arcane emperor

Chapter 654 It’s time for us to take the stage!

boom! boom! boom!
Violent explosions echoed from the dark outpost.

Thick smoke rose into the sky, and the spreading fire slowly extinguished.

After a while, dense crowds of slave warriors swarmed out and rushed towards the retreat direction of the Gulf Territory adventurers.

They were covered in thick dust, as if they had just experienced a sandstorm.

But before they could run far, two dazzling fires suddenly exploded on both sides of the narrow road intersection.

The beast-like flames instantly engulfed the slave warriors, biting and chewing them fiercely.

The tumbling gravel and smoke spread wantonly around.

The entire scene was shrouded in smoke and dust, and finally fell into darkness.

There was a faint shrill roar!
"This ambush is well laid out and can be included in the tutorial video for combat drills."

Matthew nodded with satisfaction, gave an evaluation skillfully, and carefully looked through the statistics provided by the research institute.

"The statistics of the combat units of the Mind Flayer army have been released."

"The weakest kobold slave, challenge level is 3+."

"There are only four to five hundred in the sentry, so they can be ignored."

"There are slightly more in the camp, about 2000 of them, using ordinary metal weapons."

"As the backbone, the gnoll slave warriors have the largest number, accounting for at least 50% of the total number of slave warriors. The average challenge level is 8+."

"They have well-made metal weapons and armor, and their combat skills have been retained to a certain extent."

"The tracking ability of the gnoll slave warriors has been strengthened, their vision and sense of smell have been strengthened, and they have undergone multiple physical transformations."

"There are a group of about 50 to 200 strong ogre slave warriors, with an average challenge level of 13+."

"Compared with other slave warriors who have undergone transformation, the ogre slave warriors have actually declined, and the mind flayers have not transformed them much."

"However, the weapons and equipment of the ogre slave warriors are further advanced than other wild ogres, making them more difficult to kill."

"Tauren slave warriors are the most advanced combat units worthy of vigilance."

"They either don't have any, or they can have as many as 300, with a challenge level of 14+. They are good at teamwork and charging collectively."

"The Mind Flayer has modified it the most, strengthening its intelligence, improving its magic resistance, and enhancing its endurance and physical strength."

"There are 43 types of extraordinary level special operations units, but most of them are single individuals."

"However, it cannot be ruled out that the Mind Flayer can control a large number of extraordinary-level slave warriors..."

Next to these information statistics, there are also detailed magic image models and scenes of them fighting.

It also marks the weaknesses of these slave warriors, as well as recommended ways of fighting.

"When dealing with tauren, combat troops whose strength is lower than the high-level peak and whose number is less than 50, remember not to engage in close combat."

"You can first lay out traps and use long-range weapons to shoot and consume them."

"The combination of armor-piercing arrows and paralyzing toxins can effectively prevent them from charging faster."

"Their body control ability is weak, so it is recommended to place the trap on a steep downward slope."

"If close combat cannot be avoided, we should make more use of its weak turning characteristics and attack its sides and back."

"..."

Overall, the recorded information made Matthew nod with satisfaction.

The strategic thinking of the Gulf Territory combat forces has begun to gradually emerge.

No matter what kind of enemy they encounter, they will take the initiative to understand them and give corresponding solutions and general combat explanations.

As time goes by, he will take the initiative to capture some enemy combat units for further weakness analysis and combat training.

In addition to unilateral combat records, the Gulf Territory's data and information analysis work has also made considerable progress.

They were based on the combat status and weapons and equipment displayed by these slave warriors.

An overall combat evaluation and analysis was conducted on the Mind Flayer Slave Army.

"The mind flayer slave army has strong frontal combat capabilities, and its average strength challenge level is 7+ (elite)."

"The advantages are: they have excellent wild combat capabilities, they are not afraid, will not flinch, and will not be scared. They will transform and absorb enemies and captives, making it easy to snowball."

"The disadvantages are: fewer combat equipment used, lack of long-range attack capabilities, rigid tactics that are not easy to adapt, heavy reliance on core command, and poor mobility."

"Combat suggestions and analysis: Use a large number of traps and long-range shooting to weaken their numbers and combat effectiveness."

"Based on its inflexible characteristics, the encirclement and hunting method is used to cut off its connection with other troops."

