Your war hammer is too fake

As the battle progressed, the dwarves suffered casualties, but it was meaningless: this was Plateau Fort, the capital of the Emberstone clan, and the location of the main anchor. Unless the entire team of warriors was killed in an instant, no matter how many fell, Barrel would spend points to instantly replenish the team of warriors.

Because he needed to take into account the transformation of the entire battlefield, replenishment, and troop mobilization, Barrel simply did not go to the front line, but lay in his bedroom and concentrated on operating the War Codex. In order to protect the Dwarf King, An Jiyue also did not go to the front line. The Jiedushi stayed in the same room with the Dwarf King, acting as a temporary bodyguard for the latter who could not be distracted for the time being.

At the current exchange ratio, unless the demons still have some big moves to unleash, An Jiyue and Barrel don't think they can outlast them. A protracted tug-of-war is a common tactic used by demons when facing the most stubborn enemies. At its peak, it was said that the lizardmen had a million-strong army, with all generations of magic clams and a large number of ancient artifacts. The lizardmen were exhausted to death in this way. After all, demons are truly endless... and can be resurrected!

However, for the two Lords of the Holy Scriptures, well, please be sure to send more demons over.

[Dustan o Falcon: Damn it, I want points too, why can't I get such a good thing! ]

[Group leader #Anjiyue: This is easy. Barrel, give him the permission to deploy ally anchor points. ]

[Barrel o Magic Hammer: No problem, let's earn points together. Do you see the empty square behind the first wall? Deploy your troops there, don't put them in the wrong place.]

[Dustan O Falcon: I see. Thanks, I owe you one.]

[Group leader #An Jiyue: Don’t say such polite words to your own people. ]

There was no flash of light or other special effects. Two teams of Asur warriors, who were clearly Tritons but had Safri's mark on their shields, appeared in the square pointed out by Barrel. It was miserable to say that Dustan had not made much money since he crossed over. He only made a little money by sweeping the border princes and "recruiting" laborers for a certain governor, and by killing some small groups of beastmen and mutant gangs.

This amount of points was not enough for even a ten-draw, so Dustan, who was eager to earn points, could only draw twice. Unsurprisingly, he got two core cards... But it's better to have them than nothing.

The dwarves passing by the square all cast strange glances in their direction. System A-Dan and System Douya disliked each other, the long-bearded venerables grumbled and complained, while the sea guards ignored them and trotted towards the city wall, deliberately tiptoeing when passing by the dwarves, making the dwarves scream in anger.

A rain of arrows flew up from the city wall, and its pure white tail feathers were spotless even in the underground world. The Chaos Angry Demon that was approaching the city wall from the air was suddenly thrown off its horse and fell to the ground in a spiral.

Although the dwarves like to brag about their "dwarf accuracy", objectively speaking, the elves' archery skills are indeed more sophisticated, although the dwarves always refuse to admit this. Seeing that the sea guard had achieved results as soon as he shot, the indignant dwarves quickly showed their full abilities.

The crossbows and hate catapults engraved with engineering runes began to operate at full capacity under the command of the master engineer. The squirming Nurgle beasts were pierced by spear-like arrows and nailed to the ground, unable to move; stones engraved with hate items fell from the sky and turned into rubble to knock down the plague carriers in groups. The tide of filth stagnated and could not shake the defense of the dwarf fortress. The Nurgle army began to chant spells, trying to break the stalemate with sorcery, and the ancient walls engraved with magic resistance runes responded with silent contempt.

As for the specialty of the Nurgle army, various plagues were completely useless. Nurgle's plague was a manifestation of the power of the grandfather god, and was essentially a kind of chaos corruption, and the system units were immune to corruption. The Nurgle army slowly squeezed forward, and the pus and filth flowing all over the ground were burned by the fire runes. The rotten demons with all kinds of diseases turned into a handful of burning ashes one after another, and became a number on the books of the Lords of the Holy Scriptures in the process of being annihilated.

Despite their efforts, the defenders seemed no less numerous. The daemons of Nurgle had managed to leave a few marks on the ancient walls of Plateau Keep, but that was all.

Amid the onslaught of the demonic tide, Plateau Castle stood firm.

