In the Tusk City, the capital of the Kingdom of Wolfheart.
The city, which had been looted by the church, had yet to recover. Standing on the highest point of the castle, one could see that many streets and alleys in the outskirts of the city had become ruins. Compared to the Tusk Castle, which had been ravaged by the demonic disease, Tusk City was much luckier. At least, it was not like the Tusk Castle, where piles of rotten corpses could still be seen in the wells and drains.
Several months ago, this area was still the territory of the Tusk family, a branch of the royal family. Iron Axe did not pay attention to the struggle between the Tusk, Token, and Redstone Gates, but the sudden appearance of the Red Mist forced him to make some adjustments. After all, no matter how poor the Tusk City was, it was still one of the most important cities in the Kingdom of Wolfheart, and it was connected to the main road from the north to the south. Only by conquering this city could the troops of the Kingdom of Everwinter reach safety.
There was nothing worth mentioning in the course of the battle. Even without the support of the Longsong Cannons, Iron Axe had mobilized five temporary squads of 500 soldiers to break into the Tusk Castle, which was known as a natural stronghold, and the Tusk City, which had strong walls, with mortars and anti-demon grenades. The castellan, Hiboc, was shot down by a precise shooter when he went forward to supervise the battle. The remaining nobles surrendered one after another, and one of the three major forces in the Kingdom of Wolfheart was destroyed.
As the top military officer who had followed Roland since the first battle in Border Town, Iron Axe was the one who knew how fast Neverwinter was improving. Five years ago, the First Army was still fighting with the Duke of Longsong, but now, as long as His Majesty wanted, the First Army could easily destroy any kingdom.
It could be said that their growth had far surpassed the others, and they were no longer on the same level as the nobles.
However, this did not make Iron Axe feel relaxed or complacent.
The greater the gap between humans and demons, the more he knew how great the gap between humans and demons was.
Facing the demons supported by the Red Mist, the First Army could barely stand firm in the Kingdom of Everwinter. Every day, troops would retreat back to the Kingdom of Wolfheart, and the casualty reports never stopped. In the absence of a permanent line of defense, the enemy's ability to advance and pursue made it difficult for the teams to guard against them. Furthermore, there were reports that the enemy had suddenly appeared on the path that the retreating team members had to pass through several times. That path had clearly been checked repeatedly and confirmed to be safe.
This kind of passive situation would undoubtedly have a negative impact on the morale of the troops. The simplest way to deal with it was to immediately transfer all the troops back to the Cage Mountain to rest and reorganize. However, Iron Axe knew that orders and tasks were more important than anything else. Since His Majesty needed more people, he could not withdraw all the troops for fear of casualties.
In that case, the only way left was to counterattack.
He clenched his fist with all his might and punched the demon's face! Only in this way could they slow down their unbridled pursuit and allow the evacuating troops to vent their anger.
He chose the Tusk City as his target.
"The demons' defense seems to be weakening," Brian said while holding the telescope. Since His Majesty began to mobilize troops, he had followed the first fleet from the Southernmost Region to the Sedimentation Bay. Together with him were 1,500 Mojin Clan warriors. This was the first time in Graycastle's history that the Sand Nation had been conscripted.
"It started from the border of the Everwinter Kingdom," Iron Axe nodded. "Edith was right. It's a double-edged sword for the demons to build the Obelisk on the ridge of the continent. It's a hidden place, but it also prevents them from moving south. "
Looking north from the top of the castle tower, one could see the blood-like gloomy clouds between the sky and the earth. That was the ever-expanding Red Mist, which had now crossed the boundary between the Everwinter Kingdom and the Kingdom of Wolfheart and was slowly approaching the Tusk City.
The city below the gloomy clouds was Goldwater Town in the Kingdom of Wolfheart. Half of the town had been enveloped by the Red Mist, but there was still no sign of the Fortress-like Monstrous Beasts. There were also very few Devilbeasts hovering in the sky, as if they had been forgotten by the demons.
If this had happened before the appearance of the red mist, it would have been almost impossible for this to happen.
After this period of fighting, the General Staff had a general understanding of the demons' strategy.
In a sense, they coincided with His Majesty's strategic intention, which was to control more human cities and make humans work for them. That was why the First Army, which had evacuated the civilians, was a priority target.
In order to occupy human territory as quickly as possible, they would often take the initiative to attack. They would use the Fortress-like Monstrous Beasts to create a small Red Mist area so that their troops could move quickly from one place to another like frogs and attack the cities before the Red Mist arrived.
However, when most of the Kingdom of Everwinter fell into the hands of the demons, their speed of advance slowed down significantly. This meant that with the expansion of their territory, the demons were already having a hard time.
Looking at the situation, it was easy to understand.
It took time to coerce humans and build camps. When they were short of manpower, the more land they occupied, the less troops they could mobilize. Another key point was that the demons did not need to gather their main force to fight against the humans. With sufficient logistics, they could pose a fatal threat to the First Army by relying on a small force.
Therefore, starting from the border of Everwinter, the frequency of the enemy's attacks had decreased significantly. Perhaps they did not reduce the total number of people invested in the attack, but at this moment, the contact area between the Red Mist and the mainland had been stretched from the initial "point" to the current "line" that was hundreds of kilometers long. It was impossible to cover everything without greatly increasing the number of troops.
Iron Axe was keenly aware of this.
"Sir, the 'goods' from Neverwinter have all been sent to the Tusk City," a soldier ran up the tower and reported.
"Finally!" Iron Axe exclaimed. He turned to Brian and said, "Let's go and have a look."
…
When they came out of the city, they saw hundreds of iron buckets in the open space in front of the city gate. They were about half a man's height and a cubit wide. They were perfectly round and did not have a single opening.
"Sir, what … are these?" Brian walked around one of the buckets, feeling puzzled. If they were containers, they should have a handle to open them. But if they were weapons … Actual combat had proven that fixed explosives were far less effective than cannons. It was too impractical to rely on them to defeat the demons.
He pushed the bucket with his hand and found that it did not move at all. Apparently, it was filled with something and was extremely heavy. It was not an easy task to transport these hundreds of metal buckets to the frontlines. For them to be worth expending such precious transportation resources, they were definitely not unimportant items.
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