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GOR Chapter 614 Everyone's Heart Is Alarmed
Up in the sky, Du Wei stood alone in the south. Several black dragons were charging over from the north. However, Du Wei's roar met them head-on. The powerful dragon's might caused the black dragons to abruptly halt in their tracks.
Next, the black dragons hovered far away in the sky. Their eyes stared in shock at the human figure before them …
They could clearly sense the aura of a Dragon emanating from Du Wei's body. It was the purest form of dragon's might. Additionally, it was far more powerful compared to theirs. The purity of the dragon's aura was something that not even the Golden Dragon, the Royal Dragon, could match.
Within this dragon's might, there was a faint ancient and noble aura. The black dragons were unable to stop themselves from becoming confused. It had been a long time since they had sensed such an aura from their own kind.
After being roared at by Du Wei, the black dragons were immediately thrown into a state of confusion. Some of them stared at Du Wei, seemingly at a loss as to what to do.
Our own kind? This aura, could it be a Golden Dragon? But … … he is clearly a human. Could he really be a Golden Dragon?
With the exception of the Golden Dragon Clan, there could not possibly be such a pure and noble dragon's aura. Under the powerful pressure exerted by Du Wei, the black dragons could not help but lower their heads. This was the difference between the Dragons and Dragons. It was also the reverence for the Royal Dragon Clan that was deeply engraved in the souls of every dragon.
Du Wei stood upright on top of the Gryphon. His hand was tightly holding the Gryphon's neck as he gently stroked and comforted this mount. Due to the powerful dragon's might that he had unleashed, the black gryphon beneath him also felt fearful and uneasy. It seemed to shrink its head and was about to fall.
Du Wei's other hand held the spear in his hand horizontally – this was a replica of Longinus' spear. It was like a strangely long cross spear. With a violent twist of the spear in his hand, the tip of the spear immediately swept out a whirlpool-like storm. With a berserk momentum, it immediately swept towards the rear.
The black dragon flying at the front immediately crashed into it. It was as if it had crashed into an iron wall, and it was immediately sent flying by the vortex storm swept out by the spear tip!
Du Wei raised his spear with a single hand. His face was filled with killing intent as he coldly stared at those Dragons in the distance who seemed to be at a loss of what to do. He took a deep breath and raised his voice. His mouth immediately spat out a series of strange and difficult sounds. Among them, there were some nasal transformations and vibrations. It was the standard language of dragons!
"Go back! Could it be that a low-level black dragon dares to challenge the authority of a noble royal?! "
His shout caused those black dragons to timidly retreat. However, due to the strict orders of the elves, they did not dare to retreat directly. They were also wary of the dragon's might emanating from Du Wei's body. They could only shrink their heads and stare at Du Wei anxiously …
A few black dragons began to whisper to each other. "Could it really be a member of the royal family?"
"Impossible … This world no longer has the Golden Dragon race …"
"But this guy …"
"If it really is a Golden Dragon, we black dragons are no match for a Golden Dragon."
After arguing for a while, a black dragon suddenly said, "Perhaps … we might as well take advantage of this and leave with it! I don't want to stay here and be enslaved by the elves. "
This suggestion immediately silenced the other black dragons. It seemed that everyone was somewhat tempted.
"But … our clansmen are still in the hands of the elves, and there are still a few young dragons …" A black dragon shook its head. "If we don't serve the elves, once the Elven King gets angry, then … don't forget, that terrifying guy, even the Golden Dragon is no match for it."
"Then, can we only kill this guy in front of us? It's a Golden Dragon … "
"But … why does it have the appearance of a human?"
After arguing for a while, these black dragons did not seem to know what to do. Originally, black Dragons were a relatively low-level race among dragons, and were not known for their wisdom. After discussing for a while, a dragon finally rushed out, stretched its neck, and shouted at Du Wei in the distance with a buzzing voice, "Honorable Sir, if you really are a Dragon, please reveal your true form! We don't want to be enemies with the Golden Dragon, but we also don't want to be deceived. "
"Hmph." Du Wei sneered. They won't shed tears until they see the Yellow River.
Du Wei couldn't reveal his dragon form, but …
He laughed a few times and stood up on the back of the Gryphon. At this moment, he held the spear horizontally in one hand, then lowered his eyebrows, and slowly chanted a series of simple and strange notes from his mouth!
And when this string of notes came out of Du Wei's mouth, the expressions of those black dragons really changed!
After a cry of surprise, the two black dragons at the front quickly shrank their bodies and scurried to the back.
