Your war hammer is too fake

Before leaving, Morgan invited Nayis, but after weighing the pros and cons, the spellsinger reluctantly refused. Morgan didn't care about this, and told Nayis that if she needed help in the future, she could go to the Southland to find her.

Thinking of this, Nayis suddenly felt the wound on her leg begin to hurt again. "I came to the Southland..." The Spellcaster closed his eyes in pain, "But where are you?!"

The roots of the Oak of Ages once spread across most of the world, but now only a small number of them are still alive, and the rest have all died. Fortunately, the roots that lead to the Orion Camp are still usable. With these roots, the Asrai can quickly reach many places in the world, including but not limited to Ulthuan, Naggaroth, and Lustria.

Morgan's territory was shrouded in a powerful magic barrier, and there were measures specifically designed to prevent root teleportation. In order to avoid triggering the defense mechanism, Nais did not run directly into the Orion camp, but instead came out when she was still a short distance away from the Orion camp.

Then she was attacked... As an elven wizard, Nayis thought she was knowledgeable enough, but she had never heard of such creatures: they looked like a group of enlarged insects, with hard chitin shells and sharp limbs. There were many kinds of them, each with different sizes and uses. Nayis saw four or five different kinds of bugs.

When Nayis emerged from the roots and led a few followers to the barren land south of the Drifting Dunes, these insects suddenly jumped out from behind the rocks and attacked them. All of Nayis's followers died in the battle, and she herself was hit in the left leg by a chitinous spike during the battle, and then she was knocked unconscious by the poison attached to the spike.

When she woke up, the spellsinger found herself imprisoned in an underground cave. It was clearly a prison, but most of the cells were empty. Next door to the wood elf lived a crazy human explorer, and across from her lived a swearing skeleton who looked like a Nehekhara.

"Ka-Sabai's bronze-armored army will destroy you!" the skeleton in gorgeous gold ornaments always shouted. "King Atum curses your souls!"

The bugs did not treat the wound on Nayis's leg, and the spellcaster almost died of tetanus until the human next door suddenly woke up for a short while one day and gave her some strong liquor soaked in herbs - the bugs only took away anything that looked like a weapon from the prisoners.

With the help of medicines given by humans and some tricks unique to the elves, Nayis survived the infection tenaciously, but her left leg was almost crippled. According to the Nehekhara undead on the other side, these bugs did nothing after catching them, neither interrogating nor executing them, except sending them some food on a regular basis every day, as if they had long forgotten about them.

"Morgan..." Nayes thought of her good friend again, "Are you fighting them..."

……

Note 1: Forest spirits are mysterious spirits that can attach themselves to various creatures. In other words, the wooden figures in Warhammer are not the trees themselves that have become spirits, but new lives formed by forest spirits that have attached themselves to the trees. Forest spirits usually attach themselves to trees, but in fact, animals and even dragons can also attach themselves to them, but the latter are not as common as the former.

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Author's words: PS: I gave up...just figure out the settings yourself.

Answering the readers’ “Failure in the Abyss”:

The Grasshopper setting is 2337 words long, and is divided into 12 separate chapters... Even if the readers can stand it, I can't. I was happy to write a lot of derivative models for the Grasshopper, but now...

Answering the reader's "indifference":

Gao Yun's caravan had just connected to Yang. Of course, it wouldn't be so troublesome for the two sides to establish contact later, after all, Xiao Yiyue and her Shuofang Army were squatting in the Haunted Forest.

Chapter 225: Dwarves and Dwarves

Plateau Castle, in the mountains at the edge of the southern world.

Compared to An Jiyue's last trip, this trip took almost half the time. On the one hand, the location of Plateau Castle was clear, saving time for searching; on the other hand, the Grasshopper-class transport boat was much faster than the Thunder Airship, even though the propulsion system used by the Grasshopper-class was a low-profile version that emphasized cost-effectiveness for cost considerations.

