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Chapter 713 712. Murphy’s Law is once again perfectly performed in the Brass Fortress~

The Brass Fortress is blockaded by unknown forces.

It seemed that communication from here to the outside world was completely blocked overnight, and smoke clouds like sea fog floated around the entire Gorgon Pass. It would not hurt anyone, but just entering it would be like walking into a maze.

On the first day of this blockade, the elven rangers sent out scouts to try to get through the smoke, with very disappointing results.

They can't get out.

It would always go around and back to the blocked area from the same side. After several attempts, such an operation was stopped by the top management. Even missing a few people was not the most terrifying thing. What the commanders were most afraid of was These scouts will bring other "things" out of the smoke.

The people who gathered to defend the gnolls in the Brass Fortress were all elite soldiers. These people had extraordinary experience. Lord Paying in Port Shard said that he had seen similar things in the Sea of ​​Mists. The Elf Ranger General Felosia... Ms. Emma Gill has actually seen the same fish-man evil thing.

Not only her, but the commander of the Songhai people here, "Priest Lieyang" Wumeng, also knows a lot about this stuff.

They have always believed that the appearance of these smokes represents the presence of evil forces lingering around. Although it is not stated explicitly, everyone actually knows that this is caused by the shadow of the subspace.

Whether they are elves or Songhai people, they all belong to the kind of immortal species that are particularly capable of living. Their kingdom camp knows a lot about subspace, but just like the villain is called in a certain world, who in the normal world would What about the annoying and dangerous name on your lips?

And the most important thing is that the relationship between the elves and the Songhai people has never been good, and it can even be said to be close to hostility.

The master of the Brass Fortress and the High Lord of the Brass Dwarves, Hadran Earthhammer, did not even dare to arrange the two groups together, lest they fight first. In this case, let alone sharing information, not giving wrong guidance is already a big help.

But the human defenders in the Brass Fortress suffered.

This group of short-lived human soldiers didn't know much about subspace. Even after everyone else understood the current situation, they were still kept in the dark, and no one came to explain to them. The human soldiers became more and more anxious.

Especially when the Brass Fortress has been closing its doors and implementing martial law in recent days, the ordinary soldiers being ordered to stay in the barracks are almost like being locked up.

The commanders of both sides have been trying their best to appease the soldiers. The only good news is that the two human legions are truly elite and highly organized. They also know their responsibilities and risks in the Brass Fortress, so there has not been a large-scale uprising yet. of chaos.

But if things continue like this, things may be about to change.

On the seventh day of martial law in the Brass Fortress, a dwarf guard came to inform the commanders of the two armies to go to the throne room for discussion. This made Brigadier General Padru of the Plantagenet Kingdom and Major General Misoyan of the Nordtov Kingdom Immediately realize that things may have changed again.

Logically speaking, the Plantagenets and the Yankees have never been friends, but in this situation, both sides are at least humans, and they have a unified stance when communicating with foreign races, so they followed the dwarf guards on their way to the throne room. , the two generals began to communicate privately.

"These foreigners don't regard us as trustworthy companions at all!"

Major General Misoyan touched his well-kept mustache and whispered to Brigadier General Padru, who was wearing a knight's armor next to him:

"They all know what the damn smoke is about outside. When my guards went out for a walk, they heard the elves hiding together and whispering. But you see, it's been a week and no one has come to help us. Explain this incident and the current situation.”

"Who says it's not?"

Wearing a knight's armor and holding a helmet, Brigadier General Padreux, who has short blond hair, is younger and more daring to speak. He was obviously very dissatisfied with the treatment of himself and the soldiers, so he deliberately responded in a rough voice:

"Next to our barracks is the dwarves' infantry camp. I can hear them preparing every night when I sleep. The noise makes me unable to sleep at all. I sent someone to ask, but the other party told me that there was no military operation at all. .

This is a fool!

If you don't want us humans to stay here, wouldn't it be better not to let us in in the first place? This attitude is as annoying as this city that is always restless. If I had known that we would suffer this kind of sin here, we should have responded to the invitation of the famous third lord and went to the residence of the Knights of the Blood Alliance. help.

Maybe there could be better treatment. "

"Tsk tsk, are you talking about Yvette Riad Lord of Cappadocia?"

Major General Misoyan glanced at his foreign counterpart with a strange look in his eyes, and he complained in a low voice:

"That lord is indeed living a good life, but did she actually invite you?"

"?"

Brigadier General Padre was shocked when he heard this. He exchanged glances with the Yankee Major General, and then the two men sadly discovered that their fantasy of being immersed in their "masculine charm" was ruthlessly exposed by the cruel reality at this moment.

