Calamity Dragon, Starting with the Cultivation of Knight Families

Chapter 143 The Army Sets Off, Troll City in Danger
The following day, when the familiar sound of drums and bells resounded throughout Dawn City once again, a new war had begun.

This time, York will also lead three thousand soldiers into battle.

Unlike last time, this time, York's three thousand soldiers will be primarily responsible for attacking and destroying the small troll settlements surrounding Farm City.

These settlements are mainly small farms and villages.

With three thousand well-equipped soldiers as the main force and about two thousand contracted magical beasts as support, it is more than enough.

Moreover, it was the final act of York's human legion.

Lord York was also equipped with two high-level magical beasts in case of unforeseen circumstances.

A Rank 8 Flaming Horse and a Rank 7 Wind Chaser.

With these two high-level magical beasts present, we are more than capable of dealing with any unforeseen circumstances.

at the same time.

The monsters, as the main force, will be responsible for attacking the trolls' farm capital.

No command structure is needed.

This time, Lin Ke directly deployed thirteen of the high-level magical beasts already in Dawn City as leaders to be responsible for breaching the city as soon as possible!
Angelina, a silver dragon descendant, and Edie, a silver dragon, were temporarily assigned to clear out the high-ranking trolls trying to escape from the entire city.

Of course, at the same time, they must also be responsible for disrupting the magic in the area, trying to prevent all of the trolls' magical communication devices from sending messages.

To deal with a mere troll city that is primarily an agricultural society.

This time, Lin Ke doesn't plan to use too many unranked magical beasts.

Thirty thousand unranked magical beasts, led by three hundred low-ranking magical beasts, were responsible for surrounding the city and patrolling within a relatively safe ten-kilometer radius.

Their main attack relies entirely on mid-to-high-level magical beasts.

Thirteen high-ranking units were responsible for breaching the city and simultaneously engaging in duels with the high-ranking troll units.

Three hundred mid-level magical beasts, along with one thousand low-level magical beasts, are responsible for the bloodbath of the entire city after it is breached!
as always!

Lin Ke doesn't need too many survivors!

As for the two players, they were assigned to York's side and will temporarily follow him to loot.

However, in order to gather as much information as possible, and even to learn about the players' role, Linko also plans to capture some low- to mid-level, and even high-level trolls alive this time.

In short, as the war horns sounded in the newly founded city of Dawn.

The mobilization was very rapid.

In less than an hour, a human legion of three thousand and a human alliance of two thousand contracted magical beasts had already gathered at the foot of the mountain outside the city!
York stood on the 'commanding platform' outside the city, looking at the assembled legion with an extremely serious expression.

"Go to war!!!"

Without any speeches, just a word to set out, the three thousand-strong army, divided into six formations, began its journey along the predetermined route, guided by the three mid-level flying magical beasts at the forefront.

The entire group resembled a long snake, weaving through the dense forest!
Meanwhile, as the army entered the dense forest, magical beasts began to gather rapidly from the surrounding area.

These magical beasts guarded the human army, driving away all native monsters, snakes, and insects.

Wherever the army went, they cleared roads through mountains and built bridges over rivers.

Thus, it can be seen that in the forest, it is as if a long snake is constantly devouring the trees in its path.

When encountering muddy rivers, high-level magical beasts are naturally responsible for dredging and clearing them.

They might turn the land into mudflats, bury poisonous plants, or blast mountains to make way for roads and freeze rivers.

In short, once this army set out, nothing and no one could stop them.

A human army, supplemented by more than 10,000 unranked magical beasts.

In addition to the fifteen high-level magical beasts and the silver dragon, there are a total of seventeen high-level beings.

Such combat power is truly impressive.

As for Lin Ke himself, this time he was only responsible for watching, not for attacking.

After all, if he had to support so many subordinates and do everything himself, wouldn't he be a "god" for nothing?

Let him enjoy it at least a bit.
Of course, this was just a joke. Lin Ke would also take action, but overall, his main responsibility this time was to check the battlefield situation.

To prevent any unexpected situations from occurring as much as possible.

Moreover, Lin Ke also wanted to see just how far Dawn City's combat capabilities could go in a direct confrontation without any cover-up.

The troll's farm city is about 180 kilometers from the border of the Misty Forest.

