As we all know, the Longbeard War has always been a pain for elves and dwarves.
Relatively speaking, the dwarves at least have something to brag about. After all, they won the final victory. But for the elves, the Battle of Longbeard was an outright fiasco, not only losing most of the people in the old world.
The colony caused the high elves to further split into the wood elves. They almost lost most of their elites and could no longer completely suppress the dark elves. Most importantly, they lost the crown of the first Phoenix King.
Many people don’t think this is anything. Isn’t it just a crown? It’s enough to make another crown. You see, didn’t the high elves make another crown after that?
no the same.
In addition to using countless priceless gold and silver jewelry and various rare materials to make the crown of the first generation Phoenix King, more importantly, every elf god at that time put their own divine blessing on the crown, and
Infused with part of the divine power, they were the elven gods of the ancient and glorious Elven Empire. Their divine power had not declined that much at that time, and they were not divided. Asuryan even personally responded to the first generation Phoenix King Aenarion.
ask.
The power contained in the Phoenix King's crown alone is enough to directly promote a mortal to a demigod.
Therefore, the elves thought of many ways to get this crown back from the treasury of the High King of Karaz-a-Anak, the dwarf's Eternal Peak. Unfortunately, none of them succeeded in history. The last time for peace talks was when Fenubar came to the Eternal Peak.
During the peace talks, Fenubar, who was still a navigator at the time, said that if the dwarves were willing to return the elven treasures including the Phoenix King's crown, the high elves were willing to pay a large sum of money, supplies, and even a large amount of Ithelama silver.
And the secrets of the elven runes are revealed.
It was of no use. The dwarves once again rejected the peace talks. High King Thorgrim announced that unless the Phoenix King personally led the Elf Prince to visit the Eternal Peak, they would all kneel down and shout "I'm sorry, brother dwarf" in a loud enough voice.
This is simply impossible to negotiate.
However, with the recovery of Eight Peaks Mountain, things took a turn for the better, because the mother goddess of the dwarves, Wallaya, awakened during the process of Leanne and Belegar teaming up to recover Eight Peaks Mountain. Wallaya gave an oracle to the dwarves,
It means that the end is near, and we should put aside the grudges of the past and unite.
No matter how stubborn the dwarves are, they have to listen to the oracle of Wallaya, one of their three ancestral gods. High King Thorgrin's attitude is slightly relaxed. As for the high elves, thousands of years have passed since the Longbeard War.
Years have passed, and most people have almost forgotten this matter, even if it is a generation of high spirits over hundreds of years.
"So, both sides currently plan to try to contact again."
In the banquet hall of the new palace of Mousilon, a large group of Angrond's sworn guards brought by Belegar were feasting and drinking under the reception of the Brittanians. The king of the Eight Peaks Mountain especially ate quickly.
Much more, and by the way, I also complained that the ingredients were okay and the cooking level was not good enough, and then he drank the good Bagman beer in several mouthfuls, and the hops stained his long white beard.
After that, the King of the Eight Peaks Mountain said nonchalantly: "It seems that the little queen named Alisala, with pointed ears, thought it was a good idea to let that little mushroom come to negotiate. It is said that she can make the most ferocious giant.
The beasts were crying in front of her, hey, let me tell you, with Valaya's oracle, maybe we can really talk about this matter, what do you think? Brother Ryan?"
"The Eternal Queen is really willing to give away her daughter?" Ryan expressed confusion about this. He sat next to Belega, folding his arms. The King of Knights said with great interest: "This is not like an elf meeting.
What I did, I remember when I visited Ulthuan, let alone this little queen, I had never even seen the famous Eternal Queen Alarielle."
"That's really a pity." Belegar nodded disapprovingly: "At that time, you had such a good opportunity and you didn't meet the Eternal Queen. It is said that this Eternal Queen is also a fierce person. There are many legends. Even the dwarves know her.
The Eternal Queen has always been an unconventional person, often visiting the front lines in person, but Fenuba, the Phoenix King, never seems to participate in the war."
"Yes." Ryan said casually: "It is said that the Eternal Queen is a super beauty. Her beauty can only be compared to the high elf Moon Goddess Lilith. Even if we didn't have a chance to meet last time, this time the little queen is going to visit the old world...
Ugh!"
Ryan's face suddenly became tangled.
