Volume 8: The Road to the Ancient Dragon Chapter 465: Orcs Charge Forward
Anasteria nodded slightly. Things had come to this point and he had no other choice.
The only solution now is to fight.
The magical legion of Quel'Thalas, it's time to show the power of magic!
Anasterian (Sun King) : "Pass on my orders. The garrison troops in Silvermoon City are to assemble and mobilize all those who can participate in the battle. This battle concerns the survival of the elves. I want every elf who can cast magic to be ready to fight.
Mages from all the major families will join the battle. Prepare for battle, fellows. The most dangerous moment for Quel'Thalas has arrived."
As the Sun King issued a general mobilization order, the elves in Silvermoon City immediately took action.
Some confusion was inevitable. The Elf Kingdom was located alone in the northern end of the continent, and peace had lasted for thousands of years. The nobles of Silvermoon City in particular hid in the magic tower every day to study magic, and seldom participated in the war with the trolls, so they were inevitably a little neglected in the war.
However, Silvermoon City is a magical kingdom after all. Although magic has countless uses, the most thoroughly studied one is undoubtedly war.
Therefore, after a brief period of chaos, the proud elves quickly showed a certain morale.
The nobles were recruited to form a group of mages, and the civilians were also armed. Most of the elves were good at bows and arrows, and at worst they could stand on the city walls and shoot arrows.
If everyone is mobilized as a soldier, an army of hundreds of thousands can be organized for defense.
Just as the Sun King and the elven nobles left to prepare for war, the princes and princesses of Quel'Thalas gathered together for a small meeting.
I have to say, in terms of appearance alone, the Alliance and the Horde combined are not as good as the elves. The royal family has the bonus of charm. Dozens of handsome men and beautiful women gathered together, it's like a model convention, very pleasing to the eye.
Alpha (Elven Swordmaster): "There is a traitor among us."
An older elf with a short beard said in a deep voice, glancing at everyone present.
This did not surprise anyone. Everyone knows their own business, so it is not surprising that players can do anything weird.
The most famous traitor in the history of the elves is Dalkan. Now that Dalkan is dead, it stands to reason that no one should betray him, so the only possibility can only be the player.
Galadriel (Grand Magister): "Who?"
Alpha (Elf Swordmaster): "Blood Shadow Tower - The traitor has told me that it was this guy who destroyed the rune stone and allowed the orcs to break through our defenses. I'm right, right, Laojiu."
After hearing this, Xueying Chonglou just smiled and did not refute.
This was almost a tacit agreement, and the rest of the people glared at him.
Burning Heart Listening to the Sea (Great Elementalist): "Damn it, what good will it do you to do this? Why betray me?"
Alpha (Elf Swordmaster): "Blood Shadow Chonglou will lead the elves to join the tribe."
Burning Heart Listening to the Sea (Great Elementalist): "I am so impressed. Are you crazy? Historically, elves joined the tribe for various reasons. Why are you adding more pressure now?"
Xueying Chonglou said disdainfully, "Don't you understand? Without a force of their own, the elves are doomed to become cannon fodder. Whether it's the Alliance or the Horde, they must find a backer. Now that my father is unwilling to return to the Alliance, we can only choose the Horde. I am also thinking about the future of my people ."
Fenxin Tinghai (Great Elementalist): "I think you want to be the Elf King yourself, Xueying Chonglou, you bastard, listen to me, I will never let you have your wish even if I die."
Xueying Chonglou sneered, "Haha, if you want to die, I won't stop you. I don't mind it."
Fenxin listened to Haiqi and raised his staff directly.
Alpha said, "I'm curious, you're still so calm at this time, you don't think we dare not kill you."
As he spoke, he drew the sword at his waist, and the other princes and princesses also drew their swords and prepared to fight.
Xueying Chonglou didn't care at all. "I'm also curious. What makes you think I would be so stupid as to fall into their trap? Stay in the city and wait for death."
