Emperor of Arcane

The Gulf Territory army quickly advanced underground, taking advantage of the situation to develop more underground space and explore more resource points.

They are always busy, not only the Gulf Territory soldiers, but also the accompanying engineering troops and staff.

Compared with the cautious advancement of the Gulf Territory on the surface, the Gulf Territory's actions in the underground world are much more unrestrained.

All kinds of magical creatures and crypt monsters along the way will be expelled first, so as not to take the initiative to attack and lose their lives in vain.

The huge underground space contains many resources and wealth.

With the influence of elemental tides, various metal veins and magical materials are easier to mine than the material plane.

In the process of advancing, the Gulf Territory conducted relatively detailed explorations, recorded the valuable areas, and waited to hand them over to the staff and adventurers for detailed processing.

In just 5 days.

They advanced more than 300 kilometers.

The intricate caves and terrains of the underground world were forcibly dug out into solid and straight paths under the transformation of the Gulf Territory.

When Sera led the troops to meet them, they saw dense engineering golems, which were reinforcing the newly excavated underground caves from top to bottom and left to right.

Looking at the mighty golem train and the hundreds of mechanical arms extending from it, the corners of her mouth twitched slightly.

She licked her lips slightly, with a little excitement in her eyes, feeling the power constantly surging in her body, and she had an urge to be impatient.

The Gulf Territory never hides anything, and Sera naturally knows the "method of becoming a god" that is currently very active in the Gulf Territory.

Sera, who is very eager for power and status, naturally does not want to miss this good opportunity.

She also wants to get enough merits and get the recognition and help of the Lord.

There are indeed many merits in developing the Azshara tribe, but Sera hopes to get more.

Moreover, she also hopes that her combat effectiveness and combat experience can be further improved to prepare for embarking on the road to becoming a god.

The densely packed Gulf Territory warriors turned out from the exit of the passage.

Sera did not approach, but continued to wait.

First, wait for a large-scale fortress to rise from the ground.

Then wait for the Gulf Territory army to build a defense line.

Sera led people to approach, with an extremely happy smile on his face.

The combat troops of the Gulf Territory are in the process of handing over, and the Shadow Council of the Cole Elves is also holding a new meeting.

Hess, expressionless, silently flipped through various records.

It records the lords and heroes who have been active in the northern continent recently.

Their battle deeds and various propaganda images fully illustrate a fact.

Once the magic box of becoming a god is opened, it can never be closed again.

The gray-black figures wearing cloaks next to them exude extremely terrifying momentum.

Almost every one of them is not weaker than Hess, and some are even slightly stronger than him.

After seeing these materials, they did not express any opinions, but just waited for Hess to speak.

Putting down the magic watch in his hand, Hess said to others calmly:

"These legendary peaks, who may even have the strength of demigods, will be obstacles to our unification of the northern continent."

"But they are very strong and powerful. If we attack them at the same time, there will inevitably be loopholes."

The members of the Shadow Council who did not speak did not react to Hess's words. They seemed to agree, but they also revealed a little indifference.

"First arrange an infiltration plan and send their information to other nearby churches."

"Churches that are eager to regain power, territory, and influence will inevitably attack them."

"It would be better if they succeed, but if they fail, they can also provide us with more information and data."

"Or we can sit back and reap the benefits, clean up or control more humans and other intelligent creatures elites..."

Hess calmly stated his plan without caring about their bland reactions.

He knew very well that these former members of the Shadow Council would not obey his orders.

From the many people they brought, the many intelligence channels they controlled, and the various secret methods and techniques to improve their strength, we can see their ideas and ambitions.

Hess did not have any intention of resisting their gradual hollowing out of himself.

He knew where the order came from and what kind of collision he would experience, but he didn't care.

He had accepted Archaon's proposal and was ready to embark on a journey to find a stronger force.

As for these "troublesome" guys, let them fight here!

But before leaving, Hess had to make the final arrangements.

He took out a top-secret document and said to everyone:

"Of course, other lords and heroes still need a long time to grow."

"But in addition to them, the more serious threat comes from the great arcanists of the Netheril Empire who have been hiding their whereabouts!"

Great arcanist!

Hearing this word, even these members of the Shadow Council who had been expressionless all the time, their eyes became sharp.

