Chapter 340: Hunting in the East
After joining the Harland territory, despite the simple conditions, the elves began to settle down and gained a peaceful development environment.
Sylph and two high elves Helen and Freya quickly recovered from their injuries and began to scout the enemy situation nearby.
The elves like to live in the forest and are the darlings of the forest, especially the middle-aged elves such as Sylph. They are not only powerful, but also have accumulated a lot of jungle survival experience. They quickly figured out the monsters active nearby.
During this period, Richard also began to organize a large number of high-level demon hunting teams to go deep into the area near Viscount Bolton to cooperate with the elves' reconnaissance activities.
After the reconnaissance began, Undine settled in William Castle and temporarily lived in the Mage Tower. While she was eagerly learning new knowledge, she began to repair the armor seized from Pyroza.
In March, it took more than 40 days for this high-level armor to be finally repaired.
Wearing the eighth-level defense armor and the ninth-level long sword, the Azure Sword, Richard's melee ability was once again enhanced.
March is the season of revival. Richard organized the Harland Demon Hunting Team and entered the forest again.
This time, Richard selected more than 200 people from the army to form three demon hunting teams, and selected two squadrons of Warcraft Cavalry from the First Warcraft Cavalry Brigade, preparing to clean up the high-level Warcraft within 200 kilometers near Viscount Bolton.
Although the elves don't like killing, for the survival of the tribe, high-level professionals such as Wendy, Sano, and Sylph will also participate in this operation, and the safety of Bolton is entrusted to several sixth-level elves.
Especially the ferocious wyverns and terrain dragons, which are the key targets of Harland. By cleaning up the blood descendants of the legendary dragon, see if this legendary dragon can be lured out.
If this legendary black dragon is led into a trap, it is possible to kill the enemy with the power of Harland.
Before this hunting of Warcraft, two important members of Harland succeeded in advancing.
The first one is Soros. After taking the advanced life evolution potion purchased from a multinational auction, Soros successfully advanced to become an eighth-level warrior. Although Soros is not good at close combat, his archery skills are amazing. In some special environments, he is more threatening than a ninth-level warrior.
The second one is Jennings. He is one year younger than Richard. He was promoted to the seventh level at the age of 32. At this rate of promotion, he can break through the legendary bottleneck in his forties.
This time, when entering the territory of the legendary dragon for hunting, Harland County has drawn a large number of elite soldiers and formed three demon hunting teams, and drawn 200 magic beast cavalry. In addition, the Harland Mage Association has also drawn two teams of magicians. The top leaders of the Mage Association have come out in full force, and Sophia and Wendy have all participated in this operation.
The first target selected by Richard is the earth dragon beast that has just woken up.
The earth dragon beast, also known as the earth dragon, is a high-level magic beast. The minimum adult earth dragon beast is the seventh level, and some powerful male earth dragon beasts can even grow to the ninth level.
The Earth Dragon Beast has awakened a variety of dragon spells in its bloodline, and it is covered with tough sub-dragon skin, which has amazing defense. It has a very large body with strange power.
A head-on conflict with a seventh-level Earth Dragon Beast is often stronger than a ninth-level knight.
However, the Earth Dragon Beast has a very big weakness, which is that its brain is not smart. The intelligence of the Earth Dragon Beast is not even as good as that of the Iron Horned Horse. It is as stupid as an ordinary beast.
Without a smart brain, it is easy to fall into the hunter's trap.
As long as there is some preparation in advance, a seventh-level silver knight leading a team can often successfully hunt the Earth Dragon Beast.
Richard still remembers that when he first entered the Eagle Mountains, he captured the Iron Horned Horse under the leadership of Soros and Roland, and found the Earth Dragon Beast's nest. At that time, everyone was trembling with fear, and even smeared the Earth Dragon Beast's feces on their clothes to prevent the Earth Dragon Beast from smelling the smell. It was hard to save their lives.
The earth dragon beasts have the habit of hibernation. The earth dragon beasts that have just awakened in spring are extremely aggressive and will frantically attack all enemies that enter the territory.
Unlike more than a decade ago, Harland now leads a strong army, plus the number of high-level elves exceeds ten, and this time three hundred low-level professionals are selected.
Although the earth dragon beasts are tough and strong, they can't compete with this army at all.
Sano is the fastest and most agile, and he takes on the responsibility of luring the enemy.
Although the earth dragons are stupid, they can also distinguish between the strong and the weak, and dare not attack hundreds of troops.