After a series of tests, the first Grasshopper-class gunboat was officially delivered to the Air Force at the end of November. Currently, several aviation workshops at the Xuanshui Arsenal are producing Grasshopper-class gunboats and transport boats at a 11:1 ratio. It just so happened that An Jiyue needed to go to the Southland, so the first transport boat that had just completed acceptance was taken over to serve as a means of transportation this time.

The Grasshopper class's endurance is far from enough to fly from Xuanshui to Plateau Castle, but fortunately there is no shortage of places to resupply along the way: the Grasshopper class's propulsion system is a steam engine commissioned by Haimenguan, which uses alcohol as fuel, and in extreme cases can even use dwarven beer. Except for the Norse dwarves, almost all dwarven strongholds can supply the former.

After all, the role of rotorcraft in delivering messages and letters is unparalleled, which even the most traditional and anti-new gadget-loving Elder Longbeard must admit. In order to facilitate the activities of the rotorcrafts coming and going, even the most remote dwarf strongholds will reserve some alcohol fuel.

The transport boat An Jiyue took departed from Xuanshui, passed through Black Rock Castle and Iron Peak Castle in turn, and then stopped at Treasure Peak for the last fuel supply before heading to the Southland. There was nothing much to say about Black Rock Castle, except that Oakley secretly complained to An Jiyue that since he was crowned king, the longbeards in the clan have been nagging about his life events and the subsequent succession issues, which made this dwarf, who was too young by the standards of a dwarf king, extremely worried.

"As for getting married, you have to wait until I become Longbeard (120 years old), right?" said the King of Black Rock.

When they arrived at Iron Peak Fort, the cheerful and enthusiastic Kazador did not complain to the girl, but talked about business. After a lot of effort, Torek Ironbrow had found the ancient tunnel leading to the Gate of Valaya. The Rune Master is still stationed there with his team, and it is estimated that he will not be able to return in a short time.

"Torek suggested using runes to hide the tunnel and place Rune Guards in the tunnel as the last line of defense," Kazador said while stroking his beard. "Living people need to regularly replenish food, fuel, and other supplies. The act of transporting supplies may expose their existence and thus expose the secret... From the perspective of confidentiality, Rune Guards are more suitable as the guardians of the goddess's sleeping place."

"Have you restored the manufacturing method of Rune Guardian?" An Jiuyue asked.

"After all, our ancestors have returned," Kazador replied, "and they are teaching us, their useless descendants, step by step."

Since the launch of the Reforged Triangle, many lost skills have been rediscovered. Against this backdrop, more than one Runesmith Guild in the Fortress has attempted to recreate the Rune Guardian, the pinnacle of rune craftsmanship.

So far, Iron Peak Fort has the second fastest progress, and the fastest is naturally Plateau Fort. According to Barrel himself, the first Rune Guard will be offline before the end of the year. His War Codex shows that the new soldier type is being generated. It is estimated that after the physical object is officially equipped, Barrel will be able to recruit this thing directly from the War Codex.

After leaving Tiefengbao, the next stop is Treasure Peak. An Jiyue met with the king of Treasure Peak, Thordin, the descendant of the dragon slayer Skof. The latter was still upset about the matter of Jinshan Society, and the girl could only persuade him to let it go. The governor thought that the matter was over here, but the master of Treasure Peak suddenly changed the subject and talked about another matter.

"Belegar wrote me a letter," said Soldin, "and he wants me to send someone to support him."

"He finally went crazy?" An Jiyue didn't want to say what was in her heart, but unfortunately she couldn't help it: "Support him? You? If you don't count the Recasters, I'm afraid your soldiers are not as many as Belegar's."

"So I refused, ma'am," Soldin shook his head helplessly, "As far as I know, Belegar should have also written to Oakley and Cazador."

"When I passed by Black Rock Castle and Iron Peak Castle before, they didn't tell me about this at all," An Jiyue covered her forehead. "Forget it, I can guess why Oakley and Cazador didn't say anything. Although I feel that they must have misunderstood something."

