Your war hammer is too fake

It saw that thing smiled at it. "Come here," the thing seemed to speak, but it also seemed not to speak, "Come to me, yes, that's it. What are you waiting for? There is only one last step left, you... um? Why are you guys here again?"

Jilan suddenly woke up. He heard the cries of his fellow tribesmen and the uncontrollable screams of fear from the ratmen soldiers. The Mind Master subconsciously raised his head.

A red sun is hanging high in the sky, shining brightly with the real sun.

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Author's Note: The settings of the Swift-class frigate have been updated

Chapter 332 Turning Point

The disaster that should have destroyed the Faceless Men ended in an inexplicable way.

The moment the amplified version of [Xihe's Descent] appeared on the battlefield, the stalemate between the Plague Clan and the Southland Greenskins was broken - wherever the red light of demon-slaying reaches, all evil spirits will become weak and slow. This dazzling light can burn evil spirits with just a touch, and although the lethality is relatively low, the pain it brings goes straight to the soul.

The leaves of tropical trees could block the sunlight, but they could not prevent the power of the demon-slaying red light from affecting the rotten rats. Even the Skaven Plague Monks, who had long lost their sense of pain due to the torture of the disease, screamed miserably under the illumination of the red light. This uncontrollable pain dispelled the fanatical religious beliefs and reawakened reason from the depths of the hairy, festering bodies. The collective madness receded like a low tide, and panic and fear dominated the hearts of the rotten rats, while the greenskins on the opposite side were not affected.

Although the greenskins are members of the destruction camp along with the Chaos forces, these alien mushroom spirits are not really "evil". The Savage Orcs, with three-color war paint painted on their sturdy green bodies and using primitive stone and bone tools, don't care at all whether there is a red sun on the battlefield. When the Rotten Rat's formation was shaken, weakened, and gradually fell into chaos due to the unilateral attack of [Xihe's Advent], the Savage Orcs happily realized that they had won this big mess.

The battlefield was filled with the roar of the greenskins. Due to the separation of the lush tropical rainforest, this large-scale battle with a total force of more than 200,000 people did not have a continuous battle line. Almost everyone could only fight each other chaotically under the shade of the trees in a scale ranging from hundreds to thousands. However, when "WAAAGH!!" resounded throughout the battlefield, all the noise gradually became unified, turning into a ruthless massacre of the victors against the defeated.

The stalemate of several days was broken by a spell, and the rotten army of the Plague Clan ushered in an unstoppable total collapse. In a corner of the battlefield, the Plague Lords jumped up and down because of this sudden failure, but they could not do anything: as early as when the intruders just started to guide the wind of magic, the Plague Lords tried to counterattack in panic.

The result of this attempt was that one more Plague Lord was missing. Ever since Lord Sikuk led his team to Altdorf last year and was killed by an unidentified being, the new Plague Lord candidate has been delayed, and the seat that originally belonged to Sikuk has been vacant until now; now, they have lost another colleague.

The leader of the Plague Clan, Nagrig, was not here, as he had another mission. The remaining Plague Lords exchanged glances with each other, then cursed and played to the greatest strength of the Skaven race, and began to make a tactical shift with their followers and guards, allowing the green tide to gradually engulf the fleeing rats.

The Skaven had definitely lost the battle, but that didn't mean the greenskins were the winners. After observing the battlefield for a while and making sure that even if the Horned Rat himself came, it would not be able to reverse the defeat, Xiao Yiyue nodded to Morgan: "The Rat is finished. Have you found the Savage Orc warlord?"

"It will take a while... I found it," Morgan said as he waved his staff. A golden-red flame flew out from the top of the staff, which was as tall as a person, and fell into a certain place on the battlefield, leaving a bright trail. "It's right there."

"I'll be back soon." As he said this, the governor of the Shuofang Army jumped off the deck of the frigate.

The Evergreen King stayed on the warship, leaning on his staff and on guard. When Xiao Yiyue was concentrating on casting [Xihe's Descent], it was she who thwarted the Plague Lords' efforts to crack the spell, and indirectly caused a Plague Lord who was not good at learning magic to have his head blown off on the spot. Morgan's mission was not to intervene in this battle directly and complete the task entrusted by the dog pack leader, but to ensure that when Xiao Yiyue was working, no one could hinder her.