"Dragon Magic! It's really a Golden Dragon! If it's a human, it's impossible for it to speak Dragon Magic! "
With a boom, the few black dragons were extremely shocked. They all turned their heads and desperately fled in the direction of the fortress. As for the last and slightly older black dragon, he still hesitantly looked at Du-Wei from afar. His body was still in the air, but he made a prostrating salute. Then, a deep buzzing sound came over:
"Oh, the noble Golden Dragon! We don't dare to be enemies with you. It's just that we were threatened by the evil elves? We really didn't expect that a Golden Dragon actually existed in this world. If it's possible, please save us. It's just that the evil elves are too powerful. Our clan leader was subdued by them … So, we beg you to come save our entire clan! "
With that, he bowed from afar, then turned around and flew away quickly.
Du Wei was halfway through chanting a string of Dragon Magic incantations. Seeing that the other party had retreated, he shut his mouth — if he continued chanting, he would give himself away. Although he could speak Dragon Magic with the help of the Tearlight Crystal, he couldn't use Dragon Magic now.
Fortunately, it seemed that the fear of royalty had become a habit of Dragons. After these Dragons were scared away, Du Wei heaved a sigh of relief and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
"No wonder the fortress suddenly fell. Luo Xue sent Dragons as the vanguard."
— — —
When Du Wei's Gryphon Knights were setting the place on fire, they happened to find a few barrels of kerosene in one of the warehouses. Some of the Gryphon Knights simply took the barrels of kerosene and circled around the warehouse to pour it all over.
After the kerosene was ignited, the fire was very difficult to extinguish. Under the strict orders of their leader, the orcs could only find various rakes or brooms nearby to put out the fire. The most hateful thing was that during the fierce battle, a few wells near the warehouse were blocked. The orcs had to go back and forth from the canal docks to the east of the fortress to fetch water.
The raging fire burned many orcs who were putting out the fire. Many orcs' fur was charred by the flames.
A few elven elder mages had already rushed back and tried to cast water magic, but the effects of water magic were also limited by the fire after the kerosene was poured on. Adding water to the kerosene would even make the fire even fiercer.
With no other choice, the orc leader gave a death order. Group after group of suicide squads rushed forward. The orc leader even personally ran to about two hundred steps in front of the warehouse. After standing there, he picked up his long sword and drew a line on the ground. He roared wildly, "Pass down the order. If the fire continues to spread to this line, then all the suicide squads who put out the fire will have their heads chopped off!"
Those suicide squads were originally criminals among the orcs. When attacking the fortress, these suicide squads were specifically responsible for the first wave of tasks such as scaling the walls or filling in the trenches, which had the highest mortality rate. In this attack on the fortress, because of the Dragons' surprise attack, the suicide squads did not suffer many casualties. Unexpectedly, many of them were burned to death in this fire.
The orc leader even sent a team of supervisors.
In front of them was a raging fire, but behind them were the shining blades in the hands of the supervisors. These orc suicide squads could only grit their teeth, close their eyes, and dive into the fire with all their might.
"What? Srethrin? "When Luo Xue heard the news and rushed back to the city, the fire in the warehouse had already been brought under control. After hearing the report, he was first shocked, but then he asked the few black dragons who had escaped. In the end, when Luo Xue looked at the fiercely burning warehouse in front of him, a strange smile suddenly appeared on his face.
"Haha, looks like that old friend of mine has come." The corners of Luo Xue's mouth twitched as he muttered in a low voice, "The Duke of the Tulip Family, Du Wei! You've created quite a few surprises again! Srethrin, you even created such a legendary troop class … How vexing. "
After speaking, Luo Xue actually did not look at the chaotic warehouse in front of him that was putting out the fire. He turned around and was about to leave the city with a group of personal elven warriors.
At this moment, the leader of the orc army on the eastern front ran over. This white rhinoceros was Rock's trusted aide. After rushing over to see Luo Xue, he said in a respectful and fearful tone, "Elven King, this fire is too big. Please send more of your clan's mages to help put out the fire."
Luo Xue glanced at the orc leader in front of him. The white rhinoceros skin on his body was already the color of smoke. The hair on his head was singed, and his face was covered in soot. He looked quite pathetic.
"No need." Luo Xue glanced at the warehouse. "With such a big fire, the food can't be saved. Also, I'm worried that the enemy will counterattack at any time. I can't waste the mages' strength. "
"But, the food …" The orc leader was somewhat reluctant.
"We don't lack food right now." Luo Xue shook his head. "The farmland in the back will be harvested in two months. What we need is more iron, whether it's armor and weapons for the warriors, or hoes and shovels for the work in the farmland. There are many armor and weapons left behind by humans in this warehouse. Those iron won't be easily burned away anyway. Also, if we move them back, we'll have to refine them again. Tell your people to hurry up and put out the fire in the weapons warehouse. As for the other warehouses, just control the fire and don't let it spread … don't waste the lives of your warriors. "
The orc leader watched as Luo Xue left after saying these words. He couldn't help but be stunned.
