Lord of Hyranza

A group of indigenous warriors took out Paglio's spears one after another, scrambling to squeeze forward, trying to throw the spears in their hands when the giant ghost pattern soldier ants entered the throwing range.

Suldak almost yelled out his throat, and grabbed a few excited native leaders in the crowd one after another to calm them down.

These native leaders can understand some imperial language, and after listening to Suldak's order, they realized that their group of people did not need to use their flesh and blood to block these giant bugs.

The indigenous leaders hurriedly yelled, leading the tribal warriors in standard armor to quickly hide behind the armed Thunder Rhinoceros.

They were not slow at all, leaving Suldak at the end, and every native could walk four or five meters in one step on the Poison Swamp.

At the same time, the first wave of exploding crossbow arrows had already been shot, hitting the giant ghost-patterned soldier ants 600 meters away head-on. With a series of explosions, the sky and the earth cracked, and the soil and soldier ant's stumps flew high into the sky in the fine snow .

In this violent explosion, a row of giant ghost pattern soldier ants rushed out.

They start to run faster...

Samira stepped on the bed crossbow control console with one foot, watched the armed thunder rhinos lined up behind him in a wild goose-wing pattern, and shouted to the herald on the roof again: "Another wave of armor-piercing crossbows."

While the herald was waving the flag in his hand, the second wave of armor-piercing giant crossbows had already been fired. These giant crossbows were obviously much lighter than the first wave of exploding crossbow bolts. The 36 giant crossbow bolts formed long and narrow snow lines in the air, hitting them precisely. Giant ghost pattern soldier ants rushing forward.

The armor-piercing giant crossbow instantly shot these giant ghost-patterned soldiers on their backs, and the sharp point of the arrow cut into the hard armor, as if there was no obstacle at all.

The ordinary ghost-patterned soldier ants in the back are like a red sea tide, stepping on the body of the giant soldier ants in front, rushing towards the armed thunder rhinoceros.

The third wave of armor-piercing crossbow arrows shot out, and there was no longer a giant ghost pattern soldier ant among the charging ants.

Ordinary ghost-patterned soldiers had already rushed 200 meters away from the armed thunder rhinoceros. Half of the thousand archers were standing on the shelves of the armed thunder rhino, and the remaining half of the archers lined up at the feet of the thunder rhino.

The flag bearers standing on the roof changed to a large flag and shook it vigorously in the air. The archers pulled the bowstring without hesitation, and threw it at a 45-degree angle to the sky. A rain of arrows flew towards the sky. After reaching the highest point in the sky, it relies on gravity to fall smoothly.

This rain of arrows has very limited damage even to ordinary soldier ants, but the rain of arrows is dense enough that they can be nailed into the joints of the ghost-pattern soldier ants if they happen to hit the weak joints.

In the past six months, she and Andrew have been cleaning up ghost ants in the hills and mountains and in the Invercargill forest. No one knows how to hunt and kill these big guys better than them.

All of a sudden, soldiers and ants fell on the poisonous swamp again.

The indigenous warriors crowded behind the Armed Thunder Rhinoceros saw the ghost-patterned red ants in front of them fall one after another, how could they stand honestly behind, and squeezed out from behind the Armed Thunder Rhinoceros. Three thousand indigenous warriors instantly drowned the archers, They took a few steps to run up and threw the Paglio spears in their hands vigorously.

These aborigines are full of explosive power, and the thrown spears can fly more than 150 meters.

This kind of war spear is not the kind of smooth and edgeless javelin that flies smoothly. It pierced into the body of the ghost pattern soldier ant, and fell down a large piece.

Suldak had been doing business with the indigenous tribes for the past two months. The weapons in the hands of the indigenous warriors had already been replaced by guns. They untied their alloy bows one after another and stood shoulder to shoulder with the archers.

The [-] archers tripled in an instant, becoming [-] archers.

All the archers lined up in three rows amidst chaotic yelling, each row went forward when they were ready, shot the arrows on the bowstring, and then retreated quickly.

The alloy bow is not a longbow, and the power of the projectile is limited, but the distance of the flat shot is only within [-] yards.

All of a sudden, the rain of arrows was shot out, but I saw those ghost-patterned soldiers were nailed like hedgehogs by the arrows, but they were still rushing forward...

Chapter 920 The Battle of the Poison Swamp

The cavalry grabbed the reins of their horses one after another, raised their knight spears high, and stood in front of the archers and formed a dense formation. Under Andrew's command, they did not line up and charge forward, but separated Following behind Andrew, Gulitum, and Suldak, they stabbed into the ant colony like a trident.

