Chapter 189

Green smoke rose slowly, lingering between stalactites.

Passing through the ruined city gate, Sherman walked on the devastated street, looking around.

There were faint shouts and shouts in the distance, and sporadic battles were still taking place in the city, but the situation had been decided, and it would not take long for the war to be completely settled.

The process of breaking through the Fire Hammer City was extremely easy.

The dwarves built the city walls with solid black rock and watered them with ice iron melt, greatly enhancing the city walls' resistance to elemental energy.

In addition, various city defense equipment was manufactured and arranged on the city walls, and there were even crossbows and catapults inside. The equipment was so sophisticated that it was rare in the entire underground world.

Unfortunately, they were facing an army of powerful and indestructible golems.

The attacks of crossbows and catapults had limited effect on the hard-bodied golems.

The city walls were also difficult to withstand the large-scale charge of golems.

Under the fierce attack of the Golem Corps led by the adamantium golem, the proud city defense of Firehammer City collapsed in less than half an hour.

Without the barrier of the city wall, the Golem Corps marched straight in and quickly defeated the defenders of Firehammer City.

Now most of Firehammer City has fallen into the control of the Star Alliance.

The Magic Pattern Knights are clearing out the remaining enemy forces that are still resisting, and it is expected that they will soon be able to completely control the entire Firehammer City.

The finishing work was handed over to the Magic Pattern Knights, and Sheman and Atil led the wizard apprentices to the palace in the center of Firehammer City.

In order to improve the expansion efficiency, more than 40 second-level wizard apprentices of the Star Alliance were divided into two teams, led by Sheman and Atil, Corey and Ethan, and led the Golem Corps to split into two teams, conquering indigenous tribes and city-states along the way.

Firehammer City is the seventh city-state that Sheman's army has captured in more than half a year.

The king of the dwarves had long died in the battle of the city gate. Next, they were going to the palace to receive the wealth of the city-state.

They rushed into the palace unimpeded. When they opened the warehouse and saw the dazzling array of rare metals and gold coins inside, a group of wizard apprentices couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"We've made a fortune!" said a wizard apprentice excitedly.

The others were also full of joy.

The contribution value they got from the war, in addition to the size and number of the captured city-states, was mainly the value of the spoils.

The higher the value of the spoils, the higher the contribution value they would eventually get.

Sheman was also very happy.

After putting all the spoils in the warehouse into the space ring, the group then carefully searched the palace again. After making sure that nothing was missed, they began to arrange accommodation.

After conquering the Fire Hammer City, they had to stay for a few days, waiting for the troops behind to take over the city-state, and replenish the supplies before going to the next destination.

Sheman found a study and prepared to write a war report.

Every once in a while, he would write a battle report to summarize the recent battle situation, and these battle reports would eventually be gathered on the teacher's desk.

Atil sat aside, chatting with Sherman.

"I heard that there is a crystal ball in the Starlight Academy that can test mental and physical data. I really want to see it."

"After we capture the Spider City, we will be able to see it when we return to the academy."

Sherman said with a smile while writing the battle report.

When the academy was open, they were attacking cities and plundering land outside. So far, they have not seen the situation of the academy with their own eyes. They can only occasionally hear some information from the apprentices who come and go from the battlefield and Long Lin.

However, this situation will not last too long. The Star Alliance's battle line has now advanced to less than 500 kilometers away from the Spider City. If everything goes well, the Spider City should be captured in at most one year.

When the war is over, we can go back to the academy to take a look.

"I heard that the three new mentors of the academy used to be in the same wizard organization as the teacher, which seems to be called the Jungle Cabin?" Atil's eyes were full of curiosity, "I wonder what kind of people they are?"

Xie Man pondered: "Those who can be in the same wizard organization as the teacher should be very strong and knowledgeable."

"That's true." Atil nodded in agreement.

Those who can be invited by the teacher to serve as mentors in the academy are naturally not ordinary people.

"With the mentors teaching, it will be much easier for students to learn knowledge in the future."

"It's a pity that we didn't catch up with the good times."

"That's not the case. When we first came, there were not many people in the base. At that time, we could use contribution points to exchange for the teacher's guidance, which was not bad." Xie Man said with a smile.

