I, the yellow-haired noble, hypnotize the beautiful wife from another world

The Griffin family, no, the entire Golden Eagle Empire will usher in a new round of civil war.

They were too busy with their own affairs to help the Crusaders. In other words, now was the best time to attack the Crusaders.

Think about it, if we succeed, the situation in the entire North will change. The Crusaders will be forced to give up huge benefits. The silver dwarves, who have gained huge benefits and are leaderless, will respectfully recognize your rule over them.

You will rule two major dwarf clans at the same time. After that, you can use the rich resources of the North to recuperate, compensate the lost interests of the dwarves, and even lead the dwarves back to the top after hard work! What an exciting and great feat!!!"

What the messenger said was very cool, and even though Gold was a cautious dwarf, he couldn't help but be excited by his exaggeration.

But in the end, Gold still asked a new question: "But this is equivalent to completely offending the Crusaders... If the Crusaders no longer launch an expedition against the dark elves and resist the attack of the frost giants in the Giant Mountains, and instead put all their forces into the war against us, won't we have to take the blame for the evil creatures such as the frost giants and the dark elves?"

"Good question. We certainly won't let our loyal dwarven allies suffer." The other party smiled and said, "So, after the dwarves raided the northern region where the Crusaders are located, we will intervene as quickly as possible and use the name of mediation to prevent the two sides from further conflict. In this case, the dwarves can build fortifications as quickly as possible and create a fait accompli. Don't you think this is good?"

"if it is like this……"

"If you are really willing to help, then..."

Having said this, Gold was finally moved.

Soon, a piece of news spread throughout the Underdark—

"We will launch a war against the evil, unruly Crusaders who persecute and seize the property of the dwarves! We will take back all the dwarven mines they have occupied!!!"

After such a declaration, amidst the shouts and cheers like a tsunami, the Golden Dwarf King raised his battle axe and roared: "Wage war! Wage a punitive war against the Crusaders! Let us eliminate this carrier of hatred!!!"

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In this way, after the expeditionary force of the Dark Elf Jad Empire, the expeditionary force of the Underdark, and the coalition of frost giants in the Giant Mountain Range, the Crusaders welcomed his fourth opponent in the beginning of 1003.

The dwarf coalition consisting of gold dwarves and silver dwarves——

Although their deployment caused a worldwide uproar, everyone thought these dwarves were really stupid. The Crusaders were fighting the Dark Elves on the front line, and were also fighting off a wave of frost giant invasions. They are the pillars of righteousness, the backbone of humanity, why are you launching a war against them at this time? ! Are you guys sent by the devil? !

Of course, for the time being, it was just empty talk. Apart from some mild economic sanctions and moral condemnation, no one really launched a war of punishment against the golden dwarves.

On the one hand, this is because the area where the golden dwarves are located is in the mountains of the Golden Eagle Empire, and ordinary human troops have a hard time attacking such a place. On the other hand, it is because the current world tension is too high.

The temporary truce agreement reached due to the demon invasion could be torn up at any time. Then a new war would sweep the world. If his army was trapped in the dwarf war at that time, wouldn't he have nowhere to cry?

And so, the war of the golden dwarves finally began.

In addition to the Gold Dwarves, there are also Silver Dwarves in the north, Bronze Dwarves, Amber Dwarves, and Star Iron Dwarves, several large dwarf clans, and many dwarf adventurers who have joined this punishment war.

The fleet of House Norse was on alert for all ships on the Sea of ​​Ghosts. But it was of no use. The dwarves were not transported over the sea, but through the vast webway of the Underdark.

Even beneath the surface of the Sea of ​​Souls, beneath the soft seabed, there are still underground roads created by the old Dwarf Empire that can be used by the army.

The Golden Dwarves and other dwarves traveled to the North through these underground roads, preparing to restore the glory of the dwarves.

They were very careful and vigilant to avoid the large number of dark elves or the dungeons of the dragon lords. They bought supplies from some underground dwarves or Durin's cities, and then continued on their way.

In this war, Durin and others who were caught in the middle were in the most dilemma.

Although Aslan could slap them to reveal their black faces, the dwarves were their long-term allies after all. When the Kingdom of Durin in the Dragon Mountains collapsed, it was the dwarves who lent them a hand. So even though they did not join the dwarf expedition and implicitly advised the dwarves not to do so, they still gave the dwarves some help in logistics in the end.

