Durin's Diary

Chapter 642 Arrangement
When Dulin arrived near Malinka, he saw the burning city.

Looking at the greenskins swarming on the surface, Durin finally had no choice but to turn around and leave - there was no fighting nearby, the city was burning, and there was no sign of resistance. The reason why the greenskin orcs were called greenskins was because they were like a plague.

Wherever it goes, it brings only death.

On the way west, Du Lin saw a fleeing group. He descended and found the leader of the group.

This was a wealthy man wearing mink fur. He looked at Durin warily and said, "Master Mage, what do you want to talk to me about? You have seen what has happened. The greenskins have broken through the defense line. We are all fleeing to Zaporizhia."

"I'm Doolin Ayrsh, and this is my proof. Take my cigarette case and go to Zaporizhia and find any officer you can find. Tell him that he must defend Zaporizhia to the death within a week. I don't care how he does it. Let all the men take up their guns, rely on the rivers and cities, and don't let the greenskins cross the line of Zaporizhia, Sologne and Dniprodzerzhinsk at any cost!"

After saying that, Du Lin stretched out his hand and rows of earth elementals grew out of the ground. "These elemental creatures will protect you. Go!"

"Thank you, sir!" Although he didn't know Du Lin, he couldn't find another mage of such strength in the entire Western Continent even with a lantern.

Letting them leave, Dulin glanced to the east and finally opened the portal to return to the front line.

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When Durin returned to the defense line, the messenger from the Great Forest had arrived and brought even worse news.

Three warbands were lost in the Malinka forest, a warmaster was killed, and more than 30,000 soldiers were lost on the front line. More wounded and supplies were surrounded in the city of Orekhov. The green-skinned shamans deployed a large number of plane anchors in this area, and no one could open the teleportation channel.

The good news is that the greenskins on this line may have been frightened, and they did not launch an attack due to the heavy losses.

Dulin thought about it and finally decided to let Duke Alessandro be in charge of the retreat.

"I'm going to Orekhov and see if I can dig out some children who shouldn't have died there." After saying this, Du Lin prepared to take off again.

"I'll go with you." This time, Lan En followed Du Lin into the air.

Durin wanted to refuse, but the little dragoness refuted Durin's action: "Let us breathe the same air and share the same fate."

Du Lin was silent. Finally, he nodded: "But only this time."

"I know." She nodded.

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Orekhov is a large city with a large number of fortifications, so it is used as the core of defense by the Great Woods. All the supplies waiting to be transported to the front line on the southern defense line - from medicines to bullets - are stored here.

So when Durin and Lann arrived, the city still had not fallen - a large number of lightly wounded soldiers and citizens who came to reinforce the garrison held the city walls tightly.

Although the arrival of Durin was only two people, it was at least good news. After all, the only usable radio in the city was now sending only bad news, and the city was full of greenskins. But at least Durin's arrival meant that the defenders in the city didn't have to worry about not being able to send their suicide notes.

The chief of the defending army was a Tygus. He said that there was no way to break out now - the only people visible outside the city were greenskins. If the more than 20,000 people in the city did not have these walls, they would be eaten alive if they got out.

The good news is that there are enough weapons and mountains of bullets, and the greenskins can't get siege equipment for a while - the nearest forest is about thirty miles away from here, and the monsters in it are not easy to deal with, so it is extremely difficult for the greenskins to get siege equipment.

As for the shamanic spells, this was indeed a problem, but the effect of a single shamanic spell on the city walls was minimal, while a large group of shamanic spells would require the cannons on the city walls to respond. So the greenskins used ladders to attack the city twice, leaving behind thousands of corpses, and then began to surround the city without fighting.

As usual, facing a ten-meter-high wall, even the greenskins who are good at field combat will be defeated.

Du Lin observed the situation in the city. Although most of the soldiers did not know him, his appearance clearly explained his identity. Wherever he went, the morale of the army was greatly boosted.

Du Lin told the defenders that as long as they held on, he would find a way to bring them supplies.

The soldiers said that even without supplies, they would fight to avoid being eaten by the greenskins.

Durin also waited in the castle for a long time. During this time, a dragon species came to the sky above the castle with a container full of food. Although the greenskins wanted to intercept them, their insects collapsed before they got close because they sensed the presence of Durin and Lann.

Although the food brought by this team of silver dragons seemed to be a drop in the bucket for a large castle crowded with more than 20,000 people, they at least brought enough food for three days. Durin said that as long as he was still in the Great Forest and as long as the opening of Malinka was not blocked, the dragons would come every day with various supplies.

If what Du Lin said before seemed more like comfort to everyone, then what Du Lin said now was the truth.

"Thank you, my Lord. I don't want to imagine what would have happened to us without you."

"You stay here and tell the soldiers that I will not abandon you. I am leaving now. If any of you have children who want to leave, I can take them away."

The fact is that no one's children are trapped here, but there are seriously injured people who can neither die nor recover.

There is really no way to do this. The seriously injured are difficult to move. Even if Du Lin takes them into the air, if they encounter something and have to maneuver, I am afraid that a barrel will roll down and the injured will become dead.

In the end, Durin had to settle for the second best and took the family letters from everyone in the castle - these letters were supposed to be sent out today, but were blocked in the castle's post office by the greenskin invasion.

When the soldiers heard that Du Lin had taken the letters home, they were very happy - they had all written letters to their families, but in the current situation they thought the letters might not be sent out. However, they did not expect that Lord Du Lin would take their letters home to the rear.

And Dulin returned to Zaporizhia with a large number of letters.

The situation here was a mess, with fleeing crowds everywhere, but there were also officers maintaining order, and the troops did not collapse. They relied on the bridge over the river as a defense node, demolished the houses on the east side of the bridge, and then used those building materials to reinforce the buildings on the west side of the bridge as fortifications.

He is an understanding person.

Durin found the person in charge here. To his surprise, it was Lieutenant Toby Rabbit. He showed Durin the silver cigarette case that Durin had given to the merchant and said, "Lord Durin, your messenger has delivered the message. My superiors have all fled, but we Zaporizhia people will not flee. This is our home. Let the green orcs come!"

"Okay, hold this place, supplies will be delivered every day." There are railway tracks here, and Du Lin will prepare them for these brave young people when he returns.

"I will never treat you unfairly." Du Lin comforted him.

Lieutenant Rabbit responded with a look of certainty: "My brother has been to your training camp. He said your words are more true than gold. I believe you, sir."

"I won't let you down." Patting the young man on the shoulder, Du Lin took out a gold cigarette case, stuffed it into the rabbit's arms, and then asked about the location of the post office.

(End of this chapter)