Heroes of Might and Magic: Knight Chapter 39: Nowhere

The era of elves has passed, and Richard only learned about the power of the elven empire from limited books.

It was an era of magic. The elves created a glorious civilization. They were powerful and arrogant. They regarded all races as slaves and ants, and even giant dragons did not dare to wipe their edge.

Humans, orcs, and dwarves are all its servants. Unfortunately, it seems to be an inevitable rule that prosperity must inevitably decline.

As the magic tide declines, magic becomes more and more difficult to cast, and the Elf Empire becomes more and more unsustainable. The Elf Magisters who can wipe out a city with a single forbidden spell can't even throw a fireball in the end. Coming out, the elf mages quickly fell off the altar.

The breathing method and fighting spirit, which were only inferior cultivation methods before, gradually came to the forefront. However, these two cultivation methods cannot avoid polishing the physical fitness.

Elves are a race that naturally relies on magic power. Not to mention their physical fitness compared with orcs, even humans are better than elves in terms of physical fitness alone.

Of course, elves are not without advantages. Their natural mental strength makes it easier for elves to be promoted to the knight level, but the elves' deceptive fertility cancels out this advantage.

Elves, a race with extremely low fertility rates, cannot compare population development with humans and orcs.

In the past, when the magic power was abundant, the elf mages could cast a large-scale war spell, and even your thousands of troops could not withstand it. Naturally, there was no need to care about the disadvantage of a small population. But when the magic power subsided, the elves The biggest advantage was lost, and just a few extra knights were completely unable to reverse the decline of the elves.

Under the siege of the former servants, the once aloof elves were completely unable to resist, and the entire elven empire collapsed.

For the continuation of the race, the remaining elves gradually intermarried with humans, forming the current large and small half-elf tribes. As for pure-blood elves, it is now a question whether they still exist on the mainland.

Richard learned about elves through this handbook. Collecting some books and information is also one of Yusidu's tasks. They can help Richard understand this continent more deeply.

No longer obsessed with the rise and fall of the elves, Richard's more important thing is to place the main city of the barrier (elf).

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"It doesn't work."

Richard looked at the unchanged Ironwood Fort with some disappointment.

After careful consideration, Richard finally made up his mind to place the main city of the barrier (elf) directly in Ironwood Castle.

With the strength in his hands and a little concealment, he is not afraid of being coveted by anyone in the North.

But when Richard made up his mind to place the barrier (elf) main city, he found that Ironwood Castle did not meet the placement conditions.

Maybe it has something to do with those half-elves.

"Go get Al."

"Yes, sir."

The soldiers who delivered the order hurriedly left after receiving Richard's instructions.

At this time, the Arzhenghe people were eating the food provided by Ironwood City, some rough rye bread as side dishes, but they ate with gusto.

After all, they have not been able to eat for a long time. Officials from Ironwood City have already come to count their number in the dining room and allocate houses to them. Of course, the house is not free to live in. They have to pay a little rent to Ironwood City every year. Until you have the money to buy it.

Swallowing the black bread that hurt their throats, the half-elves looked satisfied. After experiencing the ogre invasion, they discovered that the freedom they pursued was actually not that important. Joining a powerful It is also a good choice to have a stable support for the collective.

"Leader Al, Sir Richard wants you to go there."

The messenger's shout interrupted Al's thoughts.

"Coming"

Al and his wife finished the remaining food in their hands and followed the messenger.

Soon Al came to Richard's mansion in Ironwood Castle and walked into the house after being inspected by the guards at the door.

"Sir, what are your orders?"

As soon as Al came in, he kept his posture very low. At this time, the survival of the entire tribe depended on this man's thoughts.

"Well, you don't have to be polite if you sit down."

A smile appeared on Richard's face. Facing Al, who had the template of a hero, Richard didn't mind showing his friendly side.

"Tell me more about your tribe and the situation of the ogres."

Richard looked at Al who did not dare to sit down casually and asked.

"Our tribe used to live in a small valley in the Ironwood Forest, with nearly five hundred people."

"We built a stronghold with iron wood. Wild beasts and snow thieves cannot threaten us at all, and our life is quite comfortable."

At this point, Al couldn't help but have a trace of reminiscence on his face. If there was no threat from the ogres, that kind of free life would be the life that is most in line with the pursuit of half-elves.

"That day, the ogres who were supposed to live outside the Ironwood Forest actually rushed into our tribe."

At this point, Richard could feel the pain in Al's tone.

"We couldn't resist even if we tried our best. Muzhai soon fell. They rushed in and killed all the living creatures they could see."

"My father is dead, the elders are dead, and many people are dead. They either want to rob or kill everyone. Only I ran out with the last bit of my clan members."

"..."

Although Al was sad and angry, he still had reason and clearly told Richard everything he knew.

"You mean, you have a wooden village?"

"Yeah"

"Tell me the details."

Al was a little confused as to why a breached wooden village aroused Richard's interest, but he still carefully described to Richard the appearance of their former home.

"Is it about the same size as Ironwood Castle?"

"Yes, but the wooden wall is not comparable to the stone wall of Ironwood Castle, otherwise it would not be broken through so easily."

In the past, Al didn't like the cold feeling of the stone wall, but now he felt that the hard and cold stone brought a heavy sense of security.

After listening to Al's description, Richard made a key guess. Perhaps the key to releasing the main city of the barrier (elf) lies in this half-elf wooden stronghold.

Richard thought for a while and said to Al:

"Al, do you want revenge?"

Al was stunned. Of course he wanted revenge, but he was a man who knew how to advance and retreat. At this time, he was just relying on someone else. He didn't dare to mention asking Richard to send troops to help with revenge.

But now that Richard had taken the initiative to ask, Al didn't show any pretense and directly answered what he was thinking.

"think"

"Get ready, get some rest, take your people to join the Flying Bear Army, and go to your village in a few days to have a look."

"Yes, sir."

Al's simple answer showed his excitement.

Waving his hand, Richard signaled Al to get ready to leave.

Al stood up and bowed deeply to Richard before leaving. Different from the attitude of struggling to survive when he came, after Richard said that he would attack the ogre tribe in the Ironwood Forest to give him a chance to take revenge, Al's whole person's energy seemed to have returned.

Li Cha naturally would not do such a thankless thing simply because of the subordinates he had just accepted,

Leading troops to conquer a small ogre tribe in the forest, which is conservatively estimated to have hundreds of members. This kind of thing would be a fantasy for other lords, but Richard now has more than a dozen on his hands. Only a knight-level Crusader had the confidence to launch this active attack.

If possible, it would be natural to wait for the ogres to leave the woods and come to the plains to fight to better utilize the advantages of the cavalry.

However, for the main city of the Barrier (Elf), even if we try to bear more losses, we still have to win this Elf Wooden Stronghold.

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