Law of the Devil

On the whole continent, no matter the nobles or the officials from all over the world, almost at the beginning of the nine hundred and sixty-sixth year of the empire, they all focused their attention on the imperial capital, to see the most popular Duke Tulip in the empire, and His Royal Highness the regent. war.

The private army of the Tulip family rejected the official army from the territory, and then the two sides fought a big war of words, and then the regent issued an order to sign the private army of the noble lord, and then the grassland king sent envoys into the imperial capital.

After all these incidents, as long as you are not a fool, you can see something.

Although the imperial capital still maintains a peaceful face, it's just that the vortex below has gradually become a little scary.

In contrast, the northern war zone received less attention.

This, in fact, is not that the whole empire does not pay attention to the northern war.

It's just that the Roland Empire has been established for thousands of years, and now the Augustinian Dynasty, whether it's the great success of the former emperor Augustine VI, or the hard work of the succeeding regent. The foundation of the empire is still fairly solid. Even if there was a Northwest warlord structure before, the prairie people harassed the border, it was still a minor problem, and it could only be regarded as a partial war.

The empire is a behemoth, sitting on the entire continent, with a population of tens of millions, a vast territory, millions of troops, and a vast land and resources.

At this time, even the most negative people would never believe that the empire would die.

As for the invasion of those monster races in the north, in the eyes of most people, it is nothing more than a local arrest and war. The empire sits on the entire continent, whether it is fighting for population, resources or the number of troops, it gives people enough confidence.

Even when the frontline war situation is relatively severe, in many people's minds, those invading monster races hold a lot of weight in their hearts. It is nothing more than another grassland war. No one will really regard this "local war" as a serious problem.

Therefore, in the center of the imperial capital, the competition between powerful ministers and kings can attract people's attention even more.

However, after the prairie king Saladin sent envoys to the imperial capital to hand in the arrogant letter of credence, after a few days of silence in the palace, it finally seemed to compromise with the Tulip family.

An order was issued, expressing the arrogance of the prairie people and offending the majesty of the Roland Empire. Order the Tulip family, which has the responsibility of guarding the border, to rectify the army, and must show some color to the grassland people.

When this order came down, the subtext was: the regent had given up his intention to transfer the private army of the Tulip family away from the northwest.

The two sides played against each other in this round. But it seemed that the young Duke, who was a genius, won once again.

Afterwards, the two sides lived in peace. It is said that the young emperor Charlie of the empire also entrusted the regent. He paid a visit to the Duke of Tulip. As for whether the two parties have reached any private agreement on this visit, outsiders do not know.

However, this matter seemed to have dissipated, and the tense atmosphere shrouded in the imperial capital finally gradually cleared up.

When the matter came to this point, many rich and powerful families, large and small, who were sitting on the case and watching the fire, all heaved a sigh of relief.

After all, in this silent scramble, these noble classes, large and small. But most of them are towards the Tulip family in their hearts. After all, the royal family suddenly raised a knife against the Tulip family. God knows, is this cutting the power of the Tulip family, or is the royal family planning to use the knife against the entire aristocratic class?

Receiving rights, this kind of thing. It is often easy to cause the sad emotions of the rabbit and the fox.

What's more, although the words of the regent's order to "recruit the private army of noble lords to participate in the war" were relatively soft, the meaning still caused a trace of resistance in the hearts of many nobles and wealthy families.

fortunately. Duke Tulip resisted the order. Otherwise, if the Duke of Tulip served softly. If you obediently hand in the family's private army, then don't all the other wealthy families have to do the same?

These private soldiers were all armed with their own money, and they were all private property. No one wanted to send them to the front line to die.

In this world, there are many people who harm public welfare and selfishness, but there are very few people who have the lofty intention of destroying their families and building their country.

The turmoil in the imperial capital seems to have dissipated. Although everyone knows that this matter will have an unresolved tail sooner or later, in general, many people are still relieved.

And at this time, in the warmth of spring, the war in the north finally kicked off with vigor and vitality!

Nine hundred and sixty-six years of the empire, March 9th.

Sunny, no wind, no clouds.

Early this morning, the observing soldiers on the city wall reported that those monster races seemed to be moving abnormally.

After hearing the report, General Rostock did not dare to slack off, and immediately led many generals to the city to watch.

Old General Rostock knew very well that those monsters had been thunderous and rainy throughout the winter, and they had been slow to attack, but he would not slack off. At the beginning of the war last year, after several fierce fights with the opponent, General Rostock has deeply experienced the powerful fighting power of these monster races.

The opponent didn't launch an offensive all winter, and I'm afraid they are just preparing to launch a thunderous attack when the spring is warm and the soldiers are finished repairing.

