Tauren Lord

Early in the morning, the sun rises.

Under the leadership of Captain Clifford, the troops were pulled from camp and headed south to the Black Rock Mountains.

"The Twilight Wasteland is located on the side of Mount Karama. Go further south, and cross the Black Rock Mountains through the quicksand road, and you will enter the territory of the human kingdom of Saudi Arabia." At the end is a team of thousands, with Baal in front, and Hundreds of people next to him. The husband-in-law Cliff and Yassar, Pippen and others.

"Yeah." Barr nodded.

"This is the most important trade route between the empire and the kingdom of Saudi Arabia."

"If you don't go here, if you want to go to Saudi Arabia, you can only detour from Dolan Kingdom, which is more than ten times farther away." Cliff continued, "Our destination this time, Shimen Fortress, is just At the entrance to the Duskmoors."

"No wonder the Empire attaches so much importance to this operation." Baal also understood, "If the monsters are allowed to gather in the Twilight Wasteland, the caravans of the two countries will not be able to pass through, and once the trade stagnates, other aspects will also be affected. , has a huge impact.”

"The lord said it well."

Cliff continued, "Shimen Fortress was originally stationed by 100,000 Imperial Frontier Guard troops, this time we will have 12 brigades from the 17th Corps, plus the 6 brigades of the Guard Corps, the total With more than 250,000 people, defeating the monsters gathered in the Twilight Wasteland is not a problem."

"Well, it is." Barr agreed.

Although there are more than ten million monsters gathered in the Twilight Wasteland, there are probably less than one million advanced monsters.

The 17th Corps and the Guards Corps are both elite corps of the empire. Not only are the soldiers of a very high level, but they also carry a large number of war weapons, which are not comparable to those scattered monsters.

"Look." Yassar on the side pointed to the front, which were two huge peaks towering into the clouds. In the middle of the two peaks, a huge gray-white city wall could be vaguely seen. The city wall is distributed from east to west, reaching a height of 100 meters. The city gate in front was tightly closed at this time, and above the city wall, you could see the orc soldiers patrolling in the brigade.

"Sir, there is the Shimen Fortress." Cliff said.

......

Shimen Fortress, the third largest fortress city on the border of the Empire, is also one of the trade distribution centers in the southern part of the Eastern Continent.

The streets in the city are full of pedestrians, and it is still a bustling scene.

Although the Dusk Plain has been occupied by a large number of violent monsters recently, and the passage to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been cut off, the city does not seem to have been affected much. Even because a large number of caravans are stationed here, the city is more lively than usual. many.

"Don't worry too much. According to the internal information I got from my friends, the empire has mobilized heavy troops to go here, and the monsters in the Twilight Wasteland will be wiped out soon." Inside the North City Gate, a man wearing a silk robe and a brown turban The human young man said loudly, and there were many people dressed as businessmen gathered next to them, both humans and orcs.

"The Blue Moon Festival is coming soon. I bought some holiday supplies this time. If I can't go back before the beginning of the month, I'm afraid I will lose all my money this time." A middle-aged human beside him said with a frown.

The first day of January is the Blue Moon Festival in Rand World.

This is the most important festival in the Rand world. According to legend, January 1st is the day the world was born and the beginning of a new year. The Blue Moon Festival lasts for a total of seven days, during which various celebrations take place.

The most important of these is the Blue Moon Festival on the last day.

On this day, people will collect five special items such as laurel, blue sandalwood, Zichuan tree fruit, red sea pearl and cloud rain stone, and hold grand sacrificial activities. Those who collect these five items will receive the gift of the world after sacrificing , not only good luck in the coming year, but also a gift from the Rand world.

However, these five items will only appear two months before the Blue Moon Festival, and will disappear immediately after the festival. And these five items will randomly appear in five different regions on the continent, so before the festival, there will be merchants going to other countries to collect these items, and then sell them on the Blue Moon Festival.

This year, Yunyu Stone appeared on Mangya Mountain in the northernmost part of the Eastern Continent.

Mangya Mountain is within the Orc Empire, so this year, many caravans from various countries came to the Orc Empire to purchase Yunyu Stones.

"I'm the same as you." The human youth on the side also smiled bitterly, "I hope the army of the Orc Empire can exterminate the monsters in the Twilight Wasteland as soon as possible, otherwise we can only detour from Dolan Kingdom."

"I'm afraid it's not that simple. I heard that the monsters in the entire Blackrock Mountains are rioting now. Even if the monsters in the Twilight Wasteland are cleaned up, there may be high-level monsters on the quicksand road to the south." The young man beside him The fox-man businessman looked worried.

"That's right, it's too dangerous to cross the Blackrock Mountains now."

"Hey..."

Everyone was frowning.

Crack cack cack.

Dozens of lion soldiers lined up and rushed over from both sides. The first lion soldier in silver armor shouted: "Everyone leave the city gate immediately, and those who violate the order will die!"

"It's the person guarding the troops, let's go." Everyone turned and left immediately.

