Transcendent Noble

After the meeting, Frides did not stop and left the fortress with Pastor Kent. Sasan Empire had many complicated affairs waiting for him to go back to deal with.

The Duke of Barcelius led Victor to tour Duncan Fortress, introducing him in detail about the fortifications, operation mechanism and construction history of this fortress, and also talked about some anecdotes about sword saint Drawin by the way.

Actually, Victor is not a direct descendant of sword saint Drawin. His bloodline goes back to the time of Drawin. His ancestor is the distant cousin of sword saint, the kind that has passed 4 generations. There are currently only three bloodline children of Drawin. The Paladin family of Testir, the Duke of Barcelius and the Duchess of Aurochia, the offspring of sword saint and the other four golden Dame partners have been integrated into these three bloodlines.

Actually, Victor's family pedigree is closer to that of Knight Andrea Wimbledon countess, at least they are all Wimbledon. However, it is not wrong that Victor and Usain have a common ancestor. The two sides had a good talk. Victor took an opportunity to ask about the mystery of the disappearance of sword saint Drawin.

Ussein asserted very positively that it was a shameless rumor that Empress Barcelius murdered her husband Drawin before her death. One year after the fall of Empress Veronika, Drawin left a letter and went to the endless forest alone, looking for his elves.

The original copy of this letter is still kept in the Barcelius family's treasure house, and the Testir family has its primordial rubbings. Usain stated that if Victor visits the Duke of Barcelius, he and Guardian Oroxia will take out the farewell letter written by Sword Saint and let him read it.

The statement of the Duke of Barcelius is basically consistent with Victor's inference. His own spiritual bloodline secret method has entered the soul realm. It is almost certain that the Knight bloodline is inherited from the soul, or in other words, from the original will of the creator-the sea of ​​elements. Of course, all life in the real world evolved from the sea of ​​elements, including Elf Race. It can be seen that the Royal Family of the elves will not marry the ancient Knights for no reason. In addition to political and love factors, most of them want to use the affinity characteristics of the high-level Knights and World Source to nurture Sun Elf.

Sun Elf's Life Level is extremely high, which is comparable to Spiritual God Knight, and is also a high life close to World Source. The difference is that Spiritual God Knight and Golden Knight feel the summon of the element sea, while Sun Elf is influenced by the summon of Elf Race pan-conscious Spiritual God. The sword saint Drawin completely transformed into the form of Sun Elf, and the will hidden deep in the bloodline of his soul prompted him to seek out the elves of the same clan. Spiritual God Knight Veronika suppressed this will. When the Queen of Iron Mountain fell, Drawin resolutely stepped into the endless forest. His desire to pursue Elf Race is like a fish migrating, it has nothing to do with acquired education, it is purely the instinct of life.

As for the ending of Drawin, Victor doesn't know. He is fortunate that he has chosen a path of freedom of will.

At noon, I don’t know which hidden corner of the fortress Lora and Oroxia came out of. Usain met with the Guardian family, and his attitude towards Victor became more affectionate. He took the initiative Said:

"Cousin Victor, you don’t know that most of the freed people in the eastern and central Sasan Empire flocked to the Western Territory to take refuge. The rough statistics of the church is 5 million refugees, plus the freedom in the west. The total population of refugees stranded in the western territories exceeds 8 million. Although the church is doing its best to provide relief, the western rulership system is already overwhelmed. The Kingdom of Cambes is willing to help some refugees move south to avoid danger, which really helped us a lot."

Ussein ruddy complexion, the amber halo in his eyes has disappeared, and a trace of aloof and remote indifference is missing. The temperament and expression of the whole person have become more vivid, close to the state of senior Knight.

Is this a blue yam potion? No wonder the ancient alchemists classified the blue yam as a precious material... Victor secretly sighed the magical effect of the blue yam, and said calmly: "The territory of the Kingdom of Gambis is not as large as Sasan in the west, and the number of refugees we can accept. It’s also limited, but the refugees have an evacuation channel, which helps to stabilize the hearts of the people."

