Lord Highlander

It's hard to describe the city of Mukuso in front of you with the word 'dilapidated' alone.

It is more like a ruin with only four complete walls. Although some buildings are still intact, the entire city suddenly has no residents. The silence on the street makes it look like a forgotten corner.

Scattered cryptmen and hellhounds can still be seen outside the city, but their armies have retreated farther north.

Chased by a group of light cavalry, the Cerberus Legion crossed the northern mountain pass of Mukusuo. According to the regional map of the Ganbu plane, the demon army was considered to have left Mukusuo.

The demon army not only destroyed the entire northern part of the Ganbu plane, but also destroyed Mukuso, the central city of the Ganbu plane, although it is still in the hands of humans.

Suldak felt that he was so tired that he could hardly straighten his back. He walked out of the marching tent and stood on the steps at the gate of the city hall.

A group of cavalry who came out of the city hall saw Surdak resting against the statue of the swordsman, they all stopped and saluted, and then left quickly, even their voices became much quieter.

In fact, Suldak was quite annoyed by these etiquettes in the army. When his subordinates saw their superiors, they had to salute, and they had to return the same salute as Suldak, otherwise he would be regarded by the soldiers as an arrogant and rude officer.

But he was really too lazy to lift his heavy arms now, he just wanted to find a quiet place to rest for a while.

In the square garden across the street, a huge figure was sitting on the ground with his back facing the direction of the city hall. There was a bonfire in front of him. The firewood seemed to come from the doors and windows of a certain house. There was a large piece of barbecue on the bonfire. The smell... …

Well, recently, there is a smell of barbecue everywhere in this city, and Suldak feels a little sick to his stomach.

Originally, he wanted to walk over and have a casual chat with the two-headed ogre Gulitum, but now he changed his mind.

A white hand stretched out from the side, holding a red apple in the palm.

Suldak turned his head and found Samira standing aside wearing the 'Magic Snake's Fang' magic pattern structure. Her leather armor collar was slightly open, and her fair skin was exposed from the collar, which was a bit dazzlingly white.

I remember when I saw Samira in Wojmara City, she was wearing old leather armor, her right arm was covered with bandages, her skin was an extremely healthy wheat color, and the lines of her arms had clear muscle texture.

But now she is like a white butterfly that has emerged from its cocoon. After two metamorphoses, even her skin has become fair with an ivory-like luster.

In those pale red eyes, the pupil in the center was even more pure red, and the water chestnut-like lips carried a hint of rebellion.

Suldak took the apple and took a big bite, the sweet and sour juice immediately filled his taste buds.

Like a nimble leopard, Samira ran onto the square stone platform of the statue. Holding the statue's thick stone legs, she looked towards the northeast.

"Will they come back again?" Samira asked softly.

She was talking about those hell demons.

"I don't know, but we will fight until we drive them out of the dry cloth." Suldak stretched his arms.

A hellhound sprang out from an alley not far away, and a few soldiers from the adventure group chased after them. They seemed a little annoyed, but they couldn't run against the hellhound.

Samira stood on the stone platform, fully drew the bow, and two fine steel arrows flew out.

The Hellhound clearly saw the two feathered arrows, but the moment it saw it, it jumped forward, its body in mid-air, as if it was actively hitting the arrows.

A feathered arrow pierced the Hellhound's eye socket, and an arrow pierced its belly, nailing it firmly to the street.

The soldiers of the adventure group rushed up panting, and the four lifted up the corpse of the hell dog and pointed to Samira.

Samira waved her hand, indicating that they could carry it away.

A soldier of the adventure group pulled out two arrows, wiped off the sticky purple blood with a rag, and sent them over in person.

"Do you really want to share that hell dog? After all, it was killed by your arrow..." the adventure group warrior asked Samira.

Samira took the arrow and waved her hand.

"Thank you for your help..."

After the adventurers thanked Samira, they turned and left.

Now in this city, apart from the Bena Allied Forces, there are only some adventure groups and mercenary groups left. They hunt and kill cavemen and hellhounds in the city all day long. The cavemen themselves are not worth much, but they are very They are easy to hunt, and only by meeting crypt warriors occasionally can they make a small fortune. Only these hellhounds are worth some money. It’s just that if you want to capture hellhounds, you need a little brains and a little bit of brain power. Skill will do.

Samira looked at the adventure group carrying the corpse of the hellhound and leaving happily along the deserted long street, and asked:

"Once the army leaves, what will Mukusuo do?"

