454.Chapter 452 451 Red Knight’s War Avalon’s Fist plus more

Chapter 452 451.Red Knight’s War – Avalon’s Fist – Extra [1825

(For “Who else is going to steal it from me” [3/5])
Beyond the Tainted Swamp, the assembled sisters of the Silver Moon’s Pride were waiting for their collaborators to arrive at a makeshift camp further south along the Maginot Line.

It would be just about lunchtime, and the meal that little Reed Name had packed from the little diner that the Star Soul Eagle dude had opened in Scarlet Fortress was getting cold. But that was okay, she had gotten the bard Lumina to get a Searing Hand and had her reheat the meal with two iron lunchboxes held in both hands.

Lumina was very unhappy with this “job”.

She was an elegant bard and a powerful half-elf ranger, and you fish-lipped humans let the elf lord do this for you?

Unfortunately, Lumina’s complaints weren’t well received by the other sisters, as they were still discussing the team’s next task while waiting for their boxed lunches to be warmed up.

“The fellows on the northern and western fronts have done a good job, now that the pressure is given to our side, we have to speed things up!”

Lady Water, who was organizing combat potions and various spell-casting materials in the tent, said to Orchid and Pomegranate beside her:
“The very impulsive students have reportedly taken down six posts and pushed their forces into the outer defenses of Plague Town, and I’ve seen on the forums that the Demon Bajie Set’s evil spellcasters are already attempting to disperse the low-level undead with Commanding Sectional Staffs, and according to their combat mindset, these students might actually become the first guild to march into Plague Town.

Stick’s side doesn’t seem to be in a hurry and is still training the newcomers, but when I went to Sicko’s Gun Shop in Scarlet Castle yesterday afternoon to shop for a protective weapon, I heard from the Little Earl of Sherron’s squire chatting that Stick had already placed an order with the arsenal to get a weapon that could be mass burned in the swamp.

Apparently, Stick had plans of his own.

Right now the only one of the three fronts left is our southern front that hasn’t seen any action yet.

We’re already way behind.”

“Don’t worry, going fast isn’t much of an advantage, it’s only when we can finally take Plague Town that we can count the battle as a big victory.”

Orchid leaned against her undead shield and closed her eyes, the grand traveler sat on the ground and let her slender legs stretch out, she upheld her usual nonchalance and faced Lady Water’s summary, she said:
“Sooner or later, the outer defense line is going to break through, and the Jackal Warlocks are not stupid, they will also adjust their defense system according to the battlefield changes. In my estimation, the student party’s furious advance will cause them to suffer more obstruction from the skeleton army when they impact the battle line next.

This means that the defense forces on the other two battle lines will be weakened, I guess that’s why Stick didn’t rush into action, as a professional commander, such a small change in the situation can’t be hidden from him.

Therefore, there are advantages to departing late, I think we should focus on the strategy for this ‘copy group’ of Plague Town.

I read the official announcement carefully several times.

I realized that the reason why the development team had to list three fronts this time was probably because the difficulty of the replica they set up in Plague Town was too high.

Three battle fronts would spread out the enemy’s strength, and in order to enter the team copy of the Carrion Land, players from all three battle fronts would presumably have to challenge the three smaller copies on the periphery first, and weaken the Jackals’ defense force below a threshold by repeatedly clearing the levels before they could do so.

You see the official time frame for this operation is 40 days!
This means that in their assessment, it’s impossible to overpower this group of Jackals in a short period of time with the current strength of the players.”

“Right.”

Sister Pomegranate squeezed a whetstone to polish her wolf fists’ blades, and she had recently gotten her hairstyle into a refreshing ponytail, tossing her head as she did so:

“And this time, there are no NPCs to support the front battlefield, which means that if we’re not careful, we’ll encounter a very vicious situation, one or two times is fine, in the event that a group is wiped out more than three times it’ll seriously slow down our raiding progress, in other words, be steady!

I’d rather slow down a little bit, but also to be stable enough.

We have fewer people, so we can’t fight with the Jackals in a war of attrition.

Must fight smart.”

“Brother Woo Meow is here, wow, their new mounts are so handsome.”

Little Reed Name’s exclamation rang out from outside the tent, causing the three sisters to immediately get up and walk out, where they saw a team of Wind Wyverns carrying their riders circling down from a high altitude as the afternoon sun shone down.

The tawdry Big Bird Spinning Troupe had also gotten guild flags on their Wind Wyvern saddles, so that when they flew up they could also see the strange insignia waving in the wind.

Brother Woo Meow certainly wasn’t nasty enough to print the original Big Bird Turning Club’s logo right on the flag; they took the rather clever approach of using the eagle’s winged insignia as their own, but did an artistic spin on it.

