novellk Chapter 1453: Calmness and Curiosity
Chapter 1453: Calmness and Curiosity
On top of the magnificent walls of Bingshi City, Lei Xiao frowned and began to think about his next strategy.
Now that the crisis on the Desolate Fortress side has been resolved, the only way to resolve the predicament of the Yingming Fortress is to gather the forces of our side and the Desolate Sand Alliance.
You know, Yingming Fortress is not only guarded by Jace, Chris, Nal and others, but also by the human soldiers that he has carefully trained. Once the city is broken, he will undoubtedly suffer extremely huge losses.
Thinking of this, just when Lei Xiao was eager to communicate this matter with Xina, a hurried voice prompt suddenly sounded.
Hearing the sound, Lei Xiao's forehead was immediately covered with sweat.
According to the information Chris had sent before, although the defense of Yingming Fortress was stronger, the crisis situation was far more serious than that of Desolate Fortress.
As a result, Jace and other ancient dark elves had to take the initiative to attack many times to attract the opponent's attention, which barely ensured that our absolute defense barrier did not collapse.
And now, the information came at this time. Could it be that the Yingming Fortress has been breached?
With his heart in turmoil, Lei Xiao immediately connected the phone call, and Chris's rapid and excited voice rang out.
"Your Excellency, thanks to the efforts of Gray Old and his group, the army of the Rainforest Fortress Alliance has stopped attacking, and the crisis of Yingming Fortress has been successfully resolved!"
After hearing what Chris said, Lei Xiao was stunned at first, but then his face was filled with excitement.
Although he sent Gray Old Man, Joniel, Lina and others to the Rainforest Fortress Alliance to investigate, he did not hold much hope. His main purpose was to find out why the Rainforest Fortress Alliance would also send troops.
Unexpectedly, Hui Lao and others lived up to expectations and their performance far exceeded my expectations!
"I understand. The crisis at the Desolate Fortress has been resolved. I will come over after I finish dealing with things here. Before I arrive, tell the soldiers not to neglect their duties."
Lei Xiao nodded slightly, then stopped talking and looked towards the city.
Under the siege and bombardment of other Wild Sand Alliance forces, the Moon Demon Wolf camp has completely collapsed, and most of the remaining Moon Demon Wolf soldiers have surrendered. The battle is about to come to an end.
Seeing this, Lei Xiao turned to Xi Na beside him and said with a smile: "Your Excellency Chief Huangsha, this time it is really thanks to your help."
"Your Majesty, what are you talking about? If it weren't for your Majesty and the cats risking their lives to rescue me, I would have been crushed by those Devouring Guards by now. How could we stop the war here?"
Xi Na smiled and waved her hand slightly, saying: "So, Your Majesty is the key to turning the tide, and I am just a foil."
After going through a series of life and death tests, Xina's eyes looking at Lei Xiao clearly showed more trust and respect, and less vigilance and contempt.
"You are too polite, Chief. Everyone present has contributed to our success today and they are equally important."
As Lei Xiao said this, he and Xina left Bingshi City and began to clean up the final mess.
Not long after, when the smoke dissipated and the night sky turned pale, the battlefield came to a complete halt.
"Reporting to the leader, all the Moon Wolf tribes have been captured, and Belinda's minions have also surrendered voluntarily!"
At the gate of the Desolate Fortress, Lannis saluted to Sheena and reported: "As for Lucas, he has been blown to pieces, and his body has just been found!"
After saying that, Lannis cast a look of gratitude and respect towards Lei Xiao who was beside Xina.
Just now, Lei Xiao had sent the masked man Emily back to Lannis. After seeing that his daughter received proper treatment and care, the catman chief was naturally grateful to Lei Xiao.
"It's a good thing for him to die like this."
A hint of awe flashed across Xina's beautiful eyes, and then she asked again, "Have you found any trace of the lich?"
"Reporting to the leader, we have not found anything, but according to the surrendered soldiers of the Moon Wolf, they did see traces of liches in the army."
Lannis shook his head helplessly and responded, "Those guys must have realized that the situation was not good, and then abandoned Lucas and ran away."