This greatly avoids falling into the dark pit of the swamp.

The indigenous warriors surrounding the armed Thunder Rhino held alloy bows in their hands, and even followed the cavalry, rushing forward one after another.

Not only are they proficient in archery, but they can also carry swords and shields and follow the cavalry to fight hand-to-hand with ghost-pattern soldiers.

At this time, Andrew released the most powerful fighting spirit, braving flames and electric arcs, rushed into the ant colony, immediately split the heads of two soldier ants, and was stopped by the third ghost pattern soldier ant.

But behind him there was a steady stream of cavalry, and the cavalry at the front all turned and obtained magic patterns. They rushed up from the front of the battlefield, and their strength was not inferior to these ghost pattern soldiers.

Charged with the knight's long spear, as soon as the two sides came into contact, the cavalry picked up and flew dozens of soldier ants.

Of course, there are also cavalry who are less lucky. They rushed to the front and were picked off by the ghost-striped red ants with fork-like pincers, and the two-headed ogre who followed beside them saw this scene. With a battle cry, the ogre mage threw a fireball at the same time.

He rushed over a few steps, rounded the stick in his hand, and slammed it on the head of the ghost-striped soldier ant. Suddenly, the head of the ghost-striped soldier ant shattered like a sandy watermelon hanging on the ground. .

Suldak held the torch of holy light in one hand, and the shield in the other, a halo of power lit up under his feet, and the holy seal on his chest flickered frequently...

After rushing into the battlefield, Suldak discovered that these ghost-striped soldier ants were far more powerful than those ghost-striped soldier ants on the hills and highlands. The holy light torch hit it, leaving only some dents and cracks.

Every ghost-striped red ant is very fierce, and they are not afraid of death, and they don't even try to dodge the cavalry's charge.

Before he died, he had to bite off a bite of flesh from the cavalryman.

Of course, the tribal warriors had never fought ghost-patterned soldiers like this before. Now they were wearing standard armor, with sharp weapons and strong shields in their hands. When they saw the cavalry rushing up, they rushed up in a swarm.

These tribal warriors are usually a group of experienced hunters. When they held hardwood bows and wooden spears in their hands, they all hunted and killed these ghost pattern soldiers together. Now they hold a sharp and tough heavy sword in their hands, even more Don't be afraid of these ghost pattern soldiers.

The battlefield fell into melee for a while.

From the north, there are ghost pattern soldier ants rushing towards this side.

The native warriors gradually found simple ways of fighting, which they stole from the cavalry who jumped off their horses and fought.

Several warriors who are very familiar with each other gathered together, and everyone had a clear division of labor. From the shield warrior to the main attacker, and then to the back-up knife fighter, the three indigenous warriors formed a combat team, which not only withstood the attack of the ghost pattern soldiers , and frequently succeeded in battle.

The archers at the back lined up in a neat row, and wherever the red ants were suppressed on the battlefield, their arrows would be directed there.

Occasionally, these tribal indigenous warriors on the battlefield will be reminded that the ghost-patterned soldiers who have been killed must be marked, and these will become achievements after the battle is over.

The tribal warriors didn't understand this, and they didn't care about the ghost pattern soldier ants they killed.

After the battle broke out, the allied forces of the adventure group and the mercenary group who followed behind found that Lord Suldak's army had stabilized the situation, and immediately moved forward, looking for those fish that slipped through the net in the swamp behind.

There were so many of them, it was like a big net that was spread out, unexpectedly enclosing a group of ghost pattern soldiers who wanted to circle around in the swamp.

Although they fought on their own when they were fighting, they were actually very effective at blocking a group of ghost pattern soldier ants.

The battle lasted until the afternoon, before the group of ghost-pattern soldier ants left the battlefield with heavy casualties, leaving behind a pile of corpses.

Cleaning up the battlefield is the most important job in a battle, not only to clean up the corpses of the ghost-striped soldier ants, but also to collect all the precious magic arrows shot by the archer brigade.

The biggest harvest of this battle was the 41 giant ghost pattern soldier ants hunted by the bed crossbow. The outriggers of these soldier ants were unloaded and moved to Suldak as soon as the ant colony retreated.

Suldak needs to select some complete life sigils from these outriggers, and there are 170 outriggers in total. The life sigils remain very complete.

