[Chapter 378 The Orcs Return]

“The village of the elves…”

David looked at the holographic photo in his hand seriously. From the photo, it can be seen that the village built by the elves is perfectly covered by trees, which is one of the reasons why it is difficult to find from the air and from a distance.

“Is it very close to Winter City?”

“Not really.”

The distance from the Iron River flowing out of the Iron Tree Forest to the north to join the Winter River is not short, and the location of this village is relatively southwest, which is not within the previous warning range of Winter City.

If Winter City had not built several bridges and developed urban facilities to the west, the air force of Winter City would not have flown so far for reconnaissance – even if reconnaissance was carried out, it would focus on the closer plains, and it would be difficult to find the elf village perfectly protected by the forest.

“Are these also elves in the Iron Tree Forest?”

“This…”

Gareth could not give an answer. He did not know what the elves in the Iron Tree Forest were like. After all, he was not from Iron Tree Castle.

In addition, Winter City’s previous strategic focus had always been on orcs and the temple, and it did not pay much attention to the elves.

While Gareth was thinking about how to answer this question, David had already seen some clues from the photos.

“These elves may not be the same force as the elves fighting in Iron Tree Castle.” David saw doubts on the faces of the elves in the photos, as if they were looking at some unknown object. The

elves fighting in Iron Tree Castle had seen airplanes many times. They knew that this giant metal bird was a weapon of humans, and they would not react like this when they saw an airplane.

“Speaking of which, the area of the Iron Tree Forest is really vast.”

The Iron Tree Forest is adjacent to the Tilan Mountains in the east and the Lost Land in the west. No one can tell how many elves there are in the huge primeval forest.

The humans in Iron Tree Castle thought that there were not many elves, and David originally thought so.

It seems that humans only contacted a part of them at the beginning, and there are more elves living a peaceful life in the depths of the Iron Tree Forest.

“Call Liadrin and Sylvanas over.” David thought for a while and decided to let Liadrin, the Holy Light Bishop, contact these elves. Even if he couldn’t get detailed information about the elves, he could ask for some superficial information.

The two were chosen because their identities as elves might make the elves less wary.

Moreover, their strength was guaranteed. If an emergency occurred, there was no need to worry about their safety. They were definitely strong enough to hold out until the reinforcements arrived—or they might even kill the opponent directly.

When it was time to take action, the two would never hesitate, nor would they hold back just because the opponent was an elf.

After all, in their eyes, they were high elves from Azeroth! They were not the same race as the native elves of this world.

The two elves soon arrived at David’s office. After briefly explaining the situation to the two, they understood why David had called them.

“I can leave at any time.”

“I need to go back to the church to arrange some things.”

As a ranger general, Sylvanas was always resolute. Even though she still had the task of training the Knights of Tiran, the training plan had already been arranged, and her being away for a few days would not affect anything.

Liadrin needed to hand over the work at hand to other priests before she could leave, but it would not take much time.

“Gareth will send a small team of winter knights and two priests to stand by on the Quinjet.”

The Quinjet will place the two elves near the elven village, and then stand by there. The work of contacting the elves will be completely handed over to the two in front of him.

The two elves who received the order left, and David and Gareth discussed again how to establish a defense post in this direction.

With the expansion of Winter City, the garrison problem has become more and more complicated.

As if thinking that David has been too relaxed recently and must make trouble for him, Gareth just left to prepare a new defense plan, and new news was sent to David.

“The orcs are back again?”

“Yes.”

“And this time the orcs are all green?” David looked at the orc soldiers in the photo (stored in a micro device, playing holographic images), which was obviously different from the orc army that he had repelled. The orcs in

the photo were taller and stronger, with hideous muscles all over their bodies, and even some of them had terrifying bone spikes on their bodies.

This is not all. What is even more outrageous is the ship that these orcs are riding on. The ship has a hideous shape and is very orc-style. It is an ironclad warship driven by some unknown power (most likely fel energy), and there are several turrets on it.

My goodness, when they were driven away last year, they were still a backward race using catapults, but now they have switched to warships and cannons? This is not called cheating, this is cheating, right?

Even if the gods have given these orcs relevant knowledge, where did these orcs get the resources? How did they create warships and cannons with their bare hands from scratch?

David had the urge to throw the imaging device to the ground: Are these gods too embarrassed to play? Are they starting to be shameless?

