Your war hammer is too fake

Chapter 479 Finally Arrives

Southland, a certain airspace south of Kosota.

As the sun sets, the afterglow casts a dim yellow hue over the parched rainforest. The Meco Vigilant "Blue Hat" is sandwiched between two Meco-class gunboats, flying in formation at an altitude of 1300 meters. The white-and-gold-rimmed mermaid flags flying on the main masts of the three flying ships indicate that they are all from the Wester Air Force.

Now that the main force of the flying fleet has not yet been dispatched, they have been ordered to attack to provide early warning for their side, to be on guard and detect the possible movements of the Chaos Hive, especially to focus on the movements of those Plague Arks that are comparable in size to the Nimitz-class - if the worst happens and this thing is successfully hatched before the main force of the fleet is dispatched.

This is the most suitable job for the West Air Force, and it may be the only job they are competent for in this war and is also important enough. With the strong assistance of Tianhe Shipyard, especially after the belief in the God of All Machines became popular among the engineers, Coast Heavy Industries quickly mastered the technology of the Meko class. At present, Belisarius Cawl, the leader of the Mechanicus, has begun to design the first frigate of the Empire line.

This research speed is already extremely fast, although it still cannot be compared with An Jiyue and Morgan, the two real cheating masters. In any case, Coast Heavy Industry will not be able to deliver the first frigate to West's air force until the end of the year at the earliest. At present, they can only rely on various Meco-class ships to support the scene.

Facing thousands of Nurgle Winged Swarmers or the huge Plague-spreading Ark, the Grasshopper/Meko class, which is designed to attack the ground, is not very useful. In fact, judging from the results of several previous battles with Chaos Hive, any ship without a shield is not suitable for fighting Chaos Hive: there are too many Winged Swarmers, and no matter how powerful the close defense firepower is, it cannot prevent them from forcibly rushing to your ship.

Once the Chaos Hive units successfully boarded, casualties were inevitable. No matter how good the exchange ratio was, the Lords of the Holy Scriptures would suffer a loss in this matter. After all, their crews needed a lot of resources and time to train, while the Winged Bees were much cheaper in comparison. Not only could they afford to die, but they also had enough numbers.

Due to various factors, the Wester Air Force, which had arrived in the Southland through root transmission, was soon excluded from the front-line combat sequence and was replaced by the Meko Vigilant, which was also provided by them. Anyway, as long as you don't actively crash into the Chaos Nest's hatching pool, it is actually difficult to encounter a large number of rotten bugs.

This kind of Warhammer-style bullying made the West people very dissatisfied, but unfortunately even their own Lord of the Holy Scripture did not support their claim on this matter. After all, the points of the Knight Ji family did not come from the wind!

"And this damned distinction won't last much longer."

On the front deck of the Blue Hat, Lieutenant Speyer, a cadet assigned to this ship for internship, picked up a silver spoon, scooped a piece of pork liver meatball from it and put it into his mouth: "Hmm... (chewing)... I think you should have heard that (swallowing) we will have frigates soon, and then we will have plenty of opportunities to win honor for ourselves and the Elector!"

"It is said that the higher-ups are already selecting the first batch of frigate captains," the captain of the Blue Hat, an air force lieutenant, came over with a plate of food, "God of Killer Whales, can't they come up with some specific standards?"

Upon hearing this, Speyer couldn't help but glance at the captain. West Territory officially implemented the military rank system this summer. The captain of the Meco-class is usually a second lieutenant or a sergeant, depending on the type of ship. The captain of a combat ship is a second lieutenant, while a transport ship is a sergeant. The only exception is the Meco Vigilant, whose captain is a high-ranking lieutenant.

"Lieutenant, I never knew you were an engineer," said Speyer.

"I have not joined the Adeptus Mechanicus," the lieutenant replied. "It is not only the clergy who can pray to the gods, right? Otherwise, the bishops and battle priests of the Church of Sigmar would be enough."