The Lords of the Holy Scriptures did not know that Naglich was not here, otherwise Morgan would definitely follow Xiao Yiyue to fight. She stayed on the frigate, guarding against the enemy who would not appear, until Xiao Yiyue, covered in blood, flew back to the ship.

"Aren't you going to meet the Faceless Ones? They must be confused now." The Weaver asked. She didn't witness Xiao Yiyue killing the Savage Orc warlord, but judging from the way the greenskins were beating the drowned rats one moment and suddenly collapsed the next, the greenskin warlord who led them must have been killed in the battle.

"Xiao An said that it's up to me to decide whether or not to contact the Faceless Ones now." Xiao Yiyue raised the lance in his hand, and the lance shaft quickly shortened until it could be held by one hand. The tall lady with silver hair and red eyes hung the main weapon, which had turned into a dagger, back on her waist, and then twisted her neck: "I thought about it, and I really don't want to get too close to these guys who can read minds."

"The dog group leader said that psychic reading is not so invincible," Morgan complained, "Your mental power is too strong, and you have prepared in advance, so these dead bastards can't break through your mental defense."

"Well, I never take any unnecessary risks, no matter how small they are," Xiao Yiyue said as he took the paper and pen from a lieutenant. "Of course, I still have to say hello. I have to let them know who saved them."

Holding the fountain pen drawn from the entertainment pool, the governor of the Shuofang Army was about to write on a notebook of the same origin, but suddenly thought of something and handed it to Morgan: "You should do it. I don't speak Khazarid."

Morgan took the notebook and pen with a puzzled look on his face: "...Why is it in Khazarid language?"

"Tsk, you haven't read any of the combat records in the group files, have you?" Xiao Yiyue glanced at Morgan. "When Xiao An and Barrel fought against the main force of the Faceless Men, the Invisible One named Dorze once spoke Khazarid. I'm not sure if they have mastered other languages, but they can definitely understand Khazarid."

"Okay... what to write?"

"'We'll always be watching you', that's all it takes."

Taking the notebook and pen from Morgan, Xiao Yiyue tore off the page with the dwarven words, folded it into a paper airplane, and blew gently at it. The paper airplane swayed away from the governor's hands and floated away in the air.

"Yoshi, things here have come to an end for now," said the governor of the Shuofang Army, signaling the frigate captain who had been standing aside waiting for orders to return to his post. "Let's go back to Tal Zhun'er first. You go and plant the seeds, and then we can go to Marienburg together."

……

Kiran Soul Blade suddenly stopped moving without thinking.

[…Speaker?] A young faceless man floated over, but Kiran just waved his hand, indicating that he didn't need to worry about it.

Under the silent gaze of the two faceless men, a paper airplane slowly floated down from the sky, drawing a perfect arc in the air, and then landed lightly in the palm of the Master of the Mind's left hand, which was just opened upwards.

Jilan looked down at the paper airplane. Paper was not rare. The memory matrix would only be used to record the most important things. The Faceless would also use paper to record and transmit information at other times. Although it had never seen this material before, it could guess its purpose and... who sent it.

After thinking quietly for a moment, Jilan took apart the paper airplane. He lowered his head and looked at the contents on the paper. Before the young faceless man next to him could not help but come over, the Master of Mind folded the paper and put it in his pocket.

[Convey my order and handle all post-war matters as soon as possible. If you really can't finish it, then handle the most urgent work first.] Jilan said with the voice of the mind. [We must hold a general meeting immediately...]

【Perhaps, it's time to make a decision. 】

……

Sometime later, Marienburg, the Elector's Palace.

"Ayue and Morgan are done. They will come over after the seeds are planted," An Jiyue said. "The Faceless Ones are safe... They better not let me down, otherwise I will be very angry."

Aiwen, who was handling government affairs, looked up from the pile of documents: "Good. So, are you free now?"