"Don't worry, we are just teaching that guy a lesson, letting him know that he must respect dwarves from now on. We won't kill him." The dwarves confidently told Durin and the others and continued on their journey.

Then, going up and up again, to the Underdark, which was almost close to the surface of the earth, the Crusaders' Underdark Expeditionary Force collided head-on with the Dwarf Expeditionary Force.

Chapter 32: Metal is no match for machinery

Aslan: "What Dwarf Expeditionary Force? They are all idiots. Look, I will use the Magic Maid Expeditionary Force to blow them up one by one!"

This is what Aslan thought after hearing that the Golden Dwarves were going to launch an expedition against him.

A guy like Gou Ba dares to come and challenge the Crusaders. It's really giving him face, isn't it?

With the efforts of Yelena, a large number of puppet maids, and the Crusaders' scientific research department, the Underdark Special Attack Puppet Maids that invade the Underdark have begun mass production. The first batch of Underdark Special Attack Puppet Maids have been produced, implanted in the Internet, and obtained Aslan's related core. They can be connected to the Maid Captain No. 1 and Maid Captain No. 2, and enjoy the pleasant feeling of being served by Master Aslan while resting.

……

These Underdark-specialized puppet maids are even smaller in stature - this is also the case for the vast majority of races living in the Underdark.

Dark elves are shorter than other elven subraces, and dwarves and Durin are shorter than other races as well.

In addition to these, there are a large number of cave dwellers in the underground world, as well as gnolls and goblins, who are also small in size.

Such shortness and petiteness make it convenient for them to live in the narrow areas of the underground world.

Of course, there are exceptions, but they are not mentioned here.

……

These legal lolita-style Underdark Crusader Golem Maid Troops, in addition to the human form, also have a spider lolita form with a replaceable chassis.

This was inspired by the spider elves. These eight-legged spider maids can almost ignore gravity and run freely above and below narrow underground tunnels. They are very suitable for the fighting style of the Underdark. At the same time, they are equipped with new fixed propellants and new rifles with flintlock ignition. Their long-range firepower can reach three times that of traditional maids, or even more.

At the same time, with the help of the Durin tribe, the spider maids were equipped with additional exoskeleton arms. These exoskeleton arms can use scimitars, crossbows, short-barreled muskets, lances and other weapons at the same time.

A fully armed spider maid can fight as well as a squad of experienced dark elves in the narrow Underdark.

This spider maid can play a huge role in stalagmite areas, underground tunnel areas, fragmented rock areas, undulating mountainous areas, man-made obstacles with complex terrain, and urban areas.

In other words, after Aslan kills all the dark elves in the Underdark in the future, this spider-like puppet maid can also play a huge role in other war zones.

As the Crusaders' wealth grew, by the end of 1002, the expedition had manufactured and modified 2000 spider maids.

As soon as these spider maids entered the Underdark, they easily slaughtered more than a dozen small tribes of various Underdark tribes.

Be it goblins, mushroom people, crow men, underground lizards, minotaurs...

A dozen small tribes that occupied the mountains in the Underdark were easily slaughtered by the spider maids. Then, the slave orcs entered these areas and began to build small magic bastions. Then the silver-scaled kobolds and lead-gray dwarves moved in and began to explore resources. At the same time, the maids began to draw maps and issued orders to the weak cave dwellers around them, asking them to obey the orders of the great Crusader Commander Aslan and become the Crusader's dogs from today.

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By the time the Black Rose Sisterhood, the most powerful dark elf organization in the Underdark, realized something was amiss, the Crusaders' expeditionary force had already firmly established itself in the area.

Dozens of cave dweller tribes surrendered to the Crusaders and provided them with food and logistical supplies. At the same time, the silver-scaled kobolds and lead-gray dwarves also began to supervise the slave orcs and began to mine valuable mines.

Although not as good as the most famous mines in the Giant Mountains in the north, and it is more difficult to build new mines, when the northern frost giants declared war on the Crusaders, these mines became the most important source of raw materials for the Crusaders to ensure the export of metal products and military products.

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At the beginning of January in 1003, a small-scale war in the Underdark began to break out.

