In the dimly lit hall, the only source of light was the dazzling sunlight that pierced through a transparent hole in the roof.

In this messy room baptized by fireballs, a group of soldiers with long swords on their waists and face-covering helmets in one hand walked in through the secret door.

They were all wearing silver-white full-body armor, silent, and they didn't look like ordinary warriors. Behind the warriors, there were five or six spellcasters wearing gray wizard robes.

In the direct rays of light, these warriors and spellcasters have two similarities in common.

The first is the emblem worn on the chest: a giant dragon soaring over the rocky terrain.

From the manta ray-like wings of the giant dragon and the broad pair of horns protruding above the eyes like two bone plates, it can be seen that the pattern on the emblem is a copper dragon.

Another thing they have in common is the looming bruises on their faces. Looking around, it looks like they have been hammered by a small fist. Coupled with their stern faces, it looks... well, it is indeed a bit funny. .

A group of people stood there as if waiting for something to come.

During this time period of waiting, they couldn't help looking at the room that was once occupied by the red copper dragon.

When they saw the craters on the ground that looked like cannonballs, and an adult-sized, very deep-looking slap print left on the marble floor, their expressions remained unmoved, and their faces were slightly bruised. It seemed to twitch uncontrollably.

After a while, the sound of heavy footsteps came from the secret door of the room again.

Immediately afterwards, a handsome face with obvious bruises and a collapsed nose bridge Helm, the lord of Iron Horse Town, and Randall, a ruthless wizard in a black coat with a high collar, walked in.

"Why is it so dark in the room?" Seeing that the only source of light in the room was sunlight, the lord of Iron Horse Town frowned slightly, and then subconsciously looked at the ceiling of the roof.

If his memory is not bad, the ceiling of this room is inlaid with a magic crystal lamp the size of a fist. With the blessing of constant light, this crystal ball is enough to dispel all the darkness in the room.

When he raised his head, he seemed to realize something, so he saw the scene he expected:

At the same time, he saw a transparent hole in the roof made by an unknown creature, and at the same time, he saw a falcon streak across the blue sky and through the languid white clouds.

The lord of Iron Horse Town took a distressed look at the crystal ball that had been taken away from the debris that fell from the roof, as well as the few small paw marks left behind.

Then he slandered the originator of all this in his heart, then coughed dryly, cleared his throat, turned his eyes to his subordinates, and said, "What are you all standing for, everyone, sit down."

The wide hall of the castle used to gather troops was transformed into a dangerous maze by the copper dragon using magic. In order to prevent the intruders from cheating in the maze, the copper dragon directly pierced the wall and went out, and used magic to strengthen it very carefully. very solid.

In short, with the current strength of their Iron Horse Town, it is temporarily impossible to dismantle it.

The small conference room deep in the hall was also ruined, and a large hole was cut through the roof.

Although the red copper dragon had left, the mess left behind gave him headaches and sleepless nights.

"..."

Hearing the lord's instructions, the group did not choose to move, but looked at each other, and then all turned their attention to the chairs that had become dark after being ravaged by the flames.

"...Okay, then let's stand and talk." The lord of Iron Horse Town patted his forehead with a bit of a headache, muttered to himself, and then looked straight and said in a slightly heavy tone:

"Now, I think everyone knows the situation in Twilight Town, so we in Iron Horse Town must not watch our allies fall into crisis and ignore it, we must take action."

Of course, there is a more important reason for this support, that is, Iron Horse Town, which has been ravaged by the red copper dragon, can be described as destitute, and they also count on Twilight Town, which has relieved the crisis, to help.

"The troops have been assembled, and the copper dragoon regiment can set off at any time." As soon as the lord's voice fell, a rough-looking warrior stepped forward and replied with a strong voice.

"Support is definitely necessary, but the purpose of calling you here is to discuss how to perfectly help allies to relieve the crisis." Helm, the lord of Iron Horse Town, was silent for a while, and found that there was no objection, and only then did he say himself idea.

