Chapter 541 539: First Battle Victory, Dragging the Moon (Two in One)
One of the principles that Luo Yi believes in: If you plan ahead, you will succeed; if you don’t, you will fail!
In other words, before doing anything, you need to conduct research, plan, and have contingency plans. It is best to make additional plans for emergencies.
In this way, even if you encounter a problem, you can remain calm and handle it calmly.
Therefore, before the expedition, the investigation of the Blood Moon Forest demiplane had never been interrupted.
The Blood Moon Forest is not a secret demiplane. It has appeared many times in Helka's history, and a lot of information has been leaked.
Ms. Palacios even found out about the origin of this demiplane from the newly acquired ancient tomes.
It was from a dark god named Mara, who in ancient times controlled darkness, witchcraft, the dead, and killing.
And because of this, it is believed by many dark races.
Vampires, werewolves, barbarians, dark elves, fallen angels, ghouls, liches, zombies, etc. are the main sources of his believers.
He was known for his brutal killings and bloody rule, and he terrified countless races.
At his peak, he also reached the medium level of divine power, and used his vast divine power to absorb fragments from the astral realm, transforming them, and eventually forming his own dark kingdom.
However, later on, because he was too arrogant and blasphemed the goddess of nature, he was targeted by the young sun god.
The Sun God at that time hated evil and had always been the vanguard among the lawful gods. This time was no exception, and he even acted more extreme.
He directly launched a divine war against Mara, and with lightning speed, he destroyed Mara's temple, destroyed Mara's statue, and hunted down Mara's believers.
He struck with such ruthlessness and determination that even Marat was stunned.
After realizing what was happening, Mara was furious and wanted to cause trouble for the Sun God, but he didn't expect that the Sun God was waiting for him to rush out of the kingdom of God.
Then, in that battle, the Sun God accomplished his first act of deicide and made his reputation spread throughout the Old World.
Thus began the feat of dominating the Old Continent and unifying faith.
So what does this have to do with the Blood Moon Forest?
That’s right, the predecessor of the Blood Moon Forest is Mara’s Kingdom of God!
After Marat was killed in battle, his followers fell into internal strife and engaged in bloody fights based on race.
The final winner was undoubtedly the vampires. Then, the Toledo clan of the vampires became the controllers of this demiplane and has continued to this day.
It was also because of a part of Mara's inheritance that a demigod was born among the blood clan, and he gained a foothold at a certain level in the abyss and became a powerful figure.
This is the reason why the Old World still allows vampires to operate and the major human forces have not really wiped them out.
If you have a background, the treatment will be different.
Back to the point, after figuring out some of the situation in the Blood Moon Forest, Luo Yi immediately convened a combat meeting.
He summoned all the generals of Xianhua Territory, gave each of them a piece of information, and asked them to analyze the situation and write a battle plan.
In other words, these generals were the ones who stayed after rounds of screening by the Flower Territory. They all had some skills and were willing to learn.
If it were the knight generals of the past, they would probably have started scratching their heads.
However, the plans submitted in the end were both good and bad, some were complete, some were thorough, and some were perfunctory.
But no matter which one it was, Roy asked them to go on stage and give speeches, and then accept everyone's questions, explanations and rebuttals.
That’s right, Luo Yi is actually cultivating their abilities, hoping that in this way, they can accumulate more combat experience.
It should be said that the effect is quite obvious.
In the competition among everyone, gradually, a battle plan written by Vincent Ackerman began to be recognized by everyone.
After analyzing the situation in the Blood Moon Forest, everyone agreed that this battle had neither the home field advantage nor the favorable time and location.
I don't know how many dark tribes there are, what their ruling structure is, how many powerful people there are, how many combatants they have, and what kind of magic they specialize in.
When you know nothing, you cannot underestimate the enemy and advance rashly, let alone travel long distances!
In addition, the Blood Moon Forest, as the name suggests, is deep and has many trees, and the roads are blocked. Even a magic tank cannot advance quickly.
Therefore, the most suitable way is to fight a stupid battle!
Focus on caution, advance step by step, make steady progress, give full play to the firepower advantage of magical weapons, and gradually eliminate the enemy's manpower.
Of course, Luo Yi also has some additional ideas, which is training troops!
This time, the organization has been expanded to three divisions, totaling 30,000 people, more than 20,000 of whom are new recruits. They have to go to the battlefield and see blood before they can become elite veterans.