"Yes." Usain nodded said with a smile: "Free people crowded in the west, panicking, fearful The eastern defense line was lost, and he became the food of the orcs and monsters. Rumors arose in the refugee camp. Everyday all people fled to Bronze Halberd City, trying to take refuge in the southern country through the business road of Wharton Prairie. The lord of the west tried to recruit tenants from the refugee camp. , I hope to appease them, but unfortunately, the number of refugees is too much. They circulated that as tenants, they will be sent to the front to fight against the orcs, so only a very small number of people are willing to accept resettlement. Bloody conflicts between refugees continue, and the locals The lord even wants to send people to suppress the riots in the camp. The hired Legion of Centaur Hills came forward to open up the Nether Soul forest development point to connect the refugee channel to the western part of the empire, which can calm people's hearts and the lord’s pressure is much less."

Turning the conversation, he said: "However, although I am the lord of the western part of the empire, there are four marquis lords and the vassals of the vassal lord. I have no right to directly issue orders to the vassals of the vassal, not to mention that migration does not belong to me. Our refugees...not as good as this. I ordered my steward to cooperate with my cousin’s hired Legion and the garrison priest to select migrants from several large refugee camps in the ducal lords, and let other lords in the west move to my main city. Refugees."

Of course, the escape route is not as simple as a road. It also includes organizational systems, logistics, security and resettlement measures. But these matters don't need to be personally intervened by the two highnesses, just leave them to the people below.

The symptoms of Golden Knight drinking the blue yam potion: excitement, pleasure, talkative, energetic, and mentality as if back to the past.

Silently jot down the role of the blue yam potion, Victor said: "The affairs of organizing refugees’ southward migration are handled by my wife, the Marquis of Sophia Wimbledon."

Sein was stunned and realized that he had some lost self-control and laughed, "Okay, then we're done."

What have we decided?

Victor wants to roll his eyes.

In the evening, Usain and Oroxia left Duncan fortress with the Gripen Knight and headed for the Marfa fortress in the north. At this point, the core fortress of the War Zone in the middle of the Eastern Frontier Line of Defense has officially changed hands.

Victor stood on the tallest observation tower of Duncan Fort, and watched the two barcelius family members disappear on the horizon before turning his head to look at the full view of the fortress.

Duncan Fortress was built 600 years ago, and it took 22 years to complete (34 Earth years). For hundreds of years, Sasan people have been repaired continuously. The solid limestone city wall has withstood the double test of war and time. The majestic fortress still stands on the ground, beside the river. It is still playing a mainstay role.

This limestone fortress is 65 meters high, and the city wall is 38 meters high. The 26-foot-wide top of the wall allows two carriages to run side by side. There is an auxiliary fort on each end of the city wall, and 44 slings Machine and 114 sliding rail ballistas. Outside the wall is a 30-meter-wide moat. A suspension bridge is required for the tower in the middle of the river to allow people outside to enter the city gate.

Victor’s visual observation of the enclosure area within the wall is 15.6 square kilometers, with diversion channels and artificial lakes, wheat fields, vegetable fields, medicine fields, as well as granaries, mills, and animal stables. This complete set of agricultural production The facility can supply the daily food needed by 5,000 people. But in the fortress, the largest area of ​​the building complex is the material warehouse and the cargo yard, which are connected together to be 6 square kilometers in size, accounting for almost half of the land of Duncan fortress.

In addition to farmland and storage, there are hundreds of blacksmith shops, leather workshops and pharmacies in the fortress, as well as three churches, a large number of barracks, and even some shops, taverns and hostels.

Duncan Fortress has 12,000 defenders, 8,000 mobile cavalry and 3,000 craftsmen, and their families and relatives also live in it. During the war, all the women and children of the defending army were evacuated. The fortress could accommodate 60,000 infantry and 40,000 cavalry at a time, and the material reserves in the cargo yard were sufficient for 100,000 troops to hold on for 14 months.

It is a town in peacetime and a fort in wartime. The agricultural production system, manual armament system, divine technique medical system, defensive and offensive systems are all complete. Victor doesn't believe anyone can break Duncan Fortress. Even a Legendary powerhouse like him can easily climb over the city wall without any problem. Wantonly slaughter guards the soldiers. But the manpower is poor, and his energy and physical strength are constantly consumed in high-intensity battles. Once in the jungle of swords and guns, or the rain of locusts, it will be difficult to get out of the battle. The iron essence gate of Fort Duncan is connected to two giant winches. It requires 90 strong soldiers to turn at the same time before the gate can be opened. The golden powerhouse turns the winch on its own and faces the fire of heavy military crossbows and large ballistas. If the guards of the city remove the iron lock of the gate ahead of time, it will be useless to turn the winch. The golden powerhouse cannot handle the iron essence with bare hands. Lift the gate, right? Lord Ogre of the Legendary rank does not have such great power.

