novelraw #201 - Section 201
#201 - Section 201
The orcs also detected General Duncan's intentions. The previously scattered troops, as well as the reinforcements personally led by Tassika, were all gathering in the direction of Da Yi settlement.
The strategy of trading space for time had succeeded, holding out until the arrival of the allied powers' support, allowing them to go head-to-head with the Green Vine Empire.
The battleground between the two sides should be on a sand dune about twenty kilometers east of Da Yi settlement. Queen Tassika arrived first and set up a sniper position.
Integrating the camp of 100,000 orcs, Queen Tassika arranged the allied powers' reinforcements in the rear, asking them to enter the battlefield under her command after the battle began.
The reinforcements were somewhat surprised. They had expected to be used as cannon fodder to exhaust the enemy's first and fiercest wave of attack, but they did not expect the Queen to be so generous.
Could this be seen as her confidence?
Although everyone was prepared to be sacrificed, not being sacrificed was naturally better, and they couldn't help but have a better impression of Tassika.
Tassika deployed the orc's strong combat races in the front, set up standard defensive positions, and built a new type of altar on both sides, which could greatly enhance the spellcasting abilities of the shaman priests.
At that time, they would use the power of the buildings to fully offset the enemy's superior magical power.
Unsurprisingly, this altar was also stolen by their "spies". With slight modifications, it could amplify the power of the shamans and would be used for the first time here.
"You only need to hold on for half an hour, and victory will surely belong to Terra," Tassika mobilized the orc warriors, turning her gaze to a formation much smaller than the main force, with only a thousand people.
They were the Snak people, whose orc features were scarlet eyes and scaly tails, and whose racial talent was mutated claws, especially good at digging.
This Snak special operations squadron was equipped with black tights, generally tall, with bulging packages on their backs, and determined eyes. They saluted Tassika with a Terra military salute: "God bless Terra!"
The Snaks jumped into the sand like swimming. With any magical fluctuations, only slight tremors on the ground could be seen as they approached Duncan's troops at an extremely fast speed.
This desert was, after all, the land where the orcs had lived for generations, and there would always be some home-field advantage, waiting to give those arrogant and conceited Imperials a surprise.
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The orcs put on a resolute defensive formation, while the Empire, after discussion, decided to choose the simplest tactic:
Frontal assault, all-out attack!
It wasn't that Duncan was stupid, but facing the watertight orcs who wouldn't take the initiative to attack no matter how provoked, he had no better choice.
That young queen seemed to have seen through their limited supplies long ago and couldn't continue to delay. Therefore, she was not in a hurry to recover the lost territory, and seemed determined to wait until Duncan had to retreat.
Now that he thought about it, General Duncan also understood that these orcs were deliberately retreating to trade space for time, forcing him to face a long supply line.
Originally, these territories near the Empire were boundless deserts. Their main population and cities were far away from the Empire.
Unless there was another full-scale war, it would be really difficult to deal with these cunning orcs.
"This should be our last battle, and I hope Lady Sophie will not hold back and try to hurt those orcs as much as possible," General Duncan said solemnly.
"General, don't worry. Queen Tassika is here in person, and our goal is to snipe her," Sophie's eyes flashed with a fierce cold light, and she rubbed her fingers impatiently.
Merchants value harmony for wealth, but Tassika blocked her way to wealth, and she was also the most vindictive.
In terms of bloodline, she was also considered a Kate orc.
However, the Kate tribe had already been wiped out by other tribes in tribal conflicts. Her family fled to the Empire, and in generation after generation of reproduction, she had long lost any feelings for this desert and instead identified herself as an Imperial.
Later, she simply became a money-grubber, so anyone who blocked her from making money, regardless of race, could be regarded as an enemy to be overthrown!
So the Empire's army slowly started and went to the defense line of the Orc First Army. The magicians also chanted spells, summoned magical creations, and enhanced their impact.
Above the sky, the invisible Night Empress looked down on the battlefield and sighed faintly: "Do we have to lose this time?"
How could she rest assured that her army would fight a battle full of traps? It was just that this battle was arranged by Roger from beginning to end, and she understood that some pain must be experienced for the Empire to grow.
But this time, Sophie brought a lot of precious magicians out, which was like running on the street with her beloved jewelry all over her body. The Empress couldn't help but follow.
"Your Majesty, don't worry, the situation is under control," Roger stood beside her and comforted, "Sophie is not a fool. She brought life-saving methods and will protect the mages of the Arcane Society."
"I understand, but I'm very unwilling. Is the era of magicians coming to an end like this?"
"The era of magicians will never end, but will shine in a new way in the future."
"But we always want to shine on the battlefield..."
The Night Empress looked at Terra's defense line. Tassika projected the golden shadow of the Goddess of War, giving the heavy-armored warriors of the first line of defense a "Holy War Blessing."
