572.You become a friend of one dwarf and you will be a friend of all dwarves - more updates【14/30】
572.If you become a friend of one dwarf, you will be a friend of all dwarves - additional update [14/30] (page 1/2)
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The distance from Shadow Valley to Black Flame Pass is actually not that far. The straight-line distance is only thirty kilometers, but the road is very winding..
Inheriting the complex and changeable terrain near Barren Mountain, this road requires passing through two cliffs and climbing a winding mountain road with a drop of at least 130 meters before truly entering the Dark Mountain area..
This kind of terrain is obviously not naturally generated. According to Kudel, this strange terrain appeared after it was bombarded by the Bone-Gripping King with hundreds of meteorites more than a hundred years ago, and the local psychic energy was out of control. The name is unstable.
Especially when the black disaster occurs, the surge of psychic energy in the Dark Mountains makes it very challenging to perform large-scale psychic spells in this area..
It has been like this for many years, which fully proves that this area is "irregular"”！
Murphy speculated that this might be related to the destruction of Eden in the Golden Age, but he could not provide any more evidence..
However, the imagined situation of blood alliance vampires lying in the defense line and sleeping in broad daylight did not appear. When the carriage approached the Black Flame Mountain Pass for five kilometers, the attendant knights of the blood alliance knights appeared..
These guys are not vampires.
Although in common parlance on the mainland, these ordinary people who serve the Blood Alliance Knights are similar to "blood servants", Murphy knew that no one in the Blood Alliance Knights would use this term to describe these servants..
Judging from some of the information previously disclosed by Palano, the Blood Alliance clans under the leadership of Lord Paying do not actively recruit servant armies. These mortal military organizations that are attached to the Blood Alliance Knights are all "committed" because of their reputation..
Especially for some elite soldiers, their ancestors can even follow them until the first black disaster broke out..
Lord Paying saved their ancestors. Those brave men who lost everything in the war and swore revenge on the Black Disaster followed the Blood Alliance Knights to the Dark Mountains. The subsequent three Black Disasters continued to expand the number of this group..
Especially the most terrifying fourth black disaster, the King of Bones overturned half of the continent. The cruel war created many "Avengers".”.
This has brought the number of followers of the Blood Alliance Knights to a new high. It is said that it still maintains a scale of nearly 50,000 people in more than 30 battle groups..
The selection of new recruits for the Blood Alliance Knights will also first select elites from these retinues. However, since they are not blood servants in the conventional sense, these brave men naturally do not have the twisted belief that becoming a vampire is the glory of life..
Many of them do not actively pursue immortality, but regard themselves as warriors of the vampire army..
They followed Lord Paying to beat the gnolls in the Dark Mountains all year round. They fought bravely and crazyly, making the gnolls a little afraid of these guys. They called this group of followers who fought with the vampires "Paying's dogs."”.
But as the saying goes, being insulted by your enemy is the best compliment..
From this point of view, the retinue of the Blood Alliance Knights is indeed not simple..
In fact, many people on the mainland will praise these mortals as "warriors". They believe that these warriors who dare to fight in the Dark Mountains all year round are a symbol of glory for all races on the mainland..
Of course, with Lord Paying's super charisma, there must be more than just humans in his army of followers. For example, among the knights who came to escort the "distinguished guests" to the defense line, there were several dwarves riding black goats and An elf archer with a scar on his face.
They wore uniform chain mail, and outside the chain mail they wore the battle robe of the Blood Alliance Knights. It was the emblem of a blood spear, symbolizing the eternal silence of Lord Paying and his holy spear..
There are still people holding war flags.
The battle flag was dilapidated, but it was not because of lack of maintenance. In fact, Murphy could tell at a glance that the tattered battle flag was full of traces of battle..
It is a kind of inheritance of belief, which represents the support of the soldiers in front of them from the bottom of their hearts for their ideals and the glory of war..
There were not many people in front of him, but the combination of the chilling aura of the twenty knights made Maxim, who was drowsy due to the sun, wake up..
This vampire general seems to have seen a model for the future of his army！
This is the brave attitude of the Cadman People's Army that he hopes to see, silent, tenacious and deadly..
“Lord Heather is already waiting for our distinguished guests at the defense line. Governor Murphy and General Maxim please come with us. We fought a small group of jackals on the position yesterday. It was quite chaotic there. I hope our distinguished guests don’t mind..”