"Haven't the Lizardmen lying in ambush on the outskirts of the town trying to intercept us have been cleaned up by the red copper dragon, do we still have any concerns?" The rough-looking warrior looked at the lord and said puzzled.

When the Hobgoblins joined other allies to besiege Twilight Town, they had already taken their potential threat into consideration, so they ambushed many lizardmen outside the town who were trying to come to an encirclement point to help.

So they added fuel to the news that the lizardmen had threatened the safety of Iron Horse Town, and informed the copper dragon who claimed to be the new lord of Iron Horse Town.

Then the group of lizardmen were all cleaned up by the copper dragon...

Since then, the hobgoblins have not dared to send troops to fight the idea of ​​​​reinforcing the army.

This was the only thing that copper dragon did for them. Otherwise, if they wanted to quickly support Twilight Town, they had to clear the lizardmen first.

"But there are still many scouts sent by Hobgoblins around the town, so if we want to support Twilight Town, we must kill these scouts quietly, otherwise they will discover our intentions, then we will also It will be caught in a stalemate battle, and it will not be able to make a surprise attack at all, so it will not be worth the loss." Helm greeted everyone's confused eyes and expressed his inner worries.

The reason why their town is called Iron Horse Town is not just a whim. The main reason is that they have the most cavalry, and most of them are composed of elite knights with advanced warriors.

Since Twilight Town took the initiative to launch a successful general attack on the gnolls half a year ago, in order to gain a firm foothold in the wilderness, Iron Horse Town and Twilight Town have been firmly tied together and reached an agreement to defend and attack each other.

Because of this, with the help of the mountain dwarves in Twilight Town, they armed more than 500 knights in order to quickly support Twilight Town at any time.

After all, their Iron Horse Town is built on the hillside, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, which directly leads to most evil humanoids choosing Twilight Town.

And the role of these cavalrymen is to take advantage of the siege of Twilight Town, launch a surprise attack from behind, and attack at the same time as the people of Twilight Town, so that they can't take care of themselves.

This horn-like cooperation has allowed them to jointly defeat multiple groups of lizardmen who besieged Twilight Town since the beginning of the spring, and both sides have achieved a lot.

After all, most of these chaotic and evil lizard people don't like to use their brains, let alone resort to complex and changeable tactics.

But this time it's different. The enemy who besieged Twilight Town was the Hobgoblin Hulk from the Silent Forest.

Lawful evil hobgoblins are strategic thinkers with strict tactics and discipline, and are able to execute complex battle plans under the direction of a strategically minded leader.

Their best tactic is to conduct a thorough reconnaissance to determine the enemy's strengths and weaknesses before launching an attack.

If it has enough ability, it will surround the town before attacking, cut off the enemy's escape route and reinforcements, and then use its own advantages to slowly consume the enemy to death.

Now Twilight Town is such a besieged situation.

Moreover, after the hobgoblins have the lizards and bullywugs of the bottomless swamp, they completely make up for the weakness of the small number of hobgoblins.

If it goes on like this, it will only be a matter of time before Twilight Town is consumed.

Therefore, their previous tactics of cooperating with Twilight Town are no longer effective, because from the moment they send troops to support, they will definitely be noticed by the scouts wandering around the outskirts of Iron Horse Town, and then use the communication crows to pass on information and greet them at that time. It's an encirclement in a dead end.

That is to say, if they want to launch a raid before the Hobgoblins are aware of it, they must clean up the scouts wandering around the outskirts of Iron Horse Town.

"Lord Hulme, I think you should be well aware of the town's high-end combat power. We don't have assassins who are good at stabbing like Holart in Twilight Town. It's easier said than done to clean up those scouts quietly. ." The mad warrior said with a slightly helpless expression.

He is the commander of the Copper Dragon Knights, and he trains all the cavalry to charge. As for the reconnaissance, the wizard Randall is in charge of everything, but these spellcasters only use magic to reconnaissance. No assassination skills.

"Indeed." The head of Iron Horse Town lord Hulme began to hurt again. He wanted to find a place to sit down, but unfortunately, he looked around and found that there was no part that could allow him to sit down and rest.

