Chapter 1372 The Fighting Style of the Extractor

Byron and Azarena didn't intend to waste too much time at the dinner party, and Vanessa, who was a siren, didn't have any demand for human food. King Odris obviously understood this, so everyone After filling their stomachs, the three expeditionary army commanders and a human king immediately came to the military hall of the castle, where a sand table showing the current overall situation on the southern front was already waiting for them.

"This is the Greta Fortress we are currently in - this is the largest military fortress on the northwest border of the Gaoling Kingdom, and it is also a defensive stronghold directly adjacent to the Ogure Tribal Country. With this as the center, the surrounding six The castle and the twelve highland mage towers belong to the defense system of Greta Fortress. These facilities are connected by underground tunnels. In order to prevent those monsters from attacking from the ground, we have solidified the elements of the underground structure of the defense zone and Lots of traps were set."

King Odris pointed to the models and marks on the sand table, and then drew an arc in front of Greta Fortress.

"This was originally a part of the forest barrier, and there were still some strongholds in the barrier, but they have all been destroyed now. The forest barrier was burned to the ground by the fire, and some of the ancient guardian trees survived and temporarily retreated to the hills to recuperate. However Although the line of defense here has been breached, many fortifications and underground bunkers should still come in handy - although the aberrants don't need those 'residences', the commanders behind them do, so many of these fortifications have been preserved down."

"It looks like a very... solid defense system," Byron looked at it for a while, and had to admit that Gaoling Kingdom had actually made very complete preparations for the wasteland invasion in the past hundreds of years. Those fortresses, underground Fortifications and forest barriers are not things that can be built overnight. "Until now, these castles around Greta Fortress are still functioning."

"Yes, without these castles, our northwest border would have fallen long ago," King Odris nodded, and then sighed, "But no matter how strong a fortress is, if there is no way to get out, it will fall into the trap sooner or later." The situation of being besieged, just like what you saw today, we are still holding on here, but we can only do it all the time—only the Temple of Stars in the entire southern battlefield successfully reversed.”

"Now that Winter is here, the situation will be very different," Byron said with a hint of pride, "Our artillery support can cover the entire battlefield north of Greta Fortress, while the Marine Corps and Dragonborn Expeditionary Force can Ensure a wider range of security from the land and the sky, and when the aberrations here are completely cleared, we can fully support the blocking wall project on the side of the Silver Elf. It shouldn't take too long, the enemy's command center has already Disintegrated by General Vanessa, even if the enemy can immediately dispatch another dark priest from the wasteland to take over the remaining troops in the northwest direction, there will still be a large number of mutants out of control during this process and become a 'wild' state..."

"Before that, I can divide part of the troops to support the 'advancing base'," Vanessa watched the sand table for a long time, and finally gradually got used to this somewhat outdated battlefield demonstration method, and roughly understood those things that only land races can do. What does the understandable terrain marker mean,

The tip of her tail points to the east side of the entire battlefield, which is the crash point of the Temple of Stars, and now it has become a bridgehead for the silver elves to advance into the wasteland. There shouldn’t be too many people here—I’m going to set off tomorrow morning with half of my sisters, and with the strong airflow in the past two days, we’ll be able to reach the sky above this ‘Temple of Stars Base’ soon…”

"Are you still planning to float through the rain clouds?" Byron looked at the Siren General with a strange expression on his face, "Don't you think about the normal way of traveling?"

"This is the normal way of traveling," Vanessa felt that Byron's words were a little strange, and said with wide eyes, "There is no way to swim on land, so of course it is faster to turn into water vapor and float over—and if you are going Catch up with the fierce battle on the front line, and when it rains, it can also have the effect of a surprise attack."

This immediately involved the level of racial habits and cultural habits. Byron usually struggled to discuss a nature homework with Pea at home. Of course, he couldn't think of other words at this time, so he could only scratch his head hard and hold back for a long time. Say a sentence: "Then you can float over, just don't let the other side 'look at your face' when you are in contact with the silver elves. To be honest, you may not be able to see your face in the eyes of ordinary people..."

