arcane emperor

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A giant shield machine with a diameter of 30 meters and a length of several hundred meters is slowly but firmly digging upwards.

It is a true steel behemoth, greedily devouring any object in front of it.

Whether it is rocks or soil, it will be swallowed up easily.

These swallowed things are directly made into magic cement in its body, and poured into the reinforced concrete molds that have just been placed around the tunnel.

It advances, devours, and produces at the same time, without the need for human control at all.

The shocking scene brought by this made the drow elves watching from a distance silent.

They observed in a daze. The gray elf combat troops were hiding and could not feel any presence or danger from the other side.

However, all drow know this very well.

If someone with short eyesight prepares to launch an attack on the giant shield machine in operation, he will definitely suffer a devastating blow.

Maybe, this is the bait laid out by the Gray Elves and the Bay Leader.

As for who will take the bait?

There is no shortage of idiots and ambitious guys in the underground world!
The first few batches of guys who were testing were lost after they were caught by them who suddenly appeared.

In the next two days, many elves "heard" that several drow cities were occupied by the Azshara tribe in the Gulf Territory.

Different from the previous low profile, after the Azshara tribe successfully completed the battle this time, it also publicized it with great fanfare.

This sudden change naturally carries a strong warning meaning.

This kind of unreasonable "anger" and reaction made them feel familiar.

Yes, gray elves were indeed transformed from drow.

The styles of doing things on both sides are so close.

The Gulf Territory moved very quickly and did not keep the drow waiting for long.

When the thick-sounding giant shield machine drilled out of the ground, the pale red blood-colored moonlight shone down.

All the drow combat troops couldn't help but widen their eyes.

It is no longer an underground space that can be seen at a glance, but an extremely broad world.

Unspeakable excitement and joy poured into the hearts of all drow elves and their combatants.

If it were before, they would have been eager to scatter and plunder and kill according to their own ideas and plans.

But now, they all stayed in place, silently waiting for orders from the Gulf Territory combatants.

Why are you so well-behaved?
Because the disobedient guys have been completely eliminated during these days of contact.

For these drow raider troops with the word "death" written on their foreheads, the Gulf Territory sent them away from the exit in batches.

Even if they are killed by the Cole elves, there is no way to know the location of the exit.

After the Cole elves killed countless drow raider troops, even if they found the exit here, it was already too late.

The Gulf Territory, which is currently constructing underground export facilities, will turn this place into a solid and dangerous underground fortress.

The drow raiders who are constantly coming out here will replace the Gulf Territory combat troops and block the Cole elves army.

Unless the Kor elves are willing to sacrifice enough troops and turn this place upside down.

Otherwise, they will not be able to destroy this exit and the underground fortress.

Of course, the more nails like this buried inside the Cole Elf Kingdom, the better.

Even if the Cole elves spent a huge price to completely destroy this place.

The firepower and attention attracted here can also help other areas to be quickly built and put into effect quickly.

As long as these drow raider troops are willing to "cooperate" with the Gulf Territory.

Then, the Gulf Territory is also willing to provide them with some combat suggestions and material supplies.

After all, they had just occupied several large territories, and the Gulf Territory needed to digest them steadily.

Not to mention, the Gulf Territory has become more and more famous this year, and its reputation has become even bigger.

Even though the Gulf Territory has accumulated a population of more than 800 million this year through various means such as attracting, recruiting, housing, and accepting gifts.

The previous batches of staff and pioneers who have received re-education and intensive training will also arrive in these areas one after another.

When they fully adapt to the environment and life, the Gulf Territory will be able to achieve complete control over this area.

Gray elves, gray dwarves, and some drow matrons jointly control these exits.

They will use various materials and intelligence, as well as the corresponding loot recovery, to control these drow raider troops.

It would be great to be able to cause enough trouble to the Cole Elf Kingdom.

Even if they cannot achieve very good results, they will not feel too frustrated.

Anyway, this is a casual move, even if it is eaten, it will not feel bad.

Compared to the gray elves and gray dwarves, they acted like they were doing business.

The drow matrons, who have more ideas and motivation, have gone from being slightly interested at the beginning to now fully promoting it.

The fundamental reason was that they learned that six exits had been dug in the Gulf Territory in just three days.

Therefore, they spent a huge price to provide more than 500 million slaves of various kinds to the Gulf Territory in exchange for the right to use three passages.

