Author: Arion's Dolphins

There was no problem with Tang Zhao's communication with the Erwin family, but there were some conflicts between the city magistrate and the Lathander Church.

It's not a big deal, it's mainly about the issue of command authority. There are many forces involved. In matters like war, it's unreliable for everyone to express their own opinions and go their own way. You must choose a reliable commander-in-chief.

Regarding the specific candidates, several parties have their own ideas. Relatively speaking, they definitely prefer their own people to go up, and they don't have so much trust in the abilities of others.

The city official believes that he is the most familiar with the situation in Yintao City, the Church of Lathander believes that he knows how to deal with demons best, and the Church of Helm also believes that his military skills are the most outstanding among the several parties. Each has its own reasons.

It does sound reasonable at first glance.

To put it bluntly, no one has enough prestige to serve as the commander-in-chief of the coalition. Fortunately, the number of people involved in this operation was not that large. In addition, several forces are relatively reliable in nature. After some debate, it was ultimately the municipal government.

The officials and others gained the upper hand, and they were responsible for coordinating all parties and serving as the overall commander.

They indeed showed good qualities and arranged the dispatch of various personnel, weapons and supplies in a short period of time, and the operation officially started three days later.

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In the early morning of that day, more than a dozen warships arrived near the outlet of the sewer. Dozens of lizard warriors wearing scales jumped out from above. They entered the sea water and quickly swam into the main channel of the sewer, where they began to be on guard.

Keep an eye on this theoretically the only passage that allows the Berserker Demons to pass through.

At the same time, Tang Zhao and several other fourth-level humans entered the sewer through another relatively narrow passage.

It's quite tragic to say that the remaining warriors and spell casters have all been cast with magic that can block sewage and turbid air. However, because of the anti-magic scales on his body, Tang Zhao was unable to enjoy this kind of humanized magic and could only endure it.

My scalp was dripping with water and I was holding my breath.

Before, Tang Zhao came to the sewers almost every day to investigate the situation, and he had already figured out the general scope of the demons' activities. Generally speaking, they did not gather together as a dozen, but moved freely independently. They might move around at some special times.

They gathered in small groups, but this was obviously not their special time.

Several people had practiced in advance, and under the leadership of Tang Zhao, they groped skillfully in the darkness, looking for the lone Crazy War Demon. The sewer system of Yintao City was not complicated. After wading through the water for more than ten minutes, they arrived.

Found the first target.

The mage is responsible for arranging soundproofing magic and applying various debuffs and negative magic to the Berserker Demon. Several warriors are divided into two teams. One team is responsible for alerting the surrounding environment, and the other team uses javelins and other weapons to throw attacks at the Berserker Demon.

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Tang Zhao was responsible for close combat and delivering a fatal blow to the Berserker Demon. This was much easier than when he fought alone before. His strength itself was much greater than that of the Berserker Demon. The Berserker Demon was also affected by various magic and physical attacks.

The methods were used to weaken him in turn, knocking him to the ground and then biting his cervical vertebrae. Tang Zhao had fought against the Mad War Demon several times and knew how to deal with this creature more appropriately, and his movements were all done in one go.

With the mage's detection magic opening the way, they can take advantage of the encounter. From meeting the enemy to killing the enemy, it may only take two or three minutes.

After feeling that the other party had expired, Tang Zhao silently let go of his mouth. The surrounding warriors stepped forward tacitly, took out the short knives they carried on their waists, and cut out the important materials and organs of the Mad War Demon. This was a very precious tool in Oran.

, it can be used for both spellcasting and alchemy. It is not that easy to kill a fourth-level berserk demon.

At the same time, something happened in Earl Sterling's mansion.

The carrier pigeon flew into Earl Erwin's villa. The other party immediately took action after receiving the signal. He commanded his few escorts and took several other people who had long wanted to leave, and evacuated directly outside the Earl's mansion.

, the army controlled by other forces was also somewhat prepared for this, and a large number of soldiers immediately went to the gate of the mansion to confront Erwin.

At this moment, a large number of escorts belonging to the Yintao City magistrate surrounded the entire Earl's Mansion. There was no communication between the two sides, but they were in a state of complete tension. The crossbows of both parties were cocked, and an explosion could occur at any time.

conflict.