Atil thought so, and at that time they could ask Lord Amy for advice if they didn't understand something.

Later students didn't have such good treatment.

Lord Amy is now addicted to the game of treasure hunting in the underground world and has no time to care about other people.

They only talk a few words when they meet her, Xie Man and Corey.

Many new apprentices now have only heard of Lady Amy but never seen her.

"The new round of qualification tests ended a few days ago. I heard that many people passed this time. This year, the academy should have a large number of new students."

"This is a good thing." Sherman smiled faintly.

With the promotion of teachers to wizards, the speed of the Star Alliance's development and growth has also accelerated significantly.

In particular, the establishment of the Starlight Academy undoubtedly marks the beginning of a new era.

From now on, wizard apprentices will become more and more active in the Starlight Continent, participate in more events, and be known by more and more people, instead of existing only in legends as before.

The current situation in the underground world is an extremely powerful proof.

The territory of the Star Alliance has now expanded to cover most of the southeastern region. Even in the most remote corners of the underground world, the name of the Star Alliance has long been heard, and even the prestigious name of the wizard (apprentice) has spread throughout the underground world.

And this situation will most likely repeat itself in the surface world in the near future.

Although the surface world is currently calm, Sherman is very clear that the Star Empire's large-scale purchase of materials from the Covenant has not been interrupted, and there is even a tendency to increase the amount. It is obvious that it is recharging its energy for the next step. Prepare for a war.

In the near future, the Starry Empire will most likely start a new round of war and completely unify the entire Southeast Region.

And a hegemonic empire that rules the southeastern region of the continent is undoubtedly in the interests of the Star Alliance.

By then, the teacher might allow the Covenant to help.

Sherman was thinking deeply when he was suddenly interrupted by the sound of footsteps.

A wizard apprentice came in.

"Captain, the Demon Pattern Knights have made a new discovery, you'd better come over and take a look."

Sherman had doubts in his eyes.

It's just a dwarf city-state. What discovery can be made that deserves so much attention from the wizard apprentices in the team?

Out of curiosity, Sherman put down his paper and pen, stood up and left the study, and went to the central square of the palace with Atil.

Near the entrance of the square, a group of dragon antelopes were pacing back and forth leisurely.

This group of powerful and elegant creatures has scales that range from reddish brown to bright gold. A pair of broad wings extend from their shoulders, with a wingspan of more than nine meters when flying.

The Dragon Orb Knights were formed during the period when the Covenant stopped expanding, so they have not really proven their strength on the battlefield.

It wasn't until more than half a year ago that the Covenant launched its expansion operation again, and the Dragon Antelope Knights had the opportunity to show their strength.

The outstanding results also surprised many people.

In the underground world, very few armies can withstand the joint charge of nearly three hundred knights with legendary combat power.

In the previous siege battle, after the walls of Firehammer City collapsed, it was the charge of the Dragon Antelope Knights that tore apart the last line of defense of the dwarves in one fell swoop, successfully setting the stage for the battle.

Such an amazing performance makes Sherman look forward to the future of this army.

When the number of the dragon antelope knights increases further and reaches the size of a small legion, it will inevitably become a powerful weapon that scares the enemy.

Withdrawing his gaze from Longling, Sherman turned to look at the crowd in the center of the square.

There were more than a dozen fully armed knights, headed by Colen, one of the deputy captains of the Demon Pattern Knights. He was also the commander of this dragon antelope knight force.

"Your Excellency Sherman, Your Excellency Atil."

Seeing Sherman and Atil approaching, Coren immediately stepped forward to greet them.

Although he has been promoted to a legendary knight and has the status of deputy leader of the Demon Pattern Knights, he still does not dare to neglect and despise two of the most outstanding students under Su Nan's command.

"Thank you for your hard work, Captain Colen."

After saying hello and exchanging pleasantries, Sherman went straight to the point and asked about the so-called discovery.

Coren pointed to a dwarf sitting on the ground with a chain on his body and said: "We found this guy in the prison of Firehammer City. According to the prison guards, he escaped from a city-state ahead that was captured by the dark elves. The one who came out was imprisoned by the dwarves after arriving at Firehammer City."

"I thought I might be able to get some information out of his mouth, so I had someone take him out of prison. Unexpectedly, I actually asked some information."

