Ribick left the Overseer's Mansion and walked towards a block south of the city. In the barracks of the city walls, a few people were already waiting for him. The three of them were all Ribick's trusted aides. One was a Saber Demon, one was a Catu, and the other was a Jana. The three of them were generals of the Duchy of Shadow. Seeing Ribick arrive, the three generals surrounded him.
The Saber Demon General, whose entire body was flowing with a dark golden luster, said, "Lord Ribick, how is it? Do you want us to fight?"
Ribick shook his head and repeated Astor's words. The three generals all cried out softly. The most reckless General Cato roared, "If we want to be their funerary objects, we might as well fight them to the death!"
General Jana, who had always been sinister, hissed from his mouth, "Brains are a good thing. It's a pity you don't have them. Otherwise, you would think that the two Overseers died at their hands. What's the difference between us fighting them to the death and hitting a rock with an egg? "
The steady Saber Demon General said, "Lord Rubik, how can we sit still and wait for death? They're just using us as cannon fodder. If we stay with them, we'll only die in this city. Rather than that, we might as well try to cooperate with humans and deal with these fellows together. "
General Jana laughed, "You've probably forgotten what we've done to humans. Humans will cooperate with us? Unless their heads are as watery as the Catus. "
General Cato roared, "What else do you Jana people know besides shooting behind your backs and poisonous mouths? If this doesn't work, then what do you think we should do? "
General Jana hissed a few times and said, "What are you in a hurry for? I believe Lord Ribick has already thought of a countermeasure."
Ribick said in a deep voice, "I have indeed thought about it. There is no better way than to cooperate with humans. Astor also said that there is a natural enemy in the human army. If he comes here, Astor and the others will only be able to wait for their destruction. "
"There is a saying among humans that the enemy of the enemy is a friend. Although we have been hostile to humans, if we provide information about Astor and the others and the necessary assistance, it is not impossible for us to cooperate. But the key is whether the person Astor is afraid of is among the humans. "
Ribick waved to the Saber Demon General, "You go to the exit of the tunnel in the Misty Mountains and guard it. If humans can walk out of the tunnel, then it means that I will talk to them about cooperation."
"What if they don't accept it?" The Saber Demon General asked.
Rubick said in a deep voice, "I hope they can be rational. If they refuse, then we can only consider giving up Shadow Capital. When the two armies clash, we'll take the opportunity to move.
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This was really the only way. The Saber Demon General nodded and said, "I'll go to the Misty Mountain Range now."
At this moment, in the large tunnel of the Misty Mountains, the Imperial Army was resting. Allen and Lucy occupied a corner. Allen condensed a few golden flames in his palms and used the flames to draw the outline of the warhorses. These little warhorses galloped and reared in Allen's palms.
Lucy watched with a smile on her face. At the same time, she sighed in her heart that Allen's control over Origin Energy had reached an extremely subtle level. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to use flames to perform the warhorses in such a wonderful manner.
Allen suddenly felt something and withdrew his palm. The warhorse turned into flames and disappeared into his palm. When he stood up, Belmore quietly came to his side and said, "Young Master, as you expected, the underground hall has been destroyed. Now, there are piles of rocks blocking the tunnel."
The old marshal, who had been waiting for Belmore to investigate, stood up and said, "Then we have no other choice but to continue forward."
Allen nodded, "Then let's go."
Roderick shouted, "Everyone, get up and continue forward.
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The following march was quite smooth. It was as if they were frightened by Allen's golden flames, and no more Hellbugs appeared to block the way. Counting the time, they had been marching in the belly of the mountain for almost a day. It was evening that the procession stopped again. This time, it was not because the Hellbug was blocking the way, but because the tunnel was interrupted.
Allen stood at the intersection. There was a huge fault here. It was more than ten meters wide, and ordinary soldiers could not jump over it at all. Allen raised his head and looked down. This fault seemed to have been dug out of the mountain by something. Not only did it break the tunnel, it also created an abyss-like crack in the ground. Allen took a torch and threw it into the abyss. The torch quickly flew away and finally disappeared into the darkness. The sound of it falling to the ground could not be heard for a long time, and it was unknown how deep the abyss was.
"This is troublesome." Roderick looked at the fault and sighed, "Even if we pull out a rope bridge, horses and ordnance won't be able to cross. What should we do?"
"It's not like there's no way." Allen looked up and said, "I'll take care of it."
At this moment, a stone rolled down beside Roderick. The stone rolled into the darkness and suddenly made a soft sound. Roderick was stunned when he heard this sound. Just now, the torch fell without a sound. Why did this stone see the bottom so quickly?
Then the ground began to tremble.
The tremors came from the abyss, and Allen immediately threw another torch. Soon, with the light of the fire, he saw a huge shadow climbing up from underground. He immediately shouted, "Retreat, everyone retreat, something is coming up!"
Roderick hurriedly ordered the army to retreat. The infantrymen formed a few layers of shield formations, and the spearmen and musketeers interspersed among them, forming a temporary offensive formation. Allen stood outside the formation, holding the hilt of his greatsword and looking at the fault in front of him.
The tremors grew stronger and stronger, and suddenly, a huge shadow sprang out from the fault. Under the light of the fire, it could be seen that it was an incomparably huge insect. Its body was the size of a mountain, and each of its legs was as thick as an elephant's leg. The segmented insect's carapace was dark purple, and its surface was covered with fist-sized crystals. It looked like it had grown bumps.
The flat insect head was like a hill. Clearly, it was the same species as the Hellworm, but it was covered with compound eyes. These eyes were scattered all over its head, and each eye was looking in a different direction. The monster with a hundred eyes had two thick and long antennae. At the front of each antennae was a dark purple crystal, and there were yellow patterns that shone faintly. The giant insect opened its mouth and spat out two huge crescent-shaped jaws. In its mouth were rows of nest teeth. It let out a sharp whistle in Allen's direction, and at the same time, it spewed out a fishy wind from its mouth, blowing people so hard that they almost couldn't breathe.
Roderick shouted, "This is the Queen Insect, the Hellworm Queen! Be careful, the Queen Insect is here, and its guards will definitely come as well! "
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