"Due to the snow, the dragon scorpions on the plains seem to have retreated into their caves. The scout team said there are no traces of dragon scorpions for several kilometers around the Iron Fort."

"I really hope those monsters just disappear."

On the street near the city gate, a group of dwarf soldiers who were taking a break from shift work were chatting as they returned towards the camp.

When Anno, who was wearing a mask, passed by, he heard the conversation of several people and thought to himself: This heavy snow will make the dragon scorpions quiet for a while, so that the dwarves can have a relatively happy New Year.

However, for the support troops on the way, this heavy snow will also have an impact on their travels.

This heavy snow has been falling since yesterday until today, spanning from 1408 to 1409 in the Alliance Calendar.

The deepest snow outside the city has reached more than 30 centimeters.

In this kind of weather, the dragon scorpion did not show its head, but directly dug a hole and burrowed into the ground.

The dwarves in the city basically hid in their beds at home.

The reason why Anno was outside was because he was looking for elemental elves.

Although I know that the possibility of finding elemental elves of other systems is very small.

But if you don't look for it, the possibility is zero.

But today he didn't have the same luck as yesterday when he met the ice elf, and returned empty-handed.

Although today is the beginning of the new year, the Iron Fortress is currently unable to celebrate.

Therefore, the first day of the Alliance Calendar Year 1409 and even the following week passed in a dull manner.

On this day, the first batch of forged equipment was delivered from the blacksmith shop.

Thirty sets in total.

This is the result of a week's hard work by hundreds of equipment forgers working together.

However, some of the customized equipment for the humanoid summons have not yet been completed.

Because the main material is dragon scorpion shell, the main color of all equipment is dark blue.

Anno immediately had the summoned creature try it on.

Liz and Ella's equipment was designed to be lightweight, with only the chest and skirt armor being dragon scorpion shells, and the rest of the body being furry leather armor - because it was winter.

Demon Buck's suit is a warrior suit, which protects the vital points without affecting agility too much. The weapons are three-blade steel claws on both arms.

The pig-headed men Samoro and Elena are wearing knight plate armor suits. Their entire bodies are covered in dark blue shells, with only two fangs sticking out from the lower jaw of the helmet.

The former held a meteor hammer in his hand, and the latter held a large shield forged from a dragon scorpion shell, one meter and a half high and one meter wide. I guess thieves would avoid them if they saw them.

There were also several demons, including the Feather Demon, who were hunted in Sagunto. Their equipment were all changed into the dark blue 'Dragon Scorpion Suit'.

Sasier's equipment was originally intended to be made into a beast form.

But when I thought about how Sasier's size would increase when he exerted his full strength, I changed it to a lighter thief suit in human form.

The lich also got the equipment it requested, which was a pot-lid helmet, the purpose of which was to protect its brain from falling off.

Don’t be fooled by the fact that a piece of the lich’s head was cut off during the battle, it looks ugly.

But he is one of the stronger magic summons in Annuo's hands, and he has mastered a lot of sixth-level magic. Annuo has determined that he needs to be trained into a seventh-level summon.

And Buck will also be strengthened to the seventh level in the future.

However, at this stage, Annuo does not have enough sixth-level souls to strengthen them.

The summoned creatures that received the equipment discussed it with each other and all felt that the equipment was very easy to use.

Looking at the summoned creatures around him wearing the 'Dragon Scorpion Suit' with the Adventurer's Guild logo and the number 000001 on their chests, Annuo felt a special sense of accomplishment.

"This way, we can clearly distinguish between friend and foe on the battlefield in the future."

Just by looking at their equipment, you can tell that these are Annuo's subordinates.

On the battlefield, it is also easier to cooperate with friendly forces.

Another week passed, and part of the reinforcements from the Royal City finally arrived at Iron Fort - this time they were supporting not only Iron Fort, but also Ironforge and several other cities.

The Dwarf King took the dragon scorpion threat on the border very seriously and directly dispatched an army of 200,000!

Because of the heavy snow at the beginning of the year, the army's progress was slowed down by a few days.

Fortunately, there is no major danger these days.

The number of reinforcements that arrived at the Iron Fort was 50,000, plus the more than 10,000 soldiers in the Iron Fort.

At this time, the number of soldiers in the Iron Fort was comparable to that of Sagunto, which had not been captured.

If several other cities are added, the total number of soldiers is estimated to be around 250,000.

This is almost 60% of the Dwarf Kingdom's troops.

However, the dwarves are not going to retake Saguntor now, but are preparing for war.

The main purpose of increasing troops is to guard against possible sieges by dragon scorpions.

If you want to recapture Sagunto, you must have the help of the God Hunter.

Besides, it is winter now, and there is a heavy snow from time to time.

This is not a good time to fight.

According to Owen and the Royal City, the battle to retake Sagunto will not begin until at least early spring, and a lot of preparations need to be made.

The Dwarf King has even asked for help from humans, orcs, and elves in the alliance.

At the same time, the fanatics of the Church of Fire and Forge were also communicating with Hephaestus, hoping to get help.

And the God Hunter Joseph also meant to wait for a while.

Melip has set out to find other God Hunters for help, which will take some time.

There is a very powerful god hunter among the human race, but he is not easy to talk to.

If that person is not busy with other matters and is willing to come and help.

Joseph felt that even if Leopold's group of gods joined the war halfway, they would not end up well.

An Nuo can also see the current situation clearly.

Once this war begins, we will definitely have to fight against the Dragon Scorpion God.

It may even attract Leopold and others to join the war later.

It is not an exaggeration to call it a war of gods!

For the dwarves, if they fight, they must win.

Kill all the dragon scorpions or drive them to the Demon Realm.

If defeated, not only would the dragon scorpion be a great threat to all the dwarves living nearby, but the entire border would likely suffer.

The reinforcements that arrived were only to prevent the Dragon Scorpion from turning the entire border into its territory before the war began.

However, there was one good thing after the army came.

That is, the cultists who had been rampant in the city for a while suddenly became silent.

Once the number of soldiers increases, there will no longer be a shortage of people in security and other aspects.

Wherever there was a problem, a team of soldiers would immediately rush over to deal with it.

It was just a problem of cultists. In the end, we only found a few dwarf cultists, but no demon fanatics.

This also saved Annuo a lot of trouble, at least he didn't have to wear a mask when going out.

Annuo didn't have to worry about the city's defense, as material aid was delivered continuously within a few days.

Completely liberated, Annuo rode Adelaide around and around, looking for elemental elves.

At the same time, hunt down some lucky mid-level monsters to serve as summons.

During this period of time, the number of intermediate-level monsters outside has become quite scarce due to the dragon scorpions.

They can only say that they are lucky to have met Anno.

Apart from this, Annuo has been waiting for his high-end suit.

Soon, a month had passed since the New Year, and half a month had passed since the reinforcements arrived.

According to what Owen said at the beginning, the high-end suit made for him by the royal city should be delivered in the next few days.

Therefore, Annuo decided to cancel the journey to find the elemental elves and started to return to the Iron Fortress.

On the way back, Annuo deliberately took a detour and came to Ironforge.

He was going to hand over the relics of a proud dwarf to the man in Ironforge!