Heroes of Might and Magic: Grand Consul

Chapter 375 Testing
Su Mu, along with Gu De, used the portal to teleport to Silvertop City.

This time, he mainly brought a group of sharpshooters, and Ouling also went along.

The first time using this level 4 magic, everyone felt quite novel, as if a portal across time and space had been built in Kuraki. They stepped through from one side, and after traveling for a while, they quickly arrived at the city on the other side.

While the portal to time and space is powerful, its use is limited. First, there's the number of people it can carry; even with advanced earth elemental mastery, the number of people transported during the process can generally not exceed 10000.

This limits the possibility of sending a large number of low-level troops to provide support. In order to maximize the effect of this magic, a sufficient number of high-level troops must be gathered to send them to provide support.

Of course, this has little impact on Kuraki. Kuraki has accumulated troops for so long, but his strength has not exceeded 10,000, so there is no need to worry.

It is even feasible for Su Mu to transfer all his troops to the north to fully support Silver Peak City.

Furthermore, Silvertop City was officially granted to Kuraki by the Congress, and there were no issues regarding the ownership of the Earth Spirits. Theoretically speaking, if the territory were controlled by the Elton Congress, they could use underhanded tactics to disrupt the portal's teleportation in special circumstances.

However, since it has been assigned to Kuraki, there is no possibility of its suspension unless the Diet completely blocks Kuraki's land.

To prevent Congress from playing tricks, Su Mu had prepared sufficient resources specifically for the purpose of shifting the war to the northern border.

However, judging from the current situation, it is highly unlikely that it will be needed.

Su Mu arrived in Silver Peak City and immediately checked on the city's development.

Thanks to the accumulation of troops during this period, Silver Peak City has also accumulated a considerable number of troops. Although it is far less than Kuraki's main force, it can still stand on the city wall to provide support and help the strongest swordsman and the Arcane Prayer absorb damage.

In particular, the Gargoyle Guards can enhance the city's defenses and are given priority to be sent for elemental baptism, especially the most robust earth elemental baptism.

【Gargoyle Guardian (Tertiary 2 Tower Unit, Earth Elemental): Attack 7, Defense 12, Damage 6-8, Health 35, Speed ​​8, Huge Size】

Element: Earth element, flying unit.

Upside-down statues: can attach to city walls or buildings to attack enemies. If they merge with the city wall to form a gargoyle, the city's resistance is increased. In the gargoyle state, all damage is reduced by 50%, and they have a counterattack effect.

Stone Reflection: After transforming into a ghost guard, it has a reflection effect when attacked (there is a certain chance to cause a backlash of spell power to the casting hero or ranged catapult), and the damage value is affected by the defense bonus (for every 4 points of defense the clay statue ghost guard has, it increases by 2 points).
Assessment: These clay-sculpted ghost guards possessed even greater power after being suspended as statues.

It must be said that the gargoyle guards have gained even greater survivability after being baptized by the earth element. Now that they have transformed into gargoyle guards, if enemies are eager to destroy them, they will suffer a certain degree of backlash.

Furthermore, when they transform into gargoyles, they can increase the city's resistance. If the enemy hero uses Earthquake or attacks with catapults, the gargoyles can also unleash a special magical backlash. Although the probability of this is low, as long as the number of units accumulates, nothing is impossible.

The mountain fortress has few remaining uses, barely enough for this great battle, but to continue the earth elemental baptism, we'll probably have to find another way.

Aside from the clay gargoyle guards, the other units in Silvertop City did not undergo elemental baptism. Although Icelake Fortress can baptize units of levels 3-6, the Ironmen are on a super-tier path and cannot be baptized by ordinary fortresses.

As for mages, they have the Mystic Sanctuary to advance their ranks, so there's no need for anything else.

However, fire elemental mages are a promising unit type, and if he has some free time in the future, Sederos could study them.

In the center of the hall, several heroes gathered around the magic map, looking at the coordinates given by the altar.

