Mangu and others are still searching for the remains of the mage tower in the snowfield. Once they reach the snowfield, they are basically unable to contact them. Wind birds and sword eagle knights cannot move normally in the snowfield. Even the lions cannot move normally in the snowfield.
It is difficult for eagles to explore deep into the snowfields.
However, during this period of time, Elena has completely taken control of the Ice Flame Tribe. With her deep love for the tribe, as long as there is no accident, she will report back after finding out the location of the ruins based on the map.
There were not many troops that Richard left for Elena at that time. There were only some Halberdiers and Crusaders, and a giant to intimidate the Ice Flame Tribe. But after a while, Elena had gathered a lot of strength, and now
Following Elena on patrol were more than a dozen big men wearing red battle robes and holding war hammers. These were all fanatics summoned by Elena's own skills, and each of them was at the level of a half-step knight.
, five or six of them together are enough to defeat an adult snow giant warrior.
"Elena."
Just as Elena was patrolling along the snowfield with the fanatics, Richard suddenly appeared in the Ice Flame Tribe with a huge figure and a creature that exuded an aura that made Elena somewhat disgusted.
The giant figure was naturally upgraded. Compared with the previous bare-chested appearance, the Titan now has more golden armor and is several meters taller than before. The overall appearance is much more majestic, with the air of a god.
The taste of descending to the earth is in it, and the deterrent against the Ice Flame tribe and other snow giants has been greatly improved, because the height of the Titan giant now seems to be almost the same as the height of the Snow Giant King.
After originally having a training camp, Richard naturally had to arrange for all the seventh-level soldiers in his hand who had not advanced. In addition to the Titans, the green dragon that had been guarding the forest city was also taken to Stone Castle by Richard and upgraded into a golden dragon.
Fortunately, Richard learned the skill of teleportation. Although this skill consumes some magic power, Richard needs to constantly replenish his magic power on the road.
Richard's magic power can only be released twice in a row, and the maximum teleportation distance is one thousand kilometers. However, if he brings other units, the teleportation distance will be greatly reduced, and he will need to stop for several hours to restore his magic power.
Of course, even so, the progress of this journey is much faster than running on a flying dragon in the past. Without the skill of teleportation, just running back and forth to the snowfield would take several days.
"Lord Richard."
Elena saluted towards Richard. Elena was the best among the heroes in terms of etiquette. However, after raising her head, Elena frowned and looked at the strange hero beside Richard.
"Undead?"
Elena's perception is obviously much stronger than others. Natalis has followed Richard around Ironwood City for several times. Human heroes like Ron have not discovered Natalis's identity. Only Moriel
Maybe she discovered something, but she didn't care about it at first.
"Um?"
When Elena said the word undead, the fanatics behind her instantly raised their warhammers and looked at Natalis next to Richard with wary faces.
"snort."
Faced with the reaction of the fanatics, Richard was a little displeased. These guys dared to show their weapons in front of him. However, these were followers summoned by Elena. Taking into account Elena's face, Richard did not have an attack.
Natalie, on the other hand, snorted disdainfully and didn't even make a move to draw her sword.
Regardless of the fact that the other party is also one of Richard's subordinates, with Natalie's strength, Elena, who has not yet fully grown or recovered, plus this group of fanatics who are worthy of half-step knights, it is probably not enough.
She fights.
"Put down your weapons, don't be rude!"
After reacting, Elena quickly reprimanded this group of overreacting fanatics. These guys have good fighting ability and a strong sense of justice. They have advantages in every aspect. The only disadvantage is that they act impulsively and show off in front of the lord without permission.
Weapons are a big taboo. Even if their target is not Richard, they will definitely arouse Richard's dissatisfaction.
Fortunately, Richard didn't care about these subordinates who belonged to Elena. As long as Elena was loyal to him, the attitude of these fanatics was irrelevant to him.
"This is the leader of the Night Angel clan, Natalies, who is currently responsible for protecting my safety."
"That is the Priestess of Elrath, Ms. Elena, who is also an important general under me."
Richard first pointed out the importance of the two people, so that both parties had an idea.
Natalis nodded to Elena indifferently. She looked a little arrogant, but she still said hello. However, although Elena did not draw her sword, she still stared at Natalis with a vigilant expression.
She felt a powerful death aura from the other party, which was stronger than all the undead creatures she had fought against.