"Try to cut off its subsequent material transportation as much as possible and force it to divide its troops for transportation and defense."

"Using oppressive division tactics on its combat troops and strangling its small-scale combat troops."

"When their strength weakens and their numbers decrease sharply, the army commanders, the mind flayers, and the slave generals will retreat and conserve their strength."

"You can use hunting tactics, ambush operations, or beheading tactics against them."

"The mind flayer has extremely strong spell destructive power and a long casting distance. It is recommended to snipe and kill it. Otherwise, you must have advanced or higher mind protection skills and expertise..."

In addition to general combat opinions, it also records many detailed combat scenes and arrangement processes.

This kind of data accumulation will allow the combat troops in the Gulf Territory to have a better understanding of the enemy and make targeted arrangements before the battle begins.

Know yourself and the enemy, a hundred battles will never end.

Matthew does not expect that the combat forces in the Gulf Territory will be victorious in every battle, but he hopes to reduce many unnecessary casualties and sacrifices.

After all, population is the greatest wealth of the Gulf Territory.

In addition to the analysis of military aspects of combat.

The statistical report also further analyzed other situations of the Mind Flayer Empire.

Based on the information from the slave warriors and comparing the average situation of other races, the following conclusions can be drawn.

The Mind Flayer Empire possesses intermediate to advanced metal smelting technology.

Able to produce fine quality metal weapons and equipment.

Able to independently make large metal instruments.

It cannot be ruled out that it has mastered a large slave population or large-scale factory production and manufacturing technology, and can mass produce a large number of metal parts.

The ability to create magic items is average.

Able to continuously produce high-end magic weapons and props, but lacks mass production capabilities.

Lack the ability to create large quantities of extraordinary level magic items.

The resource utilization rate is relatively high.

The utilization and distribution of manpower is relatively reasonable, and the investment in resources can reach about 35%.

Population growth rate is low.

The vast majority of slave warriors did not have access to birth control and had to be selected from tribes of imprisoned slaves.

An area with large amounts of food produced.

Although it cannot supply the rapid expansion of their numbers, it can at least meet the needs of a large number of freed slave warriors.

Possess advanced body modification technology.

Very familiar with body modification and can perform targeted modifications.

……

After looking through various data, Matthew clicked with great satisfaction.In any case, under his guidance, the Gulf Territory is growing rapidly.

Especially in terms of understanding the enemy and making preparations, he no longer needs to take great care of it.

This battle in the underground world will end soon.

The next "trouble" in the Gulf Territory will arrive soon.

Thinking back to that terrifying world, Matthew really didn't want the Gulf Territory's elite and combat power to be damaged in it.

However, the Catachan plane is too important.

So far, it has contributed more than 70% of the output of high-quality magic plants in the Gulf Territory and more than 80% of the output of ordinary magic plants.

Moreover, more than 5 new high-quality magic plants are discovered every month.

Not to mention the veins of metal ore hidden underground.

That’s an entire half-plane of resources!
All the resources produced in the territory expanded and occupied by the Gulf Territory's material plane are greater than that of the Gulf Territory.

The amount of competition for demiplane resources determines whether the Gulf Territory can break through the shackles of the Marquis Territory and step into the level of a formally independent duchy.

A principality is the smallest country!

At least three and a half planes of resources must be supplied to meet the dukedom's consumption needs.

The demiplane can almost be called the most important strategic "material" of the country.

It is precisely because of this that in the future natural disaster melee, the exploration and competition for demiplanes will reach an appalling level.

Even gods would covet the complete demiplane.

As long as they can occupy it, they will have a divine kingdom on earth that belongs entirely to them, and will continuously produce faith, fanatical believers, and legendary souls for them!
But demiplanes have never been so easy to occupy.

Take the current demiplane of Catachan as an example.

The "green tide" that is coming in a month will have a huge impact on the area occupied by the Gulf Territory.

If the Gulf Territory cannot hold on, the resources invested over the past year, the cities built, and the magic plant planting areas developed will be completely destroyed.

More importantly, the living area of ​​other Catachan warriors will be further reduced, and their numbers will also drop significantly.

Once the number drops to a certain level, it is not an easy thing to recover.