Looking at the outriggers of the life magic pattern piled up like a hill in front of him, Suldak felt that the goal of this northern expedition plan was almost one-third completed.

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There was no dry place to camp in this swamp. After the battle, everyone stood in the muddy water, ate some marching rations, drank some water, and continued on their way.

The snow was still falling non-stop, and there was a vast expanse of whiteness everywhere on the Poison Swamp.

Only where the army walked, a dirty trail was left on the swamp.

Suldak led the army and finally found a place with trees when it was just dark. At least one foot would not be soaked in ice water here. Seeing the night is coming, they still couldn't see it at a glance. At the end of the swamp, Suldak decided to stay here.

Although the heavy snow covered the poisonous fog, there was still a faint poisonous fog in the place where people stepped on along the way, and the water in the swamp was also undrinkable.

Many soldiers inhaled some faint poisonous mist during this day, and those with weak constitutions began to show some poisoning symptoms of dizziness and vomiting. Suldak had already prepared for this. After arriving at the herbs, this period of time is mainly to prepare two kinds of magic potions, the first is the 'secondary life potion', and the second is the antidote.

Although there are many ways to detoxify, the most effective is the magic potion prepared by magicians.

When Suldak went to the Dark Worm Valley, the first thing he had to face was the poisonous fog on the swamp, so of course he would not fail to prepare the antidote.

Suldak hastily poured some antidotes into the drinking water and asked all the soldiers to drink some, and the symptoms of poisoning were finally effectively curbed.

In order to prevent poisoning, Suldak asked the indigenous warriors not to eat the food in the swamp, nor drink the water in the swamp.

For this reason, he could only take part of the supplies he had prepared.

At night, pile after pile of bonfires were lit in the woodland.

The allied forces of the adventure group and the mercenary group also entered the woods to camp. Some of them were discussing today's harvest, but there were also some people who encountered such and such situations. Most of the symptoms were people who were slightly poisoned. Not everyone could afford the antidote.

At this time, Suldak would not be too stingy. Anyway, if the symptoms of poisoning were mild, a bottle of antidote could dilute a wooden barrel of water, enough for a hundred people to drink.

In the evening, Suldak began to use the holy light technique to treat the wounded. After a series of treatment, the seriously injured soldiers would be transferred to the woodland camp overnight.

Where did the indigenous warriors of the tribe experience this? Seeing that even if they were injured, there was a high probability that they would not die, and their morale immediately rose.

For dinner, the indigenous warriors of these tribes ate something special. It was a kind of poisonous insect like a millipede dug out of the mud under the poisonous swamp. This kind of poisonous insect would hibernate underground after winter, and even if it was dug out, it would be lazy. Effortlessly let himself be slaughtered.

Indigenous warriors said that this is a kind of poisonous insect that likes to hibernate in the swamp, hiding under the grass. Many adult poisonous insects have the physique close to that of a monster, and some skulls can dig magic cores, but their living habits cannot be changed. It becomes very easy to catch in winter.

However, digging these poisonous insects is also a kind of physical work. It is necessary to find the hole, and then test whether there are poisonous insects inside, and finally start digging.

Sure enough, Suldak found some poisonous insects whose bodies were stiff and lethargic, and the magic core could be found by cutting open the skull.

The two-headed ogre thought that the meat of this poisonous insect was very tender, so it had long joined the indigenous warriors and exchanged cooking methods with them.

Suldak didn't want the soldiers' physical strength to be wasted on digging these poisonous insects, so the army didn't carry out extensive digging. Instead, they began to take turns to rest early after nightfall. This northern expedition can't be done in a day or two. It's over, and the days to come are still far away.

However, the news of the millipede poisonous insect in the swamp did not deliberately conceal the adventure group and the mercenary group.

When Suldak walked out of the tent early the next morning, he found that the muddy swamp outside the forest had almost been dug up by these people.

Some people were lucky enough to find it, but more people just searched blindly in the muddy water.

It was in such a chaotic scene that Suerdak had breakfast with the soldiers, and then hurriedly pulled out the tents in the camp, and the large army continued to march.

The Northern Expeditionary Army opened up a passage on the poisonous swamp, and it took another morning to walk out of the poisonous swamp, and saw the high mountain like Tianzhu Peak in the north.

It is said that the Dark Insect Valley is under this mountain.

Chapter 921 The Dead World Tree

After the army walked out of the poisonous swamp, Suldak asked the large army to rest in place and prepare to march towards the Dark Worm Valley.