"This is indeed in line with the nature of those bastards. They will never waste time on abandoned pawns, but their doom is coming soon."
Xi Na gritted her teeth and said, then nodded heavily to Lei Xiao and said, "Your Majesty, we must eliminate this big trouble of the lich as soon as possible."
"That's exactly what I meant. I'll go to Yingming Fortress and communicate with the Rainforest Chief first. Then the three of us will march together to the city and make the enemy disappear completely from this land."
Lei Xiao clenched his fists until they made a crackling sound and nodded.
"I understand. I will go back and prepare first. I can also deal with the affairs of the alliance and the clan at the same time."
Xina looked at the surrendered Moon Wolf and Gorgon soldiers, her voice as cold as ice.
"See you later then."
Lei Xiao looked at the hidden hostility on Xina's fair face and said nothing else. After saying goodbye to Xina and others, he quickly came to Yingming Fortress via Ice Stone City.
"Your Majesty, you are here!"
As soon as Lei Xiao walked out of Ice Stone City, Chris, Nar, Gray Old and others immediately came to greet him.
"Thank you for your hard work."
Lei Xiao first nodded to everyone, then looked around and saw that except for the smoke of the battlefield which had not yet completely dissipated, Yingming Fortress had indeed returned to peace.
Then, Lei Xiao suddenly remembered something and asked, "Where are Jace and the other ancient dark elves?"
"My Lord, just as mentioned in the previous battle report, after the rain forest army besieged this place, the absolute defense barrier soon collapsed. General Jace and his men repeatedly charged out of the city to attract the enemy's attention. In the end, almost all the ancient dark elf soldiers were wiped out, including General Jace."
Christie lowered her eyebrows and reported to Lei Xiao: "It is precisely because of the efforts of the ancient dark elves that Yingming Fortress was able to hold out until Gray Old and his men returned."
"So that's how it is. They are the biggest contributors to this battle."
Lei Xiao's eyes were solemn as he looked at the devastated battlefield again.
Fortunately, Jace and the others are no different from our strong men in the Lion King's Palace, which means that as long as time is given, they can still reappear.
Thinking of this, Lei Xiao gathered his thoughts and asked Gray Old and the others, "Old Chairman, how did you manage to drive back the army of the Rainforest Fortress Alliance?"
"Your Majesty, this matter was something that even I and others had not expected. The story begins when I and others went to Lina's hometown."
Gray Old Man first smiled at Joniel and Lina who were traveling with him, then saluted Lei Xiao with his hand on his chest and began to describe.
Through Gray Old's detailed description, Lei Xiao learned that after being sent to the vicinity of Lina's hometown by Bingshi City, the group immediately took action and rushed towards Lina's hometown.
As a member of the Rainforest Fortress Alliance, although the Mandela tribe to which Lina belongs is weak, it also has an elder seat in the alliance, so through the tribesmen who stayed behind, they quickly figured out the current situation.
That is, after Loris and others returned to the Rainforest Fortress Alliance, they immediately assembled a large army composed mainly of main forces such as lion people, leopard people, bear people, centaurs, water elves, etc., and attacked towards the Yingming Fortress.
Among them are more than a dozen legions of Lina's own people. Most of the Mandela people are good at using the power of nature, and have made great achievements in treatment and purification. They can be regarded as an indispensable auxiliary force.
"Old President, are you saying that after Loris, Thomas, Old Susan and the others returned safely, they took the initiative to attack us?"
Hearing what the other party said, Lei Xiao's face was full of surprise and disbelief.
"That's right, Your Majesty. After hearing the news, the old ministers and others were also extremely puzzled. The other party obviously had no reason to do this."
Gray Elder frowned and continued, "After discussion with the old ministers and others, I think there is only one reason why the other party did this."
"Old President, you want to say that Loris and the others have been quietly replaced, right? It's not them who are giving the orders, but a group of imposters. That makes sense."
Lei Xiao gently stroked his chin and speculated: "But the other members of the Rainforest Fortress Alliance don't know what kind of agreement we have reached with the real Loris and others, so it is not surprising that they listened to the words of the imposter and marched towards us."
"As expected of your Majesty, you saw through the mystery at a glance."