Therefore, after crossing the space rift, the first thing the Guards did was to build camps and pave roads.
It took three days to open up a large area of land deep in the forest and build a forward war base.
Although it is small, it has everything. Not only is there a magic energy pool for energy, but there is also a small airport and runway.
And a temporary monster lair.
That’s right, in this battle, Loy brought the Flower Territory’s Air Force, the First Flying Squadron, and the Griffin Knights.
After a long training period, it’s time to show up on the battlefield.
It is worth mentioning that the griffins are very obedient under the training of the Furious King Silas. After being equipped with a group of knights, they are used as bombers by Loyi because of their amazing load-bearing capacity.
Those knights were some of the old aristocratic knights who were eliminated during the military reform.
They have rigid minds, are not very willing to learn, and are still immersed in the glory of the old aristocracy.
Even for Loy, it was difficult to command them, but when he heard that they were recruiting Griffin Knights, they were more enthusiastic than each other.
There is no way. The Raymond family has been wanting to form the Griffin Knights for a long time.
Throughout their studies and growth from childhood, they have been proud to become Griffin Knights.
This time, I have the opportunity and I am willing to do it even without salary.
As for the first generation of aircraft, they followed the Empire's original tactics, with three aircraft in a team, responsible for air combat.
To be honest, Luo Yi intends to optimize and improve the first generation of aircraft.
Not to mention supersonic cruise, stealth, beyond-visual-range strike, super maneuverability and so on, let's first break through supersonic speed, high altitude and high speed, air-to-air missiles are also good!
But the problem is that the technology of the first generation of machines is still in the digestion stage, and Luo Yi really can't find a related excellent mechanical wizard, so he can only give up.
Extending out from the camp gate, a straight road wide enough for three tanks to run parallel was quickly formed thanks to the hard work of the legion soldiers.
Because the cement developed by the empire takes a certain amount of time to solidify, this road uses asphalt pavement.
First, the trees were cut down, the land was leveled, and then paved with stones of similar size brought from the flowers, and then poured with asphalt extracted from pine trees.
Finally, the tanks were simply allowed to drag the huge and heavy rollers and roll back and forth on the road. Once it was smooth, the asphalt road was ready and the tanks could run on it.
At the speed of the soldiers, they could advance ten miles every day, and in three days, they would reach thirty miles away.
Here, the construction team is surveying the terrain and preparing to build a second fortress camp.
It was also here that the Flower Territory Guards and the Dark Tribe of the Blood Clan had their first clash.
However, what no one expected was that this battle was so one-sided!
As the soldiers of the Guards were paving the road, they heard a noise in the jungle.
Three days of peace made them relax their vigilance and they just thought that some monsters were approaching.
But when they heard the howling of wolves, they realized something was wrong.
So, at the captain's command, they dropped their tools, picked up their weapons, and fled for their lives.
In the sky, bats flapped their wings and flew at an extremely fast speed, leaving a trail of tracks before pouncing on the guards.
Although the Guards were fleeing, it was an orderly evacuation. Immediately, several of them turned around and opened fire with their semi-automatic rifles, firing a series of bullets.
Unfortunately, the gap in strength was too big. These vampires in the lead were at least third-level transcendents. The blood light bulged outward and turned into a magic shield, blocking the bullets.
Then, these bats swept up the soldiers, transformed into human form, dug their sharp teeth into their necks, and began to suck their blood.
In a very short period of time, several guards lost their vital signs and became deader than dead.
However, this was the last act of violence by the vampires.
boom!
With a loud bang, a cannonball exploded in mid-air, and the dazzling holy light flashed, causing the vampires who had just been unruly to scream in fear.
This is a tracer bullet!
What Loy got from the Empire came in handy at this moment, and the magic tank that fired tracer bullets rushed out from the bushes on the side.
Not just one, but four!
They advanced along the road, not very fast, but their main guns fired without hesitation.
Of course, it's not tracer bullets, but ordinary artillery shells are also very lethal.
At the end of the road, the dense trees were blown in half, wood chips flew everywhere, and the ground was in ruins.
Two heavy machine guns opened fire, blocking the surroundings and the sky. Even if the vampires could fly and split into bats, they would be wiped out in large numbers.