With a close eye, it’s easy to mistake the crooked-headed eagle for some sort of less-than-decent contraption.

“These guys are so full of it!”

Orchid clasped her arms and skimmed over the small reed name that had wrapped itself up like a dumpling and was still hovering in the sunlight waving its hand towards the wind vulture overhead, the traveler spat out in a small voice:

“There are still children here…”

“You if you really say the criticism of them, I guess Woo Meow Brother 80% will tell you that people with dirty hearts look at everything as nasty things.”

Lady Water smiled and patted Orchid’s shoulder, whispering:

“Speaking of which, I recently met an extreme sportsman and explorer online who is quite famous in the circle, and he told me that he knows you, Little Orchid. If I remember correctly, it seems like that very genteel gentleman’s surname is Yuan…”

“!!!”

The originally breezy Orchid Flower immediately rounded her eyes as she shook off Mrs. Shui’s hand, turned back to look at her angrily, and said:
“You! You you you you! That’s enough! You’re too bad!”

“Ha, rush rush.”

Mrs. Water covered her mouth and laughed:
“People didn’t say too much to me ah, just said that he was a few years ago by a wind like a dashing woman ruthlessly broke his heart, ah ah ah ah ah ah, didn’t see it, my dear orchid, you actually also know how to play this kind of ‘suddenly disappeared’ literary trick?”

“It’s not what you think! Asshole.”

The traveler was really out of her mind with rage as she screamed:

“Don’t listen to him!”

“Mmmmmm, don’t listen to his bullshit, let him explain himself to his face! Anyway, I guess we’ll see him start his new adventure in Transylvania after a while.”

Mrs. Waters whispered in a long drawn out voice:

“I extended an invitation to him, and he showed a lot of interest, said he’d try to apply once he’d finished this cave-diving challenge.

You’re welcome, Orchid, it’s what I should have done.

Think of it as a little ‘payback’ for the game application you sent to my idiot husband.”

“Ah this!”

The Grand Traveler now realized that what she had secretly done before was exposed, and that this was a “revenge” between sisters, but she had nothing to say, after all, Mrs. Water’s husband had begun to appear on the forums.

And it is true that this is all her private “good deeds”.

“Woohoo! So Orchid really did have an unknown past?”

Sister Pomegranate asked with a wide-eyed smile:
“Did something really happen between her and that Mr. Yuan? Hurry up and tell us, Mrs. Shui, don’t whet people’s appetites.”

“Hmph.”

Mrs. Shui didn’t choose to rub salt in Orchid’s wounds.

She did not continue the topic, leaving the Grand Traveler alone, covering her face and wondering what she was thinking, and stomping her foot fiercely.

This one looked like something was wrong!

“Hey, hey, hey, my dear sisters, isn’t this the arrival of your most powerful supporter?”

As soon as the mighty wind vultures landed on the ground, Brother Woo Meow jumped down with a deft movement and waved to the sisters of the Silver Moon Regiment.

The original Clan Guard suit on this guy had been replaced with a set of Avalon Church style chainmail armor, and he also had a Mountain Folk Savage style battle robe and fur cloak on his body.

But what attracted the most attention was the weapon that Brother Woo Meow carried on his back.

A barbarian double-bladed great axe, even under the sunlight shining that snowy axe blade was constantly escaping a grim aura, at a glance it was very bullish and very powerful.

“Is this the ‘Vam Decapitator’ that you guys used means to get?”

Sister Pomegranate commented as she stepped forward and surveyed the weapon:
“I thought you guys went a bit overboard before, but after seeing this divine weapon with my own eyes, I’m starting to understand you guys.”

“Hey, let’s not mention that crap, it almost gave us a whole lot of excommunication from the Avalon Boss, it’s better to do less of this kind of crap in the future.”

Brother Woo Meow had a look of the past.

He patted his wind vulture, and this creature with the characteristics of a giant eagle and a reindeer, which was very similar to the legendary “horned eagle beast” issued a clear hiss, flapped its wings and lifted up into the air again, and went to the neighborhood to hunt for food and rest under the leadership of the wind vulture squad’s leader, the vulture.

These huge and elegant creatures flew beautifully, causing little Vikrama to praise them repeatedly.

The only unfortunate thing was that these large birds were so loyal that they wouldn’t get close to anyone other than their handlers, and when Vikrama tried to reach out and touch them, she was almost pecked on the fingers by the sharp beak of the ooh-meow-goo’s wind vulture. “Don’t be sad.”