The border guards are responsible for maintaining border security. They have great responsibilities and astonishing power. Not to mention businessmen like them, even if the imperial nobles do not obey the orders, these soldiers have the right to kill them directly.

"Open the city gate." The lion man in silver armor continued.

rumbling.

The huge city gate slowly opened.

Outside the city gate is a long line, and it can be seen from the banners that they are soldiers of the Tauren Legion.

Three figures stood in front of the team.

"Hahaha, Clifford, it really is you old guy." An old lion man wearing silver-gray armor and carrying a red bow, strode out from behind the soldier.

"Monroe, long time no see." Clifford also walked quickly into the city, with Daniel and Auston following him.

"General Monroe." Daniel and Auston said, the old lion man in front of him was the frontier guard, the commander of the 3rd Corps, and the supreme commander of Shimen Fortress.

"Captain Daniel Wan, Commander Auston Wan." Monroe nodded, "This is not the place to talk, let's go, let's talk inside."

Several people turned and left.

Tauren soldiers outside the city also entered the city one after another.

......

afternoon.

Barr walked down the street with Pippen and Yassa.

After entering the city, they were temporarily stationed in the barracks of Shimen Fortress. The team that Baer was in was the closest to Shimen Fortress, so it was the first to arrive here, and the other troops were still on their way.

There is no combat mission now, so Baal just came out for a stroll.

The megalithic fortress was built between two mountain peaks, and its area is larger than that of Lionheart City. In addition to the 100,000 resident soldiers in the city, there are more than 400,000 civilians living here, most of which are family members of the soldiers stationed there. , Many imperial merchants set up shop here, after all, it is the only place to go to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the city is bustling and lively.

The streets are full of people coming and going.

From time to time, some two-race merchants with guards passed by, and now there are more than ten million monsters gathered in the twilight wasteland, but no caravan would be stupid enough to leave the city to die.

"I heard that the soldiers of the Tauren Legion came in the morning. This is the elite army of the empire."

"That's right, it looks like the empire is really about to start."

"That's good news..."

Pedestrians in the street talked.

suddenly.

hum~

A huge light blue protective shield floated over the fortress, followed by a few muffled thunderous rumblings.

"Energy Barrier."

"Well, that's outside..." Baal looked up to the southwest, a black dot floating in the sky. However, under his amazing eyesight, he could clearly see that the black spot was actually a huge strange bird. The strange bird has a wingspan of hundreds of meters, has two heads, and is covered with black feathers. It looks like an enlarged version of a vulture.

At this time, the strange bird was constantly attacking the energy barrier below.

"Look over there, that annoying strange bird is here again." A tiger man on the side of the road said.

Listening to the meaning of this person's words, this should not be the first time this has happened.

"We will not be in danger." Several wild boars beside him worried.

"Now that there are so many imperial soldiers and generals here, there is nothing to worry about. Besides, Shimen Fortress can be broken by a mere bird." The tiger man was full of confidence.

"Leader-level monster, two-headed Wraith bird."

Barr finally remembered that the two-headed Wraith Bird is one of the few leader-level flying monsters, which can use fire magic and rare spiritual magic at the same time, and its strength is quite powerful.

"ga~ga~"

The two-headed Wraith bird made a hoarse cry, and the left head spit out huge fireballs from time to time. The fireballs exploded on the surface of the energy barrier, making a loud rumbling sound. The eyes of the right head narrowed slightly and looked like It looked like he was dozing off.

"No, this two-headed Wraith bird doesn't seem to have black energy erosion."

"It shouldn't be, since it has not been eroded, how can it have the courage to attack the Shimen Fortress, which is heavily defended by the Empire." Barr stared at the eyes of the strange bird in the sky. According to what he has seen recently, the eyes of monsters eroded by black energy will turn into pitch black, and the eyes of this two-headed Wraith bird in the sky are clear and there is no sign of erosion.

The loud noise came from the west again.

Barr turned to look. A large cyan snake with wings on its back several hundred meters long floated in the air, surrounded by hazy water vapor, and the gigantic body of the cyan snake appeared and disappeared from time to time, "Cloud snake, another leader-level monster."

at this time.

call out!

A blue arrow tens of meters long flew out from the southeast side ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ shot towards the two-headed Wraith bird in the air like an electric light flint. The arrow passed through it.

Boom, the arrow directly hit the abdomen of the two-headed Wraith Bird.

"Gah!"

The double-headed **** screamed, turned and fled south, a large amount of black-green blood fell like rain, and a long green trace was dyed on the energy barrier.

咻 - 咻 咻.

Immediately after the cold light flashed, a huge transparent sword qi flew out again, towards the cloud snake in the air, followed by a fiery red sword shadow and a water blue streamer.

"Roar~" A thunderous roar came, and a huge blue ice shield condensed and formed under the cloud snake in an instant. The white mist rolled, and the huge cloud snake hid to the side, rumbling, and the sword qi collided with the ice shield. The upper pair exploded, and the shadow of the knife and the streamer at the back brushed the body of the cloud snake and passed by.

hoo~

The cloud snake turned around and flew quickly into the distance.