The team entered the city gate of the Northern District at noon, after which Amor began to arrange the defense, while Galen watched the entire process, absorbing nutrients to grow.
Master Karl had already been dispatched by Amor to investigate the movements of the trolls. Omar and Varokal were responsible for the defense and patrol of the city walls, while Fadir's team served as a reserve force, ready to support the battles on the city walls.
Galen wasn't idle either. He built two watchtowers at the mouth of the canyon and then had the farmers evacuate.
The purpose of doing this was to create a field of vision. The mouth of the canyon was more than a thousand meters away from the city gate. Through the field of vision of the watchtowers, and the mental connection to the base's perspective, this area could be seen clearly.
Since the watchtowers had no attack power, only served as a field of vision, and there were no soldiers inside, the trolls, after scouting and finding no one, should bypass these two watchtowers, simply assuming that the humans were afraid and had retreated.
Following Amor, Galen inspected the city walls. The entire canyon was about two hundred meters wide, and the city walls were built at the narrowest point.
The city gate, about one hundred and fifty meters long and two meters wide, took a month for all the manpower of the three noble families to complete.
There were no heavy weapons on the city walls. Firstly, there was not enough time, and everyone was unable to prepare. Secondly, after all, the main defense was against the trolls of Witherbark Village, and conventional weapons could handle most situations.
Before long, Galen and Amor had inspected the city walls and returned to the headquarters inside the city gate.
Inside the headquarters, Galen had Gandalf use magic to contact Danath, preparing to discuss the next plan.
Gandalf took out some gems. Galen only recognized malachite and cat's eye stone; he had never encountered the others.
Gandalf cast a spell on a crystal ball, and the crystal ball projected a blue light upwards, forming a light screen. After a while, Danath's face appeared on the light screen.
Previously, when Galen had sent a messenger to Danath, Gandalf had the messenger bring Danath a specially made crystal ball.
Later, when Gandalf first used this crystal ball to connect and communicate with Danath, Galen was amazed. This was a video call! And it was high-definition and interference-free.
The Azeroth version of a video conference made its debut.
After this spell was cast, even Amor widened his eyes and said to Gandalf with curiosity, "My Lord, this is amazing! Signal corps will be unemployed in the future."
Gandalf finished casting the spell, stroked his long white beard, and sighed, "Fortunately, fortunately, my memory of magic is still there, barely enough to make a living in the field of magic."
"Can this spell be popularized? My Lord?" Amor's first thought was to apply the spell to war, so that news could be transmitted faster and the two teams could cooperate better.
Gandalf continued to stroke his beard and shook his head: "I'm afraid it's a bit difficult. This spell is very simple to cast; even apprentice mages can cast the Water Screen spell. However, this casting medium, that is, this crystal ball, is a bit difficult to make."
Seeing Galen and Amor looking at him with curiosity, Gandalf decided to explain in more detail: "First, enchant the crystal ball, use cat's eye stone to enchant the mage's Eye of Detection to capture images, then enchant the Mirror Image spell to output images, and the Water Screen spell is used to project the images. Even if it's just these two points, master level mages can perform precise casting, but the signal transmission distance between the two crystal balls is very short, and it needs to be combined with a unique space spell to create a special interdimensional channel."
After Gandalf finished speaking, he had a look on his face that said, 'Do you understand now?' Amor felt that he had listened to every word of the archmage, but he still didn't quite understand when they were put together.
Galen didn't know how much Amor could understand, but he understood. He had learned the basics of magic from Count Dabyrie, and he also knew that Gandalf had been instilled with the group teleportation talent by the Altar of Kings, so he should have a deep understanding of space magic. These two conditions allowed the current remote communication to be born.
Perhaps this is also a unique trade route. If it can't be popularized, then take the high-end route. There are so many big spenders in Azeroth, and he can make a fortune.
Galen felt that he was going further and further down the road of a profiteer.
"Hey, hey, Galen, can you hear me?"
At this moment, Danath's voice came from the light screen, interrupting the conversation of the group.
"I can hear you, Danath. Where is your team?"
As soon as he opened his mouth, Galen was once again in a trance. This was such a familiar feeling, just like when he and his buddies used to test their mics before playing games in his previous life.
"I am already hiding behind a hillside less than ten kilometers west of you, waiting for your signal to encircle the troll elites."
"Pay attention to the surrounding movements. The trolls are marching quickly in the north. From the current point of view, the other party does not have master level stalkers. Your scouts should pay attention to concealment and do not need to scout too large an area."
Amor also suppressed the confused thoughts he had just had after Gandalf popularized a lot of magic knowledge that he didn't understand, and instructed Danath.
"I have already ordered the scouts to pay attention to concealment. Don't worry, Teacher Amor, they are all veterans of the militia, and they have been dealing with trolls for many years."
Amor had taught Galen and Danath martial arts at the same time, so Danath also respectfully called Amor teacher.
At this time, Galen interjected in the conversation between the two: "Danath, do you have enough manpower this time?"
"Three thousand people. This is already the maximum force I can mobilize. The manpower that the militia can use has been brought out by me. If it weren't for you, Galen, confirming that most of the able-bodied men of Witherbark Village had moved south, I wouldn't dare to mobilize so many people. The Geshek Farm defense line is too long and requires most of the personnel to stay behind for defense."
"Three thousand people are enough, Danath. The mine has Count Dabry's one thousand family guards, plus nearly three thousand of my Scarlet Flame Legion. We already have nearly seven thousand troops. The trolls have only mobilized three thousand men. This time, we will wipe them out and make sure they don't return."
"Your Scarlet Flame already has three thousand people? Galen, how did you do it?"
The implication was, where did you get so much money? Mmp, at your speed, wouldn't you have more than my militia in a few months?
Looking at his brother's unbelievable expression, Galen was very proud, "Danath, my personal charm is something you can't understand. The people of the highlands love me very much, crying and shouting to come and join my army, bringing their own food and not even wanting military pay."
On the other side of the light screen, Danath had a dumpfounded expression after listening to Galen's boasting. He believed that his uncle, Thoras, was telling the truth when he said there was no gold coin support. He was amazed that the mine had just been restarted, and everything required spending. It hadn't reached the time when funds were flowing back. Where did Galen get the money? How could he support an army of three thousand people?
If he couldn't figure it out, he wouldn't think about it. Danath was also an upright person, and he was very happy to see his little brother's strength become stronger.
However, his complacent expression was really asking for a beating.
Just as Danath was about to retort and mock Galen, he saw a man with a bald head lift the tent and stride in.
"Your Highness, troll tracks have been discovered."