As a hero who had experienced the Dream Realm, Goode always harbored doubts about this: "If the Dream Thief is still within the realm of logic, then the Prayer Altar transformed from the Crimson Moon seems unreliable at all, too deliberate, as if someone had arranged this trial."

But this is a real dream world, an illusion; who can control it? Only a legendary dream realm hero!

After some thought, Cedros offered his insights: "Skills related to the Dream Realm have always been mysterious. Even someone like Miss Maggie could only comprehend them by combining governance techniques with her personal characteristics."

There is some related research inside the tower, but it's not very in-depth. If we're talking about who's most knowledgeable in this area, it's probably the Void God Cult. They've been in contact with the ethereal realm, which is very similar to the characteristics of the Dream Realm.” Ouling glanced at the lord, and seeing his silence, immediately knew what he was thinking. So he said, “Even if it's an enemy's trick, we can't ignore it. This time, we can set up an illusion to lure us out.”

Next time, they can set up obstacles in the dream world to hinder the Crimson Dream Beast's progress, and their methods will become increasingly difficult to deal with.

It would be better to take the initiative and probe the enemy's strength first. If it really is a conspiracy by the Arcane Empire, then we can rest assured and know who we are dealing with.

Otherwise, they will always be in a passive position.

As expected of some of the heroes who have followed Su Mu the longest, their thoughts and ideas are very much in line with Su Mu's.

In fact, Su Mu also noticed some problems, but he also sensed the presence of an old acquaintance. This kind of trick of making choices and paying the price was likely a rule set up by a scholar who had traveled through countless worlds.

The tower may be willing to pay a price and set traps, but it is by no means a complete dead end. If they can disrupt the other side's plans, they will become the most suitable customers.

Scholars never care about who came first or last; they only care about the price paid and the direction of their choices.

Su Mu still wanted to give it a try. If he succeeded, he could obtain the blueprints of the lost legend and build a true city in the clouds. Only by recruiting angels—the most powerful unit of the human race—could one truly become a hegemon. This risk was worth taking.

Of course, since we know it's going to be troublesome, we'll send out our elite troops to explore together.

This place is not far from Silvertop City, so even if something goes wrong, we can return quickly. Moreover, with the Cloud Tower monitoring us, we won't be surrounded by enemies, which solves our biggest worry.

Moreover, if one could obtain the Heart of the Gale, one would be qualified to unlock the Gold Element. If Orling also commanded a powerful ranged force, the chances of defending Silvertop City would be even greater.

"Boom!"

Su Mu slammed his fist heavily on the stone table.

"Done!"

"Wayne, you lead the Dream Thieves and Silver Snow Bandits to gather intelligence on the destination; Goode, you lead all the Wind Erosion Knights as the vanguard. Sedros, you lead 100 Arcane Prayers as support."

I led 100 Gale Griffins as a reserve force.

"Oling, you lead the Earthbow, the remaining Arcane Prayers, and a Divine Cannon to remain hidden and provide support as needed."

Su Mu mobilized a small number of troops this time, as he did not want to make too much of a commotion. Besides, the target area could not accommodate too many troops, and these people were enough.

If there were an enemy ambush, Ouling would lead his ranged units to suppress them with firepower. No matter how powerful the enemy's legion was, they would not be able to attack under the interference of the Soul Arrow Technique.

Su Mu felt that even if there were problems, it wouldn't be a large-scale battle between troops, as that wouldn't fit the characteristics of the Dream Realm.

The danger likely stemmed from the strange rules of the Dream Realm, so he had Cedros bring the Mystic Prayer to remove the special status, and then Goode led the Wind Erosion Knights to explore. Su Mu himself only played the role of a support hero.

If this is still not enough, he will announce a withdrawal of troops, and no matter what temptations the other side offers, he will no longer be greedy.

Knowing when to stop and cutting losses in time is a skill that every head coach must learn.

"set off!"

(End of this chapter)