Realm of Power

The morning sun shines earlier than usual on the loess wilderness south of Hérault, emitting an awe-inspiring light

The buildings here are all simple and large, and many are built directly from huge stones. The traces of time have left speckled traces on these ancient stones, which look mottled and worn from the outside. There are still faint traces of different colors between the stones. It seems that they have been soaked for a long time and then eroded by wind and sand. They look like the marks left on the ancient city. scar

Whenever the wind passes by, it will bring a lot of dust, covering the entire area in a sea of ​​gray dust. The climate in the south of Erault has been left with vast areas of loess since the great flood eighty years ago. However, it is strange that large white morning fog appears in the morning, flowing like water on the land full of ravines. It looks like the kingdom of heaven in a dream, only Eero The southerners themselves know that these white mist is not as beautiful as it looks, but something that can really kill people. Some people say that this is the curse of the Holy City for the betrayers, and some people say that this is the coming of the Kingdom of God. These Mortals leave their bodies behind, but their souls have entered the Kingdom of God

The great flood 80 years ago covered the southern part of Hérault for three months. Although it caused huge losses, it was not enough to turn the south into an unsurvivable place. At that time, the southern part of Hérault was warm and humid, with large surging rivers. After each flood, fertile black soil and sludge were left behind, and priests from the Holy City built a branch of the Holy City in the south. The Ero people were guided to plant food on this black mud. The huge flooded land was like stars falling to the ground, dotted with sheepskin tents that stretched for miles. The smoke in the camp was like the pillars of the sky reaching into the sky, straight lines. Standing tall, the sky is twisted by white smoke into a gauze-like haze, giving people a sense of spiritual sanctity.

The southern part of Hérault is the most important grain-producing area for the Holy City, even more so than the northern plains impacted by the outlet of the great river. It was not until the great flood flooded again eighty years ago, and this time, the flood of the great river spread enough It took three months to clean up almost the entire southern part of Hérault. As the flood receded, what was left was this fog that was like the kingdom of heaven in the sky.

No one can stay in this kind of white mist for too long. If it takes one or two days, or four or five days, you will have difficulty breathing. If it exceeds six days, your nose will start to bleed, and every breath will feel like being covered by a mask. The broken leather drum is pulling, and in the end the person either goes crazy, goes blind, or curls up together with a weird and terrifying smile on his face.

"It's really not a happy place. I don't know what the upper echelons of the kingdom think. This area is worthless to us. At this time, the Gulf of Aden is the season when flowers cover the entire Long Bay. Sanhe The wild sheep in the picture are even more fat, but I, the majestic Prince of Aden, have to face a piece of yellow sand here!"

Prince Koniv of the Kingdom of Aden complained to a middle-aged man from Aden behind him with a displeased face. As a Prince of Aden, Koniv was not well-known in the Kingdom of Aden because there were three princes in the Aden royal family. Eighteen. In Aden, the title of prince is not an enviable one, because according to the king of Aden According to the regulations of the royal family, unless there is military merit or other special contributions, even princes cannot obtain fiefs. Most of them are left idle in the royal capital, and they live by receiving a portion of the tribute from the royal family every quarter. Of course, there are some The low-status prince chose another method, which was to invest in industry.

The Kingdom of Aden is different from other kingdoms. Before the rise of the Northern Falcon Empire, the strongest commercial atmosphere in the entire Obaro region was probably the Kingdom of Aden, because the Aden people were responsible for transporting supplies to the Holy City. In other European countries, the Aden people were responsible for transporting supplies to the Holy City. While the nobles of the Barrow country regarded merchants as a lowly profession, the nobles of Aden had already begun to form caravans. Crossing the vast desert, a thousand-mile golden trade route was opened between the Holy City and the Gulf of Aden area on the other side of the desert. With the help of the Holy City, he built his own city in the Gulf of Aden, which was the earliest It is the Aden nobles who transport goods from the Central Biya region to the Obaro region. They are called the blue nobles of the desert.

The middle-aged nobleman standing behind Konif smiled indifferently.

