You promised to wreak havoc on the dungeon, but instead you've got Dragon Slime!

In the command center on the high platform of the Black Language Cave, tactical maps of the three major instances are projected side by side.

Ron stood in the center, his gaze fixed on the bright red area to the north—the defensive range of the Iron Fortress.

Viser held an intelligence scroll in his hand: "The garrison numbers about 30,000, with the core guardian being the Steel-Winged Giant, who is extremely strong in both melee combat and defense."

Claudia added, "The city's defensive structure inside the instance is a circular passage, which is suitable for defense but not for rapid assaults."

Ron said calmly, "So we don't need to fight head-on."

He zoomed in on the side projection of the map, revealing a canyon fissure on the west side of the fortress.

"This crack is sealed by a shield on the surface, but there is an underground waterway deep inside, leading directly to the inner ring defense. The water monsters of the Dark Sea Abyss enter from here, the Abyss Throat assault team draws away the defenders from the surface, and the Black Whisper Caves are responsible for frontal containment."

Looking at the deployment, Belle smiled slightly: "It sounds like a three-pronged attack, but in reality, it's two hidden blades aimed straight at the heart."

On the day of the attack, the sound of the wind in the sand dunes drowned out the low hum of the army formation.

Under Ron's command, the monsters on the outer ring of the Black Language Cave advanced in a mighty force, with Bone Dragon No. 1 flying at the forefront, its dragon breath slamming into the fortress's shield and igniting a large swath of flames.

The archers on the city wall immediately returned fire, their arrows tracing dense paths through the air and kicking up clouds of dust as they struck the ground.

Meanwhile, the Bone Serpent Assault Team of the Abyss Throat launched a fierce attack from the front, forcing the defenders of the Ironforge to move a large number of troops to the area below the city walls.

Unbeknownst to anyone, in the waters west of the fortress, a swarm of bone sharks from the Dark Abyss had already entered the waterway, their tentacled ghosts clinging to the waterway walls as they moved slowly forward.

Meanwhile, on the high ground outside the canyon, the Mud Lurkers lay in ambush, waiting for the shield's fluctuations to subside to a minimum.

Ron simultaneously monitored the progress of the three battlefronts through his Law Sensing.

"Maintain frontal containment, don't press too hard, wait for the knife from the west to fall first."

Inside the canyon waterway, the group of bone sharks finally approached the bottom of the inner ring defense. The tentacle ghosts stretched out their tentacles first and cut off the energy conduction tube.

The inner shield suddenly weakened, and Belin immediately sent a signal. The Mud Lurker detonated the explosive pellets, blasting a gap in the shield.

The group of bone sharks charged into the inner ring like arrows, heading straight for the central plaza.

By the time the commander of the Ironforge realized what was happening, the core plaza was already filled with shouts of battle, and monsters from the Dark Abyss were surging in like a tide.

At this moment, Bone Dragon One on the main battlefield also launched a fierce attack, completely suppressing the defending troops inside the city walls.

Ron's voice rang out across the entire military channel: "Core, take it!"

The core plaza of the iron fortress is paved with solid black iron slabs, and a giant statue, thirty meters tall, stands in the center.

As the group of bone sharks and the tentacle ghosts stepped into the plaza, the statue's eyes suddenly shone with a golden light.

The stone slab trembled, the statue slowly bent over, its arms supporting it on the ground, and a thick layer of metal wings unfolded from its back, completely detaching from the base with a thunderous sound of chains.

The steel-winged giant has awakened.

Its every step was like an earthquake, with the iron furnace in its chest spewing out scalding steam, which turned into countless bubbles in the water, spreading with scorching energy.

The group of bone sharks tried to surround the giant from all sides, but the first bone shark that approached was sliced ​​in two by the giant's wing blade, and the bone fragments scattered in the water.

The tentacles that the ghostly creature extended had just wrapped around its wrist when they were instantly burned off by the high-temperature steam, and black liquid floated above the plaza.

Ron stood on the high platform outside the canyon, directly sensing the giant's movements through the Law Link.

"This is no ordinary guardian beast. Its wing blades are powered by the core furnace. We must break the furnace to kill it."

Belin immediately gave the order in the communications: "Sludge Lurker, dive down to its feet, target the cooling interface at the bottom of the furnace."

The giant flapped its wings, churning the water in the entire square into a storm of blades, forcing the bone sharks to scatter.

The tentacle ghost then clung to the stone wall, probing the hinges on its back from above.

Taking advantage of the chaos, the lurking creatures crawled into the cracks in the stone slabs from under the giant's feet, while the bone spike explosives were carefully pushed to the cooling interface.

The steel-winged giant seemed to sense the threat and suddenly stomped down, causing the entire ground to shake like an avalanche.

Two lurking creatures in the mud were crushed on the spot, while the remaining creatures desperately tried to wedge the explosives into the interface.

"Detonate!" Ron ordered.

With a deafening roar, the cooling vent exploded, and the furnace light on the giant's chest instantly became more violent, spewing steam even more fiercely, but its movements noticeably slowed down for a moment.

Viser seized the opportunity and led the bone shark swarm in a frontal charge, their fangs biting tightly into the giant's knee joints, while the tentacle ghosts suddenly grabbed his neck from behind, trying to tear through his armor.

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The steel-winged giant roared angrily, its wings flapping violently, flinging several bone sharks to the edge of the plaza, where they crashed into the black iron stone wall.

But just as it turned around, Bone Dragon No. 1 pounced in from the outer ring passage, its dragon claws piercing its back and pinning it to the ground.