"Be careful. With such a big fire, the smoke can be seen from dozens of miles away. Be careful of the human army's counterattack. " Luo Xue then gave some orders to the elf warrior beside him and calmly left the fortress.
He walked directly to the city wall and gazed into the distance to the south …
Du Wei, you're here? Yes … we're finally going to fight again!
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Du Wei hurried all the way back to a small city about 400 miles south of the fortress: Yajin.
Ajin City was originally a small city south of the Eastern Fortress. After a period of expansion before the war, the city's scale was expanded according to the standard of a second-class city of the Empire, including the storage warehouses in the city and the height and width of the city walls.
Since the war, this city south of the defense line had become a transit hub for transporting supplies from the rear of the Empire to the frontlines. Close to 20,000 soldiers were stationed in the city, but most of them were logisticians.
After the war began, more than half of the residents in the city had already migrated away to avoid the flames of war. The remaining half were unwilling to leave their hometown. When Du Wei arrived at Yajin, he met up with his "Great Angel" on the way. When he arrived at Yajin, he found that the atmosphere here was tense.
Last night, the fortress at the frontlines had fallen. At daybreak, some cavalry that had fled from the frontlines had finally fled here. Seeing the defeated frontline soldiers who had fled here pathetically and didn't even have a complete set of armor, it immediately brought great shock to the city.
The commander in charge of guarding Yajin immediately ordered the city gates to be closed and began a level one war preparation. Even so, the news of the collapse of more than 100,000 soldiers in the frontlines still caused the morale of the people in Yajin to drop. Whether it was the soldiers, soldiers, or generals, they all felt uneasy.
In the frontline fortress, more than 100,000 soldiers had been defeated just like that. According to the news brought by the defeated soldiers who had fled, the frontlines had been badly defeated. It seemed that even the frontline commander, General Dominguez, had not been able to escape!
The people were terrified. Several corpses were hung outside the city walls. It was said that the commander of the garrison of Yajin had killed the defeated soldiers who had spread the news of the defeat in order to calm the morale of the soldiers.
When Du Wei arrived, the city was in a state of alert. Fortunately, Du Wei's warship hung a flag. Otherwise, the human soldiers who had never seen a flying warship before would have thought that it was a monster race that had come to kill them.
When Du Wei's Tulip Family flag arrived in the city, it finally gave the panicked city a boost of confidence.
The name of the Duke of the Tulip Family was too resounding. It gave people a sense of security.
In order to welcome Du Wei's reinforcements to the north, the city had already prepared barracks and the commander-in-chief's residence. Du Wei's warship landed in the commander-in-chief's residence. Naturally, the soldiers and civilians in the city were very surprised by the warship. However, when they learned that there were hundreds of magicians on the flying warship, which had been deliberately released by Du Wei, everyone in the city felt relieved.
'This is great! There are hundreds of magicians! With so many magicians overseeing the city, there is no need to be afraid of those monsters! '
The Griffin Knight was placed in a separate barracks by Du Wei. He also sent three hundred of his personal guards to guard the perimeter and prevent unauthorized people from entering or leaving.
Subsequently, Du Wei ordered the city's two thousand cavalrymen to be sent out in groups of ten. They carried the Empire's flag and the Tulip Family's flag. They went out of Yajin to search the north, east, and west.
Their task was to gather the defeated troops after the fall of the frontline fortresses. Du Wei's order was very simple. Those who escaped from the frontline, regardless of which army they belonged to, whether they were from the Tempest Legion, the local garrison army, or the navy, were to be brought back as long as they were seen.
He was worried that some of the defeated troops would escape out of fear of punishment. After all, the Empire's military law was very strict when it came to punishment. Soldiers aside, if a commander or above was responsible for defending the city, if the commander did not fight to the death but retreated in defeat, depending on the severity of the case, the most severe punishment would be beheaded.
Du Wei's message was issued in the name of the Duke of the Tulip Family. No matter the rank, no matter which army they belonged to, as long as they returned to Yajin City, they would not be held responsible for the defeat.
The two thousand cavalrymen set out separately. In less than a day, they slowly brought back a large number of deserters.
Du Wei was in charge of Yajin City. On one hand, he ordered the twenty thousand logisticians in the city to distribute weapons and prepare for battle on the city wall. On the other hand, he also prepared a barracks to accommodate the defeated troops, food, and supplies.
He also sent a few Griffin Knight to patrol the surroundings of Yajin City.
This chaotic scene lasted for two days. Yajin City was too close to the frontline. It was less than four hundred miles away. If a horse was fast, it could be reached in a day and a night. Over the past two days, batches of defeated troops had been regrouped here. These troops had different designations and organizations from before. Some soldiers could not find their officers, and some officers could not find their own troops.
In this kind of situation, Du-Wei might as well go all the way and reorganize the defeated army that came one after another.
