From Baron to Lord

"Willing."

The soldiers below gripped their weapons, displaying their loyalty.

"Very good."

Allen raised his left hand, and a ball of flame suddenly appeared in his palm.

Allen casually flicked it towards the skeleton soldiers, and the ball of flame grew larger and more powerful as it flew.

The air around the burning flame twisted, and it struck the skeleton soldiers like lightning.

Boom—! With a loud bang, a huge explosion erupted within the skeleton ranks, fire soaring into the sky and smoke and dust billowing everywhere.

Many skeleton soldiers were blasted into the air by the shockwave, looking quite pathetic.

When the smoke cleared, the area where the flame had landed (cfbh) was completely black, with thousands of skeleton soldiers lying scattered on the ground, their fate unknown.

"Duke is mighty!"

Seeing Allen inflict a huge blow on the skeleton soldiers, the soldiers below cheered.

"Warriors, have you seen? These monsters may not be flesh and blood, but they can still be injured and killed."

"Now, tell me, do you have the confidence to defend the duchy?"

"Yes! Yes! Yes!"

Only then did Allen smile, restraining his power somewhat, otherwise the ground wouldn't just be blackened, but a huge pit would have appeared.

The bones wouldn't have just been scattered, but directly turned to ashes.

In fact, with Allen's legendary strength, he could have cast a forbidden spell and annihilated hundreds of thousands of skeleton soldiers, and no one could stop him.

However, he deliberately held back, after all, this was just the first wave of attack.

Of course, he could solve them all, but what about next time? What about the time after that?

He still had to rely on his subordinates to deal with these undead, and since the number this time wasn't large, it was a good opportunity for them to practice.

"Warriors, now follow me to slay the enemy!"

Allen said, not riding a dragon, but riding a magical wolf, leading the warriors to charge out.

"Kill!"

Seeing the Duke charging ahead, the warriors were filled with enthusiasm and charged up.

Under the effect of Allen's aura of war, the warriors became unstoppable, their strength and speed doubled, and their eyes turned blood red.

Looking at the approaching skeleton soldiers, they no longer felt fear, but instead raised their weapons in their hands.

Allen led his subordinates, like a chisel, charging into the skeleton soldiers.

The skeleton soldiers' eyes glowed with two balls of eerie blue soul fire, looking quite frightening.

However, Allen and his subordinates were fearless, and Allen even took his sword and slashed his way through, enjoying himself.

Naturally, no skeleton soldier could stop Allen, and they all exploded into piles of bones as soon as they touched him.

These skeleton soldiers were not weak either, although they didn't have any extraordinary power, their strength and speed far exceeded ordinary people, and they didn't feel pain, making them fearless.

If ordinary soldiers encountered them, they would definitely suffer a great loss.

Allen secretly felt fortunate that he had obtained the ruins, allowing his subordinates to become dragon blood warriors, gaining ten times the strength of ordinary people, and their combat power had increased dozens of times.

Otherwise, if he had encountered this situation a few months ago, Allen's best option would have been to abandon the country and flee.

Under Allen's leadership, coupled with the aura of war, this team was like a god of slaughter, killing the skeleton soldiers until they were defeated and the results were remarkable.

Allen was in the midst of the killing spree when he saw an empty space in front of him, and a guy who was three meters tall, huge in size, and with two balls of green flames jumping in his eyes, charged over with a large axe.

"Hmph, courting death."

Looking at that guy, Allen sneered, rolled over to avoid the blow, and slashed back with his sword.

Immediately, that guy froze, and then his entire body exploded.

"Ding, congratulations on killing a ghost soldier, gaining ten points of merit."

The system's voice sounded at this time.

"This is a ghost soldier? It is indeed much stronger than those guys."

Allen felt that this guy had at least the strength of a silver knight.

At this time, it seemed to be a trigger, and many ghost soldiers appeared in the skeleton soldiers one after another, but the soldiers only panicked for a moment and quickly calmed down.

Those with strength naturally went forward to stop them, and those without silver strength formed small teams of several people to besiege one, and they were safe and sound.

Allen glanced back and then felt relieved.

Although those skeleton soldiers were at a disadvantage, they didn't know how to escape, it seemed that they were just cannon fodder.

Finally, after several hours of fierce fighting, all the invading skeleton soldiers were killed by Allen and the others.

And on their side, because Allen shouldered most of the pressure, and they could absorb life force from the enemy, there were even no casualties.

It has to be said that absorbing life force is a miracle, even from the skeleton soldiers, Allen doesn't know what the principle is.

Chapter 398 Discussion

"Ding, it is detected that the number of subordinates under the host exceeds 100,000, and there are different enemies.

The War Lord's Aura is upgraded!"

"All warriors under the host, including those who temporarily obey the host's orders, all have their physical strength +20, speed +20, and gain the special effect Bloodbath Battlefield."

"The host's army will not retreat due to fear when facing abnormal creatures, and can cause an additional 30% damage to abnormal creatures."

"This is really timely."

Allen was overjoyed when he heard the system's voice in his ear.

The War Lord's Aura was actually upgraded at this critical moment, and he also gained a special effect.

Now Allen doesn't have to worry about his subordinates being afraid of the skeleton soldiers, and they will also cause an additional 30% damage to them, now he is their nemesis.

At this time, the ground was already covered with bones, looking very creepy, but the dragon blood warriors didn't care at all, but looked at Allen with a fanatical expression.

"Duke! Duke! Duke!"

They had just felt the blessing of the God of War again, and their hearts were excited.

"Warriors, we have won a great victory today, there will be rewards when we return ~ ."

Allen said loudly.

