Your war hammer is too fake

Except for a few caves with special uses, the caves dug by the rift worms are basically in the shape of an inverted bowl, round on the top and flat on the bottom, with a circle of tunnels connecting to other caves on the edge. The cave where the vanguard is located is of this structure. The bottom of the cave is about 15 kilometers in diameter, and there is a small lake in the center.

This cave was originally the territory of the Faceless Men. It was the rear area of ​​the Faceless Men's sphere of influence, far from the front line. The Fluttermoths built the Reflection Fortress around the lake. Although it was called a fortress, it was actually a training facility with a full set of fortifications, and it was also one of the Faceless Men's largest [education] centers. When the Faceless Men lost their main force and were forced to retreat, they took away as much supplies and personnel as possible, and killed all the cavemen in the fortress who had not yet completed their education.

Due to the rush of time, the Faceless Ones only destroyed the psychic equipment used for education, and all other facilities fell into the hands of the Nest Clan intact. After the Faceless Ones ran away, the Nest Clan, who were temporarily free of defense pressure, did not waste energy to dismantle the fortress, and it turned out that it was put to good use now.

The vanguard's camp was next to the entrance of the tunnel they had come from, which could prevent the enemy from attacking from the side or outflanking them from behind. After setting up camp, An Jiyue only sent out rangers to scout the fortress, which was full of insects, while the main force remained stationary. It was not until the second batch of troops led by Barrel arrived that the Jiedushi ordered the fortress to be surrounded and artillery positions to be set up.

Compared to the last time the girl came to the Southland, the Plateau Fort Legion, except for the Rangers, has basically adopted firearms. Thunder Gunners replaced the traditional heavy arrow crossbowmen, and the newly cast cannons eliminated the ancient catapults and most of the crossbows. Only a few crossbows with tracking runes were retained as anti-aircraft equipment. This big step change in armaments would cause huge controversy and opposition in any fortress, but in Plateau Fort, everything was so logical.

As a former ranger clan, the Cinderstone Clan calmly accepted Barrel's radical military reforms and embraced new long-range equipment and combat methods; as for how Plateau Castle was able to produce enough firearms and ammunition in such a short period of time and complete the relevant training for the new equipment, it can only be said that points are truly omnipotent.

Anchor points cost one million points each, and so do City Hearts. The latter are priced the same as anchor points because they are worth the money: after deployment, City Hearts can not only create a system city on the spot, but this system city itself has many functions, some of which are free, while others require extra points.

With the design drawings and factory construction drawings provided by Grim Brockson, Barel Hammer "only" spent less than 100,000 points to create a small but comprehensive arsenal next to Deljim Forgefire's rune forge workshop, capable of producing most military weapons, from dwarven pistols to thunder airships.

The Ironbreakers in Plateau Castle originally did not have Cinderbombs, but now they are equipped with them.

The vanguard commanded by An Jiyue and the second batch of troops commanded by Barrel were equipped with eleven companies of cannons and two companies of organ guns. Gotrek Starbreaker also had five companies of artillery. When nearly eighty artillery pieces were deployed outside the Reflection Fortress, the Nest Clan stationed in the fortress did not know what kind of weapons they were, but still sent flying bees to raid the dwarf artillery positions from the air.

Then, there was nothing else… Seven or eight hundred Winged Bees came over so arrogantly, without dodging or avoiding, and only about twenty meters above the ground. When the battle group was about to start diving, the Thunder Gunners, Organ Guns, and cannons loaded with shotgun shells opened fire at the same time, and the violent firepower network tore the Winged Bee formation apart in the blink of an eye.

With the help of various long-range firepower, less than one-tenth of the attacking flying wing bees finally escaped, and the fortress defenders almost lost all their high-mobility units at once.

If the commander of the Nest Clan was an experienced veteran, he would have stayed dormant and observed for a while. Small-scale reconnaissance and exploration would become more frequent, but large-scale deployments would never occur. However, the mother stationed here was a newbie who had just hatched for less than half a year. When she came to her senses from the shock, she felt that she had made a wrong decision and lost face, and might be scolded by her mother. She immediately got excited and decided to bet all her chips and win them all in one go!

