Warlord: King of All Clans

By the time the two armies met, Leo had gathered 6,000 men, enough to gain a military advantage in the area.

After confirming that the route of the main force of the troll army had not changed, Leo led the troops towards the troll's lair.

After another day of walking in the gravel hills, we finally crossed the land and arrived at the northern part of the gravel hills where the troll's lair was located.

Further north from here is an endless coniferous forest, and to the west you can see the Grand Canyon of the Atrium.

In a narrow sense, the Atrium Grand Canyon refers to the canyon area of ​​more than ten kilometers outside the atrium, but in a broad sense, the trumpet-shaped terrain formed by the two mountain ranges outside the atrium almost includes the entire gravel hills.

However, when it comes to the gravel hills, the two mountain ranges are so far apart in the south and north that it is difficult to describe them as a canyon.

Climbing up the highest stone mountain nearby and looking north, Leo saw the ruins of the city-state where trolls were entrenched.

This is an ancient ruin with only some broken city walls left, almost submerged in shrubs such as antler cassava.

The remaining city walls also had large sections of collapsed walls, with gaps everywhere that allowed free entry and exit.

Leo has explored this place many times and is already very familiar with it. However, before the winter last year, the troll tribe entrenched here had only three to five hundred people, so there was nothing to be afraid of.

The troll tribe, which was in a primitive clan society, had no ability to repair the stone walls and could only use some logs to make fences to block larger gaps.

This place is not too far from the courtyard. Leo said silently in his heart, "El El! Hello, hey, hey?"

El's spiritual power is restricted by the seal of the atrium and rapidly weakens after leaving the atrium. In Hewan Town, everyone can only rely on communication devices to communicate, while in Linhai Town, Freya, who has powerful spiritual power, can act as an intermediary.

This place is not far from the atrium and has entered the area covered by El's mind transmission.

Sure enough, the next second, Al's unhappy voice was heard, "Humph!"

"Don't be angry, let me see what the troll nest is all about."

"Elves do not participate in the wars of the races below the mountain!"

"Isn't it a little late for you to say that? Didn't you have a lot of fun the past few days?"

Al tried to argue, "That's what Freya wants to play!"

Leo didn't expose her, and beguiled her by saying, "I have saved up a lot of magic crystals during this period, and I will give them all to you later!"

The magic crystal is like a battery for El, and it is very tempting to her. After hearing what Leo said, El hesitated for a moment before half-reluctantly saying, "Start telepathy!"

Leo's mind exploded and instantly switched to insight vision.

The troll's nest that was originally in sight appeared directly under him.

Leo took a closer look and saw that only a bunch of dilapidated shacks were left in the ruins of the ancient city, and the trolls had long since left.

Before the human army arrived, Asa fled with the cubs.

"Sure enough, I encountered a cheater who ran away with the map."

Leo expanded his vision and searched everywhere, and finally found traces of the troll in the mountainous area near the courtyard.

Hundreds of adult trolls, with thousands of cubs, trudged difficultly through the snow in the mountains.

Among these cubs, 70% are troll cubs, but there are also some boar man and wolf cubs.

The remnants of the alien vanguard that were defeated by Leo and Arnold's troops also found the scouts left behind by Asa and had just caught up with the evacuating main force.

Nearly three thousand aliens took refuge in the mountains beneath the majestic barrier.

During this period, the snow in the plains has basically melted away, but the mountainous areas are still covered with snow.

Not to mention the cubs with poor mobility, even the boarmen and gnolls had difficulty moving in the snow.

From time to time, an alien would slip and fall into the ravine, letting out a long and tragic howl.

The remaining companions carefully followed the footprints left by their companions and migrated fearfully in the snow that was up to their thighs.

Leo was a little annoyed. The leader of this alien army reacted too quickly and didn't give him any chance to surround him.

The human race's armored infantry had difficulty marching in hilly areas, and rashly entering the mountains to pursue was simply seeking death.

Among Isenpol's human soldiers, only a small number are mountain hunters, and the vast majority are farmers from the plains.

Even if they took off their armor and traveled light, their ability to cross mountains and rivers might not be comparable to that of the troll cubs.

What's more, the snow in the mountains has not melted yet, so there is no need for the foreign tribes to counterattack. Non-combat casualties on the march will lead to defeat.

But among these three thousand aliens, there are at least one thousand people who can fight.

If left unchecked, once the main force of the troll army retreats after failing to attack Shattered Stone Fortress, the two armies combined would still be a formidable military force.

"We need to drive them far away, preferably to the point where they can't come back."

It is not a good idea to send troops into the mountains to drive them away. If there are too many, there will be serious non-combat casualties, and if there are too few, they may even be counterattacked.

Leo thought about it and an idea came to him. He said to Al, "Al, let me teach you a game!"

“No!”

"Alas, you only know how to install the system all day long, without any new ideas. Can't you do anything else? Listen to me, I will teach you the whole job!"

"Tell me about it..."

Leo patiently guided and encouraged, "This is how it is, it's fun!"

On the ridge outside the Grand Canyon of the Central Courtyard, Asa and his people took a short rest.

She looked back along the way and could see the ruins of an ancient city at the foot of the mountain.

The straight-line distance from here to the ancient city ruins is not far, only about 20 kilometers away, but there are several ridges in the middle, with a drop of over a thousand meters, which is equivalent to climbing from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain.

The main force of the troll army that attacked Stonecrush Fort took away the few remaining supplies of the tribe, leaving only some fur tents and deer antler cassava for the Asa.

Without the shelter of walls, dungeons and huts, the starving cubs could hardly survive the cold winter nights relying only on flimsy tents.

Asa urgently needed to find a sheltered valley for his people to spend the night.

Sitting cross-legged on the ground, Asa entered the shadow and felt the magic power surging around him.

In the darkness, magic power surged like thick fog, steaming and stirring around her.

Asa had to concentrate and try hard to discern in order to barely grasp the information.

A powerful force rolled in from the southeast and finally stopped at the ruins of the ancient city.

This was very consistent with what she had felt before. It was obvious that the human army had occupied the ruins of the ancient city.

The thick fog in the direction of Gravel Castle became even more violent, and the two powerful forces mixed together and were about to form a vortex.

This is Asa's innate ability. Through simple shaman spells, he can detect the flow of magic power and avoid risks.

It was this ability that allowed her and her people to avoid the attacks of the undead, the forced conscription of the orcs, and the high-level monsters in the Wolf-Driving Plains.

This time, she successfully avoided the encirclement of the human army.

After some investigation, Asa breathed a sigh of relief. There were no powerful beings lurking around his people, so there was no need to worry about sudden attacks. As long as they could survive this night of wind and snow, they would be able to live another day.

At this moment, her dark vision suddenly changed. The surging magic power, which seemed disordered but had hidden rules, suddenly began to rotate around her, and then suddenly exploded and disappeared without a trace, leaving her with only a dead darkness.

In the endless darkness, a low and terrifying voice was heard.

“Pain…”

"suffering……"

"My hatred burns in the abyss, and the earth trembles because of me!"

Suddenly, raging molten lava and flames flashed in the darkness.

A huge dark dragon claw stretched out from the molten lava and landed on the ground in front of Asa!

(Working during the day and socializing at night, very unhappy, Hu Jian people are not tasty at all! Humph!)