After a good night's sleep, the three of them set off again the next day.
After flying for half a day, Lorgar finally saw the "abandoned city" in front of her.
She held her breath involuntarily.
"This city is too big!"
Looking from the sky, the land under their feet was a vast expanse of green, with grayish-brown walls and broken walls among the green fields. According to Lightning, the city had been abandoned 400 years ago, but even now, the outline of its incomplete walls could still be seen.
Based on the size of the ruins, this city was larger than five or six Iron Sand Cities put together and could accommodate more than 100,000 people. Even if it was now a pile of broken ruins, she could still feel the original grandeur of the city. Based on the ratio of one to ten, the population of the surrounding towns and villages that supported the city, did it mean that this wilderness used to have nearly a million people?
This was too inconceivable!
How could a kingdom that could build such a big city lose to the demons?
Lorgar could not help thinking of His Majesty's words. The Battle of Divine Will was not a small fight between two tribes, but an all-out war to determine the survival of the two civilizations. At first, she was quite indignant, but now she suddenly understood. Now that she thought about it, His Majesty's "I don't want you to die" was no longer a deliberate threat.
Somehow, the Wolf Girl suddenly felt much better.
Lightning made a gesture, and the three of them descended and finally landed on a relatively intact section of the city wall.
The mottled top of the wall was about 20 steps wide, enough for two four-wheeled carriages to travel side by side. On the wall that was covered in moss and vines, a few circular holes could be vaguely seen. It was unknown how much force was needed to leave such a mark on the giant stone.
"You should already know." The little girl came over and said, "This was originally the last line of defense of the witch empire. Unfortunately, they failed to resist the demons' attack."
In other words, the witches that Ashes had mentioned, who could live for more than 400 years and would never die, were actually the surviving members of the Witch Empire? Was it because of their destruction that the current Four Kingdoms and the Church that regarded witches as heretics came into existence?
The Wolf Girl did not ask what was on her mind. Since she had never heard the traveling merchants talk about this period of history, and even the residents of Neverwinter knew nothing about it, it could only be that those who knew about it did not want to spread the news. She always remembered that she was not a member of the Witch Union, so there were some things that she did not need to know too much.
She took out the map that Lightning had given her yesterday and spread it out in front of her, "Taquila is the border area that you usually scout? If the demons want to attack Neverwinter, which direction do they usually come from? "
"It's possible to go to the west of the ruins, but it'll be very dangerous if we want to go deeper into the Barbarian Land. Even staying in the air might not be safe."
'Why? 'she asked.
"Because of the fog," cried Maggie. "Sometimes the sky turns red, coo!"
"What … is that?" Lorgar frowned.
"It's a necessity for the demons to survive, just like the air we breathe." Lightning looked to the northwest. "Today's weather is good, so the sky looks blue. But sometimes when it's rainy, especially when the sky is overcast, you can see the red fog at the edge of the horizon when you fly high. It's highly toxic to witches. Even if you don't inhale it, just touching it can cause serious damage. Because we don't know how far it can float, we rarely go beyond the Taquila line. "
Then the little girl roughly explained the demons' weaknesses.
"I see." The Wolf Girl twitched her ears. "As long as we pull out the tubes behind them, the demons can only be slaughtered."
"But it's not easy to do. Like the Senior Demons I mentioned last night, they almost have no flaws." Lightning warned. "If you really encounter the enemy, you'd better retreat immediately and inform His Majesty."
"Don't worry. I know what I'm doing."
Lorgar patted her chest and said, full of fighting spirit.
It was true that the enemy was terrifying, but it was also because of this that the challenge was worthwhile. Moreover, the strength of a group did not mean that an individual could not be defeated. She believed that as long as she found the right opportunity, she could always hunt down a lone target. Even if the demons did not appear for the time being, she could still use hybrid demonic beasts as a substitute. She had seen several large demonic beasts in the forest when she flew on Maggie's back.
Looking at the desolate wilderness, Lorgar felt that she had found the feeling of moving forward again.
Green replaced the yellow sand, but the road became clearer and began to extend further.
"I'm going to stay here for a long time," she thought.
...
Since the order to go to war was issued, Roland had to hold one or two meetings almost every day. He had to agree to everything, be it the battle strategy or the logistics. At first, he enjoyed the feeling of being in control, but as the content became deeper and more complicated, he felt that he could not bear it anymore.
With the development of Neverwinter, the area of control was no longer a city. Plans and reports that could be completed by one person had now become the responsibility of a large team. In the face of these trivial contents, Roland gradually understood and sympathized with the mentality of those "incapable emperors" who did not like to deal with government affairs in history. Think about it, every day you had to listen to people nagging about reports that you could not remember for half a day, and after a long time, you would naturally feel uncomfortable. If it were not for Scroll who integrated and filtered the numbers in the plan for him, he would probably want to be a hands-off boss and leave everything to his subordinates.
After all, he was just a mechanical engineer before he traveled to this world.
Compared with the complicated logistics, Roland paid more attention to the battle strategy drawn up by the Ministry of Defense.
The main direction of the First Army's attack was undoubtedly the Holy City of Hermes, which had high walls and thick city walls. Not only did they have enough cannons and ammunition, but they also used the experience accumulated from the exploration of the snow mountain, in which the army, witches and Taquila survivors would act together.
Roland had to admit that the Pearl of the Northern Region had shown her proud talent. In this plan, she mentioned the concept of cooperative warfare, such as using the abilities of witches and Taquila survivors to launch surprise attacks from all directions, so that the enemy would not be able to deal with each other. She also included the sky and the ground into the attack range. Although many of the ideas were not mature yet, for this era, it was already extraordinary to have such foresight.
It seemed that it was indeed a good choice to put her in the Ministry of Defense.
Of course, in order to implement these plans smoothly, the key was to ensure that the Taquila God's Punishment Witches were willing to follow orders, and not act on their own when they received orders.
In the days when everyone was busy preparing for the war, this was the first problem that Roland had to solve.
And the method was extraordinarily simple and clear.
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