This place has already entered the sphere of influence of the ghost-striped red ants.

At this time, every step forward, Suldak asked the scouts to go ahead to explore the way.

The scouts who had just been sent out brought bad news to Suldak not long after they left.

The scouts led Suldak over the slope at the edge of the poisonous swamp, and what came into view was a large lake that could not be seen at a glance. Suldak got on his horse and rode to the lake. It's just a thin layer of ice, and it will take at least a month for the lake to completely freeze.

There are several giant arched stone bridges on the Great Lake, and the shape of these stone bridges is very exaggerated.

It looks like the dead roots of a giant tree are exposed to the ground, but the bridge decks are all round.

The thickness of these stone bridges is also very uneven. Some stone bridges are tens of meters wide, and only two or three meters narrow. The middle is high, the sides are low, and the slope becomes steeper towards the edge.

Only by standing in the middle of the stone bridge can you pass safely...

Once standing too close to the edge, it is easy to lose balance and fall into the lake.

At this time, the lake has been covered with ice, and the water temperature should be close to zero. Ordinary soldiers will lose their temperature quickly if they fall into the lake. It may not be easy to swim out of the lake. What kind of underwater monster.

Although this steep bridge deck is a great challenge for humans, war horses and armed thunder rhinos, it is not difficult for these ghost-striped red ants. They have six strong legs and can walk 360 degrees on the stone bridge. climb.

Moreover, this kind of stone bridge across the lake actually extends from the north, and it is not clear how many meters the span of these stone bridges is for the time being.

Ghost-striped red ants can be seen everywhere on the stone bridge. Surdak didn't expect that these ghost-striped red ants would even know how to retreat to the stone bridge.

Surdak just walked around the lake, then rode back.

This is the territory of the ghost-striped red ants, and it is blocked by poisonous fog all the year round, so it is usually inaccessible.

Among the grassland and shrubs by the lake, some primary magical herbs such as silver-leaf grass, kudzu root, and pit grass can be seen everywhere. Suldak immediately realized the value of this grassland, and quickly waved to the cavalry behind him to let him Call some people over.

The cavalry quickly turned their horses and left, and it didn't take long for a large group of people to come.

Suldak selected those with collecting experience from these cavalry, and asked them to take advantage of the ghost-striped red ants retreating to the gap of the stone bridge to quickly collect all the magic herbs here, and wait for the adventure group and mercenary group They all walked out of the swamp and followed, I am afraid this is where all parties compete.

The cavalry came here on horseback, much faster than Samira and the archers. When Samira arrived at the lake, she saw magic herbs everywhere on the grass in front of her, and quickly called her archers to grab the bushes with the most herbs. Forest.

Now the magic herbs of the Grimm Empire are worth more than gold, and no matter what kind of magic herbs are in the market at this time, they are hard currency.

It's just that magic herbs eat land resources very much, probably because they need to absorb the surrounding elements continuously during the growth period. They can't grow in large patches, and there are only one or two trees in an area. Give these resources to the archers.

This kind of silently making a fortune only lasted until dark, when Andrew's cavalry outpost encountered a large group of ghost pattern soldier ants in the distance, and then quickly retreated.

At this moment, the allied forces of the adventure group and the mercenary group following behind have also come out of the poisonous swamp. They almost stepped on the muddy water, digging the thousand-legged poisonous insects along the way. This group of people ventured here just to make a fortune. Come on, these millipede poisonous insects are a fortune for them.

When they walked out of the poisonous swamp and came to the side of the big lake covered with thin ice, they immediately found the traces of collecting on the grass.

These adventure groups went completely crazy. Like a group of gadflies smelling blood, they rushed into the meadow with a bang. They didn't even care about the darkness of the sky, and searched for magic herbs further afield along the meadow by the river.

He even ignored the kind reminder of the cavalry sent by Suldak.

It may also be that they don't have the same panic about these ghost-striped red ants before, so they are so unscrupulous.

Who let the magic herbs on the nearby grassland be plucked by the soldiers of Lord Suldak, what else can they say besides looking for magic herbs in the lakeside grassland farther away?

The temporary camp has been set up, and the marching tents are closely connected, and teams of soldiers are walking around the camp.

These patrolling soldiers stared at the arched stone bridge not far away, afraid that a group of ghost pattern soldier ants would suddenly rush out from the stone bridge to attack the camp. They had experienced the beast tide, so they naturally knew the power of this swarm of red ants.