"Hey, the communication on the battlefield is restored now, and we can contact you directly if there is a situation. We don't need to continue expressing expressions on the clouds. After all, there was no way before." Then I couldn't help but say another sentence, "But I still think the signal I sent before is quite simple and easy to understand..."

Byron and Odris thought about it at the same time, and decided that it would be better not to continue discussing this kind of issue with this deep-sea creature.

General Vanessa carefully observed the sand table in front of her for a long time, and then her eyes fell on the map of the whole continent hanging on the wall next to her. After thinking carefully, she suddenly asked: "Also, I have a question, Is there a lack of water everywhere in the wasteland of Gondor? We accidentally opened a passage leading to the depths of the wasteland before, and found that there is a large area of ​​arid environment on the opposite side, and those dark priests need to use large-scale The water pumping system can pump water up from the depths of the ground..."

The "accidental" event she mentioned refers to the time when Queen Perthia came down to the hinterland of the wasteland along a death beacon. At that time, the dark priests reacted very quickly. They quickly blew up the passage and even severely injured the queen. (This is also one of the direct reasons why Perthia sent an expeditionary force to Loren), but even though they reacted so quickly, the queen detected a lot of information on the other side of the passage.

And one of the most important pieces of information for the Kraken is the water-deficient environment deep in the wasteland.

"...We don't know much about the situation in the deepest part of the wasteland, but according to the investigation data from the several forward bases we have penetrated into the wasteland, that place is indeed drier than the outside of the magnificent wall," Odris said. The king thought for a while and said slowly, "The main thing is that the Gondor explosion in the past completely destroyed the original surface water system within the wasteland and interfered with the meteorological environment, and the magnificent wall that was built later hindered the wasteland. The exchange of water vapor inside and outside has caused the wasteland of Gondor to be short of water for centuries. Although many gaps have been opened in the magnificent wall, some edge areas of the wasteland have begun to be affected by the external atmospheric environment. And normal rain and snow have appeared, but it may take many years for this effect to spread to the depths of the wasteland...

"Based on the information currently available, there are hardly any normal surface rivers in the wasteland, only in a few areas there are surface waters like 'oases', which seep from shallower underground rivers, Moreover, they are basically toxic, and cannot be drunk without strict filtration and purification. As for the underground... there seem to be many underground rivers flowing under the wasteland, but as I said just now, there are also pollution, and most of the underground The rivers are very deep and have to be pumped up with large equipment."

"...Pollution is not a problem for us. As long as there is still water in it, we can extract pure water. The scarcity of water and the deep burial are indeed a big trouble..." Vanessa frowned slightly, He tapped the ground with the tip of his tail lightly while thinking, "We can only exert our greatest strength in places with abundant water sources. Our troop replenishment and many positional tactics also rely heavily on water bodies. It is difficult to connect the Loren Continent with the elemental world now." , the water vapor content in the atmosphere above the wasteland is very low, which will make our soldiers have to spend more energy to 'draw water' or 'carry water' from the rear... In this way, the deeper we advance into the wasteland, the more we The combat efficiency will be lower."

Byron and Azarena glanced at each other subconsciously. This seemed to be something they hadn't expected before—it is indeed difficult for normal land races to adapt to the various "characteristics" of the sea monster all at once. Azarena couldn't help it. Zhu said: "The deeper we go into the wasteland, the stronger our enemies will become, but the strength of the Kraken Expeditionary Army is gradually weakening. This... is a big problem."

"Then we may need to build a large number of water supply stations along the way to get water from underground rivers," King Odris said thoughtfully. Knowing more about their importance in the next battle, "In addition, we need to build a water channel to send water to the front line along the blocking wall..."

Then he paused, and added: "It takes a lot of engineering power, but I think it's worth it."

"This is good, but it probably can only solve part of the problem," Vanessa said, as if she was still thinking about something seriously, "If you want to ensure the combat effectiveness of the deep sea fighters on land, you still need to have more stable equipment." Only the water source..."

As she said that, she seemed to suddenly think of something, turned her head to look at King Odris, and asked seriously: "Those deformed bodies... seem to have a high water content?"

