Throne of the North

Under the Grand Duke's feet, storm vortices are gathering, and he can release the terrifying legendary magic again at any time.

He looked at the world crossbows on the fortress wall. These things were the greatest deterrent to the Griffin Legion.

then……

"Feather of the World!"

Cyan magic rippled in the sky, and a moment later, a pair of huge cyan wings bloomed in the sea of ​​clouds. They were the wings of the bow and arrow, waiting for the strong wind to gather into arrows.

The light cyan light spots condensed in the middle of the wings, and gradually turned into the shape of arrows. In an instant, the roar of griffins erupted, and the arrows left the string, turning into hundreds of arrows halfway, and fell. On top of the city wall.

Originally, half of the thirty world crossbows were broken by the attack of this legendary magic. The remaining half was able to be intact thanks to the desperate defense of the magicians in the fortress.

Facing the legendary magic of the Grand Duke Griffin, they could only defend passively.

"The Blessing of the Storm..."

Archduke McReynolds murmured, and the cyan wind surrounded the huge sky. This time it was no longer legendary magic, but holy realm magic. It was still terrifying when released in his hands.

"attack!"

He personally ordered that the griffins of the griffin army flapped their wings and took off into the air. The blessing of the storm doubled their speed, and only half of the world's crossbows were no longer able to defend against the huge griffin army.

"Kill me!"

On the city wall, Otto roared loudly, and then withdrew from the battlefield with the Holy Knights.

The McReynolds family does not have any Sanctuary Knights.

He jumped down from the edge of the city wall, and his gryphon flew to catch him in mid-air. Then he jumped again and landed at the gate of the fortress.

"Get out of the way!"

He yelled and came to the city gate with a heavy hammer in hand.

There are two gates in this fortress. Facing the first floor, Otto held a hammer in both hands and smashed it down with all his strength.

The city gate originally had magic inscriptions, but Emperor Feng's legendary magic previously defeated the fortress's magic defense, causing the entire fortress to fall into a state of temporary inability to supply magic power.

What was in front of him at this moment was nothing more than an ordinary hard door.

boom! ! ! ! ! !

The heavy hammer hit the city gate, and a huge dent appeared in an instant. Before the shock was over, Otto had already swung the heavy hammer again.

"Open it for me!"

With fifteen hammer blows in succession, the city gate shattered, and hundreds of soldiers rushed towards the city gate hole. The next moment they were greeted by the extreme cold wind under their feet, which froze their bodies, and then stones fell from above their heads and smashed the soldiers into pieces.

"Pull up the siege engines!"

The siege engine not only has a battering ram, but also a roof to withstand the arrows above its head.

At this moment, the magic trap in the city gate hole has dissipated, and the siege vehicle rushed in. The second level of the city gate is not as hard as the outermost layer.

Hammer after hammer, there seemed to be a large number of soldiers on the opposite side resisting Otto's power, including many golden knights blocking the gate.

But every time Otto hit, he avoided the golden knights on the opposite side. Every time, he hit the weak point of the inner city gate.

Finally, the material of the city gate itself could no longer withstand it, and it shattered into pieces.

Otto, who was holding a heavy hammer, gave a ferocious laugh and killed the soldiers behind the broken door.

"An impenetrable fortress? Ridiculous."

Thousands of troops rushed into the city. From the sky, the griffin army descended from the sky. The power of this extraordinary army was unstoppable.

When night fell, the Unicorn Fortress was still blazing with fire. Countless people were wailing and running inside, but they were overtaken, killed or captured by soldiers belonging to the McReynolds family.

All night long, the city was filled with noise and excitement. When the next day came, only streaks of black smoke were left to tell the story of last night's tragedy.

…

"The Carlos family is so stupid."

Standing next to the Archduke, Otto said this.

"If the Kamikaze Legion was stationed here, it would be almost impossible for us to capture this fortress, but they only let a group of useless troops defend the north."

Otto's tone was full of ridicule. The Carlos family and the kingdom had reached an agreement. They thought that under that agreement, McReynolds would not dare to attack here.

Maybe many people wouldn't think of it.

"You bring 50,000 soldiers to defend this fortress. Carlos can't stop our attack in his hands, but I hope that in your hands, this fortress will be truly unbreakable."

When the public spoke, Otto knelt down on one knee and said:

"Do your will, Father."

To the south of the Kingdom of Andara, there are four noble territories, two dukes and two counts. With this fortress, Archduke McReynolds has the confidence to block all wars in the south and completely block the movement of several noble territories northward. The road in the Eagle Mountains.

The king signed a contract with four nobles with hereditary power and gave away most of the Griffin Mountains. McReynolds wanted to see if these nobles had the ability to get that vast land.

"This place belongs to McReynolds, and not even the king can take it away."

The Grand Duke's eyes were cold, and the war here swept the entire world like a storm.

"Civil strife broke out in the Kingdom of Andara. The Griffin Duke actually ignored the king's order and started a war with the nobles in the south."

