Under the sunny sky, soldiers wearing dark blue robes and scale armor entered the dilapidated city under the cover of tall golems.
There are still many scorched marks on the walls, and many places have collapsed. Scattered stones and debris rolled all over the floor, and a few green grass blades poked out of the gaps.
The streets in the city were very quiet, with no defenders, no traps, and no pedestrians in sight.
The Frost Alliance soldiers who entered the city still carefully held their shields and spears, and marched to their destination in close formation. They blocked several important buildings and areas in the city, and the Golem Legion also arrived at the seaside port.
"Lord Jenkins." In the camp outside the city, several messengers galloped out from the city and went straight to the main tent to report.
"Our soldiers have taken control of Hopeland, but there are no Crancia defenders among them. Even the personnel of several major chambers of commerce have evacuated."
"Where's the port?" Jenkins asked, sitting at the top.
"There are only a few ships left in the port."
After listening, Jenkins was silent for a few seconds, then raised his hand. "I understand, let's arrange for the follow-up troops to enter the city."
"Yes, sir."
After all the officers left the tent, only Jenkins and his daughter, now the 'hero' knight Ada of the Frost Alliance, were left in the tent.
"Has Clancia given up on Hopelaner?" The crimson-haired female knight knelt aside with a long silver sword on her knees.
"It seems so." Jenkins slowly touched the cities and place names on the map.
"The city wall is in ruins, but in terms of personnel, combat power, firepower, etc., we are far superior to each other. If we continue to defend, we will only be wiped out. I guess the commander over there has figured it out."
"Perhaps it's a miracle that they have persisted for so long. I couldn't have done it even if I were in charge." Jenkins analyzed slowly.
Ada closed her eyes and recalled the fierce battles during this period. The enemy's fearless spirit and terrifying discipline left a deep impression on her.
"The other party is a very tenacious opponent." She sighed softly, and then became sad. Because of their different positions, they had to aim to kill each other.
"Yes, but that's impossible." Jenkins knew what his daughter was thinking.
"The seven Snow Flower Kingdoms are too scattered, and they are suspicious of each other and dragging them down. Only through unification can they become truly strong and become a powerful whole that can compete with Green Green."
"I am almost certain that most of our group of soldiers will die in the war. Even if we survive in the end, the outcome may not be very good. It is estimated that in order to appease the unified people in the future, the higher-ups will take action on us."
Jenkins stood up and looked at the rose totem hanging in the tent.
"Then why does father still hold this position?" Ada looked at the gray-haired old man.
"Why, probably because my grandson's grandsons can live in a strong country."
"I suffered a lot when I was a child and was bullied, but I don't hate those people because being weak is the original sin."
"It doesn't mean that just because you are weak, others have to give way to you. Even if you do, it is the mercy of the winner."
"So, even if our generation will be reviled by the world, as long as the Seven Snow Flower Kingdoms unite in the end and become stronger, then our sacrifice will be worth it."
Ada slowly stroked the long sword on her knees and looked at the neat grooves and a few serrations on it in the sparse light.
"But no one will understand or appreciate this imposed happiness." Ada said.
"Yes, but so what, at least I don't regret it myself." Jenkins said with his back to his daughter.
"We start wars, we cause massacres, we eliminate dissidents, and we do all kinds of bad things." His voice was low and calm.
"But we will also build a new, integrated nation on this devastated land."
"In the darkness before dawn, there is always someone to do something."
"Everyone always speaks his own words and has his own ideas. The language is weak and powerless. How can we put this scattered sand together without using such violent means."
He slowly turned around, looked at his daughter beside him, and said with soft eyes.
"We can never satisfy everyone's ideas, and in the end the only thing we can do is what we think is right."
——————
The third era, 1866, the year of the cold stars.
A rare war broke out on the Ivarsi continent in a hundred years. The Starlight Alliance and the Frost Alliance went into full-scale war. The two sides fought in the desert, in the mountains, on the wilderness, in the sea and in the sky. The total number of troops mobilized by both sides finally exceeded 3 million.
The overall number of people was even greater than that of the 'Battle of Broken Bow'.
At the beginning of the year, the six golem armies of the Frost Alliance went north along the Black Pine River and stormed the fortress amidst the artillery fire of Sword Pine City. During the pursuit after taking the fortress, they were ambushed by the Starlight Alliance. The mage 'Iris Book' from the Southern Islands
'Tuge used the power of goblins to perform secret techniques, sinking a large number of demons into the ground, burying them and crushing them.
However, Hedley, the 'Beauty of Poisonous Flame' of the Frost Alliance, broke free by relying on the 'Frost Carved' golem she was driving, seriously injured Tuge who was trying hard, and then continued to lead the army north.
On the other side, the Black Rock Principality sent troops to invade the border of Crancia. During the siege of Tiezhen City, its elite troops were defeated by the reinforcements of the Gufia orcs from the south. After that, a large number of temporary levies broke up, escaped, and surrendered. Then Gufia
The warriors of Asia and the Clancia army counterattacked Black Rock and fought all the way to Fengyan City, the capital of Black Rock.
