It was almost noon, but the sky was dark, and thick cumulonimbus clouds hung over Lamere, blocking the sun.
Wuyou and Long Tian were sitting on the ground in a small tent, talking worriedly about the beast tide.
Inside the tent, only a dim light came through when the door curtain was blown by the wind. A candle was lit on the empty keg in the middle, and the atmosphere was disturbingly gloomy.
As they were talking, Long Tian suddenly fell silent. He closed his eyes and moved his ears slightly, as if he was listening to some kind of sound.
Then he suddenly opened his eyes, staring blankly outside the tent, his sight seemed to pass through the canvas, through the city wall, and into the wilderness, as if he heard some kind of sound that frightened him.
"They are coming!" A low and depressed voice sounded.
Watching Long Tian walk out of the tent, Wuyou followed closely behind, and they walked quickly in the direction of Ramiel Fortress.
The other weaker mercenaries noticed their abnormality, and although they were a little confused, they followed them out.
In the sky with rolling dark clouds, even if the sun is dim, you can still see several black bird-like creatures flying under the cumulonimbus clouds. Their skin can swallow up sunlight, absorbing all the surrounding light. They are as big as a goshawk, but they are bigger.
Several times, even from several kilometers away, one can feel their terror.
They were extremely fast and reached the sky above Ramiel in an instant. After a closer look, Wuyou discovered that these creatures were not birds, but more like dragons, dragons whose bodies were rotting. They had almost rotted away, and only a few muscles were still hanging on.
Among the bones, only the skull was intact, with a stunning blue light emitting from the empty eye sockets.
These monsters that should have been in the tomb are now dragging their shriveled internal organs and parts of their skin that have lost their color, and are hovering over Ramiel by controlling their bodies with mysterious power.
"It's a bone dragon, everyone, be careful and cover your ears!"
Among the mercenaries who emerged from the tent one after another, someone shouted. Wuyou and Long Tian subconsciously covered their ears, and as expected, a sharp hissing came from the distance. This kind of squeaking passed through the hands covering their ears and reached the people's chest.
heart.
In an instant, Wuyou was walking on thin ice, a series of negative feelings like fear, anger, and helplessness came over like a tide, and his body seemed to be trapped in a quagmire, unable to move, and he could not even control his eyeballs. In Wuyou's sight, there were constant
The mercenary was overwhelmed by his fear, fell to the ground, twitched, and then became motionless.
At the critical moment, a roar came from Ramiel. Different from the neighing of the bone dragon, the sound was as loud as the dark clouds about to break through the sky, and Wuyou even had the illusion that the sky was getting a little brighter.
Wuyou could feel the power in his body returning again, and the fear subsided like a tide. The bone dragon screamed in anger, and then disappeared suddenly.
Even so, Wuyou was still like a prey being targeted by a hunter, his heart pounding, and the scream of the bone dragon made Wuyou remember it for the rest of his life.
Before the mercenary could regain his energy, a horn sound came from outside the city. Then the horns in all the towers in Ramiel responded at the same time.
As the horn sounded, Long Tian and Tian Nan froze. They looked at each other, their expressions changed, and their eyes all looked towards the city gate.
Wuyou looked at the two people with slightly serious expressions, and understood that something bad must have happened, and followed their gazes towards the city gate.
All the mercenaries had stood up from the ground. They stood together, all looking in one direction - the wall of Ramiel Fortress.
Without asking any more questions, Wuyou guessed that a wave of beasts must be coming.
As if to confirm Wuyou's conjecture, a sudden voice sounded amidst the sound of the horn.
"The beast tide is coming." A soldier dressed as a city defense soldier ran towards the gathering place of the mercenaries, his rapid footsteps bringing up dust all over the place.
Lamir Fortress is the city closest to the World of Warcraft Forest. The Beiyue Empire has deployed heavy troops here to protect the security of the country. Don't look at it. There are only two thousand people here, but these two thousand people are selected from hundreds of thousands of troops.
Those carefully selected are all elites, and their individual combat strength is no less than that of fourth-level professionals.
You must know that there are only more than 20,000 level 4 and above professionals in the entire Beiyue Empire. It is a big deal to send about one-tenth of the troops to garrison here. After all, the threat to the Beiyue Empire is not just a monster.
The forest, the turmoil of the principalities in the empire, and the eager eyes of other empires all pose huge threats to Beiyue.
Sometimes people are more terrifying than Warcraft, because Warcraft will only attack the city openly, but people's hearts are unknown. They may stab you in the back, so leaving a certain amount of troops to stabilize the country and guarding against other countries is more dangerous than dealing with the Warcraft Forest.
for important.
However, no matter how extraordinary the strength of these city defense troops is, they only have 2,000 people. It is still very difficult to deal with tens of thousands of low- and middle-level monsters. For this reason, a national meeting approved the hiring of mercenaries to participate in the war and award them with meritorious service.
Since then, a certain number of mercenaries have been hired every year to resist the beast tide.
Not many people participated at first, because mercenaries are also human beings, and they are also afraid of life and death. Who would give up their lives for that unattainable status? But since one after another, marshals have emerged from these mercenaries.
When they were promoted, mercenaries began to believe in the promise of the empire, and more and more mercenaries were willing to bet their lives on the prosperity of the rest of their lives.
