Lord of the Oasis

On the retina, a system dialog box pops up.

[Ding... Temporary task release]

[Temporary Mission: Dark Tide Comes]

[Task reward: 10,000 dinars]

[Introduction: When you are choosing to develop, an undercurrent of stocks is about to come. Facing this new challenge, will you and your territory resist the rush of the undercurrent like a reef? Be careful, be careful, be careful! 】

Squint slightly.

Kant swept over Ling Mo Liang's introduction.

"Dark tide?" he whispered softly.

Even the system introduction used three "cautious" to mark the importance of this temporary mission, making Kant's heart seem to be clenched by an invisible force, and he couldn't help but narrow his eyes slightly: "Is it so... serious?"

Yes, it is serious.

Kant knew in his heart, otherwise the system would never have prompted this.

A little pondering.

Kant looked at the location of the north, thinking in his heart: "That's it?"

In the north of the Nalen Desert, in the direction of the coast of Mannheim, the location of the Greymane Kingdom is also known for a long time. Those high-level gnolls will form an expedition and start their expedition towards the sentry oasis.

The system suddenly gave a temporary task at this time.

The purpose is to remind Kant...

Here they come!

If it weren't for the expeditionary force of the Greymane Kingdom, those high-level gnolls with their own knowledge, Kant would never believe that the system would give such a solemn reminder, and release such a temporary task with obvious warning, and at the same time, the task reward is directly raised to Such a high amount of 10,000 dinars.

Just in the third week of this month, the enemy will finally appear before Kant.

Step forward.

Kant quickly returned to the Consultative Hall, waved to the guard at the door and instructed: "Go to the Fatis Knight and inform him that there is an emergency waiting to be dealt with."

"Understood!" The guard saluted,

Quickly turn around and leave.

Sit in your own chair.

Soon, Fatis pushed the door and walked in quickly, with a solemn look on his face: "Lord Kant, are you looking for me?"

"Yes." Kant nodded.

With the same solemn expression, he stretched out his hand and said to Fatis: "Sit down and say, it seems that we are really going to meet a new test. I think we should be ready."

"Greymane Kingdom?" Fatis narrowed his eyes and guessed the truth of the matter.

"That's right."

Kant nodded, tapped his fingers on the table, with a very serious expression: "It's them."

Fatis frowned.

The heart beats faster.

But there is no panic and fear on their faces. They have repeatedly deduced the possibility that the Greymane Kingdom Expeditionary Force is about to attack. After taking a deep breath, Fatis said solemnly: "I will prepare."

"I don't need it for the time being." Kant shook his head, frowned and said, "They haven't come yet."

"There's still time?" Fatis asked with a frown.

"That's right," Kant replied.

A vague expression has been given in the system introduction.

Dark tide is coming.

The word "coming soon" of course means that it has not happened yet, so combining this sentence, Kant can easily guess the system's prompt, that is, it will take some time for this danger to reach here.

Maybe long.

Maybe in an instant.

Fatis looked cautious and said slowly: "We must not let our guard down."

"Yes, you can't relax your vigilance." Kant nodded and commanded in a deep voice: "After the meeting, you will arrange the standby orders for all the soldiers, cancel the vacation, and raise the alert level to the highest level."

"Understood." Fatis nodded.

But Kant didn't finish speaking. After a pause, he continued to arrange: "Let all the desert robbers go out for investigation. The range is 3 kilometers from the sentry oasis, and the investigation direction is mainly in the north."

"Yes." Fatis continued to nod.

These are all arrangements at the moment of war, and it is up to Kant to decide.

It is also the implementation of the planned program.

"Fatis, go make arrangements."

Kant waved to Fatis, looked at his Swadian nobleman, and said solemnly: "Tell our soldiers that the crisis is at hand, and stay vigilant."

"I see." Fatis nodded and strode away.

He can handle it well.

Kant believed in the ability of Fatis, but his heart still had some palpitations before the battle.

Not fear.

It's just a little fluctuation in my heart about the coming of war.

The development of the "Drehem" fortress has reached a certain critical point. Although there are still many buildings that have not yet been built, it has little impact on the current situation.

Soldiers who can enter the battle can resist the enemy's fortifications.

Everything is there, everything is there.

What is really missing, perhaps, is the experience gained by the enemy in real engagement with the enemy.

"The storm is coming." Kant took a deep breath.

He was already mentally prepared for the arrival of the Greymane Kingdom Expeditionary Force. After all, the gnoll noble Asage, who was captured at the beginning, and the high-level gnoll warriors who were discovered and wiped out last week have all proved that the people on the coast of Mannheim The tentacles began to extend more and more here, as if touching to initiate a temptation.