"This is not a misunderstanding, ma'am. Belegar offended you, and has yet to apologize or make any substantial compensation." Thordin frowned, his expression serious. "This is a serious mistake, enough to bring disgrace to the Angrand clan. Belegar should not use his stubbornness in such a place... but there is nothing I can do."

"Belegar can do whatever he wants. Anyway, the established strategy will not change because of the dissatisfaction of a small group of people. Eight Peaks Mountain is destined to be the last major fortress to be recovered by the Mountain Kingdom." The girl decided to end the topic. "Even the ancestors of the Angrand clan will support this decision as long as they are rational."

The distance between Treasure Peak and Plateau Fort was beyond the maximum range of the Grasshopper, but as a transport boat, the Grasshopper's cargo hold could hold 30 tons of cargo, so it was easy to stuff in some extra fuel. After plundering most of the alcohol fuel from Treasure Peak, the transport boat did not stop midway and flew to Plateau Fort in one breath.

As the only known fortress without an above-ground part, the transport boat could only land slowly in a valley camp near Plateau Castle. A high elf army was stationed in this camp. They were deployed remotely by a certain Asur and a mage to earn some extra money when An Jiyue visited Plateau Castle last time. After the battle with the demons, due to the lack of suitable means of transportation, this group of people, along with the prototype unit Skylark Squadron, were stranded in Plateau Castle.

Even if they were a system army, high elves were still high elves. These people were not happy to live underground for a long time, and they were even less happy to live with dwarves. Of course, the latter was also true for the dwarves. Finally, the group set up a camp in a valley not far from Plateau Castle and started farming.

[Dustan Falcon: What the hell, my soldiers are farming and then selling the harvested crops to the dwarves? ]

[Barel Hammer: An agricultural clan, but an Asur.jpg]

Although it sounds silly, it is actually even more silly, but this is what the White Bean Sprouts did. As professional soldiers from the Kingdom of Itain, the Sea Guards are disciplined and versatile. They are proficient in both naval and land warfare and can skillfully use various weapons commonly used by high elves. In addition to fighting, these people are also good at tending crops. The long lifespan of the elves allows them to master many skills intentionally or unintentionally.

After the first flight of the Grasshopper class, Dustan, who had been staying in Fort Kowang to fight the Yankees, may have finally remembered that he still had such an army, so he asked An Jiyue in the chat group whether he could send a ship to bring the people back.

To the master's surprise, the governor gave a negative answer.

[Group leader #An Jiyue: It’s impossible within at least half a year. ]

The transport capacity of the Aurora Air Force needs to prioritize the construction of the Pingshan defense line. After the Grasshopper class is put into practical use, this long-planned project can finally be launched. In addition, Xiao Yiyue also needs flying ships. Otherwise, we can't really let the Shuofang Army plunge into the tropical rainforest and fight a fierce battle with the Lizards who are familiar with the local environment, right?

[Dustan Falcon: ←_←Forget it, just bring the Skylark Squadron back. ]

[Group leader #An Jiyue: That’s no problem. ]

The transport boat stayed in the high elves' camp, which was both a military camp and a village. An Jiyue only took a quick glance and saw several tall barns: in addition to various vegetables, the elves also grew barley provided by the dwarves, and raised a group of dairy cows and chickens. A small part of the various agricultural products were used for their own consumption, and most of them were sold to the nearby Plateau Castle.

By the way, the Recasters had long known about the existence of this group of people. Barel was originally worried that Gotrek Starbreaker might do something irrational, but the ancient High King's reaction to this matter was unexpectedly calm.

"After all, after killing that idiot Kadil, Gotrek Starbreaker announced that the hatred had been settled," An Jiyue said to Barrel. "The dwarf said that the matter ended here, and it really ended here."

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Author's words: PS: The big bug that appeared in the previous chapter is obviously a nest tribe... In addition, since the method of posting pictures is feasible, then in the future, all setting-related things will be posted in this way.

Chapter 226: The Blessed Mouth

In a remote district of Plateau Castle, An Jiyue met Grim Bloxen.

