From troll tribes to elf empires

Chapter 254 Prelude

Two 200-meter-diameter craters stand side by side in a flat-topped conical shape from east to west, and three or four smaller craters stand crookedly on the extension line in the north-south direction;

A wide arc bottom was formed between many craters. This was the battlefield decided upon by the parliament and the military.

Although the north and south sides of the preset battlefield facing the sea and land artillery arrays are not smooth, they are within the controllable range of the flexible elevation control of the gun barrels;

Furthermore, several volcanoes may form obstacles for artillery strikes from time to time, but they also surround the target in the center. Moreover, the sea and land artillery arrays coordinate with each other from the south to the north, covering part of the blind spots at the bottom within their own attack range.

within;

Overall, it has flaws but is acceptable, and in fact there is not much choice.

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Looking from a distance, the foothills of the two large volcanoes in the east and west, as well as the bottom of the mountain, can be said to be full of greenery, densely packed with countless trees;

But the flat land between the two is exposed earth and rock that was once common but is now rare on the base of the volcano.

Among these plants scattered throughout the mountains, 40,000 are controllable plants that were moved here after the battlefield was determined;

Driven by the 'driver' inside, they moved away from their original roots and took root at the bottom of the large volcano facing the valley.

At this time, their roots penetrated through the base and entered the magma, seemingly aimlessly spreading far into the depths of the magma channel at the bottom of the base.

On the trunk of the tree, more than ten vines were divided into four groups that stretched together. They were very long, hanging all the way to the ground, and then extended to no one knows where;

Each vine can be as thick as a finger, and together they form four sets of tough binding locks the size of a wrist.

Their operators are naturally troll levies and horn-hoofed mercenaries. At this time, the warriors of the two tribes are continuing to familiarize themselves with the control procedures of the upper vines and lower roots, while nervously waiting for action orders.

Expand your horizons further north and south.

The self-propelled combat vehicle has left the camp and is doing final equipment inspections within an attack zone of almost 2-3 kilometers;

220 ancient war trees were waiting in the same place. They chatted with each other sillyly and slowly. There was no trace of pre-war tension, but the four 203 cannons installed on their arms were not ambiguous at all.

, the mouth of the tube looks quite murderous.

On the other two craters in the north-south direction, which are slightly shorter but have a better view of the battlefield, two artillery observation posts with witch doctors stationed there are standing;

"Mercenary No. 07, Area 42! Where's your answer?"

"Cheer up! Do you want to die here?"

The roaring master seemed to have fallen into a deep sleep, half asleep, and its thoughts were no longer transmitted to Banier, but the sense of existence was still preserved.

It was as if Banier had also 'heard' some information from that roar before.

Clear information emerged from Baniel's heart, as if a great being from the underground was talking to him from the bottom of his heart. This situation made him a little panicked, and the courage he finally summoned seemed to be declining again.

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The Troll Commander's voice sounded in time, stopping many anxious horn-hoofed warriors like Baniel, causing them to gather their spirits again and carefully observe the outside world.

The volcanic ash and the lava slowly flowing down the mountain pass have made the color of this world tend to be dark red or black, but if you look outside a little further, you can find that the sky is actually still blue and the clouds are still white.

, what has changed is just this corner of the world.

Before further instructions came, Banier raised his eyes and looked out from the four lookout openings on the front, back, left and right.

The height of the observation port is designed according to the troll's body shape, and the same is true for the other operating terminals. City-state warriors like him must step on nearly half a meter of foot pads to fully utilize all the functions of this tree.

"clear!"

But if possible, he really didn't want to face the owner of the voice next.

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In a place where Bannier couldn't see, the cave wolf was knocked unconscious again after briefly waking up;

This department is already very experienced in this, and can control its state very accurately to a state where there is a sense of existence, but there is no clear consciousness;

That's right, it's just like the cave wolf sleeping in the cave.

The headquarters even built a fully automated temporary prison specifically for the execution of this operation;

The movable prison in which the Burrow Wolf is being imprisoned is a specialized version of an ancient war tree. The 'body' inside is symbiotic with many functions of the prison, and can control the Burrow Wolf in sleeping, awakening, and semi-sleeping states within a certain limit.

By switching between the buttons, you can also expose a certain piece of skin to let the air flow;

Of course, the targeted application of various methods in various situations is still the work of witch doctors, and this cage tree is just the executor of what is written.

At this time, the two brothers had already taken shelter somewhere in the battlefield. Considering their size, it was probably underground?

The smallest boss is actually still too big, and it is impossible for it to complete the task within the time limit by walking on its own;

The horn-hoofed mercenary Baniel's hands and feet were now cold, and he regretted a little. He shouldn't have left his beautiful wife at home and gone to fight just for some money;

But at this point, it was too late to say anything. The scolding echoing in the cockpit always reminded him of where he was now.

'You cyan bitch! Are you done yet!!!'