The main gate of the Reflection Fortress slowly opened, and the Nest Clan troops stationed in the fortress rushed out and began to form a battle array within the range of the cannon. If it was facing an ordinary enemy, An Jiyue would have ordered the cannon to be fired long ago, and would never give the opponent a chance to calmly arrange the battle array. However, the Nest Clan is different from ordinary opponents after all. As long as the upper node as the command unit is still issuing orders, the lower nodes without self will not be disturbed by the sudden attack.

"That's great," Barrel said, taking a sip of iced happy water. "The fries are delivered to my door."

The happy water was a gift from An Jiyue, and the ice cubes were also made by An Jiyue on the spot. The governor glanced at the unconscious dwarf king, and then said to the clan leaders and engineering masters who were waiting for orders: "Put the enemy within 300 meters before opening fire, and focus on the big guys, especially the two largest ones."

The dwarves took orders and left.

The 2.3 Nest Clan troops took the initiative to attack the dwarves.

The dwarves strictly followed An Jiyue's orders and kept the enemy within 300 meters before opening fire. As they didn't know what the enemy had, the cautious dwarves arranged four companies of cannons to deal with the two Titan Bees, and the remaining cannons were aimed at the bombardment bees, which were much smaller than the Titan Bees but still considered giants, and the pressure bees, which were as big as the dragon demons.

As soon as the cannon sounded, the Titan Bee fell to the ground with a rumbling roar. Its thick chitinous shell was full of holes caused by the cast iron shells. Purple blood flowed out from the wounds and soon formed a sticky puddle under its body. The bombarding bees that could launch explosive bees were hit by the cast iron shells before they could spray out these living shells.

After firing a volley, the dwarf artillerymen skillfully cleaned the barrels, loaded shells, and fired another round of cannonballs before the enemy rushed over. Then, the thunder gunners let the needle bees' stings tinkle against their armor, unmoved, raised their flintlocks and pulled the triggers, bringing greetings from the mountains with hot lead bullets.

"Charge!" The tribe mother who led the team was extremely anxious. She actually regretted it the moment the Titan Bee fell down, but now she could only bite the bullet and fight on: "Close combat is good for us!"

The order was passed down to every node along the hive network, and all the insects quickened their charge at the same time; however, the dwarves also launched a counterattack at the same time, and the loud Kazarid war cry shook the entire cave.

"Khazukan-Kazakit-ha!!"

The moment the steel and the limb collided, the latter was almost visibly bent. The size of the stinging bee determined that its melee ability was actually quite limited. They mainly relied on numbers and fearlessness of sacrifice to overwhelm the enemy. However, in this battle, the side with the numerical advantage was the dwarves, who were known for their sparse population.

The lower nodes rushed forward one after another, stabbing the heavy armor on the dwarves with their sharp limbs in vain, but the battle line of the hive was still forced to retreat. When the few heavy pressure bees that survived the bombardment were either knocked down by the close-range volleys of the thunder gunners, or knocked down by the star iron war hammers of the heavy hammer warriors, or chopped into pieces by the butcher's axe, the hive formation began to slowly and unstoppably collapse.

Realizing that she was losing the battle, the Clan Mother could only lead her own Royal Bee Guards to charge at the enemy with the most gorgeous armor, hoping to save the precarious situation by killing the enemy's main general.

The good news is that she did find the dwarves' chief general, but the bad news is that this chief general's surname is An, his name is Jiyue, and he is from Weidong. He is a fourth-rank governor of the four towns of Anxi, and has the title of co-director of the Shentong Weidu Command. The moment the two sides faced each other on the chaotic battlefield, the clan mother roared and released a mind blast, trying to gain the upper hand.

However, what was coming towards them was also a mental explosion, and it was much more powerful than the psychic power of the clan mother.

...When Nadel hurried over, what the Queen of the Nest Clan saw was the Reflection Fortress that had fallen into the hands of the enemy, and her good-for-nothing daughter hanging in front of the fortress gate.

Nadel felt dizzy and almost couldn't suppress the old wounds in her soul.

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Author's note: Reply to reader "phontonsky":

They all have souls. In addition to their absolute loyalty, system soldiers are real people.

Chapter 235: Escape

Northeast of Orion Camp, in the desert area south of Drifting Dunes, in the underground prison.

