Chapter 491: Chapter 418, Arrival at the Temple (Seeking subscriptions, seeking recommendations.)_2
With that, the pact was sealed.
[Ironbeard-Bellerga, your current loyalty score is 65.]
That’s not particularly low.
Fang Hao immediately opened Bellerga’s stats, examining them closely.
[Ironbeard-Bellerga (Purple Tier 4 Hero)]
[Affiliation: Dwarf]
[Template: Purple]
[Racial Traits: Living creature, Robust Physique, Royal Bloodline]
[Legion Talent: Never Defeated, Dwarf Leader]
[Skills: Ancestor’s Hammer, Rage LeapSlash, Firearm Adept, Magma Power, Magma Master]
[Inherent Skills: Advanced Strength Mastery, Advanced Defense Mastery, Advanced Tactical Mastery, Advanced Command Mastery, Advanced Area Forging Mastery]
[Robust Physique]: Dwarf’s physical strength +5%.
[Royal Bloodline]: Melee capability +10%, Dwarf Charismatic attraction +50%.
[Never Defeated]: This unit leads a dwarf army, will never rout for any reason.
[Dwarf Leader]: Only formidable leadership skills and ironlike will can lead the race toward victory. Command dwarves, all attributes +50%.
[Ancestor’s Hammer]: The weapon in hand strikes the front enemy, causes 100% damage. Every 5 points of rage increases the Ancestor’s Hammer’s Critical Hit Chance by 1% (requires either an axe or hammer).
[Rage LeapSlash]: Leap into the air, inflict 80% damage on enemies and reduce their movement speed by 60% for 3 seconds.
[Firearm Adept]: All firearm-class equipment and devices, effects increase by an extra 20%.
[Magma Power]: Proficient control over fire,
[Magma Master]: Comes with a blueprint for ‘Giant Magma Furnace’, a building plan automatically unlocked after recruiting the hero.
（Description: I am the legitimate heir of the Eight Peaks Mountain, this is the will of the ancestors.）
Seeing Bellerga’s stats, Fang Hao was somewhat astounded.
The dwarf standing before him, wearing a horned helmet and slinging an axe by his side, surprisingly possessed the bloodline of royalty.
Based on the description, there seems to involve a dispute for inheritance.
However, even Kaius Meatfist of the Bloodridge Mountains is only an orange hero.
Bellerga, the legitimate heir, merely possesses purple level 4 capabilities, no wonder he was expelled by his clan and lost his inheritance rights.
The other surprisingly fact for Fang Hao was that,
Bellerga also comes with a building plan. The Book of Lords unlocked that blueprint after his recruitment.
This is similar to Nelson.
However, whereas Nelson unlocked the Viscera Museum, Bellerga’s was seemingly a forge.
This doesn’t need to be rushed. Once the dwarves reach the Bloodridge Mountains, Fang Hao can teleport them directly to build the furnace.
The dwarves’ forging technology is higher, they should be able to smelt fine iron.
After inspecting his properties, Fang Hao said, “Alright, Bellerga. Tell your tribesmen to get their required belongings ready. I will arrange for someone to escort you to the Bloodridge Mountains when the time comes.”
“Yes, my Lord.” Bellerga respectfully responded.
As a descendant of royalty, his pride had been worth little since he was exiled, now leading a life of vagrancy.
The pitiful state of his tribesmen, the revenge of Eight Peaks Mountain, motivated him to persevere.
Here is no place for the survival of his kind.
Scavenging weaponry from the desolate battlefield was not enough, they would never reclaim what they had lost.
Joining Fang Hao and moving to a more suitable location was the only means to bring about change.
They had no second choice, and Fang Hao did not provide one either.
Seeing Fang Hao had nothing else to say, Bellerga left the grand hall with his tribesmen, heading back to their camp to prepare their departure.
…
After seeing the dwarfs off, Fang Hao summoned his puppet, spreading bat wings behind him and flew towards the Stone Tower.
The road from the fortress to the Stone Tower,
After clearing away monsters, was now leveled and well-marked.
A constant flow of construction resources was transported from the fortress to the Stone Tower.
Everything was proceeding as planned.
The puppet bat wings, inherited from Red Duke, an orange hero, were extremely fast.
It didn’t take long for Fang Hao to arrive at the Stone Tower’s location.
