Chapter 714: The Beastmen Attack
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Ten days passed in a flash, and it had been more than two and a half months since Alice and the others left the sacred forest.
During this period, the Sacred Forest was relatively peaceful, and both the elves and humans gathering places were proceeding as planned.
The grapes will be ready for large-scale harvest in a day or two, and the grapes harvested last time have already been brewed and stored in the wine cellar, waiting for the caravan of the Holy Trading Company to arrive so that they can trade with them.
In addition, the construction of Stormwind City has actually begun, and a large amount of stones and wood are being transported to the construction site.
The only thing that makes people a little worried is that there has been no news from the delegation for two and a half months since they left the sacred forest, and they don’t know whether everything is okay.
Both the elves and humans are looking forward to the return of Alice and others.
The human race is looking forward to bringing back news about Gervis, while the elves are naturally concerned about the safety of their queen and people.
Just when the elves and humans were hoping that Alice and the others would return soon, bad news came from outside the sacred forest.
The patrol teams of the elves and Gust came back to report that they saw a powerful group of orcs heading towards the sacred forest.
The number of orcs is about three thousand, and all of them are strong. The weakest are at the level of Silver Knights, and there are more than three hundred orcs at the level of Gold Knights.
Three thousand orc troops of this strength are more difficult to deal with than three thousand paladins. At least they have twice the combat power of three thousand paladins.
In the gathering place of the human race in the Sacred Forest, Caroline, Gust, Hayden, Gandalf, Ik, and Vivian were in intense discussions after receiving the news.
Among the people in this holy continent today, Caroline is considered to be the one who coordinates the overall situation. She is mainly responsible for financial expenditures and wine trade.
Gandalf and Ik were responsible for Gervis's original subordinates and the expansion of Gervis's direct army.
Gust and Hayden managed the small number of people they each brought with them, responsible for maintaining the safety of the gathering and overseeing the construction progress of Stormwind.
Weiweian was still the civil affairs officer that Gervis had assigned to her, responsible for managing the serfs who came to this sacred continent.
"Grandfather, how long will it take for those beastmen to reach us!"
Caroline's expression was solemn, and her worry was evident.
Now all of Gervis's belongings have been invested in this sacred continent. If it is destroyed by orcs, she will not be able to face Gervis again.
"At their speed, they can reach us in half a day at most."
Gust answered his granddaughter thoughtfully.
“We can arrive in half a day?”
Caroline became increasingly worried.
Although Alice had told her before she left that she could ask the elves for help if there was any danger.
However, the elders of the elves have just sent a message saying that they can only provide 500 people to support immediately, and the rest of the support will have to wait until the next day or the day after tomorrow.
Because Caroline and her friends' gathering place was actually on the edge of the sacred forest, far away from the elves' palace.
There were two reasons for choosing this location.
First of all, the elven palace is in the heartland of the elven tribe, where a large number of elves gather, and it is definitely impossible to accommodate humans like them.
Another reason is that they are stationed on the edge of the sacred forest, which can make it easier for humans to build their own Stormwind City. After all, Stormwind City is located outside the sacred forest.
It is precisely because of this that the main force of the elves is in the heartland of the elves, and these five hundred elven soldiers are only stationed at the outposts on the periphery.
Although these elves are quite powerful and have the strength of Silver Knights, the problem is that there are only more than 500 of them. Even if they can fight one against two or even one against three in the jungle, there is still a half gap.
In addition, there are more than 300 golden knights among the beastmen, which is the biggest threat to them.
As for Caroline and the others.
Now in the Sacred Forest, there are more than 1,000 soldiers who have reached the level of Silver Knights, including the Order of the Rose. There are even fewer Gold Knights, with twenty at most.
As for other bronze knights and ordinary soldiers, there were also quite a few.
But those were carefully selected from Eurasia and brought to the Holy Continent as seed soldiers so that they could grow quickly and guard Stormwind City in the future.
If they were allowed to join the war now, given their strength, there would certainly be countless casualties, which would be a huge blow to their future development.
"How about we temporarily retreat to the sacred forest and wait for the elves' reinforcements!!"
Just then Gandalf suddenly spoke.
For now, this retreat is their best option.
But no one else could say such a thing.
Because if we retreat directly, what will happen to the grapes that are about to be picked and the wine in the wine cellar?
