Lord of War

After Shawn and Ulamog parted ways, he set out alone on the road to Tonis Fortress.

The straight-line distance between Fort Saint-Drones and Tonis Fortress is not too far. After all, they are two fortresses called "Lane Portal", two fortresses with mutual horns. But in fact, if the passage between the two fortresses does not take the military road, it needs to bypass several noble territories, which will take about three months more time in the itinerary. Of course, this refers to the regular travel time. If a strong man like Xiao En is on his way, it will naturally not take so long.

Taking the military road, the distance between the two fortresses only needs to pass through an empty mountainside tunnel, and they can be reached within a month. This was originally for the purpose of quickly supporting each other when the two fortresses were attacked, so this military road has been under very strict military monitoring for this reason, and it will not be easily used by outsiders. In particular, the owners of these two fortresses are relatively strict with themselves, so it is even more impossible for the guards to accept bribes and then let them go.

Sean, of course, would not throw himself into a trap and go through this military passage.

He is very clear that the spies of the entire Kingdom of Ryan are looking for him now, and it is because of his disappearance that many decisions in the Kingdom of Ryan cannot be carried out. If he suddenly appeared in the territory of Ryan Kingdom now, it would be a bad thing for him. And he also knows that it is impossible for Elizabeth and the Marquis of Floris to stay in the Tonis Fortress, but the distance from the Tonis Fortress should not be too far, but even so, it may not be a problem to find these two people. simple thing.

Sean reached out and patted the air.

This action looks quite crazy, but only Xiao En knows that he is slapping on the body of the Fang of the Void - this guy who looks like a giant wolf is quite intimate with Xiao En, compared to the one summoned by Ulamog before. The Chaos Snake is much better: the combination of the lion and the python showed an inexplicable hostility towards Xiao En. If Ulamog hadn't suppressed it forcibly, Sean would have been torn to pieces by the Chaos Snake. Fragmented.

It was also at that time that Sean knew Ulamog's true ability.

Ulamog, like the costume Shawn had seen, was a solid wizard-type powerhouse. However, to say that he is a pure magician is also somewhat biased, he is just not very good at melee combat - of course this is compared to Kozilek, Alexis and other super powers who specialize in melee combat, If it's just an ordinary legendary powerhouse of the thirteenth or fourteenth rank, Ulamog can still suppress it.

Of course, this refers to the one-to-one situation.

If Ulamog had enough preparation time, he alone could be equivalent to an army of extremely powerful and terrifying scale. In the words of Alexis, once Ulamog is fully prepared, even she will find it very difficult, so she will not confront a well-prepared Ulamog, and once she really wants to start a confrontation If not, she would never give Ulamog any time to prepare.

Not to mention summoning the entire Chaos Legion, even the Seven Throne Kings would not let him be summoned.

The so-called Seven Kings on the Throne are the seven extremely powerful Chaos Beasts captured by Ulamog's will: such as the Chaos Snake and the Fang of the Void. The weakest of the seven monsters has the combat power of a legendary powerhouse—under normal circumstances, a magician who specializes in summoning magic can only have one or two legendary powerhouses when he becomes a super powerhouse. Even after becoming a superpower, the number of contracted monsters will not exceed three, and even geniuses among them will only have five.

In addition to the difficulty of finding powerful monsters, the separation of willpower and spirit is also a limiting reason.

It is not without reason that Ulamog can become a superpower comparable to Kozilek—his endless will is the most fundamental core and the source of his power to become a superpower. This is also the real reason why Ulamog can possess seven powerful monsters beyond the specification and at the same time be able to summon an entire Chaos Legion - and don't forget that Ulamog itself is not the kind of weak magician.

However, weaknesses still exist, at least he can't fight head-on like Kozilek and Ulamog.

The individual combat power of the Fang of the Void is not strong. Its real strength lies in its concealment, especially once it escapes into the area of ​​the non-material world, no one will be able to perceive its breath, which is very suitable for surprise attacks and ambushes. Considering that Xiao En's frontal combat ability is not weak, the only thing he lacks is this kind of stealth action ability, so Ulamog will leave the Void Fang to Xiao En.

It's just that even Sean, who already has two hearts, can't stay in the shadow plane and the chaotic plane for a long time. One of these two planes has the characteristic of corrupting the mind, and the other has the characteristic of distorting the body. Once staying in it for a long time, it will be affected by the special ability of the plane and be completely assimilated into a creature of another plane, especially Sean. As the son of the plane of Miracle Continent, his sensitivity to the erosion of such external forces is even more obvious.

In a day, he can only hide in one plane for two hours.

Therefore, if the two planes alternate, they can only hide for up to four hours.

And considering that the reason for hiding would only happen when his whereabouts were exposed, four hours was enough for Sean to move his position.

In the next few days, Sean was basically on his way, except for necessary rest, he didn't even enter any towns.

However, Sean did not find any signs of war in the few small towns he occasionally passed by. It seemed that the entire Kingdom of Ryan was still immersed in the atmosphere of peace and prosperity, and he did not know that the armies of the Kingdom of Ryan and the Principality of the Void were in a state of confrontation. As for the civil strife in the Ryan royal family, obviously these people don't seem to be clear about it, which makes Sean somewhat unclear about the current situation of the Ryan Kingdom.

Xiao En knew that the basic information flow in this world relied on the knowledge and knowledge of bards and merchants, unless the nobles would keep special spies. If it is in a relatively remote area, and the merchants do not go there several times a year, it is okay to say that the news is blocked, but these cities close to the two major fortresses of the Ryan Kingdom are all transit points of the supply route, and it is impossible for this to happen. Condition.

