retina, a system dialog box pops up.

【Ding... Temporary Task Release]

[Temporary Mission: Dark Tide Coming]

[Reward: 10,000 Dinars]

[Introduction: When you are choosing to develop, an undercurrent is coming. In the face of this new challenge, will you and your territory be like a reef to withstand the onslaught of the Dark Tide? Prudently, cautiously, cautiously! 】

Squint slightly.

Kant swept over the ambiguous introduction.

"Darktide?" He murmured softly.

Even in the introduction of the system, three "prudence" were used to mark the importance of this temporary mission, so that Kant's heart seemed to be clenched by an invisible force, and he couldn't help but squint his eyes slightly: "So... Is it serious? ”

Yes, seriously.

Kant knew in his heart that otherwise the system would never have prompted like this.

A little muttering.

Kant looked at the position to the north and thought to himself: "Is that it? ”

To the north of the Naren Desert, in the direction of the Mannheim coast, the location of the Greymane Kingdom has also long been known, and those high-ranking gnolls will form an expeditionary force to march towards the starting position of the Sentry Oasis.

At this time, the system abruptly gives a temporary task.

The purpose is to remind Kant...

Here they are!

If it weren't for the expeditionary force of the Graymane Kingdom, those high-level gnolls with their own civilization, Kant would never have believed that the system would remind him so solemnly, and release such a temporary task with obvious warnings, and at the same time directly increase the task reward to such a high amount of 10,000 dinars.

Just in the third week of the month, the enemy was finally about to appear before Kant.

Step forward.

Kant quickly returned to the Consulate and waved his hand to the guard at the door, "Go find the Knight of Fatis and inform him that there is an emergency waiting to be dealt with." ”

"Understood!" The guard saluted and quickly turned to leave.

Sit in your own chair.

Soon, Fatis pushed the door and walked in quickly, with a solemn look on his face: "Lord Kant, are you looking for me?" ”

"Yes." Kant nodded.

With the same solemn face, he stretched out his hand to Phatis and said, "Sit down and say, it seems that we are really about to meet a new test, and I think we should be ready for everything." ”

"Graymane Kingdom?" Fatis squinted and guessed the truth of the matter.

"That's right."

Kant nodded, his fingers tapped on the tabletop, and his expression was extremely serious: "That's them." ”

Fatis frowned.

The heart beats faster.

But there was no panic or fear on their faces, they had deduced the possibility of the Graymane Kingdom Expeditionary Force was about to attack more than once, and after taking a deep breath, Fatis said in a deep voice: "I'll prepare." ”

"Not at the moment." Kant shook his head and frowned, "They haven't come here yet." ”

"Still have time?" Fatis asked with a frown.

"That's right." Kant replied.

Vague expressions have been given in the introduction of the system.

An undercurrent is coming.

Of course, the word "soon" means that it has not happened yet, so combined with this sentence, Kant can easily guess the system's hint, that is, this danger has reached here, and there is still some time.

Maybe for a long time.

Maybe in a blink of an eye.

Fatis looked cautious and said slowly: "We must not let our guard down. ”

"Yes, you can't let your guard down." Kant nodded and commanded in a deep voice: "After the meeting, you come and arrange the standby instructions of all the soldiers, cancel all vacations, and raise the alert level to the maximum." ”

"Understood." Fatis nodded.

But Kant didn't finish speaking, and after a pause, he continued to arrange: "Let all the desert bandits disperse for reconnaissance, with a radius of 3 kilometers from the sentry oasis, and the direction of investigation is mainly from the north." ”

"Yes." Fatis continued to nod.

These were the arrangements of the time of war, and it was up to Kant himself to make a decision.

It is also a plan to achieve the plan.

"Fatis, you go and arrange it."

Kant waved his hand at Fatis and looked at his Swadian nobleman, and said in a solemn tone: "Tell our soldiers that the crisis is at hand, and keep everything vigilant." ”

"I see." Fatis nodded and strode away.

He can handle it very well.

Kant believed in Fatis's abilities, but he still had a bit of pre-battle palpitations in his heart.

Not fear.

Just a slight fluctuation in the heart about the arrival of the war.

The development of the fortress "Drehem" has reached a certain critical point, although there are still many buildings that have not yet been built, but it has little impact on the current situation.

Soldiers who can fight against the enemy's fortifications.

It's all there, it's all there.

What is really lacking is perhaps the experience gained by the enemy in a real battle with the enemy.

"The storm is coming." Kant took a deep breath.

He had already been mentally prepared for the arrival of the Graymane Kingdom Expeditionary Force, after all, the gnoll nobleman Assechi who had been captured at the beginning, and the high-ranking gnolls warriors who were discovered and annihilated last week had already proved that the tentacles of the Mannheim coast began to extend more and more here, and they were tentative as if they were touching.

