Pillars of Ita

The seemingly endless sea of ​​gray was approaching the edge of the defense line. Fighting had already begun at the forefront, and flashes of magical fire flashed across the night from time to time.

The light passed over the lifeless tree men that were undulating one another. Their twisted shapes looked like worms that had emerged from the soil, trying their best to absorb nutrients from the forest and grow stronger.

The elven female knight looked in that direction, as if she believed what he said, and suddenly said, "These are just the lowest level withered gray tree people. They are the sprouts of higher level gray creatures. As long as the 'mothers' behind them are not destroyed, these things will be endless."

"Mother? The Disaster Champion?" Fang He asked.

"No," the Elf Lady shook her head, "It's the Nest Builders. The Disaster Champions are just their frontline commanders. The huge mother nest will follow the army of gray creatures, and they tend to stay in the safest place. I originally planned to send a team to deal with them and try to reduce their numbers."

"We can handle this task," Fang He answered immediately. They couldn't waste their limited time on these infinitely growing monsters, so this plan sounded more suitable for their team.

The Seven Seas Brigade is efficient and flexible, just like all the elite brigades of the Chosen, and is perfectly suited for such a mission.

"Think it over carefully. The previous attack was just a test, and this wave is the main event. There are at least thousands of withered ash tree people in this area, and you may need to cross the defense line of the Disaster Champion." The elf lady looked at him and said lightly: "And the people I sent out originally had no intention of coming back."

Fang He nodded slowly and seriously, "That's why we are needed more, ma'am."

"Are you pitying us?" The elven female knight looked at him with a little surprise. "You think you have an advantage over us. Would you feel sorry for a stranger who has nothing to do with you dying in this battle?"

"No, that's not what I meant," Fang He shook his head, "It's just that no one wants to see unnecessary sacrifices."

"No one wants it?" The female knight looked at him with a different look and smiled. "If it weren't for this moment, I would probably be willing to make friends with you, kind human."

She sighed, "Well, I'll give you my back. I hope you can come back alive."

Fang He nodded, turned around and walked back, took out his communication crystal and lighted it up: "Ms. Alyssa, we need to change the plan now. Let Cui Xisi raise her fairy doll, and leave the rest to Miss Tata."

"Sylvie, help me find a topographical map near the battlefield. Let's see where the rear of these gray creatures is."

"Also, let the Second Regiment come back. The Seven Seas Brigade needs to regroup."

The situation on the battlefield was still changing. The elves' unicorn knights began to gather on the flanks. The elven female knights needed them to open a passage for Fang He and others, but the Chosen Ones might never return.

She thought her usually shrewd deputy would question her, but the chief warlock remained silent, which made her look at him in surprise.

"You think this plan is better?"

"No, it's just not going to be any worse than the original plan."

"You still want us to survive."

“No one doesn’t want to live.”

"But we are the children of light."

"Leading the Sons of Light is also fighting for life, Your Excellency Commander, for ourselves and for the fire of the mortal world. It was so a thousand years ago, and it is still so now."

The female knight shook her head. A warrior had no right to choose the value of his own death. People thought that the White Saints were arrogant, but they just couldn't understand the long time and loneliness that the lineage that led the light faced.

Just like the rise and fall of a forest, plants wither from prosperity and flourish from wither, and new buds are always hidden under the humus, repeating over and over again, time seems like a cycle.

In the cycle of reincarnation, some things naturally lose their value, and the struggle for power in Silver Wind Port is also tainted with the breath of short-lived mortals.

As for the Elf King, he has something he wants.

And they are just the blade.

Archers armed with magic guns and elf hunters have been standing on the wall in layer upon layer, and arrows and flames almost merge into one in the night.

The fire occasionally illuminated the edge of the front line. The dying gray creatures fell layer after layer at the forefront of the position. Their corpses were piled on top of each other, and from a distance they looked like a low gray wall.

The low wall stood opposite the elves' wedge-shaped rampart.

And that was only a small part of the gray creatures on the battlefield. They were facing an endless wave. The sea would not disappear, and so would this wave.

The elven cavalry's arrows turned into blades, which cut a hole in the flank of the gray tree man, but the hole was just like a leaf in a whirlpool and soon disappeared.

The cavalry charge was fruitless, and the elven knights and their unicorns circled around the front line and had to move far away, trying to find a new opportunity.