Once the earth dragon beasts escape, it will be particularly troublesome to hunt them, and the lion duck cavalry will be needed to help. There are two-legged dragons nearby, and the two-legged dragons have a strong sense of territory and will attack all flying monsters.
Now Harland has only two teams of eighteen monster cavalry, and it is difficult to replenish them if they lose them. Richard will certainly not let the lion duck cavalry be damaged easily.
Sano acted as bait, and it was indeed easy to lure the Terrain Dragon into the encirclement. Richard, Soros, and Sylph, five archers, suddenly shot cold arrows and accurately shot the high-level armor-piercing arrows into the vital points of the Terrain Dragon, and the hunt was easily successful.
"Quickly take the dragon marrow liquid."
At Richard's command, the adjutant beside him hurriedly opened the big mouth of the Terrain Dragon and collected the dragon marrow liquid into a porcelain bottle. The magician immediately sealed the porcelain bottle and stored it in the storage prop.
Hunting monsters in the jungle is easier for an elite team composed of more than a dozen high-level professionals. The reason why Richard drew a large army into the primeval forest was mainly to deal with the legendary dragon.
This legendary black dragon has a mixed army under its command, including dragon vein kobolds, gnolls, wyverns, and even a small number of trolls and ogres serving the dragon.
At critical moments, this legendary dragon can pull out thousands of elite troops.
Once there is no advantage in numbers, it is easy to fall into the dragon's trap and be attacked by the dragon's army, which will be extremely risky.
After all, legendary dragons are different from earth dragon beasts. They are highly intelligent creatures and may be more cunning and smarter than humans.
This time when breaking into the territory of the legendary black dragon, Richard needs to bring as many troops as possible, but due to the limited supply capacity, he chose to draw 400 people.
The Viscount of Bolton is 80 kilometers away from the Twin Star Castle. This Viscount's territory is already on the edge of the legendary dragon's territory. Richard provoked the legendary dragon this time and squeezed the living space of the legendary dragon's territory. The main purpose is to solve the security problem of Harland Territory once and for all, and to create a good security environment for the elves.
Although the biggest enemy of Harland Territory is the orcs, it is surrounded by the legendary black dragon and the legendary ogre on the east and west sides. Compared with the orcs, the legendary black dragon and the legendary ogre are both soft persimmons, and the territory is easier to expand from the east and west.
Richard is going to spend two months on this hunting operation, because he has drawn 200 Warcraft cavalry and needs to prepare a lot of baggage.
The food intake of a Warcraft warhorse is equivalent to that of ten people. Carrying 200 Warcraft cavalry, the baggage consumed is roughly equivalent to that of 2,300 infantry. Moreover, 300 professional officers and soldiers were drawn for this operation, and the food intake of professionals is far more than that of ordinary people. The consumption of 400 people under Richard is roughly equivalent to that of 3,000 infantry, and the food consumed every day is as high as tens of thousands of kilograms.
If it weren't for the purchase of two space bags at the auction and the seizure of the legendary space props of Pirosa, Harland Territory would not be able to support this operation at all.
After all, Viscount Bolton's territory has no output and cannot provide baggage. It is already very difficult for East Grota River County to maintain the food supply line for 2,000 contract slaves. According to the current human and material resources in the Grota area, it is impossible to support the army's activities in the eastern part of Viscount Bolton's territory.
After killing the terrain dragon, the demon hunting team members immediately began to skin and pull out the tendons.
The sub-dragon skin of the terrain dragon can be used to make intermediate enchanted armor. A set of dragon skin can be used to make more than a dozen intermediate armors. Now that the Harland Mage Association has Wendini, a high-level alchemist, it can effectively use this resource and will no longer be over-profited by the Grant Mage Association.
The blood of the earth dragon beast is also a precious potion material. It can be used to refine dragon blood potions, and the internal organs can be used to refine Tenghui potions. The bones of the earth dragon beast are all high-value alchemical materials. Successfully hunting a terrain dragon can be exchanged for about 20,000 to 30,000 gold coins. Because there is a big buyer, the Jonathan family, nearby, the dragon marrow fluid can often be sold at a premium in exchange for more funds.
After hunting the terrain dragon, Richard and others began to move within a 200-kilometer range in the east of Viscount Bolton's territory, and successively discovered the nests of seven terrain dragons and cleaned up the seven terrain dragons.
In addition, 120 kilometers away from Viscount Bolton's territory, Richard also discovered a tribe of dragon vein dog-headed people.
This tribe of dragon vein dog-headed people has a large number of people, with more than 20,000 ordinary dog-headed people in total, and even the number of dragon vein dog-headed people is as many as 400.