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Author's note: I took some time to read the comments. Answer to reader "Lieutenant Colonel Liu Peiqie":

It is not feasible to enlarge the Recaster and make it into the weird walk of Aduan, because when the Recaster takes on a body, it shapes the body according to its self-perception. Secondly, the game group mentioned that Aduan has a "Rune Guardian" that is about the same size as an Ogre, which is actually a dwarf version of the construct. This thing is a ready-made dwarf weird walk.

Another thing is the underground races. I am considering borrowing some things from other worldviews. What do you think of the cavemen and evil eyes in the dungeons of Heroes of Might and Magic 3? There is also a less popular game called "Phantom Overlords", which has a faction called "Fallen", and some of the underground races' troops are worth learning from.

Chapter 77 Midfield

Near noon, the demon's attack came to an abrupt halt.

Unlike mortals, Chaos Demons do not feel tired, hungry, thirsty, or fear. There is only one reason why they stop attacking: the "wind power" of the magical wind has weakened and can no longer support the existence of demons in the mortal world.

In the distant past, the Old Ones, a group of uninvited alien colonists who massacred countless natives, built large portals at the north and south poles of the planet to facilitate their travel between different planets. In 5600 BC, the Old Ones portals at the poles spiraled up under the influence of Chaos and exploded into two of the most brilliant fireworks since the birth of this planet.

Where portals once stood, they have now become permanent rifts in space, allowing the forces of Chaos to enter this world. The North and South Poles of the planet have thus become Arctic and Antarctic wastelands deeply corrupted by the forces of Chaos - some areas have been corrupted so deeply that they are almost indistinguishable from the Chaos Realm.

It was not until Caledor, the greatest wizard in the history of the elves, the good friend of the first Phoenix King Aenarion and the "Dragon Tamer", led his disciples to cast a spell to create the Great Vortex, that Chaos' first invasion of the mortal world came to an end. After the establishment of the Great Vortex, although demons can still find ways to enter the mortal world, the difficulty has greatly increased, and they cannot exist stably for a long time.

Even in Dulong City, which is not far from the Arctic wasteland, summoning demons to descend is a very troublesome task.

As the product of the materialization of the Wind of Magic, the existence and activities of Chaos Demons are completely dependent on the Wind of Magic. The Wind of Magic originates from the Realm of Chaos and is the result of the emotional fluctuations of intelligent creatures reflected in the subspace and undergoing a series of complex changes. They blow into the material universe through many connection points between the Realm of Chaos and the mortal world, the most important of which are the spatial rifts at the poles. Compared with the North and South Poles, other "vents" are basically not worth mentioning.

Due to the distance, the closer to the poles, the stronger the magic wind is, and vice versa. The area near the equator of the planet is the weakest area of ​​magic wind, and although Plateau Castle is not near the equator, it is quite close. In addition, the earth itself has a certain degree of blocking effect of magic wind. Plateau Castle, which has no surface part and its main structure is completely underground, is a city that is extremely unfriendly to both wizards and demons.

Chaos is the essence of the Wind of Magic. The wind's strength and direction are unpredictable and changeable, which is the basic characteristic of the Wind of Magic. The demon army's attack began in the early morning, and when it was close to noon, the Wind of Magic suddenly weakened without any warning. The previous second, all kinds of strange demons were still shouting and roaring; the next moment, the boundless magic tide seemed to be just an illusion and disappeared into the air, leaving only the dwarves and high elves staring at each other.

[Everyone, take a break in batches, and eat quickly.] Through the mind network, Barrel's will was conveyed to the minds of every system soldier. [Don't forget to prepare the bean sprouts' share! Also, don't give them beer!] The Lord of Plateau Castle added.

Asur and his mages earned a lot of points today, and more sea guards were gradually added. Considering that the Plateau Castle could not have the weapons of the high elves, especially the arrows consumed in the fierce battle in the morning, it was obviously too late to make them now, and it was impossible to find suitable craftsmen and materials. Dustan gritted his teeth and became the first person in the group to try the new supplies.

——In addition to the most important recruitment pool, there are several pools with different functions in the War Codex. For example, the material pool is used to extract various materials needed by the army, including but not limited to weapons, ammunition, food, medicine, tents and bedding, finished metal ingots, etc.

