Global Plunder: Start with Heart of Darkness

Monday, February 12, Year 1.

As a new week begins, Dark Sky City can finally recruit new recruits.

Since the base camp was built last week, the weekly output of the barracks has increased by 50%, and the cost of recruitment has increased significantly.

Fortunately, although a lot of resources were consumed last week, energy crystals and life essence were accumulated in large quantities.

Especially from the two battles with the orcs, the loot gained was abundant, enough to support Ben's recruitment this week.

Gu Yu consumed 924 units of life essence and 57,000 units of energy crystals in one breath, recruiting 192 troops.

Among them, there are 48 Dark Sky tribesmen, 24 Dark Goblins, Succubi and Shadow Thorns each, and 15 Night Sky Giant Wolves.

There are 12 Blue Devil Leaders, Blade Spiders, Dark Eyes and Orc Fighters each.

There is also the Obsidian Golem. This silver troop has been increased by 9 at a time, bringing the total to 15.

While he was happy, Gu Yu was also worried about his future financial income.

Now Dark Sky City automatically produces 4,000 units of energy crystals every day, and the two energy mines produce 2,000 units every day.

If production is not interrupted, there will be a total income of 42,000 units in a week.

Now, recruiting troops every week requires 57,000 energy crystals, leaving a gap of 15,000 units.

There are very few energy crystals that can be collected in the wild now. Even if you can find some, it is not a long-term solution.

What's more, Dark Sky City has only now released third-level arms, and there will be more advanced arms waiting for him in the future.

Financial revenue must not become a bottleneck for the development of Dark Sky City!

To solve this problem, Gu Yu temporarily thought of three ways.

The first is to increase income, such as increasing the daily conversion volume of Dark Sky City, or finding more energy mines.

This method is the most reliable, but it takes time to complete and will not be effective in the short term.

The second is to do business and accumulate wealth through trade.

This is what Mei Ninghua has been doing, but during the current war, this way is blocked.

The last resort is to plunder through war.

This is also the fastest way to achieve results. A victory can often lead to huge wealth.

Otherwise, the primitive accumulation of capital is full of blood.

Now that Dark Sky City has strong troops and horses, it is a good time to kill everyone.

The only thing that worried Gu Yu was the safety of his lair.

If the security problem of Dark Sky City cannot be solved for a day, he will not be able to feel at ease for a day.

In order to find a way, Gu Yu made a special trip to the witch's cabin.

Want answers from Akara.

Unfortunately, the witch's hut was closed and Akara did not see him.

Gu Yu was told that it would not be open again until next month.

In desperation, Gu Yu had to put it aside for the time being and solve the immediate problem first.

Cabquillo has received a message from Red that he will lead a large army and arrive tomorrow morning.

What worries Gu Yu is that Reid is not the only leader this time.

There are also members from the Shadow Council who will accompany him.

From Brooks, Gu Yu gained some understanding of the Shadow Parliament.

This is a mysterious organization formed by the great shaman Gul'dan. Each member is very powerful and possesses incredible power.

Red did not tell Cabukilo the identity of the visitor this time.

In fact, it would be useless even if he said it.

Brox didn't know much about the Shadow Council, except that the leader was Gul'dan, and he knew nothing else.

But there is one thing that Gu Yu is sure of.

The members of the Shadow Council are all gold-level experts, and each one of them is very powerful.

Coupled with Red Blackhand, this golden mid-level powerhouse, his hard power definitely far exceeds that of Dark Sky City.

Their only advantage now is that the enemy is in the open and we are in the dark.

Gu Yu was going to repeat his old trick and give Red a shot that shook the earth and staged a drama of burying him alive.

But he always felt a little uneasy in his heart, vaguely feeling that there would be bad variables.

Just at this time, the war outside also broke out.

Gu Yu soon received a bloody message.

The Flame Rose, one of the three major mercenary groups, was defeated in a battle with the orc army in the Fallen Star Swamp.

"You mean the Flame Rose didn't even hold on for half a day?"

Gu Yu asked Wang Dong in disbelief.

"Isn't that right? Fire Rose Xie Lin gathered a total of 30,000 human coalition forces and guarded them in the taller and thicker castle.

I thought I could fight a war of attrition with the orcs, but I didn't expect that they couldn't even block the first wave of attacks.

Not to mention the loss of thousands of elite soldiers, tens of thousands of humans on Earth also died.

Fortunately, Demon Blade and Bright Wing sent reinforcements at the same time, and the main force of Flame Rose successfully retreated.

It's just that this battle has severely damaged Blazing Rose's vitality, and Xie Lin may have a difficult time in the future. "

Wang Dong said with concern.

Originally, a big force like them had a relatively optimistic mentality.

Even though the orcs were approaching in a menacing manner, as their power expanded, they inevitably began to underestimate their enemies.

But the fiasco of the Flame Rose made them realize the cruelty of reality again.

"Isn't the Flame Rose too useless?"

Gu Yu said deliberately, he was really curious about this battle.

"Brother, it's not that Flame Rose is weak, it's that Orcs are too strong."

Wang Dong sighed and told Gu Yu the information he knew without hiding anything.

