445.Chapter 443 442 New Power and New Prestige, this will be the first time you haven’t
Chapter 443 442. new forces and new prestige, this will be a new version of the ship you haven’t played – [add more 925] [add more 925]
(For brother “Yu Xiaoho” [4/5])
After Mrs. Adele’s report ended, a new thread soon appeared on the forums.
This time, although it was also in the style of an official post, it was not an official update or an online hot fix, but rather an in-game combat announcement in the name of the administrator, Alpha, that was equivalent to the type of material release.
The formatting is also decent:
[Summary of the Psionic Intelligence Bureau’s report on the security sector – an assessment of the recent threat to the Filth Swamp from the various forces in Transylvania:
While all of Transylvania is busy building and preparing for the Black Plague, mysterious and dangerous forces are quietly rising out of sight, creeping out of the shadows and eyeing the sunlit world from underneath the muck.
And as time passes, they are no longer satisfied with cursing Transylvania in its shadowy lands, they have adopted a more aggressive course of action.
This means that a new storm has blown up, and the gales of war are calling warriors to the battlefield!
Report one:
The Shadow Intelligence Bureau has confirmed the strongholds and troop deployment of the Pestilence, a clan of jackals from the Dark Mountains, in the Tainted Swamp, and Mrs. Adele has enough evidence to prove that the undead attack on the town of Marlowe, which occurred a few days ago in the border area of Transylvania, was the work of the Pestilence clan.
But that was just a lucky or unfortunate accident.
Because the target that these undead were originally going to attack was the Transylvania First National Arsenal and the Goldfinch temporary military camp near Fort Rapids.
The Plague Clan has maligned the order of Transylvania and bared its fangs on the land, and this provocation must be answered in the harshest way possible! -Lady Adele, Director of Psi Intelligence and Baroness Psi.
Report two:
The Thorn Clan’s nightwalkers have confirmed through their reconnaissance of points around the Tainted Swamp that the Plague Clan is strategically contracting, and that the cunning Jackal Warlocks have sprinkled vast numbers of undead cannon fodder throughout the swamp, and that in order to penetrate their lair they must first take care of these damned undead.
The White Mountain faction of Clan Thorn will not stand idly by while Transylvania is threatened by the undead at this critical time, but we are in desperate need of undead-fighting specialists to join us in the offensive we are preparing, and any warrior who joins in this war will be granted the friendship of Clan Thorn.
–
Andrei, Ambassador of the Thorns and Earl of the White Mountains.
Report Three:
The elite witch hunters of the Church of Avalon have found disturbing signs when they entered the swamp to scout for them. Plague Warlocks skilled in voodoo and necromancy are summoning creatures of the underworld into the material world on a large scale, and their arrival will directly contaminate the ecology of the Filthy Swamp and thus affect the long-term stability of the whole of Transylvania.
Considering the fact that the Filth Swamp is responsible for the natural degradation and ecological balance of Transylvania, the Plague Clan has become an enemy of nature.
The desecration of nature by malicious creatures cannot be tolerated, and the balance of life and death must be brought back into balance! This is the noble will of Avalon, and that means we must march into the swamp now!
-Head of the Holy Church of Avalon.
Lady Natalie, Patriarch of the Sanctuary of Avalon and President of the Adventurer’s Guild.
Report Four:
In a large-scale war like the Black Plague, defending locally against a vicious foreign enemy is the worst option, from the military aspect, we should fight for the most favorable position before the war breaks out, taking the battle to the enemy’s turf is always the best choice a commander can make, so regardless of whether or not the Plague Clan is around, the pioneering and occupying of the Filthy Swamps is a part of the strategy of the Kardman People’s Army.
We will fight, we will sheathe our swords, we will not ignore any threat, and we will use our fists to teach the Jackals the meaning of courage and strength!
Yes.
We choose war! -General Maxim, Baron of Lim, Commander-in-Chief of the Kadman People’s Army.
Report five:
The thieves of the Blood Rats gang have ventured on a successful theft while scouting, and we have confirmed that the Plague Jackals are seeking the fabled Great Mystery Cache, which is most likely the single most valuable treasure ever buried in the lands of Transylvania.
