Chapter 792 - 751: The Enemy’s Dock and Reinforcements
Da Fei stealthily flew to the rear of the Lava Blood Lake, where the terrain was the same as in the China Region, with several wide Lava Rivers extending into the distant Volcano Mountain Range. This meant that there must be docks and giant paddle ships transporting materials and troops here. Therefore, this was naturally Da Fei’s first choice for an ambush. If the dock was heavily guarded, then it would be necessary to go deeper and replicate the success of the China Region in the volcanic area.
Having flown here, the Angel’s Wings were already at their functional limit, but it didn’t matter. Da Fei quickly found a rocky mountain to continue stealthily hiding, then continued to send the Blood Eagle for further reconnaissance.
Sure enough, the Blood Eagle immediately discovered several giant paddle ships and mountains of supplies on the distant riverbank, surrounded by a dense flow of workers.
Da Fei’s heart jumped, and he immediately sent the Blood Eagle to scout closely. The entire scene at the dock was clearly in view: three giant paddle ships, and nearly a thousand Demon Race workers unloading cargo. The combat power of the workers was negligible; the key was to detect the number of defending troops.
After circling twice above the docks, Da Fei was surprised to find that the number of defending troops with actual combat capabilities was actually less than two hundred! And there was no hero leading them!
At this moment, Da Fei’s heart was pounding with excitement! Isn’t this just waiting for me to seize it? Judging from this dock’s scale, such an arrangement clearly doesn’t seem like reinforcements that have just arrived. This should be the logistics team transporting siege machines for the Demon Army. If it’s transporting a siege machine, then those supplies must include rare resources like Fire Stones used as ammunition, right? If that’s the case, it definitely has to be seized!
Yes, it must be that I suddenly cut off the troop reinforcements for the Lava Blood Lake, so the docks here had no time to set up defenses and deploy troops. This is a great opportunity for my first big success!
Da Fei excitedly said to Elda, "Miss Elda, we’re going to make a major move. Do you still have the Divine Arts to kill a thousand people? Actually, it doesn’t matter if you don’t. The defending troops are definitely not our opponents."
Elda shook her head and sighed, holding up three fingers, "One, I don’t have any Divine Arts now. Two, are you sure that after we stealthily attacked the Lava Blood Lake, the enemy would still be so lax? Three, I haven’t thought it through—I suggest you think about it more too..."
Da Fei’s heart was shaken! True, I stealthily attacked the Lava Blood Lake once and saved an Angel, and the Demon Army immediately sent a regular legion to guard it fiercely. Now, even the regular legion has been wiped out, and even the Demon King has personally taken action. How could such an important facility like the docks not be heavily guarded? My thinking that they didn’t have time to deploy defenses is completely unfounded!
Da Fei suddenly realized, "Does this mean, there must be an ambush?"
Elda remained non-committal, "You’re the commander, make your own decision."
Oh, come on! You’re following me to get promoted, so how can you have no initiative, huh? Fine, maybe it’s me who’s tagging along with you.
Though an NPC’s hints are usually reasonable, letting go of such an opportunity without even questioning it isn’t the act of a master. So, Da Fei sent the Blood Eagle lower for a detailed reconnaissance.
Now, the Blood Eagle circled in the sky over and over, but even with its God-level Reconnaissance Technique, it still couldn’t find any hidden enemies. Da Fei fell into deep thought once again.
Having experienced so much, Da Fei naturally knew that the God-level Reconnaissance Technique wasn’t foolproof. Not only that, but it also had quite significant drawbacks. It relied too much on vision and had almost no warning capability against underground or underwater enemies. Even when it could warn, the enemy had already bared its fangs, and players had almost no time to react.
This means that the enemy could very well be the underground type, or possibly the underwater type ambushed in the Lava River. If it’s the underground type, Da Fei quickly noticed the clue!
The workers weren’t walking in a straight line at certain places or were taking detours. In any case, it wasn’t the shortest route, which clearly wasn’t characteristic of carrying workers. It was obviously as if there had been mines planted there!
Oh, come on! Your fox’s tail is finally showing! With such a significant discovery, Da Fei began carefully "picking apart" to find related "mine points." Before long, he found 30 suspicious ambush locations.
Thirty isn’t too many, but I currently don’t have any anti-submarine attack methods! Back at the volcano, there was Elena’s Quicksand Technique trapping and killing the Sand Scorpion, so clearing the field was remarkably smooth, but I don’t have that now. Not to mention that even if it’s a single Sand Scorpion lying in wait there, I’m not sure I could handle it!
Da Fei had no choice but to ask Elda again, "Miss Elda, I’ve discovered several locations that might have enemies lurking underground. Can you strike and kill them while they’re not paying attention?"
Elda smiled proudly, her long scythe clanging as she straightened the curved blade into a long spear: "Of course! I will strike from the sky, piercing through the earth and piercing their heart!"
Da Fei’s brows jumped in surprise. No wonder she is an Angel Hero; it turns out her weapon is actually a variant hook-scythe spear, truly extraordinary! And underground enemies rely on the vibrations from the ground to slay, so they have no warning or defensive abilities against attacks from the sky. This really seals their fate!
