Chapter 573 [To the south, to the north]

Gilliat City.

One hundred and forty years ago, this city once had another identity: the capital city.

It was once the capital of a province of the empire in the northwest. However, after the magical man obtained the Duke of Tulips and the province of the northwest was designated as the territory of the Tulips, the City of Giliad, the original capital city, was soon abandoned.

The newly built Loulan City has become the base camp of the Tulips. And the Gilliat City has almost withdrawn from the stage of history.

Of course, its original geographical location, inconvenient transportation and other factors are the reasons why the Tulip family gave up on it and chose another nest.

However, during these 140 years, Gilliat City has been encased in a mysterious veil.

This abandoned city... has actually become a...huge factory!

This is the base camp of Tulips Workshop!

Blockade levels began to be set up thirty miles away from the city, and the cavalry of the Tulips wearing strange black armor would drive away all those who tried to get close to it with a cold attitude.

Every day, there are only those cars and horses hanging with the tulips’ badges. Apart from that... there is almost no civilian in this city.

People outside cannot know what is hidden in Gilliat City - they only know that there must be many important secrets hidden here.

Moreover, the army guarding Gilliat City seems to be among the official tulip furniture army sequences. There is no record at all.

For more than a hundred years, only a few words have been heard about this city that has been designated as a forbidden area by the Tulip Family.

For example, eighty years ago, the then dean of the Magic Academy, a magician with a strong tulip family faction, was once fortunate to be invited to enter this city.

After returning to the Magic Academy, the dean of the dean once invested huge resources in a certain laboratory in the academy and the project failed. The dean could not help but sigh, and two sentences were: Maybe... we should move the laboratory of this project to Gilliat City...

What does this sentence mean? No one knows, and the dean seems to have noticed that he has made a mistake. He has never made any comments on this topic since then.

Twenty years later, there was once when the then imperial emperor visited the northwest and visited the Tulip Family Castle in person, which was an important political signal for a good relationship between the royal family and the Tulip Family. It is said that the emperor had also requested privately that he wanted to visit the Giliad City, known as the base camp of the Tulip Family Workshop.

However, this request was rejected by the then Duke of Tulip.

The reason for rejection is: Gilliat City is only open to the Tulips.

The Magic Union once suspected that the Tulip Family may have a secret magic organization in Gilliat City, similar to the Magic Academy. It may not be that large in scale, but it must have several very important magic laboratories operating. It must have a group of top magic geniuses working for the Tulip Family.

After all, the Tulip family has gathered so many talents, but I have never heard of any particularly powerful family magicians in Tulip Castle.

Also, Tulip Workshop will launch several amazing new products or technologies almost every once in a while, and these things must all come from Gilliat City!

What makes people curious is an army that has disappeared in the history of more than 140 years!

That branch that appeared briefly in history but shining brightly...

Knights in the air!

Although both the Empire and Tulips still retain the Air Force system, today's Air Force only uses airships - the type of airships that are improved with hot balls generation by generation.

This kind of airship is good at transporting, reconnaissance, or completing military tasks similar to bombing. However, its power in air combat is never satisfactory.

At least, when facing the elves of the elves, airships that are bulky and lack air-to-air combat power are often criticized.

The Tulip family once had a powerful air force 140 years ago!

Griffin Knights!

Although many years ago, the Tulips had publicly announced that because the artificial cultivation of warcraft such as griffons is too expensive and there are many difficulties that cannot be overcome, the project of artificial cultivation of griffons was finally abandoned, and the Griffon Knights officially became history...

However, everyone has doubts in their hearts.

Such a powerful force, who would easily give up?

The cost is too high? When did the Tulips family lack money?!

...

On that evening, this ancient city seemed to have been suddenly awakened.

A team of black-armored cavalry emerged from the city one after another. They rode their horses and ran towards all directions of the city, breaking into pieces, as if they began a carpet-like search!

In one night, the surrounding area of ​​Gilliat City was indeed swept hard for dozens of miles!

To put it in the words of a mysterious and unknown Tulips officer who executed the order: Within thirty miles, even every rabbit has been checked by us!

