novelraw #227 - Section 227
#227 - Section 227
"He seems, a little different?"
"Maybe... perhaps this is another miracle of a small person?"
Little Joey tilted her head, revealing a rather expectant smile.
Some light emanating from Shaq made her feel very familiar, guessing that her lord's intentional or unintentional layout had finally blossomed at this moment.
But she wouldn't expose it either. The person Shaq the Crown Prince yearns for is not a hero, but a big bad guy full of bad ideas...
Lies, sometimes, are also a good thing.
At least in this performance full of lies, Shaq becomes a better Crown Prince, right?
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The blockade established by Nickle, on the other side.
Originally, this line of defense was already on the verge of collapse under the continuous attacks of Shaq's troops.
Although Frankenstein gave them specialized weapons, their killing efficiency was high, and the production rate of biochemical fish swarms was even higher.
Even specialized weapons, facing the seemingly endless number of biochemical fish swarms, would run out of energy, use up reagents, wear out gears, and then be scrapped.
One side was the imported equipment replicated by the Naga, and the other side was consumables that could be produced endlessly with the sea as their backing. This was never a battle on the same level.
The pitiful blockade dragged into the swarm ocean, Nickle can only desperately maintain it with the lives of soldiers, completely retreating back to the camp, and holding on to the established fortifications.
He was simply powerless to stop small groups of strong individuals from breaking through quickly.
In fact, not to mention small groups of strong individuals, Shaq's troops could now break through this blockade to the main battlefield if they really wanted to.
It's just that they would have to pay a considerable price and face being attacked from both the front and the rear after engaging in direct combat.
Shaq's troops in the second battlefield had previously adhered to the policy of annihilating the enemy's living forces as much as possible, and Doer also reported that the situation at Black Shark Fortress was stable, and they had not forcibly broken through to provide support.
The Black Shark Fortress incident was too sudden. Collins managed to hide perfectly and suddenly broke out, catching the Sea Country off guard. Shaq's side wanted to provide support but it was too late.
Now going to scout is actually a very dangerous job, they can't be sure whether the front has been completely controlled by the Naga.
But Roger wouldn't be reconciled if he didn't take a look, especially since he believed that Nicole's only goal now was to cross the Black Shark Fortress to seize the landing point, and she couldn't care less about him.
So the danger of this trip is actually not high. The main force of the Naga Expeditionary Force should have already moved when they arrive.
But even if they were surrounded, Roger wouldn't be afraid.
Bearing the Dreamweave Shield, retreating to defend, then retreating again to defend, and then calling on the Night Queen for fire support, he actually quite hoped that the Naga would focus their attention on him.
But vaguely guessing Nicole's layout, he better not harbor such daydreams.
Finally groping forward, encountering small groups of Naga reconnaissance troops, directly relying on solo strength to annihilate them, large groups bypassed by mobility, they easily broke into the ruins of the Black Shark Fortress.
The ruins were shocking, corpses littered everywhere, but the main force of the Naga Expeditionary Force had indeed left here.
Roger knew that his judgment was correct.
Chapter 203: Doer's Journey Is Not Over
Roger showed a pensive look, trying to grasp Nicole's true intentions.
Or rather, after the Black Shark Fortress was breached, what Nicole had to do was already very obvious. After this most incredible step was completed, what she would do was already out in the open.
And as the Sea Country powerhouses kept up with Roger, their faces became very ugly.
Although previous intelligence had confirmed that the Black Shark Fortress had become ruins.
But seeing the tragic situation here with their own eyes, that even the seabed structure had collapsed, and that countless terrible explosions had occurred here, the fortress built by the Sea Country with countless manpower and resources was directly erased from the empire, which was quite shocking.
More importantly, the Naga Expeditionary Force did not occupy this place, but directly advanced forward after destroying the Black Shark Fortress, and had already penetrated deep into the empire to carry out destruction.
Compared to the Naga Empire's military expansion, which could almost achieve universal conscription, the mermaids had promoted peace in the long years, and whether it was the main ethnic group or the vassals, they had slowly degenerated after experiencing too many peaceful days.
The difference in combat power between ordinary people and professional soldiers is quite huge.
After the war began, the Sea Country temporarily conscripted and trained troops, desperately expanding its army to block the Naga's advance, but it was still difficult to resist the opponent's advance.
The Sea Emperor had drawn all the eligible people he could control into the army. If this continued, the Sea Country's production would stagnate.
The Black Shark Fortress was their last guarantee. Crossing this line of defense, it would be all the way to the capital before there were troops and fortifications that could directly resist the Naga Expeditionary Force.
In other words, the sea area between the Black Shark Fortress and the capital was undefended for the Naga.
All the towns and cities, the citizens inside, were almost unarmed in the face of a large group of armed thugs who were allowed to kill at will.
This can be said to be the most severe situation they have faced since the Naga invaded the Sea Country.
Previously, the biggest defeat was also an orderly retreat, which could still prevent the Naga from recklessly entering the Sea Country's territory.
But now the fortress that was defended, even the most elite force of the Sea Country, directly disappeared from the world, and at this moment the Naga's iron cavalry is freely galloping, frantically hunting the Sea Country's ordinary people...