The types of items that can be drawn from the resource pool are closely related to the faction to which the Lord of the Holy Scripture belongs: Barel cannot draw Sky Silver (Note 1) and Road Bread (Note 2), and Dustan cannot draw Star Iron and Dwarven Beer. And whether it is Barel or Dustan, it is impossible to draw Curse Salt, Purifying Incense, or the Spirit Stone Battery used by the Mechanical Beast.

Compared to the recruitment pool, which costs 1,000 points per time, the material pool is much cheaper. With only 50 points, you can try your luck here, which is the cheapest among all the pools.

Perhaps because it had been long enough before, this time he finally got his face turned pale with the mage, and successfully smuggled into Europe. After spending 4 points in one go, although the arrows he drew were not many, Dustan successfully drew a huge amount of Sky Silver Ingots and Sky Silver Products, and even hundreds of sets of Dragon Armor and Eagle Claw Crossbows. It is worth mentioning that in theory, all Dragon Armor is forged from the Vaal Anvil, a specialty of the Kingdom of Caledor, but the Dragon Armor Dustan drew was of the Safri style.

These dragon armors produced by the Holy Scriptures of War use exactly the same materials and craftsmanship as the genuine products. However, there are no dragon-wing-shaped decorations on them, and the shape is also typical of the Safri style: the entire armor is a deep blue like the night sky, and the forehead of the helmet is inlaid with a silver star symbolizing the "old woman" Moraig o Heg.

...Fortunately, it wasn't the golden crescent moon that symbolized Lilith, Dustan thought. Otherwise, he might want to throw these things away or sell them to any buyer who offered the right price.

Dragon armor and crossbows came in handy right away. Unlike other high elf infantry, the basic organization of the Lothern Sea Guard is not a regiment but a "ship gang", and each ship gang is equipped with two Eagle Claw Crossbows. As the only artillery unit of the high elves, due to painful reasons such as balance, the Eagle Claw Crossbow is a rare unit in the tabletop rules... Even from the background setting, this thing is not rare at all, and can even be said to be everywhere.

No normal person would use such a precious rare card to recruit this thing while conscious. Dustan originally thought that he might have to find a way to make it himself, until he drew this from the resource pool.

Everything drawn from the supply pool appears in the form of supply cards. These exquisite hard cards can and can only be activated at the location of the anchor point to release the corresponding supplies. Like system units, system supplies can also be remotely deployed at the anchor point of an ally, as long as the ally is willing to open the deployment permission.

In a flash, this batch of weapons and ammunition traveled thousands of kilometers to the Plateau Fort. Half of the four Eagle Claw crossbows were kept as spares, and the remaining two crossbows and dragon armor were distributed to the team of sea guards that had the best performance and earned the most points this morning.

【Dustan o Falcon: Look at Barrel, look at what equipment his subordinates have. Damn it, his Iron Crusher and Heavy Hammer can be mixed with a full set of rune equipment, so why can't I have a Dragon Armor Triton? ! When I draw the Avalon Boy's Magic Bow, I will change it for Triton! It's a pity that the Dragon Armor and the White Lion Cape are not compatible, otherwise I would have to get one of each. 】

After the battle in the morning, the Plateau Fort had ten teams of Sea Guards to assist in the defense. In order to facilitate command, Dustan recruited a helmsman (Note 3) to manage these Sea Guards, and also assigned a life-related elven mage to serve as the helmsman's deputy. The mage still had some points, but considering that it was not easy for the system units thrown into the Plateau Fort to return home, Dustan was not planning to deploy more and stronger troops for the time being. Anyway, the "earning money" efficiency of ten teams of Sea Guards was quite high.

As for the team of sea guards who were all equipped with dragon armor, Dustan, who suffered from the late stage of naming insufficiency syndrome, named it the Skylark Squadron. This was An Jiyue's suggestion, and the allusion came from the civil war between the three giants in ancient Rome.

At that time, Gaius Julius Caesar had a Roman legion mainly composed of naturalized Gauls. The most famous achievement of this legion, nicknamed "Skylark", was that it relied on a group of legion infantry with large shields, short swords and javelins to withstand the charge of the war elephant troops head-on - and it was a group of war elephants that had gone crazy and out of control!