He also took out various rare metals as payment to hire a construction team from the Gulf Territory to transform the entrance and its surroundings into a fortress.

They have one and only one condition, to be as strong as possible!

Even if you encounter extremely destructive spells such as "earthquake spell", "meteorite falling from the sky", "landslide and ground cracking", etc., you must be able to persevere and continue to function.

The drow gave a lot and "paid" in advance.

Angela, who understood the inside story, agreed to the drow deal and quickly arranged the construction plan.

By digesting the "reward" provided by the drow elves, the Gulf Territory can save a lot of manpower and materials, and save at least 4 to 6 months of digestion and control time.

For the current Gulf Territory, manpower and time are very valuable, which can create more wealth and further accelerate the development of the territory.

Not to mention, the Gulf Territory has already guessed the biggest and most fundamental reason for the strange transformation of the drow elf matron.

Spider goddess——Rose!
In the underground world that has been in turmoil for so long, countless creatures have been killed and sacrificed.

Based on the Gulf Territory's calculations on various methods of accumulating strength such as methods of becoming a god, prayer rituals, and sacrificial rituals.

The power accumulated by Spider Goddess Rose is enough to reach the upper limit of what the material plane can accommodate and enter the power storage mode.

This means that the spider goddess Rose, who has her hands free, can already start to lay out her best hunting net.

Who will be targeted?
All intelligent creatures!

Who will be his favorite food?

Surface elves!

Given a choice, the drow do not want to kill each other.

Because they knew very well how difficult to deal with the other elven mistresses and mortal enemies who had been entangled in internal strife for thousands of years were.

In comparison, although the Cole elves are powerful, the potential of most ordinary Cole elves has been weakened, and they have become some worms who only know how to pursue pleasure.

Even though the drow elves also like to kill each other, at least their fighting ability has been trained.

In this case, they were confident that they could gain the upper hand over the Cole elves.

Of course, as their strength increases and their mastery of various new weapons and equipment deepens, will they retaliate against the gray dwarves and gray elves?

That is for sure!

How could the drow tolerate such a strong enemy and rival, and share their already very narrow and cramped underground world?

Angela knew what the drow would think in the future, and she also understood their character and style of turning against others once they gained strength.

However, the Gulf Leader doesn't care too much!

They just want the drow to do their job now.

As for subsequent changes, the Gulf Leader has naturally prepared a backup plan.

Once you arrive in the territory of the Gulf Territory, it will be impossible for the other party to escape easily!
With the seemingly harmonious cooperation between the drow elves and the Gulf Lords, one after another, fully armed raider troops rushed out in full force.

They acted quickly and decisively, launching fierce raids on the surrounding Kor elf cities and villages.

The unreinforced village and town gates or city walls were blasted through by cannons in just a few hits.

The remaining guard forces, even if they have some outstanding professionals, will find it difficult to fight against the organized looters.

What's more, the magical equipment and weapons used by these raiders were in an undisguised Gulf Territory style.

The lethality of grenade launchers generally reaches a high level, which is enough to make up for the gap in hard power.

Even some super-class or even legendary professionals can only dodge in advance when faced with densely packed attacks.

And the raiders are not afraid of death, they are more afraid of the punishment of the drow elves.

In just one day.

More than 30 Kor Elf villages and towns were destroyed, and 3 Kor Elf towns were captured.

More than 20 Kor elves were killed as sacrifices to the spider goddess Rose by the drow raiders.

More than 70 Kor elves were taken captive and sent back to the exit by the excited raider troops.

The drow elves have many ways to deal with these captives.

However, the Gulf Territory did not give them a chance.

"You don't want the good situation you just created to be ruined due to lack of combat supplies and corresponding tactical support, right?"

"You don't want to go to great lengths to find out the detailed information about the Cole Elf Army, do you?"

"You don't want the Spider Goddess, who has just received many sacrifices, to be angry because of the lack of timely follow-up sacrifices, right?"

The Bay Lord's undisguised threat immediately made the drow elf matriarchs, who had been very happy, furious.

However, faced with the threat of the Bay Lord to overturn the table and send a large army to cut off their subsequent support routes, the drow elves, who have always bullied the weak and feared the strong, decided to endure it!
Isn't it just a little prisoner?
no problem!
All for you!

Having successfully achieved his goal, the Lord of the Bay immediately told the drow elves all the information about the impending arrival of the army of the Kor Elf Kingdom.