And the time for the final attack is not far away.

………………

"Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom"

The bell rang a little hurriedly.

Inside and outside the sentry oasis, the clear sound of the bronze bell being struck quickly echoed.

agricultural area.

The peasants and peasant women who were still busy at first turned their heads to look in the direction of the fortress in amazement when they heard the bell, with a bit of daze in their eyes, obviously they didn't understand what happened.

But in an instant, the meaning of the bell appeared in their minds.

Cold sweat instantly appeared on their skulls, and they threw away the work in their hands and ran towards the city gate of the fortress.

Running fast.

Not only them.

There are also Swadian light infantry patrolling in agricultural areas and pastoral areas.

These 3rd-level arms are the main force of the patrol team. Basically, around the current Sentinel Oasis, they rely on their patrols to maintain stability and ensure the safety of civilians.

But now, they are running, with the "crashing" sound of the shuttle armor on their bodies.

Running out of breath, even the formation could not be maintained.

They all rushed into the fortress at the two city gates. At the same time, they also saw that behind the shooting window in the attic of the city wall, the comrades in arms with longbow and crossbow were on guard, looking into the distance with bright eyes, obviously very serious.

Their hearts were slightly stunned.

War is about to bring.

The peasants and peasant women all gathered in front of the clock tower and waited in silence.

On the street next to it, are all the troops currently owned by Sentinel Oasis, including Mamluks, Swadian heavy cavalry, Swadian infantry, desert robbers, including Manid who is still inspecting the sugar factory, etc. Arrive.

This is the bell for the emergency assembly.

Only when some kind of emergency order was issued would it be sounded so urgently.

It is very different from the gentle bells that tell the time on weekdays.

Just like the lord's urging.

In the bell tower, the Fatis knight came out with seriousness on his face, and swept over the troops who were all on standby except for the bowmen.

"Lord Kant's subjects and soldiers."

Fatis took a deep breath and said solemnly, "The war is about to begin."

This is an emergency set.

It is only natural that this knight who is good at military should declare a state of war.

Kant was entrusted to him to do it.

Fatis didn't hesitate, this was his area of ​​expertise.

Road orders issued.

All the soldiers have been mobilized, and the entire fortress has entered the most advanced alert mode. Any trouble will attract everyone's attention, and the war will be the first.

Civilians were also ordered.

Move all valuables into the fortress, and all livestock are listed separately in the city walls.

Including the 5 acres of land on the west side of the small lake, the splendens grass beach is also required to be harvested by farmers and peasant women in the shortest possible time and stored as green fodder.

As for those date palms that have already bloomed and will bear fruit in months.

Can only hope that the gnolls come slowly.

The current "Drehem" fortress, although a stone city wall has been built, does not completely cover the entire area. In fact, even if it is built into a luxurious castle, the city wall will not be built alone for the date palm forest. In the past, this was not cost-effective and impractical.

The best way is to cut down and burn the surrounding trees.

The purpose is to prevent the enemy from building siege equipment.

For Kant, if those gnoll expeditions are really coming, then he will order without hesitation to cut down all the date palm trees and leave no one.

He wouldn't have extravagant hopes that those high-level gnolls had no siege skills.

All have established the Kingdom of Greymane.

have their own light.

How could these advanced gnolls not have the technology to manufacture siege equipment?

Not to mention they come here.

The purpose is to attack the human kingdom and plunder the wealth of human beings. How can there be no siege equipment, or even a craftsman who knows how to make siege weapons?

So much fine wood.

Even if it is impossible to build siege equipment, the tree trunks alone are used as stairs to climb up the 7-meter-high city wall attic, allowing those gnolls to appear inside the fortress and become a stepping stone for them to conquer the sentry oasis!

The desert robbers rushed out of the city gate on horseback.

The trio, with the north as the direction, scattered out to start the investigation.

The cloud of war hangs over the Narun Desert.

And just at the natural salt mine, 300 gnoll pirates who had escaped from the Devil's Land and trekked on foot were looking weakly at the tents that were being torn on the ground, and the white bones that were still covered with tooth marks. .

According to the plan.

In this salt mine, there should be a high-level gnoll team responsible for receiving them.

They looked at the bones viciously.

His face was extremely grim.

The white bones with tooth marks were obviously caused by being eaten, and looking at the bones, it was known that they were the leg bones of the jackals, and the tooth marks on them were also caused by the fangs of the jackals.

They are very angry.

The low-level Gnoll tribes in the Naron Desert are indeed ignorant and savage tribes.

In the hearts of these gnoll pirates, there is already a judgment.