Morgan Linge, the Lord of the Crucified Wood Court, the Lord of the Weavers, and the Sixth Lord of the Holy Scripture, floated in midair, holding a staff and confronting the alert tribe mother. The Asrai girl was not in a hurry to launch an attack because she was calm and composed, but rather because she was a little hesitant because she encountered such a tough opponent for the first time.

Except for An Jiyue, all the Lords of the Holy Scripture have a complete and detailed "past" given by the Holy Scripture of War. This past memory is clear and detailed, but when the Lord of the Holy Scripture recalls this false memory, there will be a subtle and unignorable sense of incoordination deliberately added by the Holy Scripture of War to prevent group members from confusing it with their real memories.

This not only prevented the Lord of the Holy Scripture from having a self-perception conflict like Zhuangzi dreaming of a butterfly, but also made it difficult for new members to effectively use the information carried by false memories. A typical example is Dustan. A lot of information and precautions about dwarves were told by An Jiyue to Asur to lead the mage, but in fact all this information was in Dustan's false memory. In theory, Dustan could remember it as long as he thought about it.

As the leader of the Crucified Wood King's Court, Morgan Ringo has no lack of combat and war experience. In his false memories, Morgan led his followers to the Southland for two hundred years and fought hundreds of battles, big and small. The enemies included greenskins, ratmen, beastmen, lizardmen and demons. By Warhammer standards, the Orion Camp is undoubtedly a relatively peaceful place.

The Spellweaver Lord shouldn't be unfamiliar with battle, let alone nervous. However, Morgan was a little hesitant, especially when the strong smell of blood filled her nose, and the elf's overly keen senses made her stomach cramp.

Fortunately, the confrontation did not continue. The tribe mother, who was also a novice, could not stand the silence and launched an attack with a low roar. As a psychic, the tribe mother did not use the mind blast, which was not effective against those with strong mental power. Instead, she pulled up the body of the ranger who was cut in half from the ground and smashed it at Morgan.

Rage dispelled his hesitation in the blink of an eye. As long as he thought that it was this half-insect, half-human thing that killed two of his heroes and a dozen top infantrymen at once, Morgan had a complete understanding of what he should do now.

She raised her staff, and the high-level magic [World Travel] was instantly cast upon herself. The figure of the Weaver turned into a translucent shadow and disappeared into the ground beneath her feet, lightly avoiding the warm corpse thrown by the clan mother.

Morgan, who had temporarily transformed into a spirit, shuttled through the land and emerged silently from not far behind the tribe mother, and the effect of the spell ended. Morgan, who had turned back into a physical body, waved his staff, and the magic wind that had been gathered in advance immediately turned into a blazing white energy arrow, attacking the tribe mother who had just turned around.

The tribe mother poured psychic energy into the telekinetic shield without regard for consumption. The barrier that would not show up even when attacked clashed violently with the white energy arrow until the latter ran out of magic power and dissipated on its own. Without waiting for the tribe mother to catch her breath, Morgan released the second [Rage of Cain] at an absurdly fast speed. The pure white energy arrow forcefully penetrated the already greatly weakened telekinetic shield. The tribe mother only had time to barely move her body away before the energy arrow pierced her abdomen.

Well, the abdomen of the upper body.

The injured tribe mother screamed piercingly, and the psychic spell that was about to take shape collapsed. Fortunately, compared to dangerous magic, there would be no consequences even if the psychic spell failed. Without giving the tribe mother a chance to breathe, Morgan, who had learned from An Jiyue in advance that the upper nodes of the Nest Clan had the ability to regenerate quickly, cast a spell to summon white flames to wrap around the tribe mother.

Even if Nadel was hit by the [Soul Scythe], she could still rush forward and stab the opponent despite the pain of her soul being torn apart, but the tribe mother who had only been hatched for half a year did not have such a strong will. She screamed miserably in the pain of the flames burning her body, and was completely unable to concentrate on using her spiritual power. With every passing second, the fire became more intense. Unable to bear this torture, the tribe mother staggered in the dungeon, and finally shouted at Morgan: "Kill me!!"

The Spellweaver Lord met her request. Of course, even in this situation, Morgan still abided by An Jiyue's repeated warning of "don't let psychics get close to you", and killed the tribe mother with magic from more than ten meters away.

