Lord of Hyranza

The commander of the Collins family immediately took a breath, waved his hands repeatedly and said:

"Hey, hey! Don't think about it, I didn't say anything."

The wine glasses touched each other, and the smell of barbecue came from the tent. On this snowy night, there seemed to be another temperature.

Chapter 1305 Invading the Insect Valley

It may be that the ant queen hiding in the depths of the dark worm valley finally realized that the battle between the ant army and the lord army in the cave has been deadlocked. It largely affects the time of the next ant infestation outbreak.

Therefore, the number of giant soldier ants participating in the battle began to increase among the soldier ant colonies in the cave, and the number of ordinary ghost-pattern soldier ants participating in the battle was relatively reduced.

And the ghost-patterned soldiers are no longer that kind of fighting style. A few days ago, they were like "no matter what the enemy army is on the other side, anyway, they must die in front of the battle." '

Now it is a tug-of-war under the leadership of the giant ghost-patterned soldier ants, waiting for an opportunity to cause some heavy damage to the lord's army when confronting the lord's army.

In fact, the tactical soldier ants, the Ghost Empress Ant Queen, were quite successful in their implementation.

Compared with a few days ago, more seriously wounded soldiers have been lifted from the battlefield recently.

But for Suldak, he hoped to see a few more giant soldier ants, because every time a giant ghost pattern soldier ant appeared, it meant that he could harvest some life magic patterns.

Every time the giant ghost-striped soldier ants appeared, both Samira and Carrie Decker could appear in time and hunt them down. They killed more than half of the giant soldier ants with their own strength.

In fact, the lord army is not in a hurry to invade the Dark Insect Valley, they hope to reduce more ghost-striped red ants in this cave.

Fighting in this channel can make the elite forces more concentrated.

In addition, the lord armies are not very interested in occupying the Dark Worm Valley, and they hope to take this opportunity to harvest more monster materials.

This kind of thing of relying on war to gain wealth has been rare in Bena Province in the past few years.

Although Suldak has been strictly controlling the total strength of the lord's army, the fighting power of the lord's army in this winter has continued to grow. When it entered December, the original [-] lord's army had grown to Eighty thousand.

Originally, the following military merchant groups, each merchant group had the right to manage a single product, so that at least these military merchant groups could make money.

But now, there seems to be a trading market near the camp. Merchants come to buy magic materials every day, and the bidding for the goods has become very fierce.

Until Andrew led a group of constructed knights to repel the ghost soldiers and ants, the soldiers of the lord army stood on the ledge at the exit of the cave on the other side, looking at the clusters of giant mushrooms under their feet, many of which were colorful , and even some mushrooms have dark red fluorescence.

Almost everyone was stunned by this magnificent scenery...

Those giant mushrooms grew so exaggeratedly that they were actually taller and stronger than the trees in the forest outside. The ghost pattern soldier ants were forced to retreat steadily by Andrew's knight formation, and the lord army finally occupied the cave.

The ghost-patterned soldier ants swarmed up from all directions, but under the joint attack of the Constructed Knights, they did not regain control of the cave.

Then the heavy armored infantry regiment built fortifications at the entrance of the cave here, and set up ten bed crossbows facing the entrance of the cave, and finally occupied the cave completely.

As long as ghost pattern red ants step into the entrance of the cave, the first thing they have to face is the giant crossbow bolts of the ten bed crossbows. Now Suldak has a large number of magic crossbow bolts bought from the imperial capital, and they will not be able to do so on the battlefield. Be stingy with these consumables, as long as you can retrieve the corpses of those ghost-striped red ants after victory, you will make a solid profit.

And here the heavy armored infantry soldiers and archers, under the leadership of senior officers, actually occupied the exit of the cave leading to the dark worm valley.

However, after entering the mushroom forest of the Dark Insect Valley, the lord army has been dispatched five times in a row recently, and each time they paid a heavy price before hurriedly retreating into the fortifications of the cave.

The main reason is that there are a large number of ghost pattern flying ants in the dark worm valley. This kind of flying ants are extremely fast. Only a few second-rank experts under Suldak can deal with them. The weird flying speed is helpless.

As long as a lord army enters the mushroom forest of the Dark Insect Valley, these ghost-striped flying ants will go crazy and take the initiative to attack.

Although the heavy armored infantry were wearing heavy armor, they still had nothing to do with the ghost pattern flying ants, and the other lords could only be beaten passively.

