Lord of War

The Void Empire has officially confirmed its dominance in the Southern Continent.

Of course, this is due to the special geographical environment of the Southern Continent.

At the southern end of the continent, there has always been only one overlord empire like the Millennium Covenant, but due to geographical constraints, the influence of this overlord empire has been limited to a few small and medium-sized kingdoms and principalities adjacent to it. Among them, the one with the deepest influence is naturally the Principality of Ryan back then. As for other countries in the Southern Continent, such as the Fascist Kingdom, they have always ignored the Millennium Covenant Empire.

The reason for this situation is that the distance between the Millennium Covenant Empire and the Emerian Empire is too close, so close that the border between the two countries has even a slight disturbance, but it cannot be concealed from the investigation arranged by the other party. Coupled with the fact that the Millennium Covenant Empire needs to allocate a large number of troops to suppress the Abyss Path that may relapse, it always gives people the illusion that the Millennium Covenant Empire is weak, so its influence has always been difficult to radiate to the entire South. mainland.

Compared with the Millennium Covenant Empire, the other empires on the Miracle Continent—ignoring the other two empires for now, only the other four ancient empires that are as famous as the Millennium Covenant Empire: the Maggie Empire and the St. Joels Empire divided up the entire empire. The interests of the Northern Continent, with the existence of these two overlord-level empires, it is difficult for any country to stand out in the Northern Continent; because the Qinas Empire has a military god in charge, its military capabilities are the highest in the entire continent, and it has always been It is the well-deserved top hegemon of the Eastern Continent. Even another country with the power of an empire would not dare to challenge the authority of the Chinas Empire. The invasion of orcs, elves, and dwarf empires deserved its title as the overlord of the Western Continent.

Therefore, fundamentally speaking, the existence of the Millennium Covenant Empire is not unreasonable.

And this is also the situation that the man on the pure white throne is trying to change. It's a pity that before his plan was fully completed, Lake opened the door of bones and directly launched the undead invasion. Now the entire eastern border of the Millennium Covenant Empire is almost in chaos.

With such various opportunities, it is naturally impossible to miss the Void Principality, which has unified the tribes of the entire barren land. Of course, the core of being able to realize the empire dream is because of the existence of Ulamog, Kozilek, and Alexis. If it weren't for the existence of these three superpowers, Xiao En wanted to turn the Duchy of the Void into a It will take at least twenty years to become a Void Empire.

Not to mention anything else, just annexing the Fascist Kingdom, which led to the border of the border and the Empire of the Void living next to the China Si Nasi Empire, is not a friendly neighbor.

Under any circumstances, the Void Empire would never dare to launch an expeditionary army plan at will. After all, pulling out half of the empire's troops in one breath is equivalent to throwing a large piece of meat in front of the lion of the Qinas Empire, luring the other party to eat it—so the plan was from the very beginning, Before the Nas Empire completely digested the Fascist Kingdom,

End this expedition plan.

Of course, the original purpose of the Void Empire Expeditionary Force was to divert the internal conflicts of the Void Empire.

But no matter how these actions and measures are, they cannot completely reverse the essence. Really want to solve the internal problems of the Void Empire today, there are only two solutions: one is to find Sean; the other is to elect a new emperor-but in fact, except for those who have not figured out the situation at all , William, Hela, Neil, Cecilia and the others are very clear that if someone wants to become the emperor of the Void Empire at this time, then Alexis and the others will absolutely not agree.

And the Void Empire, which lost the protection of these three superpowers, can it still be called the Void Empire?

At this time, the Void Expeditionary Army had arrived at the border of the Kingdom of Genes——the Marching along the way, the Void Empire Expeditionary Army did not have any evasive marching routes. The marching route is a straight line leading directly to the Principality of Rumber. The diplomatic teams led by Diana negotiated with the kingdoms and duchies they passed along the way, and exchanged for military access at a certain price.

In fact, given the current dominance of the Void Empire in the Southern Continent, it is natural that it can be forcibly passed without paying a price. After all, there are really few countries that can challenge the Void Empire. And even if they have the strength to challenge, they will never compete with such a vengeful army, because this is not beneficial to the country.

However, in order to take into account the issue of the mainland's reputation—this is also the responsibility and image issue that the hegemonic empire needs to bear, so the Void Empire also had to offer some benefits as compensation.

Of course, for those who dare to refuse to allow the Void Empire to pass, whether they really want to swear national sovereignty and refuse to let the Void Empire pass, or they want to obtain greater benefits, the response of the Void Empire is very simple: just run over .

After the main forces of the four kingdoms were wiped out by the army of the Void Empire, this naturally saved Diana a lot of trouble in diplomatic negotiations.

But right now, the Void Empire's expeditionary force still has to temporarily stop outside the borders of the Kingdom of Gness.

The Kingdom of Gness, as a vassal state on the side of the St. Joels Empire, has the top ten knight orders in the Northern Continent—although the ranking is not high, it hovers between the ninth and tenth places all the year round. , but in terms of combat power alone, it belongs to the stronger one. After all, it is a knight order that has been personally guided by the head of the White Wing Knights.