However, the empire will not tolerate mercenaries dying casually. They also have requirements for the professional level of mercenaries when issuing missions.
The number of people is no longer large, but the number is high, so the number of people gathered each time is about 1,500. This data is not obtained immediately. After several years of experiments, it is not that the more people, the more advantageous the battle.
After all, the Ramiel Fortress is only of such a small size. Sometimes too many people will cause accidental injuries to each other. In order to reduce the probability of accidental injuries and increase mutual cooperation, 1,500 mercenaries is undoubtedly the best number.
There is no doubt that the mercenaries' individual combat skills are unsatisfactory in group combat, and they often can only perform at half of their level. What's more, some mercenaries who are accustomed to being grumpy and unorganized do not obey orders, which affects the entire city defense army.
layout, causing irreparable huge losses. Because of this, this quantitative balance has never been broken.
Since this kind of war has lasted for a long time, everyone knows what kind of routines there are. The Warcraft siege usually starts in mid-November. From mid-to-late November, only some low-level Warcraft come to harass, so this kind of battle
It is generally not left to these mercenaries to complete.
After all, the Beiyue Empire is one of the four great empires. If even the siege of the city by Warcraft had to rely entirely on mercenaries, it would be ridiculed by other empires. Therefore, most of the battles before December were fought by city defense.
The army participated, but although not all mercenaries participated, the magicians had to follow these city defense troops to fight.
A magician and a fighter of the same class. The magician is undoubtedly more lethal than the fighter. Especially on the battlefield, the magician can launch group attack skills. Although such skills cannot bring a fatal blow to the enemy, once used properly
, can disrupt the formation of the Warcraft group, and its impact on the battle situation is self-evident.
Because of this, no matter how proud the Beiyue Empire is, it will not refuse the magician's participation in the war.
At this time, the horn sounded, which was the warning of the incoming beast tide, and the soldiers who came to deliver the order were here to lead the way for the magicians. This was also why the expressions of Long Tian and Tian Nan changed drastically before.
For them, this is the second time they have participated in the battle to defend the city, so they are very clear about the rules. If they participated in the battle by themselves, they might not be so rude, but Wuyou is going to the battlefield, and they have not joined them yet.
Both of the young men in the mercenary group are particularly caring.
"Brother Wuyou, remember to hide behind the fighters during the battle. Don't push forward, and don't use up your magic power. Remember to protect yourself. We are waiting for your safe return!" Long Tian said to Wuyou seriously.
At this time, Wuyou had not yet recovered from the lingering power caused by the roar of the bone dragon. He was suddenly a little confused and asked: "Brother Longtian and Brother Tiannan won't you participate in the war later? I have nothing to fear with you here.
,Why did you say you would wait for me to come back?"
In response to Wuyou's question, Long Tian just rubbed his forehead and smiled bitterly, and said helplessly: "I forgot that this is your first time to participate in a city battle. Maybe you don't know that in the early battles, fighters do not need to participate. As long as magicians assist the city defense army,
Just defend the city, the Warcraft's offensive will only become more and more fierce, and then the real fierce battle will begin."
Wuyou touched his nose, raised his head and smiled: "Don't worry, you still don't believe in my strength. Don't forget that I am at the same level as you. If we really fight, you may not be as good as me! Just with these little things
How could a low-level monster hurt me? Besides, I don’t even know what kind of equipment the young master is wearing. Even if he is attacked, he won’t be seriously injured!"
Listening to Wuyou's arrogant words, the two of them suddenly became confused. They knew that Wuyou was not a high-profile person, and he was just saying this to make them relax. Long Tian smiled slightly and touched Wuyou's high head.
She said with relief: "In short, you must protect yourself well and don't force yourself to stand out!"
All the magicians had been gathered. Wuyou said goodbye to Long Tian and the others and walked towards the crowd.
At this time, her heart was in turmoil. The shadow that the bone dragon had left on her heart just now was too great. She originally thought that she was fighting only some magical beasts, but she didn't expect that there were traces of the undead. In order not to worry Long and Tian, she just
She was pretending to be calm, but her palms were already sweating due to nervousness.
Before taking a few steps, she felt her wrists heavy. She thought it was Boss Long Tian who was going to nag something again. She raised her slightly drooped head, Wuyou even turned around helplessly, but she met a pair of dark eyes.
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She was slightly stunned, because the person holding her was not Long Tian, who had always cared for her, but Tian Nan, who was always silent at the side. When Wuyou was stunned, Tian Nan's magnetic voice rang out: "Be careful!
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As soon as he finished speaking, Tiannan let go of Wuyou's wrist and turned around to leave. Wuyou was speechless. What an awkward child. He just cared about himself, but he was so shy that he ran away without a trace after just two words.
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An urging voice sounded from the side, and Wuyou walked towards the team without any time to think.
Although 1,500 mercenaries came to defend the city, there were only 2,000 magicians inside. For this reason, the city defense army divided the magicians into two teams, with each hundred people forming a team. During the battle,
It is very dangerous for the magician to run out of mana, so the two teams can just take turns playing.
Due to the previous procrastination, unfortunately, Master Wuyou was admitted to the first team and embarked on the first war in her life. Yes, for the previous small fights, a battle of this scale is the real meaning.