The gate could not be opened, the transcender risked falling, and the raid on the fortress became meaningless.

Duncan Fortress is unbreakable, invulnerable, indestructible and impregnable, and it can be regarded as the safest refuge on the Eastern Frontier Line of Defense.

If you take a bird’s eye view from a high altitude, you will find a garrison castle all around Duncan Fortress. It is 60 kilometers away from the fortress. Soldiers can march on foot for 5 hours, and cavalry can only take 2 hours. For the rapid march of combat physical fitness, the support time can be cut by half.

There are twelve sentry camps distributed between the garrison castle and the fortress. They use limestone to build a wall with three high-rise arrow towers. They act as horns of each other, acting as nodes for alerting and sending orders. In addition to the garrison castle, there is a large battalion that can accommodate 1,500 cavalry and 1,000 infantry. Outside the garrison there are castles and guard posts, which stretch out in layers.

Different types of fortifications, material storage, sentry roads, garrison infantry and mobile cavalry constitute a strict defense system. Duncan Fortress is the heart and brain of the entire defense system. With each contraction, the army and supplies are like blood. Each defensive node is transported, and every time it swells, soldiers and supplies are concentrated in the fortress. When the defensive node on either side is attacked, she mobilizes idle mobile cavalry and supplies to transfuse blood there.

This is a living line of defense. Her life is connected with Sasan Empire and the human kingdom.

The weird size of the centaur determines that they do not have the ability to siege the city. Not to mention the Duncan fortress, it is a standard castle and a giant fortress, and they can't break it. In fact, almost all orcs can't break through the fortifications built by Human Kingdom. For thousands of years, only Goblin King and Ogre Vulcan have destroyed human castles.

The garrison soldiers of the Eastern Frontier Defense lined up from the city. When the enemy is strong, they hide in the fortifications and hold on, and when the enemy is weak, they go out to fight. They are actually relatively safe, and there will be no major casualties. Flides proposed to arm 30,000 Barcelius family militias and 10,000 infantry. Usain not only agreed, but also voluntarily asked to increase the number of militias to 40,000 and infantry to 20,000.

The Patriarch did this, simply using the armaments supported by the kingdoms to help the Barcelius family expand the army.

Since the combat risk borne by the garrison soldiers is limited, why did Frieze choose to arm the soldiers of the Barcelius family instead of arming the militias of the eastern empire or the lords in the middle?

Duncan Fortress and the Eastern Frontier Defense Line precisely reflect the political layout of the Radiance Knight regiment against the entire human kingdom.

Testil and Flides organized hundreds of thousands of migrant tenants to open up the northern wilderness bordering the eastern part of the empire. They did not make major mistakes in their decision-making, but no one expected that they had already The beaten-out Sidon Centaur suddenly united and stormed the eastern frontier of the Sasan Empire for thousands of miles.

In any case, it is a fact that Sasan suffered heavy casualties in hundreds of thousands of tenants, and Testil can't shirk the blame. According to the canon, someone must be responsible for the death of believers, and the position of the first Paladin family of Testil has been on the verge of collapse. It doesn't matter if Testil falls from the throne, even if the Radiance Knight regiment has also lost the power to dominate the church. However, this war of the orcs is not over. What if the leaders of Testil completely annihilated the orcs invaders?

The Radiance Knight regiment surged, and those tenant tenants who lost their lives will be listed as mercenary warriors who died heroically in the fight against the orcs. As long as the human kingdom takes the Sidon Centaur territory and recovers more than 3 million square kilometers of homeland, no one will pursue Testir's negligence, and no one will care about the true identity of the victim.