And the time for the final general attack is also not far away.

………………

"Knock knock

A slightly hurried bell rang.

The inside and outside of the sentry oasis echoed with the clear sound of the bronze bell being struck quickly.

Agricultural.

The peasants and peasant women, who were still busy, turned their heads to look in the direction of the fortress in astonishment when they heard the bell, and their eyes were still a little dazed, obviously not understanding what was happening.

But in an instant, the meaning of the bell already appeared in their minds.

Cold sweat instantly appeared on their heads, and they threw down the work in their hands and ran towards the gate of the fortress.

The speed of running is fast.

And not only them.

There are also Swadia light infantry, which were originally patrolling agricultural and pastoral areas.

These Level 3 troops are the main force that make up the patrols, and basically around the current sentry oasis, they rely on their patrols to maintain stability and ensure the safety of civilians.

But now, they are running, with the sound of the shuttle armor on their bodies.

The running was out of breath, and he couldn't even maintain the formation.

They all rushed into the fortress through the two gates, and at the same time, they had already seen behind the attic shooting window of the city wall, and their comrades with longbows and crossbows were on guard, looking into the distance with blazing eyes, obviously very serious.

Their hearts fluttered slightly.

War is coming.

The peasants and peasant women all gathered in front of the bell tower and waited silently.

On the street next to it, all the troops currently in the Sentry Oasis are all there, including the Mamluks, Swadiya heavy cavalry, Swadia infantry, desert bandits, including Manid who is still inspecting the sugar factory, and so on.

This is the bell for an emergency assembly.

It is only when some kind of urgent order is issued that it is sounded in such a hurry.

It is very different from the gentle chimes that tell the time on weekdays.

It's like the urging of the lord.

In the bell tower, the knight of Fatis walked out, with a serious face on his face, and swept over the troops who were already on standby except for the crossbowmen, and in the scabbard at his waist, the sword of the knight had been drawn by him.

"Lord Kant's subjects and soldiers."

Fatis took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "The war is about to begin. ”

This is an emergency set.

It was only natural for this knight, who was skilled in military affairs, to declare a state of war.

It was Kant who gave it to him.

Fatis did not hesitate, this is his area of expertise.

One order after another was given.

All the soldiers were mobilized, the entire fortress was put into the highest alert mode, and any disturbance would attract everyone's attention, and everything was put first in war.

Civilians were also given orders.

All valuable things were carried into the fortress, and all livestock were listed separately in the city walls.

Farmers and peasant women were also asked to harvest the five acres of grass on the west side of the small lake and store it as green fodder in the shortest possible time.

As for those date palms that have already bloomed and will bear fruit in less than a month.

One can only hope that the gnolls will come slowly.

Although the current "Drehem" fortress has been built with stone walls, it cannot completely cover the entire area, and in fact, even if it is built as a luxurious castle, the city wall will not be built for a date grove alone, which is not cost-effective and impractical.

The best way to do this is to cut down the surrounding trees and burn them.

In order to prevent the enemy from crafting siege engines.

For Kant, if the Gnoll Expeditionary Force was really coming, then he would not hesitate to order that all the date palms be cut down, leaving not a single one.

He wouldn't have the luxury of expecting those high-level gnolls to have siege skills.

Both have established the Greymane Kingdom.

has its own civilization.

How could these high-level gnolls not have the technology to make siege equipment?

Not to mention that they are here.

In order to raid the human kingdom and plunder the wealth of mankind, how can there be no siege equipment, or even craftsmen who know how to make siege weapons?

So much fine wood.

Even if you can't build siege engines, just using the felled tree trunk as a staircase is enough to climb the 7-meter-high attic of the city wall, allowing those gnolls to appear inside the fortress and become a stepping stone for them to conquer the sentry oasis!

The desert bandits rode out of the city gates.

In groups of three, in the direction of the north, they dispersed and began to reconnoitre.

The clouds of war loom over the Narun Desert.

And at the natural salt mine, 300 gnolls and pirates who had escaped the devil's area and trekked on foot were looking weakly at the tents torn on the ground around them, and the white bones that were still everywhere and full of tooth marks.

According to the plan.

In this salt mine, there should be a high-level gnoll team responsible for receiving them.

They looked at the bones viciously.

His face was extremely hideous.

The white bones with tooth marks were obviously caused by gnawing, and if you looked at the bones, you knew that they were the leg bones of the gnolls, and the tooth marks on them were also caused by the fangs of the gnolls.

They were angry.

The low-level gnoll tribes of the Narun Desert are indeed ignorant barbarian races.

In the minds of these gnolls pirates, there is already a judgment.