Hey, the chance to get rich is near! Rookies who never have enough money in their pockets, what are you waiting for?
–
Ms. Dorothy, master blood vulture explorer and leader of the Blood Rat Gang.
Report six:
The vanguard of the Blood League Knights has confirmed that the Plague Clan Jackals are none other than one of the many clans of Jackals in the Dark Mountains, which are part of the savage casters among the Jackals, and if we can overwhelm the Plague Clan in the Filthy Swamp, it would mean that we would be able to achieve a victory that cannot be ignored before we officially go to war!
Dealing with the Black Plague is a pretty tough job.
We must cut off as many of the Jackal army’s wings as possible before the war begins, and no matter how aggressive an approach is acceptable when dealing with this enemy of civilization, morality is not one of the considerations when it comes to the Black Plague.
–
Captain Laneia, Bow Knight, Vanguard Commander of the Knights of the Blood League.
Report Seven:
I think going into the swamp is a bad idea, but I’m not going to stop the Transylvanians from getting themselves killed.
By order of Her Majesty, the ‘Wolf Woman’!
Fortress Crimsonwood will open its outlying areas to Transylvanian warriors as of three days from now, and if you can come up with a price that is enough to move our Quartermaster, a portion of the Winter Wolf Legion’s unused armaments can be put at your disposal.
While cheap deaths are inevitably saddening, in the tradition of the Nords, I still salute the brave! –
Deval Baldwin, Commander of Fortress Crimea and General of the Winter Wolves.
Report Eight:
King Louis and Marshal Loren did not send us to Transylvania just to observe the war that is about to take place here, my warriors and I are more than willing to engage in any effective battle that can weaken the Black Plague, and no matter where the battle takes place, the Canaries will bravely step into the fray and fight for our homeland and our King.
The Pathfinder Legion Vanguard welcomes all warriors who dare to stand against the threat of the Jackal, and we will gladly rearm you, but of course, you will bring the claws and tails of the Jackal as a testament to your bravery.
–
Fraser Scanderpe III Capet, Eye of King Louis and Colonel of the Pioneer Legion.
Report Nine:
I don’t bother to care what the hell the Jackals are doing hiding in the Tainted Swamp, all I know is that if we don’t take them out, they’re going to be a problem for us.
So the choice we should make is simple enough.
Warriors!
Charge forward and crush them!
–
His Excellency Murphy, Earl of Cadman, Governor of Transylvania.
This concludes the body of the report. Attached are the results of the reconnaissance and topographical maps of the Tainted Swamp by the forces of Transylvania.
Hints!
The topographic map may require some military skill to understand and parse].
This unusual report of the forces on all sides rightfully attracted the attention of a group of Unwinders who were surfing the forums, though their focus was a bit strange.
Male Fist Mom: [???? What’s with this announcement? Why is there no beginning or end to it? And I’m still a bit out of sorts since I don’t see any of Fat’s wisecracks this time around? Did the four newbies in the testing team make a mistake and put the unedited document directly on the forums?
Qing Dynasty Veteran: [You’re a male mom who doesn’t even look at the attachments, at least click on them so you won’t ask such strange questions.
This is clearly a declaration of war!
The topographical map in the attachment is almost as good as drawing the siege and attack plan of the Transylvanian forces against the Filthy Swamp for you.
Mr. Fire: [Wait a minute! Bro, why can’t I read this map? What do all the lines and strange symbols on it mean? Can you explain?
Qing Dynasty Veteran: [It’s normal that I can’t understand it because it’s a hand-drawn military map! It’s not drawn to the scale of a normal map nor does it have contour lines to aid in observation, but I don’t really understand how the Transylvanians draw maps.
But I can basically confirm that the solid lines in the map represent the routes that can be traveled in the swamp, the dotted lines represent the areas that cannot be stepped on, and the red star dots mark the areas where there are a large number of enemies, while the gray star dots represent the areas where there are not many enemies.
Considering that Transylvania was teeming with vampires, a few small bat markers hidden in vantage points should represent a few advance camps of the Blood Vulture Clan in the Tainted Swamp.
Several other different symbols should represent different forces, and as you can see there are multiple forces appearing in this report, so I’m guessing that if this battle is really going to be fought, it’ll probably be fought on multiple fronts, with interspersing.