The reason why the ranking has not been high is purely because the arrangement of knights in the Northern Continent is not like that of other continents. As long as they are certified by the Knights Guild, they can participate in the ranking. The ranking of the knights here has always been limited to a thousand people, which means that if you want to participate in the assessment and review of the Knights Guild, you can only conduct a test with a thousand people at most.

As for the Holy Knights of Gness, the full number is 50,000 people—this is the reason why the Holy Knights of Gnes has been unable to squeeze into a higher ranking.

Hella didn't want to confront the Holy Knights of Gness, because according to the information she collected, the national strength of Gness Kingdom was less than 400,000, and only 150,000 troops could become regular troops. The 250,000 included all the troops including logistics, supplies, reserves, etc. Except for the 50,000 troops of the Holy Knights of Gness, the second echelon of the Gness Kingdom has only 100,000 troops.

However, in the countless battlefield deduction Hela imagined, if he wanted to completely swallow the 50,000 troops of the Holy Knights of Gness, Hela would need to pay at least a price of more than 100,000 troops. Although this time the expeditionary force has half a country's troops, which is a huge 500,000, in fact, apart from being responsible for protecting the safety of the logistics supply route and leaving some as a reserve force, it can actually be used as a front-line combat force. It's only two hundred thousand.

Paying the price of 100,000 troops in one go-although not all of them were lost in battle, it was still a big loss for Hela. And once it stops here in the Kingdom of Gness, it will be extremely unfavorable to the Void Empire—the China Empire is still a fierce beast, neither Hela nor William can ignore the natural strength of this behemoth. threatening.

However, the Kingdom of Genes was also very smart. They did not explicitly reject Hela's request for military access, but instead hoped that Hela could wait for a while on the grounds that a meeting was needed to discuss it. However, how long this period of time was, the Kingdom of Genes did not say clearly, which undoubtedly fully stated a message: they were trying to delay time.

But delaying time must be accompanied by certain strategic goals and plans.

What Hella was thinking about at the moment was what Gness's plan was.

She had already received a letter from Cecilia yesterday, stating that the Void Empire had entered into an alliance with the Maggie Empire, and that the Maggie Empire would contain the St. Hela provided any military support, but relatively, because the Maggie Empire contained the St. Jors Empire from the front, this also made Hela not need to invest too much troops in the logistics route on the northern continent.

In general, that is 50,000 more available troops.

"Wait another three days. If after three days, the Kingdom of Ganesh still does not give a reply, then we will forcefully attack." In the combat meeting, Hela could only make such a decision in the end, because he did not know Geness. Before the trump card of Ness Kingdom, Hela didn't want Gness to delay the time, even if the price to be paid was quite heavy.

"Then who is in charge of the vanguard?" Alfred asked in a deep voice.

"I'll do it." Clover said directly, the closer he got to the Principality of Lumber, the more excited Clover became, "My army is not just a decoration. I have played less than four times since the expedition. Now It’s almost back home, don’t you plan to let me go into battle?”

"That's not what you said." Alfred shook his head. He knew Hela and William's plan. After all, in terms of loyalty, Alfred would never be inferior to Hela, William, Neil and others. And in terms of qualifications, Alfred is a well-deserved third person.

The only pity is that Alfred's potential has been tapped to the extreme.

Because in this world, because he did not experience the tragic change of losing his beloved daughter, Alfred also failed to break through the shackles of his own potential.

In the game, Alfred was once active in the Northern Continent as the God of Vengeance. His powerful personal combat power and ruthless personality once made him a companion that countless players are vying to recruit. It was precisely because of this that Sean was so impressed with the role of Alfred that he recruited him immediately—and in fact, Alfred did give the early Sean was a great help.

Although it is somewhat regrettable that Alfred has not reached the level of a strong player in the game, if Sean is given a choice, he would naturally prefer the current situation. Besides, although Alfred can't become the God of War, at least his talent in leading troops is much stronger than the one in the game, which still proves that Alfred is a rare talent.

Even Clover would not refute Alfred's words.

Because in today's Void Empire, if you want to find a legion that is as tough as Cecilia's Guards and is also good at chewing hard bones, then it must be Alfred's Thunder Lion. And in terms of personal charm, Alfred is far more popular than Clover—whether in the military command department or in the love of low-level soldiers, Alfred is truly popular.

"Then what do you think, General Fred?" Clover asked in a deep voice, resisting the restlessness in his heart.

"We've all been fighting together for so long, don't you still trust Hela?" Alfred replied evasively, "Even William praised Hela's strategic layout, so we should trust her. She We will listen to whatever we arrange, Hela will definitely have her intentions."

"Hmph." Clover snorted softly, but since Alfred had already used the old comrade-in-arms friendship card, of course he couldn't continue to refute, "I don't care about the other things, but attacking the gate of the Duchy of Lumber In the first battle, I must be the vanguard."

"Even if you don't mention it, I prepared it like this." Hela said indifferently, "After all, this was the home of you and Her Lady Queen, so since you have returned home, you must still knock on this door."

