The filthy existence has polluted the land of Ulthuan, and the corruption of chaos has caused the trees to wither and the earth to dry up, and the entire nature is screaming in pain.

A large number of farmland and villages were destroyed, and some elves living in remote places who had no time to escape were sacrificed by the Chaos army in family units.

These poor people had their heads cut off, their internal organs removed and painted into strange patterns.

The frightened and desperate elven souls made the four gods quite satisfied, and the blessings they bestowed made the Chaos army even crazier and wreaked havoc everywhere.

The Eternal Queen who was far away in Avalon felt the pain of this land directly, which made her extremely angry, but it would take time for the reinforcements she sent to arrive.

The angry Asurs are powerless to do anything about it. Without powerful mages and dragon troops, fighting the Chaos Legion in the wild is definitely a stupid choice.

Therefore, we can only turn our anger into motivation and step up preparations for war.

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Three days after leaving Jundun, the ten people from Jidong Dun arrived at the nearest city to them: Tal-Zhoder. This is one of the largest cities in the Northern Kingdom, and after the wars in recent years, the entire city has become

After militarized reconstruction, a large number of towers and tall walls were carefully arranged.

The large amount of magical wind generated after the collapse of the two-level portal allowed the elves of Ulthuan to develop a brilliant civilization and prosperous city.

Although the focus was not on the military, the large amount of accumulation in people's livelihood made it clear to the Vaal craftsmen that a straight city wall would not be able to exert its maximum effect.

Therefore, the shape of the city wall built around Tal-Zhoder was specially built into a star shape, reaching a height of eleven meters, and was divided into upper and lower parts. The lower part was a normal vertical city wall, but the upper part protruded.

A large number of rooms were set up inside to increase the defense power, and the top layer was a normal city wall. Although this "hollow" design reduced the strength a lot, at least there was no need to worry too much when facing the Chaos army. Except

In addition, dozens of towers were built and crossbow beds were arranged to launch powerful and thick crossbows to deal with those terrifying behemoths or heavy armored infantry. Not only that, urn cities were also built at important locations such as the city gate, thus increasing the number of people.

The difficulty of breaking through the city gates and the killing ability have been optimized.

When Tal-Zhoder came into Carter's sight, this 'ancient fortress city' shocked him quite a bit. Although he came from another modern society, he had also seen the preserved ancient Chinese city walls, but they were completely intact.

There are very few ruins that have all the functions of an ancient fortress city, not to mention the intimidation and sense of security brought by the presence of heavily armed elves standing on them.

The land of Nagareth has the largest population and the largest land in the entire Ulthuan, but years of war have forced the elves on this land to learn how to fight and defend themselves. Most of the soldiers standing on the city walls

They are all citizen soldiers who prepare their own weapons. The long lifespan of the elves brings a lot of practice time, so even the citizen soldiers who participate in the battle for the first time can show good qualities, but the discipline and military formation are quite average.

It may not be obvious when defending a city, but it will be exposed in a field battle.

However, this is also understandable. The customs of the elven kingdoms make it difficult for large-scale cruel civil wars to occur. Therefore, military development, like many primitive races, favors individual bravery rather than emphasizing the power of discipline and formation.

Most of the citizen soldiers who were assigned by the nobles to stand guard on the city wall were whispering to each other and did not know what they were talking about. Their clothes and armor were also different, giving people the feeling of a militia. Only recruiters like Carter performed slightly better.

, but it’s not much better. Only the unified military equipment and the crow emblem on the shield give them a little more formality.

"Guards from Jidong Pier, a total of 10 people are present, and one person was killed."

Aragon, who had black hair and blue eyes, immediately contacted the noble officer responsible for gathering the skirmishers after arriving at the city gate.

"Okay, give me your military badge."

This is an officer sitting in front of the table. He is wearing exquisite magic armor and a high elf-style phoenix-winged horsehair helmet.

After receiving Aragorn's military badge and rummaging through the previous information for a while, he asked about the situation of the fallen soldiers.

"Four days ago, we cooperated with a tank unit to attack a Chaos reconnaissance team at night. He was killed while dealing with a Chaos Warrior. We hope to contact his family as soon as possible."

"Well, I've written it down. We will contact the family as soon as possible. The body will be handed over to us and will be sent to the funeral home for safekeeping."

Over the years of war, Ulthuan has developed a fairly developed industry that is not found anywhere else in the world, and that is: "Funeral Parlors"

Because of the prevalence of the Winds of Chaos, even in Ulthuan, tainted corpses often resurrect from the cemetery and become terrifying creations. Therefore, except for a small number of the nobles in Ulthuan, the high elves can afford to spend money to build and protect the corpses.

In the magical cemetery, most people would choose to cremate their bodies before burying them after death, so the business of funeral parlors began to develop throughout Ulthuan.

In addition to 'grooming' and restoring the body of the elves after death, these funeral parlors can also provide one-stop services. They can arrange a series of things from cremation to burial, and the prices are reasonable, so many elven families will arrange these things to the funeral parlor.

, over time they even cooperated with each other and developed a huge intelligence network, which was enough for them to determine the identity of the corpse in a short time and contact the family members to claim it.

Of course the most important thing for them is to pay for the funeral home.

"Okay, I wonder what our next arrangements are?"

"You first go to the temporary military camp in the east of the city to rest and wait for arrangements. There may be training and rehearsals for military formations in the next few days. You'd better be prepared! Here are your military badges, passes, and camp certificates."

After thanking him for receiving the items, Aragorn led a few of his men through the city gate and entered the city of Tal-Zhoder.

Many of them came to this city for the first time, including Carter, so they were very interested in everything going on around them, and their heads with pointed helmets kept looking left and right.

Most of the elven buildings in Ulthuan are two- and three-story huts with masonry structures. The color tone is mainly white and blue, with occasional red and gold as embellishments. The architectural style is quite refreshing. The distribution of buildings in the entire city

It is even more obvious that the buildings have been reasonably allocated and will not be built randomly here and there. Most of the buildings have shops on the first floor and private houses on the upper floors. The city walls are extremely tall and built based on the local natural terrain. Among some rocks

Statues of the goddess Elsa or the goddess of fate Lilith can be seen everywhere. At the highest point of the entire city is the sacred fire altar dedicated to the main god Asuryan.

In addition, the public facilities are complete, and there are small courtyards at regular intervals for pedestrians to rest and enjoy the cool air.

This is the first time that the culture of elves has been clearly displayed in front of Carter. Carter, who has been huddled in remote small military piers and resting in the countryside of his hometown, can have a glimpse of the culture of the Asurs, but it is far inferior.

The shock of facing this big city.

Some carts are placed not far from the city gate selling goods:

Bacon, seasonal dishes, porcelain, cloth, fruit, salt, farm tools, etc., all the things that can be used in daily life can be found in the market near the city gate.

Perhaps the elves in the countryside are more inclined to trade with each other through barter or debt of gratitude, but in this big city, most goods and services can be purchased as long as you have money.

But when he thought about his limited money, Carter had to limit himself to looking at it instead of consuming it.

The 450 silver shillings seized from the last battle against Chaos have been divided, but most of them were given to Astolfo and his two dead comrades first, and the remaining people only received a few silver shillings each.
Chapter completed!