Cloud Technique" to turn any attempt to attack the city into an unrealistic fantasy.
Of course, before the war broke out, most of the magic effects in the city wall had not been fully activated. After all, the long city wall defense line had all activated magic protection, so how much money and magic raw materials there were were not enough to consume.
In the Imperial Legion, where communication spells are more common, often only a few people can serve as sentries, detect incoming enemies in time, and quickly organize and deploy city defense forces. Otherwise, there is no way to defend such a large fire dance with just a few thousand people.
city.
"Nelem's army is currently concentrated in the southeast of Fire Dance City and is expected to arrive outside the city tomorrow."
In the conference room of the Governor's Mansion, the main officers of the Imperial Legion were gathered at this moment. Fen Byron held a slender mithril stick in his hand. On the table was a three-dimensional sand table phantom of the landforms around Fire Dance City. As the tip of the stick pointed,
, the illusion of light and shadow also appears as a war game between ourselves and the enemy.
Fen Byron said to everyone: "What we know now is that Nelem has assembled a legion of five thousand people in the Black Rock Province, of which more than three thousand are local militia guards, and more than one thousand more
They are the private soldiers of local officials and mage advisors. In addition, the two mercenaries, the 'Haufus Brigade' and the 'Hornhelm Guards', are also under Nelem's command."
"'Horned Helm Guards'? I have heard that they were formerly the Shield Brotherhood of the Kingdom of Yarnold." Fusman said: "Hundreds of years ago, they were pirates who robbed the coast, and were later recruited by the empire.
After arriving in the New World, they opened up what is now the Xuefeng Autonomous Territory. Unfortunately, they were not very good at managing the land. Many people took up arms again and returned to their old trade as mercenaries. These people have very strong fighting power and are not afraid of death in battles.
, and some of the leaders have the blood of Frost Giants, so they might be able to use the 'local giant transformation' technique."
"Yes, it is this mercenary army that has the most combat effectiveness at present." Finn Byron said: "And most of the full-scale regiments brought by Nelem from the Black Rock Province are just militiamen who have received basic training. As long as the battle situation is
If it gets a little more intense, it will shake morale."
A senior mage from the legion said: "Not necessarily. We have conducted inspections on Nelum's military camp before and found that they have a 'marching flag' magical object, which is similar to a bard to boost the morale of the army and at the same time exempt it from immunity.
External charm and coercion effects.”
Fusman knocked on the table and said: "It doesn't matter. Such magical objects have limited coverage. They can't form their troops into a dense formation. They are just targets. What about siege equipment?"
"In addition to the heavy city-breaking ballistae, there are three black iron golems that have been transformed into sieges, and there are also two blade golems." Fenbyron said: "There is news that Nelem has visited Qi before.
Archmage Darok, those two blade golems should be the support from the archmage."
"That old immortal Qi Darok, tsk!" Forsman looked at everyone and said, "I plan to launch a surprise attack on Nelum, what do you think?"
None of the officers present dared to speak, so Finn Byron said: "Legion Commander, it is still too risky to do this. With the current situation in the city, I think we should hold on to the city."
"But Nellem relies on the support of the Black Rock Province on both land and water, and the logistics supplies are endless." Forsman glanced at Esther in the corner inadvertently and said: "If we want to cut off the logistics supplies provided by the Black Rock Province, we will
Highly mobile mage squads must be sent to frequently harass, which will weaken the city's defense force, but may not be able to bring down Nelem's army.
But with the current situation in Huowu City, how long can it hold on? Even if there is a portal workshop in the city that connects to the elemental plane, ensuring a sufficient supply of some raw materials, the soldiers still need to eat and drink, they need medicine when they are injured, and their damaged weapons need to be repaired and replaced.
, relying on one city alone, without the surrounding output and supply, we cannot sustain it for long."
"Does the legion commander think that Nelem will not launch a fierce attack, but will cut off the supply of Fire Dance City from the outside world?" Finn Byron said: "We are currently negotiating with other provinces for material supplies. If we can reach agreement..."
"It's impossible to negotiate." Forsman immediately made a strategic judgment: "Until we decide the outcome with Nelem, Fire Dance City will not receive a large amount of supplies. So we must make a quick decision.
You have to know that there are many people who are looking forward to the battle between Nelem and me. They don’t want any of us to win as soon as possible. A long confrontation and consumption is in line with those people’s intentions. But I guess,
Nelum also understands this, and he will not delay it any longer. When the supplies are in place, he will definitely launch a fierce attack."