The leader of this retinue of knights is a human female knight. Judging from her height and body shape, she must be a Nord. Her face cannot be seen clearly with her helmet on, but you can tell from the spiked hammer on her back that she is a real knight. warrior.
She was very polite and said something to Murphy in the carriage in a gentle yet contradictory tone..
Obviously, she doesn't really think that the vampire governor from Transia is a so-called "distinguished guest". She may think that Murphy's arrival will only interfere with the operation of the defense line..
But Murphy wasn't angry.
On the contrary, he mobilized his desire energy to listen to the thoughts of the soldiers around him with great interest..
Well, it seems that they think they can hold the Black Flame Pass without assistance. There are also a few people praising the governor's handsomeness and beauty. He really knows his stuff..
But I can't stand it when you call me a pussy..
If I didn't have something serious to do today, I would be here to ask you about the essence of swordsmanship..
With this thought in mind, Murphy's carriage was escorted and quickly approached the Black Flame Pass..
As a natural passage from the ring of dark mountains to the outside world, this mountain pass is not really a flat road between the two mountains. In fact, the length of this mountain pass reaches 17 kilometers. It relies on the towering A relatively flat terrain exists between the barren mountains on both sides..
As early as the first expulsion battle of the Black Disaster, the civilized camp realized the strategic value of this mountain pass, so they built castles and fortresses here. From a height, it looks like a long and narrow "town" It is not a single line of defense, but the ravages of four black disasters have left this mountain pass covered with ancient ruins..
The castle built after the first black disaster has long been destroyed, leaving only the ruins of the base. It is now the residence of the Knights of the Blood Alliance. Hundreds of years of war attacks and repeated construction have made the terrain here more complex..
When the carriage reached a raised mountain col, Murphy got out of the carriage and used a telescope to carefully observe the entire defense line below..
He had to admit the strategic value of Black Flame Pass. This kind of terrain made him, a layman who had no knowledge of war, see the danger. Hundreds of years of construction had turned this place into a real "hedgehog".”.
There are no less than a hundred spherical bunkers built on the ground alone. The sentry towers built against the mountains and sections of city walls form a deadly cross-fire platform, and the small fortresses that are constantly being shaped directly change the situation. The original terrain of Black Flame Pass.
It looks very messy, but it’s actually quite intertwined..
It’s like a serious tower defense player spent an entire night showing off the “abstract artwork” created by using ten bottles of expired wine.”.
But one thing is for sure.
If the three thousand men under Murphy's command came to attack this mountain pass, they might not even be able to break through the second line of defense and they would all die from the deadly firepower..
“How many people are there on this line of defense?？”
Murphy put away the telescope and asked the commander of the subordinate army next to him with an expression of wonder..
The latter replied simply：
“There are 13,000 people in the nine main battle groups of the blood alliance, and there are 20,000 new recruits. The second lord regiment of the blood alliance knights are all stationed here, 140 people in the silver blood clan, 2,530 people in the black iron retainers, and one gold commander, Lord Heather..
There is also an artillery regiment of brass dwarves and a ranger force of forest elves..
The Black Flame Pass is no different from the Brass Fortress in terms of strategic location. It is only because the terrain here that even the Brass Dwarves cannot shape the city on a large scale that it cannot be as large as the Brass Fortress..”
Speaking of this, the Nord female warrior wearing a battle helmet glanced at Murphy. She seemed to want to say something but finally held back..
This emotion was quickly captured by Murphy, he said：
“You are an excellent soldier. You have been guarding here all year round to protect the peace of the mainland. A hero like you does not need to be reserved in front of me. Your Excellency, just say what you want to say..”
“Oh well.”
Under the quiet influence of desire, this female warrior with the rank of captain finally expressed her true thoughts. She said：
“I heard that you have established a defense line in Shadow Valley? With all due respect, that's not necessary！
Just let your soldiers come directly to Black Flame Pass. We still have a position here that can be left for them. If Black Flame Pass is lost, it will be impossible for you to stop the gnolls in Shadow Valley. Instead of spreading out your forces, why not join forces together?.”
“Well, very good advice.”
Murphy nodded, but then he shook his head and said：
“Your suggestion is based on the fact that Black Flame Pass can block the main force of the enemy's stagnant army, but if Black Flame Pass is destroyed in this battle. I mean, I don't think the scale of this black disaster will be greater than Second, you should know that it only took fifteen days for the King of Bones to destroy this place last time..
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