Warlords of the witcher world

Chapter 177 The Iron Giant
While the coalition forces of Aedirn and Livia were fortifying the preset battlefield, the forest of Anglin was also very lively.

For many people, Anglin's wetland forest is a super nightmare, but for others, it is not.

For them, this place made them feel like ducks in water, and some even became addicted to it.

"Whoa."

The soldier's raised leg brought up a splash of water, causing ripples in Anglin's dirty water.

But no one cares about the sewage, everyone has long been used to the disgusting green water here.

This is an Aedirn reconnaissance force. Most of the soldiers wear leather armor and cotton armor that are easy to move, and they are also very smartly dressed. It is obviously the experience gained from activities here.

Even those wearing iron armor were only wearing a light chain armor to reduce the weight on their bodies as much as possible.

After all, in this place, the seemingly safe place is not safe. It may look like a small pool, but when you step on it, you find that it is bottomless.

A soldier accidentally bumped his helmet against an unnoticed tree, and a dull and loud sound immediately spread in the air.

As the sound unfolded, everyone became vigilant and drew out the swords around their waists, preparing to fight the possible enemies.

The instigator of all this was even more flustered. He looked at the surrounding water in horror, as if the attack would come the next moment.

But even though he was flustered, his hand holding the sword was still very steady, which showed that he still had the most basic level, but he lacked experience.

And the attack did come. The next moment, a dragonfly (Geralt bug) rushed out of the water and came to face the soldiers who made trouble, but at this moment, a crossbow arrow shot the dragonfly.

This crossbow seemed to be magical, because the moment it hit the dragonfly monster, a thin layer of cold light appeared on the monster's carapace, and then the monster smashed into the water next to it.

The soldiers around him reacted quickly and rushed forward to greet the guy with their daggers and spears.

After a while, the dragonfly stopped moving, and some liquid spread out on the water.

"Let's go quickly."

The female captain holding the crossbow said, she also gave the reckless soldier a look, and the soldier immediately lowered his head in shame.

This wave of new recruits is a bit bad.The female captain thought so.

However, she didn't intend to blame them. Human beings are a process after all, and how long these people can live is a question.

"The blood will soon attract nearby monsters, you don't want to face a lot of dragonfly monsters or little fog monsters, right?"

The female captain put away the hand crossbow. Her hand crossbow looked very special. The bow arm seemed to be made of steel, and the winding device was also composed of three gears.

And this hand crossbow is indeed a special one, which she customized for herself, and the price is very high.

Originally, she wanted to equip all her subordinates with this thing, but due to the high price, she could only choose to equip some of the elite with this thing.

Everyone heard the order, without any hesitation, quickly followed Leila's footsteps, and left here at a high speed.

Not long after they left, a large number of monsters did appear here.

There was a fight between them for the dragonfly monster's corpse. In the end, a demon took away what it wanted, and then the corpse was eaten up in a short time. Except for a pool of blood, everything seemed to have happened. ——And this is Anglin's daily life. Whether he is a person or a monster, he will be devoured by it in all traces.

Yes, the leader of this team is the leader of the Aedirn Special Forces, the famous Herilera.

Over the years, Layla still stayed in the special forces position and refused many promotions from her superiors.

Because Leila felt that only by fighting on the front line in this way, could she find her own value, and she would feel more alive.

And the Protector did not treat this old friend badly. Although Leila was unwilling to be promoted, she could give her real estate and property.

For Layla, the Protector intends to use her as a model, a model for how low-level officers can develop - after all, Layla could have been promoted to a high position soon, but she has always stayed on the front line.

Now Leila already owns three estates, so she can be said to be a big landowner.

It's just that she just took her parents into the manor, while she was still working outside and fighting on the battlefield.

And in Anglin, Layla felt that she had found the perfect place.

The forests of Anglin are deep and dangerous, and more than half are submerged in water.

The plants here are all disgusting because of some unknown force, and there is always a strong sense of dissonance.

In Leila's opinion, this is a good hunting ground.

The Aedirn special forces led by Layla have been notorious among their counterparts in Nilfgaard on the opposite side for some time.

Layla would always use all the cruelty she'd learned from Scoia'tael on the Nilfgaardians.

Wherever Layla's team had been, there were always hangers in the trees, and unlucky ones who had been scalped or mutilated.

No one has dared to touch these corpses. Ever since someone was impaled by a wooden spear that fell from the sky while removing the corpse of his companion, the Nilfgaardians have taken a detour when they saw the corpse. God knows whether the Aedirnians will set a trap on it. .

It is also because of this that if Leila's subordinates are captured, they will suffer very cruel torture. Of course, it is a rare case that they are caught alive. The soldiers of the Aedian Special Forces basically prepare poison for themselves. When they are about to be captured Take it.

