Medieval Aurora: The Rise of the Dragon

Chapter 103
If ever there is one part of the Empire that is most dangerous, most utterly untamed, and most notorious, it is one of the oldest forests in the world, the Drakewald Forest.

It completely separated the roads from Altdorf to Middenheim and Howling Mountain, and extended its sphere of influence into the eastern part of Westland (the province where Marienburg is located) and the southern part of Nordland.

On the maps of some merchants, the area where the forest is located may be directly marked as "big forest" or "beastman forest", which has also caused many people to misunderstand this forest.

They will think that this forest is just filled with all kinds of Beastmen.In fact, this is a rather superficial understanding. The Drakowald Forest is actually a diverse and complete ecological environment, in which there are all kinds of weird and terrifying creatures, and the most famous and powerful one is the Beastmen. ethnic groups.

And in some documents of the empire, there were some clues left behind. It is said that a hunter who escaped from the Drakovald Forest once reported that he saw a kind of footprint on the edge of the forest. Judging from its shape and size, it It was left by some kind of huge and sinuous creature.

In contrast to this rumor, there is often a strange blank somewhere in the forest. The investigators swore that the traces on it showed that a large number of beastmen entered the dense forest behind the clearing, but never left. Pass.

Few know that the current Beastmen's lair also has a glorious history.This piece of land, originally known as the Land of the Dragon, was once one of the electorate territories of the empire.

Its history related to the empire can even be traced back to the Sigmar period. The chieftain of the ancient tribe Thuringia was an important link and founder of Sigmar to maintain the empire at that time. Among the ranks of the first batch of nobles, they are also the most prominent ones.

However, the pride and glory of the "King of Berserkers" finally ended in the empire in 1110. The old elector died in a war with the Beastmen, and his successor was ravaged by the Black Death the following year. Under it, disappeared without a trace.

In the next hundred years, diseases raged and wars broke out in the empire.

This has also led to the fact that the Elector's Marquis has been neglected, and its towns have fallen into a state of disrepair, and are constantly losing blood under the plunder of Chaos forces.

The Beastmen hordes began to gradually intensify their encroachment on the land, and by the end of the 12th century Imperial Calendar, most of the land and people of Drackwald had ceased to exist.

Since then, the Dragon Forest has become a huge hidden danger within the empire, and the irregular crowds of beasts have continuously brought pain and suffering to all surrounding territories.

Even Miaoying himself admitted that the Great Crusade had a huge impact on the two great empires of the mainland, the east and the west, and this was particularly evident in the two provinces of Weibei and Weixi that the Cathay Empire personally participated in.

What they saw and heard during the war, as well as more and more imported goods and merchants gathered in Shangyang, made the people of the Eastern Celestial Dynasty start to pay more attention to the west side of the mainland.

With deliberate collection, some information about the powerful human empire in the Old Continent has begun to be placed on the table of visionaries.

And the one who paid the most attention to this matter was His Highness Binglong. Most of the maps and information on the Western Continent that the Expeditionary Army currently possessed were compiled by Weixilie Provincial Bookstore.

A huge cavalry team that had broken away from the central army was rapidly marching along the edge of the forest.They were led by Wei Qing, the young general who conquered the West under the command of the commanders of all the northern provinces.

He sat on his horse as steadily as a mountain, holding a detailed map in his hand.

A map of the western part of the Empire.

Even Miaoying himself admitted that the Great Crusade had a huge impact on the two great empires of the mainland, the east and the west, and this was particularly evident in the two provinces of Weibei and Weixi that the Cathay Empire personally participated in.

What they saw and heard during the war, as well as more and more imported goods and merchants gathered in Shangyang, made the people of the Eastern Celestial Dynasty start to pay more attention to the west side of the mainland.

With deliberate collection, some information about the powerful human empire in the Old Continent has begun to be placed on the table of visionaries.

And the one who paid the most attention to this matter was His Highness Binglong. Most of the maps and information on the Western Continent that the Expeditionary Army currently possessed were compiled by Weixilie Provincial Bookstore.

There was silence all the way, and finally someone couldn't restrain their own doubts, and started talking in a low voice.

"I heard that those imperial guys are still following our camp."

"Yeah, I don't know where we are going, whether it is east or west."

"How about you go up and ask?"

"You go, you go, the general will definitely not blame you, at worst, you will be scolded."

"Boss, where did you say we were sent to? It's all over now, give us an accurate answer." Until Wei Qing's most trusted personal guard, under the instigation of his colleagues, finally came to his side Asked my own confusion.

General Zhengxi has always seldom put on airs, and took the lead to mingle with the soldiers. Some people in the army who didn't like him once secretly ridiculed, "This General Zhengxi looks like a man from the western province."

It was precisely because of this that the personal guard dared to speak up boldly.

"Salary fine for three months." Wei Qing glared at him viciously, but didn't say anything more. According to the action regulations, it was almost time to issue orders.

Then he sneaked a glance at the two figures surrounded by the cavalry at the center, and waved to the guards.

"I can almost talk to you when I get here, but remember to hand over your money to the military law office when you go back."

The personal guard nodded with a mournful face, thinking about getting back the loss from those people who encouraged him in a while.

"We must be going to the west. We can't deal with that group of Imperials. The Heavenly Army alone is enough for them to drink a pot." Here he is referring to the fact that they have been hanging far behind the Cathay Army. The garrison from Middenheim.

"So what we are chasing is the group of beasts. Judging from their movements, we have a chance to intercept them directly."

More and more people heard the conversation between the two of them, and gradually approached them. Just at this time, the speed of the cavalry had gradually slowed down after stepping from the plain to the tidal flat.

Wei Qing simply beckoned, signaling his personal guards to form a team on the spot, ready to issue orders by the river.

A map was laid out on the rocks, and the general pointed to two positions on the map.

"Now our position is here, and our destination is there, and the beastmen are-" He traced a line with his finger along the edge of the forest,

"If we don't delay, we will cut off their line before the destination. As for the rest, you don't need to know."

The two people who had been protected in the middle also noticed the stop of the team. They waited for the sergeants to disperse, and then rode unhurriedly to Wei Qing's side and asked.

"General Wei, are you coming soon?" The middle-aged man at the head said while waving his hand and throwing a ray of light into the river.

After Wei Qing saw that the brilliance only caused a few ripples in the water, he ordered the cavalry to drink the horses on the spot, and then turned around to answer the question of the minister.

"It is estimated that there are still 2 hours. Before dark, we will be able to surpass the group of wild beasts and reach the predetermined position."

"That's the best." The other figure was shrouded in a golden and red cloak, leaving only a strand of red hair outside.

The voice of the mysterious girl was like a crisp bird song, light and melodious.

Wei Qing didn't speak, he felt the majestic scorching anger from the faceless woman in front of him, even he who had experienced many wars would be shocked by this energy.

However, the young general knew that the background of the person in front of him was far from what he could say. It could be said that his entire team was in cooperation with her in this burrowing operation deep into the enemy's rear.

This is the majesty of the royal family who received the blood of Chenlong.

(End of this chapter)