Although this defeat was tragic, in reality, the loss of the hundreds of thousands of troops at the frontline was not as tragic as imagined. The main reason for this defeat was the sudden attack of a large number of Dragons, which stunned the humans. Then, the Dragons took the opportunity to cause chaos everywhere in the city and opened the city gate. This caused the exhausted troops to fall into complete chaos.
When the Orcs entered the city, the defenders lost the advantage of the city wall and were powerless to turn the situation around.
It could be said that this was a defeat, but it was not a battle of annihilation. Out of the hundreds of thousands of troops, only twenty to thirty thousand were not in the city. Most of them were resting in the middle of the night and panicked when they heard that the enemy had breached the city. After resisting for a while, they saw that the sky was full of Dragons and other huge creatures. The city was on fire everywhere, and the Orcs were pouring into the city. This chaotic scene caused the camps to explode, and in the end, they collapsed and fled.
Du Wei knew that in wars in the era of cold weapons, this kind of explosion or inexplicable retreat was not too rare. He could not blame the Tempest Legion for being too useless. After all, this kind of inexplicable and unprecedented thing suddenly happened on the battlefield. If it were anyone else, they would most likely be stunned.
For example, in the history of Lin Li's previous life, such examples were not uncommon in wars in the era of cold weapons.
After a few days of busy work, the disorderly troops were gathered one by one. The number of troops stationed in the city gradually increased from the original 20,000 to nearly 100,000.
These days, he was finally worried that the Sinners would take the opportunity to invade the city. After all, there were not many troops in Yajin City, and they were all second-line logistics reserve troops. Although the defeated troops were gathered one after another, those who had just been defeated and whose organizational structure had been completely broken had to be reorganized for a period of time before they could regain their fighting power.
If the Sinners continued to invade the south at this time, even Du Wei would have to admit in private that if things really happened that way, he would most likely have to flee to the south with his men.
After all, he was not a god, and he only had 500 cavalrymen and a few hundred mages who were trustworthy. To rely on these few people to stop the Sinners' army from invading the south, unless he was really determined to fight to the death and gather a few Saint-level masters to fight to the death in Yajin City, he might not have a chance to defend the city.
However, if it developed into a battle between Saint-level masters, then he might not be able to contend with the Saint-level masters among the Sinners. At least, he would definitely not be able to stop Luo Xue alone. Even if Hussain and Rodriguez were to come, they would not be able to defeat Luo Xue.
Unfortunately … That guy White River Sorrow had run off to who knows where. That guy seemed to have no interest in such a noble mission as "protecting the human world".
Fortunately, the Sinners seemed to be satisfied with taking down the fortress and had no intention of invading the south.
When the Gryphon Knight was patrolling, he would occasionally encounter the Orc Wolf Riders in the wild. However, the Wolf Riders seemed to have received strict orders from the Orcs. When they saw the Gryphon Knight in the sky from afar, they immediately retreated and never approached.
In a few days, Du Wei was very busy. In a flurry, he managed to reorganize the 70,000 to 80,000 defeated troops. However, there was an extreme lack of high-ranking officers. In the fierce battle to break through the fortress, high-ranking officers were the only ones who had the ability to resist the surprise attack of the Dragons. Many high-ranking officers had died in the battle with the Dragons by relying on their individual strength. The reason for the defeat of these troops was that too many officers had died at the end of the battle, and there was a lack of effective command.
Counting the days with his fingers, Du Wei sent the Gryphon Knight to patrol every day while waiting anxiously.
Finally, on the sixth day, the reinforcements arrived.
The reinforcements that he had sent to the north as the commander-in-chief were gradually gathered at Yajin City. There were also 14,000 reinforcements that came from the sea.
Finally, on the tenth day, Yaluoer and the others from the Military Academy also arrived at Yajin City with 16,000 reinforcements. This was after they received news that the frontline had been defeated on the way. In a hurry, Yaluoer forcibly increased the speed of his troops, and even abandoned a large number of supplies to speed up the journey.
Du Wei was very satisfied with Yaluoer's prompt decision. At this time, the supplies were no longer important. They had to get to the frontline as soon as possible. Otherwise, if Yajin City fell, then the southern part of the defensive line, all the way to the central part of the Empire, would no longer be able to defend. The Sinners could even drive straight into the Lancang Canal and feed their horses!
With the arrival of reinforcements, the small Yajin City was once again filled with more than 150,000 soldiers. Seeing the Empire's troops stationed outside the city, the people in the city gradually calmed down.
However, at this time, the biggest mystery in Du Wei's heart was: since the Eastern Fortress had been conquered, why didn't the Sinners immediately go south? Why did they give up such a good opportunity?!
The victory at the eastern battlefront this time was obviously under the direct command of Luo Xue of the Elven Race! With Luo Xue's intelligence, there was no way he couldn't see such a good opportunity!!
He … just sat there quietly and waited … for what?!
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