"I don't deny that," Speyer nodded. "In short, we won't have to wait too long before we have our own frigates, and in the future we will have more, bigger, and stronger ships. No matter now or in the future, we are the most powerful air force in the entire empire! Whether it's the playboys in Rickland, the barbarians in Middenland, or the warehouse managers in Wiesenland, they will never be able to match the powerful Westland!"

There was a burst of cheers and applause on the front deck. As a bulk regime, regional discrimination between different provinces of the Empire has been a chronic disease since its founding, and even Sigmar cannot solve it. The most arrogant among them are the Westland, or the people of Marienburg. Who made them the largest port in the Old World with the most developed economy?

"Speaking of those idiots, my uncle runs a cargo ship business on the Reik River. He often goes to Altdorf and Nuln," the lieutenant captain took a bite of fried pork sausage with sauerkraut, "Reik Metal and Nuln Steel are secretly dismantling the anti-gravity engine in private, trying to crack its manufacturing technology, and the result is..."

The captain deliberately dragged out the word, causing everyone to come over with their plates and ask questions repeatedly.

"There are only rumors in Aldorf, but my uncle happened to be there during the Null incident and saw the whole thing," the lieutenant said. "God knows how those idiots did it. When the Null people dismantled the anti-gravity engine, they caused gravity disturbances. Half of a Null Steel workshop was crushed by the strong gravity, and the other half was thrown into the sky by the anti-gravity. Several senior engineers went to see Mor on the spot."

"Wait," Spyle asked hurriedly, "Are you sure this was caused by the anti-gravity engine? The anti-gravity engine used by the Meko class? How could this thing have such a destructive power?"

"This matter has spread all over Nuln. Many people saw with their own eyes that half of the factory building flew into the sky, and then turned into brick rain and fell down. Lady Emanloli wanted to block the news, but how can such a thing be blocked? There are too many people who saw it!" Seeing that Spier was a little suspicious, the lieutenant hurriedly said: "I didn't believe it at first. My uncle likes to brag when he is drunk. He also said that when he was young, he went to Zhendan and saw a dragon with a body as winding as a snake and could transform into a human form!"

After a pause, the lieutenant put the remaining half of the pork sausage into his mouth, and then took a big sip of the refreshing beer: "Ha~ I have a lot of friends in the Mechanicus. I asked them and they told me that although it sounds incredible, in theory, if the Meko-class anti-gravity engine is overloaded, it can indeed cause such consequences."

"...They'd better have figured out how to explain this to the Cathay people," Spire said speechlessly. "The anti-gravity engines of Reik Metal and Null Steel were purchased directly from the Cathay people. Dismantling them privately seriously violates the technology transfer agreement. Forget it, this is their problem. What does it have to do with us?"

All the Westmen nodded in agreement. Before Speyer could say anything more, the Bluebonnet's whistle suddenly blew. The piercing sound startled the crew members who were eating dinner on the front deck. Then they quickly threw the unfinished food on their plates over the side of the ship and handed the plates to the part-time cooks on board.

"Report the situation!" The lieutenant was the first to rush into the command bridge and shouted loudly.

"The Eye of Heaven has detected a strong signal source in the south-west direction, about 90 leagues away from us (Note 2)," replied the battle mage on the ship who was responsible for operating the magical device. "This is not normal. This is beyond the maximum search range of the Eye of Heaven!"

"There is only one reasonable explanation," said Speyer, who then entered the command bridge, "The enemy's signal strength is so high that the Eye of Heaven can capture it outside the effective detection range!"

"...The Plague Ark!" After a short silence, the lieutenant uttered the word through gritted teeth.

"We must report this to Lord Yrel immediately," Spire said, looking at the lieutenant, "This is not a situation we can handle."

The lieutenant nodded vigorously.

……

Note 1: The Grasshopper/Meko class ships were too small, so there was no dedicated dining room. Even officers had to eat on the deck with the enlisted men.

Note 2: Approximately 434 kilometers.

