Sword of Daybreaker

Byron and Athalena did not intend to waste too much time at the dinner. Vanessa, as the siren, did not have any demand for human food. King Odris clearly understood this, so everyone After filling their stomachs, three expeditionary commanders and a human king immediately arrived in the military hall of the castle. A sand table showing the overall situation of the southern front was already waiting for them here.

"This is the Greta Fortress where we are currently located-this is the largest military fortress in the northwestern border of the Gaoling Kingdom, and it is also a defensive stronghold directly adjacent to the Ogure tribe. This is the center, and the surrounding six castles And the twelve highland mage towers belong to the defense system of Greta Fortress. These facilities are connected by tunnels underground, and in order to prevent those monsters from attacking from the ground, we solidified and set the underground structure of the defense zone. Lots of traps."

  King Odris pointed to the model and marks on the sand table and introduced, and then his finger drew an arc in front of Greta Fortress.

"This place was originally part of the forest barrier. There were some strongholds in the barrier, but now they have all been destroyed. The forest barrier was burned out by the fire. After some of the guardian old trees survived, they temporarily retreated to the hilly land to recuperate. Although the defense line here has been breached, many fortifications and underground bunkers should still come in handy—Although the aberrations do not need those'residences', they are needed by the commanders behind them, so many of these fortifications have been preserved. Come down."

"It seems to be a very... solid defense system," Byron looked at it for a while, and had to admit that the preparations made by the Gaoling Kingdom in the face of the wasteland invasion in the past hundreds of years were actually very complete, the fortresses and underground fortifications. , The forest barrier is not something that can be built overnight. "Until now, the castles around the Greta Fortress are still functioning."

"Yes, without these castles, our northwest frontier would have fallen," King Odris nodded, and then sighed again. "But no matter how strong the fortress is, it will have to fall into it sooner or later if it doesn't have the means to fight it out. The situation of being under siege, as you can see today, we are still here, but we can only do it for a long time-only the Temple of the Stars on the entire southern battlefield has successfully reversed the push."

"Now that the Bitter Winter is here, the situation will be very different," Byron said with a hint of pride. "Our artillery support can cover the entire battlefield north of Greta Fortress, and the Marines and the Dragonborn Expeditionary Army can From the land and the sky to ensure a larger area of ​​security, until the aberrations here are completely cleared, we can fully support the Silver Elf’s blocking wall project. This should not take too long, the enemy’s command center is already Disintegrated by General Vanessa, even if the enemy can immediately dispatch another dark priest from the wasteland to take over the remaining troops in the northwest, a large number of deformities will get out of control in the process and become a'wild' state..."

"Before that, I can divide my troops to support the'propulsion base' first," Vanessa looked at the sand table for a long time, and finally gradually adapted to this somewhat backward battlefield demonstration method, and roughly understood that only land races can Understand what the terrain marks mean, her tail pointed to the east side of the entire battlefield, where the crash site of the Temple of the Stars, has become a bridgehead for the silver elves to advance into the wasteland, "General Byron’s artillery fire can solve Most of the enemies, so there shouldn’t be too much manpower on the side of Greta Fortress-I will set off tomorrow morning with half of my sisters. With the strong air currents of these two days, we will be able to reach this Temple of Stars soon. The sky above the base..."

   "Are you going to float over by rain clouds?" Byron looked at the Siren General with a weird expression, "Don't think about the normal way of traveling?"

"This is the normal way of driving," Vanessa felt that Byron's words were a little strange, and said with wide eyes. "There is no way to swim on land, so of course it will become water vapor and float past faster-and if you are on a hurry Go to the front line to fight fiercely, and when the rain falls, you can still have the effect of a surprise attack."

This immediately involved the level of racial habits and cultural habits. Byron usually worked hard at home to discuss a nature course homework with Pea. Of course, he couldn’t think of any other words at this time. A sentence came out: "Then you can float over, just don't let the other side'look at the face' when you are in contact with the silver elves. To be honest, your face is not necessarily visible to the eyes of ordinary people..."

