loa are an unavoidable topic when dealing with Trolls. Like Voodoo and Bloodlust, they are just not as common. After all, loa are gods; if Trolls sought out gods for every major and minor battle, how could the gods possibly keep up?
However, a large-scale offensive of 100,000 troops, a war that concerns the fate of the Troll race, would certainly involve the loa.
Due to different races, disguise is not easy, and it is extremely difficult to understand the situation of the Trolls. Transformation spells have always been niche magic, and no Mages have specialized in researching them. Although the Kaldorei Empire has many Mages, it is still difficult to find a Mage who can cast transformation spells.
The main reason is that the authorities do not value it, or simply have not considered using transformation spells for intelligence gathering.
The conflict between the Kaldorei Empire and the Trolls has only been in recent years; before that, it was always minor skirmishes. The true large-scale conflict has only been in the last two years, which is also when Gale forged the Sanction Blade and became an arms dealer.
During this period, the only way to obtain information about the Trolls was by interrogating captives.
Not all Trolls were hard-headed; there were always some who would talk.
"The ones attacking this time should be the Evilbranch tribe. Their loa seems to be Shadra, a spider," Savis recalled the intelligence, briefly mentioning the possible loa.
Gale was startled. Shadra is known as the Queen of Poison Spiders, with the beautiful titles of Death's Embrace and Silk Dancer. From these titles, it is clear that Shadra is an agile loa specializing in venomous attacks. Seeing this description, one knows this is a Rogue (Stealth), very skilled in assassination.
"It seems we need to guard against reconnaissance tools!"
Savis and the others looked at Gale in confusion; they didn't know Gale well. Only Tulan took Gale's suggestion seriously; he knew Gale never made useless suggestions.
"You think Shadra will come to scout?"
Gale said, "The Trolls' loa do not just represent individual entities; they also have the loa's kin. Those loa have lived for who knows how many years; how could they not have descendants? Shadra, unlike Hydra Nash, does not possess super strength. It drives its kin to enhance its overall strength, which is only natural."
"Its kin?" Tulan instantly understood. "Everyone, attention! No spiders are allowed to approach our ambush location."
loa are gods after all, and they certainly have the ability to command ordinary creatures, as well as the ability to scout through them. Shadra is a spider, so any spider could be its informant.
Savis also realized, "Rangers, deploy immediately! Move the reconnaissance wards forward to the predetermined battlefield. If any spiders are detected, report immediately."
The Rangers moved out one after another to set up reconnaissance wards.
However, as soon as the Rangers left the ambush site, they saw countless spiders crawling from the east, stretching as far as the eye could see. Clearly, Shadra had no intention of spending time and effort on reconnaissance but instead sent its spider army to sweep through, completely foiling the Kaldorei's ambush plan.
"Damn it!"
Upon receiving the report, Savis was furious. If the Trolls had obediently entered the predetermined battlefield, the battle would have been very easy. Now that the ambush was ineffective, they would face over a hundred thousand Troll Army and countless spiders.
"Don't waste the ambush; eliminating these spiders is just as good!" Gale suggested again.
Savis's expression was grim, but he still ordered, "Activate the magic array!"
The magic array had already been drawn. If it wasn't activated, all the materials would be wasted. Activating the magic array, although consuming more magical materials, could also eliminate the spider army and reduce the enemy's strength.
The Mages took their positions, and Savis presided over the magic array.
Countless Arcane Energy shot up into the sky, and dark clouds gathered over the forest. Within the dark clouds, lightning seemed to flash, but upon closer inspection, it was red flames leaping.
In an instant, the flames condensed into balls, falling into the forest like hail. The flames struck the trees, which immediately caught fire. Even the moss protecting their bark was useless.
Other fireballs fell to the ground, spreading rapidly in all directions as if they had fallen into oil.
Almost instantly, the forest turned into a sea of fire.
The spider army, which was
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