"Let me remind you that when Marienburg was just taken over, I was sitting in your current seat and sorting out all the complicated work at that time," An Jiuyue said, "At that time, I even completed the municipal development plan for Marienburg in the next 15 years... How do you say it? There is no need to go to bed early while you are alive, so that you can sleep naturally after death."

"Isn't that just a way to fool the test takers in the small town? Besides, I should be a hands-off boss," the Elector complained immediately after hearing this. "Why do I still have to handle so much work myself?"

An Jiyue thought for a moment and said, "Maybe this is Marienburg."

"Damn... huh?" Aiwen picked up a new document from her hand, glanced at it for a few seconds, and then handed it to An Jiyue: "The Imperial Engineering College's project to introduce flying ships has not been negotiated yet? This has been going on for almost half a year."

"My subordinates have reported this to me. Those people are a bit too greedy. They even want the technology of the anti-gravity engine," An Jiyue took the document with telekinesis. "And the price they offered is technology in exchange for technology. What can the School of Engineering have that can be compared with the anti-gravity engine? The full set of steam tank technology is not worth this price, not to mention that they don't have it yet."

Ever since the flying fleet made its debut off the coast of Marienburg and destroyed the blockade fleet sent by Ulthuan without any casualties, the entire empire has taken notice of this weapon that is powerful enough to change the state of war. Almost every elector has written to Egwene to inquire about this matter, regardless of whether they can afford this high-end toy that looks expensive at first glance, at least they can ask, right?

Compared with their colleagues, the Imperial Engineering College and the Nunn Gunnery College wanted to import the relevant technology and build it themselves after hearing the news. They persuaded their own elector to send an official delegation to Marienburg for inspection. Then Karl Franz and Emmanloli made the same decision: send people to the Three Rivers to talk to the Aurora people, the makers of the airship.

Various things happened during this period. In order to avoid competition with each other that would lead to the Aurora people raising prices arbitrarily, the Engineering College and the Gunnery College decided to join forces to jointly introduce the relevant technology of flying ships, with the required costs split in half.

Since An Jiyue had already given the order, Xuanshui Arsenal agreed to sell the manufacturing technology of the flying ship, but only the parts other than the anti-gravity engine. The anti-gravity engine only sold finished products, not the technology. The proud imperial people naturally could not accept this, and they insisted on getting the full set of technology, and the technology introduction negotiations between the two sides were stuck.

It wasn't that An Jiyue wanted to hold the imperials back by not giving them the anti-gravity technology, it was simply because the technology was of great importance. At least for now, the Jiedushi didn't want such a critical technology to spread. As a result, the imperials learned from somewhere that the newly established "Coast Heavy Industry" in Marienburg had obtained the anti-gravity engine technology, and even the relevant production line had begun construction, so the imperials started to have evil thoughts - they wanted to introduce technology from Coast Heavy Industry, and even sent a formal document through official channels, and seriously asked for help from the Elector of Westerland, His Excellency Ewen.

The Anxi Army Jiedushi flipped through the document, then used telekinesis to throw it back: "Some of your men are not honest."

"It's normal, isn't it? Coast Heavy Industries is not entirely a system unit. I also recruited a group of people from the local area," Knight Princess sighed, "Although I had expected this to happen, alas..."

"Let Mrs. Melinda get off work overtime to find out who leaked the secrets," An Jiyue said, "I understand that you want to make full use of local human resources, but... forget it, you've already seen the consequences anyway."

"At least they didn't directly leak the technical information," Aiwen said angrily. "I will reject this matter and tell them that you and I have an agreement that the technology cannot be transferred to a third party. As for the leaker..." Knight Ji paused, "If the leaker has no subjective behavior of betrayal, I think it is enough to dismiss him."

"It's up to you. You are the one who will discipline your subordinates," An Jiyue shook her head. "I don't care."

"...Are you unhappy with me? Do you think I should execute the leaker as a warning to others?"

"Gentleness is not a weakness, Aiwen," the governor said. "Sometimes, I also reflect on whether I am too ruthless."