Therefore, Flides lit the red smoke beacon with two intentions. The unknown king of the orcs is a factor on one hand, and on the other hand, the army of the human kingdom gathers and leads the War Zone to 280,000 in the east. Cavalry, 150,000 infantry, the War Zone of the megalithic fortress also has Suse, Borui and Naville cavalry, a total of 220,000. Such a huge human army went to the northern wilderness to watch the show. Whether there is a king of orcs or not, this war mobilization of the human kingdom is aimed at annihilating the orc invaders and regaining its former homeland-the Iron Mountain Empire. Territory.

Actually, Testil, Fridez, and Frederick used this crisis to gather all the power of the human kingdom to help the Sasan Empire open up the northern wilderness, including Barcelius and Reck Two Great Families.

Needless to say, King Rex of Naville, Sasan Empire and Radiance Knight team won the Sidon Khanate, and the new territory is connected with the megalithic fortress. Naturally, the Naville people have to circle a large area of ​​red land. The relationship between Barcelius and Frederick is quite delicate, starting from the political ecology of the Sasan Empire.

The secular lords of Paladin, represented by the Lie Family of Fredericks, guard the eastern border of the Sasan Empire, exercise the obligation of the Imperial Family to protect their children, and possess the power and status of the Imperial Family. Of course, the lords of Sasan Empire must Move closer to the Lie Family of Fredericks. However, Frederick's silver bloodline was not enough to support the Knight class of an empire. The Barcelius family occupies the rear hinterland in the western part of the empire, but they have a golden bloodline, which attracts Lord Sasan to secretly acknowledge allegiance to the descendants of the Iron Mountain Queen and the sword saint Drawin.

Frederick joined the Radiance Knight regiment to defend the land and defend against the enemy, holding the righteous name of the Imperial Family; Barcelius spread the bloodline to maintain the Knight aristocratic class of the Sasan Empire. The relationship between the two parties is tangled and complicated, confronting each other on the surface, but coexisting in reality.

The Sasan Imperial Family and the Radiance Knight group are two sides. Their relationship with Barcelius is the epitome of the secular lords and the Paladin family. The high lords including Victor need the power of the Radiance Knight group to fight the orcs, but they are afraid of them interfering in the internal affairs and diplomacy of the secular kingdom. Barcelius cooperated with the Radiance Knight regiment militarily and internalized politically. The Iron Mountain Imperial Family dragged the Radiance Knight regiment, and all kingdoms were relaxed and gave political support. The White Tower camp was born from this, and the two clergy factions of Tamor and Clement also rely on the support of the secular lords to gain a firm foothold in Church.

Whoever fights cannot be ignored. In the past few hundred years, the Knight class of the Iron Mountain Empire has regained its vitality relying on Sasan Empire. The contradiction between the two imperial families does not shift externally, but breaks out internally. Usain Barcelius is modest and low-key, and his vassals can't agree. Besides, if he is really low-key, why would he still challenge Sylvia, knowing that Sylvia is a Spiritual God Knight?

This war became an opportunity for the two Great Imperial Families to resolve the contradiction, and Ussee's modest and low-key style provided a step for the two sides to shake hands and make peace. Flides retaliated. Armed with the armaments aided by the kingdoms and churches to arm the Barcelius family’s army is an obvious political signal. Half of the 3 million square kilometers of Sidon’s centaur territory belongs to your Barcelius, and we want to promote it together. North extension strategy.

The rise of Barcelius is unstoppable, the revival of the Iron Mountain Empire is just around the corner, and the political structure of the human kingdom will be rewritten as a result.

In view of this, the Radiance Knight regiment and the Church Cardinal did not want to see the mutual sound and closeness between the Iron Mountain Empire and the Kingdom of Cambis in the south.

It is a foregone conclusion that the power of the church will be tilted towards the strategy of North Extension. They and Lord North Extension actually benefited from the power of Lord Nan Extension to open up the situation. Victor felt as uncomfortable as eating a fly. You know, for this war, Centaur Hills finally lost one third of the armor.

However, from the standpoint of the Kingdom of Gambis, he had to go all out. The coalition won a complete victory and captured the Sidon Centaur territory, which is tantamount to the victory of the tenant system. If the human coalition retreats to the Eastern Frontier Line of Defense, it will be a failure of the tenant system.

The reason is very simple. The lord of Beituo carve up 3 million square kilometers of red land. Without the tenancy system, how can they build such a vast new territory?