"Hey, now the battlefield communications have been restored, and we can directly contact if there is a situation. We didn't need to continue to express love on the clouds. After all, there was no way before," Vanessa waved her hand as soon as she heard it, but tightly. Then I couldn't help but say again, "But I still think the signal I sent before is quite simple and easy to understand..."

  Byron and Odris pondered at the same time, and decided that it would be better not to continue discussing this issue with this deep-sea creature.

General Vanessa carefully observed the sand table in front of her for a long time, and then her eyes fell on the map of the whole continent on the wall next to her. After careful consideration, she suddenly asked: "In addition, I have a question. Is there a shortage of water everywhere in the Gondor Wasteland? We accidentally opened a passage leading to the depths of the wasteland before and found that a large area on the opposite side was in arid environment, and those dark priests needed a very large scale The water pumping system can pump water up from deep underground..."

The "accident" incident she mentioned refers to the previous time when Queen Petya followed a death beacon into the wasteland. At that time, the dark priests reacted quickly. They quickly blew up the passage and even severely damaged the queen. (This is also one of the direct reasons Petiya sent an expeditionary force to Loren), but even if they reacted so quickly, the queen still detected a large amount of intelligence on the opposite side of the passage.

  One of the most important pieces of information for the Kraken is the water shortage environment in the depths of the wasteland.

"...We don't know much about the deepest part of the wasteland, but according to the survey data from the several advance bases we drove into the wasteland, the place is indeed drier than the outside of the magnificent wall," King Odriss After thinking for a while, he said slowly, “The main reason is that the Gondor explosion in the past completely destroyed the original surface water system within the wasteland and disturbed the meteorological environment, and the magnificent wall built subsequently hindered the inside and outside of the wasteland. The exchange of water vapor in the wasteland has led to a shortage of water in the Gondor Wasteland for centuries. Although many gaps have been opened on the magnificent wall, part of the wasteland has begun to be affected by the external atmospheric environment. There has been normal rain and snow, but it may take many years for this effect to spread to the depths of the wasteland...

"From the information currently available, there are almost no normal surface rivers in the wasteland. Only a few areas have surface water like'oasis', which seeps out from a relatively shallow underground river. And they are basically toxic, and they cannot be drunk without rigorous filtration and purification. As for the underground...There seems to be many underground rivers flowing under the waste land, but as I just said, there are also pollution, and most of the underground rivers They are all deep and can only be pumped up with large equipment."

"...Pollution is not a problem for us. As long as there is still water in it, we can extract pure water. It is indeed a big trouble if the water source is scarce and buried too deep..." Vanessa frowned slightly, thinking Zhong used the tip of his tail to tap the ground lightly, "We can only exert our greatest strength in places with abundant water resources. Our replenishment of soldiers and many positions and tactics also rely heavily on water bodies. Now the connection between the Loren continent and the elemental world is difficult. The water vapor content in the atmosphere above the soil is very low, which will make our soldiers have to spend more energy to'pick water' or'carry water' from the rear... In this way, the more we advance to the depths of the wasteland, our combat efficiency It will be lower."

Byron and Ashalena looked at each other subconsciously. This seems to be a situation they hadn't thought of before. It is indeed difficult for a normal land race to adapt to the "characteristics" of the Kraken at once, and Ashalena couldn't help it. Said: "The deeper the wasteland, the stronger our enemy will definitely become, but the strength of the Sea-Monster Expeditionary Army is gradually weakening. This...the problem is huge."

"Then we may need to build a large number of water supply stations along the way to fetch water from the underground river," King Odris said thoughtfully. In the previous battle, he had already realized what kind of power this expeditionary force from the deep sea had, of course. It is more clear about their importance in the next battle, "In addition, a water delivery channel will be established to send water along the blocking wall to the front line..."

   Then he paused and added: “This requires a lot of engineering effort, but I think it’s worth it.”

"This is very good, but it probably only solves part of the problem," Vanessa said, as if she was still thinking about something. "If you want to ensure the combat effectiveness of the deep-sea warriors on land, you still have to be more stable. Water is good..."

  Speaking, she seemed to have thought of something suddenly, turned her head to look at King Odris, and asked seriously: "Those aberrations...the water content seems to be quite high?"

