The Swordsman of Faerûn

Chapter 874
The expedition personnel under William included a 50-man guard who belonged to William alone, a 20-member Kagar monster team, a 100-member mixed force composed of soldiers from Yuanshan City and Yulas survivors, and 40 people There are about two hundred temporary mercenaries in total.

Of course, the true strength of this army should not be underestimated either, not to mention the strength of William's family, which also includes several professional spellcasters, an adult red dragon Iberna Frimos, a top-equipped version of the Golem Mech.

With such a strong team, even if William doesn't make a move, it is basically a certainty for them to break through the city wall of Fuenla.

Speaking of the red dragon Ibonna Frimos, or it is more convenient to call it Ilim, her meeting with William is quite dramatic.

When William's family came to the camp with a group of monsters with their families and their families, some restless little red dragons were patrolling around the camp in the form of giant dragons.

Although the red dragon is arrogant by nature, he is not a fool, nor is he ignorant of the world. It's just that ordinary people who are like ants are not worthy of the red dragon's kneeling. Changing the arrogance of the red dragon, he showed his worth to the whole camp—especially Helen—with great graciousness.

For example, act as an amateur scout or sentry.

However, the return of William and the others happened to bump into Yilim's dragon's mouth. This overly active red dragon regarded their team, which consisted mostly of monsters, as a real monster, and unceremoniously launched an attack on William and his party. raided.

Needless to say, the result of this unexpected conflict broke out. Yilim was not unexpectedly suppressed by William, which meant that William had a feeling and did not kill the little red dragon directly. Otherwise, William and his party would probably accept the second The corpse of a red dragon.

As the saying goes, if you don't fight, you don't know each other, and it is precisely because of this almost oolong-like conflict between the two sides that the little red dragon Yilim deeply understands what kind of face-to-face level a real godslayer is. exist.

It was a real humanoid tyrannosaurus, literally. If it hadn't woken up in advance and begged for mercy, Yilim even felt that it might be beaten to death by William on the spot.

And with the strength comparison at the beginning as a base, the humility and respect that Yilim showed in front of William was quite sincere from the heart. , which also laid the foundation for the further development of bilateral relations.

Of course, this "relationship between the two parties" is a more serious relationship of employment and employment, and does not involve some indescribable transactions. This is not to say that William's nature has changed, but that he really can't enjoy Elim. dignity.

Not all dragons look so glamorous in their humanoid form, and Ilim is a prime example.

The figure of Yilim in humanoid form has the usual hotness of dragon people, but her appearance is really not flattering. Peach pit, small eyes like almonds, crooked mouth and buck teeth, jagged teeth like a comb, such a distinctive appearance, how ugly it is.

How could such a dignified person fall into the category of William's beating food? !
And Ms. Red Dragon Ugly is also quite concerned about William's indistinct dragon aura. There is no doubt that it is the aura that only the guardian of the dragon has. There is no doubt that it belongs to a metal dragon. .

After communicating with Helen, William learned about Yilim's background, and then directly offered Little Red Dragon a fairly generous employment agreement, and thus William also gained a pretty good job. adult red dragon thugs.

Speaking of the army led by William, in fact, if William is willing, he can recruit a group of people to expand the team. However, in view of Yulas' reconstruction work, William has given up this practice of exhausting resources.

The distance between Yulas and Fuenla is about [-] to [-] kilometers. If you count the twists and turns along the way, the total journey does not exceed [-] kilometers. If you travel alone, you may only need half a day to complete the journey. distance.

But if it is replaced by an army to take this distance normally, it will take at least two or even three days to complete.

Because the march of the army not only includes rushing, but also setting up camp between morning and evening, as well as conserving physical strength to prepare for unexpected situations along the way, it is impossible to be reckless like ordinary forced marches in the wild.

So when William led the team to the outskirts of Fuenla, his soldiers did not have the fatigue caused by the long journey in the wild.

William led the team to set up camp within sight of the guards of Fuenla's city wall. Of course, William and the others could also see the city wall of Fuenla.