The Eastern Frontier Defense Line is solid, and the Beastmaster’s army rushing over will also hit the head and shed blood. The Sasan Empire will not fall, but the victims of the Eastern Frontier will be put on the table again to talk about it.

The size of the Kingdom of Gambis is too small, not even one third of the Sasan Empire, and there is no tenant system. The so-called crossing of Henan and the establishment of the ideal of the Southern Great Empire is just a dream.

Victor held the limestone wall heated by the sun in his hands, thinking in his heart that the new political structure will bring those changes to the human kingdom. At this time, under the fortress, the silhouette of Lora came into his eyes. Crown Princess was wearing a women's armor of the same style and color as Auroxia. From the details of the armor, it was originally Auroxia. That one.

Oroxia and Lora are about the same figure, but she can take off other people's mithril armor and wear them grandiosely on her body. I am afraid that only Lora can do it.

Not to mention, Lora is a gorgeous armor, full of heroic spirit, just like a Martial Goddess. Siegfried walked with her, like a follower. Although the emperor eldest son of Sasan Empire has changed his ceremonial armor and put on a Knight uniform...

Well, it's still like Lora's follower.

Just as the church leaders feared the secular influence brought about by the union between the Iron Mountain Empire and the Kingdom of Cambes, Cambes and the Iron Mountain Imperial Family could not tolerate the secular politics of the Radiance Knight regiment.

The six Paladin families once murdered the emperor of Rand Empire; they were the priest, but they were secretly unclear with the wizards of the Eastern Alliance; they lit red smoke without identifying the king of the orcs The beacon used the Knights and vassal soldiers of the kingdoms to fight against the orcs in the northern wilderness.

No matter how many legitimate reasons the Radiance Knight group has, their style of playing with rules by fair means or foul is eye-catching. Such an opponent, everyone will feel a headache and fear.

The northern and southern empires must work together to suppress the overbearing arrogance of the Radiance Knight regiment. Unfortunately, Gambis is not yet the Great Empire in the South, and it is not yet time for the showdown.

Freds wants to create contradictions and divide the two political groups of the White Tower camp. Barcelius wanted to follow the pace of Sasan Empire's northward expansion strategy, and Gambis had to curl up to avoid becoming a target for the church. However, neither Usin nor Oroxia couldn't resist the temptation of the blue yam potion.

There are hundreds of different flavors in blue yam potion. These flavors Dao Idol are fused with each other and evolve countless new flavors. Victor took a sip and was uncomfortable for 17 days. If he didn't pay attention, those strange smells suddenly appeared. He believes that the effect of blue yam potion is the sense of taste. In fact, it directly affects the human mind. It is very attractive to Golden Knight, allowing them to re-experience the taste rules of the real world, awakening and strengthening the spirit transformation of the human part of the soul.

Sylvia and Sophia regularly take blue yam potions, which can live to their limit lifespan and unlock more power. This means that the blue yam potion can help Auroxia and Usei to attack the Legendary Domain without worrying about their souls being assimilated by the sea of ​​elements.

Either Oroxia and Usain were promoted to Legendary Knight, which greatly enhanced the political influence of the Barcelius family and accelerated the division of the Sasan Empire. The Northern Empire became the Sasan Empire headed by Frederick and the Iron Mountain Empire with Barcelius as the Imperial Family, and involved the energy of the Radiance Knight group. After that, Barcelius must infiltrate the aristocratic class of Sasan Empire and compete with the Radiance Knight group for control of Sasan. Sasan Empire will become a battlefield and buffer zone for both sides.

Paladin family and Tieshan Imperial Family are in intrigue, Gambis can raise his head to eat melons and immerse himself in development.

Mythril armor is of special significance to high-ranking Knights. Lora exchanges blue potato potions for Orokxia's armor. Sasan emperor eldest son also followed her in a foolish manner, praising how well this armor suits Lora.

The blue taro potion is a secret belonging to the Golden Knight. Pastor Legendary and the Emperor Sasan eldest son never imagined that the two Crown Princesses reached a secret covenant under their noses and eyes when they met. Ya's armor is a witness to the covenant.

The sound of two people’s footsteps passed into Victor’s ears. The alchemy militiamen of the Guards came with a strong man dressed as a mercenary and said in a low voice: "My lord, follow your instructions. The people of Mercury will bring you to see you."

