Chapter 1081 The Lost Fortress and the Road Back to the Origin
Seeing the purple and gold flag fluttering representing the supreme power of the Parliament, a team of rescuers who had been waiting for them immediately came forward to greet them.
"See Mr. Speaker!"
The leader of the young general of the Canglan Federation held his chest and saluted, and said respectfully to Sevier: "Thirty thousand soldiers of the Light Feather Clan are ready to go, ready to follow the main force to capture the mountain fortress!"
Under the illumination of the guiding light ball, the young general's face gradually became clearer. He was quite handsome, and his neatly trimmed face was full of fortitude.
However, since he was not wearing a battle helmet, it can be clearly seen.
The young general had a pair of fluffy brown ears standing on top of his head, and a fluffy brown tail swayed slightly behind him. He was obviously not from the human race.
Seeing this, the Griffin Prince Andre on the side raised his eyebrows slightly, looking like he was not accustomed to seeing this.
Having studied the Canlan Federation for many years, he naturally understood it clearly.
The Canlan Federation is originally an alliance of many countries, which is not only dominated by the human race, but also includes many relatively weak humanoid races.
For example, the general of the Canlan Federation in front of me, whose erect ears are obviously larger than those of the werewolf and cat people, is a typical feature of the fox people.
It is undeniable that in the previous wars between the Holy Night Kingdom and the Canlan Federation, the brave humanoids also played a lot of roles, often defeating the soldiers of the Holy Night Kingdom.
Even so, it is difficult for these humanoids who have made many achievements to hold high positions in the highest power center council of the Canlan Federation. In most cases, they are just foils and cannon fodder on the battlefield.
"Thank you, General Phil."
Sewell nodded to the fox general and said with a smile on his face: "This time the light feather clan, the vanguard of our team, is our main force. It is a great achievement for their hard work. The camp has been set up. You can rest where you are for the day."
Well, we can just leave the siege battle to others later."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, for your consideration, but we, the Light Feather Tribe, are the vanguard this time. How can we huddle behind the large army? Furthermore, we are just setting up camp and guarding both sides of the canyon. This is not true for those who are good at mountain warfare."
It's easy for a fox man."
The fox general named Phil quickly waved his hand, then touched his chest and asked for orders: "Please, Mr. Speaker, please let us serve as the vanguard of the siege. We will definitely make great contributions to the federation!"
"General Phil, didn't you hear clearly what the Speaker said?"
Before Sewell could speak, the guard captain Velentin stepped forward and said in a deep voice: "Why don't you quickly thank the Speaker for your kindness and go have a good rest?"
"But……"
Looking at Valentin's gloomy face, Phil wanted to ask for a fight several times, but in the end he hesitated and had no choice but to grit his teeth and say thank you before leaving.
Looking at Phil's loneliness and helplessness when he left, Andre, who was eating melon on the side, raised his eyebrows slightly.
This mountain fortress is already in the possession of the Kingdom of Holy Night and the Canlan Federation. How could the old cunning Sevier, who has always been profit-oriented, let the humanoids who have been suppressing it intentionally or unintentionally come up to grab the credit?
Thinking of this in his mind, Andre coughed lightly, and then deliberately loudly said to General Shengye who also came to meet him: "Bring up camp and capture the mountain fortress with me!"
Hearing this, General Shengye, who was serving as the vanguard, was naturally overjoyed. He quickly thanked him and went back to prepare.
After this small episode passed, the mighty Alliance army passed through the camp where only the fox tribe was left and the Yongmian Canyon, and continued to march towards the mountain fortress.
Everyone clearly understood that after passing through the Yongmian Canyon, the mountain fortress, the national gate of the Cold Flame Kingdom, was already within easy reach, so everyone was in high spirits and wanted to show off their skills right away.
You know, according to the latest intelligence, the people stationed in the mountain fortress are just a ragtag group of nearly 300,000 recruits, surrendered soldiers and mercenaries. The main army is only one fortress army of the Lengyan royal family.
Among the 1.5 million alliance troops, there are fully 60 main legions, which can be regarded as the entire elite of the Holy Night Kingdom and Canlan Federation.
