Chapter 277 The War Is About to Start
This is the city of Pierre, the closest to the Black Fortress in the Kingdom of Severn. There are no ordinary people in Pierre at this time, and all the people were transferred within a few days. Now Pierre has completely become a city full of war.
A full 1.5 million troops gathered around this small city. Because there are too many soldiers and Pierre is not big, most of the troops live in tents outside the city, which makes the whole army look chaotic.
However, although the troops were transferred from various places, including private armies of nobles, ministers and retainers, the amazing number of troops sent by the Kingdom of Severn this time were not divided into several hills like last time, and they were restrained from each other.
Because this time, Severn IX made a decision-to lead the army in person! There are two reasons why Severn IX chose to lead the army in person.
One is that what happened in the Black Fortress really made this ambitious king too angry. Seeing that his army was about to capture cities and establish the fourth empire in the human world, and realize his dream of becoming an emperor, his dream was shattered by the sudden appearance of the night elves.
Even if it was an ordinary person, he would be very angry if his dream was broken, let alone a king like Severn IX. With anger rising, he chose to lead the army in person.
Of course, as a king, Severn IX could not be a reckless guy. He certainly knew that in addition to some benefits and being able to vent his anger, there were many disadvantages in leading the army in person. However, after thinking about it, he still chose to take the risk with his life.
This is because of the second reason. This time, the Kingdom of Severn assembled most of the domestic troops and masters in the open, including nobles from all over the country. Among so many forces, there must be some with various old grudges. And with so many troops, it is not good for anyone to lead them.
Not only can he convince the people, the key is that Severn IX himself will not let others lead the vast majority of the kingdom's troops. After much consideration, only Severn IX could suppress the conflicts among the small forces in the assembled team and convince everyone.
Besides, Severn IX was still very confident. He had been taught by his father since he was a child to develop the Kingdom of Severn into the fourth human empire and work hard for his whole life, so he had been studying military and political things. Severn IX did not feel any pressure to lead troops to fight and command an army of 1.5 million.
As for the issue of safety, Severn IX thought very simply. If his life was threatened under the protection of 1.5 million troops and various powerful people gathered, it would be more dangerous to stay in the palace.
Due to logistical pressure, the million-strong army of the Kingdom of Severn did not rest and run-in in Pier City for a few days, and under the order of Severn IX, they attacked the Brak Fortress occupied by the night elves.
After all, it was an army of 1.5 million, and the supplies consumed every day were too much. Pier City was a relatively remote city, and it took a long time to transport supplies from all over the country. If they don't attack quickly, the soldiers will starve to death without fighting the night elves.
In addition, the entire human world is watching this war. After all, it has been a long time since any country has sent out an army of 1.5 million to fight. The population of Eslaze is far different from that of the Earth. The last time a million-scale army fought was when the Canaan Empire was founded - and that was three hundred years ago.
Of course, Severn IX wanted to declare the strength of the Kingdom of Severn to other human countries, and by the way, let those countries around the kingdom who were eyeing it dare not act rashly. After weighing the pros and cons, although he still didn't know much about the strength of the night elves, Severn IX still chose to launch a quick attack.
If the war is not resolved quickly and it is deadlocked, some surrounding kingdoms will definitely seize the opportunity to tear a piece of meat from the Kingdom of Severn. What's more, although the specific strength of the night elves is unknown, the approximate number of enemies in the Brak Fortress can still be found out.
Severn IX didn't think that a 1.5 million army and many masters would be defeated by a mere 20,000 to 30,000 aliens. Unfortunately, Severn IX didn't know that even an ordinary archer could be called a "master" in the human world for these 20,000 enemies.
What's more, when Yu Fei asked Avril, who had transformed into a night sentinel, to return to Brak Fortress, she brought support.
Speaking of Avril, we naturally have to talk about some of the strange things after she was transferred to a hero unit. In addition to various changes and new skills, Avril, a unit that became a hero through abnormal means, is different from ordinary heroes.
This difference lies in the point addition. Two or three days is enough for Avril to reach level 4 with the experience of the night elf troops, so she has eight skill points.