Generally speaking, the alderman is a position that assists the local lord. He only has real power in terms of people's livelihood. At most, he has a guard with a relatively average number and equipment. The real command of the army lies in the hands of the lord, but because of Yintao

The situation in the city is special. The situation here is reversed. The command of the city's army belongs to the city magistrate.

In terms of the quantity and quality of the army, the mayor's side has an absolute advantage. What's more, there are many escorts controlled by Erwin in the mansion. Once an armed conflict breaks out, they will be flanked by both sides.

Due to various considerations, these escorts finally did not dare to break up with Yintao City's army and watched silently as Erwin and others left the mansion.

After that, the army under the mayor did not choose to leave, but continued to surround the count's mansion. The people inside the mansion sent envoys to try to communicate with the army, but did not receive any effective reply, and the two sides remained in a stalemate.

The army did not enter the count's mansion, and no one was allowed to enter. In fact, the entire mansion was besieged.

Not only the above ground, but also several secret passages underground were dug up by the kobolds. Erwin had told Tang Zhao all the locations of the secret passages before, so it was very easy to do anything.

Everyone is sure that there are demon believers in the mansion, and they cannot let them escape now, and at the same time, try to limit the spread and exchange of their information.

After several waves of envoys hit the wall, there was no movement in the Earl's Mansion for the time being. I don't know what they are planning there.

In a secret place of the Earl's Palace where the army could not notice, several homing pigeons slowly flapped their wings and flew towards the coastline. It was obvious that they were sending a message, but they didn't know who it was for.

Although magic and psychic powers can be communicated with each other thousands of miles away like modern technology, not everyone can perform this level of magic. It is estimated that only two or three humans in Oran can use it.

Obviously people don't know how, so they can only use traditional methods passed down from generation to generation.

It stands to reason that this will definitely work, because when faced with homing pigeons flying away, once they take off in the sky, it is difficult to track and even harder to hit.

But Tang Zhao was well prepared. There were a large number of birds of prey hovering in the sky. Basically, they were peregrine falcons or gyrfalcons, which were very fast and agile species. Facing land prey like lambs and rabbits, they

They may not be as powerful as golden eagles and horned eagles, but they have an advantage over birds flying in the sky.

Although homing pigeons have been selectively bred and trained, their flying speed and agility are far inferior to those of falcons that specialize in hunting birds. Soon all the homing pigeons in the sky were hunted by these raptors, and the two or three that survived were covered in scars.

Don't even think about taking off again anytime soon.

There are birds of prey circling in the sky all the time, and elf rangers with keen vision are standing guard on all sides. They all have falcons on their shoulders, and they look ready to attack at any time.

Tang Zhao himself especially liked to use birds to deliver messages, and often gained an advantage because of this. He would naturally be prepared for similar methods. Since there are many raptors in Sula and Yongwang Mountains that can be tamed, the goblins are naturally attracted to these creatures.

Being close, training is not particularly difficult.

At the same time, the goblins will use their own magic power to warm the bodies of these creatures. Although they will not turn into magical beasts, they can still make their bodies stronger and their five senses sharper.

There is no doubt that it is impossible to rely on birds to deliver messages, unless it is at night, and you may be able to fish in troubled waters while the night is dark, but it is early morning, a cloudless and sunny day, and everything will have settled by the evening.

When the people in the Earl's Palace were helpless, several birds of prey flapped their wings and came to the ground, holding the carcass of the homing pigeon in their claws. There was also a small tube tied to the leg of the carcass, which contained the letter.

Andre patted the backs of these raptors, then took out a few strips of meat from his pocket and fed them into the mouths of the raptors one after another.

After doing all this, Andre took off the mailbox from the pigeon's feet and turned to the temporary headquarters of the mayor and others.

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The eyes turned back to the underground where Tang Zhao and others were. After they dealt with the four lone Crazy Fighting Demons, those Crazy Fighting Demons seemed to have sensed something. They no longer acted alone and began to actively seek out Tang Zhao and others.

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Faced with five crazy war demons at the same time, the pressure on everyone increased greatly. Tang Zhao took the initiative to deal with two of them, and the rest of the people dealt with the remaining three. He was still able to gain an advantage, but the speed of dealing with the enemies was greatly slowed down.