Of course, Matthew knew how terrifying this "green wave" would be, and he had been preparing for it since more than a year ago.

This time, even Matthew himself was not sure of victory.

After all, facing a quasi-natural disaster level terrorist force, the current Gulf Territory is still too weak.

However, Matthew and the Gulf Territory will not back down, but will rise to the challenge and take the initiative to fight and fight.

Because of this, Matthew and the Gulf Territory will not miss any opportunity to participate in the battle.

They must seize every opportunity to strengthen and improve the combat effectiveness of the Gulf Territory combat forces.

Matthew looked through the various performances of the Thunder Warriors and noticed a whopping 342 suggestions for improvement. He turned to look at the slave warriors coming out in large numbers and said to Sera who was looking forward to it:
"In this battle, show off your abilities to the fullest."

Sera could hear the caution in the lord's tone and felt the tremendous pressure, but she did not flinch because of it. She nodded firmly and said:
"The Gulf Territory must win!"

After saying that, Sera quickly walked out.

The noisy sound suddenly penetrated into Sera's ears.

The adventurers on the city wall were constantly drawing their bows and shooting arrows.

The soldiers from the Gulf Territory, who had been prepared for a long time, climbed onto the city wall one after another.

The huge war puppet has completed combat activation and is loading combat skills and expertise suitable for this battlefield.

The panting Jackal warriors couldn't wait to start fighting.

Thera checked the combat supplies again, and then climbed onto the city wall escorted by Catachan warriors.

Looking around, almost the entire Suramar Valley has been occupied by a large number of slave warriors.

The drow outposts and camps that previously controlled the valley's edge had either been destroyed by slave warriors or had retreated.

There are only a handful of large drow camps, and under the leadership of the drow commander, they stubbornly hold on to their positions.

However, most of them have been surrounded by slave warriors and taken up the city wall.

It seems that it is only a matter of time before the distance is occupied.

The reason why the defense line deployed by the drow elves was destroyed in a short period of time.

It's because the main force of the mind flayer army has arrived!
Moreover, the mind flayers with powerful spellcasting abilities, under the cover of the mighty slave warriors, can release spells and launch attacks from thousands of meters away.

The attacks of mind flayers are very strange. They do not release deadly killing skills in a targeted manner, but instead use their best "mind control".

Yes, thousands of meters away.

The powerful mind flayers can already use their twisted and terrifying talents to transform their enemies into their slaves.

Every time they take action, there will be large gaps in the defense of the drow camp, and there will be "rebellions" that turn against them.

After two or three visits, the defenses of the drow camp collapsed.

The teammates around you never know when they will become enemies.

Maybe even I will lose control of my body without realizing it.

Facing such a disgusting enemy, just thinking about it will make people feel desperate!

Sera looked at the perimeter of her camp, which was covered with dense corpses of slave warriors.

Noticing that the last two drow camps were beginning to retreat, Sera met the eyes watching from behind the canyon.

The time has come!

"Are you all done? It's our turn!"

The thunder armor he wore shone brightly. Under the gaze of adventurers and soldiers, he shouted to the slave warriors who continued to run over:

"Crush them!"

The adventurers who had been fighting for a long time retreated with a little nervousness.

They looked at the Gulf Territory soldiers passing by with a little bit of envy in their eyes.

After rubbing her sore arm, Cuisi noticed that the huge rolling stone was hoisted to the city wall by the mechanical arm, and watched it roll down in stunned silence.

Rumble!
The slave warriors who rushed up were crushed into pulp in an instant.

The horrifying picture with great visual impact made Cui Xisi couldn't help but murmur to herself:

"I always thought they were just for building houses..."

The excited Drizzt took out his staff and prepared the spell while saying excitedly:

"Ha, the civil engineers in the Gulf Territory are one of the most powerful teams."

"They are present in any dangerous battlefield!"

Ashes on the side shrugged his shoulders, looked at the tall engineering golem slowly coming from behind, and said with great envy:
"Construction is just their side job, and killing enemies is the main way to make money."

“You can’t mess with anyone but civil engineers!”

　Make an outline every month.

　　Will resume tomorrow.

　　Everyone, please pay attention to your health and everything will go well

　　
　
(End of this chapter)