After the Jiedushi explained the origin of the name Skylark, Dustan immediately said that this name was good and especially suitable for those troops who needed to undertake the task of resisting the line.

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Note 1: It is the silver of Iselama, a metal of very low density that is only found in Ulthuan. "Iselama" is an Elthalim word meaning "sky".

Note 2: Waybread is a magical food unique to the high elves. It is actually the elven biscuit Lembas in the Lord of the Rings.

Note 3: Sea-Helm is a kind of hero of the High Elves. In the background, he is a mid-level officer of the Sea Guard. The translation of "Sea-Helm" was thought up by the author and several group members. After all, the basic organization of the Sea Guard is called "Ship Gang".

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Author's note: Updated early today

Chapter 78: Field of Order

The fierce battle in the morning brought a lot of points. Even after deducting the cost of conversion and replenishment, Barrel still had a surplus of more than 15 points. This meant that thousands of Chaos Demons were completely annihilated in all timelines, and it also made the travelers even more reluctant to let the Recasters join the battle.

Since the beginning of the battle, the Recasters, led by Gotrek Starbreaker, have been strongly demanding to join the battle. An Jiyue and Barrel spent a lot of effort, even bringing up Granni's name, to barely appease this group of irritable ancestors. On the one hand, the Recasters do not have the special ability of the system units to completely kill demons, and the demons exiled by the Recasters will not have any points; on the other hand, there are thousands of white bean sprouts in the city right now, and the Battle of Longbeard happened during the reign of Gotrek Starbreaker!

What would happen if the two sides met? It was impossible not to let Dustan come to earn points. There were really no Chaos spawn around Akendorf, so there was no place for him to earn points. Even if there was, it would be a drop in the bucket. If he missed this opportunity, he didn't know when he would have to wait for the next good opportunity to make money.

In addition to the Recaster, the expedition team that came with An Jiyue to find Plateau Castle was also a big problem. The governor thought about it and still felt that they couldn't collide with Dustan's elves. After discussing with Barrel, the girl took advantage of the opportunity when the demons were temporarily offline at noon to send all the expedition members except Krag out in the name of "finding and destroying possible space rifts in the deep tunnels." Anyway, the two Lords of the Holy Scripture knew very well that there was no such thing under Plateau Castle.

——Whether it is the main anchor or the secondary anchor, after being deployed, the order field will automatically unfold. The order field can purify all corruption, repair damage to the spatial structure, and strengthen the barrier between the mortal world and the chaotic kingdom. Most importantly, the order field can gradually solidify the [order] in an area. This process will be displayed in the form of a percentage on the war book of the anchor owner.

When the order solidification progress of a certain area reaches 100%, the land will be completely controlled by the War Codex and will be free from the troubles of the power of chaos. The area where the order field is completely solidified will become a forbidden area of ​​chaos. Demons will die instantly if they appear in such a place, and become points on the account of the anchor point owner; the living servants of chaos will also be greatly weakened, demon weapons and chaos armor will lose their magic power and become ordinary iron, and the blessing of the evil god will also become invalid, or even backfire on the spot.

Once the solidification progress reaches 100%, it will never decrease again. However, before reaching this level, the solidification process of the Order Domain is reversible. The activities of chaotic creatures, evil bloody sacrifices, and even the intervention of the evil gods themselves will reduce the solidification progress. If the solidification progress reaches zero, the Order Domain will collapse and the corresponding anchor point will be destroyed.

The foundation of Plateau Castle is quite good. When Barrel just took the main anchor point, the solidification progress of the Order Domain was above 70%, and it was steadily increasing at a rate of two percentage points per day. The sudden siege of Chaos Demons interrupted this process and caused the solidification progress to slowly decrease. The existence of these subspace evil creatures alone will either passively or actively spread Chaos corruption and damage the [Order] on this land.

According to the assessment of the War Codex, the solidification progress of Plateau Castle is now decreasing by an average of 0.5% per day. This speed is not a fixed value, because as the overall solidification progress decreases, even if the demons do not invest more troops, the decline will become faster and faster. If the Chaos Demons perform a blood sacrifice or something, the decline will be even faster.