Jonil took over the conversation and continued, "But even with such a guess, Lao Chen and the others were suffering from the lack of any evidence. Fortunately, Linanie was smart and found the opponent's flaw, which made us completely certain of our guess."
"Hehe, Lord, I am not as great as Grandpa Jonil said."
Lina shook her head sheepishly and grinned, "I just found out that the other party was unreasonable. That is, according to the order conveyed by the leader's messenger, all my tribesmen were required to go out."
"But I believe that the Lord has already known that our tribe has a special feature, that is, every once in a while, they need to hibernate in the cave for a long time. Therefore, in order to deal with emergencies, our tribesmen take turns to do so, and it is impossible for all of them to go out."
"Because once the hibernation is forcibly interrupted, it will cause serious magical backlash."
After hearing Lina's words, Lei Xiao nodded thoughtfully.
Just as this girl said, the ethnic group she belongs to has a special habit. They do need to absorb energy in a way similar to photosynthesis, which is like hibernation, and they need to sleep for a long time.
As for why Lina doesn't need to do this, it's because she has practiced the art of taming undead beasts, and can achieve this in a similar way during practice.
As the leader of the Rainforest Fortress Alliance, Loris could not be unaware of this feature and would not order all members to go out. If they were impostors, they naturally would not know about this. After all, the strength of the tribe that Lina belongs to is extremely limited, and few people would know the specific information.
After sorting out everything in his mind, Lei Xiao asked curiously, "What happens after this?"
"Your Majesty, after confirming that the other party's identity was questionable, I did not make it public. Instead, I planned to look for the traces of the real Rainforest Leader and others. So I found a way to sneak into the supply team of Linaniko's people and returned to the vicinity of Yingming Valley through the portal between the Rainforest Fortress Alliance forces."
Joniel's old eyes were blurry as he continued to describe the situation at that time: "Since the leader of the rainforest has been replaced, the most likely place for all this to happen is naturally the journey from the Shadow Market back to the Rainforest Border Fortress. As long as we keep searching along the way, there should always be some clues."
"After all, the strength and trump cards of the Rainforest Leader and his group are extremely impressive, and they have been through hundreds of battles. They are definitely not comparable to the Dragonborn Queen and others. Even if all the powerful liches come out, it will be difficult to accomplish all this."
Jonil stroked his graying beard and added, "But there is only one way for the lich to succeed."
"Illusion?"
Lei Xiao quickly figured out the key to the matter and nodded slightly, saying, "As long as the real Rainforest Leader and his group are trapped in the illusion, it will be natural for the Lich to be silent."
"Your Majesty is indeed as good as a god."
Gray Elder first praised Lei Xiao, and then continued, "That's right. After leaving the border fortress of the Rainforest Fortress, I immediately looked for traces of illusion along the route that the Rainforest Leader might have taken. After all, even in the most profound illusion, it can only trap the target in the illusion, and it is difficult to prevent any clues from being seen from the outside world."
"Sure enough, when passing through the edge of a dense forest, my group finally found traces of the illusion. The faint mist lingered between the trees, exuding a mysterious and unfathomable aura."
"Although the other party did their best to disguise the illusion fog as morning mist, and even the dew on the leaves was faintly visible, how could there be any morning mist on a dark and windy night? This is obviously not in line with common sense."
Gray nodded to Lei Xiao and continued, "After confirming the illusion fog, just when the old ministers and others were about to discuss the next countermeasures, the change occurred."
"I saw shadows of people in the surrounding forests. A large number of liches and undead soldiers suddenly appeared and quickly surrounded me and my companions."
"At this point, Lao Chen and the others belatedly realized that we had unknowingly stepped into the enemy's encirclement, and that the enemy's strength was obviously stronger than Lao Chen and the others."
After hearing what Gray said, Lei Xiao pondered and said, "Since the other party has deployed illusions, it is only logical for them to set up some ambushes around them."
After that, Lei Xiao asked curiously, "Old Chairman, how did you break through the siege and crack the other party's conspiracy?"
"Your Majesty, what happened next was actually something that even I, an old minister, did not expect."
A mysterious smile appeared on the old face with wrinkles all over it, and he continued to describe. (End of this chapter)