In the siege battle, the leader of the Tiger Head Clan, War Sequence 8·The Claw of Heroes, transformed into a giant body with sharp teeth, took the lead, broke through the city gate, and invaded the fortress, but was rescued by the giant airship "Blood Whale" later.
No. '' to block.
During the battle, Sharp Teeth took advantage of the terrain to shoot down the airship, surrounded and attacked with reinforcements from behind, and slaughtered the high-level mages on the airship. After the battle, he himself broke out due to suppressed injuries and died that night.
On the southwest border, the army of Clancia encountered the army of the Falcon Kingdom. The two sides fought in the desert, with swords and spears intertwined. When the battle between the two sides was in full swing, reinforcements from the Wing Clan appeared from the sky, and the Starlight Alliance also rose.
Nearly a hundred high-level angel sequences.
The two sides strangled each other in the sky, and just when Bai Yu fell to the leeward, a special 'angel' rose from the earth. With the appearance of this girl with silver hair and blue eyes, the airflow in the sky stagnated, and countless others followed.
The warriors of the Wing Clan could no longer fly in the air. They were deprived of the ability to fly, and tens of thousands of warriors fell from the sky like black hail.
In the end, the girl felt pity and held up the soft airflow above the earth to save the falling enemies from death.
After this battle, the Winged Clan lost all fighting spirit. As a winged clan, they all surrendered under the wings of the Angel of the Sky, saying that they would not be enemies with him. As a result, the Falcon Kingdom stopped attacking and began to
After mediating internal issues, he finally sent a letter to both parties a few months later, stating that he would no longer participate in the war between the two parties and was willing to surrender to the final winner of the war.
While the battle was fierce on the mainland, the battle at sea was also fierce.
The armored warships of the Frost Alliance relied on their superiority in armaments and weapons to defeat a large number of sailing warships from the Youngberry Kingdom. Later, they used special means to defeat the Divine Winged Bird troops of the Youngberry Kingdom in an ambush, and finally sent a message to seek peace.
Southern Islands.
At the insistence of Ulevis, one of the three giants behind the Hinmoon Council, the Hinberry Kingdom refused to negotiate and continued to recruit domestic combat forces.
Soon after, Kalites' three new warships encountered the Frost Alliance's armored fleet on their way south to join together. After the two sides exchanged fire, the armored fleet suffered a huge defeat and had to call for support from the airship cluster. After that, nearly 200 'Gray Harriers'
The airship passed through the clouds and surrounded the three new warships.
But when the Frost Alliance was about to succeed, the Magic Sequence 9 Ulevis of the Young Moon Council arrived and fought with the Magic Sequence 9 Clark of the Frost Alliance in the sky.
This is also the second fierce battle between the Transcendent Sequence 9 in the eyes of the world since the 'Battle of Broken Bow'. The aftermath of the battle directly shook the airships in the sky, and the two warships at sea were also damaged. Only two of the three new warships were
Arrival at previous destination.
As the battle between the two parties gradually escalated, the Sage Association in the center of the continent finally intervened and stopped the two fighting Sequence 9. In the end, the two sides once again made an agreement that the extraordinary Sequence 9 would not participate in the battle between the two parties.
Every Sequence 9 is a valuable force, but the chaos seals around the world are not stable now. In order to prevent possible crises, the entire intelligent race cannot bear the continued killing of each other and internal friction.
Even though both sides were dissatisfied, due to the will of many Sequence 9s in the Sage Association, these two Sequence 9s still stopped.
After the reinforcements from Crancia in New Verga, approximately 600,000 Starlight Alliance troops gathered around Hopeland, while opposite them in the wilderness was the main army of nearly 800,000 Frost Alliance.
Dark clouds were approaching and artillery fire continued. During the initial industrialization of Crancia, war-related heavy industries were the first projects to be developed, and Hopeland also gathered a large number of artillery.
Although these rudimentary artillery pieces are still far from the level of World War II in Loland Hill's memory, they can still pose a threat to some golems under fire coverage.
The two sides first engaged in maneuvers and field battles in the wilderness, and then as the Starlight Alliance retreated into the city, they began to defend the city and started several tug-of-wars around the city wall.
When attacking the city, Frost Alliance, which had the cover of golems and high-intensity firepower, had the upper hand. After entering the city, the Starlight Alliance had the upper hand. After the two sides fought several times, considering that continuing would only harm the residents of the city, let
The entire city was burned down by artillery fire. Finally, the Starlight Alliance launched several feint attacks out of the city. While the enemy was delayed, the main force gradually withdrew from Hopeland.
Some left by land to the north, and some left by boat along the coastline to the west. After they left, the Frost Alliance peacefully took over this somewhat dilapidated seaside city.
At this point, the battle between the two sides has gradually entered the next stage.