The strong man stepped forward and said respectfully: "My lord, good day. The monkey militia hunter responded to the adults' summon."

Victor turned around, smiled and asked, "Hunter, we haven't seen each other in 7 years... Where is the leader of Mercury in Sasan Empire? How many people have been developed?"

Hunter was made by Victor A member of the third batch of the monkey militia, 10 years old this year. He followed the old spy Broll to create Mercury, and was later assigned to his adopted daughter Mia by Broll to protect her to develop the Mercury Organization in the Sasan Empire.

All the adopted children of the old spy returned to the Randal collar, received body reshaping, and practiced the spiritual bloodline secret method. Mia was among them. Her work in Sasan Empire is temporarily handed over to Randal Family secret agents. Of course, those children are now adults and can be alone.

Since its development, Mercury has expanded more than a hundredfold in scale, penetrating the bottom of the kingdoms, with complex personnel structure and strong mobility. Victor saw the report submitted by Sasan Mercury a year ago. They controlled 29 gangs and 17 small mercenary groups. As for the current situation of the Mercury Organization of the Sasan Empire, Victor is also unclear. However, the strongest martial power of mercury is the alchemy militia he made. Homunculus acts as the backbone of the martial power of mercury. Don't want to break away from Victor's control.

Sasan Imperial Family issued a war order, and all civilians in Duncan Fortress were evacuated, while large and small freedmen mercenary groups and knight-errants flocked to the fortresses of the Eastern Frontier Line of Defense. The priest of Duncan Fortress posted missions to mercenaries and knight-errants in the tavern. Victor sent the monkey militia to the tavern for a round and found a homunculus hunter.

"My lord, the Mercury leader went to Dew Town in the western part of the empire... How many people does Mercury currently develop in the Sasan Empire? I don't know." Hunter shook the head and asked: "You want me Contact the leader and let him come to see you?"

Victor shook his head and said, "You don't need to contact him, I will leave Fort Duncan soon... Go see him and give my orders, Mercury's spy All were transferred to large and small cities and towns in the western part of the empire, mixed into the local refugee camps, and kept careful records of abnormal situations."

Hunter thought for a while and asked: "My lord, what are the abnormal situations?"

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Before the Patriarch Flides left, he said that Gambis would send people to the Barcelius site to migrate the population. After listening to this, Usain actually ran the Battle Qi to control his emotional ups and downs.

His reaction was overwhelming.

There is a strange phenomenon in this war, the investment and the income are not proportional. The more mobile cavalry out there, the heavier the casualties, but they may not be able to get the relative benefits. The Kingdom of Dodo produced 45,000 cavalry and 15,000 infantry, even using all one's strength. They just kept the Nether Soul forest development point. If the Sasan Empire succeeds in occupying the land of the Sidon Khanate, Dodian may be able to take control of the Wharton Prairie; Suse Kingdom and Borui Kingdom are the worst, they can hardly get anything. So, what is great is to have more orc "specialties".

Sasan’s eastern lord’s cavalry is the largest, with a total of 120,000, but no one knows how many cavalry will die on the battlefield. These cavalry are the family property that the eastern lord has worked so hard to save. Barcelius and his four marquis only had less than 20,000 cavalry, all of which were lighted up, and they would not hurt their muscles or bones. They can get a big cake.

Barcelius gets the most benefit. Gambis sends out cavalry and supplies, and asks Sasan Empire for hundreds of thousands of young refugees and some food. Is he going to change his color?

The refugee population of Sasan Empire is close to 13 million. Due to emotional fluctuations, Usay is probably not reluctant to bear the hundreds of thousands of refugees. It was because Victor's men wanted to enter the west of Sasan to organize the migration of refugees.

If he is not acting for the patriarch, then he must have a ghost in his heart!

What exactly Barcelius is doing, Victor has no way of guessing, he believes it has something to do with the refugees.

Since the refugee problem is involved, Victor must send Mercury to investigate.

"The abnormal situation...refers to the extraordinary situation. If I know what the abnormal situation refers to, what else do I want mercury to do?"

He said lightly with a look:" Bring this sentence of mine to the chief of Mercury intact."