The front line of the late winter theater of operations, the main fort of the fortress group at the end of winter.

In the command tent of the deputy commander-in-chief, the silver-haired paladin Nelson Maleblade was listening carefully to the report of a spirit hornbill.

It's been four days since he last reported to General Edwin about movements in the rear, and in those four days, the Spirit Hornbills in Pointe-Noire and the neighboring Frost Vale and Midway have all received orders to scout for information about the recent demonic attacks.

In particular, there was information about the attack on the convoy of mines, as well as the snatching of minecarts.

After careful reconnaissance by a group of spirit hornbills, a total of eight minecart raids have been confirmed, of which five were successful and three failed, and the last raid occurred near Pointe-Noire, and all the attackers of the minecart raids were all winged demons from the sky.

The Winged Demon is very mobile, and it is an air unit, so it has always been a kind of infiltration demon force that is difficult to guard against, and it is normal for them to appear in the rear to attack any target.

But this time, all the mining convoys that were attacked by the Winged Demon disappeared completely, which was a bit different.

The spirit hornbills slowly sniffed out something wrong as they checked, and they sensed that there seemed to be a hand hidden in the shadows that had been manipulating something.

As a result, the hornbills intensified their efforts to gather information and included towns farther away in the survey.

However, no similar incidents have been found around these towns, and it seems that the Winged Demons are only interested in the minecart delivery teams around the three towns.

They reported this information to Nelson, who had already guessed what the evil pact was trying to do.

Of the three towns attacked, Frostdale and Pointe-Noire were the closest to the Worldstone waypoint in the rear and the largest lighthouse crystal in the Late Winter War Zone.

And Midway is the only way to deliver strategic supplies to the front line in the rear.

No matter what they wanted, the ultimate goal must be to strike at or occupy these three towns, forcing the front-line defenders to allocate a lot of manpower and material resources to defend back, so as to achieve the goal of greatly weakening the defense capability of the fortress group at the end of winter.

And their plan has another purpose, that is, if any town does fall in the attack, even if it is only for a day, it will bring a huge shock to the front line.

These three towns are the top priorities that must be defended in the Late Winter Theater, so no matter what, as long as their plan goes smoothly, the front line in the Late Winter Theater will be in trouble.

Nelson went on to ask the returning spirit hornbills if they had found each other's nests or if they had found out about the relationship between the local fugitives and the incident.

However, the time for the hornbill to investigate is too short, and this kind of in-depth information has not yet been obtained.

Nelson sighed softly.

If there is really no way, the three towns can only be put under full martial law, prohibiting anyone from entering and leaving the town, and not accepting the lighthouse crystal minecarts in the mining area.

But this state of martial law will definitely not last, all human towns need lighthouse crystals to maintain the normal operation of the town, a day or two is fine, after a long time, when the lighthouse crystals in the town are exhausted, it will really be a big thing!

And Frost Valley is good to say, it is really difficult for Pointe-Noire and Midway to achieve complete martial law.

Pointe-Noire is the closest human town to the Worldstone Waypoint, and the only thing that is closer to him is the Blackstone Junction.

However, the Blackstone Junction is just a temporary camp, and the facilities inside are not complete at all, and if the town of Blackhorn is closed, the Blackstone Junction may not even be able to send out tasks.

How can these newcomers who have just come to the second world and are still hovering behind accumulate war achievements?

The situation in Midway is even more serious.

This small town built in the Iron Helmet Mountain is an extremely important strategic material transfer point and transportation hub.

Once this area is paralyzed, the Late Winter Theater front will not be able to obtain Lighthouse Crystals and various strategic materials from the rear mines.

Therefore, this method is destined to treat the symptoms rather than the root cause, and can only be used to solve the urgent need when the other party has a detailed plan to launch.

The more Nelson thought about it, the more his brows furrowed, after all, the time was too short, and even the spirit hornbill couldn't find out the overall situation that the evil pact had been laying out for half a year in a few days......

"Hey......" the silver-haired legendary paladin let out a long sigh.

Those damn rats in hell really hit them in the soft underbelly this time!

Shaking his head slightly, Nelson perked up his spirits, suddenly turned around, grabbed a silver-white long knife placed on the weapon rack beside him, and walked out of the tent without saying a word.

The half-kneeling spirit hornbill was stunned for a moment, and then felt a gentle force lift itself up from the ground.

Then, Nelson's order rang in his ear.

"Block the news that I'm out and don't let anyone know about it except the commander-in-chief.

Order the Spirit Hornbills to set up branches in various places, and have them send their capable men to assemble in Midway, Frost Valley, and Pointe-Noire.

Order the managers in the three small towns, during this time, strictly inspect all convoys transporting lighthouse crystals into the city, let them pay attention to the escorts, and don't take the other party's professional status lightly! ”

"It's... Be! The spirit hornbill was stunned, and by the time he reacted again, Nelson's figure had disappeared into the city.

......

Nelson's order was quickly passed on, and within a day, a large number of seemingly completely inconspicuous professionals began to concentrate on the three towns mentioned in the order in the rear of the entire late winter theater.

At the same time, the managers of the three towns also received a direct order from Nelson, the deputy commander of the war zone, asking them to secretly increase the number of town guards, strictly inspect all convoys transporting lighthouse crystals, and specifically point out that people must not be easily put into the town because of the identity of the escort's profession, and must be identified and verified that there is nothing else in the minecart before they can be released.

At the same time, the commander of the war zone, General Edwin, also issued a direct order, ordering the three towns of Frost Valley, Pointe-Noire and Midway to strictly investigate those who have been marked as fugitives by the Spirit Hornbill Organization in the surrounding area or in the town, and if they find anything wrong, they can directly imprison them first.

A breath of rain began to slowly ferment in the three towns, and the managers of the three towns soon doubled the number of town guards.

The town of Midway, which is extremely geographically important, has gone even further, and the managers of Midway have not only increased the size of the town guard, but also taken extremely tough measures to drive out all the fugitives who have been roaming the town for many years.

The move was a bit too drastic and almost provoked a backlash from the fugitives.

But fortunately, the Spirit Hornbill troops were able to suppress the bullets in time, and told them that the three towns were not safe now, and that it was best to go north if they wanted to save their lives.

Almost at the same time that the three towns completed the expansion of their guards, the lighthouse crystal mine convoy led by the leader of the Evil Pact officially arrived at the fugitive settlement in the rocky mountains northwest of Pointe-Noire.

Another fierce game between humans and demons is about to be staged.