Qu, who was carrying a gun, said soothingly when he saw the lost look on little Vikramana’s face:

“The mountain folk clan that we picked up this time is very good at taming wind vultures, they have already accepted the arrangement of Little Earl Xuelun to set up wind vulture ride points in various key locations within Transylvania to form a network of flight routes for us, and I reckon that clan will open up their reputation soon.

When that time comes, you’ll be able to acquire your own Wind Wyvern by going to brush up on your reputation.

But these guys are smart and sensitive, according to the mountain people, you can’t have any other flying mounts after you have a wind vulture, or else you’ll make the wind vulture jealous, and the wind vultures will leave to return to their nests of their own accord if they’re not tamed well.

Anyway, it’s just like having a jealous golden hair…”

“Hey, sounds old and interesting, then I’ll go around the Ancestor Woodlands afterward.”

Little Vikrama’s eyes lit up, but the old quirk offered:

“If you’re going that way, I suggest you don’t pick a Wind Wyvern, we’re both from the Hunter lineage, we can look for flying battle pets in that mountain forest, we visited the Flying Feather Valley on our way back under the guidance of the mountain folk.

There are so many birds over there, I got an egg of a horned eagle, I just need to hatch it to have my flying pet.

I’ve heard that powerful creatures like Thunder Eagles occasionally appear over there, so when we’re free, let’s call the other hunters to go over and try our luck.”

“Yes, yes, I want a powerful blood vulture!”

Little Reed Name raised his hand and said:
“I already have a stupid huffing Star Realm Wolf, but Lord Murphy has an awesome Spirit Vulture, and I want one too! I always have to be worthy of my bloodline.”

These two hunters were exchanging pet training tips over here, while Brother Woo Meow was already chatting with Lady Shui about the strategy of the swamp operation, and after listening to Lady Shui’s analysis, Brother Woo Meow stroked his chin and said:
“Sister Pomegranate’s view is right, we have to fight smart since we are few, there is only one supporting force on the southern front, the Church of Avalon, so we have to make full use of this advantage.

Actually, on the way here, I already had a preliminary idea.

You see, I’ve decided to use this!”

He fished out a handful of colorful tree seeds from his herb bag and handed it to Lady Water, who was a proper priest of the Church of Avalon, so she naturally knew what Brother Woo Meow’s handful of seeds were for.

She took it in her hand and discerned it, saying:
“There’s a defensive Rumorwood Guard, a detective-type Binding Vine Spirit, an offensive-type Battle Tree Man… Huh, what’s this red one? Why haven’t I seen it at Sister Marianne’s?”

“This is the Bloodwood Seed unique to the Red Knights of War, my occupational trait.”

Brother Woo Meow explained:

“This thing falls to the ground and takes root and grows Bloodthirsty Tree People, to be more powerful and aggressive than Combat Tree People, it can also suck blood and grow, the only problem is that it can’t last long, but it’s very good for setting up defensive traps.

I have a lot of them in my bag, so take these and use them.

My idea is that we purchase this oak species in large quantities from the Avalon Sanctuary, and then spread it all the way down the direction we are attacking, although the swamp terrain is not the preferred terrain for us nature walkers, the natural spiritual energy in it is much higher than in other places.

With proper cultivation, it might only take a week for us to have an ‘army of nature’!
A thousand tree people would be about right.

Although tree people move slowly, their blood and stamina are much higher than the skeleton army, and they can finish rooting to form a living wooden wall if necessary.

Under the nourishment and replenishment of sufficient natural spiritual energy, they will also complete ‘natural adaptation and metamorphosis’ according to the swamp terrain, if we assign someone to be in charge of this item, we might have a resident army in the swamp after the raid is completed.

Let’s not talk about the grandiose endeavor of transforming the entire swamp after the fact, it wouldn’t be a bad thing for these natural offspring to spread out in the swamp alone!
Not only will they be a hedge against the Skeleton Army’s wandering around, but as long as there are enough of them to form a forest colony, then we’ll be able to buy a little more time when the Black Plague rushes over, so I’m naming this battle plan ‘Avalon’s Fist,'”

“Wow even, that’s quite a good plan and idea.”

Lady Water originally had her own tactics, but after hearing Brother Woo Meow’s ideas she immediately realized that women really don’t have as many ideas as men about things like war, and compared to Brother Woo Meow’s tactics, her own original tactics not only seemed old-fashioned and outdated but also didn’t take into account the aftermath of the battle at all.

She immediately discarded her intentions, not even saying it but nodding her head repeatedly as she rubbed her cheeks and said:
“As long as we’re doing this, let’s just expand the scope! Take this opportunity to cultivate a permanent stronghold in the swamp belonging to the forces of nature, and plant a minimum of three thousand Treants into it! Let them move freely after the battle, and we’ll set up a druid camp here.