"Ah..." Knight Princess lay on the desk in distress, "Forget it, screw the work! How about we sneak out for a drink together? I know a place that serves great lemonade and herbal tea."

An Jiyue looked at her friend in front of her, then laughed: "Okay~"

Chapter 333: The Approaching Fire of War

The seeds of the Oak of Ages were planted on a small island in the middle of Star Stone Lake.

Under the gaze of the Kaldorei standing on both sides of the lake, Morgan looked at the dialog box that popped up on the holy book [Do you want to activate the seed of the Oak of Ages? Yes/No], and then clicked "Yes" with his mind. Then a "seedling" as tall as a four-story building drilled through the soil, and stretched out its tender buds and branches in the early morning sun.

Perhaps it was the work of the War Scripture, or perhaps it was just the way it was, nothing particularly surprising or unusual happened during the entire process. The wind of magic, especially the wind of life, Ji Lun did cause disturbances, but the extent was not as exaggerated as the masters of the Scripture had guessed beforehand, and the invisible waves caused by planting the seeds quickly returned to calm.

The growth rate of the second generation of the Oak of Ages was extremely amazing, and it would jump three or four meters every day. Just one week after this magical plant was planted, its roots that continued to penetrate the ground entangled with the old roots, which were the last traces of the first generation of the Oak of Ages left in this world.

A few days later, when Morgan routinely summoned the War Codex to check on the development of the saplings at home, the Evergreen King was surprised to find that the old roots that passed through the Forest Territory had regained vitality. The roots of the new trees connected to the remains of the old trees, bringing about the miracle of spring back to the dead trees, and the scope of this recovery was constantly expanding.

After testing, the Kaldorei confirmed that the roots that had been rejuvenated could use root teleportation again. However, the original moonstone given by the forest elder Adanhu to the ancestors of the Asrai to open the root seal was proven to be unusable, and the "authority certification" of the two trees was not the same. Fortunately, the War Codex gave the method of making moonstones in a timely manner, and new moonstones were quickly distributed to all Kaldorei who needed them, while the old moonstones were collected and destroyed.

Another good news is that after repeated comparisons and surveys, Kaldorei scholars discovered that not only the recently withered roots, but also those roots that withered thousands of years ago for various reasons are gradually recovering. They even discovered a root that does not exist in any records, leading to the sea west of the Shady Territory.

Morgan herself was no longer in the Southland. After planting the seeds, she and Xiao Yiyue boarded a flying ship to the north, first arriving at Xuanshui, then boarded a newly delivered Swift-class frigate belonging to the Shuofang Army and arrived at Marienburg.

After receiving the news, His Majesty King Changqing thought about it, consulted with group members, especially the dog group owner, and then ordered the adjustment of the original gradual expansion plan. With the help of this root, he went directly to the coast to build a port, which was also the second territory under the rule of the Zhemu Royal Court, "Yanfeng Territory".

Salt Wind Territory and Shady Forest Territory are not adjacent to each other. There is a savanna and tropical rain forest between them. The personnel and materials between them are mainly transported by roots, supplemented by airships. Salt Wind Territory will be an open coastal special zone, and any friendly outsider can visit it. In the foreseeable future, shipping will still occupy an important position in the civilian transportation system. After all, the capacity of airships is too small, and it must be provided to the military first.

"Transportation capacity?" Morgan, who was handling government affairs remotely on the War Codex, raised his head and said, "Not the freight?"

"Based on my and Ayue's experience, the biggest problem encountered by the flying fleet in actual operation is the unimaginable difficulty in personnel training," An Jiyue, who was writing and drawing on the map, stopped writing and explained, "Without a pressurized cabin and oxygen masks, the limit for pilots is to be able to maintain normal activities at an altitude of four thousand meters. Some superhumans can reach five thousand, which is the level of professionals who have undergone rigorous training."

"When I first started designing Grasshopper, I considered whether it was possible to build a pressurized cabin with the current level of technology. The conclusion is that it is technically possible, but the cost is unacceptable and it would be very difficult to use in practice. After all, a flying ship is not a passenger plane. During the voyage of a flying ship, the crew often needs to leave the cabin and move around on the deck, but there is no such requirement for passenger planes. Therefore, in the tactical regulations of the Shenzhou Fleet, once the flight altitude reaches 3800 meters, everyone must bring oxygen tanks."