"There are a total of ten master-level levitation runes, all of which are here," the girl handed the box containing the runes to the engineering master, "The design drawings of the rune amplifier and projectile weapons are also in it. Is there anything else I can help you with?"

Thorgrim once wanted to take a rune, and gave it to the runesmiths of Yongheng Peak for study and then returned it. According to the agreement between An Jiyue and Grimm, after the latter completes the employment agreement with Barrel, he needs to go to Xuanshui to serve as the governor for five years. This agreement has been approved by the Engineers Guild Headquarters, and more specifically, it has been approved by Grimm's father, the Engineers Guild President Brock Damingson.

"Ma'am," the Master Engineer thought for a moment and asked, "Do you think we can build a flying city?"

"There are already castles flying in the sky in this world," the girl replied, "As long as we work harder on the basis of the former, a real floating castle will be born sooner or later."

The two exchanged some technical issues and shared their experiences in designing flying ships. Next to Grim's workshop was the shipyard, where the master engineer had already built a full-scale model of the Hammer-class frigate, and as long as the suspension runes were in place, preliminary tests could be carried out. Like the dwarven warships at Haimen Pass, the Hammer-class was made entirely of steel, with the exception of the deck, the entire ship was a metal structure, and was covered with star iron armor plates of varying thicknesses.

Similar to An Jiyue, Grim also encountered the problem of not being able to find a suitable main weapon when designing the Hammer class. The master engineer once thought of the steam cannon, which was not new in Warhammer. The main gun of the Conqueror Steam Tank was a steam cannon that used high-pressure steam to propel the projectile.

However, when An Jiyue proposed the idea of ​​projectile weapons, Grim immediately abandoned the steam gun/cannon that was difficult to scale up, and commissioned An Jiyue to design a 90mm caliber single-mounted projectile cannon. Dwarves do not trust magic, but they have a good impression of psychic energy, otherwise the Reforgers would not have adopted kinetic firearms as standard long-range weapons.

In addition to the anti-gravity device and the main gun, the other subsystems of the Hammer class were completed independently by Grimm. The master engineer equipped his work with four 90mm projectile guns, two in the front and two in the rear, all of which were arranged on the central axis of the ship. In addition, the Hammer class also has eight dwarf guns as close-range defense weapons.

"The problem now is that there is still a certain amount of redundancy in the ship's hull space, but I'm not sure whether to carry more weapons," Grimm lifted his helmet and rubbed his eyes, "or should I bring more beer to my ship?"

"Let's leave it empty for now," An Jiyue suggested. "This is an era where military technology is changing rapidly. Who knows what new technology will emerge next year? Even if we don't consider new technology, based on my understanding of the Engineers Guild, they have been trying to speed up the review of new technology recently...some things should be released soon."

After thinking for a moment, the girl added: "If you insist on further enriching the Hammer-class weapon system, well, how much do you know about the Imperials' steam tanks and the technology they use?"

"I have given up the idea of ​​the steam cannon, ma'am. The performance of the projectile cannon is too convincing." Grimm thought An Jiyue was referring to the cannon on the steam tank. "Your invention is the best partner for the flying ship."

"I'm not referring to the steam cannon, I'm referring to the steam gun on the turret that carries the steam tank," An Jiyue said. "The Dwarf is an excellent weapon, but it has a fatal flaw. Its initial velocity is too low and its penetration is seriously insufficient."

"Regarding this matter, ma'am," Grim said quickly, "I have been trying to create a higher pressure recently..."

"Have you solved the reliability problem of high-pressure steam weapons? There is also the more troublesome sealing," the Jiedushi asked. "What if, I mean, what if the enemy deploys a medium-sized flying unit with high protection to quickly assault the flying ship, how can you prevent them from boarding your ship? The steam jet has a short range, but due to its killing principle, armor is useless in front of it, and high-temperature steam is basically harmless to the steel hull."

Grimm looked thoughtful when he heard this. "What about the kinetic beam weapon? I'm impressed by its penetration power."