The third lord of the blood alliance probably didn't invite them because of their charm. He originally thought he was a sea king, but after a long time, he was not even a fucking water ghost! Most of them fall into the category of "drug residue".

Blanch!

When the two generals were in some kind of silent embarrassment, the dwarf guard leading the way replied quietly:

"Brigadier General Padre, you did not receive wrong information. There is no infantry battalion of our dwarves next to your barracks. There is a warehouse and utility room there. No one deceived you!

Maybe you are hearing hallucinations? "

"Impossible! There is the sound of soldiers running and armor clashing every night. I have been in the army for more than thirty years, and it is impossible to distinguish this sound."

The brigadier general of the Plantagenet Kingdom obviously didn't think there was anything wrong with him. He still felt that the dwarves were fooling him.

But Major General Misoyan, who was younger, older, and more experienced, narrowed his eyes. He reached out and pulled the slightly irritable Brigadier General Padru, signaling him to keep quiet for now.

The two human generals quickly passed through the dwarf trading area, which had been desolated due to martial law, and arrived at the throne room.

What surprised them was that even though the fortress was under martial law and the dwarf trading area was deserted, the noise and hustle and bustle of this mountain fortress still didn't improve much. It made people wonder where these noisy sounds came from?

The surrounding dwarves seemed to have adapted to the strange situation in their city long ago, and they turned a blind eye to it.

The throne room was already filled with senior commanders from the fortress. The two human generals were the last to arrive, but no one expressed dissatisfaction.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Lord Hadran, who was sitting at the top, waved his hand haggardly, signaling the meeting to begin.

The silver dwarf earth priest next to him immediately stood up from his chair and said loudly:

"I invite you all to come here today to discuss how to deal with the fog woven by the subspace atmosphere outside the fortress, as well as the increasingly wild snooping and attacks on the Gorgon Pass by the jackals this week."

"and many more!"

The human brigadier general said loudly:

"Before the discussion, could you please explain the current situation to us poor humans? What is the mist woven by the breath of subspace? Why didn't you tell us about such a big thing in advance?"

"Ok?"

This question made the Supreme Lord dumbfounded. Lord Hadran said in surprise:

"Are you two kidding me? We have had three meetings in the past seven days, and you two attended each time and made many constructive comments, etc.! You said this is your first time coming to a meeting?"

"Fuck, something happened."

Major General Misoyan rubbed his brows with a headache, and explained:

"This is indeed the first time that Major General Padru and I have been invited to attend a military meeting. We have been staying with our soldiers for the past seven days. So I am very curious, who did you hold the three meetings with? "

"Is it confirmed that there are three meetings?"

The ranger general sitting on the left hand side of the Supreme Lord, wearing a silver moon mask and carrying a bow like a lit silver flame, said in a hoarse voice:

"Why do I only remember one general meeting like this?"

"I think it was twice."

The halfling mechanic who was in charge of military logistics in the fortress flicked off his engineering glasses with some surprise, and said in a sharp tone:

"I also took the minutes of the meeting. Let me see that it was twice. Yes, in the past four days. Wait, you just said that a week has passed? No! My clock-in timer hourglass shows that it has just passed. Four days.”

"Obviously, the atmosphere of subspace has affected all of us, so much so that we have had great problems with our perception of time and space, and even the fabrication of some chaotic memories." Sitting opposite the elf ranger, the leader The tall Songhai general wearing a golden crown of the Holy Emblem of the Burning Sun said in a low tone:

"For example, the issue we discussed this time, if I remember correctly, is the fifth time we have discussed similar issues, and what I am more worried about now is the people who exist in this throne room now.

Including me.

How many of them are 'real'? "

"Don't you Songhai people worship the Creator and claim to have the highest resistance to subspace pollution among all mortal races?"

The Ranger General said coldly:

"Aren't you able to judge the authenticity of what's around you? Your Excellency Wumeng."

"I don't carry the Creator's relics, and I lack the sacred power of creation. Here I am just an ordinary Songhai person far away from my hometown. Even the sun hates it here. The power of the blazing sun is obviously not enough to dispel the current haze."

The questioned Songhai general responded solemnly:

"But in my memory, the Brass Fortress is a holy place belonging to the Mother Goddess of the Earth. It is protected by the divine power from Ms. Gaia. The invasion and penetration of subspace should not be so easy. So, who is real and who is fake?" unconfirmed.

