Chapter 1,492 The Calm Before the Storm
This should have been the best time to sound the clarion call for counterattack, but instead it became a time for everyone to silently accumulate strength.
In fact, looking at it from another perspective, there is no guarantee that the strength of any front can penetrate the demon coalition. Only by integrating all the forces together and coordinating attacks from multiple aspects, and making the demon coalition lose sight of one thing to another, can victory be possible.
Since there is no fight, the human side is happy to have more preparation time and gather more troops.
According to the intelligence, the abyss door in the center of the demon-occupied area has been fully opened. This means that there are no restrictions on the entry and exit of ordinary demons, which means that the war potential of the demons is the entire abyss.
As for where the orcs came from, no one wants to delve into this question. The separation between the surface world of the Lost World and the underground world is not as clear as that between the Lost Land and the Abyss.
Maybe the caves in the mountains will lead to the underground world if you go deeper. Otherwise, the residents of the underground world can always dig up to the surface world if they dig above their heads.
But the underground world is not like the surface, where you can travel around without hindrance.
The underground world is divided into many isolated areas. The only way to communicate with each other is through teleportation magic, or by man-made channels. However, the latter is time-consuming and laborious, and the channel may not be maintained for a long time.
Therefore, it is not difficult for well-informed people or kings of various countries to know the origin of this group of orcs who are mixed with demons. Who else could be a half-orc from this area?
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Of course, there are several orc tribes headed by the Fire Ax clan who love the art of explosion. Now that the origin is clear, I have a good idea of the opponent's number, areas of expertise, etc.
The only thing that worries people is how many women were captured by the demon alliance in the early stages of the war? These women have the opportunity to become the breeding ground for orcs.
The gestation period and growth period of half-orcs are quite short. If it really drags on for a few years, the data on the orcs' intelligence will have to be reviewed several times before the kings of various countries put it on their heads.
For such a war, if it can be resolved quickly, I believe no one is willing to delay it.
But the reality is that when the Gate of the Abyss was discovered, the alliance between demons and orcs had already become a reality. In contrast, the human side was not just slow to react, but also made poor decisions, leading to things taking a turn for the worse.
Therefore, in the minds of some people in power who have far-sighted vision, they expect that this will be a protracted and time-consuming war. Even... it's not impossible for Lost Land to fall. Everything depends on the intensity of the Abyss' attack.
In an instant, a war that was supposed to be in full swing fell into an inexplicable calm. The turbulent waves turned into invisible undercurrents, and the kings of various countries had their own plans. Even the emperors of the empire have issues that they are highly capable of thinking about.
However, there was a question that flashed through most people's minds, but it didn't stay long before it was overridden by more realistic issues that were right in front of them. The original question was, how did the door to the abyss open?
There are many possibilities for opening the Gate of the Abyss, some are man-made, some are natural evolutions, but the process has always been gradual. Even if a gap suddenly appears in a corner of a certain mountain, between the lost land and the abyss, the gap will slowly transform into a portal.
However, in the process of such a transformation, there will also be many signs that remind people to pay attention. It includes the demonic characteristics of Warcraft and ordinary beasts, abnormal drying and death of plants in large areas, and mutations in newborns and cubs.
The adventurers who explore everywhere actually have a considerable function in monitoring places where the glory of this civilization cannot shine. It’s not all about going somewhere to fight and kill, eating and drinking and living the life away.
Such a function does not necessarily have an exclusive investigation mission. Sometimes it is included in other commissioned tasks, and the adventurer's guild records the situation of reporting back to the place.
Integrating this information may not cover the entire land, but most of the areas are monitored.
Someone's forum monitoring system named "True Listen" was actually implemented earlier. It just uses a different method, and the efficiency and difficulty are not ideal.
It is logically impossible for the naturally occurring Gate of the Abyss to grow to the level of the Gate in front of you without being discovered, and even allow the Demon Alliance to make adequate early preparations for war.
In addition, the location where this door opens is not an inaccessible and remote area.
Perhaps the nearby human settlements were not that large. But a large group of living people really didn't notice anything unusual, so they just allowed the Gate of the Abyss to grow to the point where the demons could cross the border and kill them all?
Therefore, it is reasonable to speculate that this door is man-made, which makes it possible for explosive growth in a short period of time. And let the demons be prepared, and start gathering troops and looking for allies as soon as they can cross the realm.
It can even be reasonably suspected that there is a mysterious 'traitor' behind this whole thing, a mastermind behind the scenes.
But even if someone thought of this question, it would be put aside. The demons are all slaying right in front of us. Does it make sense to find out who is behind the scenes? Even if you really find that person and kill him, can you change the status quo?
The threat of demons already exists, and the gate to the abyss has been opened. Maybe after all this is dealt with, it will make sense to investigate how all of this happened.