This was a divine art comparable to a forbidden spell, which consumed a lot of faith power. If it weren't for the truly beloved believers of the little b*tch, they would not be qualified to mobilize it.
Now that Tassika can use it, it shows that the Goddess of War is very satisfied with the current Kingdom of Terra.
On the other side, the Night Empress had the power to reverse the situation, but she could only watch the Empire's troops gradually fall into a bitter battle.
The "Holy War Blessing" provided the orc warriors with huge magic resistance. In addition, the shamans on both sides continued to weaken the magicians' attack power. The Empire's superior magic power was greatly offset, and many direct damage spells of the Plastic School were temporarily ineffective.
In desperation, the magicians could only greatly increase the number of summons, and at the same time drive large war golems, puppets and other alchemy products into battle, and together with the brave Imperial soldiers, they continued to attack the defense line of the Orc First Army.
However, the border guards were mainly heavy infantry for defending fortresses. They had previously relied on magic power to crush the orcs, but now they were facing each other head-on with strength, and they were inevitably suppressed by the orc's strong combat races.
Obviously, they couldn't break through the defense line in half an hour.
If they couldn't break through and were dragged down by the orcs, the traps that Tassika had buried before would take effect.
"It's enough for me to be here with Your Majesty. The Empire still has a lot of work to do," Roger carefully observed the Night Empress's gloomy face, knowing that she extremely disliked failure.
Even if it was a failure in acting.
But it's not good if this scene is not acted.
The Night Empress clenched her fists, looked at the allied powers' reinforcements who were already eager to try, and said bitterly: "If I meet them again next time, I won't let them leave alive."
Her figure disappeared into the air, and finally accepted Roger's suggestion and did not go to see the already doomed ending of this battle.
The stronger the people, the more stubborn they are. Without bloody lessons, they will not embrace the new era.
Chapter 178 The Terror of the Biochemical Maniac
Different from the false information seen by the allied powers, the current situation in the Green Vine Empire can be said to be very good. Agriculture, industry, and commerce are all advancing by leaps and bounds.
Except for the highest level who knows the real crisis of the world, the ordinary people and the backbone of the Empire are currently in a very floating state of mind.
Probably after drinking three or two taels of Maotai, they feel that the universe is theirs.
The first to bear the brunt is the magician class. The Night Empress holds them up high, and their mentality is too inflated. They already feel that they can rely on technological innovation to solve all problems.
Although theoretically this can indeed be done, the problem is that the Empire does not have that much time, and the enemies they face have too much accumulation.
Secondly, with Sophie as the leader, the emerging capitalist class, looking at the excess profits they have earned, also feels that no one in the world can beat them.
Anyone who blocks their way to making money must die.
With money and equipment, these "elites" are inflated from the beginning, and even some in the military are floating along with them.
This is not to say that the Kingdom of Terra provoked them. The previously stipulated recuperation period could not be maintained, and the internal public opinion atmosphere for war was rising.
These are all problems that the Night Empress sees in her eyes, and she feels very helpless, but she has to solve them.
Although the Night World is indeed a batch of stinky fish and rotten shrimp, the terrifying enemies outside the world are still not what this empire can contend with. Next, there must be large-scale infrastructure construction to complete more technological accumulation.
This world will eventually belong to the Empire, but the ending cannot be a pyrrhic victory, but a relaxed integration of existing forces to fight against the Seven Gods who come to the door.
Therefore, under Roger's suggestion, the Night Empress indulged Sophie to provoke the emotions of the magicians and the military and launched such a retaliatory battle.
The information is all public, and what preparations the enemies have made are all clearly placed on Duncan and Sophie's desks.
But the Imperials have won too many victories under the protection of the Night Empress, and they have long recognized themselves as invincible. The orcs who have been defeated before will definitely win easily this time.
Having committed the mistake of arrogance and underestimating the enemy, and still being greedy for merit after learning that the enemy's strength may be out of control, such a failure is something that even the Night Empress is too embarrassed to forcibly intervene in.
Being so uncalm shows that the Imperials are indeed in urgent need of a failure to see the reality clearly.
At the same time, what Roger hopes to correct is also to change the magicians' bad habit of always running to the battlefield.
Magicians, who master the world's most advanced production technology, and high-level intellectuals who understand the truth of the universe, they are scientific research talents, engineers, and the highest-level craftsmen, but they use themselves as soldiers, which is the purest waste!
As long as the Green Vine Empire's technology breaks through, a magic crystal cannon can replace most of the damage caused by magicians, how can they be used as soldiers and sacrificed at will on the battlefield?
"New Arcana" has brought about a trend of job change, and Che Guevara is also working hard to correct the magicians' thinking, but Roger found that these are all like scratching an itch, and the mages still yearn to fight in person...
Not treating the opponent as a human being, they must accept the lesson.
At this moment, the Empire and the orcs have already fought together. After the direct lethality of the magicians is suppressed, they transform their magic power into buffs for their own side, as well as summons that are all over the battlefield.