During this period, the number of troops deployed by the Crusaders to the Underdark has increased to three thousand spider maids, three thousand silver-scaled kobold auxiliaries, and fifty thousand slave orcs, and the area of ​​territory controlled is constantly increasing.

They used the bastion tactics to advance steadily, and used the spider maids who were particularly suitable for fighting in the Underdark. So when faced with the tentative attacks of other forces in the Underdark, they easily relied on the bastions, muskets and artillery to defend. Then the spider maids relied on the thousands of tunnels that extended in all directions to get around the enemy's rear, and then launched multiple attacks from both inside and outside, beating the small group of dark elves to the point where they could not take care of themselves.

The dark elves wanted to complain about this. After all, they usually used such tactics before. It was too much for Aslan's expeditionary army to plagiarize their tactics and not pay the copyright fees.

It was at this time that the expeditionary force of the Golden Dwarves arrived, making the situation in the underground world of the Northern Territory even more chaotic.

When the Crusaders went to the Underdark, the Golden Dwarves were also a little confused. After all, compared with the Crusaders, it seemed that they had a greater hatred for the Dark Elves.

What should the dwarves do when the Dark Elf troops attack the Crusaders' fortress?

The dwarf king Gold wanted to shout: "It doesn't matter, I will fight both of them!" But unfortunately, even with the help of some volunteers from the Bronze Dwarves, Amber Dwarves, and Star Iron Dwarves, the number of the Gold Dwarf expeditionary force was still very small.

In order to ensure speed and to prevent their own logistical supply from collapsing, the Golden Dwarf Expeditionary Force only has 8,000 men.

For such an army, it is OK to launch a surprise attack and occupy a piece of land to create a fait accompli while the main force of the Crusaders is outside. However, it is not OK to engage in a full-scale war with the Crusaders. It is also not OK to engage in a siege. Not to mention an all-round war with the dark elves.

The strength of the dark elves in this dark region is quite strong. In addition to the Black Rose Sisterhood with 20,000 troops, there are also several underground city-states and several vassal city-states that are subordinate to the dark elves.

If this strength is fully mobilized, it will be no problem to wipe out all the golden dwarves in a matter of minutes, not to mention war.

According to the plan of the golden dwarves, they were just passing through the Underdark and would soon descend from the sky - no, rise from the ground - to give the Crusaders a surprise.

As for the intelligence they had received before, saying that the Crusaders had sent an expeditionary force to the Underdark, the dwarves thought it was nonsense - are you kidding me? You said you were going to send an expedition to the Underdark, so you sent an expedition to the Underdark? Young people were ignorant and didn't know how terrible the Underdark was.

Are you kidding me? How can humans conquer the Underdark, you bastard?

The dwarves thought that at this moment, the troops sent by Aslan to expedition to the Underdark must have been overwhelmed by the terrible underground environment of the Underdark, as well as the evil dark elves, black dragons, mind flayers, and other messy creatures.

Who would have thought that they still exist and have grown to the size of a small city-state, and are just so coincidentally stuck between the most convenient and important entrances to the surface of the Northern Territory and the Underdark—

Yes, there are still several entrances and exits to the Underdark in the North, but they are still quite a long way from the Golden Dwarf Expeditionary Force at this moment.

If they bypass this heavily defended fortress of the Crusaders and continue to move deeper into the northern Underdark, the severed supply lines and the more messy things they encounter will make the Golden Dwarf Expedition's already not-so-good situation even worse.

Under such circumstances, the expeditionary force of the Golden Dwarves was caught in a dilemma.

It was in this context that the Dark Elves' messengers knocked on the door of the Dwarf Expeditionary Force and proposed cooperation and unity to jointly defeat the Crusaders.

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"We must never cooperate with the dark elves!"

"What a joke! How is this possible?! The Dark Elves are the Dwarves' greatest enemy in this world!"

"This is unbearable! No, this is crazy!!!"

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Naturally, the Dark Elf messenger's proposal was rejected without hesitation by the dwarves. Some dwarves even took out their axes and wanted to chop off the Dark Elf messenger's head. Of course, in the end, King Gold let him go on the grounds that envoys should not be killed when two countries are at war.

As for the real reason, I can only say that those who understand will understand.