“The good news is that there are not many orcs this time.”

Compared with David, Van Cleef seemed very calm, and even left enough time for the Duke to complain a few words at the right time and then continue to report the intelligence information in his hands.

“Moreover, after landing on the eastern coast, these orcs did not immediately rush to Snowforest Castle. Instead, they went into the hilly and mountainous areas in the northeast.”

“That area…” David immediately understood what these orcs were going to do: “Are they rescuing their compatriots?”

“I’m afraid not, sir.”

At Van Cleef’s reminder, David called up the last part of the photos, which showed countless brown and yellow-skinned orcs in shackles, escorted by green-skinned orcs and walking towards the coast.

“More like an arrest.”

After looking at these photos, David leaned back in his office chair and frowned for a few seconds: “Have you found out where these orcs are going?”

“According to the current situation, the orcs have transported all these prisoners to the south.”

“South?”

“Yes, along the coast to the south. Before the scouts withdrew, they did not see any intention of turning.”

David suddenly understood why the Sodurunma Empire did not make any moves after instigating several lords of the Tiran Kingdom to rebel. It seems that there was something wrong with their own backyard!

So, the orcs collected resources from the Sodurunma Empire to build these warships?

As for where the knowledge came from, David was no longer entangled. According to the information he now has, he can infer that the appearance of the orcs is a new round of cleansing for the Brunnia continent.

Every time a purge is carried out, the newly emerged races are the chosen ones, and they can take out anything under the favor of the gods.

I just wonder if the god behind the orcs will come up with something more outrageous and give it to the orcs after finding that they still cannot destroy Winter City even so? Are

these high and mighty gods worried about being attacked by their pawns?

It’s an interesting question, and David really wants to know the answer, but it’s hard to see a clear result in a short time, so let’s deal with the problem at hand first!

“The Winter Knights can’t always stay at home, they should go out and gain some practical experience.”

David’s meaning is very clear, the northern plains is his territory, and this group of orcs docked the warships in his territory of the Duke of Winter without permission, which is already an act of war.

Winter City must fight back to let the orcs know who is the real ruler of the northern plains.

In addition, it can also test the strength of this group of orcs who have mutated again?

This is also an important reason why he sent the strongest Winter Knights at present, instead of several other troops.

After the order was issued, the Winter Knights quickly took action.

Change clothes, assemble, and set off!

After a long period of training, the Winter Knights lived up to their title of ace army. Everything was performed perfectly, and the transition from chaos to order was completed in the shortest time.

When several Quinjet mass-produced Decepticons took off and flew away, the others in the barracks realized what had happened.

“All members of the Winter Knights are out? What’s the big deal?”

“A squad left before. Did they run into trouble?”

“Different directions.”

“I don’t know who the opponent is? It can be seen that the Duke attaches great importance to this enemy.”

“It’s a pity that this battle should have nothing to do with our Tilan Knights.”

“Your Tilan Knights haven’t even finished equipping their weapons and equipment. What’s there to regret?”

“Didn’t the Spartan Heavy Infantry Regiment receive orders?”

“Maybe it’s because the enemy is too far away?”

Various discussions in the barracks soon subsided, and all the soldiers in the Winter Barracks were summoned to their respective combat conference rooms to watch the battle between the Winter Knights and the orcs.

Even David, together with important officials in Winter City, sat in the conference room to watch the live broadcast of the battle.

As eight Quinjet mass-produced Decepticons crossed the entire northern plains, they arrived at the eastern coast. Through the cameras carried by the Quinjet, everyone clearly saw the orcs and warships below.

“These orcs have become uglier.”

“Aren’t these green-skinned orcs the same group as the other orcs?”

“I don’t know, maybe orcs from other tribes?”

The soldiers focused on various things, while in the conference room of Fort Glamorgan, Tony, Howard and others carefully observed the orcs’ warships.

“It looks rough.”

“We shouldn’t worry too much?”

Just as several people were talking about this, the orcs also discovered the Quinjet in the air and launched an attack first.

Green energy rays were continuously fired into the air from the orcs’ warships. After adjusting the direction, the black and thick main guns slowly raised and fired even more terrifying energy shells.

“…”

Seeing this scene, the originally lively conference room gradually quieted down.

(End of this chapter)