"Damn Naga, what magic did these damn Naga use to cause such destruction?" Stilwell's face was pale. Even though he hated the Fourth Prince very much because of his loyalty to Shaq, he didn't want him to end up like this now.
Thinking of the Naga's orders to massacre the cities, everyone knew that the Sea Country's villages and towns were in great danger and would definitely be used as targets for venting their anger.
"This is the conclusion we are here to investigate as soon as possible." Roger looked at these Sea Clan experts, "Search for information, try to restore the situation at Black Shark Fortress at that time, and look for survivors."
His calm and confident tone gave these Sea Country experts who had lost their composure the work they could do at the moment, and they responded as if they had grabbed a life-saving straw: "Yes, sir!"
Compared to grief and emotion, they have to do something as much as possible.
Otherwise, if such a trick falls on the capital, they still won't be able to resist it, then the Sea Country will be really finished.
In fact, Roger didn't have this kind of worry. He knew very well that the Naga's goal in this battle was to seize the landing point, and they didn't have more troops to attack the Sea Country's capital.
But there was no need to tell this kind of information to these Sea Country experts. Driven by fear, they would rely more on the Empire and devote themselves to work to forget their sadness. This was beneficial to him.
It's just that Roger also needs to give the Naga a lesson now, balance the strength of both sides, and then take back the landing point, so that the script of the two undersea countries fighting for hegemony can develop as the Empire needs.
The radiation on the ruins has been purified into a wide road. It seems that Nicole really didn't want to waste a second at that time, and led the team directly through the original site of the Black Shark Fortress, rushing towards the landing point.
And the surrounding areas have radiation, but it doesn't do much damage to the defense capabilities of the strong in this world.
Warriors can resist with their physique, casters have various bizarre methods, plus healing spells, equipment protection, the really strong can directly break into the radiation zone.
Soon there were only two Darknight Guards protecting Roger's safety. He opened the Soul Mimicry Bracelet, measuring more and more battlefield information on the spot, and also seeking support from the Arcane Council, trying to restore what happened on the scene here.
Those legendary powerhouses are not simple characters either. Each of them grew up in countless battles and adventures, and their experience is extremely rich. They can get a lot of conclusions from the information left on the battlefield.
As the information they explored was restored to Roger, everyone had a preliminary understanding of what exactly happened on the battlefield when the Black Shark Fortress fell:
"When the fortress fell, the battle was still going on on the city wall. The Naga's troops showed no signs of withdrawing, and they also suffered heavy casualties."
"All the explosions happened almost in an instant. Someone infiltrated the interior and made arrangements in advance."
"The initial placement point of the explosion was in the key structure of the fortress, the foundation support structure, etc. The kinetic energy of the explosion was increased to the limit, which triggered a chain reaction."
"Found the dissipated divinity. The other party should have transformed some kind of magical creature that is good at secret actions, secretly entered the Black Shark Fortress, and directed the current ending..."
Everyone restored the scene one after another. For Roger, this was also a completely unfamiliar field. The experience of the previous game could no longer provide any help for the current battle.
His existence is promoting the progress of the Green Vine Empire, and also promoting the gods' increasing intervention in this world. He suspects that he has advanced to the situation after several plots.
This is really a path that he never imagined at the beginning of his transmigration.
But through the investigation of the explosion site, Roger can also basically confirm that the Naga's winning move came from Nicole's layout. In order to complete the entire layout, she promoted the Naga Expeditionary Force to carry out a desperate output to the Empire, and the intention was only to continuously consume the energy of the fortress guards.
Moreover, the magical creature that the Naga infiltrated into the Black Shark Fortress had considerable intelligence and strength. At least it was a master builder with extremely high observation and analysis capabilities, so that it could observe the structure of the fortress on the spot and then complete the blasting in a targeted manner.
And there is also divinity. Obviously, it was a powerful existence that had been given the power of the Sea God that could complete the task of transporting about fifty Hydrangea Mushrooms into the Black Shark Fortress.
To sum up, the Arcane Council believes that the magical creature cannot be replicated in the short term. Even if the Naga Empire wants to repeat this operation, I am afraid it will not be able to find a target that can carry divinity again.
Even if there is, that target may not have such knowledge and be willing to complete this suicidal mission.
Therefore, the method used by the Naga this time is an unrepeatable operation.
What's more, they don't have so many Hydrangea Mushrooms. After Frankenstein was beaten by the Night Queen, he would definitely not dare to do this kind of Sao operation again.
The analysis of the Arcane Council made the powerhouses of the Sea Country breathe a sigh of relief, which means that their capital is at least not at risk.
At this moment, the first few powerhouses who discovered the traces of divinity suddenly sent a message: "Report to Lord Charles, we have discovered the whereabouts of Prince Doer..."
"Is he inconvenient to move?" Roger asked.
He almost instantly reacted to the reason why the other party did not directly move Doer over, but asked him.
The other side gave an affirmative answer. Roger didn't have any airs, asked for the coordinates of the other side, added full protection spells, and then went to the strong radiation zone they marked.