The encirclement of more than 50 elite troops immediately woke the drow elves up.

As they watched Haiwan leader point out several clear paths, their original anger and dissatisfaction immediately turned into willingness.

With the assistance of the Bay Leader, they kept appearing around several exits through various means such as teleportation, underground rails, and train transportation.

The Kor elf army was unable to determine their exact location and actual number, and did not launch an attack for the time being. They simply blocked a few key points and restricted their space for movement.

Unfortunately, their response plan was still based on old ideas and thinking habits, and they suffered a great loss soon.

The raiding troops who had detected their area not only did not retreat, but instead took the initiative to approach them.

The Cole elf troops, vaguely aware of the danger, immediately became alert and took a defensive stance.

But what they never expected was that the raiders had no intention of attacking at all. After showing up, they disappeared without a trace.

When they found out that their retreat direction was not outside the encirclement, the Cole Elf troops did not react for a while.

After waiting for several hours, the reconnaissance troops were surrounded.

They suddenly discovered that the number of raider troops was decreasing.

Only then did they realize that they had been fooled!
Afterwards, a large number of raider troops quietly broke through their encirclement and penetrated into other places in the larger central area.

Even though villages, towns and cities in other places were prepared, they still responded rather poorly to this sudden blow and disaster.

Various disturbances caused unrest in the entire central part of the Kor Elf Kingdom.

The elite troops of the Cole Elf Kingdom were forced to open the encirclement and kill the surrounding raiders.

The effect was very obvious. The opponent was no match for them at all and several of them were quickly killed.

However, they soon discovered that the number of raider troops that appeared was not decreasing, but was increasing.

What a joke! Would the drow worry about too many of their slaves dying?

More and more drow raider troops are spreading throughout the central region.

They no longer gathered in groups, but instead dispersed flexibly, launching sneak attacks everywhere.

The enemies coming from all directions made the elite troops of the Cole elves suffer terribly.

They would never believe that one wide and sinister passage after another was being opened underground in the Kingdom of the Kor Elf.

The raiders, who appeared everywhere but were able to retreat quickly, successfully broke through their encirclement by taking advantage of this.

The Kingdom of the Cole Elf cannot tolerate the central part being in such a mess as the south.

They decisively recalled the elite troops fighting outside and had a head-on battle with these looting troops that were showing up everywhere.

Although the raiders are not smart, they are not stupid enough to go head-on with the elite troops of the Kor Elf Kingdom.

So, the two sides started playing hide-and-seek, and the intensity and scale of the game continued to escalate.

The Gulf Leader, who was watching the show from behind, felt quite satisfied with this unexpected yet reasonable result.

It not only tied up the energy and combat power of the Kor Elf Kingdom, but also caused them some trouble.

It also gives the drow elves something to do so that they don't spend all day thinking about causing trouble for the Bay Lords.

After wishing them both a bright future, the Gulf Leader began to plan the next step.

Kill deeper into the territory of the Mind Flayer Empire!
Providing trouble for the drow elves or causing trouble for the Kingdom of Kor Elf was not the original purpose of the Gulf Lord.

What they want is to get the Shadow Demiplane of the Mind Flayer Empire!

Now that they have freed up their hands and feet and all kinds of supplies have been prepared, it is natural for the Gulf Territory to continue moving forward.

Although the Mind Flayer Empire never gave up and launched a counterattack on the Gulf Territory's defense line.

However, the slave army, relying solely on cold weapons to fight, was completely unable to shake the defense line set up by the Gulf Lord.

On the contrary, the combat troops of the Gulf Territory have been rotating.

This gave all the soldiers in the army of hundreds of thousands the opportunity to fight the slave army in person.

Although there was still a certain training effect, Angela did not delay too much to avoid any trouble.

On the third day after the Kingdom of Kor Elf transferred other elite troops back to the country, it issued an order to continue the offensive.

A large number of Gulf Territory warriors began a new round of offensive and defensive battles.

The first ones they encountered were naturally the Mind Flayer Empire, which had gathered an army of millions of slaves.

The scale of the million-strong army is extremely astonishing, and the vast underground world space distributed like caves requires three or four spaces to fully accommodate it.

This means that these millions of slaves were not gathered together.

The Gulf Leader is best at cutting operations!
Therefore, the Gulf Lord adopted the strategy of first concentrating superior forces to defeat a part of the slave warrior army, and then taking action against the other slave warriors.