After all, judging from the density of the red star point symbols on this map, the number of enemies the players will have to face in the swamp is extremely terrifying, and we don’t have heavy firepower on our side.
Although the other side also didn’t have sturdy fortifications, they had obviously set up at least three layers of defense in advance according to the swamp’s topography to arch their core zone which was the Plague Town at the edge of the map.
This kind of situation and other people foolishly play the war of attrition that is just in the heart of the matter, if you want me to say, we have to go on the multi-line blossom, focusing on the tactics of surprise defense.
Our soldiers must penetrate the enemy’s core in the shortest possible time! Or have a sufficiently accurate covering precision impact to take out the multiple guard posts that the other side has set up in the periphery, and open up the road into Plague Town from three directions at the same time, or else the battlefield is not wide enough for any one side alone to complete the surprise annihilation of Plague Town.
In this situation where there is no terrain advantage nor manpower advantage nor firepower advantage, the initiative of the war has to be held in our hands, otherwise it will be very difficult to fight next].
Male Fist Mom: [Holy shit, bro bull! You’re a professional, right? You can tell so much information from a topographical map that doesn’t even have a description? What do you do in reality, bro?
Qing Dynasty Veteran: [Hahaha, you’re wrong, I’m just a security guard at the gate…]
Male Boxing Mom: [I don’t believe you! Who’s going to believe you?
Tiger Leopard Cavalry – Lin: [Sweat, old company commander, don’t tease the newcomers, @Male Fist Mom, this is my old company commander when I was serving before, now is the head of the security section of a certain university, it’s normal for him to be able to see the message of this picture. Our company commander used to be pretty awesome!
Great maneuvers know?
He used to work in the director’s department as an underling.]
Qing Dynasty Veteran: [It’s all in the past, let’s not talk about this now, I see the background information that my helmet will take half a month to arrive, wait for me to go in and then you guys start the war ah, don’t snatch up all the fun].
Tiger Leopard Cavalry – Pro: [old company commander you do not fear, this ghost game in this regard real very much, a war from the preparation to the start of the war at least ten days and half a month it, time is completely in time.
Have you seen the fort construction plan I gave you earlier? Is there anything that needs to be improved?
Qing Dynasty Veteran: [I found a professional friend to look at it, you guys wait for a while, there might be a reply from there soon].
Ranger Captain Patton: [Marlow Town has a new NPC, it’s a vampire psychic under Missy’s command, she gave us a quest to ‘investigate the Plague Clan’, I think this might be a guiding quest for the new map, those who want to go to the new map should hurry and come over to pick it up.
The new quest rewards the Pioneering Legion standard rifle, it’s much better than the gun given by the newbie quest oh.]
Caught Shrimp: [Smuggler’s Woodland also has a new quest, Hogg’s subordinates have posted a new clue on the quest board, directing us to enter the Filthy Swamp to search for the missing hunters and brigands from the Bloodclaw Clan there.
That jackal Nash told us that the disappearance of that group of hunters is probably related to the evil forces in the swamp.
This big plot is clearly about to begin!
Brothers, what are you waiting for? Hurry up and gather at the swamp to rush a wave! We missed the previous two group raids, we can’t afford to fall behind this time].
Multi-Turret Theocracy Chief: [Crap, brothers wait for me ah, my helmet will arrive in two days, then together to kill monsters ah, leave a few to me.
@Loyalty what color is it, loyal brother, field gun drawings I got, but also specifically asked some professionals about the details of casting the gun, but also try the clay mold method themselves, I feel I have already got the hang of it.
Anyway, save me a spot for when I go in and make a big splash.]
What Color Is Loyalty: […… I won’t ask you where you got all this stuff, my suggestion is how about you hurry up and register at the nearest police station? But don’t get itchy hands and start working right in your yard!
You guys are not afraid of anything, you dare to do anything, every time I talk to you I have to break out in a cold sweat].
Our nukes failed to scratch the enemy’s armor: [Wait! How did this topic get skewed to this extent? I mean, are you guys overlooking certain details in this report?
The first few forces are fine, they’re all official forces in Transylvania at the moment, but the last two are not so good… General Winterwolf and Pioneering Vanguard of Crimson Fortress, these are two new prestige forces, right?