However, when it is obvious that this place is no longer blessed by Mother Earth, those who are still claiming that Gaia protects this place and trying to confuse the public are definitely having a problem! "

The next moment, everyone present looked at the silver dwarf priest next to the brass dwarf supreme lord.

He tried to explain with some panic, but after seeing everyone draw their weapons, he gave up this futile cover-up and replaced it with malicious sarcasm as the smoke dissipated:

"Not bad, Songhai people, you have identified the problem for the seventh time, but I am curious, how long can you protect your mind? Guess, is what you see and hear next true? "

"Swish"

The scene in the entire throne room changed drastically in the next second. The originally peaceful meeting was torn off its pretense in an instant. Brigadier General Padre, who was full of energy just now, was lying on the ground, his body stabbed by three broken spears. Wear, already out of breath.

Major General Misoyan covered the wound on his waist and gasped with a pale face.

All the commanders around him were injured, and even Lord Hadran Earthhammer was holding Gaia's sacred object, the Power of the Earth, and breathing deeply on his throne.

"How many times has this happened? Damn it!"

The human major general asked with difficulty. The Songhai general who had one of his arms cut off gritted his teeth and glanced at the thirteen blood marks on his leg. He said:

"The thirteenth time. Probably. I am now. Frankly speaking, I am not completely sure. The true vision given to me by the Creator has been obscured by filth. I am no longer pure."

"Now is not the time to talk about this!"

The only ranger general still standing was holding a mechanical war bow as tall as herself. Her feet were covered with the corpses of armed kobolds and gnolls, and some strange ratmen were burned further away. of skeletons.

She said hoarsely:

"How long until the next vision strikes?"

"No one knows, it's happening more and more frequently."

The Brass Dwarf Lord said:

"Are we going out again this time?"

"Of course! Our soldiers are still outside fighting against the rat people and those damn barbarians who dug up the ground and rushed into the fortress. We can't give up on them. Now that the area above the fortress trading area is still in our hands, we can still hold on!

The premise is that no more people can be deceived by the illusion of subspace.

Brigadier Padre's tragedy once was enough. "

Major General Misoyan spat a mouthful of bloody saliva to the side, and he said with a desperate smile:

"Who the hell would have thought? While the Black Flame Pass was still supporting us, the Brass Fortress was going to fall first. What the hell is going on with you dwarves? Why didn't Gaia even say hello when she abandoned you?

We were almost caught off guard and pulled into a desperate situation.

Damn!

This battle was really frustrating. "

The Supreme Lord remained silent, but in fact everyone present knew the answer.

The elf general glanced at him and said:

"It's already here, aren't you going to destroy those Burning Gold? We already confirmed during the first big riot caused by the illusion that the breath of subspace penetrated through those Burning Gold ores.

It is harmless in itself, but once it is piled up in large quantities, it will cause problems of one kind or another.

I remember our Elf King clearly warned you! "

"Gaia has abandoned us. Without those burning gold as explosives, how can we resist the covetous jackals and their lunatic minions outside?"

The dwarf lord shouted:

"The current frontline is maintained by the iron-hearted warriors of the Brass Fortress. The only reward they want is the priceless gold. I have promised all the wealth of my kingdom to my people, my people After accepting the employment of Burning Gold, even those greedy miners picked up their mining picks and fought for us!

Oh my gosh, can you guys think about real issues?

We can't destroy Burning Gold now. It's the expensive things stored up that are maintaining morale, otherwise this fortress will be destroyed in an instant! "

"When you pile up those gadgets from subspace in your warehouse, when you choose to burn gold and stay away from the teachings of Mother Earth, this fortress is finished!"

General Songhai, who had lost his arm, used his curved sword to prop up his scarred body. He said with disgust on his face:

"What you are doing now is just drinking poison to quench your thirst. The sun is shining brightly. I can't imagine that you were not like this a hundred years ago. Now your people actually want money from the king before they are willing to fight for their homeland?

You're done.

Even if the jackals don't destroy you, you will be finished after this battle.

Keep guarding your treasure, High Lord.

My soldiers and I are leaving this fortress of despair.

This place is simply a tomb of gold. We have more hope of going out to fight guerrillas with those stubborn shield dwarves than staying here. "

"Well said, Songhai people, so good that I have almost forgotten your identity as a Songhai person."

The Ranger General also shook his head and said:

"I have ordered my rangers to break out. We will continue hunting in the mountains south of the Gorgon Pass. If you can't hold on in the north, we can help you. But remember not to get close to the fog. We I have paid too heavy a price for rashly trying.”

(End of this chapter)