After hearing this, Gu Yu was silent.

According to Wang Dong, Blazing Rose had made full preparations in advance this time.

In the more than 30,000-strong human alliance, there are thousands of heroes and soldiers above the silver level.

The bronze-level combat strength is nearly 20,000, of which more than 5,000 are high-level bronze ones, and they are well-equipped.

In everyone's opinion, this battle can be won.

As long as the Flame Rose relies on its strong city to block the first wave of the orcs' offensive, it will be able to support war with war and continue to cultivate strong combat power.

In terms of the total number of people, the human race has the advantage. As long as it is a war of attrition, the Flame Rose has a great chance of winning.

But what the Flame Rose can think of, the orcs can also think of.

They did not attack tentatively, but launched a thunderous force as soon as they came up.

The orcs' siege force only sent three thousand people, all of whom were silver-level.

Among them are a thousand wolf knights, a thousand axe-throwing soldiers, and a thousand tauren warriors.

This is not terrible.

What was really fatal was that they sent out ten gold-level experts in one go.

These gold-level powerhouses withstood most of the firepower on the city wall and directly violently destroyed the city wall.

Three thousand elites rushed into the city of Blazing Rose, killing corpses everywhere and rivers of blood.

Originally, the Flame Rose blocked it at all costs, which had some effect, and even killed two gold-level experts.

But the opponent has a gold-level orc shaman who can cast healing spells over a wide area and also releases a group bloodthirsty spell.

Suddenly, the combat effectiveness of the orcs in the battle greatly increased, and their morale was high.

There was also a gold-level orc warlock who continuously released several large-scale damaging spells, which were extremely lethal.

And these two powerful orcs are from the Shadow Council.

Blazing Rose's miscalculation of the orc's fighting power was shattered by this head-on blow, and she was completely thrown into confusion.

Fire Rose Xie Lin wanted to fight to the death with the orcs.

But the tens of thousands of orcs have already charged forward. Once surrounded, the entire army of Flame Rose may be annihilated.

At the critical moment, Ice Rose Xie Bing and several other sisters knocked out Xie Lin and took her away from the castle.

The orcs chased her all the way, trying to drive away the Flame Rose.

Fortunately, Demon Blade and Bright Wing received the news and sent troops to help, and they were able to push back the pursuers.

In this battle, the human race suffered heavy losses, but it was not without gains.

At least, they have a clear understanding of the strength of the orcs.

Orcs are powerful beyond imagination, but they are not invincible.

The premise is that the human race must make sufficient preparations in advance and take human lives at all costs.

In a hurry, Blazing Rose was able to defeat two gold-level experts.

If the tactics are properly laid out, it will be no problem to kill two or three more.

That way they could repel the first wave of orc attacks, pull the orcs into their rhythm, and fight a war of attrition.

The most troublesome thing is the orc shaman and warlock who appeared in this battle.

These powerful men with supernatural power are uncertain factors that often affect the balance of war.

It is foreseeable that the human race will definitely make tactical arrangements for these members of the Shadow Council in the future.

Especially in the Chaos Forest and Fallen Star Swamp, they have to face the Shadow Council, which is even more stressful.

The Eight Tribes and the Temple of War are not easy either, and several big orc clans also have shamans.

Although no terrifying group attack spells were used, some bloodthirsty, inspiring, and curse spells were also emerging one after another.

In the past few days, small-scale battles often broke out, and the human race suffered a lot.

This kind of news reached Gu Yu's ears, especially the difficult situation of the members of the Shadow Council, which made him feel particularly heavy.

Shaking the earth and mountains can only be used as a means, and cannot place all hope.

Gu Yu asked Ajit to actively prepare for the battle and be ready for a tough battle.

In addition, he dispatched a large number of reconnaissance troops to start a new round of terrain exploration.

The purpose of this investigation is not to collect resources or eliminate hidden dangers.

But to find a suitable place to build a city.

Yes, the City of Dark Sky is ready to move.

Although now with the Dark Sky Orcs as cover, the current situation is much better than before.

But everyone knows that this is not a long-term solution.

The location of Dark Sky City has been exposed, and the orc army will arrive at the city sooner or later.

Besides, there is no room for development here, and there is almost no room to stay in the City of Dark Sky.

So while Cabukilo was being sent to sing the double act, the selection of the new city's location was also in full swing.

Thinking back to the beginning, Gu Yu did not dare to run around in the Shattered Sky Land because he was too weak, so he chose to build the city on the spot.

This time, with the conditions in place, it was natural to carefully select the best location to build the city.

After a few days, Yingyi provided hundreds of addresses that were both safe and suitable for development.

After preliminary screening, Gu Yu eliminated most of them, leaving thirteen.

These geographical locations are relatively hidden, some are in valleys, and some are shrouded in thick fog.

Including the underground palace where the magic spring water was discovered is also a good choice.

I posted a collection post in the book circle, and it will be pinned to the top for a long time.

If you have a favorite hero or unit, or want to play a supporting role, you can edit it and post it.

Lao Tangyuan will go take a look when he has time and try his best to arrange things for everyone!