"Okay, Elena, although Ms. Natalis is an undead, she is kind-hearted and has never harmed innocent people. You will all be my important subjects in the future. I hope you will not treat Ms. Natalis badly.
Prejudicial."
Richard's ability to talk a lot about things made Natalis on the side a little amazed. Although as an elegant night angel, Natalis did not have the hatred of the living that most undead creatures have, nor did she have the habit of killing.
But it definitely has nothing to do with being kind-hearted. She doesn't kill people, it's out of disdain and fear of getting her hands dirty, not out of kindness.
However, as a subordinate, it was difficult to refute what Richard said, so he could only listen to Richard's nonsense with some embarrassment.
"As the patron of Elras, I guarantee that although Natalis is an undead, she has absolutely nothing to do with evil."
Although Richard has never had faith in Elrath, it does not prevent him from pretending to be a tiger. Anyway, Elena will definitely accept this trick.
Sure enough, after hearing this, Elena's eyes became much less wary, not just because she listened to Richard's words. Although Elena's loyalty to Richard is guaranteed, as a former wandering knight,
Elena is not that simple and easy to deceive, but after Richard's reminder, Elena also noticed that Natalie did not have the violent and crazy aura of most undead, but was very calm and sober.
, there is only the pure aura of death on his body.
This is actually one of the reasons why Richard is willing to recruit Natalis. If Natalis is as homicidal and violent as the previous hell tribes or undead, Richard may have no choice but to give up in pain. After all,
His forces as a whole still belong to the lawful order. Richard can accept his subordinates' ambitions, but it is difficult to accept his subordinates' cruelty and bloodlust. If he has this kind of problem, the stronger he is, the more trouble he may cause to Richard in the future.
Looking at Elena who was slowly letting down her guard, Richard knew that this hurdle had finally passed. Compared to Moriel's randomness and the ignorance of others, Elena, the real priest hero, was what Richard was worried about.
Fortunately, Elena is not that kind of fanatical believer. She has her own thinking ability and does not blindly shout and kill.
"I am going to the south this time. The Titans should be placed under your command first. The Snow Giants should have some kind of covenant with the orcs. In addition to being optimistic about the Ice Flame Tribe, we must also be wary of other Snow Giant Tribes."
"Yes, sir!"
"It's safe for you to go south this time..."
"With me by Sir Richard's side, no one can hurt him."
When talking about this issue, Natalie, who always maintained a cold attitude on the side, interrupted Elena with a sudden sentence. Although the two of them were not as tense as before, it was definitely impossible to say how harmonious the relationship was.
"It's okay. My safety is guaranteed. I need you to work harder. There can be no problems with the Ice Flame Tribe and the Mana Crystal Mine. If there is any accident, please contact Lin Te at the Demon Suppression City at any time to mobilize the army.
"
"Please rest assured, sir, that nothing will go wrong."
Richard nodded. With Elena's ability and adding a Titan to take charge, if nothing else happened, there wouldn't be any problems. It's just that the Ice Flame Tribe and the Mana Crystal Mine, especially the Mana Crystal Mine, are very important to Li Cha.
It is too important for inspection, so I have to remind you again and again.
After handing over the Titans to Elena's command, Richard did not need to stay any longer. Natalis and Elena were like a pair of enemies, so it was better not to let them have contact with each other until the magic power was restored.
Use teleportation to take Natalie back to Ironwood City.
…
"Sir Richard, an urgent message from the south."
Not long after Richard returned to Ironwood Fort, people from Yusidu rushed over. Because there is a stable channel for cold spring gems in Pare, the interests of both parties are also deeply involved. There has always been a special communication channel. Fengniao
The letter can be delivered to the other party within two days.
Richard opened the letter handed over by his men, carefully removed the wax seal, and spread the letter out for a few seconds before he revealed a knowing smile.
Parley is always a bit unconventional when it comes to serious matters, so dealing with him is more interesting than dealing with the eldest prince.
There are only a few words in the letter:
"Brother-in-law, come quickly and add more money."
However, through this simple letter, Richard was able to get a lot of information. The situation in the south has deteriorated faster and more dangerously than imagined, and the strength of the Sea Tribe is probably greater than what was described in the intelligence shared by Parley before.
Be stronger.
Otherwise, everyone is not a philanthropic person. Pare's initiative to raise the conditions must not be due to conscience, but the difficulty of the matter may be much higher than initially expected. In order to avoid making everyone look bad, Pare took the initiative to propose "
Add money".