"Don't abuse technology that we are not familiar with, Grim Brockson," An Jiyue narrowed her eyes slightly, "Didn't you notice that I have been avoiding using psychic technology unless it is really necessary?"

"Okay," Grim nodded, "I'll try your suggestion, ma'am."

Walking out of the master engineer's workshop, An Jiyue found Barel waiting outside. "I thought you would quarrel with Grimm," the Lord of Highland Castle said, "He has quarreled with the old grandfathers a lot recently. Many ancient engineers think that some of his ideas are too radical."

"If you had said this to me before I met Grimm, I would have told you that dwarves lack this kind of innovative spirit," An Jiyue said as she threw an entertainment card over. "But now I suddenly realize that sometimes being a little conservative is not a bad thing."

Barrel took the entertainment card and found the words "Coca-Cola (200 mm × 1000)" written on it.

"A gift. I originally prepared a bottle of top-quality wine for you, but that stuff ended up in the mouth of a poor idiot who volunteered to go to the North Pole to die," An Jiyue walked to Barrel's side, and then the two walked side by side surrounded by the Hammer Warriors. "Here's what I thought, since the quality is not good, let's make up for it with quantity."

"So, as a professional," the dwarf king put away the entertainment card, "do you think Grim's design is reliable?"

"He designed a great ship," An Jiyue replied, "if this is the final design."

Then the two of them fell into silence. When they walked out of this remote urban area that had been deliberately cleaned up and used as a place for engineers to invent and create, An Jiyue's footsteps paused for a moment.

"What's wrong?" Barrel asked.

"The latest news from Kislev... well, not that new actually. It's from a month ago." The governor turned his head and looked into the distance. Most of the streets in Plateau Castle were always busy, with dense crowds coming and going, a rare sight in other strongholds. "About six weeks ago, a large greenskin army rushed out of the World's Edge Mountains, rampaged through the southern state of Kislev, and even besieged the city of Kislev."

"The Maozi fell to the ground?"

"Not really," An Jiyue shook her head. "The siege lasted for nearly a week until reinforcements from Praag arrived. The Kislevites finally defeated the greenskins, and the leading orc warrior was killed by Boris Bokaha in the duel. No wonder when I signed the covenant with the Ugors, Aunt Ostankia said there was no need to worry about the reaction of the city of Kislev."

"Come to think of it," Barrel's attention was elsewhere, "Bing Ruolan and the others have been gone for several months, right?"

An Jiyue paused. "No news is good news," she said, "probably."

Barrel stared at An Jiyue's silhouette and decided to change the subject: "The expeditionary force is ready. According to your request, it will be 10,000 people, but they are all elite. When will you set off?"

"The day after tomorrow... no, the day after tomorrow, I have a lot of things to discuss with the old men," the governor continued to move forward, "Although there is no evidence, I just feel that the Nest Clan is not as peaceful as it seems. Maybe they have already started to act in places we can't notice. In the final analysis, there are still too few group members. If there is another group member, at least Dustan will finally have someone to replace him. Otherwise, we can't really let him stay in Kewang Castle forever, right?"

"The last time you said this," Barrel glanced over, "Xiao Yiyue came through in the next second."

"How is that possible!" An Jiyue said immediately: "Last time it was just a coincidence!"

[System message #Morgan Lin Ge# joined the chat group]

An Jiyue: "..."

Barrel: “←_←”

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Author's words: PS: Second update... (creeping

Chapter 227 Morgan Ringo

Southland, Orion Camp.

To the south of the Old World is the vast Southland Continent, which is a land of deserts to the north and rainforests to the south. The Orion Camp is located near the boundary between the desert and the rainforest. To the north is the Drifting Sands, and to the east of the Drifting Sands is the Bronze City of Ka-Sabbai, the southernmost of all the major cities in Nehekhara, known for its developed metal processing industry and strong warriors; to the west and south are endless tropical rainforests; to the east is the World's Edge Mountains, which stretches for tens of thousands of kilometers.