Chapter 480 Intelligence and Decision-making

Dragon Islands, deep in Dread Rock.

The ruins of the former temple city have now become a secret base nominally affiliated with the Shuofang Army, but in reality shared by the Anxi Army, the Shuofang Army, and the Faceless Men. The cleanup and construction of the ruins have been ongoing, and after several expansions, the water barrier finally covered the entire ruins. Then, the Shuofang Army's engineering team was finally able to ignore the rainy season and work all year round, rebuilding the entire city with the help of the system lizardmen that were hatched one after another.

As a frontier of the ancient Lizardman Empire, the temple city on the Dragon Islands was small in scale, and the production capacity of the hatching pools was also low. After successively controlling and transforming the hatching pools on the three main islands, minus the war losses caused by clearing out the remaining wild Lizardmen and other dangerous creatures on the islands, there were only a little over 6,000 Skinks and more than 200 Giant Lizards, and about 500 Lizardmen left to this day - the reason for this small number was mainly because the Skinks were enough.

Although Skin Lizards are not warriors in terms of their functional positioning, their combat effectiveness in the rainforest environment is actually quite good. Their high adaptability to specific environments alone is a great advantage. In addition, Skin Lizards can work and can undertake relatively complex technical work. When paired with Giant Lizards, which have low intelligence but amazing brute force, this combination is as expected in engineering construction... It can only be said that the Ancient Saints are really awesome in biotechnology.

Thanks to the hard work of the cold-blooded people who work hard and never complain, the temple city of Fear Rock has been basically cleared. Except for the large pyramid that serves as the center of the city, which has been preserved and repaired, all other architectural ruins left by the ancient Lizardmen have been demolished, and the recycled stones have been reused as building materials.

As the demolition and reconstruction progressed, an independent community with typical Faceless-style buildings gradually took shape, occupying a part of the city with confidence. As there were only a few dozen individuals left in the entire tribe, An Jiyue sent all of them to the Dread Rock when she resettled the Faceless, which was also the main base of the Zhendan people in the Dragon Islands.

Compared to their previous stay in Kosotar, the Faceless Ones truly treated this place as their new home. When these moths chose to obey Jilan's decision and surrender to the Outer God, the Faceless Ones realized that their wandering was over, and from now on they no longer had to struggle for the survival of their race.

Under the protection of the Outer Gods, although the tribe is extremely weak, the most difficult years have passed, and a beautiful and glorious future is waiting for them. Of course, all this comes at a price. Slave owners feed slaves because they are useful. What is the meaning and necessity of slaves who have lost their use? Since An Jiyue has provided a place for them to stay, they must show their value to their masters. The Faceless One knows all too well what will happen to useless slaves...

Although An Jiyue does not consider herself a slave owner, she will not treat them as slaves.

[Found it. Here, on the third level of temporary storage rack No. 79-45.]

The sound of the mind echoed in the slightly gloomy archive room because all the curtains were drawn, attracting the other faceless men who were looking through the memory matrix to raise their heads and look in that direction.

[Go get the blank memory matrices.] Another voice with an older voice said. [Copy all the information the master needs, then number these memory matrices and send them to the summary team.]

[I have no intention of questioning, Brother Kanaze.] The voice of the mind said. [Should we simplify the records first? The complete record is long, perhaps the master wants to see more concise information.]

[I understand your concerns, Brother Kes. We are very inexperienced in being slaves.] The older Faceless One Kanaze said. [But I am sure the master prefers a detailed description.]

[I understand.] After a brief pause, the voice of Faceless Kais's mind sounded again. [Look at those arrogant bugs, how pathetic they are. They firmly believe that they are free and will always be so. Now, not only have they become slaves, but they have also been assigned a terrible master.]

[Compared to other destructive powers.] Kanaze said dimly. [That plague pig isn't that bad.]

For a moment, the archive room was filled with the cheerful and relaxed sounds of the soul floating around.