It is about 250 kilometers away from Dawn City.

Based on human marching speed, even at a rapid pace, it would take about five days to travel this route.

However, the monster army will not always protect the human army.

Once they leave the Misty Forest and enter the open plains, the monster army will separate from this legion.

After all, York's human legion doesn't participate in the main battlefield.

Therefore, on the first day of the march, the main task of the monster guards was to open up a land route from Dawn City to Farm City!

Therefore, all of this is only temporary.

Meanwhile, just as Dawn City was launching a massive attack on Troll Farm City, a meeting was actually taking place two days later inside Troll Farm City.

A towering tower at an angle, a massive arched gate.

At this moment, inside the Great Stone's Hall, a group of trolls from the Farm City were gathered together.

Moreover, this is already the third meeting held in this troll city in the past two days.

At the same time, this meeting is different from the previous two meetings.

The atmosphere became extremely serious.

"Copper Hammer City is gone!"

"The entire city was deserted, not a single person was alive, neither human slaves nor trolls! They seemed to have vanished overnight!"

"Gentlemen, I think we're in big trouble."

Once the eight high-ranking trolls had gathered in the meeting room, the troll in the main seat spoke in a heavy voice.

Upon hearing this news, all the trolls present were utterly astonished.

"All gone overnight?"

"Lord of the City, are you sure you're not joking with us?"

"Copper Hammer City is the largest airship production and magic crystal source among our southern cities."

"You mean all the power they possess is gone? Surely there can't be a large number of powerful natives emerging on the continent now? That's no joke."

One of the trolls was utterly astonished, his expression filled with disbelief and disbelief.

The troll in the main seat didn't want to waste any more words.

He immediately took out a crystal ball.

The next moment, after he touched it, a projected image appeared.

on the screen.

Copperhammer City remains Copperhammer City. The city walls are intact, and almost all the buildings within the city are undamaged.

There were no signs of fighting, but everyone was gone.

The entire city was as quiet as a ghost town.

Meanwhile, as the scene shifts, it becomes clear that many magical items and equipment in the Copper Hammer City's airship production factory have either disappeared or been destroyed.

As for the eighteen mage towers surrounding Copperhammer City, without exception, they all collapsed and became ruins.

There were no signs of fighting, and the entire city was deserted.

This might also suggest that Copperhammer City received a secret transfer order and everyone left.

But the fact that even the airship factory and the mage tower were completely destroyed is very strange.

Copper Hammer City is in an excellent location with a high level of magic in the area.

Even if the trolls' leadership issues a transfer order, they would never abandon this region.

So, there's no need to overthink it.

Copper Hammer City must have encountered an insurmountable force, and was completely wiped out by an unknown enemy in an instant, or perhaps in a short period of time.

Seeing such a scene.

The eight high-ranking trolls in the conference room fell silent.

"Copper Hammer City went missing eleven days ago."

"Our caravan, which was responsible for transporting the supplies, lost contact five days ago."

"Given the time we've spent sending people to investigate, it seems likely that our unknown enemy is still monitoring the surrounding area, given the current situation in Copper Hammer City."

A troll spoke in a heavy voice.

"Lord City Lord, you sent out the investigation team. I wonder if you've already discovered something?"

"Do you have any clue whether it's a human or some other kind of monster?"

Another troll spoke with a solemn expression.

The troll city lord then spoke solemnly.

"Currently, judging from the traces around Copper Hammer City, it is very unlikely that human professionals were involved. Instead, it seems more like the city is besieged by many monsters."

"But there is no doubt that the monsters only showed signs of activity outside the city, while no battles took place inside the city at all."

"However, if the situation in Copper Hammer City was caused by some kind of extremely powerful monster, how do you explain the damage to the airship factory and the mage tower?"

"Not to mention, there are no airship crash or damage wreckages in Copper Hammer City!"

"Therefore, there are many doubts about this matter."

"In addition, the investigation team also discovered that some monsters that had never been seen before were appearing from time to time in the area surrounding Copper Hammer City."

"Among them are even many monsters comparable to low-level professionals."

"It's truly bizarre."

The troll lord analyzed the situation, while the other seven trolls also pondered the information.

"Even if some of the monsters on the continent's surface are powerful, they are not unified and have low intelligence. How could they do something like this?"

