Half Elf Ranger

Chapter 102 Iron Horse Town

At dusk, the afterglow of the setting sun poured over the vast land, making the figures of Thorn and his horse longer and longer.

Thorne looked at Iron Horse Town not far ahead, stopped and waited for the caravan behind him.

What stood in front of him was a rolling low mountain. It was impossible for the caravan to go around the mountain to reach Stolman Town.

Because on the west side of Thorne is the Emerald River with undulating drops, and the turbulent river is impassable for ships.

To the east is a muddy swamp. If it's just people, it won't affect the traffic, but if you add the carriages that carry the luggage, there is no way.

So the only way to go is through the town of Iron Horse, by the road they have carved in the mountains.

For player forces living in the wilderness, in order to establish an unstoppable territory, in addition to huge start-up funds, they also need the most important factor, which is favorable terrain.

Only by relying on favorable terrain for defense can the loss of personnel be minimized, and only such a territory can develop in the long run.

The players are a group of highly educated people. Even if they don't know anything about military affairs, they can still see these simple things.

In the entire Emerald Field, the location of Twilight Town is the best, and it was also the most fierce competition among players.

The reason why Twilight Town can exist until now is that apart from the cooperation of a few wealthy local tyrants, the most important thing is the surrounding terrain.

The dangerous Emerald River in the west is itself a natural barrier, and the east is just close to the outermost edge of the bottomless swamp, which is full of mud and rotting bushes, a land that even lizardmen don't want to set foot on.

In the middle of these two natural barriers was a piece of flat land with fertile grass. The position of Twilight Town happened to be stuck between the two, which relieved them of a lot of defensive pressure.

Iron Horse Town is built on a flat mountainside in front of you, which was originally a dangerous and rugged mountain.

Because there is not a very good location, the lord of Iron Horse Town does not want to give up this dangerous geographical advantage.

So he gritted his teeth and bought a few powerful spell scrolls at a great price, directly changing the halfway up the mountain into a flat area where settlements can be established.

It is said that most of the druids living in seclusion on the Emerald Field were alarmed by the bright flames and roaring explosions produced by the magic power.

That kind of shocking scene, Thorne can only imagine the sense of picture from the description in the mouth of the insider.

The sky was covered with dark clouds, the sound of thunder resounded frequently, and roaring beasts and a large number of ancient war trees waking up from their slumbers filled the mountains and plains, completely surrounding the explosion site.

The angry extremist druids are ready to wipe out all the culprit players.

At this moment of desperation, a red copper dragon who was sleeping here and also awakened by the aftermath of the explosion appeared out of thin air, arrogantly blocking this group of extremist druids.

Of course, it's not that this red copper dragon who doesn't get up has a sense of justice, but that this dragon thinks that these players who like to play blasting look very interesting.

Because the player's actions successfully angered many old guys of the extreme druids, looking at these old men with beards and staring eyes, the red copper dragon felt inexplicably happy, that's all.

There is an open plain below Iron Horse Town built on the mountainside. Looking around, this civilized settlement formed after the blasting seems to be condescendingly overlooking all the creatures on the plain.

The building in Iron Horse Town is actually more like a small military castle.

Circular towers, narrow windows, semicircular arches, low cupolas, extensive use of columns and vaults of various shapes.

It seems to give people a solid, heavy, balanced and stable aesthetic effect with saturated strength.

Obviously, there must be someone proficient in architecture in Iron Horse Town.

I haven't had much contact with Thorn in Iron Horse Town, and I don't know much about it. The only thing that is clear is that this force was established by a group of foreign players.

Feeling that the caravan behind him had followed, Thorne gently drove the horse under the seat forward slowly.

If you want to reach the inside of Iron Horse Town, you must go through the slope of about 45 degrees in front of you.

So the group of people did not walk very fast, and even many caravan guards chose to dismount to help the consignment carriage that was struggling to walk.

Thorne looked at the track marks left by the consignment carriages on the ground, and after thinking about it, he guessed the deal between Stallman Town and Twilight Town.

Twilight Town has more than 100 mountain dwarves from the Great Swordscar Mountains, and Stallman Town has a fairly good mineral resource.

