Dark and ruthless, great and cruel. This was the impression most Duruqi had of Nagarunde.
Dozens of spires pierced the sky, and hundreds of black buildings were located near the city walls. On the city walls, countless city guards guarded this city that had thousands of years of history. In the center of the city, a giant tower made entirely of obsidian pierced through the clouds. That was the black tower of the Witch King, and also the symbol of Malecis' power and status.
When the messenger saw the high walls of Nagarunde, he couldn't help but show a relieved and flustered expression. He knew what Nagarunde meant to the Dark Elves.
Wealth and status, indulgence and pleasure, blood and danger.
Unlike the High Elves, at least on the surface, the Dark Elves only had a five-layer structure.
They were the Witch King, the Witch Queen, the Dread Lord, the Military Aristocrat, the Councilor, the Free People, and the Slaves.
Among them, except for the slaves who could be promoted under very special circumstances, all promotions could only come from one method, the "Chain of Ascension." After meeting certain conditions, the inferior could issue a challenge to the superior, and the superior had to accept it. If the challenge was successful, the inferior could be promoted.
Therefore, most of the Dark Elves lived in vigilance and indulgence because no one could predict what would happen in the next second. With the intricate threats and endless palace conspiracies, anyone could be promoted in one fell swoop, and anyone could fall in an instant.
Of course, from beginning to end, no one had succeeded in challenging Witch King Malecis, Witch Queen Morasi, and Cain's Bride Heliben for thousands of years.
When the messenger approached Nagarunde, Witch King Malecis was not there. He appointed his trusted general Tularis as the vanguard to attack Ossouin. He took advantage of Finnuba's death to eliminate the High Elves to complete his revenge, and he himself was nowhere to be found.
Now in charge of guarding Nagarunde was Kodan Blackhand, the most trusted private guard of Witch King Malecis — the captain of the Nagarunde Black Guards. He was over a thousand years old this year and had served as the captain of the Black Guards for more than four hundred years. He cruelly killed the previous captain of the Black Guards in the Chain of Ascension ceremony, and in the following four hundred years, dealt with seventeen of his challengers.
The messenger was happy to see that even though the Witch King was not there, and General Tularis had taken away an astonishing number of troops, Nagarunde still maintained a very powerful military force. Tens of thousands of Duruqi regular soldiers monitored everything, and the city had terrifying war potential... But before he could smile, he was captured by a group of Black Guards.
"Our northern defense line has fallen. Everyone has been killed or defeated." The messenger was brought to Kodan Blackhand, and he said in a terrified voice, "Hordes of Army of Chaos, barbarians, monsters, wild Orcs, and other things, came from the north. Their attacks were so crazy and reckless that the defenders fought back bravely, but they were still outnumbered. After holding on for a few hours, all the outposts on the periphery were lost. Several dozen egg-like Chaos Beasts and a dozen Chaos Mammoths broke through our walls. We …"
"Continue." The captain's voice was as cold as ice.
The northern defense line had been broken so easily, and Nagarunde had only just received the news. Listening to the messenger's story, the captain of the Black Guards was expressionless.
It was only when the messenger described the appearance of the Blood Queen with wings on her back, horns on her head, and legs like cow hooves that Kodan's expression finally changed. "It's the Blood Queen."
"Yes, it's the Blood Queen."
"Take him to rest and eat, then give him a set of equipment." After listening to the long story, Kodan said calmly, "We may be facing a siege soon."
"The enemy is about to arrive. In the name of the Shaman King, the entire city is under martial law. Protect our city and everything in Duruqi," the captain of the Black Guards said calmly. The Captain of the Black Guards said calmly. His cold and emotionless voice was filled with a convincing and steely will.
The entire city's army was mobilized. The gates of Nagarunde were tightly shut. The Eternal Flame, which was an offering to Kane, burned fiercely. Hundreds of legions covered the city walls.
Every single Dark Elf was ready.
"For the Shaman King!"
"For Nagarunde, for the Shaman King!" Waves of roars spread out from the city walls. From silent chanting, to whispers, to praises, to shouts, loyalty and courage, hatred and tenacity.
This was Duruqi!
Valkyrie, who led the tide of Chaos, almost never thought that she and her tide of Chaos would encounter such a terrible resistance on the way to attack Nagarunde.
Hundreds of thousands of barbarians had breached Hal Gansi and entered the city. The despairing Duruqi shouted Kane's name and unleashed a power that was even more terrifying than the barbarian warriors and Chaos warriors under Khorne's bride. After the old witch Heliben, Kane's bride bathed in Kane's Blood Pool and regained her youthful beauty, she came out of seclusion to meet the enemy. The barbarians' thirst for blood was so strong that even the northerners paled in comparison. The barbarians that besieged the city were quickly defeated.
The Khorne Bride and the champion of Kodan Blackhand were evenly matched. The Army of Chaos besieged Nagalond for a long time. Part of the Army of Chaos then went south, but they were attacked by the Witch King's private champion, Marus-Blackblade, and his Haggard Army in Haggard Grave. The ruthless Haggard Army completely destroyed the tens of thousands of Army of Chaos that besieged the city, but Marus-Blackblade refused to support Nagalond.