Alpha's face changed slightly, Fenxin Tinghai could no longer bear it, he raised his hand and released the Sun Ray!
Polar rays!
Almost at the same time, Galadriel also released her magic.
Two magic spells were cast instantly, and Xueying Chonglou's health bar decreased rapidly, but he had no intention of dodging at all.
Until the health bar reached the bottom, and then it disappeared with a puff.
[Hero Skill——True Phantom! ]
Create a phantom with the same attributes and appearance as you, and randomly gain five skills of the original body. The phantom cannot use hero skills.
Because it was a hero skill, the effect was surprisingly good, and even everyone was fooled.
Everyone looked grim as they watched the disappearing Blood Shadow Chonglou.
Annie (Princess of Silvermoon City): "What should we do now?"
Burning Heart Listening to the Sea (Great Elementalist): "What else can we do? We have to fight to the bitter end. Even if we want to join the Horde, we can't join the Horde. I don't have a problem with the orcs, but the Eastern Continent is full of Alliance countries. If the Horde joins, we elves will definitely become cannon fodder."
Galadriel (Grand Mage): "You're right. It's better to join the Alliance than the Horde. At most you'll have to pay a little. If that doesn't work, joining the Night Elves is better than the Horde."
Qiwu (Princess of Silvermoon City): "Yes, I think elves are good. At least we are all brothers and sisters. We were one family ten thousand years ago. Besides, elves are so beautiful. Orcs are so ugly ."
Alpha (Elf Swordmaster): "My sister has gone to Kalimdor to look for reinforcements. Besides, the Alliance cannot be completely unresponsive to the war here. We just need to hold out for a while until the reinforcements arrive, and then we can turn defeat into victory."
It sounded good at first, but everyone knew that things were not that simple. Even if the night elves really agreed to send troops to help, it would probably take at least a week for them to arrive because of the Endless Sea.
The Alliance obviously wanted to watch the fun. Unless the elves surrendered voluntarily or converted to the Holy Light en masse as Godwin had requested before, the Alliance would never send troops.
By noon, Silvermoon City had been fully mobilized.
The princes and princesses climbed up the city wall, gathered around the Sun King, and faced the orc army outside the city.
On the high tower, the Sun King looked at the orc army in the distance with a solemn expression.
Such a huge orc army is truly shocking.
Hundreds of thousands of orc troops spread out, so densely packed that there was no end in sight.
The players were shocked, not to mention the elven nobles. When a player died, they only lost a character, but the elven nobles had truly lost their entire property and lives in Silvermoon City.
Some elven nobles couldn't help but complain, "What the hell is the Windrunner Legion doing? Why haven't they launched an attack yet?"
However, the princes and princesses knew that after besieging Silvermoon City, the tribe sent out more than a dozen marauding war bands to attack and raid the elves' cities and magic academies.
The orcs' biggest advantage is their large number of troops, so naturally they will not waste them.
In order to protect the elven civilians in these undefended towns, Kael'thas and Sylvanas sent rescue troops and continued to gather elves from all over the place. Naturally, they were unable to take care of Silvermoon City. In their opinion, Silvermoon City had gathered thousands of mages, was impregnable, and had rune barriers as a barrier, so there was no need to worry about being breached in a short period of time.
Protecting the people should be the priority.
However, standing on the top of the high tower at this moment, the Sun King could not help but gasp when he saw the endless orc army that blocked his entire vision. He completely lost his previous confidence.
However, the Sun King remained calm. No matter how many enemies there were, they were just flesh and blood. They would certainly not be able to resist the power of the Sunwell.
Anasterian (Sun King): "Grand Astromancer Solanlian, I order you to guard the Tower of Star Fury, control the power of the stars, and never let the orcs destroy our city.
Grand Mage Rodman, you go guard the Moonwrath Tower and don't let me down.
Great Elementalist Fenxin Tinghai, my child, the kingdom has now reached its most critical moment. The Sunstrider family must fight for glory. You will guard the Sunfury Tower and eliminate all enemies who dare to invade Silvermoon City.