The Asrai's true homeland is in the Athel Loren Forest, but they have set up secret camps and hidden outposts in many forests around the world. These outposts outside the borders are generally small in size and usually require the roots of the Oak of Ages to reach.

In the world without the time traveler, the Wood Elves do not have any large bases outside of Athel Loren, and the vast majority of the population of this race is concentrated in their hometown. Of course, in this world now, there is an exception - although it still uses the old name "Orion Camp", this place has actually long exceeded the scope of "camp".

Two centuries ago, Morgan left Athel Loren, taking with her one-third of the Wood Elves. Compared to those who stayed in the forests of Athel Loren, Morgan's followers retained the Wood Elves' natural lifestyle while revisiting the skills of their ancestors before they fled into the forests to build magnificent buildings with stone.

Traditional wood elves live in tree houses, scattered in the forest in the form of villages. They do not farm, and their food source depends entirely on inefficient gathering and hunting. Even the nobles have to hunt for food. Morgan's followers also do not farm, after all, cultivating farmland means destroying the forest, which is unacceptable to the wood elves.

Fortunately, the wood elves who left their homes found a best of both worlds solution: they discovered a magical tree in the rain forest of the south, whose fruit was rich in starch and sugar.

The wood elves named this woody plant "Grace Tree" (Note 1). The original Grace Tree had a low yield and the taste of the fruit was not ideal. Morgan used magic and potions to breed and improve it, and finally cultivated the current variety that takes both yield and taste into consideration. The emergence of the Grace Tree allowed the Asrai in the South to obtain a stable food supply without destroying the forest or violating tradition, which led to an explosive growth in population (Note 2).

Today, the population of Orion Camp is actually larger than that of Athel Loren Forest, although the northern kin do not know this, and the southern Asrai will not take the initiative to inform them. Compared with their relatives who have to hunt beasts and gather berries or go hungry, the southern Asrai can feed more people who are not working, and this is the basis of prosperity.

They built a city on the original site of the Orion camp and named it Tal Tur (Note 3). This is the core of Morgan's territory, and most of the time the Weaver issues orders from here and rules her mini kingdom. Although Morgan technically has no throne, her followers like to call the Weaver's close group of ministers the Crucified Wood Court.

With Tal-Zhu'er as the center, there are hundreds of villages scattered in the tens of thousands of square kilometers of forest. The easternmost village is close to the World's Edge Mountains, guarding several winding paths leading into the mountains. Since a group of greenskins would rush down the mountains from time to time to plunder, a considerable part of the troops of the Crucible King's Court were concentrated here.

When talking about the army, we have to mention the military system of the King of the Wood, which is very different from that of ordinary wood elves. A typical wood elf army usually consists of two parts, the Forest Guard, and others. This severely biased military structure is closely related to the social form of the wood elves, but in the Southland Asrai, the situation is very different: there are no wooden people under the King of the Wood, and wooden people are not allowed to exist, and they will not starve to death even if they don't go hunting.

The Asrai in the South go out hunting purely to enrich their dishes, or for the furs of wild animals.

The Crucible King's Court has a large number of Eternal Guards, even slightly more than their Woodland Guards. In addition to their own duties, these Eternal Guards also take on all the work that was originally done by wooden men in the Wood Elf Army, such as carrying the line, carrying the line, and carrying the line.

Since moving to the South, the Wood Elves have lived a peaceful life by Warhammer standards. For two hundred years, the South Asrai have never experienced a crisis that requires the mobilization of all who can bear arms. Their main enemy is the endless number of greenskins, followed by ratmen and beastmen. The southern border of the Crucified Wood Court occasionally clashes with the Lizardmen, but the scale is not large. As for the dwarves in the mountains to the east, the two sides remain vigilant against each other and never interact.

However, things have changed recently. More and more reports show that around the unclear border of the King's Court, some large insects are active around the territory of the Southland Asrai, constantly testing the reaction of the wood elves. In response, the rangers managed to ambush these insects, and the "captives" they brought back caused a sensation in Tal-Huar.