I didn't think about that. About why did they created all those fortresses. Of course, one reason is to slowly destroy the army of the ratn, but at the sa ti, to lead it to the final battlefield. There is a possibility that one of the fortresses destroy the assailants, and that no one appears afterward. But for the rest, their main purpose is just to be used as a bait. Well, that was before I arrived. I will not flee like last ti, I have soone that will protect and in return, I will protect them. The nearby dwarves can see a line of zombies leaving the fortress and reaching the entrance of the tunnel. They avoided the traps on the ground and the obstacles put by the dwarves.
I just hope that they won't have the sa poison that they had in Ronta. Because, if they don't, this first battle will be easily won. I and three of my wraiths are positioned above the entrance, far enough to not be touched by the incoming bullets and shells, but close enough to activate my domain. Seeing my mana full, I personally create so additional zombies, we can never have enough of them. And after that, I waited. I tasked number one to stand behind Bori and kill any ratn approaching him. He is the commandant, and he is a capable dwarf. If he dies too early, the morale of the remaining warriors will be crushed.
(That's good what you are doing. You are not turning into a complete madman. Did you realize that by talking with soone, you unintentionally cared about their lives? You are even asking number one to personally protect Bori. I am not talking about any undead, I am talking about number one, you are only using number one for sothing you really care. Honestly, I was feeling good that you had no regrets slaying all those humans, but the innocent dwarves, if you truly slaughtered them, I would have found that a waste.)
Now that you are saying that, I don't want those dwarves to really die. I an, I guess I was too busy searching for the experience that I neglected my life. But like you said, the holy kingdom got what he deserved, like Aria. As for the rest, I will do as you ask and wipe out the threats for your demons. I just hope that it will be enough for to reach my new evolution. After that, I waited, until Oslo warned about the incoming army.
I wave at the lieutenant; I think it was Golni or sothing like that. After I see that he noticed , I pointed at the tunnel under . He seems perplexed for a second before nodding and warning his troop. That's good that he understood , I blend in the rock wall and wait for the first ratman that will leave the tunnel. The first wall was really just to destroy the first waves of ratn. There are 200 rifles and 300 crossbows pointed at the exit of the tunnel. I don't know what is better between the two weapons. I guess the crossbows are quicker for reloading but less deadly.
The dwarves are positioned on a small wall, allowing them to fire above my undead that are blocking the way. After that, the traps, and finally, nearly 100 zombies waiting for fresh at. The perfect defense, or at least, sothing that will manage to slay a good chunk of the army. We wait for another 15 seconds when finally, the first ratman appears. It is the usual slave, badly armored, with broken weapons. He looks at the zombies, visibly terrified. I guess no one told him that he will fight undead and dwarves. He waits for a bit, and soon, more of his fellow ratn leave the tunnel.
Numbers give strength. No more fearing the zombies, he joins his friends, or at least kin, and begin to jump at my zombies. But, the first wave doesn't even need the help of the dwarves. My zombies are tearing apart the weak body of the slaves, and since they are not swarming my undead servants, it is quite easy. Each zombie can only fight two ratn at the sa ti, preventing anyone from being surrounded. Seeing this, so smarter ratn are beginning to climb on the stone wall. So quick slashes from my wraiths and body parts are sent flying. For now, I am alone capable of containing the ratn. But that was for a short ti.
THUMP THUMP
Probably after hearing so cowards that fled, the responsible of this attack heard the presence of my warriors. And decided to fight the zombies with so rat ogres. Fat chance for them, the dwarves that were a little farther will take care of this problem. I can see Gloni concentrated, as all the dwarves are. The first rat ogre that passed the entrance of the tunnel gets turned into a porcupine. He even blocked the exit for a few seconds, allowing the crossbows to reload in ti. The second rat ogre shared the sa fate as the first, and the third died from the rifles. After seeing this disaster, the nearby ratn flee in terror, not wanting to stay here anymore.
The first wave was easily destroyed, and I use the fresh blood to create 10 additional lich. I think that we killed at least 3000 ratn and 3 rat ogres, but that's just the beginning. After consuming all this blood and to block even more the entrance, I order my zombies to push the corpse into the tunnel, but let a small window opened. Now, instead of 5 ratn that can leave the tunnel at the sa ti, only two can. But, I know that if a rat ogre truly wants to pass, he will manage to break the small barricade.
I can see so smiles on the faces of the dwarves, and even I am nearly smiling. But that was before I heard the report of Oslo. I rushed to the lieutenant.
-BLOW UP THE TUNNEL!
He looks at visibly terrified. But, instead of answering, he points at the fortress. That's true, the one in charge is probably in the fortress. I ask number one to transmit my order to Bori, saying that the ratn are digging nurous tunnels inside the main one, to create more front. Soon, the explosives will be found and beca useless. I hear the reply of number one, and in less than a minute, a huge fire leaves the tunnel. I guess that they managed to blow everything.
(Yes, but the spirits are reporting sothing else. Since the main tunnel is destroyed, they are digging in the entire surface of the wall. Instead of one front, you will have everything opened. Tell Bori and those dwarves that their first wall is now dangerous. They should retreat to the second one, and even there, I don't think it will stay safe for a long ti. But, you earned so free zombies.)
Yes, thanks to my new lich, my count of zombies is rising. There is only one problem, how much tis, need a ratman, to dig a tunnel that long? Because the rocks look hard to break. I tell Gloni that they are digging new tunnels, and this wall is now obsolete. After that, I float toward the fortress, to ask this question in person. The answer was satisfying.
-Do they want to dig this? They have truly no clues about how hard it will be, that's not like the rock from the Deep Mountain. Gold Summit is called like that because of the gold found near the peak of the mountain, but it is also called like that because only the summit is useful. The rest of the mountain is composed with that hard rock, slowing down everything. They will need at least three days or so to truly create a tunnel. Did you see what was their equipnt?
Oslo, what is used by the ratn?
(Ok, so you have the rat ogres that are using their claws on the stone wall. It is not very effective, and they keep breaking the handles of the pickaxes. As for the rest, looks like so normal pickaxes, nothing more. Oh, I see so heavily armored ratn digging, they are a lot stronger than the regular ratn. Besides the red color of their clothes, nothing else.)
-Normal pickaxes, but the ratn using them are heavily armored and clearly different from the rest of the pack. And they are wearing sothing red.
-So Red Guards? Damn, how many? It is really important that you transmit that to Thongril.
-He should already know it; my spirits transmit to the sa information that is transmitted to my spirit near him. As for the numbers, only a handful, not more than ten.
-Ok, fine, that's good. If your wraiths could deal with them, that would be good. As for the ti, if the Red Guard is participating, I would say two days to create a tunnel. Or more than just one.
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