Chapter 654 It’s Our Turn!

boom! boom! boom!

Violent explosions echoed from the dark outpost.

Rolling smoke rose into the sky, and the spreading fire slowly extinguished.

After a while, dense crowds of slave warriors swarmed out and rushed towards the retreat direction of the Gulf Territory adventurers.

They were covered in thick dust, as if they had just experienced a sandstorm.

But before they could run far, two dazzling fires suddenly exploded on both sides of the narrow road intersection.

The beast-like flames instantly engulfed the slave warriors, biting and chewing them fiercely.

The rolling gravel and smoke spread wantonly around.

The entire scene was shrouded in smoke and dust, and finally fell into darkness.

There was a faint shrill roar!

"This ambush is well laid out and can be included in the tutorial video for combat drills."

Matthew nodded with satisfaction, gave an evaluation skillfully, and carefully looked through the statistics provided by the research institute.

"The statistics of the combat units of the Mind Flayer army have been released."

"The weakest kobold slave, challenge level is 3+."

"There are only four to five hundred in the sentry, so they can be ignored."

"There are a little more in the camp, about 2,000 of them, using ordinary metal weapons."

"As the backbone, the gnoll slave warriors have the largest number, accounting for at least 50% of the total number of slave warriors. The average challenge level is 8+."

"They have well-made metal weapons and armor, and their combat skills have been retained to a certain extent."

"The tracking ability of the gnoll slave warriors has been strengthened, their vision and sense of smell have been strengthened, and they have undergone multiple physical transformations."

"There are a group of strong ogre slave warriors, about 50 to 200, with an average challenge level of 13+."

"Compared with other slave warriors who have undergone transformation, the ogre slave warriors have actually declined, and the mind flayers have not transformed them much."

"However, the weapons and equipment of the ogre slave warriors are further advanced than other wild ogres, making them more difficult to kill."

"Tauren slave warriors are the most advanced combat units worthy of vigilance."

"They either don't have any, or there are as many as 300 of them, with a challenge level of 14+. They are good at teamwork and charging collectively."

"The Mind Flayer has modified it the most, strengthening its intelligence, improving its magic resistance, and enhancing its endurance and physical strength."

"There are 43 types of extraordinary level special operations units, but most of them are single individuals."

"However, it cannot be ruled out that the Mind Flayer can control a large number of extraordinary-level slave warriors..."

Next to these information statistics, there are also detailed magic image models and scenes of them fighting.

It also marks the weaknesses of these slave warriors, as well as recommended ways of fighting.

"When dealing with tauren, combat troops whose strength is lower than the high-level peak and whose number is less than 50, remember not to engage in close combat."

"You can first lay out traps and use long-range weapons to shoot and consume them."

"The combination of armor-piercing arrows and paralyzing toxins can effectively prevent them from charging faster."

"Their body control ability is weak, so it is recommended to place the trap on a steep downward slope."

"If close combat cannot be avoided, we should make more use of its weak turning characteristics and attack its sides and back."

"..."

Overall, the recorded information made Matthew nod with satisfaction.

The strategic thinking of the Gulf Territory combat forces has begun to gradually emerge.

No matter what kind of enemy they encounter, they will take the initiative to understand them and give corresponding solutions and general combat explanations.

As time goes by, he will take the initiative to capture some enemy combat units for further weakness analysis and combat training.

In addition to unilateral combat records, the Gulf Territory's data and information analysis work has also made considerable progress.

They were based on the combat status and weapons and equipment displayed by these slave warriors.

An overall combat evaluation and analysis was conducted on the Mind Flayer Slave Army.

"The mind flayer slave army has strong frontal combat capabilities, and its average strength challenge level is 7+ (elite)."

"The advantages are: they have excellent wild combat capabilities, they are not afraid, will not flinch, and will not be scared. They will transform and absorb enemies and prisoners, making it easy to snowball."

"The disadvantages are: fewer combat equipment used, lack of long-range attack capabilities, rigid tactics that are not easy to adapt, heavy reliance on core command, and poor mobility."

"Combat suggestions and analysis: Use a large number of traps and long-range shooting to weaken their numbers and combat effectiveness."

