As Lin Taiping expected, the setback Duke Xuessa would never choose to give up. Even though thousands of elite soldiers lost nearly one-third, he still reorganized the army and launched a second wave of fierce attacks after a short rest at the dock. The armed fleet intensively bombarded the Pea Pond from the beginning, and the fierce artillery fire lasted for two hours.

However, relying on the deep ice cave hundreds of meters deep underground, and those pea pods that could still grow rapidly even after being destroyed, Lin Taiping still resisted the second round of attacks with dark creatures. Two hours later, the angry Duke of Blood Sa retreated again with hatred, and lost hundreds of armed soldiers in the fierce battle.

This and this, the fierce offensive and defensive battle lasted for three days, and both sides suffered heavy losses. Lin Taiping consumed a large amount of magic crystals, and the remaining magic crystals were difficult to support large-scale battles. The orcs and ogres were even scarred in the fierce battle. Because of the continuous activation of the pea pods, their mental power began to fail to keep up.

Of course, as the attacking party, Duke Xuesa paid a heavier price in this offensive and defensive battle. The magic crystal bombs carried by the armed fleet were almost exhausted, and the elite legion of nearly 3,000 people lost nearly half. In other words, even if he won this battle now, he could be said to have suffered heavy losses. In the future, he would have to face the challenges of the lords in the central waters due to the empty troops.

In this case, many people began to consider whether it would make sense to continue like this. A staff member who was trusted by Duke Xuesai was hesitating for a long time. Finally, late at night on the third day, he found Duke Xuesai who was checking supplies on the beach and suggested tremblingly: "Sir, I personally think that maybe we should choose to give up strategically..."

Give up? Never! I never gave up the word in my dictionary!

There is no doubt that when Duke Xuesai heard the suggestion of withdrawing troops, he grabbed the neck of the confidant staff member and roared with a ferocious look on his face: "Damn bastard, what did you say? You actually want me to give up my dignity and honor. When you are about to win, you choose to give up. Do you want me to be a joke for the entire chaotic sea?"

Feeling his turbulent anger, all the armed soldiers lowered their heads in fear, and the staff member who was strangled to his throat and could hardly breathe was flushed and stuttered: "But, but sir. Those low-level creatures have countless strange defense facilities. Even if we use our lives to pile up, even if we can successfully break through in the end, it will cause immeasurable losses. In this way, your plan to go to war with other lords..."

"Do I need you to teach me?" Duke Xuesai exhaled white breath with a twisted face, throwing this self-righteous idiot on the ground, gasping for anger. He barely suppressed his anger that was about to burst out and roared fiercely, "Where are those mercenaries, what the hell are those mercenaries you asked you to contact? They have been late for three days. If they don't come, they will never be used!"

"It should be, it should be coming soon." The staff officer wiped his head with cold sweat and said with some uncertainty. "A few hours ago, I just contacted the gunfire mercenary group with magical messaging. They encountered a storm a few days ago, so it was a little late, but now they have arrived near the Ice and Fire Islands and will arrive soon."

"It's best!" Duke Xuesai snorted coldly in anger, paused for a moment, but suddenly showed a ferocious smile, "Since you need to use your lives to pile up, then use the lives of those mercenaries to pile up. I want to see what kind of capital the so-called gunfire mercenary group has, and dare to offer me a sky-high reward..."

"Of course we dare!" At this moment, a sharp and harsh voice suddenly came from the night not far away, with arrogance above and a maddening ridicule and ridicule, echoing on the beach sweeping by the cold wind-

"That short guy, don't use the idiots and trash under your command to measure the combat effectiveness of our gunfire mercenary group, do you understand?"

Very very powerful. In an instant, everyone on the beach suddenly changed color. There is no doubt that the creatures in the southern part of the chaotic sea know that if you don’t want to be torn to pieces by the Duke of Blood, don’t mention certain sensitive words in front of him, such as tall, short, looking up, even words such as length, up and down...

Speaking of this, this strange guy who suddenly appeared dared to use the word "short" to call Duke Xuesa Duke, which was simply seeking death. In an instant, all the armed soldiers changed their colors and drew their long swords. The staff officer who had just made a mistake jumped up in anger in order to make meritorious demerits in his crime: "Damn bastard, you actually dare to be disrespectful to the Duke, get out!"

"What did I say? Am I wrong?" A sharp and harsh laughter came from the night sky. A sea breeze whizzed past and blew away the fog. A large group of thick and burly strange guys walked out of the shadow of the fog.