The thinking of the dark elves was different from that of ordinary people. To Marus-Blackblade, his duty was only to defend his territory. Except for Malecis, no one could command him. And to Marus-Blackblade, he was even happy to see the Shaman King, Kodan, and Nagarunde fall together.
One sentence summed up the mood of the Fear Lords and noble councilors. Everyone was anxious, everyone was waiting.
Everyone hoped that the Shaman King would come back to take charge of the situation, but everyone was afraid that the Shaman King would come back to settle accounts with them.
Only when things got out of hand, when the Shaman King realized that he could not lose Nagarunde and took the initiative to ask for help, the Fear Lords would send troops and reap the greatest benefits.
The siege lasted for three months until Malecis returned. The Shaman King rode his black dragon, Seraphin. When Nagarunde was in danger, the Shaman King returned in person and killed the Khorne Bride in a battle that could be called a great champion, announcing that the siege of Nagarunde was lifted.
But at this time, the whole of Nagarunde was full of smoke. The flames of war lasted for three months, and the hundreds of thousands of defeated Chaos soldiers were still raging all over Nagarunde. No matter how anxious the Shaman King was, Malecis could only order all the Dark Elves that attacked Ossouin to return immediately.
He had to drive all the damn barbarians out of Nagarunde first.
At the same time, Malecis also knew that even if the Valkyrie was killed, she was not really dead. The Khorne Bride had just returned to her husband's side. In a year or two, she would return to the mortal world again.
At this time, the Shaman King learned that in the ancient city of Quintex, a new Fear Lord and her Pale Army were rising rapidly. She even openly gathered and accepted a large number of opponents of the Shaman Queen Morasi. Immediately, dozens of female sorcerers joined her, seeking protection.
"Interesting. I'll officially recognize her as the Fear Lord first. The most important thing now is to eliminate the barbarians and let her enjoy a good time for a while."
… I'm the dividing line of a good time …
After three months of non-stop attacks, the Khorne Bride Valkyrie died in the city of Nagarunde, but the tide of Chaos showed no signs of stopping. The Dark Elves had to fight with all their strength.
The situation in the old world was getting bleaker.
With the arrival of September 2521, the situation in the Empire became more and more terrifying and desperate.
After Emperor Karl-franz escaped from the political whirlpool of his nephew's murder, the emperor was running around almost every day to stabilize the political situation in the Empire and suppress his opponents and political enemies. The appearance of the double-tailed comet in the sky excited the people of the Empire, but it also meant that the humans were about to face an unprecedented test.
As the double-tailed comet became brighter, some signs of darkness appeared. A legendary Orc Shaman with wings on his back, the Sanctuary-level Orc "Dark Omen" Marago, had appeared in the Drakwald Forest. He and his large army destroyed villages wherever they went, carrying out evil Chaos sacrifices, vowing to bring the end of the world to the people of the Empire.
Travelers, caravans, and patrols disappeared in large numbers in the Drakwald, and the road traffic was almost cut off.
The emperor sent people to urge White Wolf City to immediately organize an army, but Boris still had not recovered from the grief of losing his beloved wife and two beloved sons. The Kurfürst had completely lost his will to fight, and the dean of Amber Academy, Gregg Matak, took the initiative to take on this responsibility. After two months of investigation, he announced that he had confirmed the presence of Marago – Dark Omen.
However, Karl-franz soon realized that it was better not to announce it, because the Empire was now too weak to organize an army to deal with the Orc problem. The terrible plague spread everywhere, and cases of mutation appeared suddenly, not only in the dirty and sloppy vegetable gardens of the city, but also in the rich class. The poor people were quickly bewitched by the whispers of the Dark God and headed north to the wasteland of Chaos to seek the revelation of the true god, while more people suffered in fear and pain.
A large number of Empire nobles fled south with their property and servants to Nur. Nur had Baron Frey Derick and his "miracles" that could fight the plague.
At this time, Karl-franz received fifty bottles of "Terra Orthodoxy Holy Water" from Galt, and the emperor hurriedly distributed them. As expected of a "virtuous teacher", the effects of the medicine were outstanding. Unfortunately, for tens of thousands of infected people, fifty bottles were just a drop in the bucket. Within a few days, as the holy water ran out, even greater dissatisfaction and conspiracy theories spread through the streets of Brunswick.
However, the merchants of Marimburg seized the opportunity to make money. They sold "Galt's Rune Water" and "Wood Elves' Secret Potion" everywhere, and crazily swindled money. Most of the so-called potions and holy water were just water with some stains and spices added, and some were even inferior ale and fruit juices that had gone bad.
The emperor really wanted to send the army into Marimburg to severely punish these merchants, but now was not the time. The Brunswick bishop of the Goddess of Mercy, Salia, told the emperor that the Goddess of Mercy could not do anything about the plague.