Under this extremely disparity in combat power, the Alliance Army could turn the entire mountain fortress into powder with just a few clicks!
At that time, the gate to the Cold Flame Kingdom will be opened, and the entire eastern region will soon be within the grasp of the Alliance Army.
You know, the eastern region is the most prosperous area in the Cold Flame Kingdom, and the alien territory is also here. As long as it is removed, it will kill two birds with one stone.
Thinking of this, whether it was Griffin Prince Andre and all the generals of the Holy Night Kingdom, or Speaker Sewell, Captain of the Guard Verentin and the generals of the Canlan Federation, their hearts were extremely happy, and their eyes were full of joy.
Full of murderous intent.
Once the alien's territory is completely leveled, the entire Cold Flame Kingdom will naturally be no different from the fish on the chopping board.
However, just when the morale of the entire Alliance army was high and they were gearing up, something strange happened.
The surprised and panicked reports of several scout captains sounded one after another in the central army formation where Andre and Sewell were.
"Your Majesty the Prince, the mountain fortress has disappeared!"
"For your information, Sir Speaker, the pass that was originally the mountain fortress is actually empty!"
After hearing the reports from the scouts, Andre and Sevier, who were originally in a good mood, could not help but frown and began to look at each other.
This was obviously beyond their expectations.
The mountain fortress has existed in the world since the time of the Kingdom of Loren. It changed hands several times during the troubled times before finally falling into the hands of the Kingdom of Cold Flame.
But I have never heard that this fortress can disappear directly!
"Could it be the alien? But what's the use of making the fortress disappear? Does he think that this can stop our attack? Isn't this deception?"
Thinking of this in their minds, Andre and Sewell both sneered in unison, obviously not stopping because of this.
The 40 legions of the former army responsible for attacking the city are all the main legions. Even if the aliens play any tricks, they are just a joke in the face of absolute power!
"Keep moving forward! No one can stop my iron hoof!"
With almost no hesitation, the two reached an agreement.
The mighty army of one million people was still marching on the spacious road, as unstoppable as giant steel dragons, as if they could swallow everything.
After a while, even Andre and Selvi could clearly see it.
The huge mountain fortress in the hazy night ahead had indeed completely disappeared from the original pass, as if it had never appeared before.
"No matter what tricks the aliens play, it's just a mantis trying to trick him."
Andre's eyes narrowed slightly, looking at the scene that seemed familiar but had never been seen before, and couldn't help but snorted contemptuously again.
As for the old Speaker Sewell, he did not take this to heart. Instead, he took out the map of the eastern region of Lengyan from his pocket and began to study which route would be more efficient to capture the city.
However, after about half an hour, the alliance army, which was originally very high in morale, began to feel faintly uneasy.
Because everyone was surprised to find that the empty pass seemed to be always in front of them, and it didn't get any closer in the past half hour!
It may be said that they seemed to be marching on an endless road, and the real front was always out of reach.
"What is going on? According to past experience, we should have arrived at the pass where the mountain fortress is located ten minutes ago. Why do we keep standing still?"
A hint of uneasiness finally appeared on Andre's originally murderous face, and he couldn't help but blurt out.
"Your Highness, it seems that there is indeed something strange in this."
Sewell had already put away the map, and said with a puzzled look on his face: "Even the scouts who dispersed were unable to get even close to the pass, as if we were trapped in this land."
"Impossible, absolutely impossible. If you speed up the march, I will not believe that I will not be able to pass!"
There was a trace of anger in Andre's tone, and he yelled at his entourage: "Bring my king's griffon over, I will personally lead the team to check it out!"
Seeing Andre's face full of anger, Sewell did not stop him, but ordered Valentin to personally lead a team to conduct reconnaissance.
The old speaker clearly understood that all this was too weird, and they seemed to have fallen into a huge quagmire unknowingly and could not extricate themselves.
About ten minutes later, accompanied by a dull roar of griffins, the outline of a huge monster gradually descended, stirring up a gust of wind and dust.
