Game of the World Tree

No one expected that the well-stocked and well-guarded Shanatar would be breached.

In fact, this underground city was not forcibly broken by the army of the Dark Alliance from the outside, but fell from the inside of the city.

No one thought that the grandson of the current chief, Doluru, the diplomat of the dungeon, would collude with the forces of the Dark Alliance.

While the chief on the sickbed was asleep, he stole the access key to the core of the dungeon held by the other party, thus bypassing the defensive magical barrier of the city-state of Shanatar, and privately built a connection between the city and the city. The teleportation circle in the city...

So, without everyone reacting, a large number of undead suddenly appeared in the city.

They smashed the super teleportation circle in the city-state and destroyed the statue of the god of death in the temple of death.

The God of Death is the core that provides the source of power for the defensive magic. Once the idol is destroyed, the entire Shanatar's defensive magic will collapse.

And the teleportation circle was destroyed, and the supporting elves could no longer come to support through teleportation...

As a result, the entire city's defenders and elf troops immediately fell into a situation of isolation and helplessness.

As a result, the dark army that had already been prepared outside the city, cooperated with the inner response and the raiding force in the city, and easily opened the city gate that had not been breached for several months.

The siege battle that should have been vigorous did not happen. The Dark Alliance side quickly occupied the city walls of Shanatar, while the original defenders dropped dead bodies on the ground in the two sides and retreated into the city with difficulty. .

The war quickly turned into a tragic street battle, and the defenders in the city and the Dark Alliance troops who entered the city fought fiercely in the city.

However, the armies of the Dark Alliance were well prepared.

They gathered an army of 150,000 undead and 80,000 ordinary troops, which can be called the strongest force in the western part of the underground world.

In contrast, Shanatar's Solitude Alliance army is too weak.

The city-state defenders were less than 20,000 in total, and even the number of elves who remained in the city was limited, with a total of less than 3,000.

In the attack of the dark alliance army, the army composed of dark dwarves and underground gnomes suffered heavy losses, the elves also died in battle, and the streets of the whole city were stained with blood.

And the remaining power of the lonely alliance side was also forced by the other side step by step into the deepest mine in the city, and it was supported by some solid fortifications...

In less than two days, the armies of the Dark Alliance had occupied most of Shanatar, except for some of the mines deep in the city that were occupied by dark dwarves, subterranean gnomes, and elven mercenaries who had retreated into them.

It is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but the materials are scarce. As long as the Dark Alliance side locks them there, they have only two options: surrender or starve to death...

It can be said that by this time, the Dark Alliance has actually occupied the entire Shanatar.

The original city residents were forcibly detained at home, the rebels were slaughtered, the chief Katla was killed by the betrayal Dolulu himself, and Dolulu was appointed as the new chief by the dark city-state alliance, and announced the Church of Darkness and Shadows. Will become the new official religion of the city-state.

At the same time, the army of the Dark Alliance also connected the ready-made statue of the Lord of Darkness and Shadows to the original Temple of Death, activating the city's defensive magical barrier again.

Only this time, the target of the magical defense barrier has been reversed.

At this point, Shanatar declared its fall.

When the news spread throughout the Silent City-State Alliance, the city-states were in an uproar.

No one expected that Shanatar would fall so suddenly...

And after the uproar, panic soon followed.

Dolulu of the city-state of Shanatar betrayed, and his betrayal directly led to the fall of the city, so... are other cities like this city, which have long been infiltrated by the forces of the Dark Alliance?

In addition, Shanatar and the City of Blades are both the gateways of the Silent City-State Alliance to the Dark City-State Alliance, and their geographical location is too sensitive.

Judging from the map of the west area of ​​the underground world, the overall landform of the underground west area is like a gourd with its head facing north.

Gourd Mouth is the passage leading to the Deep Cracked Cave. The Silent City-State Alliance occupies the upper half of the Gourd, while the Dark City-State Alliance occupies the lower half. The two underground city-states are located in the center of the Gourd, and are also the gateway to the first half of the Gourd. The entrance to the dark area on the second floor...

In this case, the defensive battle between Shanatar and the City of Blades is the key to the entire war. The battle situation here can even determine the direction of the entire underground world war, and the decisive battle will most likely happen here.

The defense is good, as long as it is consumed, the victory in the secular war will definitely belong to the Silent Alliance.

But if any city-state is breached, it will lead to the opening of the door of the lonely city-state alliance, and the army of the dark alliance will be able to drive straight in, and the situation will be bad in an instant...

But now, a city-state has really been breached!

In a sense, it can be said that the Dark Alliance side has won a decisive victory in this war.

After all, judging from the comparison of the strengths of the two sides, perhaps if a single city is defended, the Silent Alliance can rely on the support of the elves to persevere, but it is dangerous when multiple city-states are attacked at the same time.

Not every city-state has tens of thousands of defenders like these two cities, and more underground cities of the Silent City-State Alliance have less than 10,000 troops.

Of course, this is also because the Dark Alliance has special means to corrupt the normal undead, so that the Lonely Alliance cannot use the undead army in the war with the Dark Alliance.

In this case, the army of the Dark Alliance can easily lay siege to at least five or more underground cities at the same time by virtue of their numerical advantage, and can easily break through them with a high probability.

It is worth mentioning that, considering the cost of establishing an ultra-long-distance teleportation array, although the Solitude Alliance decided to establish an ultra-long-distance teleportation array in each city when seeking support, this was not the case.

The real situation is that only the two cities, City of Blades and Shanatar, have key locations, and the cities that are already rich have chosen to build an ultra-long-distance teleportation array connecting Black Rock City.

And although other lonely alliance cities are closer to Huluzui, the closer they are to Heiyan City, the lower the cost of establishing an ultra-long-distance teleportation array and maintaining the operation of the magic array... But the more remote they are, the poorer they are, even if it is No matter how low the cost is, it cannot be afforded at all.

Of course, this is also because the Silent Alliance is at best a loose city-state alliance, and it is impossible to effectively allocate and utilize the resources of each city-state.

In this case, even players, it is difficult to provide effective support.

Of course, in theory, players can also teleport to two key city-states first, and then teleport to other city-states through a normal teleportation array.

However, the crux of the problem is also here.

The City of Blades and Shanatar do also have teleportation circles that connect other underground city-states, but these teleportation circles are concentrated in the city-state of Shanatar, and the City of Blades has only one connection to the city of Shanatar. The transmission array is nothing more.

This led to the fact that, once the city-state of Shanatar was breached, the City of Blades was cut off from the other city-states of the Silent Alliance.

The reason why the Silent Alliance will establish a teleportation formation is because although the two city-states are both critical, in comparison, the City of Blades is closer to the sphere of influence of the Dark City-State Alliance, and there are enemies on three sides. The teleportation formations connecting other city-states are too risky...

After all, in everyone's estimation, if one of the two cities must be breached, it must be the City of Blades. If a teleportation formation is established to support it, the city-state of Shanatar is enough.

In the end, who knew that it was Shanatar who was breached first.

Having said so much, in fact, to sum up, it is one thing.

That is the loss of Shanatar, which has strategically declared the defeat of the Silent Alliance. If you want to win this war, you cannot rely on worldly power alone.