Suldak had already eaten all the apples, threw the core under the steps, then rubbed his face vigorously with both hands, and then said:

"You don't need anything in Mukuso City, you just need to guard the portal here! This will not be too difficult, and the news that you can hunt hell dogs in Mukuso City may have already spread to Bena City Go, it won't be long before this place will be full of adventure groups and mercenary groups, after all, compared to other low-level monsters, hellhounds are easier to hunt."

Samira was a little stunned, and then asked:

"No wonder you want to move all the residents of the city to Ruyt City. When are we going to leave?"

Suldak said frankly: "I'm waiting for the logistics supplies from Ruyt City."

Hearing Suldak talk about supplies, there are now nearly 50,000 Bena coalition troops stationed in Mukusuo City, plus Suldak's 25,000 heavy armored infantry regiment and the city defense of Mukusuo City. There are currently nearly 90,000 troops stationed in this city, and the daily military expenditure is an astronomical sum.

But now the whole city has been smashed, and all the heads of hellhounds have been taken out to supplement the wounded soldiers.

Samira said:

"We didn't seem to make a lot of money in this war. So many people died, and only such a large ruin was brought back. If you go to the north, you have to convince the commanders of the lords in the coalition army, at least let them see some sweetness. Bar……"

Suldak said: "In the north, we have a large land of no man..."

"Only the northern lands?" Samira asked.

Suldak said as a matter of course: "Of course, except for the southeast corner, one-third of the land in the south belongs to me, and the remaining two-thirds belong to the Green Empire and half belong to the Bena Province. .”

Seeing Suldak's complacent look, Samira said with some disdain:

"The land here is worthless... There are no minerals, no potions, no monsters, who wants to come here!"

But Suldak said firmly: "Believe me, as long as it is land, it will become more and more valuable!"

...

The dark clouds in the sky have retreated to the north, and occasionally some low-level demons can be seen fleeing northward in desperation in the fields outside the city.

Those hunters are still only willing to hunt those burrowers who hide in the sewers in this area of ​​the city every day. As more and more adventure groups enter Mukuso City through the portal, some teams are finally willing to go outside the city to collect Rubbish.

In the ruins of the slums outside the city, not only were some crypt men and hellhounds hidden, but occasionally a few silver coins could be found from the ruins.

Surdak stationed two regiments of hoplites in the square outside the portal.

Sure enough, just as Suldak expected, the commanders of the various legions of the Bena coalition army did not object to the northern conquest, and they even wanted to subdivide and subdivide the small towns in the north that were occupied by the hell demons.

Perhaps it was the great battle outside the city of Mukuso that gave them full confidence. The second day after the logistics supplies transported from the province of Bena arrived in Mukuso, the Bena Allied Forces couldn't wait to embark on the Northern Expedition.

The light cavalry explored the way in front, followed by the heavy cavalry regiment, and finally the heavy armored infantry regiment, archer regiment, and logistics department's logistics regiment.

Along the way, various noble emblems and flags flutter in the wind...

Suldak discovered one thing during this war of planes. The noble lords of the Bena Province did not actually have an army in their hands. They just didn't want to lose the battle. Every failure means losing a lot of money. Some declining families cannot afford to lose.

So this also caused the Duke of Newman to struggle on the Warsaw plane. After all, on the Warsaw plane, except for the Bena Legion, the other lords had no intention of fighting. What they were thinking about was when they could leave this ghost place .

In contrast, although the Ganbu plane is not rich, what we have to face here is the desperate MacDonnell family. Although demons appear on the plane, they are also low-level demons. In front of it, it can be said that there is no combat power.

Regarding this northern expedition, Suldak was much more cautious.

At least the First Army of Lord McDonnell's army returned home after a disastrous defeat in the north. Although Suldak didn't know what happened to them, he still recognized the combat effectiveness of Lord MacDonnell's army.

Perhaps it was due to the morale of the battle in the north of Mukuso City that the coalition forces almost pushed all the way north.

On the first day of the expedition, the light cavalry built their camp at the foot of the westernmost mountain range of Ganmonapia, 200 miles away from Mucuso City. Avaru Town is less than 20 kilometers west of here. The town is the nearest and largest town in the north of Mukuso, with a population of 150,000.

Originally, there was a golden sand vein along the river, but the land here belonged to the territory of the MacDonnell family. The gold diggers here had to sign a lease agreement with the MacDonnell family. However, after the gold sand in the Jinsha River was washed out, this The town is declining day by day.

According to the news from the mage group, the legion of hell has completely occupied the town.

Moreover, the vanguard of the Bena Allied Forces arrived at Ganmona Pia Mountain, and the low-level demons in the town over there showed no signs of evacuating.