Is it not troublesome enough to investigate now? Is it possible that blowing up this 'person' who can't be dealt with will cause unpredictable consequences? Even if thoughtful people look for the answer to this question, they do so cautiously and secretly.
As for whether the mastermind behind the scenes has other conspiracies to cause greater harm to the Lost Land?
This is the invasion of the abyss, and the lost land is preparing to fight a plane war with the abyss. What will be the 'greater harm'? If there is really an answer to this question, it will arouse the interest of knowledgeable people.
Just blow up Lost Land? This is not in the interests of the devil.
Lead the demons to conquer the Lost Land and become a new generation of demon king?
The Abyss itself is in chaos, but the demons will work together in the Lost Land?
Not to mention that there are still orcs. In the underground world, betrayal and conspiracy are commonplace. Anyone who wants to kill this demon king must first deal with the demons and orcs, two professional backstabbers.
Thousands of years ago, the demon king used to conquer the Lost Lands as an army of the undead without a strong sense of subjectivity.
However, the Laughing Demon is in chaos, and so is the human side.
In this war, the most critical attitude of the Sulitang Empire was ambiguous, and several wrong decisions were made for nothing. The Great Khan of the Empire has colluded with the devil, which is what most people are worried about, but they dare not question what he says.
Now, the demon coalition's suspended offensive has given the human side some breathing space. There are troops guarding the east, west and south in the three directions where the demon coalition can attack.
Unless the devil climbs over the mountains to the north and surprises the Khan of the Suli Tang Empire. Otherwise, no matter which side they attack, they will hit the defense line run by the human side.
Although the current strength of the defense line may not be able to withstand the full attack of the demon coalition. But as long as we can hold it back and provide follow-up support to prevent the devil from spreading like a flood, everyone is still confident.
Besides, armies from the other two directions may also take advantage of the situation and reduce the pressure on the defensive direction. This kind of tacit understanding does not need to be discussed in advance.
As long as something happens, relying on the speed of the forum to transmit information, the other two armies will be suppressed by the people below, even if the top leaders don't want to take action and just want to wait for a fight to cause both sides to suffer losses.
Fighting demons is the most important thing in the world. The only reason why he didn't go up to fight was that he wasn't completely prepared. He might have wasted his life but couldn't kill a demon. This was purely a loss-making business. But if there is an opportunity to pick up a bargain, who can resist it?
But the reality is that nothing happened. Everyone is still gathering strength.
For the human side, follow-up support continues to arrive, and the defensive power is becoming more and more sufficient. If it continues to grow, the time for counterattack will come.
What is puzzling is, what is the devil waiting for? Are you waiting for more demonic armies to come out of the gate of the abyss?
According to most people's opinions, the best way to fight the coalition of demons and orcs that has already arrived is for the Lord of the Abyss to lead an army to charge. It must be overwhelming, no matter where it hits, it will break.
But this kind of combat method is impossible for those who really have access to high-level people. The Lord of the Abyss dares to show off his power in the Mysterious Land. It is true that the gods of the Mysterious Land are vegetarians.
Even in a duel, few gods are sure to defeat an Abyss Lord, but this is the home ground of the gods of the Lost Lands. Even with the firewall of the Guardian Lord, the gods cannot come in person. But those who use different tricks to beat him can still send the Lord of the Abyss back to his hometown.
Even if the good gods are not enough, the evil gods will come to join us. Who said that everyone was the hero of the post-dark age? Everyone worked hard to bring out the situation in Lost Land today, not just to give it up to the devil.
And the Lord of Guardians hasn’t shown up yet! The true strongest man in the land has not yet made a move.
It's just that compared to the open confrontation outside, there is a strange situation where all parties are playing tricks on each other secretly. Another drama is also taking place in the large mansion in the holy city of Estali.
Although Rowan and Kish did not escape the attack of the pursuers in the end, the orc team that caught up immediately was no match for them. By the time the demons wanted to take action, they were already behind them.
But Ezio, who took the initiative to back up and intercept, was treated completely differently. The demon heads that he regarded as important evidence were replaced one by one. What was finally delivered to the counter of the Adventurer's Guild was the head of a great demon.
In exchange, although he kept the two legs he used to escape, he lost his left hand. The hidden sword was also destroyed, but the blade ground by the dragon's teeth was not so easily destroyed, and was still rescued by Ezio.
In other words, if he hadn't saved the dragon tooth blade, he might not have been so seriously injured. But if he hadn't snatched back the Dragon Tooth Blade, he might not have been able to escape the disaster in the future.
The right ear was gone; although the right eyeball was still there, a terrible scar that almost cut open the head ran through it, making it impossible to retain any sight. There is a cut on the left cheek from the corner of the mouth, making it look like he is grinning all the time.
I won’t mention the countless scars all over Ezio’s body.