Moreover, for a long time before, it was almost impossible for the empire to detect the other side's military situation. Soshu.com

It is useless to send scout cavalry out of the city to reconnaissance, because even when the orcs are not attacking, there are still a large number of wolf cavalry wandering in the occupied area. The human scout cavalry went out twice, causing great damage but almost negligible benefit.

As for aerial reconnaissance, they were gradually strangled to death by criminals.

Since the arrival of the elves, the tribes with the ability to fly among the elves have firmly grasped the initiative in the sky. General Andre of the Air Force also sent several reconnaissance airships, but they were all driven back by the other party without exception. The two sides even had several small-scale frictions in the air.

Judging from the results of the battle, the opponent's elves are in the sky, and the flying archers have many advantages in the face of relatively bulky and slow airships, not to mention. The airship's combat effectiveness is mainly air-to-ground, and when it encounters an air-to-air enemy, it loses almost 90% of its combat effectiveness.

It can be said that in the fight for "air supremacy", it seems that criminals have the upper hand.

The only piece of valuable information was brought back by Longbottom when he took the mob of mercenaries to the enemy's rear for "airborne harassment operations". Only then did the head of the northern theater learn that these charges had been recuperating throughout the winter. Open up wasteland and farm. Build Towns and Settlements - Looks like these guys are planning to put down roots here! .

After hearing the news, General Rostock was also deeply worried-it seems. These enemies in front of them are much more difficult to deal with than those prairie people. In the past, those prairie people and the empire were enemies, and they just relied on the superior force of the prairie, the cavalry, to go to the interior of the empire to harass for a while. Loot and leave.

But these monster races seem to be making their home here!

Although the empire did a thorough job of fortifying the walls and clearing the fields before the war, but... After all, food, livestock, equipment and weapons can be brought back, and those that cannot be brought back are burned on the spot.

But the land can't be brought back!

Now the criminals occupy the land, from the Frozen Forest to the south, and the Kaspersky Line of Defense to the north. Although it is a relatively long and narrow area, the land area is about half the size of the empire's province. They farm and build houses here. But there is no way to stop it.

As for the barren land in the north, how could the other party grow enough food... General Rostock was puzzled by this... But now, he had to worry!

Originally, the upper echelon had no objection to giving up these useless and barren lands. after all. The weather in the north is cold. Every year from January to October, when the north blows, it is a world of ice and snow. This kind of cold frost weather. It will not ease until April or May of the next year.

In the past it seems. This land is definitely not suitable for farming - what are you kidding, twelve months of the year. More than half of it is the weather that can freeze people to death. How can this land be cultivated?

Therefore, it cannot be said that it is a strategic mistake to give up these useless land and build the Kaspersky line of defense in places with geographical advantages.

But this year... the weather in this evil place is too abnormal! Not only does it not snow in winter in the north, but the temperature is warmer than that in the south! And, there is plenty of rain! Once this kind of climate came, those orcs could calmly turn the barren land into farmland and accumulate their food bit by bit.

After a few months, I think it's time to plant the first wave of grain harvest.

Every time I think of this, even the most devout believers can't help but mutter in their hearts: Are the gods blessing these damned monsters? Otherwise, why is the weather in the north favorable to them?

Therefore, on March 9th, the subordinates reported that there was a change in the enemy, and General Rostock did not dare to take it seriously, and immediately led his men to the city wall.

Sure enough, just as he climbed onto the city wall, he took the binoculars in his hands and looked north. The enemy camp that had been quiet for a winter was really full of voices.

In the originally silent enemy camp, those furry monsters and orcs who came out of nowhere, put on their armor one by one, holding weapons, some were lining up, some were sharpening their knives, and some were shouting. Shouting... That scene was in full swing.

What Rostock didn't know was that after the elf king Luoxue came to the front line, after learning of the distress of the orc army in the previous human "air raid", he immediately issued an order to mobilize a large number of dwarf craftsmen to enter the front line. army, but the camp of the orcs was different from before.

During this winter, the dwarves used their natural abilities to dig one after another cellar-like caves in the barracks. The skills of the dwarves are really extraordinary. Those caves are very strong, and they hide in the bottom, without showing any signs Stuffy, but enough to defend against human air strikes.

As expected, no race could surpass the dwarves in this hole-punching ability.

Seeing that above the caves, the thick wooden covers covered with grass and soil were lifted, and a small group of orcs walked out of the cellar, picked up weapons, and put on armor. After a winter of repairing, these orcs were full of energy. , and the natural racial traits of orcs. After the winter, many orcs began to shed their long hair normally, but they looked even more robust.