"What's wrong with you? Brother Ryan?" Belle used greasy hands to break off a goose leg from a roasted goose and looked at Ryan strangely before interrupting the conversation.
"Dear~" Sulia, who was sitting next to Ryan, suddenly had a bright smile on her face: "You are very busy and don't have so much time to go. If you think you have a lot of time, as your wife, I
I will help you arrange it!”
"Well... well, that's it." Ryan grimaced, and the King of Knights could only nod: "Sorry to trouble you, madam!"
"No problem, I'm your wife!" Sulia then retracted her little hand that was twisting Ryan's waist. The female knight smiled, but she felt that it was extremely dangerous.
"...Brother Belega, will the little queen pass through Britannia?" After arranging Ryan, Sulia then asked Belega.
"No, the little queen and the high spirit envoy will arrive at Haimen Pass directly by boat." Belega did not notice the little movement between Ryan and his wife. The King of Eight Peaks Mountain said directly: "Then go along the Bad Water River at Haimen Pass.
Arriving at the Eternal Peak."
"Do you need us to send someone to escort you?" Sulia then said with a smile.
"It's none of your business, Brother Ryan, Mrs. Surya." Belega said nonchalantly: "Sir Valaya, this matter seems to have nothing to do with your knight kingdom in the whole process, right? This is pointy ears and
Please don’t interfere with the dwarves’ negotiations. We at Bafeng Mountain don’t intend to interfere with this matter either. Let Thorgrin negotiate.”
"Don't you have to worry about safety?" Ryan really wanted to meet the little queen, but unfortunately he had no excuse.
"No, there are three guards of the Badland along the Badland." Belega said nonchalantly: "Since the Great Expedition on Eight Peaks Mountain, at least the northern line of the Badland is safe and nothing will happen. You can rest assured."
"Okay then." Ryan had nothing to say.
Bellega's visit to Britannia is to enhance relations, strengthen friendship between the two parties, inspect and review the nature of the Mousilon Industrial Zone, and is also preparing to sign a new trade contract, but the main purpose is to come to request a
For this reason, he took out a drawing.
A drawing of a dwarf rune colossus.
In the deepest part of the underground treasure house of Eight Peaks Mountain lies the ultimate war machine of the Dwarves' Golden Age.
Dwarf Rune Colossus.
This is an ultimate war machine about ten meters high. It was built in the golden age of the dwarves. When Bafeng Mountain was still the "Queen of the Silver Abyss", the dwarf ancestor engineers had already begun to build this ultimate war machine in order to deal with the army of the Elf Empire.
War machines, but before these war machines were finished, the Battle of Nagasu had ended, leaving only a few
The semi-finished product with 80%-90% progress has been made. Because it is too powerful and is only used for killing, and after the elves retreat, the dwarves have no enemies that can match them (the era of cataclysm was sixty years after the Battle of Longbeard)
It had just begun and was caught off guard), so the project was not continued. If I tried to pick it up later, the drawings had been lost in the war.
And Belegar found the blueprint of the Rune Colossus deep in the ancestral treasure house, a complete blueprint with many comments from the dwarf ancestors' rune masters. With this blueprint, the dwarves of Eight Peaks Mountain will be able to continue this project.
This colossus is fifteen meters high and only requires three people to operate it inside. In addition to being equipped with a giant axe, a giant hammer and a rotating drill, its arms can also fire beams of hot magma, which are enough to burn a large number of enemies.
square ground target.
Even though it was so powerful, the Rune Colossus already had many problems in the dwarf era at that time, such as lack of power, slow movement and unsustainability, unstable magma beams that would damage itself, and engineering shooting problems and operational accuracy.
question.
However, now, thousands of years have passed, all problems have been completely solved by the dwarves' rapid advancement of gunpowder technology, steam power technology and new engineering. Sulfur miniguns, artillery bombs and new steam power boilers will be replaced by
Joining the Colossus, the ancient war machine of the dwarves will once again show its glory thousands of years later.
Therefore, Belega made two requests this time.
The first requirement is that the dwarves of Eight Peaks Mountain plan to hire five hundred skilled workers from Lane to continue manufacturing and repairing the dwarf rune colossus.
The second requirement is that Belegar needs the help of the dwarves of Dulong City, because with the passage of time, many dwarf runes and technologies have been lost in the war, and only the dwarves of Dulong City have preserved them better.