"Anshi Zhendan has sufficient technical accumulation in the manufacture of pressure vessels, and we can get rubber through trade, although the quantity is not large. We can still make backpack oxygen tanks for individual soldiers and can afford them. However, even so, the requirements for the quality of personnel on the flying ship can still be called harsh. Although it is not as high as the level of per capita pilots, it is not much different. During the air battle at Fort Desolation, I didn't care about the loss of the ship at all, but I was really distressed by the permanent loss of nearly a hundred people..."

Sighing, the governor looked down at the map in front of him that was covered with lines and marks, and slammed his drawing pencil on the table in annoyance: "Before we overcome the technical difficulties of the pressurized cabin, qualified air force personnel are the biggest problem restricting the expansion of the flying fleet. Money and other things are just trivial matters."

"So that's why you've always thought about designing a cruiser-class heavy transport ship, because it can transport the most cargo with the least number of personnel?" Morgan said thoughtfully, "Air transport is very high-end no matter which world it is."

"You're not in a hurry. The airship factory has too many supporting facilities and pre-requisite technologies. Maybe the ship you designed will be released together with Grim Brockson's Hammer-class," An Jiyue said. "To be honest, among so many group members, your faction's style is the most unique... You started as Asrai, but you have accumulated a lot of potential technologies. You are the ultimate potential stock that can officially enter the magic industry era at the last minute. You're much more powerful than the other two bean sprouts."

"It may be because I chose [Mechanical Prophet] when I was checking the vehicle, so the War Codex stuffed a lot of things into my faction in various inconspicuous places without violating the faction settings as much as possible," the elf girl thought for a while and said, "Dustan's side is very conventional, just a very normal Asur faction, there is nothing weird about it."

"In short, although there is no need to rush, you should start to make efforts to reserve personnel now. Don't let the shipyard be able to produce dumplings, but the personnel training cannot keep up, and the ship will have to wait for people," the governor said, picking up the drawing pencil again. "Don't worry about having too many people. I have a hunch that the future form of war will be completely different."

"Is there still a need for the future? It's already completely different now," the door of the study was pushed open with a creaky sound, and the dusty Xiao Yiyue strode in. "The investigation team is back, and these white bean sprouts have really done something big..."

It was already early September. The second wave of intervention organized by the High Elves had set out in the middle of last month, crossing the Great Ocean on the Royal Fleet of Ulthuan and finally landing in the port city of Le'Anguran. With Asur's diplomatic efforts, Laun agreed to allow this foreign army to set foot on his territory and sell supplies at a fair price.

The route of the intervention army was obvious. They would pass through the two Bretonnian principalities and enter Westerland by land. After all, Cologne and Westerland were neighbors. The Lords of the Holy Scriptures considered sending a flying fleet to intercept them halfway, but after weighing the pros and cons, they gave up. After all, now was not a good time to go to war with the Bretonnians.

At this time, in addition to the Wester army led by Evelyn, the Aurora Air Force, which became famous in the air battle at Desolate Castle, also participated in the battle. The main forces of the Anxi Army Air Force and the Shuofang Army Air Force were dispatched. Together with the Wester Air Force, Marienburg had assembled three Swift-class, five Kingfisher-class, and eleven different types of Grasshopper gunboats.

According to the combat plan, the air forces of the three parties will take turns to conduct aerial reconnaissance, and today is the turn of the Shuofang Army.

The governor of the Shuofang Army did not continue to speak, but chose to present the investigation results in a more intuitive way. The tall lady raised her hands, and a [Mysterious Light Mirror] slid out of the void and floated in front of her.

The Anxi Army Jiedushi and King Changqing stretched their heads to look into the mirror. The scene in the [Xuanguang Mirror] was obviously taken from a flying ship. In the distant sky, there was a large group of... dark clouds?