……

Some time later, in the Southland, Tal-o-Qur, the royal court meeting hall.

"...Although it took a lot of effort, fortunately the Faceless Ones finally found the information about this thing," An Jiyue looked around at the participants, "Just as I guessed, Nurgle did not create the Ark of the Plague from scratch. He just corrupted the prototype and created this thing."

Even though they have experienced countless wars and upheavals, the Faceless Men's data files have always been well preserved. Whether they were forced to retreat into the underground world or were forced to flee the underground world, no matter what they gave up, they would never consider throwing away a part of the memory matrix that stored important data.

The good news is that the Faceless still has a complete psychic technology tree. The powerful psychic technologies created by the ancient Faceless Empire have not been lost, except for a few. At least the relevant information is still there, and it will be restored sooner or later in the future. The bad news is that the Faceless are an extremely ancient race, and they have saved too much data! When the main battle failed and the army was seriously injured, the Faceless had no time to sort out the files slowly in order to save time. They could only take things with them to moisturize them first. As a result, how to reorganize the files has become a huge problem.

The Faceless Men have been doing this work since they moved to the Dragon Islands. They have nothing else to do anyway. As a result, dozens of Faceless Men are still busy now, and they have only just started compiling the index catalog.

"We all know that this planet called 'Theia' originally had only one primitive continent, and the climate was too cold to survive. The only places on the planet that had plants and animals of a certain size were near the equator. It was the Old Saints and their pet toads who adjusted Theia's orbit, bringing it closer to the sun, and divided the primitive continent to form the current land pattern. The Faceless Men and the Nest Tribe were both races that were born before the Old Saints arrived."

"In fact, the Faceless and the Hive did not intersect after they fled into the underground world. The two races had been fighting for many years before the arrival of the Ancient Saints. The Hive at that time was very different from the current one. The earliest Hive were actually closer to the positioning of nomadic people. Due to the harsh environment of the entire planet and the lack of biomass resources in ancient times, the Hive evolved into a special branch of queen bees."

"By comparing the records, I found that the queen bee is the prototype of the Ark of the Plague, a super-giant hive node that relies on psychic energy to float in the sky. The queen bee is a mobile living city that also has the functions of resource collection and storage, hatching hive units, large-scale transportation, etc., and its combat effectiveness is not very bad, at least it has the ability to protect itself."

Fleet commander Yrel, who was present at the meeting, raised his hand. After getting permission, General Kaldorei asked, "Why didn't the Brood stop using this unit? Because the underground world couldn't let it fly freely?"

"Because the combat environment has changed. In ancient times, I mean before the arrival of the Old Saints, the relationship between the Ancient Hive and the Ancient Faceless Men was a bit like that between the Norsemen and the Imperials. Due to the scarcity of biomass in that era, the Hive relied heavily on plundering the land of the Faceless Empire to obtain biomass. Unfortunately, the harsh environment at that time restricted the Hive's war potential. They did not have the ability to confront the main force of the Faceless Men head-on, so they had queen bees to facilitate escape. After all, no matter how well a fixed hatching facility is hidden, it will be a dead end once it is discovered."

"But from what I understand, the Brood are a semi-underground race, just like the dwarves," Yrel said.

"The elves have branches such as Asur, Druz, Asrai, and now we have your Kaldorei. Why do you think the Hive Clan has no branches?" An Jiyue asked in return: "Before the arrival of the Ancient Saints, the Hive Clan branches that drove queen bees around and robbed were the mainstream, while those who hid underground and dug holes all day were actually a minority."

"Thank you for your answer, my Lord. Please continue."

"In short, Nurgle found the genetic blueprint of the Queen Bee from somewhere and corrupted it, creating his own biological warship, the 'Plague Ark'. We don't know what the Plague Ark is capable of, but the Queen Bee, as a prototype, did leave a detailed record with the Faceless Ones, which can be used as a reference."