When the legion commander said this, many people thought of the Eye of Mystery. Indeed, the current situation inside the Pentagram Tower must be what the Eye of Mystery would like to see. If they still intervene in it... no one dares to imagine that.
situation.
Everyone present can generally understand that the overall strength of the Eye of Mystery is still stronger than that of the Pentagram Tower.
Finn Byron said cautiously: "Legion commander, a surprise attack is possible, but it needs to cause as many casualties as possible to break the current deadlock."
Fusman leaned back in his chair and said calmly: "I have many ways to kill people on the battlefield."
…
"Dakiba, the acting governor is looking for you."
Daquiba, who had just returned to his small office, was sitting at the table in a daze with his quill, when he heard the summons, so he picked up his shorthand notebook and quill and went to the governor's office in Fenbaron.
"You weren't here the past few days, where have you been?" Finn Byron asked directly when he came up, holding a pile of documents and papers in his hand without even bothering to raise his head.
Daquiba just replied dully: "I walked around the outer city to collect materials."
"Outer city?" Finn Byron's raised eyes were a bit threatening: "What are you doing there?"
Daquiba replied: "I recorded ordinary people under the plague... Oh, I have already thought of the title of the article, it is called "A Mote of Dust of the Era"."
"What do you mean?" Finn Byron put down what he was doing.
"The theme is a critique of collectivism, focusing on every ordinary person who has lost his life due to the plague, magnifying the individual suffering as much as possible, and allowing people to establish the concept of 'the collective should serve the individual'..."
"That's enough!" Finn Byron interrupted Dakiba with a look of disgust: "You 'pipers' have been advocating this all day long, aren't you just cheering for the loan shark masters behind you?"
Daqiba's face was slightly startled, and Fen Byron sneered: "Do you really think I don't know what you are doing? You were allowed to publish newspapers and write articles in the past because you are still useful. But in Fire Dance City
We won’t need people like you in the future.”
"Acting Governor, I hope you will be more cautious." Dakiba suddenly changed his face, showing a treacherous and sinister expression: "Huowu City's supply of supplies seems to be quite difficult recently, right? You should know that even Fusman
If the legion commander wins, the Chamber of Commerce Alliance will completely cut off its cooperation with Huowu City. Is it possible that you will rely on these few troops to expand to the surrounding areas?"
"What? Do you think you can make me surrender just like this? Then sign some kind of contract with the master behind you to sell the assets of Huowu City?" Fen Byron said without fear: "The world structure is about to change. In the past, the factors of production
The scattered regions will be integrated into different countries, and the production and supply of materials will form an internal cycle.
Instead of breaking down the production links into pieces and scattering them around the world according to the endowments advocated by your loan shark masters, and then letting your privateer fleet at sea occupy important routes, control the prices of bulk materials, and then use various methods to control the prices of bulk materials.
Combining loan sharks to embezzle the business results and physical assets of others who have worked hard for decades!
Haha, if others try to resist, you 'pied pipers' will end up vigorously advocating about privatization, putting personal interests first, and describing the future prospects of privatization as extremely bright and beautiful! Do you really think that others are idiots?
Otherwise, why would Doragon recruit a group of desert chiefs to establish a dragon kingdom? I think the combination of such a legendary mage and a silver dragon is enough to make your master very anxious, right?"
Dakiba almost laughed: "Acting Governor, the thousands of legion soldiers under your command will be exhausted sooner or later if there is no support from the outside. As for the commander of the Fusman legion, he is only a ninth-level soldier.
Just a mage."
"You also said it was 'just a ninth-level mage.'" Fen Byron leaned forward, putting great pressure on people: "Then why do you think the commander of the Forsman Army dared to do this?"
"It seems that the Fire Dance City has changed hands, and there is also the figure of the 'Fire Demon'." Daqiba said: "That's right. How could it be that the commander of the Fusman Army took the initiative on such a big matter? It's just that this
This situation seems to be inconsistent with what the 'Missile Queen' has claimed in the past, right? What's more, Nelum was also a subordinate of Lord 'Barogane'."
"I don't bother you to care anymore." Fen Byron said: "Even the master behind you probably doesn't intend to confront Lord Balrog for you."
Daquiba spread his hands and said, "You have already carried out the legendary mage, what else can I say?"
"It's good to know." Finn Byron waved his hand and said: "Before we decide the outcome, you 'piper' had better shut up completely. It's too easy to kill you."
