Chapter 296: Scorched
At the time of the explosion, the fleet had already arrived at Fish-Man Island, and Archmage Ditra had miscalculated the speed of the voyage, and he had selected a search area on the chart based on the normal speed of a two-masted sailing ship, but intercepted Hathaway, who was heading for Callinsan.
The Crimson Priest has a unique magic spell, "The Helmsman Navigates the Seas", which has both "navigation" and "sea wings" effects, allowing the ship to sail at the top speed downwind at all times.
Upon arrival at Fish-Man Island, the number of people was counted, and in this evacuation operation, more than 2,000 people were evacuated from the city of Askatra, most of them were dock workers, slum beggars, shadow thieves and their families.
After a brief fix, the Grey Dwarf Red Priests simply grouped these people into several detachments, leading them through the entrance to the dark region of Fish-Man Island into the underworld.
It takes a certain amount of time for the surface races to adapt to the environment of the dark region, and the dim light alone is enough to make it difficult for the surface people to move in the dark region.
The grey dwarves and red priests lead the people on a march through the Dark Realms, where the threat has been cleared by the guerrillas, and the most dangerous of all is a Mind Flayer.
The lair was also completely destroyed by the guerrillas with the help of Luo Feng, Arcanis, and Trist, three strong-willed powerhouses who were almost immune to the Mind Flayer's spirit spell immunity.
The base area of Luoshi Village has been transferred, and after defeating the Dayesso mercenary group led by Jia Lasuo, the plan for the transfer of the base area of Luoshi Village has been put on the agenda, and the strongest mercenary group in Mosoblay City has disappeared near Luoshi Village for some reason, and it will definitely attract the reconnaissance team of the first family, and it is only a matter of time before the base area is exposed.
Luoshi Village is also not suitable for rehousing more people, so taking this opportunity, Luo Feng decided to choose a new base and relocate the gray dwarves of Luoshi Village as a whole, and the red believers from other villages can also migrate to the new base area and build an underground red city.
The site was chosen for the new base, and Brindon Stone City was finally chosen, which was once a large city founded by the Grey Dwarves and Deep Gnomes, and like Falling Rock City, it was also a typical dark regional city carved into the mountains.
At its most populous, the city had an army of 12,000 Grey Dwarves and Deep Gnomes forming the Guardians.
The gathered dwarves and gnomes decided to work together to fend off the dark elves, and they did succeed in holding back the dark elves for many years, and eventually, the dark elf warlocks summoned dozens of giant hell spider demons to attack the city, only five hundred deep gnomes escaped, and the city became an abandoned city.
On the one hand, the city once housed tens of thousands of people, there must be enough water nearby, which can withstand several large-scale invasions of the dark elves, and the terrain here is also very dangerous, the fortifications have been repaired, and the fortress is guarded by red warriors with rifles and mines.
On the other hand, even though the city has been abandoned, the tunnels and tunnels excavated have not been damaged, and they are basically in the same state as before they were abandoned, and they can be used quickly to resettle residents after repairs.
The construction of new cities was complicated, and the resettlement of the exiled people from Ascatra was extremely draining, and the underground party entered a dormant period, suspending all activities, and even exporting Shadow Discs and pamphlets to the surface.
At this point, the great riots in the city of Ascatra came to an end, and the former capital of gold coins, the city of miracles, and the pearl of Feren turned into ruins.
The Six Knights have completely leveled the fallen city.
When Ditra was busy dealing with radiation sickness on the island of Eiju, General Flamefist, who was responsible for completely "purifying" the city of Askatra, met with an accident and died in the city, along with more than 4,000 soldiers, which can be called a tragedy.
It was the demigod Lich Congus who caused this tragedy.
The soldiers who cleaned up the city destroyed the lair of Congus, the angry demigod lich turned into a golden skull and circled around the city, and the howls of the banshees with a wide range of instant death effects were scattered indiscriminately, and the soldiers who were caught off guard fell to the ground in pieces and died, and the mages who arrived were accidentally hit by the ninth-level magic imprisonment and were sent to another dimension.
The demigod Lich Congus is immune to weapons below +5 and is immune to almost all magic, and is the nemesis of mid-to-low-level paladins and mages.
In the end, a Tyr Paladin Knight Leader in the Legendary Realm, holding the sword of "Purifier +5", drank the freedom of movement potion, and was blessed by the priest with the anti-death enchantment, so that he found the opportunity to rush up and smash the golden skull.
After the destruction of the city of Askatra, the Shadow Merchants were also wanted by all of Ferron, and the risks of this business became far greater than the benefits, and many merchants had to change careers and give up the idea of continuing to make money on the tip of the knife.
The discs and pamphlets that Bredero had scattered across the continent had been confiscated and piled up and burned in front of the temple, and it looked like the remnants of his legacy were being removed, and the name would fade into oblivion, or be remembered as the Adversary.
However, the real upper echelons of Faeron, such as the Grand Duke of Flame Fist, the Elven Queen Anrilaer, Ilminster, and Ditra, knew that Bredro and his followers had taken root in the underground of the Feren Continent, constantly absorbing nutrients, and one day they would break through the ground and return to the surface.
While the construction of the new base of Brindon Stone City was in full swing, many forces on the surface were also closely linked, and the Silver Moon Alliance initiated a meeting of the continental nations to discuss the plan to establish a coalition to enter the dark region to expedition against the Bredro evil party.
However, this time the Continental Congress did not reach a consensus, and the surface coalition was not formed.
Ditra dragged his sick body to the Continental Congress, and made an impassioned speech to the lords and kings of all the kingdoms, and he could not be described as incomprehensible, and the lords could not be said to have heard incomprehensibly.
It's just that even if you know that Bredero has become a cancer of Feren, if you don't get rid of it as soon as possible, it will definitely cause even greater disasters in the future.
When it comes to sending troops, food, money, and expeditions to dark regions, things are not so simple.
The Knights of the Mystic Fire of the Silvermoon Alliance, the Knights of the Silver Grail of Tyser, the Flame Fist Mercenaries of Baldur's Gate, the Knights of Dawn at the Temple of Loshanda, the Knights of Justice at the Temple of Tyr, and the Knights of Sacrifice at the Temple of Tom suffered heavy losses in previous operations to suppress the Amm Rebellion.
Some of the soldiers were killed and wounded by mortar blasts, while others died at the hands of the banshee of the demigod lich Congus, and were not able to send troops again in the short term.
Except for the most active Knights of the Good God, the other countries are not so enthusiastic about exterminating the Bredro bandits, although they give unlimited support verbally, when it comes to paying for the troops, they will shirk it in various ways.
The Red Base is accumulating strength, stepping up the reconstruction of Brindon Stone City, closely planning and preparing, and sharpening its knives against Morsoblay City.
The crusade of the surface nations could not be formed, and Ditra was anxious, and he knew that he had to act as soon as possible, and the more he delayed, the more difficult it would be for Bredero's evil party to be destroyed, and the situation would only get worse.