They represent the kingdoms of Nordtorf and Goldfinch, respectively?
So, it’s now open for player selectable camps? We can choose to serve either the Northerners or King Louis after entering the game?]
Lumina Sunstrike: [It’s not like that ow, at the moment the players are still the warriors of Transylvania, that’s the only camp, the Crimson Fortress and the Pioneers of the Pathfinder are just foreign forces that came to their aid because of the Black Plague.
The former currently belongs to the Thorn Clan’s prestige extension, and the latter only appeared because of Lord Murphy’s military agreement with Marshal Loren.
They were not isolated cases.
Orchid and Lady Water analyzed it for me, and as the Black Plague outbreak gets closer, there will definitely be similar organizations that will appear in Transylvania after that.
I’ve just asked at Lady Trish’s place, the Winter Wolf Legion’s war blacksmiths are known for forging swords that are famous on the continent whereas the Golden Bird Kingdom produces quite good firearms and artillery due to military reforms, this must be a force that the development team temporarily opened up in order to enrich the weapons selection].
Banzai Happy Stick: [No, it’s more than that, Lumi girl, I think the appearance of these two camps likely represents some special factors, perhaps it has something to do with the mission mode of this swamp operation.
@Woo Meow King, have you finished your escort mission yet?
Hurry over when you’re done, I have a feeling this battle will be a tough one to chew on].
Woo Meow King: [I’m already on my way back to the city, let’s talk more about it when I get to your defense line, hey, you guys will never know what kind of goodies we’ve gained from escorting the mountain people this trip.
Hehehe, I can already see your envious eyes, hahahaha].
Electronic Phantom Old Qu: [Ch, isn’t it just a few wind vultures? You’re still being secretive, wouldn’t it be better to show the brothers in a big way?
Pictures, pictures, pictures.
Although he was accusing Brother Meow Meow of being mysterious, but the photos released by Lao Qu was also a reflection of “Versailles”, because the three photos he released were all images of the entire Big Bird Spinning Troupe riding on the mighty wind vultures in special formation soaring into the sky, with retouched pictures and beautiful faces.
This was clearly showing off.
Sinking Fish Playing Games at Work: [! What a beautiful bird! Their tail feathers are just like the phoenix’s hey!
Fried Belly: [Holy shit, Horned Hawk Beasts!
Pretend not to use your hands: [Uneducated! I told you it’s a wind vulture, not a horned eagle, although they look alike, they’re not the same concept, the mountain people call this thing a ‘wind spirit’, we’ve tested it, the wind vulture’s flying speed is twice as fast as a gargoyle’s. Haha, from the Ancestor’s Woodland back to Scarlet Fortress, it’s only a matter of time before it’s too late!
Haha, it only takes two hours to fly back to Scarlet Fortress from the Ancestor Woodland, and only four or five hours to fly to the Barony of Darkness.
And this thing is so smart, it understands its rider, so it’s easy to ride even if you don’t have a gift for animal language. It took us almost ten days to complete this escort mission, and the mountain tribe across the street happens to be good at taming wind vultures, so they gave us a few of them.
But you don’t have to rush, I heard that little Count Sherron is planning to build a flying service point in Transylvania, so these wind vultures can be rented in the future.
But if you want to buy them, I guess you’ll have to brush up on your reputation on the side of the mountain folk].
Thirty Years Old Smoke Sand: [The wind vulture flies very steadily, Old Qu tried shooting from the saddle, the accuracy is very high, I think we can use the wind vulture to form an air cavalry, are there any brothers who want to fly to join together ah?
I have appointed myself as the commander of the first air cavalry company in Transylvania, and I need an adjutant who is not afraid of death now].
Medieval Evangelist: [Me me me! I’m not afraid of death! And I’m a good airplane fighter!
Thirty-year-old Smokey: […]
King Meow: […]
Male Fist Mom: [. Brother there’s no need to talk about specialties like yours, right?]
Medieval Evangelist: [Where were you guys thinking! Table Wrestling! I’m talking about dogfighting and jerking off in Ace Combat, okay? Blanch, you guys are so impure.]
(End of chapter)