"It doesn't look like advanced magic, at least it's not one of the spells I know," said the Spellweaver. "It can affect the celestial phenomena on such a large scale, so it must be heavenly magic. Should I ask Dustan?"

"I've already asked," Xiao Yiyue put his left hand on his waist and his right hand naturally hung down by his leg. "The wizard in charge said that this thing is a mixture of multiple spells, the main part of which should be a variation of the heavenly calamity spell [Thorson's Thunderstorm]. The caster relies on rituals, artifacts, and extraordinary skills to keep it in a state of being ready to go. Once a flying object breaks into the range covered by the dark clouds, lightning will immediately strike it on the head."

"So," An Jiyue concluded, "this is the countermeasure the high elves have given to our flying fleet?"

"I went to the front line on purpose," Xiao Yiyue said solemnly, "This spell cannot be broken."

"...Supreme mana? Being able to artificially induce supreme mana in a relatively stable manner, it seems that this spell must be the work of Tigris," An Jiyue nodded, "They are squatting where they are now, using this spell to protect their heads, waiting for us to come?"

Xiao Yiyue nodded. After leaving the Principality of Colonni and entering the territory of Westerland, the high elves did not advance very far before stopping to set up camp, obviously not wanting to experience the bombardment of the flying fleet.

"It's a very passive approach, but it's effective. Evelyn has ruled Westerland for too short a time. She must resolutely fight back against this behavior, otherwise she will lose face as the Elector." An Jiyue held her cheek with her left hand, thinking about countermeasures. "By the way, Evelyn hasn't come back yet?"

"She said she wanted to hear what Lawn was going to say," Xiao Yiyue crossed her arms and looked disapproving, "Don't worry, she has the dumbbells you gave her with her."

"So that thing isn't a dumbbell!"

Mr. Caffrey, the leader of the lizards who did not want to reveal his name, was tied up and sent to Jingning. He was also sent with the only item he had exchanged through the golden finger, a single-soldier teleportation device shaped like a stone dumbbell. According to the interrogation of Caffrey and subsequent tests, this item was not as useful as the Lords of the Holy Scripture thought beforehand. It was actually a reusable return scroll that could be used to teleport back to a pre-set location in an emergency, and this teleportation was effective instantly. Unless there was preparation in advance, even An Jiyue could not stop the teleportation.

When Lawn Leo Cornwall suddenly sent someone to deliver a personal letter, hoping to have a face-to-face meeting with Evelyn, An Jiuyue gave this thing to Knight Ji as an insurance against any eventuality, although she did not think Evelyn would need it.

"Um..." Morgan scratched his head and asked, "Should we take action here?"

"Go ahead, don't keep the guests waiting," An Jiyue nodded, "My Kaldorei troops have already been deployed, you can take over their command directly after you arrive. Remember, act according to circumstances, and ask in the group if you are unsure."

"Ah."

Chapter 334: Flying Fleet Attacks

The deep and long sound of the horn echoed throughout the Iron Valley Air Force Base.

When An Jiyue arrived here by cloud, the flying fleet stationed in the base immediately moved like a wound-up alarm clock. The captain and the captains stood on the navigation bridge, giving orders with loud voices, commanding their subordinates in circles; the boatswain checked all the oxygen tanks one by one to ensure that these vital equipment were sufficient, although the flight altitude of this operation would probably not require these things; the Mozhe and the engineers shuttled between the deck and each cabin, checking and ensuring that all the equipment was in normal condition.

When everything was ready, the ground crew untied the heavy anchor cable connecting the flying ship and the aviation tower, and 19 large and small warships started their anti-gravity engines in a pre-planned order and gradually increased the output power, allowing the ships to rise upwards as smoothly as possible. When the hull reached a certain height, the thrusters arranged on both sides of the stern of the ship started at the same time, pushing the warships forward slowly, and the entire fleet completed the formation in this process.

This process has been practiced several times in the past half month, so the entire take-off process was as smooth as flowing water. All the warships were divided into two parts, with three new Swift-class ships leading the way and three Kingfisher-class ships that had become Mrs. Niu. The Swift-class flew higher and further forward, while the Kingfisher-class deliberately lagged behind a little and flew 200 meters lower than the former, so as to use its main weapon firing range to fill the firepower blind spot under the Swift-class ship.