"Then the empire must be willing to go south. At least from the current point of view, I can't see any signs of the empire going south, let alone such a barren land, what value does it have to the empire?" Prince Konev said nothing. He does not hide his disdain and disgust for this land, whether it is from his status as the Prince of Aden or the two subordinates of the Aden royal family. As the vice president of the Dacubiro Chamber of Commerce, although the Aden royal family stipulates that military merit is required, it will not completely deny life to its descendants. Business is one of the options given to these Aden princes. Therefore, many Aden nobles They all have business backgrounds. Even the great elder Yagolon, who stirred up troubles in China and Libya, also used his identity as a businessman to cover up.

"The empire will go south!" The middle-aged Aden nobleman was playing with a snow-white, round and translucent pink jade pendant in his hand. He looked out the window at the yellow sand blown up by the wind, but his tone revealed an extremely certain meaning.

"Now that I'm here, as a member of the Red Dragon Palace's joint effort with the royal family, I can ask, what exactly does the Red Dragon Palace want this time? Of course, if it involves something that cannot be explained, just pretend that I haven't. Hello." Koniv took a deep breath and looked at the middle-aged nobleman who didn't speak much. The following words showed that However, he was a little out of breath, which was a sign of his cowardice. After all, when he was young, he had dreamed of being invincible on the battlefield, knowing the sword, and having a surging army, but that was all in the past, and now he is forty-three years old. , has long passed the age of passion. Compared with his desire for military success, he hopes that he can return alive.

This time it was an empire that had been undefeated in hundreds of battles. Such a favorable opportunity in the southern war that had just ended was turned over by the empire, and this time his opponent was the empire. Think about it, this person who is not a soldier The Prince of Aden felt a toothache. The empire's performance in the Southern War was too brutal.

The nobles of Feize's northern continent who were able to take on Feize's royal family and were a small military power in the region were collectively drowned by the empire in just ten days. Half a million Martin Liga people swept all the way and beat the Harvey Kingdom to the point where they hid. On the plateau, the religious order kingdom was defeated, and everything south of the Holy City was lost. However, in front of the empire, they only insisted on In twenty days, the army of 500,000 people collapsed, and the Il tribe, the strongest among the three major tribes, was collectively captured. If it weren't for a Siglin, it would be a replica of the First Civil War. The entire 700,000-strong Southern Allied Forces army It was destroyed, and not even 10,000 people could come back alive, which directly disrupted the pattern that the entire south had maintained for decades.

Poros, the deputy commander of the Red Dragon Cavalry of the Kingdom of Aden. The Red Dragon Cavalry is a military force belonging to the Red Dragon Palace and is not dispatched by the royal family of Aden. The troops of the Aden Red Dragon Cavalry secretly arrived in the south of Aden. There are 24,000 people, including 8,000 cavalry, and 1,400 red dragon knights. They are all elites trained by the Red Dragon Palace since childhood. They can truly compete with ten warriors. This is a red dragon that has not been touched for many years. The flag regiment

As a member of the royal family, even if he is not a core member of the royal family, Copernicus can guess that the sudden intervention of the Red Dragon Palace must be related to something serious. It should be sent to the Hérault royal family who moved to the south of Hérault. In exchange for something related to something, the Red Dragon Palace did not hesitate to take out the map that had been secreted for many years, so that the Erro Navy could smoothly cross the sea of ​​fog.

"Great Elder Yaglen's death cannot be in vain, but Nelia's holy city ruins must be brought back, and the secrets of the Elro royal family must be taken away. The only way for the empire to spit out the flesh it has swallowed is to give the empire a thorough beating. That's all, and if you want to do all this, you can only rely on the climate in the south of Hérault." Although Aden is nominally He, the prince, was the leader, but in fact the real leader was obviously Bolas in front of him. He looked away from the yellow sand in the distance and murmured in a low voice, "It is true that this place is of little value, but if it is used as a battlefield, , this will be where the greatest value lies, because this place itself is the place of abandonment after the Kingdom of God comes.”

"I heard that the yellow sand here was caused by the great flood eighty years ago?" He heard this through hearsay, and he didn't care. How could a great flood change the entire environment thousands of miles south of Hérault? But now that I hear Boros say this, it’s another story. Boros is the deputy commander of the Red Dragon Cavalry and the third member of the Red Dragon Palace. The fourth figure, because the leader of the Red Dragon Palace Cavalry is himself the previous master of the Red Dragon Palace, and the origin of the Red Dragon Palace can be traced back to the destruction of the Holy City. Boros must know something to do this. After hearing these words, Prince Copernicus trembled slightly and asked cautiously with a tremor in his voice.