These strange guys were all wearing cloaks as dark as night, hiding their entire bodies and faces in the shadows. With a sarcastic sneer, they pushed the crowd away and walked over. Each of them carried a magic musket as thick as a bowl on their shoulders. The bright red gun body was inlaid with thunder and fire crystals. From time to time, a few lightnings flashed and wandered around the muzzle, making dangerous sizzling sounds.

There is no doubt that the true identity of these strange visitors can be judged from these magical muskets that seem powerful. Duke Xuesai clenched his iron fist with a twisted face. Looking at these bastards who dared to laugh at their height, there were blazing flames in their angry eyes: "Damn bastards, you are doing money like this? You were three days late. Do you know how many elite soldiers you have lost to me by this delay?"

"That's because your subordinates are all idiots and trash." Completely ignoring the threat of Duke Xuesai, the leader of the gunfire mercenary group carried a magic musket and stood up as if no one was around. Compared with his subordinates, the strange guy wearing a mask seemed thicker, and raised his chin more arrogantly. "Short, you are as stupid and useless as your subordinates, if it weren't for the high commission..."

"Shut up. You rude bastard!" Duke Xuesai's anger finally erupted uncontrollably. Amid his roar, all the armed soldiers around him drew their swords. "No one has ever dared to be so rude to me. If you dare to use that word to call me..."

"Dwarf, short, or short!" The leader of the gunfire mercenary sneered and repeated again, even raised his head unscrupulously, looking at Duke Xuesa with the look of looking at low creatures. "Even if you kill me now, shorts are shorts after all, let alone you are sure you can kill me?"

Accompanied by his sarcasm, all the mercenaries of gunfire raised magic muskets, and the thunder and lightning burst out with dazzling lightning. They aimed at the Duke of Blood and armed soldiers on the opposite side. There was no doubt that when the leader gave the order, these guys would pull the trigger without hesitation, unscrupulously and completely ignore the consequences.

For a moment, the already tense atmosphere was full of gunpowder. Perhaps it was because of anxiety or anxiety, or perhaps it was because of too much anger accumulated over the past few days. A heavy armored warrior suddenly roared, raised his shield and rushed up, like a heavy carriage, rushing towards the gun mercenaries fiercely: "Go to die, the bastard who dares to offend the Duke, let me go..."

Bang bang! Bang bang bang! Bang bang bang! Bang bang bang!

Before he finished speaking, nearly a hundred magic muskets roared and opened fire at the same time. The flame magic crystal bullets shining with thunder and lightning were like dense storms, all hitting the heavy armored warrior's body. Even though it was still hundreds of meters away, the iron-cast shield was bombarded into pieces, and the two layers of heavy armor could not hold on for a few seconds, and then they were shot into sieves filled with bullet holes.

Stunned, the heavily armored warrior slowly lowered his head in a daze, looking at the countless gushing blood all over his body, and suddenly a long howl with a twisted face. Before the long howl had fallen, his flesh and blood suddenly roared and exploded, hundreds of pieces scattered and fell to the ground, and there was still thunder and lightning lightning shining on the minced meat.

Silently, at this moment, the originally noisy dock suddenly became silent, as if a magic spell was cast. All the elite soldiers opened their eyes wide and couldn't help but sucked involuntarily.

The gods are above. Even the frozen peas controlled by dark creatures can never be imagined to penetrate a heavy armored warrior so easily. However, these damn magic muskets killed him like killing chickens at a distance of hundreds of meters. They saw the undead. Is this really a magic musket? Since when did those magic muskets that were slowly fired and often failed have such terrible power?

In the strange silence, Duke Xuesai stared at the bloody eyes and looked at the gunfire mercenaries opposite him. For a few seconds, the iron fist he clenched tightly was trembling slightly. However, in an instant, the angry Duke suddenly let go of his iron fist and laughed happily: "Very good, very good, so it seems that my high commission is not in vain."

"I understand? Since you understand, let all the idiots under your command go away." The leader of the gunfire mercenary sneered arrogantly and ignored Duke Xuesai's intentional flattery. "Prepare the reward we agreed on in advance, and then send someone to lead us. In two hours, you can clean the battlefield."

This is impossible! Before the Duke of Xuesa answered, the staff officer next to him blurted out: "Listen, maybe you are very strong, but the strength of those orcs and ogres is far beyond imagination. There is also a sinister monkey giving them advice. How is it possible in just two hours..."

"Idiot, in my dictionary, there is never the word impossible." The leader of the gunfire mercenary grinned happily. In the dark and dark night mist, a huge lightning bolt just roared down at this moment, illuminating their hideous faces covered with masks, and illuminating the magic muskets that still rose in black smoke-

"Conspiracy? Magic? Trap? It's ridiculous. In the face of my wisdom and strength, all of those things are vulnerable!"

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Chapter completed!