This method has achieved remarkable results.

Even with the protection of camps and city walls, the Gulf Lords easily defeated their opponents.

Moreover, it is different from the last time when all the slave warriors had to be suppressed or killed.

This time, the Gulf Leader more firmly implemented the decapitation tactic of "capture the leader first".

The invincible Dragon Warrior assault force, relying on the outstanding advantage of individual combat capability, recklessly searches for the location of the Mind Flayer.

Once found, they call in Banshee drones to bombard the area.

After the bombing was over, he joined other teammates and launched a fatal attack on the Mind Flayer that was blown to pieces.

Even the legendary Mind Flayer didn't seem to be able to fight back much when faced with this direct "target attack".

At best, he could hold out for a dozen more minutes under the siege and beating of the dragon warriors.

But in the end, they will be like ordinary mind flayers, either being eliminated or becoming captives of the Bay Lords.

Once the mind flayers are dealt with, there are usually thousands of slave warriors thrown into chaos.

At this time, the Gulf leader army, which had been prepared in advance, would send out the Modao team with the sharpest breakthrough and cutting capabilities to cut them into pieces.

The accompanying Bay Leader battle mage cast a few charm spells and crowd control spells on these slave warriors, and basically took them all down.

After capturing the slave warriors, the first step of the Gulf Territory's advancement will be completed.

Because the remaining mind flayers will definitely be terrified by the current situation.

They are very afraid of death, and when they are unable to reverse the defeat, they will definitely choose to retreat.

This is the opportunity that the Gulf Leader has been waiting for!
The mind flayers can evacuate, but these slave warriors must all stay.

It only took two or three days.

Millions of slave warriors were "swallowed" by the Gulf Lord.

Reducing the number of these slave warriors can significantly reduce the control of the Mind Flayer Empire in this area.

Although the mind flayers are powerful, their numbers are too small.

If you can't form a mind flayer army, you either have a very powerful slave army, or you have very strong technological capabilities like the mind flayer empire of the past.

These mind flayers hiding in the underground world now are far from being able to reproduce the former glory of the Mind Flayer Empire.

After the Gulf Territory took over this place, it immediately stepped up its development.

A considerable part of this place was once the territory of the Gray Dwarf Empire. Although it has now become a ruin, there are still many resource points and mineral veins left.

The Gulf Lord obtained a lot of detailed information from the second prince, Kresser.

They can arrange and modify it more easily.

Whether it is the vigorously developed mining industry or other commodities designed and produced in the Gulf region.

Can make this place "lively" again!
The Gulf Territory's control over this area will also be greatly enhanced.

A large number of slave warriors were abandoned by the frightened mind flayers.

The Gulf Lord also seized the opportunity and killed many mind flayers, further strengthening the mind flayers' fear of the Gulf Lord.

While we should speed up the development in the future, we should not stop advancing in the front.

The Lord of the Bay took advantage of the time when the mind flayers were at a loss and advanced more fiercely.

Under such circumstances, the mind flayers naturally fled faster.

The Gulf Lords seized the opportunity and successfully occupied the cities and fortresses around the Shadow Plane.

They didn't care that the mind flayers had fled back underground. They wanted to regroup and have another head-on battle with the Gulf Lord.

Or should the mind flayers lie dormant, work hard to develop the combat effectiveness of their own army, and wait for the right opportunity to reappear?

Most of the Gulf Territory's energy was focused on rebuilding the defense line and developing the shadow plane.

Compared with the "rush" to develop other planes, the Gulf Territory suddenly became much more cautious towards the Shadow Plane.

The reason is simple. In the abyss canyon where the entrance to the shadow plane passage is found, there live many dangerous and terrifying creatures.

Matthew discovered three or four types of powerful legendary creatures.

Not to mention that there was a faint threatening aura emanating from the deepest part of the canyon.

For this reason alone, Matthew and the Gulf Lord will treat the matter with extreme caution.

The Shadow Plane is very important and is the most important part of the Gulf Territory's "City of Heaven" plan.

Therefore, Matthew must eliminate all dangers and uncertainties before exploring and dealing with them properly.

There is no way, the dangerous and interesting underground world always brings people unexpected surprises.

This is what the Shadow Plane is like!
The same goes for the Abyss Canyon!

(End of this chapter)