The reason why they retired and could not appear until the return of the elemental tide was the "credit" of the great arcanist of Iolum.

So even if they don't pay attention to other things, they also attach great importance to the great arcanist.

When they learned that the Archmages would appear in large numbers and were ready to embark on the path of godhood, they immediately felt a considerable threat.

Hess noticed their changes, sneered in his heart, and continued to talk to himself:

"We have conducted a long-term investigation and infiltration of the Archmages of the Netheril Empire."

"Currently, four of them have been instigated to rebel. Although they will not rebel directly, they are willing to cooperate and research with us in depth."

"Originally, three of them had already wavered, but with the announcement of the method of godhood, their attitudes became ambiguous again."

"Based on research and discussion, they should want to get more detailed information on "becoming a god" from us."

"If nothing unexpected happens, as long as the great gods take action, these three Archmages will be willing to submit..."

At this point, Hess observed their expressions calmly.

He didn't see any movement, not even a little thought, and completely gave up on these guys, and continued without hesitation:

"Of the remaining 7 great arcanists, 5 are diehards and are very hostile to us. They need to be dealt with and resolved as soon as possible."

"The other two were provoked by our plan and are still in a hostile state. It is expected that they will continue to persist."

"But at present, these great arcanists attach great importance to the method of becoming a god, and they may make some attempts."

"If you want to seize the opportunity, you must provide transactions and information in this regard, so that you can better implement the next plan... …”

Before Hess finished speaking, a member of the Shadow Council raised his head slightly, revealing his smooth chin, and said in an unquestionable tone:

"Such blasphemous words must never be spoken again. According to the original plan, give them something specious or biased to temporarily delay them. ”

"The existence of the Archmage is a blasphemy against the great gods. We must get rid of them."

"Start the plan to destroy the Netheril Empire. Destroy the Archmage together with the Netheril Empire to fundamentally solve the problem."

After she finished speaking, she stabbed the silent Hess fiercely, her eyes full of disappointment.

Hess smiled bitterly, nodded silently, took out a dark green scroll, hesitated for a long time before saying:

"The Netheril Empire's military strength has been tied down a lot. The Gulf Territory is also in a large-scale combat state, and it is definitely impossible to support the Netheril Empire in a short time."

"While mobilizing them to fight internal strife, we can just start the first of the third plan - the plan to release the Felling Magic Sunflower!"

Hearing this plan, the pupils of the Shadow Council member who just spoke shrank.

As a powerful and knowledgeable Kor Elf Archmage, Carrie naturally knew how terrible the Felling Magic Sunflower was.

If the Felling Magic Sunflower must be released, it means that the strength of the Netheril Empire has reached a point that can threaten the Kor Elf Kingdom.

Because once the Felling Magic Sunflower is released, it will inevitably cause great damage and terrible destruction.

The Netheril Empire will most likely be destroyed, but the areas it occupies will also be completely destroyed, and there will be no value to occupy anymore.

But she also knew that although Hess had changed a lot, he would never speak casually.

Unless there is no other choice!

Seeing Hess's unwavering eyes, Carrie nodded silently, looked through the information briefly, and immediately said:

"Since it has been decided, let's start making arrangements!"

Hess nodded silently, then sent a message and decisively issued various orders.

After the meeting.

After waiting for everyone else to leave, Carrie clapped her hands to release the silent barrier, and then released several warning spells before continuing to ask:

"Is the strength of the Netheril Empire growing so fast?"

Hess looked at her pale golden eyes, sighed slightly in his heart, and said directly without expression:

"Before the Gulf Territory appeared, the collapse and control of the Netheril Empire were always under control."

"But now, we have lost control of the increase in the strength of the Netheril Empire."

"Only by destroying it as soon as possible can we solve the trouble in advance and cut off the retreat and support of the Gulf Territory."

Carrie recalled the Gulf Territory data that accounted for 50% of the total information, nodded and comforted him:

"I will pay attention to and control the development of the Gulf Territory. Those guys are very dissatisfied with you now, you should relax first."

"After a while, I will teach them some lessons and deal with some disobedient guys, and you can come back again."

Hess believed that Carrie could do it, and knew that she always kept her word. He nodded silently and turned to leave here.