The net worth of the magicians of the Arcane Society is now ten times that of the past.
The combat power converted from wealth is also quite considerable. Even with Tassika, a "priest" favored by the gods, she cannot make up for the gap in wealth, and the defense line of the Orc Kingdom begins to collapse.
At this time, the strong men sent by the allied powers joined the battle.
Tassika's order to them was not to directly attack the Empire's military headquarters, but to fight against the summons and reduce the pressure on the orc defense line.
For the guest army, this was a very low-risk order, and everyone carried it out very diligently.
Time was passing quietly, and General Duncan's intuition also sensed that Tassika wanted to delay time. If the enemy's plan was delayed, I'm afraid there would be more terrifying battles to come.
He led his own guards to the front line, trying to break through the enemy's defense line and accomplish everything in one battle.
However, before he could fight the orcs, he heard a commotion from behind.
The Snak special operations team that Tassika had arranged at the beginning had moved to the Empire's magician-concentrated formation through the "earth escape technique" without any magic fluctuations.
As honorable mages, they are given the most thorough protection even in fierce blood battles, and ordinary methods can never easily break into their side.
But who would have thought that the orcs would have a special force that mastered special digging skills, swimming in the sand, and "silently" came to their side.
The Snak clan was originally good at desert digging, but their speed was limited.
It was that special armor that used mechanical power to pull the elastic special material, so that their underground advancement speed doubled, and finally had the value of being applied on the battlefield.
Of course, there are also disadvantages to this kind of advancement, that is, it can still be detected by sound.
But right now, there is a fierce battle going on, and the magicians' attention is on the orc defense line that has not been broken for a long time, so how can they have too much energy to pay attention to their feet?
The Snak special operations team's backpacks have been unfolded, and they have been arranged in advance under the magician's formation, and the magic-forbidden position is activated instantly.
This is also a new type of magic equipment, which miniaturizes and modularizes the magic-forbidden position that needs to be arranged in advance, and can be deployed mobilely in battle.
So instantly, the Empire's proud magic support went silent.
The magicians' life-saving props were activated one after another. This Snak special operations team was specially trained to deal with magicians. They had extremely strong magic resistance and extremely strong will. They quickly felt into the Empire's magicians' side and delivered a ruthless assassination.
"Damn, this is a mage hunter!"
Sophie guessed the profession of these Snaks. Her face, which was already very bad because the battle was in a stalemate, suddenly became even more ugly.
Mage hunters are a special profession that targets magicians. Most of them are advanced from thieves.
They have obtained extremely high magic resistance and will, are proficient in close assassination, and also have certain spell counter-control abilities. They were created specifically to restrain the most powerful magicians in this world.
Oh, by the way, the earliest mage hunters were created by magicians from certain organizations in order to target the same.
The Snak special operations team of the Orc Kingdom was obviously built with a lot of money. From the way they move to the magic-forbidden position to the skilled assassination skills, they instantly caused great damage to the Empire's magicians.
It was only because they were all rich enough that, even though they were caught off guard by the anti-magic field, they still had enough life-saving equipment.
"Mages, fall back! Prepare to disengage and retreat in an orderly fashion!"
General Duncan knew that their attack today had failed. The mages in the rear had been ambushed, and he had to save them.
Failing to adequately punish the Orc Kingdom might mean he would continue to garrison Nito City, unable to be promoted for several years.
But if he let three thousand mages be buried in this desert, he would likely go to jail.
However, he also felt a chill. The enemy had deliberately lured him forward with a defensive posture, and it was clear that the reserve force was targeting the Empire's mages, aiming for a fatal blow.
"Hold them back! It's time to avenge these executioners!" Tassika's clear voice rang out behind Duncan.
The elite Orc First Legion abandoned its previous defensive stance and actively charged out of the trenches, coordinating with the reinforcements from the Great Powers to entangle General Duncan's troops and prevent them from retreating.
Instantly, this border army was attacked from both sides, and the situation was sliding towards the abyss.
Sophie's tail straightened behind her, and all the smooth fur stood on end.
Just now, she had used her defensive pistol to kill a Snakeman who had been eyeing her. That dagger that brushed past her had scared her badly.
She took out a test tube from her bosom, which contained a strange green liquid, and directly smashed it on the corpse of the enemy in front of her.
At the same time, she kept muttering: "Lydia, your invention must be reliable. Everything depends on you to save my life, not just me but also this expeditionary force!!!"
The green liquid seemed to have a life of its own, quickly burrowing into the corpse. In less than a second, the already dead enemy moved again.
But soon it was discovered that it was not a simple movement, but a rapid expansion as if inflated, directly gaining hundreds of pounds.
The skin on his body swelled to near transparency, with many green worms drilling around inside, making Sophie's scalp tingle, and she subconsciously retreated.
Bang!