Chapter 72 Fireball

After the defense of Vick Castle, Bastruan led the orc army to the southeast.

An orc brigade coming from the west was blocked by Baron Harden, and the two baronies of Harland and Stopa ushered in a brief peace.

Although there are still two brigade orcs stationed in the north of Harland Valley.

But Maruland suffered a loss and was not willing to fight to the death.

In order to prevent the human army from passing through the north of Harland Valley from Fort William and attacking the rear of the orc army, the orcs in the north of Harland Valley must have garrisons.

For a while, the two sides confronted each other, and time slowly entered May.

Now the fog of war is gradually dispersing, and the situation is clear.

The situation in the three directions of the northern border of the Grant Kingdom is still the easiest in the east.

Duke Jonathan is a legendary knight, and the army under the duke is also very good at fighting, and has expelled the orcs.

Now Duke Jonathan personally led his troops, crossed the Grotta River, and counterattacked to the orcs' territory. Many orc tribes were annihilated, and even about 30,000 orc slaves were captured.

The Kingdom of Grant has won the war on the eastern front.

The situation on the western front is still in a stalemate.

Duke Edward agreed to King Charles' request and handed over the six ownerless baronies in the dukedom to the king, and King Charles sent a legion of reinforcements to Duke Edward.

This legion was formed by noble private soldiers and second-line city defense troops.

Although the combat effectiveness was average, the number of people was 16,000.

There were 16,000 fresh troops, plus the reinforcements brought by the Duke of York.

Although several castles were lost and more than 20,000 people were captured by the orcs, the situation was finally maintained.

The situation in the royal territory directly under the central road was the most serious.

This time, the orcs invested five and a half legions in the central road, and all three provinces were at a disadvantage.

The Gascoigne Province in the west gave up many outer castles.

The Pratos defense line was withdrawn, and the orc army besieged the Flame Castle.

The orc commander Gunderson led three brigades of orcs to three routes, burning, killing, looting, and capturing human slaves everywhere in the Gascoigne Province.

By now, four baronies in Gascoigne Province have lost their territories.

The Laber Basin organized four brigades of noble coalition forces, and cooperated with Baron Harden to barely maintain the balance of the front line.

The situation in the central Gedda Province was not very good either. The Diram Baron fell, and Bastruan led a brigades of orcs to attack the hinterland of Gedda Province.

Maruland led two brigades of orcs to block the Harland Valley and hold a stalemate with the William Fort garrison.

The main force of the orcs invaded from the eastern mountain roads, captured several military forts on the southern foot of the Eagle Mountains, and lost the Phillips territory. Once again, they threatened the Black River Fort and wanted to enter the Dragon Canyon to plunder.

The situation in the eastern Rah Province was the worst, and all six baronies on the border were lost.

The Grizzly Legion was pinned down by the main force of the orcs and was besieged by the orcs in the Grizzly Fort. Although the Flying Swallow and Flying Eagle Legions were both in the Rah Province, they were both second-line legions. Whether it was the quality of officers and soldiers or weapons and equipment, their combat effectiveness was far from enough compared to the main force.

The two second-line legions did not dare to fight the orcs in the field, and were defeated one by one by the orcs.

The Eagle Legion was almost completely wiped out by the orcs, with a loss of more than 80%. Even the Eagle Castle, the base of the Eagle Legion, was on the verge of being lost.

If it were not for Duke Roger leading the Warcraft Cavalry Regiment to attack the side and rear of the Orc Legion and severely inflict damage to a part of the Orcs, the situation in the Rah Province would probably be difficult to sustain.

Now the Eagle Castle is still in the hands of the Grant Kingdom. Duke Roger is active in the Rah Province with a royal cavalry regiment, attacking the logistics line of the orcs.

Three scattered orc battalions were completely wiped out one after another.

The orcs had no choice but to not continue to divide their troops, but the number of humans captured by the orcs in the Rah Province has exceeded 100,000.

If the orcs were allowed to plunder these 100,000 people back, this battle would be a big loss.

Duke Roger was ready to snatch this part of the population.

But this part of the population is already under the protection of the main orc legion.

Thirty thousand orc troops confronted the sixteen thousand grizzly bear army, and Duke Roger led the cavalry regiment to cruise near the main force of the orcs.

Although it was still a long time before the snow closed the mountains, the orcs had gained a lot along the way and began to withdraw slowly.

Black River Fort was besieged by the main force of the orcs, and Richard could not receive military orders from his superiors.

It happened that there was no war in the past month, and Richard was willing to do nothing to avoid attracting the attention of the orcs to the Harland territory, so he did not take the initiative to provoke the orcs.

Although Richard liked fighting very much, every time he killed an orc, his killing experience would increase.

Every time he participated in a battle and killed an orc professional, Richard's strength could be enhanced by one point. In the northern border area, one point of strength increase means one point of battlefield survivability.

With the increase in strength, you can get benefits in all aspects.

In the past month or so, Richard has been stationed in Vickburg with two squadrons, and his main energy has been studying magic.

With Sophia's guidance, Richard finally learned the first three-ring magic fireball.

Fireball is almost synonymous with magic, and it is also a well-known killing magic in the Dawn Continent.

Almost all three-ring magicians will learn this magic.

After learning Fireball, Richard's mental strength increased by 0.2 points, and the experience points of other skills also increased slightly.

Richard fired a fireball experimentally and found that releasing a standard three-ring magic fireball required four points of mental power and consumed about forty points of magic power, which was as lethal as a grenade. Even a soldier in steel armor could not stop a fireball.

If he put 20 points of mental power into the fireball, the lethality would be no less than that of the nine-ring magic, and the destructive power would be equivalent to that of a large-caliber artillery shell.

If the timing is right, a super fireball is enough to kill a high-level professional. Especially for warriors, who are not protected by high-grade defensive equipment, they cannot stop this super fireball at all.

However, after using this fireball, Richard's mental power will also be consumed, and it will take several days to recover.

In the battle between magicians, there are many ways to make up for the gap between levels below the legendary level.

Mental power strength and magic equipment can determine the outcome of a game.

Richard was born with a strong mental power, and 20 points of mental power is equivalent to the level of an ordinary five-ring magician.

Even a renowned genius magician like Sofia, who carries magic equipment that increases her mental power, only broke through 20 points of mental power after advancing to the fourth ring.

Before, Richard had not learned magic with strong lethality, and could not bring out his talent of strong mental power.

Now that he has learned the fireball spell, his magic burst is not much worse than Sofia.

Although the lethality burst is comparable to that of a mid-level magician, Richard still has many shortcomings in comprehensive ability compared to a mid-level magician. He still knows relatively few magics and cannot adapt to various complex environments.

Facing space magic such as the Anywhere Door, Richard has no means of counterattack. His magic ability is far from enough to deal with complex situations.