Hess could hear the slight slowdown in Carrie's heartbeat, knowing that she had relaxed a little. A trace of sadness flashed in his eyes, and he silently disappeared into the darkness.

"Unfortunately, it's too late!"

October 10.

The Gulf Territory, which has completely built a transportation channel, has assembled more than 400,000 elite soldiers in the underground world.

In addition, there are more than 300,000 elite adventurers who are adapting to deal with the rear.

They will first conduct a comprehensive cleanup and development of the underground world area in the rear.

Eliminate dangers and deal with troubles.

Find resources and build factories.

Build outposts and erect bunkers.

Build passages and prepare to build elemental energy pools.

They will go through a series of processes of the Gulf Territory's development and occupation of territory over and over again.

Until all the areas controlled by the Gulf Territory are occupied.

There may be wars ahead, but it does not affect the Gulf Territory's vigorous development and production and construction.

Mobilizing so many soldiers to fight against the powerful and very dangerous Mind Flayer Empire.

Various combat supplies are of course indispensable.

Although the Gulf Territory can afford the consumption of transporting a large amount of supplies, it will naturally not seek far away.

Since there is a war here, it is enough to produce combat supplies from here.

When the war is over, the purpose of the war will be achieved, and a resource and material production base will be obtained.

It's simply a win!

A few days ago, the Gulf Territory's army did not start.

But various detailed information and operational plans have long been studied by the commanders of the Gulf Territory.

The strongest elite troops have even conducted multiple combat simulation intensive exercises.

It is to wait for the war to start, so that we can smoothly carry out the combat plan and successfully complete the combat mission.

Now the time is ripe. The Heart Flayer Empire has sent a large number of support troops to the battlefield.

It is a good opportunity for the Gulf Territory to launch a surprise attack!

So, 28 elite Gulf Territory main regiments launched a surprise attack on 7 war fortresses and fortresses 50 kilometers away.

More than 300 Banshee drones, led by 1,200 Hummingbird drones, quietly controlled the tops of these fortresses and fortresses.

More and more detailed information is quickly sent to the location of the control center.

The control center performs more accurate and rapid calculations according to the commanders' requirements.

In just over ten minutes, many backup combat missions and core combat missions were calculated.

When the combat troops launching the attack complete the previous combat missions.

They can quickly obtain new combat missions, thereby launching a continuous offensive, quickly solving the enemy's defense force, and completely disintegrating the opponent.

Of course, it is the first time for the Gulf Territory to use the control center on a large scale to assist in the arrangement of combat missions.

Because of this, they will be more careful and cautious.

The soldiers are all wearing combat armor, riding on golem armed trucks or troop carriers to move forward quickly.

The entire operation process is not only silent, but even the images are "invisible".

The former is replaced by a silent barrier, which is installed on all combat vehicles.

The latter is assisted by hummingbird drones, which will release various virtual images to cover the moving convoy with the original images around.

Even in the surrounding air, there are anti-detection detection generators at work.

Ensure that the enemy's detection and detection spells cannot play any role.

As for some individuals blocking the road, the dragon warriors riding light combat motorcycles will give priority to dealing with them to ensure that the road is unobstructed.

Without the enemy's awareness, 28 main regiments took only 15 minutes to cross a distance of 20 kilometers and arrived at their respective combat positions.

The powerful mobility even surprised Matthew, who was prepared in his heart.

He carefully considered the troops in his territory and the modern army in the original world.

Everyone wears combat armor, has low-altitude drone support, various long-range weapons firepower assistance, and strong mobile propulsion capabilities.

In this way, there should be no difference in combat style.

The only thing left is combat effectiveness!

However, Matthew believes that even the combat armor on the soldiers now may be slightly inferior to the modern troops in the original world in terms of function and refinement.

However, the strength and combat capability are at least not inferior.

After all, the user's physical fitness and strength are completely two concepts.

"Maybe the soldiers in the original world can also enjoy the transformation surgery to enhance combat effectiveness?"

After only a few seconds, Matthew temporarily put this interesting fantasy behind him.

As the vanguard commando of the main group, they have already advanced to the wall of the war fortress.

Before they started to advance, the dense flames directly illuminated the dark underground world.