When the gryphon folded its wings and landed on the ground, Andre jumped down from it and said expressionlessly: "Your Majesty the Speaker, I have just arrived at the pass and did some reconnaissance along the way.
If there is any ambush, we can move forward with confidence."
At this time, it can be clearly heard.
Although Andre's words were calm, the uneasiness within them became increasingly obvious.
"What happened to the mountain fortress? Did it really disappear?"
Sewell froze his gray eyebrows and asked quickly.
"Sir Speaker, although I don't know how, the mountain fortress has indeed disappeared, and the pass is unobstructed."
Accompanied by the neighing of horses, Valentin, who was exploring the land, also rushed back, stroking his chest and saluting.
"Since we can get closer, we can only move forward bravely."
Sevier pondered for a moment, and then asked Andre: "What do you think of His Royal Highness the Griffin Prince?"
"There is no turning back when the bow is fired. I want to see what tricks that alien from this world can play!"
Andre snorted coldly and responded with an annoyed look on his face.
"Then let us continue to move forward. If we retreat without a fight, then the Canlan Federation and the Holy Night Kingdom will definitely become the laughing stock of all human nations."
After that, Sewell said to the generals behind him: "Stabilize morale, victory will definitely belong to us!"
It didn't take long for the mighty Alliance army to successfully approach the pass.
Since Andre and Sewell had already reached a consensus, in order to prevent the long night and long dreams from happening, the army rushed in crazily without stopping for a moment.
"After passing this pass, the vast world of Cold Flame Kingdom is in front of you!"
Andre raised his arms and shouted, and this time he and Sewell and others moved from the Chinese army to the front army.
However, not long after the two fifth-level experts who had just taken the lead left, something strange happened again.
This time, the originally limited length of the pass turned out to be extremely long, just like walking into another canyon.
"Your Highness, it seems that we have returned to the Yongmian Canyon just now..."
Not long after, the somewhat uncertain voice of a middle-aged general in Shengye reached Andre's ears.
"You bastard, what are you talking about? The army has already passed through the Yongmian Canyon, how could it come back again? Do you mean that all my millions of troops are lost?"
Although he was equally uneasy in his heart, Andre still gave the middle-aged general a cold glance and said solemnly: "If you dare to disturb the morale of the army again, I will not mind sacrificing your flag to you!"
Hearing the sound, the middle-aged general immediately fell silent, and Sevier, who heard all this, furrowed his old brows.
Although he didn't know much about the topography of the Everlasting Canyon, his memory was very good, and the surrounding environment was indeed the same as the original Everlasting Canyon.
However, according to the map, the route taken by the army has always been a straight passage without any forks in the road. No matter how you think about it, it is indeed impossible to get lost.
Furthermore, this is the territory of the Holy Night Kingdom. The scouts and vanguards are locals who are familiar with the terrain. How could they go back?
"Your Excellency, Speaker, we have found the flags of the Qingyu Clan and the Canglan Federation in front of us. That is our camp!"
Just when Sewell's old face was full of confusion, the report from the scout captain ahead reached his ears through magic communication.
"How is this possible? Have we really returned to Eversleep Canyon?!"
Sevier's body trembled, and a hint of disbelief appeared on his old face.
Andre on the side was also surprised, apparently having received the same news.
Before the two of them could react, the lights suddenly brightened at the end of the road ahead, causing the soldiers in front to be surprised.
It was a heavily guarded camp, built at the exit of the canyon, exactly like the one we saw at the beginning.
Just when Sevier and Andre looked at each other, their faces were at a loss.
The sound of intensive horse hoofbeats sounded, and the fox-human general Phil, who was also full of doubts, led his team to meet them again.
"Sir Speaker, why are you back again?"
Phil's tone was full of surprise, and he said in confusion: "But didn't the army already pass through the exit of the Eversleep Canyon to the Mountain Castle Fortress? Why did it come in through the entrance of the canyon again?"
After hearing Phil's doubtful words, Sewell was speechless for a moment, and looked at each other with Andre again.
While feeling shocked and surprised in his heart, the old speaker has now clearly realized.
They have indeed fallen into a terrible quagmire that they did not expect, and it is completely impossible to escape.