It was not until the battle was over that Morgan had time to check on the wood elf who looked strangely familiar. She first threw a [Divine Praise] at him, and then after thinking about it, she threw one at the crazy human explorer in the cell next door.

Neiss, who had fainted from the pain, slowly opened her eyes. The first thing she saw was her friend's familiar yet unfamiliar face. "Oh, Aisha," the spellcaster touched his chest and found that his broken ribs had recovered as before, and even his nearly crippled left leg had regained feeling. "Even in this situation, it's great to see you again."

"Nais," Morgan flipped through his false memories and immediately found the other party's message, "Long time no see."

“Are you fighting these bugs?” The spellsinger asked as he stood up from the ground. “Don’t tell me you came here alone, Morgan. You are a lord after all.”

"My army is clearing out the Hives, the big bugs, on the surface," said the Lord Weaver. "I sent some people to sneak into the dungeon first, to prevent the bugs from taking advantage of the chaos to transfer you or... this is what happened."

"Hey!" Susayb shouted in Nehekhara. "What are you talking about? Can you let me out?"

"This is Susab, the champion of Ka-Sabai, visiting you on behalf of his king," Nayes also switched to Nehekhara. After all, Morgan knew the language she knew, and he often spoke it better. "Well, can you do me a favor?" As if thinking of something, the spellsinger quickly added: "And this Mr. William Martin, he saved my life."

Morgan thought to himself that the name was so casual. The Lord of the Weavers just squinted his eyes, and the two door locks fell off automatically. The Tomb Herald strode out, picked up the spear of the dead shadow dancer from the ground, thought about it, and took the short sword of another shadow dancer, put it back into the scabbard and hung it on his waist.

In contrast, human explorer William Martin remained in a state of madness where he could not communicate, and the healing effects of divine praise had no effect on him.

"This barbarian was the first to move in. He was here when I arrived," said Suseb, who was now fully armed. "He was lucid a few times, but he didn't like to talk about who he was or why he came here. Ha, maybe he is a tomb robber attracted by the wealth of Nehekhara!"

[Group leader #An Jiyue: Judging from his appearance, it is likely that he was pierced by the mind, or was hit by several mind blasts in a short period of time, and the residual spiritual energy is still running rampant in his soul. Tsk, the person who did it is too reckless. After I finish dealing with things here, I will go to your place and treat him at the same time. ]

【Morgan Ringo: Understood.】

"He might have been hit by Mind Piercing, or several Mind Blasts," Morgan repeated the group leader's words dryly, using standard Nehekhara pronunciation. "Don't look at me. I can't handle this situation." After a pause, she said, "I'll find someone who can treat this kind of injury to come and see him later."

"Ladies, I hate to interrupt your conversation," Suseb clenched his spear with both hands, "I hear footsteps."

"Those are my men. Anyone walking on two legs here must be my subordinates." As an elf, Morgan had already heard the footsteps. "Suseb, help me and capture Mr. William."

The Tomb Herald tilted his head, then picked up William, who was muttering to himself in the air, and carried him on his shoulders.

"Anyway, let's go to my territory first," Morgan said as he led the way out. "The person you want to visit is me, so we're on the same route in every sense of the word."

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Author's words: Reply to reader "Reader1659590858":

The Dwarfs introduced mortars to the Empires to replace the trebuchets, but the artillery was still in training, so they didn't bring them this time. As for the Beedrills being too weak, just spread your hands, how powerful do you expect the basic units of the Zerg to be?

Answer to the reader "Da Miao Command Type":

Rangers are actually also heavily armored, but they were embezzled by CA. Except for the unarmored butcher, only the war machine operators of the dwarves are lightly armored, and all others are heavily armored.

Chapter 236 Negotiation

Underground world, Reflection Fortress.

"In summary, I think the conditions I initially prepared are no longer applicable to the current situation," An Jiyue said, wearing the eternal armor given by Granni and even a helmet. "I led the army here, and then this idiot..." The governor glanced in the direction of the city gate. "... took the initiative to attack us."

This reckless and thoughtless tribe mother was still alive, and she was not even injured. After An Jiyue knocked her out with the mind blast, she did not kill her, but captured her and prepared to use her as a bargaining chip in the next negotiation. After all, for the Nest Clan, every upper node that can use psychic energy is very valuable.