The good news is that there are no decent sacrifices around Plateau Castle for the time being... In order to open a sufficiently stable space rift, Amon Chaka personally slaughtered a large number of greenskin tribes on the Lost Plateau, plus a few unlucky ratmen underground strongholds. Greenskins and rats have never been high-quality sacrifices. The only advantage of these carnivorous mushrooms and radioactive rats is that they are in large quantities.

Because the sacrifice was too low-quality, the Lord of Change couldn't even summon other great demons to come to the mortal world, and could only rely on a group of military pioneers to command this army of demons.

In short, due to the existence of the Order Domain, the demons can hardly open any portals within its coverage, even if the Order Domain of Plateau Castle has not yet solidified. By observing the direction and changes of the Wind of Magic, An Jiyue concluded that the spatial rift that allowed the demon army to enter the mortal world should be located somewhere in the Lost Plateau northeast of Plateau Castle, and there is likely to be more than one. The straight-line distance between it and the Fortress is most likely more than 50 kilometers.

While the dwarves finished their lunch chatting and laughing, and laughed at some "ugly beardless monsters" who only drank wine, and then lined up to defend the city walls, the demons were still panting and rushing to the battlefield... Halfway through lunch, the power of the magic wind increased again, enough to support the existence of demons in the mortal world.

However, after they emerged from the space rifts, they had to run a marathon to loosen up their muscles before they could see those damn dwarves and elves hiding behind the city walls.

After a short intermission, fierce fighting broke out again. When Josef Bergman, Gotrek Gornisson, Felix Jaeger, and Grim Brockson, escorted by 20 Highlander Rangers, dodged small groups of roaming demons deep in the underground tunnels and searched in vain for non-existent space rifts, when Krag learned how to make the Doomsday Anvil from Kurgaz in the Rune Workshop, and when Gotrek Shatterstar complained for the Nth time that he could not go to the front line to kill demons, Barel and Dustan happily looked at the rising figures on the account.

"So," the dwarf king's mouth curled up even when he was asking, "you really won't come?"

"The defense of Gaoyuan Fort is now fully saturated," the governor replied. "There is really no need to force people in. It's not even icing on the cake. Besides, I have my own considerations."

When Dustan deployed troops to get the chips, Dustan and Barel suggested that An Jiyue also deploy some troops to earn some extra money, but the latter refused. The girl made it clear that unless there was some unexpected situation that caused the war situation to collapse, An's Zhendan army would not appear here.

The Dwarf King and the Asur Mage didn't quite understand what the girl was worried about, or whether she was planning something. Seeing the girl's firm attitude, the two of them gave up after a few words of persuasion.

The afternoon battle lasted until late at night, and ended only because of another change in the wind of magic. The demons' offensive continued to make little progress, and almost no results were achieved. Barrel's account figure had exceeded 400,000, and Dustan also had a net worth of over 50,000, which could be said to be very rich.

When the demonic tide dissipated in frustration and reluctance, An Jiyue finally gave the order to the recasters, who were already getting a little impatient, to move out.

"Gotrek, I need you to be active on the outside." Since Gazul had recited the book on behalf of all the ancestors, An Jiyue was the only one besides the current Supreme King who had the power to command the Recasters. "The Lord of Change must have killed a lot of greenskins and rats to open the space rift and summon demons. If it wants to get more and stronger demons, it has to find better sacrifices, or slaughter countless lives to make up for the lack of quality with quantity."

An Jiyue gestured on the map provided by Barrel and said, "The fortress is very safe now. It turns out that the demons are temporarily unable to break through our defenses. In order to maintain this extremely favorable situation for us, I need your people to sweep the surroundings and destroy or drive away all the things that can be used for blood sacrifice! I want the demons to be stuck there!"

Gotrek Oshatterstar tucked his helmet under his armpit, his orichalcum armor gleaming. "Leave it to me, ma'am. I've heard that there are many strange creatures living in the mountains and rainforests of the South. I hope they can be more durable than the elves, by our ancestors!"

An Jiyue nodded. "You must set off as soon as possible," the girl said. "The wind of magic may change at any time. You must complete the mission before the demons start to change their strategies. Remember, don't attack the demons rashly."