During the war with the Scoia'tael, they had long understood what would happen to soldiers of their nature who were captured, and it became a tradition to commit suicide before defeat.

Soon, Leila's team came to a big tree.

This big tree is very conspicuous here because it is unusually tall. Such a big tree is rare in this wetland forest.

Leila climbed up the tree without any hesitation, followed by several soldiers.

The reason for climbing the tree is very simple, because the Nilfgaard camp can be seen directly from here.

At first glance, the camp of the men in black seemed to be vast and boundless. Black and gold tents were neatly arranged in the camp with wooden boards, and groups of black-clothed soldiers were practicing in it.

And farther away is the battlefield chosen by the Allied Forces of Aden and Livia for the men in black, waiting for them to hit the battlefield.

The artillery from both sides was bombarding each other non-stop, and the roar of the artillery continued to sound. Leila could see the shells from both sides flying around in the air, and then most of them hit the water or the ground.

"Remember the movements of the Nilfgaardians."

Leila instructed the subordinates who climbed up, this is one of their daily activities, to monitor the Nilfgaardian camp from this tree.

After the Nilfgaardians came to the battlefield chosen for them by the coalition forces, they did not launch an attack immediately, but concentrated on repairing the barracks first, and then began to wait.

The Lord Protector believed that the people of Nilfgaard were probably planning something, and in order to find out what the man in black was planning, Leila and the others were sent here.

"Boss, it looks the same as before."

The soldier who recorded the various movements in the black army said that he was writing continuously with a notebook in his hand.

As comrades who have lived and died together for so long, there is not much barrier between Leila and her subordinates. In the usual terms, the relationship between superiors and subordinates is not obvious.

The military discipline of the special forces has not been relaxed because of this. When the time comes to fight, everyone will immediately return to the status of soldiers.

Leila didn't answer, she had been closely watching the various movements in the Nilfgaard camp, carefully comparing her previous observations, wondering if there was any difference.

Seeing this, the soldier didn't continue to say anything, but continued to record.

Finally, Layla saw something unusual.

He found a team with special badges leaving the camp, escorting a convoy.

He recognized the badge, which belonged to the Imperial Academy of Magic, and that made Leila very concerned.

Although it is said that the warlocks of the empire are soldiers who throw fireballs, they are warlocks after all, and the empire still has highly skilled warlocks, such as the famous "Book World" maker, Atori of the Vigo family Oss, that is the best illusionist in the entire continent.The world in the book he created almost shocked the entire continent, and the Nilfgaard Empire also stopped infiltrating Toussaint because of the super magical ability behind the world in the book.

In the internal report of the Kingdom of Aden, the warlocks of the empire need to be paid attention to. Their abilities are matched with the national strength of the empire, and they may be able to make some super big jobs.

Thinking in this way, after confirming where the convoy was headed, Leila set the direction for the next action.

"Let's go, we have something to do."

After Layla finished speaking, she got off the tree very easily. She had climbed on this tree many times and already knew where to stay.

"Come on, let's go to the south."

As if in response to her actions, when she said this, there was a sudden roar of monsters in the nearby forest, followed by the roar of muskets, the screams of humans, and the sound of a lot of fighting.

"Hmph, a guest is here, and this observation point will be abandoned in the future."

Layla looked in the direction of the sound. Outside this observation point, they set up many traps as a warning, and the most common ones were the reagents to lure monsters.

This was bought by Leila from the demon hunters with funds from their special forces. For people like them who often need to fight in the wilderness and forests, this reagent is very useful.

"Let the Nilfgaardians do the work." Layla said, "The monsters brought by the reagents are enough for them to deal with for a long time. Let's go."

"Yes, ma'am."

Then everyone followed her under the leadership of Leila.

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Since the special forces were familiar with this forest, it didn't take long for them to go through the large forest and came to the main road.

The main road is now full of Nilfgaardian soldiers, and there are patrolling men in black everywhere, but if Leila and the others want to reach their destination, they must pass through here.

This disgusted Leila, but she didn't bother her for long. It wasn't the first time she faced this situation, and she had a solution in her heart.

The plan is also very simple, that is to draw out the sword, solve the enemy, and then pass.

Using the observation records of these days, Leila calculated the shortest time between a patrolling soldier and a passing convoy, selected a turning point, and then led her subordinates to rush directly there.

There are very few defensive Nilfgaardians, there are only four to five people here, and they were quickly pierced through the heads by the hand crossbows in the hands of the special forces.

"We only have 5 minutes!" Leila said eagerly, "Hide all the corpses for me, and let the Nilfgaardians find the corpses first."

You don't need to be reminded, and it's not the first time you've done something like this.

They quickly and skillfully pulled the corpse to the forest on both sides, and then crossed the road together to the other side.