So for the next period of time, after occupying the cave, the lord's army did not make any achievements. They just guarded the entrance of the cave, waiting for batches of ghost pattern soldiers to rush up and shoot them in one fell swoop.

December is the season of snowflakes, and the mushrooms in the Dark Insect Valley seem not afraid of the severe cold, but the ghost pattern worker ants finally chose to get into the ant nest to avoid the severe cold under the low temperature.

The lord army that occupied the cave was finally able to send troops into the round valley when a heavy snowfall was about to freeze the Dark Worm Valley.

In fact, this place is bigger than Suldak expected, and the entire valley is covered with giant mushrooms.

The main residents here are probably these ghost-striped red ants. They are usually used to eating these mushroom trees as food. Many ghost-striped worker ants sneak out to collect some food in this severe cold environment, and then return from the secret exit. crypt.

The real ant nest is in the southwestern part of this valley. Some soldiers have found the entrance of the ant nest, but most of the ant nest openings have been sealed by a kind of clay composed of saliva mixed with gravel, and the surface of many cave openings has been covered. Snow was nowhere to be found.

The lord's army searched around this dark worm valley, but they didn't find any use value for these mushroom trees. Probably only ghost pattern worker ants would eat them.

After the gloomy worm valley was completely frozen in winter, it was filled with death-like silence.

Surdak found many aged mushroom trees, which looked more like some hard firewood in appearance.

Occasionally, a roc would fly across the sky. Whenever this happened, the soldiers of the lord army would show a cautious attitude towards it.

Suldak never expected that the lord army could easily occupy the entire Dark Worm Valley because of the weather, but this time Suldak did not order to continue the pursuit. He explored the valley for several days, The entrances of the caves that were detected were marked one after another, and then Suldak began to gradually gather the army, letting the troops take turns to guard the cave leading to the outside.

During this period, there were also several battles in which the ghost-striped red ants braved the severe cold to attack the lord army's garrison.

When the battle just started, the ghost pattern soldier ants were still very brave. After they stayed in the dark worm valley for half a day, the cold wind in the valley had already frozen their limbs, and even walking seemed very difficult...

Chapter 1306 Seal

Apparently, the ghost-striped red ants have already entered the wintering state, and they probably blocked most of the cave entrances before the heavy snowfall to avoid being found by the lord army.

Now the ghost-striped red ants retreated from the dark worm valley to the depths of the cave.

The sky was filled with the cries of rocs, and this place should be regarded as a hunting ground for them. Unfortunately, with the invasion of the lord army, the rocs also lost this hunting ground.

Lance and the mage scouting team are paying attention to this group of roc birds from the north every day, and Suldak is worried that they will attack the Lord's army in groups.

Although the gain from entering the Bailin plane this time was huge, and the ghost-striped red ants took the initiative to avoid their underground nests, Suldak did not intend to give up this battle with the ghost-striped red ants. In the dark worm valley, the military camp was built under a giant mushroom umbrella.

The surface of these giant mushrooms is like textured hard wood. Even if the mushroom umbrella is covered with a thick layer of snow, these giant mushrooms still stand firmly in the insect valley.

Many giant mushrooms have traces of being bitten by red ants. The red ants even bit holes in the giant mushrooms, but they don't eat the woody giant mushrooms. Their food is the fresh and soft mushrooms. Fungal spores.

Presumably the winter food reserves are enough to get them through for a while.

After the temperature plummeted, the ghost-patterned red ants lost nearly half of their combat power in the extremely cold weather. It is obviously a better choice to hide in the ant nest to avoid fighting.

But Suldak didn't intend to let these ghost-striped red ants go. They were so fertile that the dark valley of insects couldn't even accommodate their colony, so ant swarms that expanded outward would only break out once every ten years.

This time Suldak wanted to be ruthless to these ghost-striped red ants.

In the entire Gloomy Insect Valley, there can be said to be hundreds or thousands of ghost-striped red ant nests, and most of the ant nests are now buried under ice and snow.

The heavy armored infantry squadron of the lord army began to explore the entrances of these anthills in the worm valley, and Suldak's half-constructed knights entered the dark worm valley together with the magic-striped horses, as well as other important forces of the lord army. The cavalry regiment entered the dark worm valley one after another.

The cavalry can gallop freely in the Dark Worm Valley and quickly support various areas, so the search range of the heavy armored infantry almost involves the entire Dark Worm Valley.

In just a few days, Surdak harvested hundreds of ant nests one after another.