"I wasn't sure before, but now I am sure that it was indeed caused by the big flood." Poros replied

"How could a big flood happen...!"

"If there are no errors in the records, it was not an ordinary flood, but the result of someone releasing divine punishment to bring the Kingdom of God to the sky. Just like the Kingdom of God came to the sky 20,000 years ago, the extinction itself represents a new beginning. , so no one can be pardoned here, not even the emperor, who is known as the God of War."

Poros's eyes were sharp and scary, and his slightly heaving chest showed how excited he was at the moment. His eyes were full of memories and he said, "The Red Dragon Palace comes from the Holy City, but no one knows where the Holy City itself comes from. The Holy City collapsed, and the Holy City The symbolic Eye of God was taken away by the original group of priests, which led to the pursuit of various major branches, among which the Eero branch was involved. He was the most active and even killed the leader of the priesthood, which eventually led to the brutal revenge of the priesthood and the coming of the Kingdom of God. The great flood spread for thirty-three days and destroyed everything. Except for a few people in the Eero branch, they survived. Down, most of them died in this coming. In the end, the entire southern part of Hérault turned into yellow sand, and the large area of ​​fog made everything disappear. "

"The Kingdom of God has come!"

Even Copernicus didn't know what the coming of the Kingdom of God was. At this moment, he was suppressed by a heavy atmosphere and it was a little difficult to breathe. He looked at the yellow sand outside and showed a look of fear. It turned out that this was not a natural phenomenon. Yes, it was caused by the great flood 80 years ago. What terrible changes caused such terrible environmental changes?

"Your Majesty, don't worry too much. Eighty years have passed. Even if there is any remaining divine punishment, it has long since faded away." Poros smiled, but what he said next made Copernicus almost collapse to the ground. "It is said that the southern part of Hérault was affected by the great floods. More than six million people died from the water, of which about 800,000 died in the great flood. The remaining five million people died suddenly and violently in large areas within two years after the great flood receded. Divine Punishment, Divine Kingdom Come and destroy everything. Is the yellow sand in the south very similar to the environment of our Aden Desert? It's just as dry, and it's backed by the sea, but it's surrounded by unexplainable dryness. Judging from the current appearance, the temple believes that the holy city was once the kingdom of God. , but it has collapsed , the priesthood that took away the Eye of God wanted to recreate the Holy City and the Kingdom of God. However, due to the intervention of the Elero people, the priesthood eventually dropped the important items that summoned the Kingdom of God in the south of Elero. This time the Temple Faction One of the reasons why I came here is to look for traces of the Kingdom of God."

"The Kingdom of God is still in the south of Eero..." When Copernicus heard this, he felt his hair stand on end, the cold air on his back rushed up to his neck, and his calves twitched. Fighting against the empire was already a struggle, and now he had to search for traces of the Kingdom of God in this place where more than six million people had died in just two years. What kind of bad luck did he have?

The Cuguña Valley is the seat of the headquarters of the princes in the southern part of Hérault. The sun is warm and warm in summer, making people feel comfortable all over. The sunlight casts a layer of golden color on the leaves. Surrounded by two towering emerald green peaks, a makeshift watchtower controls the location of the intersection. This place is less than fifteen miles away from the capital of Hérault. It is still considered one of the most beautiful places in Hérault. North-central region, from the back The incoming ocean water vapor has made the place lush with vegetation, and large tracts of forest are covered with dark green in summer. The camps of the princes in the south of Eero stretch for miles. The war horses are Xiao Xiao, the spears are like forests, and the reflection of metal armor brings people to the place. A powerful oppressive force,

"Sir, the lady has sent news from the north."

In the main tent of Marquis Tamken, one of the three major southern princes, the attendant Tamvus came in with a secret letter he had just received and reported it respectfully. Sitting at the long table in the tent was a An old man, wearing chain mail and gray hair, but even in the increasingly hot May, the old man's figure still remains There was no shrinkage at all, but a pair of bright and deep eyes made people feel the pressing pressure. He was the Marquis of Tamken, known as the Southern Sand Lion. As the head of the Tamken family, he had a loud voice as an attendant. , raised his head, took the secret letter from the attendant, glanced at it sharply, and put it aside casually.

"The empire will make big moves? This argument has been made many times. The fact that the empire has increased its troops in the north of Hero is not enough to explain anything. Let's leave it here for now."

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