The chief warlock shook his head. "The chances are too slim. Let's take the team back. It looks like this plan won't be very successful. I didn't expect it would be so difficult just to open a passage."

"No, let's try again," the elven female knight frowned and bit her lip, "If we can't break out, we won't be able to hold out for too long with just this shallow line of defense, and we're far from meeting the deadline for completing the mission. It's really strange that the gray creatures' attack today is more fierce than usual. Have their 'commanders' realized something?"

She took out the communication crystal. Although the Ethernet was full of noise and interference, they were still able to contact the Seven Seas Brigade at such a close distance. "Ed, you need to wait a little longer."

"No, there is no need to wait any longer. Please have your team return, ma'am."

"What's wrong? Do you think the plan needs to be revised?"

No, it's just not necessary.

Fang He looked up and saw several bright bands of light descending from the night sky. The Lancer-type air combat structure that took off from the deck of the Seven Seas Traveler took two and a half minutes to cross twelve miles of air and officially arrived above the battlefield.

This is already the limit of the Seven Seas Traveler's control range. Miss Tata's calm voice came to Fang He's mind: "Mr. Knight, please take over."

Fang He nodded and pulled down his goggles.

At that moment, it seemed as if there were several more light links in his mind. These light links were extending infinitely in one direction, and then suddenly opened up, and several completely different paintings came into his field of vision.

Like broken glass and the compound eyes of insects, the scene reflected in each picture is a divided battlefield, a gray tide, the elves' positions, and a web of fire intertwined in the darkness.

A point of light rose above the battlefield. Many people saw this scene. The flashing green light looked like a drone that was thrown high into the sky and flew into the night sky.

But some people still recognized what it was.

"Fairy Envoy!"

Someone exclaimed. Not every Night Walker craftsman was involved in the conspiracy. There were many ordinary people among them. Alchemists from non-combat craftsman departments were not good at fighting, but this did not prevent these people from paying attention to the battlefield.

The construction of the Crystal Tower is progressing slowly, but whether it can be completed actually depends on the outcome of this battle, so many people are looking in this direction.

Some people have almost seen the etheric beam extending from the fairy figure, its silver beam extending into the air and connecting with those strange constructs.

They could not recognize what kind of construct it was. The clumsy chassis of the port construction was hidden under the heavy armor. The upper body of the human figure reflected the cold light of the stars and the moon. The knight held a huge shield in one hand and a spear in the other.

Like a ray of blue light that split the clouds apart, the Iron Knight swooped down from above and charged at the enemy.

People were almost stunned, thinking they had stumbled into a guild battle. Iron machines hung down from the sky, bringing with them flames of destruction.

The cold metal tore through the air, and the magic engine roared with a low whistle. When fourteen beams of light descended from the night sky, the knight in armor glowing with cold light pointed the tip of his gun at the ground and started.

The golden-red light hung down from the sky like a rain curtain, like more than a dozen sharp knives cutting through the gray tide, and wherever it passed was like plowing the ground. The gray tree men instantly caught fire under the high temperature, were cut into two pieces, and turned into ashes.

Fang He raised the magic gloves, and then fourteen beams of light descended from the clouds. Countless light bands formed a comet-like light tail on the clouds. Every fourteen formed an attack wave, which could be seen by everyone.

Everyone was stunned. There were as many as six waves of attacks in the air, and eighty-four Lancers were patrolling above the clouds. People didn't know the true level of these constructs, but this attack force was probably that of a guild that had dispatched half of its main fleet.

What others didn't expect was that they would get air support. Could it be that a certain regiment of the Twelve Iris had arrived?

Only the elven female knight understood what was happening. She was looking in that direction with an incredulous look, but she noticed the expression of her deputy beside her:

"They have floating battleships, and more than one."

"This fleet is cruising outside the Gray Region, at least ten miles away from here, otherwise we would have discovered them. But to be able to deploy nearly a hundred constructs ten miles away, this must be the size of a main fleet."

The elven female knight frowned, questioning in her heart whether Tirian's 11th Squadron was blind, or whether the giant wind element detector on the main flagship 'Golden Radiance' was broken?
Yes, the Sons of Light also have their own fleets, but it is difficult for them to notice this corner of the battlefield. Almost all of the main fleets are deployed on the front battlefield, fighting against the gray army there that is as huge as a tsunami.

The battle here has been separated from a certain part. This disaster branch extends from a branch of the disaster tree Gus, so this gray area can also be said to be part of the Gus disaster area.