The former High King slammed his right fist down on his left chest, silently making his promise.

Chapter 79: Emergency

In the early hours of the next morning, the fighting resumed.

The wrath of Chaos is unstoppable - at least that's what the Chaos cubs themselves think. The demonic tide from the Warp should have swept the world like a tsunami, crushing all the foolish people who dared to resist, and destroying all traces of civilization... However, even if it was the malice from the world itself, it could only be defeated by the cheaters.

More demons joined the battle, roaring, laughing, and making noises as they emerged from the shadows deep in the tunnel. The Chaos Demons' spellcasters no longer tried to attack the dwarves directly, but instead used their spells to strengthen other demons. The winged Chaos Angry Demons were overwhelming, and they pounced on the top of the city at all costs, forcing the defenders to focus most of their long-range firepower on them. Taking advantage of this opportunity, a team of Soul Grinders quickly approached the city wall and bombarded the defenders on the top of the city with Harvester-Cannons.

Bucket shells swept through the dwarf ranks, some of which were blocked by the parapet, while others set off a storm of blood and death in the defenders. Even the well-made dwarf heavy armor could not withstand the projectiles fired by the harvester cannon. Only the rune-inscribed star iron armor could withstand this attack soaked in the evil power of the warp; while the harvester cannon fired, the soul grinder also scratched at the wall with its huge mechanical claws, trying to destroy the adhesive between the stones and thus shake the wall itself.

A few brave long-bearded warriors ventured out from behind the parapet, visually confirmed the exact location of the Soul Grinder, and threw some rough earthenware jars with all their might. The hard and brittle jars were smashed into pieces by the huge demon, and slightly turbid liquid escaped. The next second, everyone present heard the Soul Grinder's screams.

The exorcism talisman water made by a certain governor immediately sent away the Soul Grinders who had been hit the most by the earthen jars, turning them into a handful of hot ashes that scattered all over the ground. The remaining Soul Grinders also collapsed to the ground dying. Whether it was the etheric flesh and blood in the upper body or the spider-like mechanical structure in the lower body, all of these Soul Grinders were covered with pits and burn marks.

"There's no movement in my account," An Jiyue said, "it seems that this kill was counted on your head."

"Oh, this thing is worth 5,000 points each," Barrel checked his war codex after hearing this, "It's worth two dozen pink horrors. It seems that points are awarded according to the person who actually does it."

Even in the fierce battle, the two masters of the holy book had time to do a small test to see what the war holy book's criteria for judging the kill were. From the actual results, even if the exorcism water was provided by An Jiyue, the kill was counted on the long-bearded warrior who threw the clay pot, and the points of the soul grinder were given to Barrel.

Since there is no black powder and steam engine in the "setting" of Plateau Fort, Barel's recruitment list is incomplete. The Dwarf King cannot recruit Thunder Gunners, Iron Dragon Artillery, Cannons and Gyrocopters, Iron Crusher Warriors are not equipped with Cinder Bombs, and Miners have no detonators. Even the recruited Engineer Master has no knowledge of black powder and steam engines.

In the War Codex of Barrel O'Mel's Hammer, all arms related to black powder and steam engines are grayed out in the recruitment list, indicating that they are not selectable. The Lords of the Codex unanimously agreed that this might be the reason why Plateau Castle was able to gain such a huge improvement in dwarven runes and why the population was so large - at least it was one of the important factors. As for how to unlock the recruitment rights for these arms, we can only figure it out slowly after the war is over.

An Jiyue didn't have the problem of incomplete military units, but she had no points. The girl still had some recruitment cards she had saved up before, six special cards alone, but she only had a little over 4,000 points. When she took over and started the recast triangle, she spent 30,000 points to perfect this semi-finished product, so that the wisdom crystallization that Granni left for the dwarves could finally start to work.

After confirming some details of the points acquisition mechanism, An Jiyue turned her attention to Gotrek O'Shard. In order to facilitate command and coordination, the girl considered again and again and decided to send Jinzhi Shigeru and the Recasters to act together. At this moment, about 5,000 Recasters were led by Gotrek O'Shard, ready to clean up all the "neighbors" near Plateau Castle: either greenskins or rats, and of course there was a very small chance of running into other things.