There is also a gathering place that was built with great difficulty. Although it is just a simple wooden house, it took several months to build it.
In addition, if the teleportation array in the gathering place is invaded by the beastmen to the Eurasian continent or destroyed, no one dares to bear such a loss.
Gandalf is Gervais's father, so he is undoubtedly the most suitable person to say retreat.
By then, neither Gervis nor Alice would be able to blame his father.
As for if we really have to fight to the death with the orcs, the losses will definitely be huge.
So now you either have to fight to the death or take a gamble on whether you have a chance to resist the orcs and wait for reinforcements to arrive.
Either evacuate directly to focus on saving the population.
"I'm sorry, Uncle Gandalf, but I don't want to retreat!"
As soon as Gandalf made this suggestion, it was immediately rejected by Caroline.
She really didn't want to give up this gathering place that had been developed for several months and almost emptied the Gerves family's belongings.
Moreover, this was the territory that she and Alice managed for Gervis, so it goes without saying that they put a lot of effort into it.
If this place is destroyed, I don’t know how much more effort it will take to redevelop it in the future.
The vines need to be planted again and the wine will have to wait several months before it can be made again.
The most important thing is that they no longer have gold coins to do any development work. The next development will have to wait until the wine is brewed again and sold to the caravans.
And if the teleportation array is also destroyed, they will directly cut off their connection with the Eurasian continent.
In the future, the only way to travel between Eurasia and the Holy Continent is to take the time-consuming and laborious sea route.
"Caroline..."
After hearing what Caroline said, Gandalf still wanted to persuade her.
In fact, he is the one who wants Stormwind City to develop rapidly the most, because Gervis is his own son.
But if we really stay and fight the orcs, I don’t know how many of us will survive.
They were all brought from Eurasia.
Especially Caroline, since she proposed to stay, I would definitely not choose to leave.
"Uncle Gandalf, you don't have to persuade me!"
"I don't want to escape without a fight. I want to try to resist the beast no matter what. Most of Gervis's resources are here, and we can't just let it go to waste."
"Of course, we should let those serfs and weak soldiers retreat into the sacred forest first! Also, let everyone take all the wine in the wine cellar! Take as much as you can!"
"If we really can't resist the orcs, we can use the wine to exchange for supplies from the caravan!"
"Okay, let's follow your plan Caroline! You and Vivian will lead the serfs and soldiers into the Sacred Forest. Gust, Hayden and I will lead the Rose Knights to Stormwind City to use the river to resist the orcs' attack!"
Gandalf knew that it was useless to persuade her any further, so he immediately approved of Caroline's plan.
However, he would not let Caroline stay here and fight the orcs, and he spoke immediately.
"Then fight these orcs to the death!"
Hayden also nodded, showing no intention of backing down!
"Then let's do as Gandalf says!"
Naturally, Gust had no objection. As long as his granddaughter was safe, he would not live for more than two years anyway, so it would be worth it to sacrifice his old bones.
"No, I want to stay too. Let Vivian lead the others to retreat into the sacred forest later!"
Caroline was reluctant to leave.
"Grandfather, don't try to persuade me. This is my suggestion. I will never leave!"
"Vivian, you are different from me. You are a civil official, and those serfs must be managed by you!"
Hearing that Caroline was not going to leave, Gust was about to say something but was immediately stopped by Caroline.
The same thing happened to Vivian. She was about to speak when she was interrupted by Caroline.
After this round of discussion, everyone then took up their respective responsibilities and the entire gathering place began to move.
With the help of Nathan and others, Vivian began to lead the serfs and ordinary soldiers to retreat deep into the sacred forest.
They also took away wine and food, but not much.
Because there is no road for carriages to pass into the depths of the sacred forest, they can only transport supplies by manpower.
Caroline and her team led thousands of soldiers to the edge of the Sacred Forest, which was one mile away from Stormwind City.
There is a small river here. It is not very wide, only about thirty or forty meters.
However, this is also the most advantageous terrain at present. Although the orcs cannot compete with the elves in the forest, they are stronger than the humans. So now they are relying on the forest, trying to guard the only wooden bridge on the river to prevent the orcs from crossing the river.
If they really cannot stop them at that time, they can directly retreat into the sacred forest behind them and rely on the advantages of the elves to continue fighting with the orcs.
(End of this chapter)
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