He had been sitting alone on the high platform with his eyes closed and waiting for something. At this moment, he suddenly opened his eyes and suddenly looked at the bottom of the two tallest and majestic volcanoes in the east and west. He sensed a huge high-level salamander in the passage there.

Salamander's 'breath'.

From there, go south, then north

On the offshore sea more than ten kilometers away, there are forty naval gun arrays that are rising and falling slightly with the waves. Their foundation is a thousand 420mm main guns, and their reaction chambers are already in a state of preparation;

More than 20 kilometers away in the north, the same is true for three rail lines and 81 forts distributed among them, preparing to make persuasive arguments;

At various bombardment points along the track, replacement moose, as well as food, grass, water, and artillery supplies have all been put in place, waiting for the arrival of the rail gun carriage after the battle begins.

Nesta had just picked up the totem microphone at this time, and was hit by the 'words' straight to the bottom of his heart. There was no real attack power, but the thoughts mixed in the words could be clearly felt.

The 'Voice Master''s disregard for the troll race;

‘insignificant’, ‘not worth mentioning’, ‘abandoned’.

I don't know how the words and so on were transformed in his mind. Although they did not become a 'complete sentence' like the sentence he said to the cave wolf, they also became something that he could understand.

idea.

"clear!"

The other two brothers were both born to temporarily imprison high-level salamanders. Because the target was too large, they were also given a large size.

Only with the combined force of 20,000 plants can we achieve our mission, so we must strictly follow the instructions from the top.

Good news, the Wolf King managed to save his face.

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Return to the battlefield

"Operation begins! All units are here! Be vigilant and be ready to control the totem plants according to my instructions at any time!"

The nearby volcano craters began to emit more violent smoke, and occasionally a few of them were already spewing out a little magma that turned from bright to dark.

He could feel that something like a line of sight had swept over him before, and he didn't know if it was an illusion. He felt something like a 'nasty little thing', 'weak', 'Why is that guy again?

Thoughts like 'Coming';

Therefore, the headquarters formed a luxurious 'convoy' for it before the mission, and its members were all Warcraft-level moose leaders trained by Shu Sheng.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, Commander-in-Chief of Army W, that the Catacomb Wolf is in place!"

'very good.'

The common moose is the current unit of measure for 'power'. For example, in engine terms there is the saying 'how much moose power', the meaning of which is purely literal and is a measure of the engine's output level;

As their higher-level units, these higher-level moose, which are usually only responsible for mating, are naturally stronger and faster.

The two craters in the east and west have magma channels with a diameter of 200 meters, and more and more magma is pouring out as time goes by;

At first, they just flowed faster and faster, still within the descriptive range of the word "gushing", but slowly their flow speed changed from "gushing" to "squirting";

Finally, the smoke column was filled with thick semi-fluid, which sprayed out several meters, tens of meters, tens of meters into the sky like a pressurized spring.

"roar!!!"

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At this moment, Ness was on the boundary line between dark red and black here, and blue and white on the other side;

After Baniel said a few words of self-encouragement, he began to concentrate and wait for orders.

Later, the control of the root system must follow the trend. The tree you control needs to act together with the root systems of other trees in the area, so that you can complete the task fastest and best with the most extensive control;

"Identity key ****, in the name of Army W, I order the mission to officially begin. Immediately wake up the cave wolf and lure the enemy."

"I can do it and my wives are still waiting for me. Baniel can do it!"

Baniel didn't know what it was. Was it a friend or an enemy?

I just remember that in the first month when I came here to start training, I seemed to have heard the sound like that just now;

Yu sneered in his heart, and Nesta continued his previous actions. He picked up the metal wire phone and issued the follow-up order.

"The rough-toothed, pointed-toothed, and advanced salamanders have risen to the base. From now on, you will take over the observation mission and take action according to the previous steps."

A few minutes later, the contact came again,

The moose leader can resist the non-targeted pressure of the cave wolf and will not faint or even die like other moose;

Supplemented by the right amount of violent spells released at a pinched point, some additional resistance, and the soothing of the soul by emotional spells, they can maintain the ability to work in the semi-dream state of the cave wolf.

"I understand." Banier came to his senses in a trance, and forced himself to speak the right words.

As a 'branch' of the ancient war tree, the Cage Tree already has three different individuals. The one responsible for imprisoning the cave wolf is the eldest brother, but due to the size of the imprisoned person, it is the smallest among the brothers.

the one;

And during this special waiting, a 'voice of all spirits' that was very similar to the cave wolf sounded from the hearts of almost everyone present.

'You cyan bitch! Are you done yet!!!'

"The secret key is confirmed to be correct, and all military units will execute the order immediately!"

"Stay calm! The action is about to begin! Do you see the lava? If we don't stay calm and win, the only thing waiting for us is death!"

In the repeated awakenings and "sleeps", the cave wolf, which is a natural life rather than a trained "acquired practitioner", has obviously become closer and closer to complete madness.