This could equally be seen as spreading the greatness and majesty of the God of Avalon, Lady Natalie may not care about that, but convincing fanatics like old Eugene with this is definitely a sure thing, and to be honest, we’d be hard pressed to find an area in Transylvania where the forces of nature are in effect on such a large scale as the Filthy Swamp.

But we’ll have to find a professional to breed the Tree People and run the little Druid camp of the future”

“That’s quite an appetite you have, but the good news is that I’ve already found someone.”

Brother Woo Meow chuckled and said:
“That follower of Brother Fu’s, Brother Belly who helped him tame the scorpion lions, that guy is a professional breeder and has already made up his mind to take the druid career path.

He’s a true professional!
He might be able to become a ‘Tree Herder’ in the future, I’ve already sent a message to Brother Xiao Fu, he and Belly will probably arrive this afternoon.”

“Good! Then follow your idea, we’ll fully cooperate with you.”

Mrs. Water said with a final word:
“Is there anything we need to do?”

“Uh, money! I’d like to borrow a sum of money from Vikina to acquire enough trees for the village of Moorland.”

Brother Woo Meow scratched his head a little embarrassed and said:

“Our team’s money was all used to buy wind vultures as well as update our equipment, and I don’t know what’s going on with those mountain people, they were originally very simple, but they ended up talking about money all night long. I guess there are badass NPCs pointing them out behind the scenes, but no matter what, this investment is still a solid profit.

The equipment provided by the mountain folk was perfect for us nature walkers.

I suggest that you and Orchid Flower make a trip to the Ancestral Woodland before entering the swamp, and get yourselves a set of ‘Spirit of the Mountain Spirit Sacrificial Clothing’ and Woodland Walker Battle Armor, and there’s also a Druid’s Cane over there that’s crafted from thousand year old wood, which is said to be a holy relic of sacrifice that’s been passed down from generation to generation in the mountain people’s tribes.

It’s extraordinary just by looking at its appearance, and it’s definitely more suitable for the healing profession than the great scythe you’re holding.

Just mention our names on the mountain folk elders’ side after you go over there, the brothers’ reputation over there is already worshipful.”

“Sounds good to me, I’ve seen little Yukirun wearing the traditional clothing of the mountain forest before, it’s quite beautiful, a style of natural aesthetics that I haven’t come across before . Little Reed Name!”

With a flash of light in her eyes, Mrs. Water called back:
“How many gold coins do you have left in your bag?”

“Huh?”

Little Reed Name turned back and blinked:
“Just say how much you need, I can collect it on the forums.”

“Leave the poor players alone, you’ve raided all the money in their bags.”

Lady Water sighed as she looked at Brother Whimpering Meow and said:

“I still have some private money here, is thirty thousand gold coins enough?”

“Enough, more than enough, we are insiders of the Avalon Church, I don’t believe those witch hunters have the face to ask for a lion’s share.”

Brother Woo Meow rubbed his hands together and said:

“I’m leaving now, we’ll meet here tomorrow and go into the swamp together to find the witch hunters’ vanguard camp.”

“Good!”

Lady Water nodded, and after handing Brother Whimpering Meow a notecard, he flew off again to exchange gold coins at the administration office of the Scarlet Fortress.

The entity of 30,000 gold coins is enough to crush him to death ten times, so much money Mrs. Water can’t possibly bring on her body, the administrative office has exchange business but now there are only a few big customers, Old Huo also wanted to enter the banking industry before, but the result is that once he looks at the situation, he also extinguished his mind.

The premise of wanting to be a banker is that everyone has to have money in their hands, and in the case of Transylvania now, Warren Buffett’s old man came to starve to death.

“It’s good to have money.”

Black Silk said sourly to the three or five buckets beside him:
“I so want to have a gentle and beautiful rich woman who can see through my sensitivity underneath my stubbornness, and use several lifetimes to spend more money than I can spend to support me so that I can live the rest of my life without worrying about food and clothing.”

“Ha, rich woman? That’s not much is it?”

Sanwudou chuckled, pointing at the Silver Moon Corps girls:

“Go ahead and lick it, let’s see if the real-rich women look at you.”

“Forget it, one of these girls is ‘superhuman’, I can’t afford to mess with them, I’d have too much water content in my brain even if I were to finely slice me up and make a bashful dumpling for them, so it’s better to just look at the swamp in the distance, family, and spend the next month here in this hellhole.

Yard’s!

Should have gotten a bottle of ‘Six God’ and brought it in.

I’ve heard from student parties that the mosquitoes in here are horrible, not only do they suck blood but also spread the disease Debuff, ugh, I hope I won’t be carried away by them when I sleep at night.”

(End of chapter)