After the horns sounded one after another, the armored phalanx of the orcs that once made the human soldiers' scalps tingle, came out from the wide-open camp gate.

There were bursts of dull loud noises in the distance, and then, in the huge camp of the orcs, many black spots slowly approached in the distance, and the orc warriors in the camp. Immediately, it retreated in all directions like a tide, making way for those original black shadows.

Gradually approaching, through the binoculars, I saw the black shadows of the imperial generals. Can't help but gasp! !

monster! real monsters! !

Those are huge monsters one by one!

From the visual inspection, those monsters are completely taller than the big trees next to them, and some of them may be more than ten meters tall!

Those monsters are covered with long brown hair all over their bodies, and they are under the sun. But it seems to be a faint golden color! One by one, the monsters stood up, with short and thick lower limbs, thick and long upper limbs, and long tails behind them, like iron chains, as huge as oak trees! With a huge head, slightly flattened, he opened his mouth and roared to the sky, the sound was really howling like ten thousand beasts. It makes people change their colors from a few miles away!

Walking one by one, countless deep footprints were left on the ground!

And those monsters, each neck is tied with a huge iron ring, under the iron ring. The thick black iron chain has been dragged down, but a six-edged hammer is hanging! That huge hammer is as big as a cow!

But being carried in the hands of these monsters, there is no difficulty at all!

General Rostock carefully counted the number of such monsters. There are more than twenty of them! Those next to the orcs. Seeing these monsters coming up from a distance, everyone looked up to the sky and screamed. There were bursts of cheers.

Some orcs even backed away and saluted those monsters.

The twenty monsters finally arrived outside the criminal camp, lined up in a row, breathing heavily with thick nostrils, puffing out white air, staring at the human city wall in front of them with huge eyes, and let out low growls from time to time.

Looking at the row of monsters whose heads were almost as high as the city wall, and the human defenders on the city wall, everyone couldn't help but subconsciously clenched their weapons tightly, and many people's eyes also revealed unnaturally A bit of panic came.

General Rostock's face was also ugly, and behind him, some generals couldn't help shouting and cursing in surprise: "Who can tell me, what kind of shit are these!"

"Go!" General Rostock glanced back at his subordinates, and said in a deep voice, "Go, invite all the magicians to go to the city to help! Also, go and notify the Holy Knights!".

The battle started at noon.

Throughout the morning, the human defenders were a little panicked by the roars of the monsters from time to time, and the armored phalanxes of the orcs were lined up one by one, and there were rows of catapults behind them.

At noon, a few orcs wearing weird animal skins looked extremely old, and some were so thin that they almost had a skeleton left. The leather robes on them were colorful, as if they were made of The skins of all kinds of wild beasts are put together. Everyone's wrists, ankles, and necks are wrapped with necklaces or bracelets made of strange animal bones. These old orcs came out, and behind them The first warriors of the several phalanxes suddenly knelt down together, and every orc warrior even dropped their shields and weapons on the ground, and prostrated themselves on the ground, extremely respectful.

Those old orcs danced and danced for a while, and the bone ornaments worn all over their bodies made a rattling sound, and then a string of strange, like chanting mantras, suddenly turned low and sometimes high-pitched, like a kind of Like a weird ballad, those old men jumped and sang hard for a long time, and finally they were exhausted.

And this time...

In the midday sun, those old orcs were not ordinary jumping gods, but some special existences with noble and noble status in the orc clan-even the clan leader or the king of the whole clan met, A group of people who must pay tribute! These old orcs are symbols of authority in the orc clan. They have two meanings of existence among the orc clan: one. It represents the orc race and performs various sacrificial activities to the gods. And the second... is the most powerful weapon of war for the domesticated orcs:

Behemoth!

After these old priests performed some ancient rituals, they stopped jumping, and some of them took off the bone ornaments worn on their necks or wrists, and held them in their hands, but after a series of weird incantations, they turned into Made countless fine bone meal!

As the wind blows, those bone powders drift away. Immediately dissolve in the air. Under the sunlight, the humans on the city wall clearly saw this miraculous scene...

in the air between. Those colors containing bone powder suddenly expanded, and under the sunlight, they turned into faint golden arcs. It spread immediately, and soon covered all the orc phalanx behind it!

And those orc warriors, bathed in the arc of light, seemed to become restless one by one immediately. Afterwards, the orcs stood up one by one and began to roar loudly. The roar was full of rage and anger. Some even grabbed their weapons and held them high towards the sky. Beating and patting the chest hard...

Gradually, all the orcs began to shout wildly! Each of them seems to be covered by a layer of light arc, and within the light arc, it seems that the bodies of those orcs have swelled a little, and their hair stands on end. The eyes are bloodshot and red! !