The war fortress guards who had not yet reacted were immediately surrounded by the raging explosion.

Most of the guards were killed directly.

The remaining ones were also wrapped in smoke and flames.

The bright flames and the explosions one after another immediately made the silent dark space noisy and bright.

Before the flames were extinguished, the commandos who had turned on the flame-propelled backpacks had already flown onto the city wall.

Facing the chaotic guards, they pulled the trigger without hesitation.

Da! Da! Da!

The explosive bombs with flame tails flew over in a rotation and accurately drilled into the heads of these guards.

Blood and flesh flew everywhere, and flames splashed.

One body after another fell, and the city wall was suddenly left unguarded.

Fortunately, the hidden mind flayers reacted quickly and controlled a large number of slave warriors to rush over from all directions.

However, ordinary slave warriors were no match for the commandos.

The bolters in their hands were swift and terrifying, and the deadly flames they spewed out could easily tear apart the bodies of most slave warriors.

Even if there were many slave warriors, they still couldn't break through their firepower network.

Without waiting for the Mind Flayer to react, more and more warriors rushed up.

They quickly began to advance and launched a blanket attack on the slave warriors blocking the way.

The heavy shotgun swept a large area.

The bolter shot far and accurately.

The re-set dragon hunting crossbow was specially used to shoot medium and large enemies such as ogres.

They cooperated tacitly and advanced at a very fast speed, and soon occupied most of the city walls and surrounding areas.

The entire fortress was in turmoil, and various mental powers were transmitted in the fortress.

The gray elf dragon warriors followed these spreading mental powers and easily found the defenseless Mind Flayer.

They had no intention of showing mercy at all. Once they found these Mind Flayers, they would kill them without hesitation.

Adult mind flayers have super-class strength, but when they encounter them suddenly, they will have a hard time even if they encounter a dragon warrior, let alone a small group of dragon warriors.

No matter how they struggle, they will be beheaded by the dragon warriors who rush forward easily.

The head of the mind flayer is very valuable. It can be used to refine a variety of potions to enhance mental power, and can also be made into magic weapons and props.

Other parts of the mind flayer also have good value and will be better utilized by the Bay Territory to contribute more to the development of the territory.

In general, killing a mind flayer can at least get a reward of 1,000 gold coins and corresponding merits.

The original value of a complete mind flayer body is as high as 25,000 gold coins.

Even if the collective contribution is removed, each person can get at least 3,000 gold coins.

This is just one of them!

The excited dragon warriors began to hunt other mind flayers impatiently.

Interestingly, even if they were attacked, even the city walls had been lost.

The Mind Flayers had no intention of gathering together, controlling the slave warriors, and fighting together.

They were afraid of danger and death, but they were also afraid of their own kind.

The dragon warriors, who had known this characteristic for a long time, were naturally happy to "behead" them.

There was no pressure at all to defeat them one by one, even if they ran into a legendary Mind Flayer.

The dragon warrior team equipped with monks and swordsmen could easily withstand their mental spells and provide output space for other companions.

The mental magic was not effective, and the grappling and fighting ability was completely at a disadvantage. The restrained Mind Flayers could not withstand this pressure at all.

They were either captured and sent to the underground laboratory of the Bay Territory to become Matthew's experimental subjects.

Or they were killed very simply and became the spoils of the dragon warriors.

Without the command of the Mind Flayers, the slave warriors who could not exert their full combat power would naturally be even less likely to stop the advancement of the Bay Territory.

Even after all the mind flayers were killed, the slave warriors in a state of confusion stopped fighting or got into a melee.

The Bay Lord easily took the fortress without any casualties.

They quickly dealt with the slave warriors and corpses, and then renovated the fortress.

Various long-range weapons and equipment were quickly installed.

Seven fortresses were captured in a row, but no mind flayer escaped. The commanders were amazed by the efficiency of the Bay Lord's attack.

Sera, who accompanied them all the way, saw all this and took action to deal with several mind flayers who tried to escape.

Even so, Sera still felt inexplicably looking forward to the powerful strength of the Bay Lord's army.

"Just a casual fight can have such an effect."

"If it bursts out with all its strength, how much destructive power can it show?"

"I hope the army of mind flayers can be more powerful!" (End of this chapter)