After taking the cup handed over by Nishikori Shigeru and drinking a sip of lukewarm sweetened black tea, An Jiyue continued, "Although it looks bloated, the speed of the queen bee is not as slow as it seems. If converted into our measurement units, the queen bee's regular flight speed can reach about 30 kilometers per hour, and the maximum ceiling is about 4000 meters. Well, at least our fleet can gain a height advantage when fighting this thing, if the Ark of the Plague has not been enhanced in this regard."

"Secondly, as a mobile hatching pool, the queen bee is itself a powerful logistics supply station that can support the combat needs of a hive at the legion level. This must be taken seriously in terms of tactics."

The Hives have a fast growth rate and are highly adaptable. They do not have the serious internal fighting problems like the Skaven. However, there is no perfect race in the world. Every race has its own advantages and disadvantages. The more prominent the advantages of a race, the more serious its disadvantages are. Among them, the disadvantages of the Hives are quite counterintuitive: as the main body of the Hive army, the digestive system of the lower nodes is more fragile than imagined.

The Nest Clan can collect any normal plants and animals and convert them into biomass. However, the lower-level nodes have limited instincts and no self-awareness and cannot directly chew the "raw materials" to obtain nutrition. When eating, they can only eat nutrient pastes with strictly proportioned ingredients, and this stuff requires special living biological buildings to manufacture.

The Chaos Hive has seven incubation facilities on the surface of the Southland. Each of them can send out a vast number of flying bees to besiege any attackers. However, as long as they leave the incubation facilities for more than a certain distance, the frequency and scale of the Hive's activities will drop drastically, because the preparation, storage and transportation of nutrient paste are all very troublesome. Especially in the high temperature and high humidity environment of the tropical rainforest, the shelf life of nutrient paste is so short that it needs to be measured in hours.

In addition, the lower-level nodes of the Nest Clan must be under the command of the upper-level nodes in order to fight. Once the connection with the Nest Clan network is interrupted, it would be fine if there were pheromones as a backup measure. Although the communication efficiency would be slightly reduced, at least it could still be used. If even this cannot be guaranteed, the lower-level nodes will be out of control.

"For the Hive Clan, the queen bee solves the above two problems at the same time. First of all, it is a powerful psychic signal amplifier and a biological computer. With its assistance, the upper node can easily command a large-scale Hive Clan army, even if it is not on the scene at all. Secondly, the trouble of logistics supply is also solved." An Jiuyue said.

“So far, even the foul ‘blessing’ of Chaos cannot solve the congenital defects of the Brood,” Yrel continued. “Our army only encounters a lot of rotten bugs around the hatching facilities.”

"Don't be careless. Cheating has never been the specialty of Jianqi." The Jiedushi warned.

Yrel nodded.

"Let me summarize," Morgan, who was sitting in the main seat, said, "If there were no queen bees or plague-spreading arks, the attack distance of the Hive Clan's large forces would actually be very short, because they could not leave the logistics facilities too far?"

"Hmm. Referring to the general rules of Nurgle's corruption, I think the speed of the Plague Ark should be slower than the prototype, but its ability to withstand attacks will be greatly improved. In addition, maybe this thing will even hatch units faster," the governor thought for a while, "and then there's the standard Nurgle configuration of killing you with dirt if they can't beat you."

"Are there any records of the ancient Faceless Ones shooting down the Queen Bee?" Morgan asked again, "How did they do it specifically?"

"Yes, but rarely. As for the second question, the answer is to stack firepower, there is no other way. This thing is tough to begin with, and after being corrupted by Nurgle it will certainly be even tougher - the prototype Queen Bee was once targeted by a dozen Spears of Insight, but it was able to fly away on its own," An Jiyue shook her head. "The Spear of Insight is a heavy energy weapon of the ancient Faceless Men, and its power is comparable to the Light Spear used on the cruiser you are conceiving. If the Queen Bee is this tough, the Plague Ark will be even tougher."