As for the soldiers of the Royal Guard, they were already fully armed, some holding heavy machine guns, some holding Garand semi-automatic rifles.
They used tanks as cover and fired in all directions. As soon as they sensed any movement, they would fire a volley of bullets.
If it doesn't work, throw another grenade.
At this time, the vampires and werewolves from the three legends finally arrived.
They launched attacks from the sky and the ground. Some used blood magic, some turned into bats and charged, and some howled and turned into werewolves, leaping around swiftly.
As for courage, they did it. Each of them was fearless and did not bring shame to their master.
In terms of strength, they are also quite good. They are all trained by legends. If they are too weak, they will not be able to show off.
But the problem is that they are just typical guerrillas, fighting in chaos.
Forget about cooperating with each other. It would be good enough if we can avoid blocking the attack route of friendly forces while dodging.
They faced the Royal Guards, and although they were stronger, they could not withstand the concentrated fire of bullets.
It felt like waves crashing against rocks. It looked powerful, but in fact, all of them were smashed on the beach.
As for the tank's main gun, they were even more unable to stop it, and the tracer bullets fired every once in a while made them terrified and in agony.
Perhaps, the only noteworthy thing is that many of these dark werewolves and Bruch vampires are armed with guns.
Either a revolver or a pistol, most of them are dual-wielded in the left and right hands.
Moreover, although they only have dark magic, they are naturally awakened, which is enough to activate firearms.
They shot very vigorously, with the sound of "bang bang bang" that never stopped, and they could even do a quick reload.
The problem is that, apart from ricochets and the occasional damage to infantry behind the tank, it really has no effect on the tank.
But as long as they paused for a moment, they would be shot into sieves by several guns and dozens or even hundreds of bullets.
As for the strong ones of the vampire clan, it’s not that they didn’t take action.
The three legends personally selected were all vampire marquises with natural disaster strength.
But there are also arrangements on the Flower Territory side. The King of Fury Silas and the Fire Sword Saint Otto are guarding here.
Although they lost a natural disaster, they showed no intention of showing weakness.
The two even fought over the third Calamity, both thinking they could fight two at once.
The Fury King Silas activated double frenzy, blocking the dark werewolf Theodore Iverson while attacking Fiona in the air from time to time.
The Flame Sword Saint Otto was carrying a magic item specially designed for him by Loy, which looked like a flamethrower.
Every time he used it, his fire-type fighting spirit would be ignited and then explode.
The narrowed jet nozzle will provide extremely considerable kinetic energy, just like a cannonball fired from a gun, blasting Otto out and providing him with a split-second high speed.
It was so fast that it was almost uncanny, even Ural, a vampire marquis, was caught off guard.
The Fire Sword Saint Otto relied on his speed and rushed towards Fiona from time to time. When he got close to her, he would give her a fierce blow.
Marquis Fiona was almost furious. He felt like he was an actor who could be teased by anyone. You do it once, and then I do it again.
But she couldn't really fight back yet, because she suddenly realized that she couldn't beat either of them.
If they take you seriously and attack you with all their might, you'll be the one in trouble.
However, it would only take about a quarter of an hour before she no longer had to worry about it.
Because, on the ground battlefield, the coalition forces of vampires and werewolves have fled in panic.
Without the restraint of the ground battlefield, the three dark clans lost all desire to fight and fled quickly.
At this point, the Flower Territory Guards won their first battle!
…
Castle,
The three legendary warriors stared at the magic mirror without blinking, and the air was filled with deathly silence.
After a long while, the Iron Tower Man, the ancestor of the Dark Werewolves, spoke the truth again: "Is the gap really that big?"
The old vampire rarely agreed with him and said, "It's at least the gap between a third-rate mercenary group and a knight group!
Have you noticed that except for the first few mortal warriors who were killed in a sneak attack, none of the subsequent ones seemed to have died.
And all we lost were elite soldiers."
After a pause, he continued, "This isn't a gap in strength, it's a generational gap in discipline and weaponry."
"So how do we fight now?"
The towering burly man added, "Although Theodore Iverson's werewolves are not as strong as my personal guards, they are definitely among the top three in strength."
The old vampire also muttered, "Ural's vampire team may not have the highest rank, but their teamwork is already the best."
"So, how should we fight next?"
The two legends looked towards Grand Duke Toledo who was sitting on the throne in the middle.