Hearing that it was related to the dark elves, Sherman and Atil suddenly looked more serious.

Sherman turned to look at the dwarf.

Perhaps he suffered a lot during his escape, or he might have been tortured by the dwarf. The dwarf's clothes were in tatters, barely able to provide much protection. He was also dirty, and his face was visibly haggard, and his face was filled with Full of panic.

Dwarves and gnomes are the so-called "people of stone" who are good at dealing with stones, and are good at prospecting, mining and smelting.

The former is famous for metal forging, and there are many excellent forging masters in the clan. The weapons or armors they forge are very popular in the underground world.

Most of the latter are good at fine mechanical craftsmanship.

However, the relationship between dwarves and dwarfs, both of the stone race, was very poor. They disliked each other and often had conflicts and conflicts.

It is not difficult to imagine a dwarf running into a dwarf city and being thrown into prison.

Withdrawing his gaze, Sherman cast a questioning look at Column.

The latter did not show off, and said solemnly: "According to what this guy said, the dark elves have suddenly intensified their offensive in the past six months and captured many city-states. Now, the area within a radius of more than 300 kilometers of the Demon Spider City has fallen. into their control.”

Sherman and Atil suddenly frowned.

As early as a few years ago, they knew about the news that Demon Spider City sent troops to attack surrounding city-states.

Although I was a little surprised that the Dark Elves did not fight among themselves and instead united together, but at that time, the Demon Spider City was still far away from the Covenant, and the troops sent out were only a small matter, so the Covenant did not pay much attention.

But he didn't expect that the territory of Demon Spider City had expanded to this extent.

According to this, they are not far from the territory of Demon Spider City now. If they go more than a hundred kilometers further, they may collide with the army of Demon Spider City.

Xie Man frowned in confusion and said: "Demon Spider City should not have enough power to take over so much territory. What happened?"

Colen glanced at the dwarf and whispered: "According to this guy, it's because the dark elves have mastered a very powerful monster, and they defeated their city-state's army with just one monster!"

monster?

Sherman's mind quickly flashed through the strange beasts that the dark elves usually raised, but none of them were so powerful.

Frowning, he turned around and came to the dwarf, looking at him condescendingly.

"What do those monsters you see look like?"

Seeing that the person asking the question was of high status, the dwarf did not dare to hide it. He swallowed and stammered:

"It, their lower body is a spider, and their upper body looks exactly like a dark elf. They are very fast. Many of my tribe members didn't even see their movements clearly, and they were beheaded!"

As if recalling the scene at that time, the dwarf couldn't help but show fear on his face.

A half-human, half-spider monster?

Sherman frowned and thought for a moment, still having no clue.

Adil was equally confused.

"Forget it, let's write this down in the battle report. If you are a teacher, you should know what kind of creature it is."

With a calculation in his mind, Sherman ignored the dwarf and turned to Column and said: "Captain Column, I think we need to send more scouts to explore the situation ahead."

"No problem, I'll make arrangements right away!" Coren nodded heavily.

If it is true as this dwarf said, they may have to face a powerful enemy in the next battle.

Before that, only by mastering as much intelligence as possible can we better deal with the next war.

After Coren left with the dwarf, Sherman and Atil returned to the study.

After tearing up the previous battle report, Sherman thought for a while, and then started writing a new battle report when he felt confident.

This time, Adil didn't interrupt anymore. He sat quietly and waited patiently for Sherman to finish writing the battle report and seal it up before speaking.

"Do you need to call for help?"

Sherman thought for a while, nodded and said: "I heard from Carolina that the teacher has recently refined a powerful high-level puppet, which has just been prepared to be put on the battlefield. Just in case, I'd better write an application for one." Bar."

Judging from the words of the dwarf, the strength level of the half-human, half-spider monster is at least a fourth-ring legend, or even higher. And among the golem legions on the front line, the strongest puppet is only a three-ring legendary adamantine golem.

Although it is possible to use human sea tactics to deal with that kind of monster, for safety reasons, Sherman felt that he still had to be prepared.

Seeing that Sherman had thought everything over, Adil said no more.

I'm so dizzy, I forgot the chapter name and can't modify it.