After crossing the road, Leila breathed a sigh of relief. This feeling made Leila feel very exciting, no matter how many times she experienced it.

To be honest, Leila's various operations are desperate, as long as she fails a little, she may overturn.

But this is what she likes, and she is even obsessed with it, so she is always reluctant to leave the front line.

And after crossing the road, they were getting closer to their destination.

Not long after, Leila and the others arrived at the place where the convoy was.

And through the cover of the bushes, Leila and the others saw something beyond their imagination.

I saw a humanoid structure about four meters high and made of steel standing in a small open space in this forest. This giant had a small cannon in one hand and a mace in the other. .

The giant's head is a Nilfgaardian helmet, and beneath it is a carved expressionless human face.

A few Warlocks were busy around the Iron Giant, and they seemed to often supplement the Giant with Chaos abilities. The Chaos energy released by the Warlocks seemed to be sucked away by a magnet in front of the Giant, continuously pouring into its body.

There are quite a few Nilfgaardian soldiers here, and they are all looking at the steel giant and discussing something in the language of the southerners.

Next, the giant walked up to a few sandbag puppets in the clearing. It easily smashed the puppets in front of it with a hammer, and then smashed the target in the distance with a cannon.

Several Nilfgaardians dressed as civil servants quickly recorded the performance of the giant, while the craftsmen reloaded the cannon in the giant's hand, one warlock looked proud, while the other warlocks looked like He looked exhausted as if he had been squeezed dry.

What the hell are the Nilfgaardians doing?
Seeing this, Layla felt something was wrong. What did the Nilfgaardians come up with?
Long-term combat experience made Leila realize that this is definitely not an opponent she can deal with.

The most correct choice now is to leave here immediately and report the news to the higher ups. The Protector must immediately know what happened here.

However, just as Leila signaled to her men to retreat quietly, a soldier accidentally stepped on a dead tree, and the dead wood made a crisp sound that everyone here could hear.

The steel giant reacted the fastest, and the small cannon in its hand fired directly at the place where the sound came from.

The unlucky guy was naturally cut in two by the shell, and the picture was extremely bloody and terrifying.

Layla emerged from her hiding place and fired a hand crossbow at the nearest Nilfgaardian soldier, piercing his head.

"Kill all the Nilfgaardians!"

Leila yelled loudly, then wound the crossbow in her hand as fast as she could, and shot another soldier to death with one arrow.

Layla knew very well that it was absolutely impossible to run away from the situation in front of her. Instead of being killed while running, it was better to fight these guys directly.

There are not many enemies here, and they can be solved completely. The real killer is the steel giant, but after killing all the other enemies, solving it should not be a problem.

As a result, all the members of the lurking Aden Special Forces came out. They first "washed" a wave of enemies with crossbows and swivel guns, knocked down a dozen people at once, and then drew their swords and entered the enemy .

The Nilfgaardians were caught off guard, but their reaction was still very fast. The Nilfgaardian soldiers immediately went up to meet them, and a fight began, with swords interlaced and blood flowing.

But on the side of the Iron Giant, there is another style of painting. This monster directly smashed the fastest soldier into a meat paste, and then overturned three people with a wave of his hand, and some people were sent flying and hit the tree to death. I don't know.

Whether it's an arrow or a projectile, hitting this thing seems to be tickling him, and it still keeps killing the special forces in front of him.

And Leila walked in front of it, she didn't come to die, she had the confidence to face this thing.

Leila took out a bomb from her waist and threw it at the giant in front of her.

That is, the next moment, the green light exploded on the giant, and the surge of chaotic energy frantically flashed on the giant.

Seeing this, Leila breathed a sigh of relief, if this enemy was like this, then it would be too easy to deal with...

And before her thoughts were over, the giant exploded in front of her.

"Ahem, cough, damn it, the giant still has this."

Leila's tone was filled with embarrassment that couldn't be concealed, and this blow directly sent her flying. Fortunately, she didn't hit any sharp objects, and if she knew it, she wouldn't be standing so close.

Leila really didn't expect that this thing would blow itself up after being subdued by the magic gold.

Several special forces members immediately came to Layla's side. The battle was basically over by now, and all the Nilfgaardians had been killed.

And the special forces also suffered a lot. Most of the subordinates brought by Leila were lost here, and some unlucky ones were blown up in the explosion just now, and they were not as lucky as her.

"Pick up a few pieces of iron skin from this monster, look for things like a core, and bring the notes of the Nilfgaardians, and then we'll go! Be quick! The Nilfgaardians are ready to Anyone can come."

Leila knew that they were behind Nilfgaard, and the men in black could arrive at any time.

But she didn't expect the man in black to come so quickly.

(End of this chapter)