Originally, Yu Fei thought that Avril's skill point addition rule would be the same as Tyrande and others. Only at level 3 can she point out the LV2 of a skill, and only at level 5 can she point out the LV3. The first three levels of Avril, who was transformed into a hero, did conform to this rule.
However, after reaching level 4, which is the highest level Avril can reach now, Yu Fei suddenly discovered that the main skills of natural transmission and earth shooting can be increased to level 3. After a little thought and speculation, Yu Fei understood.
This should be a compensation for heroes transformed by soul crystals. After all, heroes transformed by lower and middle soul crystals have a maximum level limit. For example, Avril can only be upgraded to level 4, so in terms of skill points, she can only choose to add all four skills to LV2.
Now with the compensation of opening skill points one level in advance, Avril can choose to focus on something. Under Yu Fei's guidance, Avril chose to add Natural Transmission to LV3, Earth Shooting and Sky Shooting to LV2, and Tracking Arrow to only maintain the state of LV1.
Yu Fei's consideration is that the role of Natural Transmission in legion combat is really too great, of course, it can be increased as much as possible. As a powerful group control skill, Earth Shooting was originally intended to be added to LV3, but on second thought, Avril's single combat ability must still be maintained, so Earth Shooting and Sky Shooting were added to LV2.
As for the Tracking Arrow skill, it is used as a sniping method in conjunction with Sky Shooting.
At this time, in addition to Avril, a new hero who greatly helps the war, the Black Fortress also welcomed a group of soldiers that had never appeared in front of humans before. This soldier is the tree demon, and Yu Fei is usually used to calling them deer.
In the previous battles, there were not many mages in the principalities and states, let alone the deep mage army. The deer are not much stronger than the advanced archers in long-range attacks. Although they have poisoning effects, advanced archers also have various skills.
Therefore, the deer, who do not have much advantage in dealing with ordinary enemies, have never been led by Tyrande to fight. This time, the Kingdom of Severn launched a war with the whole country's strength, and the mage team it has is quite large.
Although there are elven dragons to resist mages, when facing mages, the elven dragons cannot ignore attacks other than mage units-the range of magic flash is still relatively short.
Although the fawns cannot restrict the spellcasting of mage units like the elven dragons and cause damage to them when the enemy casts spells, their longer attack range and limited magic immunity make them the best choice to deal with the mage troops under the protection of the army.
They are immune to low- and medium-level magic, and have a long attack range. Their attacks also carry toxins that can pose a fatal threat to weak professions such as mages. Avril brought three thousand of these fawns, which can be called mage killers, to the Brak Fortress at one time.
In addition, troops such as archers, huntresses, druids, hippogryphs, and knights were also supplemented from the rear in numbers ranging from hundreds to thousands. Now Yu Fei has built several ancient war trees, ancient wind trees, and ancient knowledge trees at the same time to increase his troops. With sufficient energy supply, the combat effectiveness of the night elves is much faster than that of the native races of Eslaze.
Units with silver-level strength can be regarded as masters in the eyes of ordinary people in Eslaze. But on the night elves side, it only takes some energy and a little time to train a type of soldier, and after being equipped with enchanted equipment, they all have at least silver-level strength.
In terms of high-end combat power, after Avril, who had completed the transformation, was upgraded to level 4, Yu Fei equipped her with a full set of equipment, and her strength was definitely beyond that of ordinary legendary strongmen. It was precisely because the combat power of the night elves was formed and increased very quickly that Yu Fei had the confidence to obtain the Heart of Light inlaid on the crown worn by the emperor of the Holy Lion Empire, and to unify Eslaze.
Because the number of troops was too large, Severn IX did not use any strategy, but rather pressed a large number of troops to the Brak Fortress. He also knew that it was impossible to complete the strategy of surprise attack with such a large goal on his side.
Soon, the vanguard of the Kingdom of Severn arrived in front of the Brak Fortress. The enemy stopped about 500 meters away from the Brak Fortress. The soldiers looked at the Brak Fortress 500 meters away and talked about it. The vanguard officer was waiting for the next order from Severn IX.
The war was about to begin.
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I should be able to update five chapters today.