"Then the tracking rockets will be intercepted by the 'Pufferfish' at a fixed point... <Kaldorei swearing>, which means that apart from phase torpedoes and spells, we have no means to effectively harm this thing?"

"Have you forgotten that this thing is now considered a demon? The curse salt I transferred from Xuanshui's war reserve warehouse should be delivered soon," An Jiyue pointed out a detail that Morgan overlooked, "Nurgle's disgusting 'blessing' does not bring all benefits... After the curse salt is dissolved in rainwater, it can burn evil things even if it is just poured on."

"So," Morgan clapped, "so how do we get the curse salts on these things?"

"While there is still some time, quickly replace the bomb buried in the carrion vulture with a salt water tank," An Jiyue looked at Nayis, "According to your prediction, how much time do we have?"

The legendary spellsinger with the title of "Prophetess", the greatest prophet in all of Athel Loren except for Queen Ariel herself, now the Cardoretin, replied without hesitation: "The official attack will be launched in seven days."

"This is consistent with our military's reconnaissance results," Iriel followed.

"In the final analysis, this thing is too big, so it's normal that the frigate's firepower can't deal with it." At this point, An Jiyue suddenly changed the subject, "Although it doesn't help the current situation, I have found a solution to the problem of not being able to build a large ship with the current level of technology. The cruiser plan can be launched."

The flying ship is a ship that flies in the sky. It can fly only because the anti-gravity engine invented by An Jiyue is powerful enough. As an aircraft, the force of the flying ship's hull structure in flight is completely different from that of surface ships. Therefore, the keel of the flying ship is not at the bottom of the ship, but under the main deck, and it is slightly raised in the middle and bent at both ends.

Due to the limitations of materials science and processing technology, An Jiyue had calculated the limit of the steel multi-section keel when designing the Grasshopper: a maximum of two thousand tons. For a flying ship with a larger mass, one must either wait for a metallurgical master to emerge at the material port, or make a breakthrough in structural design.

The upper limit of 180 tons is obviously not enough. The four single-mounted mm main guns planned by An Jiyue plus other large subsystems must be piled up to tons, and the cruiser conceived by Morgan is also about the same tonnage. Unless the keel is made of star iron, and it may have to be strengthened by a few dwarf runes, the structural strength of the flying ship will definitely not be able to withstand such a large mass.

"How did you solve it?" Morgan, who was also troubled by the cruiser plan being stuck at the first step, immediately asked, "Did you find a way to artificially synthesize star iron?"

"How is that possible... I actually changed my mind. Since the keel structure is really impossible, why not just do without the keel?" An Jiyue tapped her temple with her right index finger. "Replacing the entire keel with a load-bearing frame with a more complex structure is feasible, at least in theory."

"After this battle, we'll have a good chat about your... Pah! You almost raised the flag!" Morgan said with a little annoyance: "We have only managed to scrape together this little wealth. I'm afraid we're going to lose the battle."

"Your reverse flag raising is a bit awkward..."

"That's better than poison milk!"

Chapter 481: Strategy, the Newcomer

The royal court began a comprehensive mobilization.

All the falcon cavalry regiments were sent out, and there was now at least one falcon cavalry squad on standby in the air at all times in the airspace south of the Linyin Territory. Giant eagles left their nests in groups. These intelligent giant birds of prey were not native to the Southland, but had followed Morgan Linge and his followers southward.

These noble beasts, with wingspans of more than 30 feet, are found in both the Old World and Ulthuan. They build nests in families high up in the mountains, always on the lookout for any unusual activity in their territories. After arriving in the South, the Giant Eagles naturally settled in the mountains on the edge of the Southland world near the Linden Territory, and with the help of the Kaldorei, they snatched a piece of territory from creatures such as griffins, manticores, and wyverns.

Giant eagles are beasts, but not in the usual sense. They are an ancient race with an incredibly high level of intelligence (Note 1), at least much smarter than a considerable number of humans. When the Kaldorei began to mobilize, the giant eagles were also busy moving around - birds have their own social circles, and the Warhammer world has never lacked highly intelligent beasts. When several giant eagles visited Tal-O-Zur, they brought their elven allies the latest movements of the enemy.