"He unilaterally tore up the contract signed by the king and the nobles two years ago, and vowed to defend his Griffin Mountains to the death."

"What happened to the kingdom in the north?"

For a moment, countless eyes looked over. In the war between the empire and the church, the Andara Kingdom absorbed a lot of heat on its own.

Bang!

In the Andara Royal City, the elderly king broke a lot of treasures even when he was lying on the bed. The court servants cleaned up silently, and then sold the fragments to the merchants outside at a high price.

Many people were afraid of the angry old king at this moment, but not many really cared about him.

The old king was dying, and everyone knew that he had not left his bedroom for a long time, and even his queen had only seen him from a distance.

"Let Leta send troops, let him lead the witch and ghost army to attack McReynolds and take back the power that belongs to the kingdom!"

"Announce McReynolds' betrayal. From now on, he is a traitor to the kingdom. He betrayed the kingdom and betrayed me!"

"Order the entire southern continent. From now on, the kingdom will deprive the McReynolds family of all honor and glory. His land and all his wealth will no longer belong to him!"

The old king roared angrily. He didn't expect that the Griffin Grand Duke would dare to betray and ignore his existence, veto all the decisions of the kingdom, and privately send troops to the southern fortress.

He was also angry that the Carlos family was so useless that they lost the solid Unicorn Fortress in one day. There was no extraordinary army stationed in it, and it was taken down so easily by the Griffin Grand Duke.

But now, they dared to question themselves, the king, why the Grand Duke of the kingdom would start a war against them!

"Damn Carlos! Go and tell them that I allow them to declare war on McReynolds. After the victory of the war, they will get the entire Dukedom of McReynolds!"

"The Griffin Mountains are all theirs. They must kill the traitor for me!"

In his opinion, McReynolds' betrayal is a shame for the Andara Kingdom. Even after his death, the historical records will not praise him too much as a king, because in his era, the kingdom had a huge rebellion.

"The traitor must die."

The old king said loudly, and then coughed violently. The court servants were in a hurry to hide the blood.

...

Twin Cities.

With the help of the magician, only an hour later, the army stationed here and the witch and ghost army of Grand Duke Leta received the order.

"Are we going to attack McReynolds immediately?"

The witch and ghost army was led by Allah Leta, a powerful existence who transformed his warlock blood into a legendary witch and ghost. He is also the uncle of the current Grand Duke Leta and the only legend of the Leta family.

He was in charge of the Ghost Corps and used blood to maintain his extraordinary life. At this moment, he received the king's order and couldn't help showing a cruel smile.

"Finally, this day has come. Let's see whether the Griffin Corps is the first or the Ghost Corps is the most powerful in the kingdom."

The sky was gray. Fifteen thousand Ghosts, with an average height of three meters, rushed out of the Twin Cities and headed towards the territory of the Griffin Grand Duke. Three hours later, they arrived at the first town. More than 30% of the eight thousand McReynolds people were slaughtered, and the rest were driven into cages, waiting for the Ghosts to capture them.

From a distance, the whole town gradually turned gray, just like the gray skin of the Ghosts. They did not stay for too long and launched another attack on the hinterland of the Grand Duke's territory, setting off a massacre of Ghosts in another town.

In the sky, the griffin army returned. Tens of thousands of griffins covered the sky. They charged towards the witch ghost army on the ground, and their claws were sharper and more powerful than those of lions to tear the flesh of the witch ghosts. But even the witch ghosts with broken arms and legs would not die completely. They would use all their strength to attack the griffins.

But although they were tall, there was still a gap compared to the griffins, not to mention that there were fully armed knights on the backs of the griffins swinging five-meter-long sickles.

The strength of the griffin army shocked Allah. Their family was at the easternmost part of the kingdom and had no military contact with the McReynolds family. At this moment, looking at the witch ghosts who kept dying in front of the griffin army, he couldn't help but wonder if his family's extraordinary army was really extraordinary?

"Retreat!"

Looking at the war in the town, Allah began to give orders. The witch ghost army slowly retreated, but there were still thousands of witch ghosts who were not ordered and fell into rage, and were eventually drowned by griffins.

In a short battle, the Wugui Corps lost 3,000 soldiers. This was not a big deal for Allah, because in the two planes controlled by the Leta family, they could extract the Wugui blood again and integrate it into the slaves, and they could be transformed into Wugui warriors in three days.

The Leta family never worried about the consumption of war, they only cared about whether there was enough blood to feed these Wugui warriors.

Five days later, the army from the kingdom approached McReynolds' territory. A prince questioned the Grand Duke to no avail, and then the civil war of the kingdom broke out completely on the plains.

The coalition of nobles belonging to the kingdom, with a total of 80,000 soldiers plus the Witch Ghost Legion, faced McReynolds' 50,000 troops and the Griffin Legion. They fought fiercely for three days and three nights, and three full-scale wars broke out, but the results shocked everyone. .

McReynolds won the war in a tragic way!