However, there’s still a big problem. If the enemy has many underground forces, what good will it do to alert them by killing one and exposing ourselves? Unless we behead the leading hero at the start—right, could it be a hero organizing this ambush?
Speaking of which, since an entire regular legion of the Demon Army was wiped out, this ambush is likely at the hero team level now. If that’s the case, then it’s even more important to prioritize beheading the hero. The question is, how to identify where the hero is?
Can’t determine! Even the exact number of ambushing enemy troops can’t be determined. Once the action is exposed, the 200 ground defenders cooperating with the underground lurking troops are completely out of this small force’s capacity to handle, so this surprise attack can’t even be launched!
Think it over, Da Fei can’t help but sigh, give it up, this is a trap!
If there’s no chance at the dock, then go upriver to the volcanic area, that’s where my active battlefield is. Wait, there’s still a problem, the reason why I’m so smooth in the Hell Volcano of the China Region is because Tachiusu has touch vines that can scout the lurking Demon Scorpions, what do I have now to counter-submarine?
Damn! Without a powerful and complete Heroic Group, it’s really a pain. If worst comes to worst, I’ll go block the Demon Army’s mountain road instead. There shouldn’t be Demon Scorpions on the road.
Now, Da Fei is riding a Hell Horse along the lava riverbank towards the Volcano Mountain Range, the Angel Army is hovering phantasmally above Da Fei’s head. Da Fei occasionally looks up vigilantly at the sky, lest an inexplicable meteor falls on his head. Of course, more importantly, he can openly peek at the Angel Sister’s panties to ease the gloom of giving up the prey, especially Elda’s skirt — black leg guards that look just like stockings, wahahaha, awesome!!
Speaking of which, as large-sized troops, the angels’ skirts are truly a player’s benefit. They can serve as a protective umbrella against Flying Soldier decapitations, and they can also be a player’s sunshade. What other beautiful troop type gives players such a wonderful feeling? None! No, it’s not right to say there’s none, each has its own charm, for instance, Flower Demons play the pure and small, while Female Vampires play the seductive and unrestrained.
Oh, by the way, Elena’s specialty is the Shadow Witch of the Dark Elf Clan’s level 6 troops. With the usual style of Dark Elves, that should also be a kind of unrestrained, blood-spraying troop type, right?
Just as Da Fei was evaluating the skirts of the YY female soldiers, the Blood Eagle ahead probing the way made a discovery: a giant paddle ship is paddling downstream from the upper reaches of the lava river!
Da Fei’s eyebrows twitched, reinforcements!?
The Blood Eagle immediately approached closer for reconnaissance, and sure enough, lining up on the paddle ship are dozens of Demon Soldiers as big as elephants, covered entirely in thick Scale Armor. This is clearly a lesser Abyss Lord, the same race Da Fei previously killed under a mountain near the Pool of Radiance while operating the Flying and leading the Underground Mercenary Group.
The Abyss Lord race holds at least a mid-level position among Demons. They are far more powerful than ordinary Demons, so the individuals of their race are directly titled "Lord," indicating high status. The Chinese translation directly uses the original meaning of "Lord," not suggesting that this Demon actually owns a territory. Similar existences include the Cave Lord, Elemental Lord, and so on.
In short, although they are not landlords, each individual’s strength is sufficient to dominate an area, it’s not an exaggeration to call them lords. The appearance of this race shows how strong the reinforcement is.
At this moment, Elda said in a deep voice: "It seems the target has appeared, we can only fly to the ship to take action, otherwise, once they land, we’ll stand no chance."
Da Fei’s eyebrows jumped: "But I can’t fly over! My Hero’s Commander range can’t reach from the shore to the far mid-river either!"
Elda replied seriously: "I’ll fly the troops over."
Damn! Going solo? I’ve seen you slay monsters, actually not as good as Roger Tal. Without my OP skills and attack and defense attribute bonuses, how much fighting power do you really have? Your current opponents aren’t the garbage from before! Da Fei immediately vetoed: "No! You can’t act independently!"
However, she’s ultimately not my Vice Hero, and she has a haughty personality. It would be troublesome if she cramps Da Fei’s style! Da Fei immediately added: "I’m the Commander, this is an order!"
Yes, although I favor beautiful women, in critical positions, whether as a Commander or as a man, I must stick to my position.
Elda was suddenly taken aback, then reluctantly remarked: "Fine, do it your way then."
Once more asked to do it my way, Da Fei couldn’t help but feel a headache. Didn’t Elda just volunteer to fight? Isn’t that a sign of increased friendliness? And I vetoed it, not only knocking the just-increased friendliness back, but maybe reducing it even further. Honestly, I don’t even know her strength, is vetoing this way really no problem?
Okay, but what’s the plan now? The river is so wide, there’s no possible way to directly launch an attack on that giant ship in the river — or should I appear here on the riverbank, let them row over to fight me? Impossible, for such a large paddle ship, a large dock is required to dock, they won’t casually dock at a wild riverbank.
At this point, Elda asked cynically: "Officer, thought of a method yet? The enemy troops are about to run back to the base."
Oh my God! Is that necessary? Wait, run back to the base?
In that instant, a bold plan suddenly sprang up in Da Fei’s mind: let them go back to the base, I’ll execute a strategy of feigned retreat!
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