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Driven by helplessness, dissatisfaction and anger, the Dwarf Expeditionary Force launched several waves of attacks on the Crusaders' Bastion System. The final result is predictable. The Dwarves, who also did not bring any heavy weapons, had no way to deal with these artillery, magic, and Bastion complexes. They even lost their armor and weapons due to a round of raids by the spider maids, and many Dwarves died and were captured.

Aslan was very interested in the present dwarves.

His idea was that since the lead-gray dwarves could appear, it meant that dwarves were not untamable.

Although many people claim that this is the result of gods, geographical conditions, and long-term selection, Aslan believes that as long as there is enough magic, everything is possible.

The expeditionary force of the Golden Dwarves was now in an awkward situation, neither up nor down, and they did not know that all of them were actually regarded by Aslan as the future reserve of the Lead Gray Dwarves.

Chapter 33 Like an Avalanche

The Crusaders were surrounded by enemies on all sides.

To be honest, all this was somewhat beyond Aslan's expectations.

The three frost giant kingdoms in the north, who had been fighting each other to the death before, suddenly formed an alliance and marched south.

At the same time, the conflicts within the Griffin family suddenly became much bigger - Queen Theresa was still very young and could live another 30 to 50 years.

Next, of course, comes the expeditionary force of the Golden Dwarves.

To be honest, more than 8,000 dwarven heavy infantry is not too many or too few. If we encounter them in a field battle, it will be a real problem. Fortunately, they are all trapped in the Underdark.

……

All these things came together, making it hard for Aslan not to suspect that there was an invisible hand behind this.

In other words, there is some bastard who is making things difficult for Aslan behind the scenes.

Is it a demon, or is it the Jade Empire?

These two are indeed bastards who like to stir up trouble behind the scenes and have strong diplomatic and espionage abilities. But for now, Aslan has no evidence...

But if you think about it carefully, Aslan doesn't need any evidence. He can just put the blame on them.

All of this is the conspiracy of the evil dark elves and evil demons! You dwarves are helping the evil, if you don't wake up quickly, I will kill you all!!!

Declarations like this reached the Golden Dwarves in the shortest possible time, making the Dwarf Expeditionary Force very nervous from top to bottom. But they didn't know what to do.

The dwarves, who do not have enough engineering machinery, are currently working hard to build some simple siege machines, such as catapults, in an attempt to break through the Crusaders' bastion defenses.

At least until they hit a wall, the dwarves will never compromise and will fight to the end with the object of revenge.

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The war in the Underdark will be left as it is for now. The Crusaders' production line is running at full capacity, but the puppet maids produced cannot meet the needs of the underground world in the first place. After all, the biggest enemy of the Crusaders now is the powerful army of frost giants coming from the north waaaagh.

Not to mention the Crusade in the Underdark. Even the much-anticipated expedition to the Klim Peninsula has temporarily stopped. Three thousand of the five thousand expeditionary forces were sent back, and the remaining two thousand could only build fortresses for defense with the help of local forces in the wasteland, and confront the dark elf army in the south, but could not actively launch an attack. Fortunately, the dark elves were also very satisfied with the land they had annexed. So the two sides formed a delicate confrontation.

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Now, the key for the Crusaders is still the frost giants in the north.

Hundreds of frost giants, together with their tamed white dragons, as well as powerful legendary frost giant mages and warriors, together with thousands of frost ogres, more gray-skinned orc troops and lead-gray dwarf troops, are a powerful, nearly unstoppable force.

Especially those well-equipped and powerful frost giants.

Although their average combat power is between low-level legends and top masters, which can be called the peak of half-step legends, the strength of the frost giants charging in groups can be said to be doubled, doubled, and doubled again.

The three kingdoms, with a total of five to six hundred Frost Giant warriors, as well as an even smaller number of Frost Giant Priests and Frost Giant Elite Warriors, form a charge group that can destroy an entire legion's defense line in an instant.

The equipment of these Gouba guys is extremely heavy and sophisticated. Not to mention that the enchanted muskets will not be very effective, even the bombardment of artillery may not be as effective as imagined.

It would be very difficult to fight such a powerful warrior in the field. It would be too suicidal. Not to mention, the three kings of the Frost Giants were all top legendary warriors, and some even claimed that they had the strength of near-gods.

Perhaps this is also the reason why the Frost Giants dared to attack the Crusaders.