In the tent, the commanders of the various lord armies got together and reported to Suldak.

"Count Suldak, our seven search teams found seventeen ant nest openings in the west area. The openings were tightly blocked by mud. We tried to open one outside, but the mud was mixed with the mucus secreted by red ants. The condensed colloidal soil layer is very difficult to dig." The commander of the Collins family reported to Suldak, and standardized the ant nest hole they found on the map.

Suldak nodded, and then looked at the other Lord Army commanders sitting aside.

The Commander of the Langdon Family who was sitting next to the Commander of the Collins Family coughed lightly, and said to Suldak: "We organized nine search teams to search for sixteen ant nest openings, and we fought with the ant nests at the fourth entrance. A battle broke out in the red ants in the nest, they didn't seem to be fighting, they sent a few soldier ants out, and the red ants behind them blocked the entrance of the ant nest again."

Suldak looked at Andrew.

Andrew stroked the stubble on his chin. This Nanai warrior seemed to have something to say.

"The red ants are determined to avoid the battle with us this time. They probably want to wait until this winter is over and the poisonous mist swamp seals the Dark Worm Valley again. At that time...even if we continue to stay here, the logistics supplies will be blocked In the middle." Andrew gestured on the map, and then said: "So our best time to fight is in winter."

Carrie Decker, who was sitting next to him, placed a helmet with a visor on the long table, her straight black hair cascading behind her head, and she seemed to have become more ladylike since returning from the great battlefield some.

"It's just that once we enter the ant nest, all the advantages we currently have will disappear." Carrie Decker said: "The ants can crawl freely in the ant nest, but our heavy warriors can't, and when they arrive Sometimes bed crossbows and black powder kegs won’t be used, and we can’t bury our soldiers in them, so I don’t approve of attacking ant nests.”

The commander of the Collins family suggested: "Unless we apply to the higher-ups for the formation of swordsmen, I think only the elite formation of swordsmen can go deep into the ant nest and fight."

Suldak shook his head immediately, and said: "The current lords will not send out the constructed swordsmen that have been accumulated with great difficulty."

Commander Collins turned his head and asked, "So...Lord Suldak, what should we do next?"

Suldak tapped the table with his fingers, making all the commanders who were discussing in private pay attention, and then he said his plan: "Since they don't want to come out, I will go to various holes next. Setting up a sealing circle will block the ant nest. I am really worried that all the ghost-striped red ants hiding in the ant nest will rush out in one go. It is estimated that our tens of thousands of lords will not be enough to watch. "

Finally, Suldak added: "And the weather is not cold enough now..."

It's just that the commanders present were a little confused, how many sealing circles are needed for the entrances of so many ant nests!

……

In a big clean tent, there are [-] young magicians crowded. These magicians have followed Suldak's lord army and have stayed in the Bailin plane for half a year. According to the original agreement signed with Suldak Contract, as long as they insist on staying here for the first half year, they will each get a natural magic pattern.

They had seen similar magic skins in Lance's hands, so they agreed to Lance's invitation and came to serve Lord Suldak.

Now, a new opportunity falls on their heads. The mysterious alchemist beside Suldak is willing to teach them a simple sealing circle, as long as they are magicians of the mage group, they can learn it. Of course The price of learning this sealing circle is that each person needs to draw ten sealing circles.

Although the structure of the magic circle is extremely simple, all the magic runes are not magic pattern circles constructed in conjunction with the ancient elf language.

This sealing circle is completely unfamiliar to these magicians. Everyone is like a baby learning how to speak. They barely learn this sealing circle by rote. The magic principles in it are far from elf magic. According to the explanation of the mysterious alchemist, this sealing circle contains the Hex technology of the goblin era.

It is not ancient elf magic, so it may be difficult for everyone to learn, and don’t study it too deeply, otherwise many principles and magic pattern construction run counter to elf magic. unhinged...

And these magicians never thought that the magician standing in front of the blackboard and explaining the theory and structure of magic to them would be a succubus.

Moreover, her lower abdomen was already slightly swollen, and the black magic robe was hard to cover up. Every time she walked in front of the blackboard, she would touch her lower abdomen very naturally.

In just a few days, she became the goddess in the hearts of these young magicians.

Even if she is wearing that mysterious mithril mask, even if she is a pregnant woman with a slightly bulging belly, none of these can stop the charm emanating from her body...