The unicorn knights on the edge of the battlefield were ready to move. The fire attack from mid-air gave them an opportunity to launch an attack. Opportunities on the battlefield are often fleeting, but the commander of the elven cavalry follows strict discipline.

After all, for the long-lived elves of the Autumn Woods, nothing is more important than discipline.

Mortals still need a long time to learn lessons, but elves often have experienced all kinds of lessons themselves. Therefore, the knights with silver helmets remained motionless, their faces solemn, and they just looked in the direction of the wall.

The elven female knight seemed to sense this gaze, but she did not give the order immediately, "Commander, if you insist on launching a charge, please let your knight wait."

The voice still carried the sharpness of a young man, as if the innocent human youth was still standing in front of her, talking to her face to face. But the elven female knight now had a little more respect for her, and this respect was brought by equal strength.

The Silver Watchers and the Guild Alliance had many Silver Ranks participating in this battle, but the Silver Ranks were like loose sand on the battlefield, scattered on this huge sand table and unable to benefit every front.

The female knight even felt a little regretful, thinking that Fang He should not be here, but should be in a more important place on the battlefield.

She quickly came back to her senses, but didn't respond directly, just nodded slightly.

The silver cavalry stood still on the battlefield, like a reef standing in a turbulent stream. People had already discovered that someone on the ground was guiding the constructs in the air. "It's that goblin humanoid!" Someone had already tried to reach out in that direction and connected his computing power to the Ethernet network.

"Captain, there are several more computing power beacons in my fairy humanoid."

Traci's short voice came from the communication crystal.

Fang He actually also felt the computing power link being widened at that moment.

Because there were too many enemies, almost all the Lancers on the Seven Seas Traveler were sent out.

After a period of repair and reorganization, and with the Seven Seas Brigade preparing for war since leaving Oak Hill, and with the assistance of Aina's treasury, the number of standing constructs on the Seven Seas Traveler has returned to a stable level.

But controlling more than eighty Lancers was already quite a limit for Fang He, and it was even very strenuous. He rarely felt the mental pressure, and Cui Xisi's goblins could only share part of it.

More than ten miles away, Miss Tata's support for them with the help of the Seven Seas Traveler was already minimal. Therefore, when the computing link was injected with new resources, Fang He felt as if a clear spring of water flowed into his thoughts.

He couldn't help but perked up.

Fang He lightly hooked his finger, and two waves of attack, a total of twenty-eight lancers emerged from the clouds in mid-air.

Then they ran into trouble with the elven cavalry. They were giant tree men with huge roots tangled together. They almost formed a moving wall. No wonder the elven cavalry could not break through their defense line for a while.

But the twenty-eight golden-red beams of light still plowed through the defense line without any hindrance, and the huge withered tree man caught fire and turned into a blazing wall of fire.

People couldn't help shouting in excitement when they saw the wall of fire. The elves were somewhat indifferent to this scene, because it didn't seem to change the situation, but most of the craftsmen didn't participate in many battles.

More and more people are trying to join the link.

Cui Xisi soon felt overwhelmed.

"Captain." said Traci.

"Hold on a little longer." There are new ways to play after the computing power is expanded. Fang He decided to take this opportunity to solve the problem once and for all.

Then several black dots appeared on each Lancer. They were spare clockwork fairies that were brought over. They joined the fairies that took off from the ground.

"There are combat craftsmen on the ground too!"

The Night Walker craftsmen finally remembered the brigade that had acted with the elves, and they curiously looked for the other side's movements on the battlefield.

Fang He had left a deep impression on these people just now, but now they could no longer find the young talented craftsman.

A message was sent from the team channel and projected into a three-dimensional map in front of Fang Plover through the system, which carefully marked the direction of the gray tide's attack and the possible location of the nest builder.

Fang He raised his head and looked up into the air.

The clockwork fairy whistled and flew away in that direction. He first saw the endless gray creatures gathered in the crystallized forest, and a few special creatures among them.

Those tall, gray stick insect-like creatures were the Disaster Champions. There were seven of them in this direction, distributed on a front line about four kilometers wide.

Fang He couldn't help but pursed his lips. The elf commander did not lie to them. The attack of the gray creatures was amazing. They had no way to deal with these seven disaster champions.

He must find a more critical node on this network.