Ron's cold voice came through: "Tear it down."

The group of bone sharks attacked the joints in a concentrated attack, their tentacles reaching into the chest cavity and violently tearing out the burning core furnace.

The furnace light flickered in the water for a moment before finally going out completely.

The steel-winged giant lost its support and fell heavily to the center of the square, splashing up large amounts of sand and bubbles.

System prompt pops up

[Core Guardian Beast Successfully Defeated]

The core area of ​​the Iron Fortress is now open.

Ron's order came immediately: "Advance, destroy the core."

The steel-winged giant's corpse lay across the center of the plaza, the furnace in its chest extinguished, emitting a wisp of cooling white steam.

The core area of ​​the iron fortress, having lost its guardian beast, has seen a sharp drop in defensive capabilities.

The bone shark swarm charged ahead, tearing apart the remaining shadow soldiers.

The tentacle-like ghosts clung to the stone wall, severing the energy channels from above and weakening the core shield.

Those lurking in the silt drill underwater, attaching explosives to key nodes of the base.

The core hovered in the center of the plaza, and the outer shield was already showing dense cracks.

With each impact, the crack widens, and a faint light leaks out, as if it is breathing.

Ron stood on the command platform outside the canyon and coldly ordered: "Once the shield breaks, everyone concentrate firepower and end the battle within three seconds."

boom.

The shield collapsed simultaneously under the impact of Bone Dragon No. 1's dragon breath and the swarm of bone sharks, and the shattered energy fragments floated in the water and gradually dissipated.

The creature lurking in the silt immediately detonated the explosive pellet, and a shockwave surged from the base, causing the core to shake violently.

The tentacled ghost's tentacles suddenly plunged into the core portal, frantically absorbing the internal energy. Bone Dragon No. 1 followed closely behind, its dragon claws crushing the outer shell.

The eerie light suddenly expanded, transforming into a shockwave that swept across the entire plaza, instantly rendering all buildings and defensive structures ineffective.

The system notification sounded across all channels.

[Dungeon core successfully destroyed]

[The rule of the Iron Fortress is in the process of being transferred]

When the core completely shut down, the energy shield of the iron fortress vanished, and the black iron walls lost their luster, turning into ordinary metal barriers.

The morale of the outer ring garrison collapsed instantly, and a large number of surrendered dungeon monsters were escorted to the edge of the square to be marked by the Black Language Array.

Ron slowly walked into the plaza, stepping over the remains of the steel-winged giant and reaching out to touch the now-cooled base.

System prompts for update

The Iron Fortress dungeon has been designated as a branch instance.

The Black Language Alliance expands its control to the outskirts of the capital.

Viser walked to his side and whispered, "Now, half of the outer defenses of the capital are empty."

Belin looked up to the north: "The rest is just knocking on the door of the capital."

Ron gazed at the vast city shrouded in a radiant shield in the distance, his voice deep and clear: "Next stop, the main city instance."

News of the fall of the Ironforge spread throughout the entire Empire instance world.

The capital's radiant shield shone even brighter in the night, but in Ron's eyes, that radiance was merely the next line of defense to be torn apart.

The Black Whisper Alliance's three main dungeons—Black Whisper Caves, Abyss Throat, and Dark Sea Abyss—are all on high alert.

The newly captured iron fortress was quickly transformed into a frontline command center, with Bone Dragon One stationed atop the city walls, overlooking the northern plains.

The atmosphere in the council hall of the Imperial Capital main city instance was extremely tense.

Intelligence gathered over the past few days indicates that Ron's forces have cut off three trade routes to the capital and have also infiltrated two smaller outer dungeons.

"If we don't take the initiative, once he completes the integration of his supply lines, our perimeter will be completely lost."

"We can confront them directly; their current three-level dungeon synergy presents a tough challenge."

"We need to stall for time and wait for the Eastern Legion to return to defend."

The parliamentary debate remained unresolved, but everyone understood that Ron wouldn't wait for them to be ready.

On the command platform of the Iron Fortress, Viser spread a map out in front of Ron.

"There are four tall towers on the outer perimeter of the main city instance. These are the energy nodes of the shield. Only by destroying them all can the defense of the main city be weakened."

Two of them were on the plains, with weak defenses; one was on a cliff edge, and the other was on an island in the lake, with the strongest defenses.

Belin pointed to the marker on the island in the middle of the lake: "This is an aquatic type, suitable for monsters from the Dark Abyss to infiltrate."

Claudia then chose the cliff tower: "This location is special; destroying it could cause the shield on the west side of the main city to be completely destroyed."

Ron placed his hand in the center of the map and said softly, "We'll split into three groups. We'll launch a frontal assault on the Plains Tower with the Abyss Throat, the Cliff Tower with the Black Whisper Caves leading a special forces team, and the Lake Island will be infiltrated by the Dark Abyss."

"All three towers collapsed simultaneously; we'll crush the remaining one with our entire army."

Under the cover of night, the troops in the iron fortress began to move.

The Bone Serpent Assault Team, Tentacle Ghosts, Mud Lurkers, and Shadowscale Stalkers entered their respective stealth routes in batches.

Bone Dragon No. 1 spread its wings and slowly took off, leading the elite of the Black Language Cave westward.

Ron stood on the high platform, overlooking the troops moving in all directions, his voice as deep and cold as a blade in the night:

"Main city, get ready to receive Black Language's door-knocking gift."

The shield of the capital city resembled an inverted, radiant dome, enveloping the entire city.