"She failed. Her reckless attack not only destroyed her army, but also allowed the fortress to fall into my hands intact," the alchemist girl calmly recounted the victory that she thought was not worth mentioning. "I was originally only going to ask for this cave as a buffer zone to give to those cavemen who still have a free mind. These cavemen will become vassals of the Zhendan Dynasty, and their land and their own safety will be guaranteed by the Dynasty."

Hearing this, the clan mother hanging on the city gate suddenly struggled violently, and her mouth blocked by rags made a "wuwuwu" sound. In addition to the physical ban on speaking, An Jiyue also sealed the clan mother's spiritual power, making it impossible for her to use the voice of the mind to speak. Of course, even if the clan mother could still speak, Nadel would not care what this stupid daughter said.

"There is no conflict between our tribe and the Sons of the Rock, nor any old grudges in the past," said the queen who came to negotiate in person. "You came fully armed and broke into our territory without notice. In this case, don't our tribe even have the right to defend themselves?"

"You call this place 'our territory', but it actually belongs to the Faceless Men," An Jiyue said, motioning with her eyes for Jin Zhishi to get her a bottle of ice. "The Faceless Men were instigated by the demons and organized an army to invade the dwarf territory. They have paid for this extremely serious offense with their own blood, but it is not enough. It was us who destroyed the main force of the Faceless Men's army. Whether it is as compensation for the invasion or as the spoils of war that the victors deserve, of course we have to take a share of the benefits."

Taking the bottle of happy water covered with water droplets from the deputy captain, the girl used telekinesis to tear off the bottle cap, tilted her head back and took a big gulp.

"Huh~" The girl narrowed her eyes. "Would you like a bottle?" she asked, holding up the bottle.

"Mother!" Upon hearing this, a clan mother who came along for the negotiation was about to speak, but was stopped by Nadel who raised her hand.

"Give me some too," said the Queen, "let me have a taste of the drink of the surface people."

As soon as the iced happy water entered her throat, Nader's eyes lit up. She looked up like An Jiyue, and the 200 ml glass bottle was empty in a few gulps. "This is really good, the master will definitely like it," the queen said, holding the empty bottle, "If we can open up trade, how can we exchange this thing?"

"The Nest Tribe actually also has the concept of trade?" The Jiedushi asked, tilting his head.

"No matter how those gloomy slave owners describe our people to you, surface people, we are not beasts," Nadel used telekinesis to put the bottle back on the table. "Although we lack trading partners other than our own people, we do have the concept of business. Sometimes, we will also use gold and gems to hire stone dragons to fight for us, but this is not common. Those big lizards are too greedy and don't keep their promises, although occasionally they will keep their words."

"If we can reach a peace agreement, we can certainly establish a stable trade relationship." An Jiyue turned his head and looked at Gotrek Starbreaker, who was sitting on his left. Seeing the previous High King nodded slightly, the governor continued: "This world will be destroyed in 26 years. Anyone who is willing to fight for the survival of this world is our potential ally."

"Wait, the world is going to be destroyed?" Nadel didn't want to appear too anxious, but An Jiyue casually dropped the explosive news that still made her unable to help but ask: "What does that mean? The Ancient Saint wants to slaughter everyone indiscriminately?"

"There are no more Ancient Saints. Not long after you and the Faceless Men escaped into the underground world, the portals built by the Ancient Saints at the two poles exploded, and enemies from another realm invaded this world. Although they were eventually repelled, they never gave up trying to destroy this world," the girl said, spreading her hands. "After messing up everything, the Ancient Saints evacuated this world, leaving only the Lizardmen they created and us, the original races, to face the endless war. The Lizardmen who almost wiped out your race back then still exist today, but they have long since declined."

"So," Nadel took a deep breath, "are those new enemies going to destroy this world?"

"Almost. You have actually come into contact with these things before," An Jiyue threw out new information at the right time, "Do you remember the blue-haired strange bird that was sealed by your master? This kind of existence is collectively called demons, and above the demons there are four most powerful evil gods who command the demons."

"You hope to form an alliance with my people?" the queen suddenly asked, "using such an aggressive method?"

"Don't make a mistake, Ms. Nadel," An Jiyue took off her helmet and pulled off the headscarf that Jin Zhishi had tied for her. "I just came to see if you have the potential to become allies, and then decide whether to sign a peace agreement with you..."