But the seven-headed disaster champion had already raised his head in this direction, and then a silver light flashed in his vision, and a silver light flew up from above those twisted gray creatures.

When those specks of light flew closer, Fang He could see clearly that they were countless beetles, exactly the same as those he had seen in the gray fog.

Then the camera went black, and the vision provided by the clockwork fairy's compound eyes almost disappeared in half at once. Fang He subconsciously took off his goggles and looked in that direction, and there were dots of fire in the air.

As bright as fireworks.

But he was not feeling happy at all, as someone on the battlefield also noticed this scene - the gray creatures - or the 'commander' behind them seemed to have sensed the threat through the tentacles on the battlefield.

The wall formed by the gray tree men began to move forward slowly, and their target seemed to be the fairy figure in mid-air.

"Everyone, protect the fairy master!"

The craftsmen worked together, and more people joined the link. In order to reduce Cui Xisi's pressure, they even chose to keep half of the computing work on their own end.

The craftsmen involved in the link almost immediately turned pale.

A few craftsmen with ill intentions not far away watched the scene with gloomy faces, but did not stop it.

After all, they didn't care whether the elves could win the battle, they only cared whether their goals could be achieved. That great plan involved the fate of several gods.

It cannot be decided by one battle.

This battle was so special that almost all the participants were craftsmen. Although ordinary alchemists could not participate in the battle, the network of ether did not make much difference to them.

This is exactly the real function of the fairy enchanter. The fairy puppet can coordinate computing power to a certain extent. Although there are marginal effects, there are too many people.

Although it has not reached Miss Tata's level, it is enough to make Fang He feel extravagant.

"Madam Commander, I need reimbursement after the war."

The elven female knight didn't know whether to laugh or cry when she heard the voice in the communication crystal, but she still breathed a sigh of relief and nodded, "Of course."

Just some clockwork goblins.

But she soon regretted it.

Parker, Luo Hao, May and Daryl rushed out quickly, placed a heavy iron box on the ground, and then opened the door.

The huge projection crystal inside began to digitize the clockwork fairies one by one and arranged them in front of the box.

Fang He looked back in that direction, and it was as if a towering tree had grown in his sight. The Ethernet chain branched out infinitely like the roots of a big tree, and connected to every glowing light spot in the box.

And behind the countless stars is the video crystal of every clockwork fairy.

Rows of red lights lit up, and a faint buzzing sound almost gathered into a storm. He pointed to the sky, and hundreds of clockwork goblins rose into the air, flying towards the battlefield without hesitation.

The Night Walker craftsmen who had personally created this spectacle stared at the scene in amazement. Although they were also participants in it, they could hardly realize it at the moment.

Even in the few pieces of information that have been circulated, the several battles between the Twelve-Colored Iris and the Silver Vislan, and the clashes between the Artisans Regiment, perhaps this is possible?
But they had never experienced such a battle personally.

The elven female knight had experienced it.

But she could hardly control herself when she saw this scene, because she might be one of the few people who knew the truth in this battle, that those clockwork fairies were controlled by only one person.

The female knight opened her mouth.

The clockwork goblins rushed towards the swarm of insects in an almost suicidal charge. Only a few of them had combat capabilities, but their minimal combat effectiveness was meaningless in the sea of ​​insects.

The clockwork goblins fell almost like rain.

But it didn’t matter, because Luo Hao and others opened another box. With the second regiment accompanying them, they could finally carry some heavy equipment.

There were hundreds of clockwork fairies rising into the sky, and with the support of the fairy links, they joined the battle on the front line.

Although the Seven Seas Brigade's inventory was greatly improved after receiving Aina's assistance, the reserves of the Clockwork Fairies were soon exhausted.

But it doesn't matter.

Anyway, the elves promised to reimburse them.

And more importantly, after almost unlimited investment of military forces, Fang He finally felt that a few clockwork goblins had broken through the siege, and several ugly, twisted giant creatures came into view.

Although he had not confirmed it with the elven female knight, Fang He had already recognized the identity of these things at a glance.

Nest builder.

"Miss May," Fang He said immediately, "It's your turn next. We need to open a passage in the southeast of the battlefield. Our target is behind it."

At the same time, the elven female knight finally received the order to activate the Unicorn Knights.

The petite knight was raising her big shield and jumping out from the fortifications. A silver wall of light was slowly opening up above the battlefield.

"Wall of protection," Miss May shouted, "Deploy!"

...(End of chapter)