Archmage Celeborn, you will guard the Sunfire Spire.
Archmage Xinbu, you go to guard the Silver Star Tower.
Grand Magister Galadriel, you go guard the White Moon Tower..."
In the blink of an eye, the Sun King dispatched twelve heroes to build twelve large magic towers around Silvermoon City. These magic towers were not only places for magicians to study magic, but also part of Silvermoon City's defense system.
The magic network of the magic tower is directly linked to the Sunwell. When necessary, it can absorb the power of the Sunwell to release destructive magic. With the presence of high-level wizards, each magic tower is an indestructible and powerful fortress and firepower point.
With these twelve magic towers supporting each other to protect the city, combined with the defenders on the city walls, there is no need to be afraid even of a million-strong army.
After assigning the guards of the twelve magic towers, Anasteria was still assigning troops. This war could not be ended in a short time. Not only did they have to defend, but they also had to wait for an opportunity to counterattack.
"Alpha, you are responsible for leading the Dragonhawk Knights. If the enemy's dragon knights invade the airspace, drive them away immediately."
"Lloyd, you are responsible for leading the Lawbreaker Legion ."
"Leyel, you are responsible for controlling the arcane puppet army!"
Under the dispatch of the Sun King, the entire Silvermoon City's garrison is on high alert.
At this moment, the orc army also took up their positions and launched an attack.
The tribe's attack was indeed impressive. A hundred thousand troops were dispatched in the first wave of attack. Countless orcs rushed to Silvermoon City like a tide and launched attacks from all directions at the same time.
here we go!
On the city wall, the players who had not been assigned any tasks were all tense.
As they watched the orc troops approaching, a strange emotion gradually arose in everyone's hearts.
Damn, why are these orcs not wearing any clothes?
The magic councillors on the tower also began to discuss.
The first wave of orcs numbered tens of thousands. The strange thing was that they were all naked, wearing only a pair of shorts, holding a broken axe, a broken stick, and a broken short bow, and they rushed towards the city wall in a large group.
Running and shouting slogans.
"For the tribe!"
"Lokta Oga!"
"Blood and Glory!"
"Rob the money and the staggering woman!"
"Hurrah!"
"WAHHHHH!"
You know what, he's quite powerful.
But this equipment is just too bad, right?
Anasteria (Sun King): "They are so brave and fearless. The orcs are indeed as fierce and wild as the legend says. We opened fire with all our might and blocked the enemy's attack."
The mages in the magic tower began to inject energy into the magic amplification devices.
Huge balls of arcane energy as big as stars blasted towards the crowd, and the dull explosions made the earth tremble.
Every explosion could kill dozens or even hundreds of orc soldiers.
Soon all the magic towers began firing.
The mages on the city wall also looked down from above and cast all kinds of destructive magic downwards.
For a moment, fire and lightning, ice and arcane, brilliant magical light danced everywhere.
These orc soldiers, who didn't even have the most basic armor, were killed on the spot in large numbers.
Soon there were corpses everywhere outside the city.
The noble mages on the city wall were all smiling happily.
"Haha, the orcs are really a group of savage and brainless beasts. Are they here to die?"
"This is the power of magic. Let these uneducated barbarians see it for themselves!"
"Well done, that's how you teach them a lesson."
However, the players had serious expressions, as they could see the problem.
These naked orcs sent out in the first wave are all level 1 trumpets.
…
Grog Evil Eye (Fel Knight): "Hahaha, these stupid elves really fell into the trap. Now their firepower configuration is completely clear. The chieftain really has a good plan."
Ba Dao Wu Qing (Tribe Chief): "Haha, it's just a trick. You can't use conventional tactics to deal with NPCs. You must play to the strengths of the players. Let the people in the strategy department summarize the firepower layout of Silver Moon City. I want a detailed attack plan before noon."