The walls of Faunla were taller and more formidable than those of almost any city William had ever seen, perhaps only matched by the future integrity of the unfinished walls of Bowbridge, the southernmost city in the Vale.

The reason why William was able to easily break through Bowbridge City at the beginning was due to the cloud giant siege brigade.Now William naturally doesn't have groups of giants to rely on, but the power of the golem mecha is no less powerful.

However, even with the advantage of the golem mecha, William did not attack the city as soon as he came up. Without him, there were too few soldiers under William, and it was not a wise choice to attack directly.

In the process of building the barracks, William released a scout team composed of the red dragon Ilim and the Pegasus Knight, crossed the wall of Fuenla and went south to find the support army in the Valley of Shadows.

It's a pity that no reinforcements appeared for two days in a row. For this reason, William had to send a Pegasus messenger to Shadow Valley to ask for details, but the results were a bit dumbfounding.

Because the Shadow Valley people signed up too enthusiastically, the preparations for the northward army that Storm Silverhand was forming were a bit too cumbersome. It took them three days just to screen the personnel, and these three days were the time for William's team to march.

Next, there will be a series of tasks such as organizing and training the team, distributing equipment and supplies, training, etc. If Faerun's usual standard for going out is followed, within ten days and a half months, this temporary Shadow Valley army will leave at all. Not to leave the Valley of Shadows, let alone participate in the siege of Faunla.

William was quite helpless about this. This is the disadvantage of non-professional troops. If they can't prepare in advance, it will be difficult for this kind of mob to play a real role when needed.

The same William also understood why the people of Shadow Valley attacked Fuenlabuk repeatedly. If they could take down Fuenla, which was protected by a strong city wall, then how much the people of Shadow Valley would be favored by the God of Victory!

The city of Fuenla has a standing guard of 300 people. Of course, most of the members of this standing guard are soldiers from Zhentil Fort. At the same time, the lord of Fuenla can recruit twice this number of militiamen to participate defense.

So when William's army of about [-] people appeared in the north of Fuenla City, the people of Fuenla were not too alarmed, even though the golem mech, which was more terrifying than a giant in size, Fuenla's spell Consultants can handle it themselves.

What really troubled the people of Fuenla was the red dragon soaring in the sky.

For any city, giant dragons are a catastrophic existence, not only because of their strength and size, but also because they can fly, their mobility is too strong, and they have a powerful breath of dragon breath .

It is not that there are fierce men who can resist giant dragons in this world, even dragon slayer warriors are not uncommon, but these characters basically have a common problem, that is, their legs are not long enough. Looking at the dragon slayers that have appeared in the history of Faerun, Basically, the dragon is blocked in an unavoidable environment to complete the lore.

As for the example of killing a giant dragon in a wandering chase, which is similar to using a long shot to strike a long distance, it is more common to fight between giant dragons, and it is almost too rare for other races to do it.

For example, if Xillen hadn't relied on the ability to transform into a silver dragon with one hand, her chances of killing a giant dragon that could run away at any time by means of a spell caster were extremely slim.

To put it bluntly, the dragon's air supremacy is too strong.

Think about it, a giant dragon keeps circling around a city, spouting a deadly breath from time to time, killing [-] people and destroying one or two buildings, but you are still powerless to fight back, the arrows you shoot Falling on the dragon is no different from scratching it, and magic attacks are not very useful, after all, the resistance of the dragon is too high.

No one can stand it after going down like this over and over again!

This is like an army without air defense capabilities, facing the firepower of the air force, can only be beaten but cannot fight back, even the most determined army will eventually collapse.

Of course, it would be a different matter if there was another punching bag on the ground.

While waiting for the army of Shadow Valley, the red dragon Ilim followed William's order and carried out a brutal harassment war against Fuenla's defense forces.

Yilim would circle around Fuenla a few times a day, and when he found an opportunity, he would dive down to take a deep breath, while Fuenla's city guards and militiamen counterattacked defensively with spells and dragon hunting crossbows.

Of course, the dragon-hunting crossbow on the wall of Fuenla is not the real dragon-slaying weapon, but a large-scale heavy crossbow made of multiple long bowstrings, and then temporarily blessed with dragon-slaying magic. .