It seems to be to welcome some mysterious big move...

In the middle of the night, the gates of Gilliat City were wide open.

Then one huge carriage after another sped out of the city.

The size of the convoy is jaw-dropping.

It was not until the dawn of the second midnight that the huge convoy seemed to have finally left the city.

These huge cars with characteristics are covered with thick oil cloth, and then the convoy is heading towards a certain direction in the north like a torrent.

Under the night, in the sky, there are still a group of dense shadows following silently...

...

“I really hate nights.”

Du Weiwei sat on the horse and looked at the stars in the sky bored.

This is twenty miles south of the northwest fortress.

Above the wilderness, behind Du Weiwei was a neatly lined up with cavalry regiments, densely packed cavalry formations. They stood quietly behind her, in the cold wind. The whole army was solemn and without any noise.

What broke the silence was the sound of horse hooves coming from the north.

A small team of scouts rushed over quickly, and immediately the Tulips' cavalry had a young and serious face. The sweat on his forehead wet his hat and his hair had been glued into a piece.

They came to Du Weiwei without any stop. After dismounting and saluting, they delivered the latest news.

Du Weiwei silently listened to the report of the scout captain. She suddenly turned over, stood up on the horse's back, supported her hands on her eyebrows, and looked into the north...

In the north...under the night sky, a little bit of fire suddenly appeared in the place that was originally pitch black, and then the fire became brighter and brighter, more and more, and finally merged into a piece and appeared at the end of the sky in the north, flashing, and even the stars in the sky seemed to have lost their color.

It's a big fire.

Du Wei sighed softly.

That is the direction of the Northwest Fortress.

"Those orcs must be very excited now."

...

One night in early spring this year.

The northwest fortress, which once stood in the northwest of the Roland Empire for more than 140 years, was officially declared to fall.

A vanguard army heading south by the orcs entered the northwest fortress without encountering any resistance. Even a defender or a civilian had never encountered any resistance.

The excited orc seemed to have gone crazy all of a sudden. In the middle of the night, I don’t know who started setting the fire first, and then the fire stimulated the orc’s animal nature. Overnight, firelights rose everywhere!

It seemed as if the orcs were about to vent their anger that had been suppressed for more than 140 years!

Northwest Fortress. This military city built by the Roland Empire spent countless financial resources and was burned!

The fire burned for seven days.

...

As the commander of the advance army trusted by His Majesty the Great Orc King Bronze Tiger, Stone Del is in a complicated mood at this moment.

Stone is from the Hoof tribe and has a noble status. Its bloodline can be traced to the legendary King Rock Lord, who was once ranked as one of the three orc giants with His Majesty the Copper Tiger. Its great-grandfather is the distant brother of Lord Rock.

Leading the 20,000 elite orc army as the vanguard of going south, when he really saw this heroic pass that caused the orcs to be troubled by more than a hundred years ago, he presented it to him without any defense...

To be honest, at the beginning, looking at the open city gate and the empty darkness on the city wall... Stone even thought he was dreaming.

It even dared not send troops into the city within the first hour.

It thought it was a human conspiracy.

But when it was finally confirmed that this northwest fortress was indeed unprepared - it was like coming south all the way and seeing the fortress group of large and small.

Stone was excited, all the orc warriors were excited!

They rushed into the northwest fortress frantically.

They traveled everywhere, military camps, commander's mansions...the exercise venues, and warehouses!

What made the orcs crazy was that there were still a lot of supplies in the warehouse!

The weapons, weapons, armor, weapons, bows and arrows made by those exquisite humans...

Orc warriors who can arm thousands of people!

You should know that in the orc kingdom where resources are severely lacking, only the most elite Beast King’s personal guards are qualified to enjoy the treatment of having a full set of combat equipment!

Ordinary orc warrior? Distribute an axe and a shield, and you will be an elite.

The orcs began to rage in the northwest fortress in excitement.

Stone is completely unable to investigate who did the fire first.

But... that doesn't matter.
To be continued...