Even the human beings far away on the city wall can clearly feel the sudden violent momentum! !

The twenty giant Behemoths standing there were also bathed in the arc of light that filled the sky, and then one by one, the giant beasts seemed to be suddenly aroused into anger. Originally, it was just screaming in a low voice. But at this moment, they raised their huge heads one by one. As if breaking free from some invisible shackles, he raised his head to the sky and screamed!

Twenty giant beasts roared one after another, and the movement was like countless wild beasts howling in people's ears, or a series of thunderbolts hitting people's hearts!

Afterwards, those Behemoth beasts roared together, and in the open space in front of them, a huge vortex suddenly appeared in the air. The vortex was getting bigger and bigger, and there was a faint tendency to approach the city wall...

Finally, boom! ! !

There was a loud noise, and the vortex exploded like a bomb, and a circle of impact air waves visible to the naked eye swept towards the city wall. In an instant, the wind was strong, and the air waves hit the city wall, and there seemed to be a hint of shock in it. A fluctuation of some kind of force! !

On the city wall, many officers could not see well, and just started to roar, trying to make everyone be careful, but the sound was cut off by the wind immediately after it came out!

With a bang, the air wave spread across the entire city wall in an instant, and the countless soldiers on it seemed to subconsciously bow their heads and shrink back to face the wind under the strong wind, but when the incident came to an end, they found something strange!

It turned out that the wind wave swept in, but it didn't seem to have the impact of the violent wind as imagined. Everyone stood there, but it seemed that the wind had no strength at all. People feel nothing!

And at this time, under the city wall, a group of magicians from the Empire, who were invited by Rostock to help in the battle, finally arrived belatedly, but they were facing the aftermath of the gale.

This seemingly intimidating but weak "gale wind" caused the human soldiers on the city wall to look at each other, but some of the mages below suddenly changed their colors and immediately exclaimed:

"Psychic storm! It's a spiritual storm!!"

hum! !

The magician just called out, and immediately heard the roar of the Behemoth beast in the distance again.

But this time, after hearing the roaring human soldiers, they immediately felt different! !

The roar of the giant beast fell into my ears, but it seemed to be ten times more violent than before. It seemed that after hearing the roar, a sense of unreasonable fear surged up like a tide in the depths of everyone's heart. It almost makes people feel numb and sore.

Some soldiers were standing on the edge of the city wall, only to feel that after hearing the voice, their hearts seemed to be occupied by an indescribable despair and fear. Their hands and feet softened, and even the weapons in their hands fell to the ground.

There were even dozens of human soldiers who fainted as soon as they closed their eyes, and some of them just fell straight from the top of the city wall and smashed into a pile of meat! !

"This is magic!!"

A magician from the magic union who came to the front line to fight. He wore a white robe, showing his identity as a high-level great magician. At this moment, his face was solemn, and his body suddenly rose into the sky, floating above the city wall!

A voice immediately spread down with magic power: "Attention all magicians, this is a psychic storm! Sing the Illuminati spell to resist!!"

At this time, the sound of ping-ping-pong-pong continued, and more soldiers had dull faces and terrified eyes. Many of them dropped their weapons, and some of them just sat down on the ground. Only some generals, with strong warrior strength, opened up their fighting spirit one after another, and immediately cleared their minds and dispelled the weird sense of fear in their hearts. .

Magicians flew up one by one, spreading their hands. Following the lead of the first magician, in the sky, more than a dozen human magicians quickly chanted human light magic spells.

The incantations were transmitted to the ears of the soldiers with magic power, which made many people with dull expressions gradually come back to their senses.

And at this time, the horn of the orc race sounded! Amidst countless shouts and roars, one by one black armored phalanx, the orcs raised their shields high, approaching the human city wall like giant iron-shelled tortoises.

Those twenty behemoths, after releasing a "psychic storm" collectively, roared anxiously, took big strides, and rushed towards the city wall!

Boom boom boom boom, twenty giant beasts ran up, as if the ground was shaking.

"Ballista!! Aim at those monsters!! Hurry up!!!" General Rostock roared angrily: "Kill them!! Kill them!!!"

Some of the soldiers in the tower were still being harassed by the opponent's mental storm, and some of them recovered, although they still felt that their bodies were unresponsive and their hands and feet were weak, but finally under the coach's repeated shouts, He turned the ballista's direction, pulled the noose, and aimed it at the running behemoths.

After the sound of the noose being pulled, whoosh! Huge crossbow bolts whizzed out one by one, and shot towards those Behemoth giant beasts...