"Moreover, speaking of monsters, in our area, there are probably only a lot of them in the Misty Forest. But when we explored it before, most of the monsters in the Misty Forest were very weak. It shouldn't be like that, right?"

"Furthermore, based on what we've discovered, some of the human survivor settlements we previously left untouched, as well as the towns we used for training, have all been almost completely destroyed. What kind of monsters or humans could have done this?"

"To be honest, given the current situation, I think unless a dungeon is revived and a powerful monster leads it to the surface, such a situation is absolutely impossible."

"Or perhaps, the native gods of this world have already been revived?"

"But how is that possible? Humanity's faith has been almost completely destroyed by our race. Even if there are still some remnants overseas, how can such a small population revive the gods? That's simply unreasonable."

One of the trolls spoke with a solemn expression, prompting another troll to chime in.

"Gods and underground cities coming back to life? That's absolutely impossible."

"So, excluding those two possibilities, I think the only one we can think of is that some overseas Saint-level professionals have secretly returned to the mainland."

"Perhaps it relied on spiritual power and then increased its spiritual aggression at a great cost, using illusions and dreams to suddenly attack Copper Hammer City, which may have been the only way to achieve this."

"As for the fact that there are no remaining corpses of their own kind and human slaves in Copper Hammer City, I think it is very likely that they have destroyed the bodies by other means. As for the human slaves, if they had the idea of ​​protecting and transferring them, then I think as long as we increase the investigation efforts, we should be able to find out quickly."

"Of course, in any case, this is something that even a high-level professional cannot accomplish."

“We should inform His Excellency the Consul, as only he can resolve this matter. Until then, I think the best we can do is to increase our defenses.”

The troll city lord looked at the two and nodded slightly.

“What you’ve thought of, I’ve naturally thought of as well.”

"I conveyed the news about Copperhammer City to the Governor earlier today, but the Governor only said he understood and then said nothing more."

"I think the Governor probably won't come to investigate this matter immediately, after all, I heard that a grand hunting operation is being prepared in the outer seas recently, and it seems that the Governor has already gone on the expedition with the army."

"Therefore, I'm also considering whether this incident was caused by this?"

Upon hearing this, the trolls' eyes lit up.

"It's quite possible! Perhaps the actions of the Governor have been noticed by those humans overseas, so they want to divert the Governor's attention. That's why they sent a powerful professional back to the mainland and caused such a horrific tragedy in Copper Hammer City."

"Is that so? But how do you explain those unknown monsters? They can't just appear out of thin air, can they?"

"Monsters exist in the Misty Forest. Humans have existed in this world for countless years, and the native gods must have given them many items that can control monsters. But this is just a diversionary tactic."

"As for monsters we've never seen before, couldn't they be summoned by powerful items like semi-divine artifacts or holy artifacts? Don't forget, in the realm of gods, anything is possible."

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The trolls argued and bickered for a long time, but in the end, it was the troll city lord who made the final decision at the meeting.

"Whether it's an infiltration by overseas humans or something we're unaware of."

"In short, our farm city is indeed at great risk of being attacked, so I think we need to activate the mage towers in the city's defenses!"

"We must not let what happened to Copper Hammer City happen to us. Let's not be stingy with magic crystals. What do you all think?"

It concerns my own safety, what's there to say?

These high-ranking trolls all agreed to activate the defensive magical barrier until the troll governor replied and even personally sent people to resolve the matter.

So, after the council adjourned, intense magical ripples suddenly appeared on the eight mage towers surrounding the entire troll city.

The ripples spread and quickly covered the entire city.

And just after the trolls activated their magic barrier, at dusk, a large army of magical beasts led by more than ten high-level magical beasts appeared thirty kilometers away from the troll farm city.

The high-level magical beasts arrived slowly.

Behind him were over three hundred mid-level magical beasts and over a thousand low-level magical beasts in a vast procession.

With a tremendous roar, and amidst the trembling ground, they quickly came to a stop five kilometers away from the troll city.

The high-level magical beasts, each resembling a small hill, gazed maliciously at the troll city with their enormous bodies.

Meanwhile, within the troll city, high-ranking trolls had already arrived atop the city walls, and a large number of troll soldiers were positioned at various locations on the walls where magic crystal cannons had been erected.

(End of this chapter)