Then the carriage must be equipped with some weapons and equipment.

When the group was about to reach the gate of Iron Horse Town, the heavy gate suddenly rumbled until a group of cavalry in silver-white heavy armor appeared.

More than 20 cavalry drove their horses and lined up to block the road leading to Iron Horse Town.

Immediately afterwards, a man suddenly appeared from the city wall and floated in front of everyone.

The human man stood there in the air, his booted feet high off the ground.

Blue eyes looked down on them through a thin, grim pale face, and he was impressively dressed, with a rich black coat adorned with the copper dragon emblem of Iron Horse Town and a high collar.

A carved gem cane was held between his five ring-covered fingers, emitting a magical aura that flickered on and off.

"Iron Horse Town is under martial law, and no one is allowed to pass through." The man said in a cold and serious tone, and stretched out a hand to block the way forward: "Go back."

"Little guy, I advise you to quickly fall to the ground, and then lower your proud head."

Tiefling Ekmon glanced at the man floating in mid-air, his brows were slightly frowned, and then there was a trace of coldness in his hoarse voice.

"It turns out that they are descendants of a group of devils, degenerates who have tarnished the image of Aoyi, go back, you are not welcome here!" The man narrowed his eyes and said in a colder voice.

"Humph!"

As soon as the man finished speaking, an imperceptible cold snort came from the center of the convoy, which was heard very clearly in everyone's ears.

"what!"

The ruthless man suddenly exclaimed, and his body suddenly fell, making the most intimate contact with the ground.

"Ignorant and outspoken brat, is this how the wizards of the Wizarding Union teach their students?"

Accompanied by a cold voice, a dark red light flashed not far from Thorne, and the dark red figure of the magician Anakeys appeared in front of everyone.

A gleam of light flashed in her lifeless black eyes, and the man who just got up from the ground sat on the ground involuntarily and smirked.

Clang!
Seeing this situation, more than 20 heavy armored knights behind the man drew out their sharp knives hanging from their waists, tightened the reins of their horses, and put on a posture about to charge.

Thorne gently comforted the restless horses under his seat, and looked at the more than 20 knights in front of him. He did not act rashly, but looked with interest at the wizard players on the ground who pretended not to be slapped in the face.

This is the second wizard player he has seen on the Emerald Field, and it seems that his strength is not bad, he has already mastered the third-ring spell "Flying".

From the words of the sorcerer Anakeys just now, Thorne could tell that this wizard player came from the wizard union in the central part of the mainland.

But this guy's mouth is a little bit too poisonous, one sentence hits the point, learning magic is stupid, and if he provokes a magician, it depends on how Iron Horse Town ends.

The magician Anakeys sneered, and lightly waved her arm again, an invisible magical light flashed, the horses neighed one after another, raised their front hooves and threw everyone to the ground.

"stop!"

At this time, accompanied by a shout and the sound of galloping horseshoes, a man in silver-white armor and a steel mask reappeared from the castle.

"It turned out to be the Night Lord from Stallman Town. I would like to express my deep apologies for the rude behavior of my subordinates. The gate of Iron Horse Town is always open for you, please."

The man got off his horse and took off the steel mask, revealing a long disheveled blond hair and a pair of light blue and gentle eyes. He walked up to Anaquis and said respectfully.

"Forget it, I didn't want to embarrass you, let's go quickly, we still have to hurry." After the magician Anakeys finished speaking, she waved her hand and disappeared before everyone's eyes again.

With the departure of the magician, the man sitting on the ground and giggling immediately returned to his original state, and then walked away dejectedly with a flushed face.

The castle gate slowly opened with a bang, and the caravan from Stallman Town walked in in an orderly manner.

Walking into Iron Horse Town, the most conspicuous building is a tall red bronze dragon statue.

Although the red copper dragon has disappeared, but because the red copper dragon's unintentional action saved all the players in Iron Horse Town, the lord of Iron Horse Town will never forget the kindness of this dragon.

Walking all the way, without any accidents, Thorne and the caravan from Stallman Town walked out of Iron Horse Town smoothly, came to the flat road artificially opened by Iron Horse Town, and walked towards Stallman Town.

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