Hearing what Hela said, Clover's dissatisfaction gradually calmed down: "Then what are you going to do about Gness?... According to the report of the scouts, the opponent's formation almost blocked all of our advance routes. They are all blocked, if you really want to pass directly, then you must fight a tough battle."

"In terms of dealing with the cavalry, only Alfred and I can come in handy."

"Not necessarily." A loud voice broke Clover's speech.

This made everyone present in the conference room frown, because the sound did not come from inside the camp, but from outside the camp.

A man in heavy armor opened the curtain of the tent and walked in without the soldiers reporting.

Almost everyone's eyes were locked on him in an instant.

Hela glanced at Alexis who was sitting on the side, and saw that she had no expression or reaction, so she was relieved: "Who are you?"

"I'm sorry, please forgive my intrusion." The man in heavy armor bowed slightly before saying, "I'm Anton, Anton Symes, the leader of the Punisher Legion of the God of War Kingdom, Come to support the noble group at the order of the Holy Lady."

"People from the God of War Kingdom?"

"What does it mean?"

A burst of noisy voices sounded in the tent, and everyone seemed bewildered. Because according to their knowledge, the Void Empire and this newly promoted powerful kingdom of the Northern Continent should not have any intersection, so all the people present could not understand what the man in heavy armor meant. Of course, what's more important is that this man who doesn't know his friends or enemies can walk into the camp calmly, and the camp hasn't issued any alarm, which makes people feel even more disturbed.

"Why didn't I know that our Void Empire is still cooperating with your God of War Kingdom?" Hela frowned.

"Because this is Lord Sean's instruction."

"Sean!?"

"When did Lord Sean give such instructions?"

"Have you met Sean? He's in the Kingdom of God of War now!?"

Inside the tent, it became noisier again.

"Quiet!" Hela let out a deep shout, and everyone fell silent in an instant, but everyone looked at An Dun with curiosity.

Of course, there were quite a few people in the camp who had only heard of the name "Sean Connery", but actually they didn't know what kind of person Sean was. After all, when the Void Empire was officially established, Sean was no longer in the empire, and they only knew about some of Sean's legendary deeds.

"Sean is in the Kingdom of God of War?" Hela asked in a deep voice.

"No." Anton shook his head.

"Then what did you mean when you said it was Master Xiao En's instruction?"

"Lord Sean once made a deal with the saint of our God of War Kingdom. He said that one day in the future, he would lead the army all the way north and break through the gate of the Duchy of Renbeier." Anton said softly, but the words were plain However, it still failed to conceal the heroic spirit revealed in these words, "At that time, our God of War Kingdom will carry out corresponding support work...Now, although the army of your Void Empire going north is not led by Master Xiao En, But our Lady Saint still asks me to come to support you and fulfill the promise I made back then."

"You mean, Mr. Sean has already started the layout a few years ago?" Alfred's face showed a touch of excitement.

An Dun glanced back at Alfred, and then smiled: "If I'm not mistaken, and you're not mistaken...then it's true. I haven't seen many wise men. Lady Saint is one, and Emperor Xiao En of your Void Empire can also be counted as one."

Hella didn't respond immediately, but glanced at Alexis.

Alexis knew what Hela was looking at her for, so she said, "He didn't lie, he did have traces of Sean on his body, and he didn't have any fishy or murderous aura, at least it can prove that he is not an enemy."

"Dear Sir Alexis, I am indeed not an enemy." Anton bowed to Alexis, "Of course, if you still don't believe me, I have a letter here, which is entrusted to me by the Holy Lady Yes, it can prove my credibility."

Soon, the letter reached Hela.

There was nothing substantive in the letter, it was just an innocuous statement to prove the identity of Anton Symes. But what Hela really had to pay attention to was the stamp at the end of the letter - Hella had read such a stamp in the relevant documents of the Void Realm, and it was also the stamp that William asked Hela to remember The seal, because the meaning of this seal means that the owner of the stamped identity is a person from the Void Empire.

"You mean... this letter was written by the saint Emily of your God of War Kingdom?" Hela suddenly realized that since she took refuge in Sean, she never seemed to have seriously observed this kind man. , close to the people, and always boldly delegate power to the lords of his subordinates.

"Yes, it was written by the saint herself, and I was watching." An Dun replied, "Is there anything wrong?"

"No, not anymore." Hela shook her head, "This letter really proves the truth of what you said just now, and I can now believe that you are indeed here to support.  … To be able to obtain the six generals of the God of War Kingdom I believe our operation will go much smoother this time.”

"I can't guarantee anything else, but the Holy Knights of the Kingdom of Gness will definitely not be a threat." Anton smiled confidently, "The Punisher Legion under my command is a legion specially created to deal with this kind of heretics. ...So, I will deal with the knights of the Kingdom of Gness, and you only need to deal with the others."

"In that case, I wish your army the best of luck."

"To each other!" An Dun hammered the breastplate with a smile, then turned and left quickly. (To be continued.) ( )