In addition to the orichalcum armor and weapons they obtained during the reforging, the reforgers also brought a batch of powerful crossbows and eight crossbow cannons sponsored by Barrel. After all, close combat alone is not very reliable. In addition, these ancestors who returned to the human world also took away a large amount of beer from the warehouse without hesitation... Although the reforgers do not need to eat, they still retain this function, and the existing reforgers have not tasted alcohol for at least a hundred years.

Except for a few people, most of the recasters followed Gotrek Ostarcrusher out. The Recast Triangle has temporarily stopped running. It needs time to recharge. The engineers and runesmiths in the recasters are taking advantage of this time to overhaul it. According to Kurgaz, who is currently training an apprentice, this process will take about a week.

In fact, Kurgaz had always complained that the Reforged Triangle should not be put into use so quickly. The system was originally a semi-finished product, so it had never been tested. In the eyes of the dwarves, any new gadget that has not been fully tested and evaluated is not trustworthy, and the dwarves' inspection process for new technologies will take at least several centuries.

Neither An Jiyue nor Barrel bothered to listen to Kurgaz's complaints. Compared to the endless chatter of the ancient rune master, they were more concerned about whether the demon had any hidden cards.

Neither the Jiedushi nor the Dwarf King relaxed their vigilance against the demons because the current situation was so good. The mysterious Lord of Changes never showed up, and no truly high-end combat power appeared on any front. The appearance of the Soul Grinder showed that the other side was increasing the stakes, but with just this thing, even the first line of defense of Plateau Castle could not be broken.

It seemed that the demons had adjusted their offensive strategy. They no longer tried to break through the underground tunnels, but instead concentrated all their forces in front of the main gate of Plateau Castle. The Slaanesh army was still nowhere to be found. The demons of Khorne, Nurgle, and Tzeentch were mixed together, charging non-stop, and then quickly met their doom, and went to destruction in the belief that they could be resurrected.

The battle situation always maintained a delicate balance. The continuous fierce attacks of the demons did not cause the defenders to show even the slightest decline, and they could not even achieve any impressive results. This situation could not be maintained forever. An Jiyue and Barel were very clear about this. The movements of the Slaanesh demon army were particularly worrying.

On the second day of the Battle of Plateau Castle, the "weather" slightly favored the demons. Today's magical wind "force" was significantly stronger than yesterday's, so the demons became stronger, faster, and of course more fanatical. They caused nearly twice as many casualties to the dwarves as yesterday, but the constant flow of points brought a constant flow of reinforcements, and Barel even had spare money to repair the fortifications damaged in the battle. The traces that the demons had left on the rune wall with great effort disappeared in the blink of an eye.

The battle lasted the entire day, although for the Plateau Castle deep underground, day and night seemed to be no different. The search team led by Joseph Bergman was still searching deep underground for the space rift that was not there. When they set out, they deliberately brought half a month's worth of supplies. If that didn't work, the rangers who were proficient in outdoor survival could also catch some underground lizards, blind fish, and pick some mushrooms to make do.

An Jiyue estimated that these teammates were likely to be lazy the whole time. Although it was a very happy thing to squat behind a solid fortification and fight the demons, watching the points rise, she would not really waste time with the demons like this. Demons were not wild monsters in the game that could be killed at will. She would decisively take action when the time was right...

"Wake up!"

An Jiyue opened her eyes dazedly. "What's wrong?" The girl yawned, "I didn't feel any abnormal flow of magic wind. Ah, I mean, except for the disturbance caused by the space rift itself, everything is normal. Probably."

"Joseph and the others are in trouble," Barrel said quickly, "and now you are the only one who made it in time. Last time you said you only had over 4,000 points left? I'll transfer 100,000 to you first. If it's not enough, @ me in the group."

"? Something happened?" An Jiyue asked casually while putting on armor with the help of Barrel: "Did they encounter the legendary underground race?"

She just said this casually, but Barrel nodded seriously and said, "Yes. They are surrounded by the underground race."

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Chapter 80: The Faceless

Let's go back in time to before the battle began.

Somewhere near Plateau Hold, deeper underground than the deepest dwarven mines.