He still knew the general situation of the five towns in the Emerald Wilderness.

The town of Falls has the assistance of the original half-elf inhabitants and the Temple of Merika, and the two leaders are also a relatively good match.

Not to mention Horn Town, they have a natural advantage, so they have almost inexhaustible goblin kobold cannon fodder, and now they have the addition of orc players, making their strength even stronger.

Stallman Town is a quasi-legendary sorcerer who has won a very perfect victory a few days ago. When the eight meteors dragging their tails fell, they happened to be standing on the tower. He saw it.

The configuration of Twilight Town is even more exaggerated. There are many local lords who failed to establish their territories in this town. In the end, all of them were integrated by Salayan, which directly made Twilight Town a town with the most high-end power.

As for their Iron Horse Town, compared to the other four towns, it was a bit more difficult. Except for a group of elite knights, the rest were a group of very expensive wizard players brought back by Randall from the Wizarding League.

These troublesome wizards occasionally blew themselves up a few times due to the failure of spell research. Not to mention wasting money and material resources, they also made people tremble with fear all day long.

Thinking of the unfortunate wizard who liked to die and was eventually killed by the fireball he cast, Hulme wanted to cry, but TM couldn't help laughing.

Now, they have been ravaged by the red copper dragon again, which is really worse.

If it wasn't for his sudden inspiration to blow up such a territory that was easy to defend and difficult to attack, he would have been submerged in the vast sea of ​​lizardmen long ago.

But because of this, the disaster of the red copper dragon was brought about. If it wasn't for the half-elf ranger who helped them out of the siege, it is estimated that they would still be telling bad jokes with the little loli now.

"Yes, isn't there a ready-made one in town? I almost forgot about him." When he mentioned the Ranger, Helm seemed to remember something, his expression was shocked, and he blurted out directly.

"You're talking about the half-elf ranger from the town of Falls." Wizard Randall looked at Helm and said.

In fact, he had thought of this ranger for a long time, but his magic pet found that this somewhat unreliable ranger left Iron Horse Town at dawn, which means that he could not be counted on at all.

As soon as Randall's voice fell, the others in the room immediately understood and nodded.

After all, this ranger is an existence that even the legendary dragon dares to challenge head-on, and it is not easy to deal with those scouts wandering outside the town.

And, most importantly, half a year ago, the other party once broke into the gnoll camp with the assassin Horat from Twilight Town, and successfully assassinated the gnoll's fangs, which directly led to the victory.

In other words, he is also very proficient in the art of assassination.

"Then wait for him to come over. I told him to come here last night to discuss the matter of supporting Twilight Town." The Lord of Iron Horse Town looked relieved and said to the crowd.

The wizard Randall wanted to remind that the ranger Hulme had left long ago, but he didn't say anything after seeing the other party's happy look.

Since the red copper dragon came to Iron Horse Town, this lord has never been so happy, so let him be happy for a while, and when he gets impatient, it's not too late to hit him again.

So the group of people whispered, waiting for the ranger who has not yet shown up, looking forward to the stars and the moon.

In this way, everyone waited for almost an hour. When the impatient wizard Randall was about to tell the reason, the figure of the Ranger actually came out of the secret door.

So much so that he swallowed the words abruptly, and secretly thanked that he didn't say it.

Seeing Thorne coming in, the lord of Iron Horse Town was about to speak, and he was the first to speak out to the convenience: "I have cleaned up the scouts that the Hobgoblin placed outside the town. You should gather your troops and set out to support Twilight Town."

Then, Thorne pondered for a while, and continued: "I contacted the people in Twilight Town in advance, and they will try to drag the Hobgoblin's troops until the noon sun is the strongest.

Then the kuo-toas, bullywugs, and lizardmen will be unable to keep their wet skin due to the heat, weakening their combat effectiveness, and then you can launch raids based on flares.

Well, good luck to you, I'll head to Twilight Town one step ahead. Thorne said in one breath, then ignored them, turned and walked out.