Hearing Allen's words, the warriors cheered and surrounded Allen back to Sphit - City.

Because they had just returned from a great victory, the city was filled with a joyful atmosphere, brimming with the aura of victors.

However, Allen didn't feel so relaxed. He returned to his main hall and summoned everyone.

Soon, Marquis Copper Mountain, Marquis Iron Lizard, Marquis Albert, Marquis Marco, and Marquis Thomas, the five great marquises of the duchy, arrived.

Furthermore, Finance Minister Sparrow and the visibly thinner Industry Minister Oliver also hurried over, while Jackson stood behind Allen.

Everyone's faces were filled with smiles, indicating their delight at the victory.

"Praise the great Duke! It is thanks to your wise leadership that we were able to achieve this great victory."

Before anyone else could speak, Oliver took the lead and knelt down, showering Allen with praise as if it cost nothing. Seeing Oliver's behavior, Allen was both amused and annoyed that this flatterer had beaten everyone to it. The others glared at Oliver on the ground, cursing him inwardly.

However, they reacted quickly and congratulated Allen in turn.

"The Duke is truly wise and mighty, worthy of the gods' attention."

"Gentlemen, I think it's necessary to remind you that the war has only just begun," Allen said slowly, his smile fading as he looked at the crowd.

"What?" The people below exchanged confused and shocked glances.

After a moment, Albert stepped forward and bowed, saying, "May I ask the Duke what he means by this?"

Allen didn't know how to explain, so he simply said, "It's far too early for the war to end. I'm afraid today's troops aren't even worth calling cannon fodder."

"This!" The people below wore expressions of disbelief. Although they hadn't participated in today's battle, they had watched it from beginning to end.

Although the individual strength of those skeleton soldiers wasn't high, only about level one bronze knights, not much stronger than ordinary people, their numbers were terrifying.

Just imagine, hundreds of thousands of bronze knights. It was the first time they had encountered such a situation.

Fortunately, they had the Duke's blessing of the God of War, and they didn't know where the Duke had obtained those Dragon Blood Knights.

Their strength was so formidable that they easily achieved victory in the war.

However, the Duke was now saying that those troops were just the beginning cannon fodder, which was truly unbelievable.

"Heavens, if the enemy is so powerful, can we achieve victory?" Marquis Iron Lizard couldn't help but say.

Hearing this, the expressions of those in the hall changed. Marquis Copper Mountain couldn't help but tug at Marquis Iron Lizard's sleeve.

"Duke, please forgive me. This subordinate simply misspoke."

Realizing what he had said, Marquis Iron Lizard's face turned pale, and he knelt down in fear.

"Marquis Iron Lizard, how dare you not believe in the Duke?" Industry Minister Oliver glared at Marquis Iron Lizard.

"Alright, Oliver, Marquis Iron Lizard only misspoke for a moment, let's not pursue it further."

"Thank you, Duke," Marquis Iron Lizard breathed a sigh of relief.

Allen looked at the people below, knowing that they were still somewhat uneasy.

He should also display some strength so that his own people wouldn't doubt him when the time came.

Allen looked at Thomas, Marco, and Jackson and nodded… Seeking fresh flowers.

The three immediately understood Allen's meaning, stepped forward, and simultaneously released their auras.

Instantly, three Saint Realm auras filled the hall, and the others widened their eyes in disbelief.

"I have already helped these three break through to the Saint Realm. Do you still think that three Saint Realm experts and a Legendary Realm expert can't hold the line?"

Allen dropped another bombshell, "Duke, you...?"

Albert pointed at Allen with a trembling hand, his face filled with disbelief. Allen was afraid he might faint.

Allen hadn't publicized his breakthrough to the Legendary Realm, so they didn't know yet.

Seeing Allen nod, Albert couldn't help but laugh loudly, "Heaven truly has eyes! My Thorns Flower family is about to rise greatly!"

The others cast envious glances at Marquis Albert. That was a Legendary Realm expert!

Even in the Empire, there weren't many Legendary Realm experts, even in the four great empires.

A Legendary Realm expert would almost certainly become the leader of a kingdom, how could this not surprise Albert?

Moreover, because Legendary Realm experts could greatly enhance the bloodline of family members, it was very likely that another Legendary Realm expert would emerge from a family within a period of time.

However, the thought that the Allen Duchy would soon become the Allen Kingdom also excited them.

"Alright, since the great war is far from over, then the construction of the railway cannot stop, Oliver, do you understand?"

Oliver said with a mournful face, "This subordinate understands."

To fulfill Allen's request, he had been working tirelessly for the past three months, finally completing Allen's task and finishing the construction of the two railways. He had lost a lot of weight because of it.

Now it seemed that he had to lose even more of his fat.

Allen looked at him and felt a little unbearable.

"If you work hard to complete this task, you will definitely be rewarded in the future."

After some discussion, Allen returned to the backyard. There was no palace here originally, Allen had simply requisitioned a large household's house because the war was approaching. Although it wasn't as luxurious as a palace, it was still good.

Allen came to the backyard, "Allen, you're here!" A few.

Chapter 399: The Second Great War Begins

"Allen, you're back? I'm bored to death here."

Lucy was sitting bored in the backyard, when she saw Allen, her eyes lit up, and she pounced into Allen's arms, wrapping her arms around his neck.

When Lucy learned that Allen was going to the war front, she insisted on coming along. Allen originally didn't want to agree. But he couldn't resist Lucy's repeated requests, and plus, she was now a Gem Dragon Knight, which was a great help, so he didn't object.

Embraced by Lucy, Allen smiled and said, "Isn't it fun here?"