This formation is a new tactic that the Shenzhou Fleet came up with after summarizing the experience and lessons of the air battle in Fort Desolation. It is called the "Slanted Wall Formation". The Slanted Wall Formation makes up for the lack of lower hemisphere firepower of the airship through formation and coordination, preventing enemy flying units, such as organized dragons, from launching attacks from the firepower blind spot below the airship.

——Unless it is a dedicated ground-to-ground model, the main weapons of the flying ship will inevitably be placed on the upper part of the hull. This is determined by many factors such as the space of the hull, the technical level, the cost, and the cost-effectiveness. Although the tracking rocket of the Anshi Aurora has a guidance function, its performance is not as exaggerated as it looks. Even the Aurora line flying ship equipped with a tracking rocket still has a not-small conical firepower blind spot under the hull, and all the main weapons cannot reach here.

This is not a flaw or weakness, at most it can be said to be a feature that can be exploited by the enemy. In theory, this firepower blind spot can be avoided by close coordination of multiple warships, but of course no one has that many ships at the moment... When the fleet is limited in size but needs to face a well-organized group of dragon knights, the oblique wall formation is the best choice.

The remaining two Kingfisher-class frigates from the Shuofang Army formed the second echelon with the grasshoppers. The two Kingfishers were mainly responsible for protecting the grasshoppers, whose air defense capabilities were relatively weak. Even if the Caledonians were ordered to go to the "Atonement Expedition", the High Elite Air Force was definitely not something to be underestimated. Giant Eagles, Griffins, various Phoenixes, and Sky Slasher airships, Asur had many types of air units, and both quantity and quality.

According to the information sent back by Dustan's intelligence network, except for the Phoenix, all kinds of flying arms appeared in the battle sequence of the intervention army, among which the Sky Slasher airship belonging to the Lothern Sea Guard was the main force. Obviously, the high elves did not pin all their intentions on magic to counter the flying fleet. The only regret for the Lords of the Holy Scripture was that the famous Knights of Tar Gevor did not come this time, although even if they came, they would not be of much use (Note 1).

Since the Phoenix Court was slow to respond to King Gollum's invasion of Yvresse, and almost watched the greenskin army ravage the Outer Ring Kingdom, the people of Yvresse no longer obeyed the orders of the Phoenix Court and lived their lives behind closed doors. Although Finubar later made a lot of efforts to repair the relationship, the people of Yvresse, led by "The Grim", still had no interest in the Phoenix Court and did not care much about the affairs of other kingdoms in Ulthuan.

When organizing the second wave of intervention, it was not that no one suggested calling in the Yvressen. Although the Yvressen army was small, and perhaps only slightly stronger than the Nagarythe, it was superior in quality, and even by the standards of the elves it was a first-rate strong army. Unfortunately, Eltharion rejected the request for troops as usual, so Finubar had to give up.

Even so, the intervention army sent by Ulthuan was still a very powerful force. The High Elves not only mobilized their own army, but also used their money to draw a large number of mercenary troops from Tyrell. The intervention army that finally appeared on the border of Westerland was composed of more than 10,000 High Elves and 15,000 human mercenaries, the latter of which were basically famous mercenary groups of Tyrell. For this reason, Asur colluded with Tyrell's ruler Boggio.

It is worth mentioning that the "Besieger" Boggio was originally going to be stabbed with a skewer in the year 2503 of the Imperial Calendar, which is this year. However, he is still alive and kicking. It is unknown whether it is because the time has not come yet or because of the butterfly effect brought by the time traveler. The Lords of the Holy Scriptures do not know what Ulthuan promised Boggio. You must know that the vision of the high elves has always been very high, and those who can be hired by them are the real elite.

Many of these war dogs hired by Asur were actually members of the mercenary corps under Poggio. As a unique national condition of Tyrell, even Poggio's direct mercenary corps had to go out and earn money, and Poggio would also take a cut of the profits.