"Here," a forest lord stretched out his hand and pointed at a place on the map with his right index finger. "Fendal told me that they learned from a group of fleeing pterosaurs that three evil creatures much larger than the largest dragons invaded their territory, forcing these pterosaurs to flee north. The pterosaurs tried to defend their homeland but failed. There were too many enemies, and they spread deadly plagues. Many pterosaurs were knocked down by the disease before they could even fight."

Behind the Forest Lord, a giant eagle that was also attending the meeting raised its neck, spread its wings, and cried "Hing!"

Morgan glanced at the arrogant giant eagle and asked calmly, "What is the enemy's route?"

"It is certain that they are heading directly for us," the woodland lord who is responsible for communicating with the giant eagles replied immediately. "They deliberately avoided Koth'otar and squeezed in between the Temple City and the World's Edge Mountains. They would stop at regular intervals along the way and, uh, 'feed.' At least that's how Fendal described it."

"That's normal. The Plague Ark is a mobile base, and there must be countless Chaos Hives surrounding them at this time," An Jiyue said, "They must collect biomass regularly to sustain the consumption of the Hive army."

The Jiedushi would not participate in the next action. On the one hand, her internal injuries had not healed yet and she could not go into battle. On the other hand, Chen Jianjun had already set out to the north, and An Jiyue had to rush over as soon as possible. The appearance of this middle-aged man solved the problem of food supply in Kewangbao, and the conditions for deploying the City Heart in the local area were ripe.

"The falcon cavalry we deployed in Kosota surveyed several 'feeding' locations. From the distances between these locations, we know that the Plague Ark is currently moving at a constant speed of about 25 kilometers per hour," the Forest Lord continued to introduce the intelligence, "They will enter our interception range in 50 hours, so..."

"Is there any dereliction of duty at the outpost of Kosota?" Flying Fleet Commander Yrel suddenly asked. His words made everyone look at him, but Yrel did not stop questioning: "If it were not for the Giant Eagle Allies, we would not even know that the enemy had crossed the Kosota line. What are the falcon cavalry deployed in Kosota doing? There is no doubt that they are failing in their duties."

As a temple city that had been abandoned for many years, Kosota was recently briefly colonized by the Faceless Men. After the Faceless Men chose to join An Jiyue and voluntarily transformed into system units, Kosota was abandoned again... until the threat of the Chaos Nest began to emerge, the Crucible King's Court hurriedly set up a large outpost in the area.

A group of deep forest scouts, wild forest rangers and the indispensable falcon cavalry were deployed in the outpost. Their job was to patrol the surroundings and be alert to any danger signals. For this purpose, a psychic communication matrix was specially deployed there - the Kaldorei were quite averse to psychic technology, but unfortunately long-distance magic communication technology had not been practical, so this was the only one they had available.

“Yrel, your accusation is too harsh,” Morgan said before the forest lord could speak up for the falcon riders. “Don’t suspect our people without solid evidence.”

The Evergreen Queen herself did not think that the matter was as serious as her appointed fleet commander said. The outpost of Kosota was really just a larger outpost, and her points were not enough to afford an anchor point in such a place. Without the support of an anchor point, the effect of such an isolated outpost would be quite limited.

Especially the tropical rainforest in the south is a one-to-one replica of Lustria. In this dangerous green hell, the enemies are not just those that appear on the surface, and the outpost has to work hard just to protect itself.

“Your Majesty,” Yrel nodded toward Morgan. “They nearly made a terrible mistake.”

"Are you sure you will be invincible for the rest of your life? Are you sure you will never make a mistake?" Morgan frowned and asked, "Yriel, not all mistakes are unforgivable."

"...I still hold my opinion, Your Majesty. I only hope that they will not continue to live up to your tolerance." said Yrel.