Wizard From Afar

Ice Desolation Valley, the northernmost part of the Sackland Empire, the gate of Hell and Human World, is also the last junction.

Or another name that is more remembered by the empire-"Blood Skeleton Valley".

In the sixth generation of the Sacland Empire, Brandon I the "sage" led a 50,000 army northward, abandoned the defensive advantage of the fortress of Broken Boundary Mountain, and unexpectedly fought with the invading monster army here. A war that is almost gambling. At the cost of a giant dragon and two grand princes, there are only two to three thousand people in the tens of thousands of troops, and even he himself was seriously injured, so that he was miserable in his later years.

But no matter how much he paid, the result was that he won the final victory, and it was a victory that made him go down in the annals of history and will be remembered forever by future generations.

No matter how many mistakes he made during the time when he was in charge of the empire, and how many disputes he had caused due to his various reckless actions, an incomparable victory changed everything, and all right and wrong actions were taken away. In order to act wisely, it left a memory that can be traced back by a generation of people.

It also created his reputation as a "sage".

It is not a benevolent emperor or a tyrant, but a "sageful emperor"-to be praised forever by future generations, can be described as the highest praise an emperor can get, and the honor that the founding monarch of the Sackland Empire has never received.

As a result, even the Valley of Blood Skeletons has become a place of pilgrimage. Every year, some fanatical believers will go all the way north and follow the patrolling rangers around here in the summer to worship the heroes, or Simply joined the Legion in the fortress of Broken Boundary Mountain.

But in fact, Blood Skeleton Valley is just like its original name "Ice Barren Valley", just a slight protrusion on the northern ice sheet-just like Brandon I was not because of this place. How special is it, but it just happens to be able to deploy the entire army and restrict the enemy's offensive direction, so I chose it as the final battle location.

And in this icy wasteland, the banner of the Iron Crown once again flutters in the harsh snowstorm.

Along the old road left by the old days, the team that kept gathering the scattered army all the way and advancing finally reached the vicinity of the Valley of Blood Skeletons two days later.

The reason why we say "nearby" is because this area is small, but it is also very large-the "Blood Skeleton Valley" in the strict sense is just the protrusion, but in fact, the place name is usually It also covers all the surrounding areas.

Because of the sudden departure of Knight Nazer from the church, Brandon instantly lost his choice; if he doesn’t want to go back and leave immediately or fall into the same fate as the guards of the tower, he must go north to the church as soon as possible. Only by converging the armed forces of the two sides can the two sides be defeated separately.

Brandon can’t risk losing half of the army and the church Knight. These people are the few elites in his army—more importantly, they are the veterans who are truly familiar with the North. Half of the main forces are Legion soldiers from the south.

In order to cover the team on the ground, even the giant dragon Mirasis, who was often "missing", followed closely. Soldiers on the move could often see huge shadows passing by the ground. Although the silhouette is huge enough to be terrifying, there is a giant dragon protecting itself and the soldiers are very at ease.

After all, this is already the Valley of Blood Skeletons, and even if hundreds of glacial werewolves or carrion monsters appear immediately, it is not surprising at all.

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"Although various historical books describe the north as hell, in fact Since the establishment of the Duanjieshan Fortress, the empire has never faced a real "Evil God invasion"-even the sixth generation of His Majesty Brandon I’s war in the north, he has not really faced the Evil Gods. Confrontation, otherwise he is impossible to come back!"

On the way forward, Brandon was awkward on the pony while introducing the "enemy" they were about to face to the wizard advisor next to him. ":

"Just like the reason why we call them "monsters" is to distinguish them from the Evil Gods in the southern lands. Apart from their strength, there should be no difference between the two. They are all The terrifying and terrifying devil in the legend!"

Apostle?

Recalling the serpentine rune left by Asriel on his wrist, Loren's alert frowned, seems to have noticed something terrifying.

"In the existing literature of the empire, the Evil Gods who destroyed the ancient giant dragon kingdom in the past also paid a huge and heavy price, so they can only pin part of their respective powers in a certain existence , And each of them possesses extremely special and powerful power!"

His Royal Highness shrugged: "In a sense...it would really threaten the empire and spread fear. In fact, It is these so-called "Evil God Apostles"-every invasion is also led by them, rather than the so-called Evil God, as many imperial nobles believe."

" So, these so-called... apostles." Loren asked calmly: "How many are there?"

"There are four Evil Gods who destroyed the giant dragon kingdom, as the book says. Brandon blinked:

"So there should be four apostles...at least as I know."

Four Evil God, four apostles... It sounds like it's between myself and Asriel.

Loren frowned, the sudden amount of information made him feel a little at a loss, and even regretted why he didn't take history as an elective at Wimpal.

“In fact, it’s not surprising even if you don’t know it-it’s better to say that if you know this, you will really scare me to death!”

I noticed my own wizard advisor His expression, the corner of His Royal Highness’s mouth raised a slight smile: "The things I told you just now, even in Imperial Capital Golovin, are the'truths' that only the Desalion family and a few dignitaries and the top of the church understand, overwhelming. Majority's history books will not record these!"

"Even the soldiers who stand by the fortress in Duanjieshan don't know it?" black hair wizard asked rhetorically.

"It should be said...because they stick to this, they can't let them really know who their enemy is!" Brandon's expression was rare and serious, and he pointed to the person passing by. Team Legion soldiers:

"No matter how brave and pointless, they are still ordinary persons, they are still afraid and afraid, and they feel at a loss because they don’t believe what is happening in front of them-most importantly, It’s better to make them believe that their enemy is just a mutant monster than to tell them that the enemy is a group of Evil Gods!"

Loren wrinkled slightly frowned, he vaguely remembered what happened in the ancient wood forest before. Scenario-Elders, the Elders of the Morning Star Forest, have made similar decisions.

Even at the last moment, I didn't tell those brave war dancers that their real enemy was actually a fallen Evil God, who just regarded that battle as another ogre invasion.

"In that case, how did these so-called'apostles' were born?" Loren continued to ask: "And they or...their army, those thousands of monsters, and How did it appear?"

"I don’t know, and no one knows—just like the giant dragon kingdom thousands of years ago, they also don’t know where the Evil God that brought the catastrophe for them came from. Come."

Brandon shrugged and said with a slight smile: "All we know are these monsters wandering in the ice field north of Duanjie Mountain, and don’t want to repeat them all the time. The great feats they accomplished thousands of years ago destroyed the entire Sackland Empire and even the entire world!"

No, it's not like that.

These so-called Evil Gods are not mindless slaughters, they are just making the final Struggle in front of the glory of the Holy Cross, using fear and deterrence to maintain their existence in the world, not completely Die out.

It is not coming, but "falling" to this world. There is a very obvious gap between the two.

In order to maintain their own existence, these demons and Evil Gods can do anything beyond imagination.

"And for us, all we have to do is to defeat them again and again, no matter what the cost-just like the sixth generation ancestor with the same name as me."

Smiling opened the mouth and said, Brandon raised his right hand and pointed up ahead. The protrusions that appeared in the wasteland just formed a large gentle slope:

"Blood Mukugu, we are here!"