"Based on its inflexible characteristics, the encirclement and hunting method is used to cut off its connection with other troops."

"Try to cut off its subsequent material transportation as much as possible and force it to divide its troops for transportation and defense."

"Using oppressive division tactics on its combat troops and strangling its small-scale combat troops."

"When their strength weakens and their numbers decrease sharply, the army commanders, the mind flayers, and the slave generals will retreat and conserve their strength."

"You can use hunting tactics, ambush operations, or beheading tactics against them."

"The mind flayer has extremely strong spell destructive power and a long casting distance. It is recommended to snipe and kill it. Otherwise, you must have advanced or higher mind protection skills and expertise..."

In addition to the general combat opinions, it also records many detailed combat scenes and arrangement processes.

Such data accumulation will allow the combat troops of the Gulf Territory to have a better understanding of the enemy and make targeted arrangements before the battle begins.

Knowing yourself and the enemy, you will never be defeated in a hundred battles.

Matthew does not expect the combat troops of the Gulf Territory to win every battle, but he hopes to reduce many unnecessary casualties and sacrifices.

After all, population is the greatest wealth of the Gulf Territory.

In addition to analyzing the military issues of the battle.

The data statistics report also further analyzes other situations of the Mind Flayer Empire.

According to the information of the slave warriors, compared with the average situation of other races, the following conclusions can be drawn.

The Mind Flayer Empire has intermediate to advanced metal smelting technology.

It can produce high-quality metal weapons and equipment.

It can independently produce large metal instruments.

It is not ruled out that it has a large number of slave populations or large-scale factory production technology, which can mass-produce a large number of metal parts.

The ability to make magic items is medium.

It can continuously produce advanced magic weapons and props, but lacks mass production capabilities.

Lacks the ability to produce a large number of extraordinary magic items.

Resource utilization is relatively high.

The allocation of manpower is relatively reasonable, and the investment in resources can reach about 35%.

The population growth rate is very low.

Most slave warriors cannot control their fertility and can only be selected from the imprisoned slave tribes.

There are areas with a large amount of food production.

Although it cannot supply the rapid expansion of its number, it can at least meet the needs of a large number of slave warriors who have left their jobs.

Possess advanced body modification technology.

Very familiar with body modification and can perform targeted modification.

…

Looking through various data, Matthew nodded with great satisfaction.

In any case, the Gulf Territory is growing rapidly under his guidance.

Especially in terms of understanding the enemy and making preparations, he no longer needs to take great care of it.

This battle in the underground world will soon end.

The next "trouble" of the Gulf Territory will soon arrive.

Thinking back to that horrible world, Matthew really didn't want the elite and combat forces of the Gulf Territory to be lost in it.

However, the Catachan plane is too important.

So far, it has contributed more than 70% of the output of high-quality magic plants in the Gulf Territory and more than 80% of the output of ordinary magic plants.

Moreover, more than 5 new high-quality magic plants are discovered every month.

Not to mention the metal veins hidden underground.

That is the resources of a whole demiplane!

More than all the resources produced in the territories expanded and occupied by the Gulf Territory in the material plane.

The amount of competition for demiplane resources determines whether the Gulf Territory can break through the shackles of the Marquisate and step into the level of a formally independent dukedom.

The principality is the smallest country!

At least three demiplanes of resources are needed to meet the consumption needs of the dukedom.

The demiplane can almost be called the most important strategic "material" of the country.

It is precisely because of this that in the future natural disaster melee, the development and competition for the demiplane will reach an appalling level.

Even gods will salivate over the complete demiplane.

As long as they can occupy it, they can obtain a land of gods that belongs to them completely, and continuously produce faith, fanatics, and legendary souls for them!

But the demiplane is never so easy to occupy.

Take the current Catachan demiplane for example.

The "green tide" that will come in a month will have a great impact on the area occupied by the Gulf Territory.

If the Gulf Territory cannot defend it, the resources invested in the past year, the cities built, and the magic plant planting areas developed will be completely destroyed.

More importantly, the living area of ​​other Catachan warriors will be further reduced, and their number will also drop sharply.