Eighty percent of the Witch Ghost Legion was destroyed. They were as helpless as children in front of the Griffin Legion. The only thing that could harm the Griffin Legion was the blood toxin in the Witch Ghost's body, which made the bones of more than 800 Griffins gray and their flesh rotten. , after the feather broke, he fell into the sky and died.

As for the death of the Griffin Knights, there were less than 500 people.

Among the Extraordinary Legion, the tenfold battle loss ratio shocked the kingdom and the nobles in the south.

Outside of extraordinary wars, the ratio of ordinary soldiers to ten to fifteen ended up being higher. The military quality of the McReynolds family's army was higher. It usually took two people to kill one McReynolds soldier in the kingdom's army.

The brutal war was also here. Coupled with the attack and bloodthirsty of the mad witch ghosts regardless of the enemy or the enemy, the kingdom's noble coalition lost nearly 20,000 people, and more than 10,000 soldiers became prisoners of McReynolds.

The situation in the kingdom became strangely quiet due to this war.

…

"For the Kingdom of Andara, they don't have too many troops to waste, right?"

"The army belonging to the kingdom will not exceed one hundred thousand, and the number of coalition forces combined by the nobles will not exceed this number."

"In other words, this war can be regarded as a competition between half of the kingdom's troops and McReynolds?"

In the Tundra Territory, it was a little late when Ryan received the news, but he was equally surprised by the result.

He was not surprised by the power of the Grand Duke Griffin, but by the weakness of other nobles in the kingdom.

"In addition to the two grand dukes, there are eleven earls in the Kingdom of Andara. Ten of them are actual earls, but none of them participated in the war. This is worth pondering."

Not every earl has his own extraordinary legion. The kingdom is not an empire. Among the eleven earls, only four have extraordinary legions, and their extraordinary legions should not be as powerful as the witch ghosts who are not afraid of death. .

But if you add them all together, it shouldn’t be underestimated, right?

A large area of ​​land is needed to support an extraordinary army, and this does not include the resources of other worlds controlled by the nobles.

Therefore, there are no other extraordinary legions around the Griffin Mountains. In other words, the other four earls' extraordinary legions in the kingdom are somewhat far away from McReynolds.

Politics, history and geography can be considered together.

For example, the Grand Guild of Leta followed the king's order to attack the Grand Duke Griffin. It was because of historical issues that they were not the inherited nobles of the kingdom, or even the nobles of the Norris continent, but nobles from another world, and their noble status was recognized by the Kingdom of Andara. , granted territory.

Their bond to the Kingdom runs deep.

In addition, there are four other earls with extraordinary legions. They are either nobles who fled from the north or are indigenous nobles of the Kingdom of Andala, and are one of the founders of the kingdom.

They have considerable autonomy and choice.

Now that the royal family is unable to do so, they can choose to protect themselves wisely. With their size, there is a high probability that they can withstand the subsequent backlash.

Ryan was conservative and worried that at least half of the earls would obey the king's order and send troops to face Archduke McReynolds, and the remaining half would selectively attack in the follow-up period.

I'm afraid there won't be many people who will support Archduke McReynolds.

Use your own power to fight against the entire kingdom, no, even the four noble territories in the south.

As a noble realm with independent sovereignty and territory, the four nobles in the south are not weak.

Ryan is not optimistic about Archduke McReynolds. No matter how powerful the Griffin Legion is, it cannot withstand the long consumption.

In addition, Ryan has not forgotten that there is a feathered dragon legion in the Kingdom of Andara. This is the legion of the Holy See. Like griffons, it can fly in the sky and run on the ground. It is even said that it can fly on the ground. A short fight in the water.

"Roland is in the Imperial City. How much help does he need from the Emperor?"

The reason why an empire is an empire is because it is too powerful.

According to Ryan's estimation, the army of Flying Wing Canyon is fully capable of confronting the Kingdom of Andara.

"What Archduke McReynolds needs is nothing more than to defeat the four noble territories in the south, and then force King Andara to tear up the contract with the four noble territories, keep his territory, and let the McReynolds family always be located in the Griffin Mountains. Peak and heyday.”

"In the face of this goal, he must first withstand the attack of the kingdom, and then launch an attack on the nobles in the south."

"I'm afraid the only support the empire can give is to fight against the Holy See."

Ryan saw too little to make effective guesses. He hoped that the Griffin Archduke could open up the situation. In that case, when the road was repaired, his caravan could smoothly enter more places.

For example, the witch ghost bloodline of the Leta family. This extracted bloodline is itself a precious extraordinary material. Master Luna is very interested in it. Archmage McCann is also curious about the extraordinary life that can resist the cold. Rose Sir will also be interested.

But now Ryan can't even contact that family.

Thinking of this, Ryan once again led the army to Lingdu City to personally supervise the construction of the road to the Kingdom of Andala.

Northern Wind Province was still quiet, the only thing was the arrival of the Marquis's mother. She formed an extraordinary team of only 150 knights, with the goal of finding the Dawn believers hiding in Northern Wind Province.

The key point was that she actually found a few.