"I obey your orders." Daqiba obediently bowed and saluted.
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In the large pit in the center of the sewer, Xuan Weizi's sword pointed at the talisman in the air. The silver light was like weaving, and the stars were like sand. The talisman and seal were condensed in the air, glowing with color, surrounding a mithril long sword that was suspended in the air.
Circling and rising, twisting and turning endlessly.
Xuan Weizi had indeed planned to re-learn the art of organizing flying swords before, but he was not sure of the specific direction.
For Xuan Weizi, who is more adept at refining magic weapons, in order to achieve superior swordsmanship, he naturally needs an excellent sword. And to refine a superb sword, it is impossible to use heavenly materials and earthly treasures condensed by natural physical properties. In this world,
There are a lot of magic materials, but they are not the same thing as the "elites of physical properties and psychics of different species" of heavenly materials and earthly treasures.
In order to obtain the superior magic weapon, it depends on the skill of refining the weapon and the treasures of heaven and earth. In the "Five Emperors Immortal Letter", Xuan Weizi saw that the most brilliant immortal family's weapon refining skills are divided into two categories -
- Transform decay into magic, transform nothingness into reality.
The former, even the most common clay, can be refined into the Boshan Fairy Island, which is as tall as Taiyue Mountain and moves its peaks to hold the sea;
The outer cave is a great vessel for heaven and earth.
Even Xuan Weizi, when he was at the highest level of cultivation in his previous life, could only get a glimpse of the mystery of these two types of immortals' weapon refining skills.
However, "The Immortal Letter of the Five Emperors" itself is too ancient and far-fetched. Even though it has a far-sighted and succinct overall theoretical framework, the actual details are not enough for Xuan Weizi to operate. Especially after traveling to a different world, the differences often appear in the details.
Xuan Weizi recalled the evolution process of Taoism inheritance. Regardless of whether the sages of the past generations had read the "Five Emperors Immortal Letters", they had made more improvements and improvements.
Needless to say, the true fire weapon refining method, but the sacrificial refining method has been continuously improved in the scientific rituals of later generations, and it is most consistent with the theory of the great weapons of heaven and earth.
When refining magical objects and instruments, most of them attach external force to the objects, and at the same time slowly change the physical properties of the objects over time. In order to perform long-term sacrifices, most ritual practitioners will build altars and dojos for the objects.
Set boundaries to form a small world pattern.
The altar draws the power of heaven and earth for use, and even ultimately makes the object being sacrificed and refined become like a small world. The small world of the magic weapon interacts and harmonizes with the small world of the monk who controls the weapon, and can often exert unusual and wonderful effects.
It's just that refining the weapon like this takes a lot of time, and not even one generation can make it; secondly, using the magic weapon requires disciples with the same inheritance of the law. He sent a side sect to get it, but it was of no use.
Therefore, many heretical methods of sacrifice have been derived, in which ghosts and ghosts are summoned to attach themselves to the ritual objects, and even filthy objects are used to perform sacrifices. Although these heretical methods are simple, they most corrupt the spiritual practice and are not suitable for serious spiritual practice.
What others don’t take.
As for in this world, the rules and regulations seem to have been reversed. True fire refining requires deep concentration to activate the true fire and exquisite fire. However, the method of sacrificial refining and blessing is much easier. Just set up an altar and a dojo.
Then you can start to use the physical properties of Qi.
The wizard's enchantment process and magical weapons are based on similar principles, but they use methods such as enchanting tool tables and engraving inlays. But arcana is a relatively "open" system, so magic items and magical weapons are almost the same.
Anyone can use it. In this regard, the magic weapon requires a monk to be in harmony with its body and mind and the corresponding magic formula before it can be used, but there are other flaws.
"It seems that the sacrificial refining method still needs to be carefully considered, especially by lowering the threshold for use, which may increase the production of enchanted equipment."
Xuan Weizi put aside his unnecessary thoughts and reached the final step of writing the sword spells and talismans. In the large pit in the center of the sewer, the altar and dojo formed purely with talismans and seals volleyed in the air has taken shape. It is crisscrossed, arranged in circles, longitudes and latitudes, and the laws are inviolable.
.
As Xuan Weizi activates "Dan Hua Liuxia", the mithril sword suspended in the center is absorbing the physical properties of Qi in an orderly manner. With the intervention of the Talisman Altar, the long sword gradually turns into a pure silver light, as if
A gap was torn open in the space, reflecting the vast and endless scene of the star realm.