Although the lethality of this copycat version of the dragon hunting crossbow is far inferior to that of the genuine dragon hunting crossbow, it is not without its advantages, such as low manufacturing requirements, easy training and operation, strong mobility, and can be carried out on a large scale. Installed.

In a word, quality is not enough for quantity.

It is precisely because of the existence of these dragon-hunting crossbows that the red dragon can't unscrupulously ask for anything and everything from Fuenla. When she returns to the camp every day, she usually has a few fine copper crossbows with the thickness of her arms hanging on her body (copper vs. dragon-slaying crossbows). The adaptation effect of magic is second only to fine gold and mithril, and is much better than steel), although the dragon-slaying magic attached to it has been invalidated, it still makes the red dragon feel pain.

That is to say, William's curse fire energy healing ability is strong enough to eliminate the aftereffects caused by the dragon slaying magic, otherwise, Ilim would have to lie down after being harassed for three to five days at most, instead of running around like a dragon and a tiger every day like now Go for a "walk".

Naturally, Yilim would not be very happy to be shot with pendants by Fuenla's city guards every day. The red dragon has already accumulated boundless anger in her heart. Desperately rushed forward and killed the Quartet.

In fact, it wasn't just Yilim who couldn't get rid of his anger, but the city guards, who were passive defenders, were even more angry.

Fighting with the red dragon Yilim for seven or eight days in a row cost Fuenla's city guards a terrible price. They lost nearly one-third of their manpower and some of their precious dragon hunting crossbows. The result of the battle is that only a few painless crossbows can be hung on the "dragon".

The comparison between the two sides caused the morale of Fuenla's city guards to collapse.That is to say, William did not allow the Red Dragon to burn and kill the civilians in Fuenla, otherwise the whole city would fall into turmoil.

Even so, if this entanglement continues, Fuenla's will to resist will gradually dissipate.

The upper echelons of Faunla are not blind, they are well aware of the current predicament their family is facing.

And the most direct way to solve this dilemma is to drive away or destroy the small army outside the city, watch the red dragon rise and fall in the camp every day, if you still can't guess the giant dragon and the damn intruder The relationship between them, then Fuen would really be a fool if he pulls up and down.

Of course, relying solely on Fuenla's own strength, he wanted to expel or even destroy an army with red dragons and huge golems as weapons of war.

There is a high probability of heavy casualties, and even a disastrous defeat is not impossible.

So the leader of Fuenla, Bron (Bron is a name for a sheriff), McGotanu Bulmod directly made a big move-shaking people.

The upper-level power structure of Zhentil Castle is not the kind of dominance model. In a sense, this city is like a replica of Waterdeep City, but it is an evil version.

The irony is that sometimes the evil upper class of Zhentil Castle is even more united than the so-called good lords in Waterdeep City. Of course, the premise of this unity is because of interests.

When Fuenla's request for help was sent to the upper echelon of Zhentil Castle through the power of magic, the people of Zhentil Castle, who knew the importance of Fuenla's geographical location, made it almost astonishingly fast. reacted.

According to Faunla's request for help, they don't lack soldiers, what they lack is top-notch combat power enough to suppress giant dragons and large golems, and such strong men are not lacking in Zhentil Castle.

Soon a Zhentil Fort man gathered a top combat force team composed of five powerful spellcasters and nine top fighters, and then with the help of [Advanced Teleportation] magic, this top combat force team Put it on the battlefield of Fuenla.

At the beginning, the strong men from Zhentil Fort did not show up directly, but hid their identities and sneaked into the city guards.

On this day, the red dragon Ilim woke up from a short slumber as usual, and was going to cruise along the city wall of Fuenla for a few laps in the early morning sun, and then go to the distant woods to make some "walks". breakfast".

By the way, since Ilium's humanoid appearance is a bit too strange, most of the time she is required to maintain the form of a dragon, so as not to scare the children.

In this regard, Yilim can only record this very hurtful humiliation in the small notebook in his heart, and use it as the basis for future calculations.

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　　Thanks to book friends [Wil Corgi] and [Tianyi Little Lolita] for their rewards.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)