Tang Zhao was a little inattentive even when facing the enemy. He had to pay attention to the movements in other places. Maybe the opponent would get more reinforcements from the Berserker Demons. After all, no one knew the specific location and number of the Berserker Demons.

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It didn't take long for the worry to become a reality, as five Berserker Demons once again poured out from the other direction of the sewer.

In addition to Tang Zhao, there are three warriors and three mages on the field. Judging from their numbers, they are absolutely at a disadvantage.

[I will deal with two of them again, and you have to hold the rest back temporarily with your lives. If one link collapses, it will be a chain reaction. We will all die here. Let’s not talk about it. This operation will fail completely, and Yintao City will probably also be affected.

Not far from the fall.】

Everyone present was an experienced veteran. It took just a few seconds to regroup their emotions and plunge into the battle against the mad fighting demons. Tang Zhao did indeed deal with four mad fighting demons at the same time as he said.

During this period of time, he did not use long-range means such as tail sting or venom, nor did he use precious spiritual energy, just to prepare for such moments.

The claws popped out completely, the scales on Tang Zhao's body exploded, and regardless of anything else, he crashed directly into one of the Berserker Demons.

The opponent was staggered by the collision. He opened his mouth and aimed at the head of the Berserker Demon and sprayed out a large amount of corrosive venom. Then he slammed into the Berserker Demon again, forcing it back a few steps. He himself took this opportunity to retreat.

Keep a small safe distance.

The four mad war demons were about to surround them. Tang Zhao flicked his tail towards them and shot out a series of bone spurs. They turned sideways to block their vital points with their broad arms, and then continued to attack him.

Using his own spiritual power, he delayed one of the mad fighting demons for a short time. Tang Zhao kicked off his hind legs, jumped out a few meters away, and pounced directly on the mad fighting demon. His claws left deep visible bones on his chest.

of scars.

Flicking his tail again to swat the opponent away, Tang Zhao resisted the scratching and biting attacks of the remaining two Crazy Fighting Demons and fought back. He opened his mouth and bit the arm of one of the Crazy Fighting Demons, and forcefully dragged the opponent against the wall of the sewer, and then

After measuring his body and rolling around, he knocked the last Berserker to the ground, and finally struck a vicious claw towards the opponent's abdomen.

After doing all this, Tang Zhao once again observed the situation of the enemy in front of him and himself - there were many wounds on both sides, especially the demon. If placed on an ordinary creature, the demon whose head was sprayed with venom would be half dead or half alive.

, but he just shook his head, screamed twice in pain, and then continued to participate in the battle vigorously.

He was bleeding from many places all over his body, and felt that several of his rib bones were broken, and his scales and armor were greatly damaged, but overall, he could still continue to fight.

[Anyway, they are still seriously injured. Sooner or later they will not be able to hold on if they continue like this. I hope so. 】

While Tang Zhao was engaged in a bitter battle, new discoveries were made on the warships outside Yintao City.

The pearls donated by the nymphs are slowly glowing, which can only mean one thing - the sahuagin are approaching, and they are already very close to the coastline.

Iniesta, the commander of the Church of Helm, blew the horn without hesitation, and the melodious and low horn sounded. After a few seconds of pause, the bell tower in the center of the city sounded the alarm like crazy.

The expressions of the surrounding residents were confused at first, but then quickly turned into disbelief and horror. Fortunately, the situation did not get out of control. A large number of soldiers from the Church of Helm and the Church of Lathander rushed out of the church and went to the streets to maintain order, and quickly

Head towards the port.

The sahuagin ignored several warships on the sea and chose to go ashore directly, and then prepared to launch an attack on the city. However, they unexpectedly encountered the soldiers of the church, and a fierce battle broke out between the two sides at the port.

There are a large number of sahuagin, and the warriors of the church are well-equipped and more powerful than the murlocs who have landed. After all, there is only a small area in the port. If you want to land, the terrain is very narrow. At this time, the quality advantage can be used to a greater extent.

come out.

In addition to the shouts of killing and the sound of cold weapons breaking through the air, there were also thunderous sounds on the battlefield - the first time that the gunpowder weapons created by the dwarves were put into large-scale use. Although the morale blow was not as exaggerated as in the previous life, the morale blow was not as exaggerated as in the previous life.

The lethality of gunpowder itself cannot be underestimated.
Chapter completed!