"…I'd better destroy you now before you become powerful."

"You won a victory, but that doesn't mean anything," Nadel said, "You don't understand the power of our people, let alone the power of the master. As long as she comes back, you will immediately..."

The queen's voice suddenly stopped. Not only her, but all the upper nodes of the Nest Clan who came to negotiate, all trembled and fell to the ground. "If you can make a decision on behalf of your race, then listen to me," An Jiyue released [Mind Suppression], while slowly standing up with both hands on the armrests of the chair, "Tell Namtaru that the Reflection Fortress is mine, it must belong to me. She can continue to rule the underground world, but if I find that there are bugs appearing on the surface without permission, I promise you that it will be the beginning of the complete extinction of the Nest Clan."

"If your master can accept this, the negotiations can continue, otherwise let's go to war."

As soon as she finished speaking, the effect of [Mind Suppression] disappeared. A trembling tribeswoman came over and tried to support Nadel, but she was pushed away. "I will convey your request to the Lord," the queen raised her head and forced herself to look directly into An Jiyue's eyes, "The Lord will make a decision, and I will unconditionally execute any order of the Lord."

After saying that, Nadel led her men and turned away.

"Stop," An Jiyue suddenly said after the upper nodes had walked more than ten meters away, "Take this away too."

The clan mother who had been hanging on the city gate was let down and struggled like a caterpillar. A younger clan mother subconsciously wanted to go over and help her sister up, but was glared at by Nadel.

"The mistake she made was too serious," the queen turned her back to An Jiuyue and did not look at the clan mother on the ground. "Even in my clan, there is the death penalty." As she spoke, the queen stretched out her hand, and her spear broke away from the rack on her back. After spinning half a circle in the air, it flew towards the defeated clan mother lying on the ground with star iron chains tied around her body.

An Jiyue did not try to stop it, and just watched the spear pierce through the head of the clan mother who was in disbelief.

"What should we do next?" After the Nest Clan had gone far away, Barrel spoke up to break the subtle silence at the scene: "Just wait like this?"

"If you are really bored, you can go and reinforce the fortress with the engineers. I will hurry to the Orion camp," the governor said, picking up the helmet and headscarf from the table. "I am a little concerned about the situation over there in Morgan... You just stay here and watch. After all, for such a big matter, we have to wait until the real owner arrives before we can start discussing it."

An Jiyue turned and walked towards the fortress, and Jin Zhifan followed without saying a word. When the two walked through the city gate, the girl immediately noticed the slightly hunched figure of Kagu standing behind the gate. Before the girl spoke, the caveman bent down first: "Whether the agreement can be reached or not, the caveman tribe will offer loyalty to the Heavenly Court."

"You know in your heart that neither I nor the Heavenly Court cares about this," An Jiyue glanced at the other party and then looked away, "but since I have made a promise, it will definitely become a reality."

Kaguna's eyeless face "looked" at the girl. After a moment, the old caveman crossed his hands in an "X" shape in front of his chest and said something in a language that An Jiyue could not understand.

"What do you mean?" she asked.

"A warrior is born in war," Kagu answered, "and dies in peace."

That night, the old caveman died.

Chapter 237: Can you?

The chubby pack bee stopped a few meters away from the camp gate.

Namtaru stepped down from the pack bee and looked at the ruins, which might not be described as a "camp" in a very accurate way. In order to detain prisoners, the worker bees dug a small prison underground, and on the surface were the remains of a town left by an unknown race. The worker bees transformed the ruins to make it function as both a camp and a fortress, and more suitable for the activities of the hive. Unfortunately, both the fortifications and the garrison troops were completely destroyed.

The magical wind passing through here still had the echo of the spell bombing, which meant that the enemy had just left. Although Namtaru led the Domination Guard to rush over immediately after receiving the news, she was still a step late. Of course, if you think about it on the bright side, at least it shows that the elf captives captured before are not Trojan horses.

Although there is neither the Trojan War nor Homer's epic in this world, similar strategies have appeared in the underground war. It was precisely to avoid this situation that Namtaru rejected the proposal to bring the captives back to the underground world and instead detained them on the spot, waiting for herself, the only one in the entire nest who could read minds, to come and interrogate them in person.