"The water content of the deformed body!?" Odris was stunned for a moment, and then he realized the meaning of the other party's words. An unexpected horror that might be accompanied by a faint chill caused him to slightly open his eyes. "you mean……"

"Deep-sea fighters can be resurrected in water bodies after death—depending on the strength of the individual and the way of death, this takes a variable amount of time and will bring short-term weakness, and the 'water body' used for this resurrection...can be the body of other organisms Moisture, so if the situation requires, this can also be used as a special means of attack and...a means of getting water," Vanessa said, for the convenience of future cooperation, she did not hide her unique talent of this race from her allies—more What's more, this itself is not a secret, "On the other hand, as long as there is sufficient water vapor in the surrounding environment, we can also directly extract water from dead or weaker creatures through resonance, provided that there is really something in their body. Sufficient hydration can resonate with us.

"So, if the water content of those aberrations is enough... we can try 'battlefield continuation'. The specific method is to sacrifice a wave of teammates at the beginning of the game, and open the 'situation' from the enemy during the resurrection process, and wait until the battlefield When the water vapor is sufficient to a certain extent, those aberrations... will become our water source."

The expression on Vanessa's face was very serious, and she was introducing her thoughts in a way that was not joking at all, and her attitude made everyone else at the scene realize one thing——

This "tactic" is not new to this deep-sea war lord. The sea monsters have really done it before—and definitely more than once. Enemy with lots of moisture, and triumphant.

Even the nervous Byron couldn't help but feel goosebumps on his body at this moment—although these deep-sea creatures are indeed gentle and harmless by nature, when they get angry...they are so evil that it makes people feel chills in their bones.

King Odris also swallowed unobtrusively, and then said in a deep voice: "It is difficult for us to capture living aberrations, but this time we captured a few dark priests, maybe we can let them 'summon' a few Come here for an experiment, if it meets your requirements...by the way, what's your name...'tactics'?"

"Suck to death." Vanessa looked serious.

Odris: "...?"

...

At the same time, on the east side of Greta Fortress, between the mountains and the hills, a piece of light was scattered among the mountains and passes. In the brightest part of the light was the Temple of Stars that fell on the earth.

This fallen anti-gravity fortress has now forever lost the possibility of soaring in the sky again, but its huge and sturdy body still guards the border of the civilized world. It is like a fallen giant, blocking the magnificent wall with its body In the middle of the gap in the energy barrier, one side is connected to a towering light curtain, and the other side is backed by towering mountains. At the foot of the wreckage of the temple, the silver elves regained the once-occupied land. Based on the solid framework of the temple itself, a fortress with both offensive and defensive capabilities was built in a short period of time. At the same time, using this fortress as a starting point, a forward base and a purification device were built in the wasteland.

Under the starry sky, Belsetia walked onto the highest platform above the fortress. This platform was originally part of the middle deck of the Temple of the Stars, but now it has been completely broken, and part of its structure was destroyed in the previous battle. It shattered and turned into countless huge wreckages scattered on the vast plain, and the remaining structure formed a broken bridge extending from the wreckage of the temple and protruding high into the sky—the front of the "bridge" was a dark The wasteland plain in the world, under the "bridge", is the stronghold for mortals to launch a counterattack against the wasteland.

Footsteps sounded behind her, and the voice of maid Elaine came over: "Your Majesty, it's windy at night."

Belsetia didn't answer, she just raised her head and looked at the magnificent alloy skeletons extending from the "mountains" on both sides, the giant decks torn between the skeletons, and the remains of the silver elves in the temple. The walls and bunkers built in between, those newly built additional structures are out of place in the main body of the magnificent temple, but the soldiers walking in it are more motivated and confident than ever.

"It's really like being in the belly of a giant beast..." The Silver Queen said softly, "Although I have sat on the throne of dominion for hundreds of years, I have never seen this temple from this perspective. It feels weird, like... I never really 'know' an elder until today."

As she spoke, she turned her head and looked at the maid, Elaine.

"Talking about the situation now, we need to prepare for the turning point that is coming."