(You are so awesome! This is the first update today, 4,000 words.)
Dragon crystal?
When Pandora heard this, her eyes were filled with stars. She glanced at Murphy with longing eyes, and then lowered her head dejectedly. Murphy would definitely be reluctant to give such a precious dragon crystal to her. If she could have an extra piece of dragon crystal in her collection, the little Loli would feel extremely happy just thinking about it. However, all her possessions now only include three gems.
The chief priest of the God of War has a resolute style. After taking over the task assigned by Murphy, he did not need to rest and began to track the position of the bone dragon directly with his powerful induction. In the Kingdom of Athens, the chief priests of any temple have a certain direct connection with the gods they worship, so in a way, they can become channels for the gods to descend, and therefore have some of the power originated from the gods. Power!
The Chief Priest of the God of War should have no problem killing the Bone Dragon. Although there is no way to directly mobilize the power of the God of War Kratos in this plane, the ability of the divine bloodline can still be activated.
With his strength, it is not a big problem to solve an injured bone dragon.
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In the early hours of the morning, the chief priest of the God of War returned.
His left arm was slightly injured, but he brought back an unexpected surprise for Murphy!
"Did you really meet her?" Murphy looked at the chief priest of the God of War in front of him and asked in surprise.
The chief priest of the God of War had no expression on his face. He nodded and said in a deep voice: "Yes, Lord Governor! She seems to have been slightly injured and is currently recovering in a mine in the southeast. I feel something on her body that does not belong to this The aura of the plane, so I went to take a look.¡±
Injuried?
who is it? Who could actually injure Queen Medusa, who was as powerful as a demigod?
Could it be? Is it the Queen of Pain that the Necromancer calls her?
After Murphy heard the news, a series of thoughts immediately popped into his mind, and he couldn't help but think: "The reason why the human coalition decided to recover Zenda at this time is undoubtedly because of two powerful existences within Zenda. A battle broke out between them! It even affected a large number of demons entrenched here, so much so that humans discovered many petrified sculptures in Zenda City!"
Who can petrify so many demons?
no doubt!
There is only one Queen Medusa who is so incredibly powerful that she can even turn energy into stone!
Then who can fight with her?
There is no doubt that anyone who can fight with her is definitely an awesome mess, and in the territory of Zenda, the only one who is qualified to fight with her and still hurt her is the only one in this land now. The demon lord, one of the higher demons, the legendary - [Queen of Pain]!
Although high-level demons are powerful, they are not as good as gods!
Their souls contain a fragment of the soul, and their abilities are roughly equivalent to legendary or above, epic or so, and the highest level is demigod level. The only existences that can truly rival gods are the masters of each abyss, the demon kings! In this way, Murphy's hypothesis can be completely established, that is, since Queen Medusa, who is as powerful as Medusa, was also injured, then Zenda's current demon lord, the Queen of Pain, may also have been seriously injured!
what does that mean?
This means that on Zenda¡¯s main battlefield, the human coalition has an innate advantage!
"Being able to injure the perverted Queen Medusa, I'm afraid the Queen of Pain in the mouth of the necromancer is also a demigod!" Murphy rubbed his forehead and couldn't help but think quickly, thinking about whether he could Get more valuable information from this news, and then exchange it for valuable things!
Then make a bold assumption!
If the Queen of Pain in Zenda City is injured, what will she choose to do when facing such a huge offensive from the human coalition?
He and others were ambushed by an army of demons in this town, which also included a high-level necromancer of about level ten, a powerful bone dragon, and a huge number of undead.
¡¾(The classification of professional levels in the Age of Arcane Empire: Level 5 is mid-level, Level 10 is high-level, Level 15 is legendary, Level 20 is epic, and any higher levels are not included in the professional level classification.)¡¿
no doubt!
The Queen of Pain wants to get rid of Murphy's team once and for all!
To eliminate the threat this team poses to other places in Zenda territory! But because of the appearance of the magic mecha, her idea was undoubtedly in vain. Even on that Cavaliers teamWith the help of her, this team in turn annihilated one of her demon legions. In this way, the Queen of Pain undoubtedly lost the opportunity and was in a passive defensive state.
Zenda is under serious threat, and cities and towns across the country will face a huge number of mercenaries.
In this case, what decision will the Queen of Pain make? Murphy believes that the most likely point is to 'abandon the pawn to save the commander'! Abandon those small and medium-sized towns, shrink the defense line, mobilize the main force of the demon army to defend Zenda City, and then request reinforcements to support them until the reinforcements arrive! The town that Murphy's team is currently occupying is at a north-south junction. As long as they are stationed here, it is equivalent to cutting off the connection between Zenda City and nearby towns.
Among the demons, those who can fly are basically mid-level demons.
And it is the more powerful one among the mid-level demons, and the number is relatively rare. In other words, if you want to mobilize the mid-level demons in towns around the country to defend Zenda, then this is almost the only way to go!
Because they have to go back.
"I'm afraid this will become the second main battlefield besides Zenda City! This strength alone is obviously not enough. I'm afraid there will be reinforcements coming from behind." When Murphy thought of this, he couldn't help but sympathize. Looking at the leaders of several large mercenary groups over there, if this place really becomes the second main battlefield as he suspected, then there may not be many of these mercenary groups left.
"If the Queen of Pain really decides to shrink the defense line and use Zenda City as the center of gravity, then there is no doubt that the other towns on the flanks will be empty of power."
"That is to say, the demonic power guarding the gates of the abyss in these towns must be reduced by at least half!"