"The water content of the deformed body!?" Audris was stunned for a moment, and then he realized the meaning of the other party's words. An unexpected horror might be accompanied by a faint chill that made his eyes slightly widened. "what do you mean…"

"Deep-sea warriors can be resurrected in water after death—depending on the individual's strength and the way of death, it takes a long or short period of time and brings short-term weakness. The'water' used for this resurrection... can be the water in other organisms. So if the situation requires it, this can also be used as a special attack method and... to get water," Vanessa said. For the convenience of future cooperation, she did not conceal the unique talents of her race from her allies—not to mention this in itself. It’s no secret, "On the other hand, as long as there is plenty of water vapor in the surrounding environment, we can also directly draw water from dead or weaker creatures through resonance, provided that there is really enough water in their bodies. Resonate with us.

"So, if the water content of the aberrations is enough... we can try'battlefield endurance'. The specific method is to sacrifice a wave of teammates at the beginning of the game, and open the'situation' from the enemy in the process of resurrection, and wait until the battlefield. If the water vapor is abundant to a certain extent, those aberrations... will become our water source."

  The expression on Vanessa’s face was serious, she was introducing her thoughts in a non-joking way, and her attitude made everyone on the scene realize one thing—

This "tactic" is not new to the lord of deep sea warfare. The krakens have really done it before—and definitely done it more than once. They have used this terrible "tactic" to deal with a certain amount of The enemy of moisture, and won.

   Even the nervous Byron could not help but feel goosebumps on his body at this time-although these deep-sea creatures are indeed gentle and harmless by nature, when they get angry... it is really evil to make people feel chills.

King Odris swallowed insignificantly, and then said in a deep voice: "It is very difficult for us to capture the living aberrations, but this time we captured a few dark priests, maybe they can'call' a few Come and do the experiment. If it meets your requirements... By the way, what's the name of your... "tactic"?"

   "Duck to death." Vanessa looked serious.

  Odris: "...?"

  ...

  At the same time, on the east side of Greta Fortress, between the mountains and hills, a piece of light was scattered among the mountain passes. The brightest spot was the Temple of Stars falling on the ground.

This fallen anti-gravity fortress has now forever lost the possibility of soaring in the sky again, but its huge and solid body still guards the borders of the civilized world. It is like a fallen giant, blocking the magnificent wall with its body. In the gap of the energy barrier, one side is connected to the towering light curtain, and the other side is backed by the towering mountains. At the foot of the temple wreck, the silver elves retake the once-occupied land and use the stars. Based on the strong framework of the temple itself, a fortress with both offensive and defensive capabilities was built in a short period of time. At the same time, using this fortress as a starting point, a forward base and purification device were built in the wasteland.

Under the starry sky, Belsetia stepped onto the highest platform above the fortress. This platform was originally part of the middle deck of the Temple of the Stars, but now it has been completely broken apart, and part of its structure was in the previous battle. Broken and turned into countless huge debris scattered on the vast plain, the remaining structure forms a broken bridge extending from the remains of the temple and protruding high into the sky—the front of the "bridge" is in the darkness. The wasteland plain, below the "bridge", is a stronghold for mortals to launch a counterattack against the wasteland.

  The sound of footsteps sounded behind her, and the voice of the maid Elaine came over: "Your Majesty, the wind is strong at night."

Bersetia did not answer. She just raised her head and looked at the magnificent alloy skeletons extending from the "mountains" on both sides, the giant decks that were torn apart between the skeletons, and the remains of the silver elves in the temple. The walls and bunkers built in between, and those newly built additional structures seem out of place in the main body of the magnificent temple, but the soldiers walking in them are more motivated and confident than ever.

"It's like being in the belly of a giant beast..." The Silver Queen said softly, "Although I have sat on the seat of dominance for hundreds of years, I have never seen this temple from this perspective. It feels like It's strange, it's like...I didn't really "know" an elder until today."

  Speaking, she turned around and looked at the maid Elaine.

   "Talk about the current situation, we need to prepare for the upcoming turning point."