Pioneer Lord: Starting From Daily Intelligence

Chapter 191: Chapter 111: Hesse Territory’s Army Size (2)

This filled many Dwarves with guilt over their earlier complaints, and they immediately and wholeheartedly accepted the human command.

Before this, most Dwarves were unhappy about the command being given to humans. After all, over a thousand Mountain Warriors had been dispatched by the Dwarves as the main force, whereas humans only sent a few hundred soldiers yet held the command, which was hard for them to accept.

Now, however, the human force had grown to eight hundred, and with Elite units like Cavalry, Archers, and War Chariots deployed, their combat strength was no less than that of the Dwarves.

All the Dwarves were now wholeheartedly agreeable, with no complaints whatsoever.

This made Su Li’s command very smooth, and two days after they arrived at the Bloody Highlands, they successfully drew the attention of the Demon Army.

The human Cavalry and Dwarf Legion acted separately, with the Dwarf Legion heading straight to the battlefield chosen by Flying Horse Knight Fastrick.

This Flying Horse Knight, high in the air, had great advantages in controlling the terrain.

The human Knights then engaged the Demon Army, using strategies to lure and draw Monsters to the planned battlefield.

Black clouds swirled above the Gray Mountain Range, gradually shrouding the dark, gloomy battlefield below.

This was the pre-set battlefield in Hesse Territory, where Elite human Knights used various methods to enrage and lure the Demon Army here—a valley situated within the Gray Mountain Range, extending downward through rocky slopes.

The Lord of Hesse Territory, Su Li, the Commander-in-Chief Oerstein, the Priest Rong’en from the Sun Goddess Church, and the Dwarven General Mudalin all stood upon towering cliffs overlooking the battlefield.

”Has Lunadeshan made contact with the Essence Soul of the wilderness?” A Dwarf held up a telescope, searching through the thunderous sky, where the peaks of the Gray Mountain Range were intermittently visible, which was the expected point where humans hoped to trigger a landslide.

Knight Oerstein nodded, saying, ”Under the Lord’s command, Lunadeshan and the Essence Soul have already made contact yesterday, and climbed this slope together. Dwarven hero Ashfield escorted them with three Combat Ram War Chariots.”

Combat Rams can tread easily even on the steepest peaks; if a landslide occurs on the mountain, the Combat Ram War Chariots can take them out safely.

The Peak Spirit itself could lightly leap between mountain peaks, which is an additional assurance.

The Dwarves nodded in satisfaction, acknowledging that even the most stubborn Dwarf had to admit that everything in this battlefield looked so perfect.

He put away his telescope and proudly proclaimed, ”We Dwarves are fully prepared; should the Demon Army dare appear, our shield arrays will teach them a harsh lesson, showing them the power of our Dwarven War Axe.”

Su Li looked down into the canyon, and as Mudalin described, the Dwarven Legion had set up heavy, steel-like defenses throughout the canyon, where iron-clad Dwarves in dark Heavy Armor reflected the cold light of steel, and the shield arrays stood firm like walls of copper.

Not even the charge of a Giant Dragon three or four stories high could tear through this heavy array.

Moreover, on the slopes of the highlands, the Dwarves had stationed nearly four hundred Thunderous Firearms Soldiers, along with four Dwarven Hatred Giant Crossbow Carriages.

These giant machines were adorned with splendid brass decorations and sophisticated engineering parts, making the Dwarf Artisans delighted while demonstrating forceful power, each intricately inscribed with Flaxson’s Seeking Rune.

This rune, specifically designed to hunt Giant Dragons, would prove significantly effective against thirty-meter Divine Chosen Level Giants.

Naturally, Su Li hoped for more promising allies, thus he inquired, ”Does Redbeard Castle not have a cannon unit?”

Mudalin shrugged, stating, ”Cannons require a particularly powerful Dwarf Fortress to manufacture, mainly in the Gray Mountain Range Province, where the Dragon Rock Forge can produce them.”

Su Li nodded, replying, ”If possible, I can pay a sum of Dwarf Oath Gold to commission you to buy a cannon from the Dragon Rock Forge, operated by your Dwarves.”

”That would be no small feat,” Mudalin explained, ”Dwarves rarely sell cannons outside. But if the big guy friend has enough Dwarf Oath Gold, even the Dwarf King wouldn’t refuse. Yet the price of a powerful cannon with operating crew exceeds 1000 Dwarf Oath Gold. That’s beyond what ordinary forces can afford.”

Upon hearing Mudalin’s statement, Su Li realized it wouldn’t be easy, but he hoped that after defeating the Demon, they could accrue enough Dwarf Oath Gold, considering the Demon was excavated from the Gray Mountain Range and likely possessed considerable wealth.

As they conversed, Fastrick clumsily landed on the cliff top platform.

Two Knights immediately approached to offer him support, but he directly brushed them aside, jumping off his scarred Flying Horse, saying, ”Send my Flying Horse to the baggage wagon and let the Dawn Church Priests give it full care.”

He then swiftly mounted a prepared Majestic Horned Horse nearby, heading to the command center atop the cliff.

”How’s your Flying Horse’s condition?” Constantine inquired.

”It won’t die. I believe it can still spread its wings and fly,” Fastrick replied, noticing the intriguing expression on Constantine’s face: ”Why are you smirking?”