"The Queen of Pain is likely to draw the mid-level demons back to the main battlefield, but it is impossible to draw all the power back, because she will allocate part of the bait to contain these mercenaries. Otherwise, Zenda City will bear the consequences. The pressure will be even greater!¡±
"If half of these guesses are true!" Murphy couldn't help but light up when he thought of this, full of excitement, and said: "Then, there is no doubt that these towns on the flanks are just a bunch of big fat sheep!"
Fat sheep!
When he thought of this, Murphy seemed a little downcast.
Because he currently has too few people at his disposal! Those aboriginal mercenaries from this plane are simply useless, and these people can only be exploited and are not worthy of Murphy's trust. But apart from these people, the only available people around him were twenty-four Spartan conquerors, the chief priest of the God of War, and a little loli who was not very obedient and easy to use.
???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? know that the defensive power of various towns and cities may be empty now, it is a good time to take advantage of them, but because of my lack of strength, I can only watch and feel greedy. This feeling is really uncomfortable.
"Have you seen the demons in this plane?" Murphy looked up at the chief priest of the God of War in front of him and asked.
The chief priest of the God of War nodded and said solemnly: "It is much stronger than the original plane!"
"How many mid-level demons are you sure you can deal with?" Murphy thought for a while and asked.
The chief priest of the God of War closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, and then said: "If we deal with them at the same time, there will be about ten of them. If there are more, we can only ask for divine power to come."
Ten?
Murphy estimated the defensive strength of the demons in this town, and then made some comparisons. The Queen of Pain will definitely deploy some intermediate demons to defend, so the number of intermediate demons in other towns will not be too many. If we just use an elite force to force a breakthrough, target the Soul Seal Stone, capture the Gate of the Abyss and retreat immediately, then the combat effectiveness should be barely enough.
"Map!" Thinking of this, Murphy said in a deep voice.
The little Loli seemed to have discovered that there was something profitable here, so she ran over to get the map, and presented it to Murphy with a cute and fawning look on her face.
"You?Want to find something to do too?" Murphy glanced at Pandora beside him. This little loli's power was very strange. Until now, he didn't know how strong she was. But if she is really willing to take action, then her plan may be divided into two parts. He spread out the map, pointed to the nearest towns on the map, and said in a deep voice: "Here! Here! And here!"
"These are the three nearest small and medium-sized towns. We have just wiped out the main force in this large town. There should not be too many demons entrenched here."
"I will give each of you half a team of Spartan Conquerors. Your mission is to seize the abyss portals in these three small towns before everyone else, and then bring back the soul mark stone. Qian Remember not to fight??Don't get entangled with enemies. If there are too many enemies, then give up! We currently have insufficient manpower and cannot waste our strength here! "
"You have to remember one thing! That is, we are here to take advantage of this battle! We will never do anything that is not worth it!" Murphy said this, glanced at the little loli next to him, and said slowly: "This time's mission, except for the soul mark stone, everything belongs to you, and I don't need to keep it."
Pandora was shocked when she heard this, her big eyes full of longing.
"You must remember to avoid this place when taking action!" Murphy drew a circle on another medium-sized town on the map with his hand, with a serious expression on his face, and said in a deep voice: "This town has a very special geographical location, and it is very different from this place. It happens to be at a confrontation point. I'm worried that there will be a large number of demons stationed there, and there may be powerful demons stationed there, so we give up all places near that town!"
The town that Murphy was referring to happened to be at the intersection of a river, and it was also a turning point. Murphy was worried that there would be a large-scale demon army stationed there.
The little Loli nodded her head obediently to express her understanding.
"Your Majesty the Governor! If we take away all the Spartan conquerors, then you" The God of War Priest looked at Murphy and said.
There is no doubt that Murphy¡¯s safety is the most important thing to him.
Pandora was also thoughtful when she heard this. She had been staying by Murphy's side all the time, maybe she didn't mean to protect him. After all, his relationship with the Olympus God System was inseparable.
"I'm fine." Murphy smiled when he heard this, and said, "Before this, I was not fine alone. Whether we can succeed this time will affect whether we can stand in this plane, and more importantly, When can we connect with the Kingdom of Athens?"
"This is the key! There can be no mistakes!"
Speaking of this, Murphy thought for a moment and then continued: "Besides, I also want to meet Queen Medusa alone. After all, she comes from the same plane. I don't think she will do anything to me." .¡±
"If we can win her over, it will be much easier for us in this plane."
That could be a demigod existence that can fight the Queen of Pain. Even the high priest may not be her opponent. If he can bring such a powerful ally into his camp, then Murphy's next move Things will be much easier to handle. Going to see Queen Medusa, Murphy actually has some things to talk to her about about the auxiliary system and the laws of the world, so it is not suitable to bring too many people there.
If you want to win over the powerful Queen Medusa, ordinary interests cannot come into her eyes. Murphy must come up with something of sufficient value and weight!
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??At dawn.
The half of the Spartan conquerors sent by Murphy before entering the mercenary city also returned.
With this, all the people around Murphy have arrived. He no longer hesitated and directly asked the Ares Chief Priest and Pandora to each lead half a team of Spartan conquerors, while he waited until dawn to advance with the aboriginal mercenaries. After taking this town in this battle, the various mercenary groups will go their separate ways. The mercenary groups all have their own tasks, and the towns are scattered all over the place, so they need to act separately.
The target of Murphy¡¯s mission was relatively remote, but it was not far from the place where Queen Medusa was recovering from her injuries, so she happened to be on her way there.
The purpose of the towns he chose for the mission was to be inconspicuous, but the key point was to have strategic value and potential. As for the issue of resources, as long as it can be connected to the Kingdom of Athens, he can definitely draw enough supplies from the kingdom. In the original plane, the entire southern plain is now in his hands. With the material and financial resources of one race, it is more than enough to allocate the resources to build a large city!