The troops had already set off, continuing to clear out the reemerging corrupted monsters.
“My Lord.”
As Fang Hao landed, Black Sword and others advanced to salute him.
“Alright, let’s move on.” Fang Hao commanded.
Black Sword responded, the troops began advancing again.
As the troops moved deeper into enemy territory, the rank and numbers of the corrupted monsters was increasing.
Apart from the corrupted soldiers around the edges, a few corrupted trolls began appearing.
However, without exception, the weapons and armors of these corrupted monsters had all deteriorated.
They presented no difficulties to kill.
Relying on their overwhelming numbers and superior equipment, they pushed forward relentlessly.
Thorough cleaning of monsters was needed to prepare the foundation for the following transport.
Not a single corrupted creature was overlooked, ensuring the safety of the rear convoy.
Two hours later.
An abandoned village appeared in front of the team.
Brick walls had collapsed, and the village houses, eroded over the years, had turned into ruins.
Bricks and stones were scattered, and the beams had turned into ashes.
The transport team needed landmarks.
In other words, the convoy transporting supplies in the rear needed a distinctive landmark to determine their location on the map.
Unlike transmigrants like Fang Hao, who on the big map, have a light point to show their location.
Local residents needed to rely on significant buildings to discern location and direction.
Therefore, the village in front of them was such a landmark.
As they approached the village, they could see traces left on the walls.
It seemed that this village had not only eroded over time but also bore signs of many past battles.
The village was quiet.
The silence, however, only heightened a sense of danger.
From the rear of the team, 50 Undead Mages were chosen.
Arcs of magic missiles were hurled at the village.
BANG BANG BANG!
A cloud of dust later, numerous large bat-like creatures rose from the ground.
They hovered densely in the sky.
“There are indeed monsters, and they can fly too.”
[Ambush Demons (Tier 8)]
These creatures were huge, with two large wings. They circled in the sky, very much like a type of fish called batoid that Fang Hao had seen at the aquarium.
Because this type of fish greatly differed from ordinary fish, they were also referred to as devilfish.
Their bodies, like the devilfish, were composed of soft tissue and muscles. By flapping their fins like bat wings, they could fly into the sky.
This kind of Ambush Demon appeared like a dark cloak.
They clung to the walls and the dark corners of the village, ready to catch any prey that wandered there.
Having a strong ability to camouflage, only when they flew into the sky, would they reveal their gray-white abdomen.
From the centipede beast of yesterday to the Ambush Demons of today.
It made people feel that the creatures that could survive here had experienced severe mutations.
Powerful and ugly were the first impressions these monsters gave.
The Ambush Demons circled continuously in the air, with thousands of them in number.
With their ugly heads, they stared at the army of the White Bone below.
The threat brought by the White Bone Army prevented them from launching an attack but they had no intention of leaving either.
“Long-range archers attack, Pseudo-Dragons and Giant Bats get ready to wipe out these monsters.” Fang Hao directly commanded.
“Yes, sir.”
The messenger immediately passed on the command, and the sound of bowstrings tightening echoed in the archers’ ranks.
Then, a flurry of arrows covered the Ambush Demons in the sky.
SWISH SWISH SWISH!
In a blink of an eye, the Ambush Demons were turned into porcupines and fell from the sky.
And the remaining surviving monsters didn’t attack, but started to flee in all directions.
From both sides, a large number of [Skeleton Pseudo Dragon Guards] and [Skeleton Giant Bats] flew out again, chasing and killing the fleeing monsters.
They were eaten up completely.
The bones of these Ambush Demons were small, and most of their bodies consisted of soft tissues and muscles.
After being eaten clean, they looked just like skinned rats.
The fight ended quickly.
Only a few Skeleton Giant Bats were lost, and no other losses were incurred.
….
The deeper they went, the more the number of corrupted enemies increased.
All kinds of strange bugs with odd and massive mutated bodies launched attacks against this sudden undead army.
On the third day of entering the Desolate Battlefield.
Following the markers on the map, the army finally approached the temple.
The area of the Desolate Battlefield was vast.
The army wasn’t tasked with clearing the entire area, but rather, according to the route, clearing a path to the temple.
“Sir, the temple can be seen up ahead,” someone reported.
Fang Hao nodded and looked up at the mountain, where a majestic palace could be seen.