Chapter 706: Get a priest quickly, he’s been poisoned

Early the next day, the army broke camp and continued to move forward. The scouts of the Black Earth Knights and Wind knights spread out to both sides, going far to prevent a repeat of the previous day’s ambush and not allow the enemy to easily ambush their own army.

Madeline also sent someone to notify the army walking ahead, asking them to be vigilant and carefully search the road they passed by, so as not to lay traps for the main force behind.

After such careful arrangements, they continued on their journey and did not encounter any more enemy ambushes. The enemy knew that after the ambush of the Thunder Knights failed, Madeline would surely increase her vigilance and not give them any more opportunities. There was no need to arrange for another ambush and risk losing their own soldiers.

Robb used various skills to search for items along the way, such as “searching for minerals” to pick up a couple of ores, “searching for gems” to find a couple of gems, “searching for wood” to chop down trees, and “searching for herbs” to dig up a couple of herbs.

He did not want to fight the Black Dragon in bad gear again. Next time he would come equipped with better gear to make things easier for himself. However, he did not find his tasks boring. Bahamut, the Divine Dragon, was the only boss he had not defeated in “Dark Blade.” Although he had grown tired of other things, he still had some interest in killing this boss. It was a way to make up for his last regret in the game.

Along the way, Robb collected a large bag of items, but unfortunately, the areas they passed through were mostly human-inhabited and low-level areas, so he did not find many valuable things. The best ore he found was still the same as the previous one, and the best wood he found was the Tree of Life, which he already had. He only collected some intermediate-level wood to make some wands and bows and to arm the weaker soldiers to increase their output in the next fight against the Black Dragon.

Last time, he did not have enough blue potions to restore his MP, which caused him trouble. Therefore, he collected many herbs along the way. Regardless of whether they were useful or not, he collected them all. He collected a large bag of herbs on his journey.

Later on, he was carrying a large bag of ore, herbs, wood, and gems, which was difficult to carry in the real world without an infinite backpack. He had to pile them up in the army’s supply wagon and let the logistics team carry them.

Soon, the army arrived at a small town not far from the Capital of Saints.

This small town originally had a population of more than 5,000 people, but after four years of continuous civil war in West Gran, which was near the holy city, the town was repeatedly contested by both sides, and countless battles were fought. Ordinary people couldn’t bear such turmoil and quickly moved to other places.

As a result, there were almost no ordinary residents left in the city, and all the houses had become barracks. The city walls were also reinforced and raised, and the entire city became a military fortress.

In the past few years, this fortress had been repeatedly contested by both sides, but in the past year or so, the army of Miss Queen had firmly grasped control of the fortress. They used it as a bridgehead to attack the Capital of Saints and had stockpiled abundant supplies and a large number of troops here.

When Robb and Madeline arrived, the vanguard had already stationed inside the fortress. Robb saw a large number of demi-humans, such as leopard-men, cat-men, tiger-men, wolf-men, and so on. There were also many magic tools filled with magic power on the city walls, various single-barrel magic tools, as well as large Katyusha that a single soldier could not carry. The number of magic tools was so numerous that it was almost impossible to count.

Madeline also introduced him, “There are a large number of landmines buried on three sides of this city, but there are not many landmines facing the road to Bright Road.”

Seeing Robb’s strange expression, Madeline said, “We can’t be too lax. Before, there was only a small troop stationed in this city. In order to prevent Mondra’s people from suddenly attacking and seizing this fortress, we must prepare a large number of magic tools, so that we can withstand the attack until the reinforcements arrive.”

Robb nodded and thought to himself, [Has Miss Queen spent all the money she earned over the years here? With so many magic tools, using West Gran’s productivity, she might have sold a lot of assets for this.]

Kante couldn’t help but ask, “With so many magic tools, how come the Capital of Saints can’t be captured?”

Madeline shook her head and sighed, “Don’t underestimate Mondra. Magic tools are not very complicated in themselves, and the magic tool-making experts under Mondra can also make them, and they are not bad at it. They just didn’t think of it before. Since our new magic tools were put into the battlefield and caught them off guard in several battles, they also started to try to make them. Anyway, they can copy what’s available and make them quickly. Now their army is also equipped with many Katyushas and landmines.”

Kante: “……”

Robb thought to himself, [I knew it!]

After all, Katyusha was just an idea, not something very novel. As long as the opponent’s intelligence was within the normal range, copying it was not difficult. Wasn’t the World War in that world the same? You brought out a tank, and I could quickly bring out a tank too. You brought out a jet fighter, I can also get a jet fighter. You brought out an aircraft carrier, and I could do the same.

Who can really break free from this dynamic? How far can they go?

After all, wars are fought with national strength!

However, in terms of national strength, it should be Miss Queen who has the advantage now.

Robb asked, “Our army has more magical tools, right?”

“Yes!” Madeline nodded, “But we are now on the offensive. Throughout history, it has always been the defensive side that has the advantage in war. They have a strong stronghold, and although we have more magical tools and stronger firepower, their defensive structures can also neutralize the power of many of our magical tools. It won’t be easy to capture that big city.”

Robb nodded in understanding.

Madeline continued, “Fortunately, during the movie war, I had already figured out an attack plan for this stronghold. The soldiers also have experience in attacking and defending cities. I think these experiences will come in handy during actual combat.”

As they were talking, a small team of scouts came in from the city gate. They seemed to have just completed a mission and were carrying a stretcher with a scout lying on it, his face green and contorted in pain, moaning in agony.

The leader of the scout team shouted, “Priest, priest! Get a priest quickly, he’s been poisoned.”