Its roar is filled with pain and hatred, and its ability to transmit information regardless of race has caused a sudden change in the hearts of small beings. Boundless fear, accompanied by hatred that penetrates the bone marrow, oppresses every soul.

Several responses came, either confident or anxious, but the only one missing was the dizzy Banier.

"clear!"

"clear!"

They had indeed chosen these two giant craters, and had crossed the 'line of action' and entered the scope of influence of the vine root system, which made Nesta feel happy and slightly nervous.

The same is true for vines. The chief has emphasized countless times that every tree, even every partition, and the vines extending out of a large area are added together, and they may not be the opponent of the target;

"Understood, ask each unit about their preparations."

"All units have completed their preparations and can enter combat status at any time!"

When the time came to this moment, when the goal really seemed to be a preview and entered the path planned by the witch doctors in advance, Nesta understood what this meant.

This meant that the follow-up actions of this trip were about to begin. The success or failure of more than ten years of preparation was about to be tested, and a sense of tension inevitably arose in his heart.

‘Oh, sooner or later you will have to be with the Wolf King’

"very good."

In other aspects, the reaction of the monsters in the deep sea is unknown, the main body of the northern continent is blocked by mountains, and the story of the troll and the wolf king is temporarily trapped in this corner;

Bad news, there is still no one to save the Wolf King from the troll;

He was too nervous to think about such nonsense now, because something more dangerous was happening, and it was growing stronger right before his eyes. The 'Mars' on the opposite mountain pass was now

It has turned into a torch, and he is actually more worried about whether the hot liquid will burn him to death.

‘When killed by lava, does it count as being burned to death or drowned? I really envy those trolls.’ He thought.

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In Baniel's opinion, the vibrations coming from the ground have become more and more obvious. The volcano under his feet seems to have started to stir just now;

The ‘torches’ in Baniel’s eyes are actually lava jets that are more than ten meters high;

The situation behind him could not be known due to the field of view, but what he could see was that thick smoke was already rising from several mountain passes in the wide angle ahead;

And in the tallest volcano crater, the one directly opposite him, sparks that looked like magma were already emerging.

In fact, not only Nesta, but all the other witch doctors and soldiers who had devoted their time and energy in the past ten years felt the same feeling of tension and anticipation before the start of the exam.

The scolding of the Troll Division Chief made him sober up a little. He raised his stiff fingers and left the totem button in front of him. After briefly moving his knuckles, he patted his cheek vigorously and finally regained his composure.

It is extremely important to grasp this time scale. If it is too slow, the battlefield will be invalid. The advanced salamander is very likely to poke its head from elsewhere, but it is impossible for the cave wolf to actually visit the real danger. After deceiving the target, it will have to retreat.

So it's possible to fall into it in a minute.

But Baniel had no complaints. His surprise and disbelief when he saw the totem weapon for the first time made everything he saw pleasing to the eye.

Of course, apart from the current scenery and divisions in the outside world.

The witch doctors assigned to these two points have already started rehearsing the bombardment for an unknown number of times.

The picture scroll drawn by dots and lines unfolds in the meditation space in their thinking, and is not only marked with dense spatial phase coordinates;

They faced the strong winds coming from behind, originating from the cave wolf whose principle was unknown, pulling a cage that weighed as much as several gunboats stacked on top of each other, driving on the base along the laid track, and quickly approaching the preset

battlefield.

In the distance, the twelve wolf kings who used to be moved by every movement of the cave wolf have developed adaptability in the past few years;

It doesn't mean that they really have peace of mind. Although they are no longer as worried about the real wolf king as in the past, every movement of the troll group has become a new source of illness for them.

The same is true for the monsters in the mountains. In the past, the true wolf king blocked their eyes like a mountain, but now he is miserable like this.

The wise men among the monsters felt sad, and the twelve false wolf kings were uneasy. For a time, the battle between the wind wolves and the mountain monsters, which had lasted for countless years, unexpectedly began to die down in the past ten years.

There are also arcs that spread out from nowhere and intersect, creating some kind of magnificent scenery.

At the headquarters, Nesta sat high on a platform facing the battlefield. He had a panoramic view of the preparations in the near vicinity, and the situation in the distance was also reported from the audio wires.

"clear!"

"The district chiefs of the restricted group are ready and waiting for your orders from your Excellencies."

"Understood!"*N

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The division where Bannier is located received the order, and all horn-hoof species here followed a unified plan to control the root system in the base;

In fact, he didn't have much real sense of controlling them. All Baniel needed to do was to press and press on the patterns of the vines according to the instructions. Except for a little bit of his physical strength that was converted into the so-called "electricity", he could no longer do anything.

No more losses;

In other words, they cannot feel what is happening below because of their own control, just like players who only have one control joystick when playing games, but no monitor and no speakers.

(End of chapter)