The people of the Eternal Night World are quite sturdy and dare to directly break into the radiation zone. The Arcane Council has also proved that the radiation in this world has a very small probability of causing cancer and tumors in professionals.
But Roger is still careful, his three views were established on Earth, and he has a natural fear of radiation, so it is better to be careful.
Not for his own consideration, but also for the future children, to be a responsible father, right (fog)?
Soon Roger saw Prince Doer being dug out.
This digging is really digging. The area where he was located was directly raided by Collins.
And this former second son, in order to avenge his brother, can be described as hating the royal family of mermaids to the bone.
Although it was Shaq who did it, not Doer, they are blood brothers. It is reasonable for his younger brother to avenge his younger brother, right?
As for the fact that if Doer is killed, Shaq may be happier, Collins at that time did not have more considerations, and directly left a Hydrangea Mushroom equivalent to 300,000 tons to Doer.
This is also the only Hydrangea Mushroom that did not explode underground, but exploded in the air.
Because of its uniqueness, plus the weak divinity left on the scene, those legendary powerhouses realized that this place was different, and later gathered a lot of people here to search carefully, and then followed the weak magical fluctuations to find Prince Doer, whose life was almost non-existent, and then dug him out of the ruins of the fortress.
A healer on the scene maintained Doer's life with magic, but his expression was very frustrated: "Sir, the prince's time is running out. He insisted on seeing you."
Roger nodded, and appeared in front of Doer with a very serious expression. He could see that this prince, who felt heroic and extraordinary when they last met, was almost unrecognizable in his original appearance.
At the same time, the damage from residual radiation and divinity caused many mutations in his body. He was almost inhuman, but like those monsters cultivated in Lydia's laboratory.
But he did not die directly in the explosion of the Black Shark Fortress, which was extremely lucky. Countless guards blocked the damage with their lives, and he also had a lot of priceless life-saving props, so he was not directly torn apart.
But those traditionally protected damages still left him in a critical state.
Prince Doer is carrying a life-extending prop. When activated at a critical moment, it will produce a life vine, which will penetrate deep into the earth veins and extremely life-breath, and feedback the host to maintain his life.
But his life was maintained, but the life vine attracted not life breath, but also very powerful radiation, which directly enhanced the degree of Doer's deformity and mutation. This is also the reason why a group of legendary powerhouses felt regret and could not save his life.
Doer opened his swollen eyes, hardly recognized Roger, showing a difficult smile, and said a question that many people on the scene found inexplicable: "Lord Roger, who did you choose in the end?"
Roger did not expect that until the end, he was still entangled in this, but he didn't say much in front of so many people, and pointed at Doer himself.
Doer couldn't help laughing, but it pulled his wound, and non-red and non-white blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.
He was very happy that he had won in the end, leading the soldiers and civilians on the weaker side to defend this fortress for three days against the Naga Expeditionary Force, which had raised the banner of a city-wide massacre.
His ultimate fall was not something he could control, but rather, Nicole was too ruthless, so ruthless that even the Naga who knew the inside story felt fear when they saw her.
Doyle gasped for breath, his eyelids slightly raised, his voice growing weaker: "Let Shark... protect the Sea Kingdom... must..."
Before he could finish speaking, he fainted due to exhaustion.
"His Highness the Fourth Prince is beyond saving," the Sea Kingdom's powerhouses sighed helplessly.
Doyle's heart had not stopped beating immediately, but it was slowing down more and more, and even the magic of this world could hardly save him.
The divine aura in his body resisted most healing spells, as it was a higher-level energy after all.
Roger did not respond directly to them, but instead said to the Soul Imitation Bracelet, "Ms. Lydia, do you have any good suggestions?"
The Soul Imitation Bracelet projected the figure of a black-haired loli, rubbing her temples: "I've read his report. If you can teleport him to my side, there might be a chance to save his life. But without the support of a life ritual, even if I teleport over there, I can't save him."
"Thank you," Roger sighed involuntarily.
He really had high hopes for Doyle. As a prince born of a concubine, he was able to achieve his current success. Coupled with his bravery and calmness, he should have achieved even greater things.
It was just a pity that fate played tricks on him. Nicole was a cut above the rest and took him out at Black Shark Fortress.
Lydia hesitated for a moment and whispered, "Actually, there is another way, but I don't know if it will succeed..."
"Speak without hesitation."
"Feed him to the base coral. I have designed a special fusion mode that can use the new material as the main body, and the damage he is currently taking can be spread to the base coral's constantly growing body, which will be much easier to handle," Lydia paused here. "However, after the fusion, I cannot guarantee that he will have a complete soul, because that is the way to absorb materials. I can remotely modulate and suppress it on my side..."
Roger looked at the black-haired loli who lowered her head and snorted: "I know you don't want to let go of the precious material that contains both radiation and divinity, but I regret to tell you that we are penetrating deep behind enemy lines alone, and we don't have any base coral with us..."
Just then, a surge of water came from the distance.
An underwater fleet composed of giant whales was rapidly heading towards Black Shark Fortress.
At the very front, a pure black seahorse was ridden by Crown Prince Shark, who was clad in bright armor and held a long spear in his hand, carrying the head of a Naga.