The expression of the blood-clan duke, who already had a sinister look on his face, became even uglier. He actually knew that times had changed and the way of war had also changed.
They still held on to their original fighting methods, and when facing the Iron Division, the only result was that they would be completely defeated.
But at this moment he didn't dare to admit it, nor could he admit it, because if the two people in front of him ran away, then he would really have to fight alone.
However, just when he didn't know how to answer, a flash of inspiration came to him.
His expression didn't change, but a smile played on the corner of his mouth. He said easily, "This battle is not going to be easy!"
“But, as I said, this is Blood Moon Forest after all, my territory.
So, I have a solution.”
The old vampire couldn't help but roll his eyes: "Don't just brag! If you have the guts, explain it clearly so we can rest assured."
"Haven't you noticed their fatal weakness?"
"Achilles' heel? Where is it? Why can't I see it?"
"They used the blood moon fragments to open the portal, so this portal is their weakness."
As he said this, Grand Duke Toledo released a blood magic power, which controlled the magic eye in the void to change its perspective through the magic mirror.
The image on the magic mirror flashed by quickly, following the straight road towards the base behind.
At the same moment, his confident voice resounded throughout the castle: "If we cannot win the mortal war, we will fight the legendary war."
“As the army advances, both Karen, the vegetarian, and the illegitimate child must follow the army.
As soon as they're at a distance, we'll attack with all our might and assault the portal."
“I believe there will be a legendary warrior stationed there, but even if that old dragon is there, we are three against one.
It doesn't matter whether we win or not, we have to destroy this portal.
By then, it would be equivalent to trapping the entire human army within this demiplane."
"By then, without logistical supplies, their ammunition will be running low. Even if I use the Dark Tribe to fight them, I'll still be able to overwhelm them."
"But what about those legendary masters? Aren't you afraid that they will fight us to the death?"
"Haha, once the gate is closed, I can advance and retreat calmly. At worst, we won't have to face the enemy head-on. I can wear them down anyway."
"Everything you said seems to be based on the scenario where the legendary warriors leave the portal, but what if they don't leave?"
This was the question asked by the Iron Tower Man, and it hit the heart of Grand Duke Toredo.
He laughed heartily and said, "It would be even better if all their legends were guarding the portal.
The three of us attacked their vanguard directly, letting their tanks leave. Their infantry may be strong, but we are legends!"
"Although it is somewhat shameful to attack these mortals, I will be shameless this time and kill them all."
"Attack from both ends, focusing on the front and ignoring the rear. What a good idea! What a good idea!"
This was a compliment from the old vampire, which made Grand Duke Toledo look very proud.
But at this moment, the picture froze, showing the situation in the military camp, and then the expressions of the three legends suddenly froze, as if they were under a monster's immobilization spell.
On the magic mirror, there appeared a scene of a large army marching out.
Aircraft cruised, tanks led the way, magic heavy trucks pulled supplies, and infantry soldiers advanced on foot.
A long marching column was formed on the road, but everyone could see that these soldiers were extremely vigilant and ready to fight at any time.
Of course, these are not the focus of the three legends' observations.
They were looking at the center of the team, where four tanks were tied with fist-sized iron chains and finally tied to a large formation made of magic steel.
They were not moving very fast, as there were round sleepers underneath that were constantly being replaced.
The most amazing thing is that there are four magicians standing at the four corners, steadily outputting magic power.
In the center, a space portal that looked like the reflection of a blood moon was bound by more than ten magic chains.
Then, as the super-large magic circle moved forward, the portal was also dragged forward.
Therefore, what Grand Duke Toredo could think of, Roy certainly thought of as well, and it was impossible for him to leave such a big weakness.
His solution was a bit unconventional, which was to send out a large army and drag the portal with it.
Although it is very difficult and requires a lot of magical materials, Luo Yi is not short of money or materials.
Then, there was this time of 'dragging the moon'!
There was another long silence, and then the werewolf ancestor spoke first: "Is this okay?"
The old vampire echoed: "No one said this is not possible!"
"Does that mean the so-called weakness is gone?"
"So, Alessandro, didn't you say there was another way? Tell me more?"
At this moment, Grand Duke Toledo: "..."
PS: It’s two-in-one again. I seem to really like writing long chapters now. I feel refreshed when I finish the plot in one breath!
(End of this chapter)
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