Unless these merchants were obviously unwilling to disclose anything, so Sean's first reaction was that the upper echelons of the Ryan Kingdom deliberately controlled the transmission of these news.

But this kind of thing is not without benefits for these businessmen. After all, in non-wartimes, materials generally maintain a relatively average expenditure level, and these merchants who have received the news can take this opportunity to purchase these emergency materials in wartime: such as food, wine, dried meat, etc. During the war, as long as a relatively difficult period of material poverty was passed, these materials could be resold at high prices.

"It seems that Ryan has really begun to degenerate." Sean, who was sitting in the tavern, showed a disdainful sneer.

A few years ago, when Ryan had not yet been upgraded to return to the current state of the kingdom, the entire Principality showed a thriving situation. Even if a war breaks out, the mood of the domestic people is very stable, and it can even be said to be passionate. At that time, there was no wartime chaos or extortion of supplies. The entire principality still exudes a kind of vigorous vitality.

But now, what Sean saw and heard along the way was completely filled with a decadent, decadent, and depraved atmosphere.

This breath is very similar to what Xiao En saw when he went to the underground world in his previous life.

It was a false prosperity, and a hidden desperation and fear.

"Boy, what are you talking about?" A big man who was a little drunk had surprisingly sharp ears, "Now Ryan is much stronger than before! What is depravity? Huh, people like you Can a guy with such a thin body hold a sword? People who don’t know anything dare to say these things here.”

Sean smiled and said nothing.

But the drunkard still seemed a little bit reluctant.

But soon, he was dragged away by his companions. The companion nodded politely to Sean, and said a few words, which seemed to be explaining something, but he couldn't hear it clearly because the tavern was too noisy.

Sean glanced around at the atmosphere in the tavern. The residents here still maintain a high enthusiasm for life, especially many people are very interested in selling the food they have just hoarded for a while at a good price. Fen, and even urged other residents to sell all the food and bacon before the caravan left.

Of course, there are not people who have expressed doubts about this. After all, there is something obviously wrong with the sudden purchase of such a large amount of grain. However, some people still expressed doubts about this. It’s just that these people who have already sold their things started to make up things in order to show their information circulation. The royal capital is preparing for a carnival or something.

These ignorant people, because of their own ignorance, made up words that almost perfectly made up for the chaos that had begun to appear in the entire Kingdom of Ryan.

Sean sighed, then raised his head and drank the ale in the glass, then walked to the bar, threw the glass heavily on the bar, and shouted to the boss standing behind who was wiping the glass: "Boss, Another glass of ale and water!"

"Nonsense!" roared the boss, furiously. "My old Mike's ale is never watered!"

"Haha." Sean laughed, "Then have a glass of barley mixed with water."

The boss frowned, but his expression changed very quickly, and a smile soon appeared on his face: "Haha, boy, you said that well. Dwarves like to hear this kind of talk the most, but unfortunately I am not here. Dwarf Tavern."

While muttering, he still poured Sean a new glass of ale.

And Xiao En put down a few copper coins with a smile, raised his head and drank the ale in one breath, and then left the tavern.

After stepping out of the tavern, Sean spat out what was in his mouth. It was a gray coin that looked a bit like a silver coin.

Black market admission ticket.

In Sean's territory, the black market of gray shadows still exists, and it is more prosperous than before. After all, it is backed by the Grand Duke Sean. And maybe, in the future, it will be supported by an imperial emperor, who would dare to cause trouble here in the gray shadow black market? And this time Sean traveled alone, he also made a lot of preparations, so he knew the current locations of several black markets in the Kingdom of Ryan.

This Beiluo Village is one of the entrances to the black market, but it is different from the general black market area. The black market here requires an admission ticket—that is, the coin in Sean's hand. The way to get the coins is to match the code with the old Mike in the tavern, which means that someone else recommended Sean to come here, and he is a safe guest whose identity has been verified, so he can pass with confidence.

Of course, if this is the case and no one is monitoring, then Xiao En feels that the black market has been wiped out long ago.

From the moment he stepped out of the tavern and spat out the coins, Sean felt that at least five people were staring at him.

But he didn't care too much.

This Beiluo village is one of the closest supply points to the Tonys Fortress. Basically, whether you want to leave the Tonys Fortress or enter the Tonys Fortress, you will choose these transfer stations for rest, but The black market is just here. When the Marquis of Floris was still in charge of the underground world of the entire Ryan Kingdom, this black market was one of his main sources of income and one of his most important core bases.

At this moment, Sean couldn't guarantee whether this place was occupied by the Black Hawk, but it was much better to ask for some information here than to search without clues.

Similarly, this also means that Sean is likely to expose his whereabouts. However, he has delayed enough time, and now Nock's Second Infantry Corps has camped outside the Fortress of Tonis, and Elsie's Dark Moon Spear is also rushing here to help, and then there is also Hela's temporary transfer arrangement Two orc and elf legions. As for Altdorf's Motorized Infantry Regiment, they went directly to the Duchy of Garrod, and the follow-up troops were the First Cavalry Regiment and the Scarlet Knights.

It can be said that, unlike the peaceful and tranquil situation inside the Great Wall, the situation outside the Great Wall has reached a state of complete war that is about to break out.

The only thing missing now is a fuse.

The Marquis of Flores, Elizabeth, and Vorshees are the trigger for the war between the Duchy of the Void and the Kingdom of Ryan—the difference is who finds each other first.

〖To be continued〗【】