On the night after the last teaching, Aphrodite complained to Suldak: "If King Amozdan knew that her first batch of students would be a group of human magicians, he would definitely come out of hell in anger, Take her back to hell with your own hands, and tie her up in the furnace of purgatory for torture."

Suldak was resting his head on her swollen belly, listening to the rumbling sound inside, he raised his head to look at Aphrodite.

Aphrodite showed a sweet smile, gently stroked Suldak's stubbled chin, and said:

"Dak, you need to grow up quickly, at least King Amozdan came to hunt us down, you have to be able to escape."

"The big demon king you mentioned will really come to the human world to hunt and kill us because of such a trivial matter?" Suldak asked worriedly.

"This is not a trivial matter. There is a mystery of magic in it. If there are a few smart people among them, it is estimated that more advanced sealing magic will be derived from this sealing circle." Aphrodite explained.

Suldak sat up, leaned over and held Aphrodite's pretty face with both hands, pecked her dark purple lips, and then said: "Listen to you, I really want to remind Lan S..."

Chapter 1307 Visitors from the Village

The snow poured into the valley with the howling north wind, and the top of the mountain in the north was already covered with a thick layer of snow.

The heavy snow has formed a thick ice shell on the giant mushroom umbrella. People in the dark worm valley can see the ice and snow above their heads appear crystal clear in the sun as long as they look up.

Probably the ice layer blocks the north wind. Although the temperature in the Dark Insect Valley is low, it does not have the feeling of being cut by a wind blade in the extreme cold.

A large amount of sulfur was transported from Wall Village to the camp in the Dark Worm Valley. The magicians have been busy using sealing magic circles to seal the entrances of ant nests that were discovered one by one. According to Suldak’s request, There will be one or two ant nest openings in each area.

The rest are temporarily sealed with a sealing circle. It is said that this kind of circle can form a space-time gap in subspace. It is good that the ghost pattern red ants in the ant nest cannot come out. It will crash into the gap of sub-time and space, and the body will be crushed by the broken gap in an instant.

The biggest shortcoming of this sealing circle is that once a large number of ghost pattern red ants attack the circle, the circle will detonate and the seal will be lifted.

When the sealing magic circle exists, the strong sense of crisis brought about by the unstable space-time rift will make the magic circle infinitely magnified, which will naturally make the ghost pattern red ants back away.

After the magicians set up the sealing circle, they hurried to the next area.

Ten four-wheeled trucks filled with sulfur powder drove into the military camp in the Dark Worm Valley.

These brimstones were originally intended to be used to make black powder, and the escort on the four-wheeled truck was a young Vol villager—Gilt, who was sent to the Bailin plane by the old village chief Brett.

Along the way, I saw many novel things that I had never seen before.

He even knew for the first time that this world can be divided into several pieces of land.

According to Uncle Brett's request, he only needs to send the sulfur powder to Lord Suldak's barracks to complete the task. He followed the convoy into the barracks, only to find that the barracks are at least a dozen times larger than Wall Village. At that time, the tents of the barracks were neatly arranged under the mushroom trees.

Pairs of soldiers walked out of the barracks, and they stepped on the snow to the forest full of giant mushrooms.

Gilt originally imagined that he would be able to meet his friends in the village when he arrived at the military camp, but now his illusions were gradually disillusioned. This camp is really too big.

He was a little dizzy looking at the soldiers coming in and out of the barracks, envious of the heavy armor they wore, and when the carriage passed by the training ground, he even wanted to jump out of the carriage to see how sharp the spear on the weapon rack was. When the carriage passed a drying yard in the barracks, Gilt swallowed again and lowered his head when he saw the bandages and white sheets hanging on the clothesline...

The convoy stopped in front, and Gilt quickly jumped out of the truck, walked quickly to the front, and took out the voucher from Wall Village from his arms.

……

Finally, when the truck carrying the sulfur powder arrived at the barracks, it took more than a month for Suldak to send the news back to Wall Village through the pustule mountain.

Suldak looked at the young man who jumped out of the truck, and he looked familiar, but he couldn't call out his name no matter what.

"His name is Gilt." Selena stood beside Suldak and reminded her in a low voice.

Only then did Suldak stride up, and when Gilt was slightly in a daze, he patted him on the shoulder, and said very familiarly with him: "Gilt, Uncle Brett asked you to escort the car to bring these brimstones over. , Is there anything else you can tell me?"

Gilt replied without thinking: "Uncle Brett said that the production of sulfur mines is constantly decreasing, so you can save some time when using these sulfur powders..."

"Is everything okay in the village?"