These orcs are certainly not tribal soldiers. No matter how rich they are, they cannot waste money like this.
These are actually adventurers, and they are all adventurers' smurfs.
Although adventurers will not die, they will become weak if they die in a plot campaign. After three weakenings, they are basically useless.
So in order to allow adventurers to play a better role, Badao Wuqing simply called on the players to create N level 1 accounts each to use as cannon fodder.
Anyway, under the full force bombardment of the magic tower, a big account of over level 40 can't withstand a few shots, so it is better to use a small account to test the enemy's layout first.
By the way, consume the opponent's magic potion.
Because it was a level 1 account, they didn't even do any novice tasks, and didn't even receive any novice equipment. Everyone only had the novice weapon given by the system when they were born, so they were completely naked.
At this moment, the outside of Silvermoon City was already filled with the corpses of naked orcs, and the scene was quite spectacular.
As they watched, even the NPCs noticed that something was wrong.
"My God, don't these orcs fear death?"
"It's crazy. It's really crazy."
"Your Majesty, it seems that we must mobilize more magic potions to maintain this firepower."
"Maybe we should open the Sunwell!"
Listening to the nobles' suggestions, the Sun King fell into deep thought.
He really didn't want to use the power of the Sunwell. Arcane energy has a gravitational effect, and a strong enough energy field can continuously absorb magic power from the Demon King.
The Sunwell was originally just an ordinary lake, but it happened to be located at the node of the magic network. Back then, the former king of the Sunstrider family poured a bottle of water from the Well of Eternity into the lake. This pure arcane energy immediately began to absorb the magic power in the magic network, constantly absorbing and accumulating.
The Sunwell was born, and the energy grew stronger and stronger. The arcane energy gradually dissipated into the lake and then gradually dissipated into the air.
The entire process lasted nearly ten thousand years, giving the Sunwell its current powerful energy. If it were not destroyed and continued to operate, perhaps in a few hundred or thousand years, the Sunwell could become the second Well of Eternity.
At that time, the elves will once again become the masters of this world.
Therefore, for nearly ten thousand years, the Sun Royal Family has maintained an ancestral precept that the power of the Sunwell cannot be used easily, and they only use the energy dissipated from the Sunwell to practice magic.
Anyway, this alone is enough.
Therefore, he really didn't want to ruin this long-term plan unless it was absolutely necessary.
Anasterian (Sun King): "Don't worry. The enemy's offensive is not strong enough to shake Silvermoon City's defenses."
At this moment, even the elf adventurers on the city wall couldn't bear to watch it anymore.
"Fuck, these tribal players are so fucking cowardly, how can they do this?"
“This is totally inexperienced.”
The Horde can send a large army of trumpets to die, but the elves can't do that. All the elven adventurers are now in the Alliance camp. Strictly speaking, the players who come to help are here to gain reputation, and more than half of them are here for Sylvanas.
Now that Queen Xi is no longer in the city, there are only about 30,000 to 50,000 adventurers helping to defend the city, and they all come to gain experience and equipment while defending the city.
The Sun King can't command them at all. You are not even a leader of an alliance. You are just the leader of a neutral force. Who will listen to you? They only help you defend the city for the sake of Queen Hibernation.
He doesn't have the appeal to get players to create smurfs to be used as cannon fodder.
Besides, he had no idea about it at all.
The battle lasted until noon, with orc corpses strewn all over the ground. The naked bodies of the orc trumpets stretched from the city wall all the way to the orc camp.
Although the Sun King still had a gloomy face, his paleness already exposed his inner fear.
When he received the battle report between the Alliance and the Horde, which said that the Horde was abnormally strong, he was somewhat skeptical.
Now I finally see it. I don’t see how powerful he is, but he is really abnormal.
In the tribal camp outside the city, looking at the attack plan submitted by the Strategy Department, Badao Wuqing nodded with satisfaction.
"Pass my order, prepare to attack the city!"