Once the number drops to a certain level, it will not be a simple matter to recover.

Matthew certainly knows how terrifying this "green tide" will be, and he has been preparing for it since more than a year ago.

This time, even Matthew himself is not sure of victory.

After all, facing the terrifying power of quasi-natural disaster level, the current Gulf Territory is still too weak.

However, Matthew and the Gulf Territory will not retreat, but will face the difficulties and take the initiative to resist and fight.

Because of this, Matthew and the Gulf Lord will not miss any opportunity to participate in the battle.

They must seize every opportunity to strengthen and improve the combat effectiveness of the Gulf Lord's combat forces.

Matthew looked through the various performances of the Thunder Warriors, noticed as many as 342 suggestions for improvement, turned his head to look at the slave warriors coming out in a mighty manner, and said to Sera who was quite expectant:

"This time, you can show your abilities to the fullest."

Sera could hear the caution in the lord's tone and felt the huge pressure, but did not retreat because of this. He nodded firmly and said:

"The Gulf Lord will win!"

After that, Sera walked out quickly.

The noisy sound instantly drilled into Sera's ears.

The adventurers on the city wall were constantly drawing bows and shooting arrows.

The well-prepared soldiers of the Gulf Lord climbed up the city wall one after another.

The huge war puppets have completed combat activation and are loading combat skills and expertise suitable for this battlefield.

The panting gnoll warriors can't wait to start fighting.

Sera checked the combat supplies again, and then climbed the city wall under the escort of Catachan warriors.

Looking around, the entire Suramar Valley has almost been occupied by a large number of slave warriors.

The drow elf outposts and camps that previously controlled the edge of the valley have either been destroyed by slave warriors or have retreated.

Only a few large drow elf camps, led by the drow elf commander, stubbornly held their positions.

However, most of them have been surrounded by slave warriors and attacked on the city wall.

It seems that it is only a matter of time before they are occupied.

The reason why the defense line arranged by the drow elves was destroyed in a short time.

is because the main force of the Mind Flayer army has arrived!

Moreover, the Mind Flayers with powerful spellcasting ability can cast spells and launch attacks from thousands of meters away under the cover of the mighty slave warriors.

The attacks of the mind flayers were very strange. They did not release fatal killing skills in a targeted manner, but used their most adept "mind control".

That's right, they were thousands of meters away.

The powerful mind flayers were able to use their twisted and terrifying talents to transform the enemy into their slaves.

Every time they attacked, there would be large gaps in the defense of the drow camp, and there would be "rebellions" that turned against their own side.

After two or three attacks, the defense of the drow camp collapsed.

The teammates around you may become enemies at any time.

Maybe even you will lose control of your body without knowing it.

Facing such a disgusting enemy, just thinking about it will make people feel desperate!

Sera looked at the periphery of her own camp, which was covered with dense bodies of slave warriors.

Noticing that the last two drow camps began to retreat, Sera met the gazes of the back of the canyon.

The time has come!

"Are you all done? It's our turn!"

The Thunder Armor he wore gleamed brightly. Under the gaze of the adventurers and soldiers, he shouted to the slave warriors who continued to run over:

"Crush them!"

The adventurers who had been fighting for a long time retreated with a little nervousness.

They looked at the Bay Leader warriors passing by with a little envy in their eyes.

Trishis rubbed her sore arm and noticed that the huge rolling stone was hoisted onto the city wall by the mechanical arm. She watched it roll down in amazement.

Boom!

The slave warriors who rushed up were instantly crushed into meat paste.

The visually shocking horror scene made Cui Xisi mutter to herself:

"I always thought they were just used to build houses..."

Excited, Cuisit took out his staff and said excitedly while preparing a spell:

"Ha, the civil engineers of the Bay Territory are one of the most powerful teams."

"They can be seen on any dangerous battlefield!"

The Ashes on the side shrugged his shoulders and looked at the tall engineering golems coming slowly from behind, saying with envy:

"Construction is just their sideline, killing enemies is the main way to "make money."

"Don't mess with civil engineers!"

Monthly outline.

Resume tomorrow.

Everyone take care of your health and everything will go well