When it was October, a piece of good news that could not be considered good news finally reached Brunswick.
Boris Todbringer appointed a successor of the Kurfürst. His nephew, Baron Wolfgang Todbringer, was ordered to be escorted by a team of Cheetah Knights and a legion of White Wolf City to Kallonburg. He was placed in the Kallonburg Palace and received the protection of the Kallonburg army and Duke Blucher of Kallonburg.
As a result, Wolfgang fell ill halfway through his journey. A doctor claimed to be able to treat his illness, and within two days, Wolfgang suddenly died. The doctor was proven to be a member of the "Children of Misfortune" of the Nurgle Sect.
After suffering another heavy blow, Boris finally began to pull himself together. The Kurfürst finally realized how many opportunities he had given to the Church of Chaos in his previous depression and decadence, and how much suffering he had caused his family and people to suffer. After more than a year, Boris finally came to power again, and took over the military and political power of Midden and White Wolf City.
Mildenheim announced that the city was under military control, and resolutely dealt a heavy blow to the Church of Chaos and the opportunistic merchants. White Wolf City finally stabilized and order was restored.
Before the emperor could rejoice over this news, two terrible news came from the north of the Empire and Brunswick.
After the failure at Prague City, the Army of Chaos had made a comeback, and Prague was on the verge of falling. The Brittany's Northern Legion, Kislöw's local army, the Empire's Auster, and the Austermark Province's army were collapsing.
"The Empire can't sit back and do nothing!" Karl-franz knew the bravery, loyalty, and chivalry of the Brittany, and Mrs. Kiesler's bravery, tenacity, and fearlessness. If they couldn't stop the tide of Chaos even if they joined forces, then Auster and Austermark, who were on the verge of death in the last invasion, would definitely not be able to stop Chaos.
"Pass down my order immediately. Order the Grand Duke of Nord, Theodoric Geisel, and the Grand Baron of Hocke, Hildebrand Rudenhoff, to assemble the army. They must support Mrs. Kiesler and the Brittany before the situation collapses!"
"Yes!" The herald left in a hurry.
Another piece of news came. The Brunswick's overall grain yield this year was about 20-25%.
"Charlemagne above."
On the other side, it was also October.
The Sun Wang Laing, who had recovered from a series of events, was inspecting Mu Xilong's harvest.
Laing was still not used to the absence of his personal maid, Olica. Now, standing behind Laing were the Lake Goddess Witch, Morgiana, and the Knight King's queen, Suria.
Of course, Morgiana had started to wear various maid outfits in private, which really made Laing feel very … interesting and exciting.
After Olica left, Morgiana took the initiative to take over the duties of the Dark Elves' personal maid. Now, the Lake Goddess Witch and Laing were inseparable, and the Lake Fairy Lilith temporarily left Mu Xilong. She went to Palawon, where the Wood Elf Queen, Aleil, and Lilith had a meeting.
By the way, Devonshire was also there.
This year, the Brittany still had a good harvest. The harvest was not any less than the previous years. The average yield of each farm was 10% to 15% higher than expected.
"Kalad and the others have now arrived in Örengrád." Laing spoke to Suria. The Sun King was very distressed because he was still stuck at the door of demi-god and could not find a way to enter.
Now, Ryan was certain that the Originals had been able to successfully become demigods because the Supreme Emperor had reached an agreement with the Four Gods of Chaos in advance during the debugging and production process. They had also prepared the necessary "subspace substance."
It was just like what Laing had obtained from Birak, but that was far from enough.
Unfortunately, when it came to Laing, the King did not have the substance to give him. That was why he could not become a demi-god. At the same time, it also explained why the King could not create a new batch of geno prototypes after losing all of them. The King was not a god. At least, he was not before he entered the Golden Throne. His substance came from trading with the Evil God of Chaos.
The Lake Fairy told Laing that she could make Laing a demi-god, but that would mean Laing would become her follower god. Of course, Laing could not agree to that. In that case, Laing did not ask Olica. He could not become Olica's follower god.
In that case, where else could he obtain Origin Substance? It did not matter if it was contaminated. Laing could purify it.
Sun King found himself facing a major problem. He could only come into contact with lawful gods. He couldn't be a follower of another god, nor could he kill or hurt a lawful god at this critical moment. He couldn't rely on time to slowly condense the Source Form in the subspace.
This feeling of helplessness made Laing feel painful, but Sun King quickly realized that he had a chance.
When the Final Moment came, some supreme beings would be forced to appear, and some would fall, just like the Pale Queen.
What he needed to do now was to wait and seize the opportunity.
What opportunity?
Laing remembered. He remembered that the famous Sacred Orc Beast King, Morgul, had a large group of Elven Gods' mortal avatars and the origin of the Four Gods of Chaos.
He had his eyes on Morgul.
Morgul, when are you going to appear?
At the same time that Ryan had his eyes on Morgul, a 900-kilometer long retreat was taking place in the land of Kislev, which could be said to be a disaster and an epic level retreat!
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