Belega is rich in wealth and gold and silver. Since the recapture of the Eight Peaks Mountains, the dwarves of the Eight Peaks Mountains have opened up the north-south underground passages of the Mountain Kingdom. The prosperous trade has allowed Belega's treasury to receive a steady flow of gold. Of course, it is also thanks to Belega's queen.
Komarnik, she is an excellent housekeeper.
After hearing Belega's conditions and preferential treatment, Ryan did not agree immediately, but said with a wry smile: "Brother Belega, you are trying to take away some of the workers I have accumulated with great difficulty."
"Brother Ryan, please don't be so outspoken. We, the Angland clan, are the eternal brothers of your Knight Kingdom." Belega said loudly and nonchalantly: "I know that you have managed to cultivate two to three thousand barely qualified people.
Workers, it would be unreasonable for us to take them away, but we are willing to share the drawings with the Ryan brothers and the knight brothers! In addition, when the dwarf rune colossus is completed, we can give one to you!
"
"Oh! This is true!" Ryan's eyes lit up.
"Your Majesty Granny, my oath is as solid as a rock!" Belegar stretched out his fist and fist-bumped with Ryan as an oath.
A new covenant was signed.
According to Belegar's information, the dwarves have a total of eight rune colossi, five of which are located under the Eternal Peak and three under the Eight Peaks Mountain.
If they can all be repaired and activated, perhaps the dwarves can be more confident and survive the final moment.
After the banquet, Belegar officially started his visit. Within a month, the bodyguards sworn by Angland followed their king and visited several important attractions in Britannia, eating and drinking everywhere.
It is to wait for the reply from the dwarves in Dulong City, and on the other hand, it is to enjoy the rare peace.
On the other side, Knight King Ryan convened the ten marshals besides Northern Marshal Lawn and Bad Land Marshal Lucien as well as his own palace ministers in Musilon. While they were discussing state affairs, an urgent military message came out.
Arriving at the new palace.
"The Martyrical Battle of the Tarfjord has ended!" Talleyrand walked in quickly from outside on crutches. The foreign minister could not tell the expression on his face. In full view of the public, he delivered the letter directly to Ryan:
"Your Majesty, the Justice Church's army suffered more than 17,500 casualties, and the Chaos army suffered more than 13,000 casualties. This is an extremely tragic victory."
"When the Justice Church army completely ended the battle and declared victory, there were less than 500 people left in the entire army."
"500 people?!" Francois opened his mouth in surprise. My father-in-law always strives for a steady victory in battles and is full of strategies. He is never willing to fight head-on. When he heard this result, his jaw almost hit the ground.
Is this how the Archbishop of the Church of Justice, Vikma, fights?!
Can you inflict such casualties within your own territory?
"Where's Alfred?" Ryan's eyes suddenly became sharp.
"The whereabouts of Patriarch Alfred are unknown!"
"What?!" The letter fell to the ground.
…………I am the dividing line whose whereabouts are unknown…………
Go back in time a few days ago.
Empire, north of the Tarabek River, Ostermark, Shadow Forest.
An extremely fierce and bloody battle broke out in the forest. The human army went crazy under the religious fanaticism and the presence of the great priest Vikma.
On the other side, the Chaos Legion was also divided into three groups under the leadership of the great warlord, Graxor-Fireaxe, God of Khorne, and occupied favorable terrain, preparing to introduce the human army into a pocket formation and attack from three sides.
In the bloody battle, the ground was covered with broken corpses and corpses, and the entire Shadow Forest was dyed red. From the very beginning, both sides invested all their troops, artillery, witchcraft, divine magic, and the ascetic monks' weapons regardless of the cost.
The fanaticism, the war cries of Chaos believers, and the prayers of paladins are endless.
"What a fierce battle." Deep in the forest, a vampire lord, the head of the von Carstein family, and the last vampire count, Manfred von Carstein, was looking at the scene in front of him happily.
All this.
What a happy scene. Humans and Chaos fought in a great battle, resulting in heavy casualties. Their resentful souls and the skeletons they left behind will become the vampire lord's most satisfying harvest.
However, more importantly, he was figuring out the military habits and strategies of the great priest, Archbishop Vicmar.