After discovering this large dog-headed tribe, Richard immediately led his soldiers to launch an attack.
According to the intelligence held by the Duke of Harland, the dragon vein dog-headed people are an important force under the legendary black dragon Ramos.
When the Jonathan family attacked the legendary black dragon, the dragon vein dog-headed soldiers played a very important role. It was this elite army that burned Duke Jonathan's food and cut off the Jonathan family's food supply, forcing Duke Jonathan to withdraw.
Richard had communicated with Duke Jonathan's eldest son McMillan during this demon hunting operation.
McMillan is also a ninth-level epic knight. He became the new Duke Jonathan last year. The previous generation of Duke Jonathan, Neo, is now the Grand Duke of Stanik.
Because the two areas are too far apart and almost impossible to rule effectively, the Jonathan family has made the decision to split up. Of course, it is still just a split, and the managers of the two territories have a close relationship and a very deep relationship.
In another one or two hundred years, after two or three generations, the relationship between the two territories will be similar to that between the Grant Royal Family and the Duke of York.
In recent years, the Duke of Jonathan has been facing the pressure of the legendary black dragon. Three generations of Grand Duke Jonathan wanted to expand their territory to the north, but were blocked by the legendary dragon.
Because of the legendary dragon Ramos, the Jonathan family has not been very successful in the development of the eastern Eagle Mountains. The castle built in the mountains has been destroyed by legendary dragons several times, and there are often two-legged dragons in the southern foothills of the Eagle Mountains, destroying production and hunting humans.
Especially when the orcs invaded, Ramos would cooperate with the orcs to contain the army led by Duke Jonathan.
After receiving Richard's letter, McMillan agreed to Richard's request without any hesitation and once again mobilized thousands of troops in the eastern Eagle Mountains, preparing to build a castle on the original site again, compress the territory of the legendary dragon, and continue to advance towards the Dragon's Nest.
The commander of this army is also Richard's old acquaintance Starreno.
More than a decade ago, Stareno came to Black River Castle and exchanged dragon marrow fluid with the Harland family. At that time, Stareno was only a fourth-level knight. He had little say in the Jonathan family and often participated in some business activities. Now he has been promoted to the seventh-level silver knight and has become an important helper of McMillan, commanding thousands of troops.
Richard and McMillan sent troops almost at the same time, making an east-west advance, greatly compressing the territory of the legendary dragon.
Especially the Dragon Vein Dogman Tribe, which was attacked unexpectedly by Harland, and the casualties were very heavy.
Although the Dragon Vein Dogman Tribe has tens of thousands of members, the Dragon Vein Dogman and ordinary Dogman live in different camps.
Ordinary Dogman live in underground caves, while Dragon Vein Dogman live in large caves.
Harland launched a surprise attack, instantly blocking the six entrances and exits of the underground cave, and blocking the Dragon Vein Dogman in the cave.
There are three high-level professionals in the Dragon Vein Gnoll Tribe. In addition to the ninth-level patriarch Piratu, there is also an eighth-level Gnoll priest Latino and a seventh-level Gnoll warrior Masala.
These three high-level professionals were just about to organize a team to launch a counterattack. The seventh-level Gnoll had already died from Sylph's cold arrow.
Facing the elite soldiers led by Harland, the large number of Gnolls could not compete at all. Facing the sneak attack of the Warcraft cavalry, the Gnolls lost their organization and fell into chaos in an instant.
The troops composed of ordinary Gnolls are not even as good as the serfs recruited by the nobles. In the Orc Empire, they are also relatively rare.
Facing two hundred Warcraft cavalry, the army that the Gnolls had just organized fell into disarray in an instant.
Seeing that countless Gnolls were blocked in the underground cave, they could not form an effective organization and rush out of the underground cave.
The Warcraft cavalry jumped off their horses, cut down trees and collected wood, and threw bundles of wood into the underground caves, where the wood was ignited by rockets.
In an instant, thick smoke billowed into the underground caves.
The dog-headed people fled in the branch of the underground caves, huddled together tightly.
After the flames burned, a large amount of irritating and toxic gases were released, which damaged the dog-headed people's nervous system. The large amount of smoke and dust produced by the burning would block the respiratory system, causing a large number of dog-headed people to suffocate to death.
As wood was constantly added, more than tens of thousands of dog-headed people died in the underground caves.
If these tens of thousands of dog-headed people were organized and launched a brutal charge, it might cause heavy casualties to the 200 Warcraft cavalry, but the dog-headed people were disorganized and unable to resist, and most of them died in the fire.