We must go, and we must seize the time, otherwise if the Pare side collapses, not only will a large amount of trade income in the south be lost, but the stable channel of gem resources will also be cut off. This is Richard's lifeline and must be preserved.
What Richard needs to consider now is how many men he will take with him. In the original plan, Richard planned to take the red dragon with him and head to the south for support, but now it seems that the situation is worse than imagined. The original plan required
Make adjustments.
After weighing it up, Richard decided to bring three high-end combat forces, namely Ultimate Hydra, Red Dragon, and Natalis, to go south. The Red Dragon can maintain deterrence, and Natalis is the trump card and guarantee of safety.
The Ultimate Hydra is more suitable for use on the southern battlefield because of its ability to fight in water.
"Someone go and summon Ms. Moriel and Steward Egg."
"Yes, sir!"
Although the decision had been made, Richard had only been away for at least half a month, so he still had to explain things properly.
"Lord Lord."
"Master Richard."
Soon the two of them rushed to Richard.
"No need to be polite, sit down."
Richard quickly explained in detail his decision to go south and the possible orc attack in the near future. Moriel wanted to command the army, while Egger was in charge of Ironwood City's supplies. The two of them needed to prepare in advance.
"I will definitely make sure they never come back!"
Compared to Egg, who looked a little worried, Moriel looked extremely confident. After being here for so long, Moriel probably had some understanding of the strength of the human kingdom and the surrounding forces.
Richard left her a golden dragon, an outstanding swordsman and an ice giant with level 7 combat power, plus more than double-digit champion knights and a large number of system soldiers, as well as two legions of ordinary human legions, she
She is confident that a partial army of orcs will never be able to get an advantage from her. It is unrealistic to compete with the main force of orcs. It is no problem to deal with a partial army. What's more, Lin Zhongcheng still has a good force.
The barrier (elf) army, although small in quantity, is of considerable quality and can support each other at any time.
"The training ground of the Dragon Army can be borrowed from the Stone Castle. Don't waste twenty units a week."
In addition to upgrading the system army, the training ground can also be effective on indigenous soldiers. However, the effect is not as obvious as the system army, and they have to stay for a full week. However, the improvement effect is relatively good. Elite soldiers can become quasi-knights in a week.
, a peak quasi-knight has nearly a half chance of being promoted to a knight after a week of training, which is perfect for building an indigenous legion to replenish officers.
"Dragon Army will not let you down, my lord."
There was even a hint of expectation in Moriel's tone, not for the place in the training camp, but for the battle that was going to happen next. It seemed that she had not fought for too long, and she urgently needed to loosen her muscles and bones and recover some of her stiffness.
"Uncle Egger should arrange the supplies needed for the army."
"The expansion of the Stone Fortress must also be carried out at the same time. The expansion will be based on the template of Ironwood City. There is no need to make the scale too large."
"Yes, Master."
Because the funds are still abundant, Richard has taken some big steps recently. Even preparations and construction are being carried out at the same time. He must seize every moment to develop and become stronger.
…
South, Posey City.
Several major nobles in the city were discussing matters in a small hall.
"If we don't pacify the Hai Clan, my family's pearl business will be completely ruined."
"Don't talk about it. My fleet has hardly caught any fish recently. Usually at this time, they would have already started selling to the capital."
"Don't you still have a velvet business?"
"Nonsense, if it weren't for the velvet business, I would have to beg for food."
This group of people are all nobles above the earl of Percy City. It is just the topic of their discussion. If you don't know better, you may think they are a group of Percy merchants, and refer to them as merchants. I am afraid there is no sense of disobedience at all.
"Prince Pare asked each of our families to contribute. My family sent out 500 armored guards alone, and the knights led the team. Even though we paid a lot of money to go in, there was no effect."
The speaker was an earl. Although these people looked like businessmen, they were still upper-middle-class nobles, and they still had some strength. One knight and 500 soldiers would definitely not be the full strength of an earl, but
Contributing so much to the cause is considered to be a favor to Pare.
"There are quite a few people from my family. I heard that they are all being trained under Prince Pare. It seems that Prince Pare is still waiting for reinforcements?"
"The same goes for Prince Pare. How long has it been, and he is still watching helplessly as the main force of the southern army is transferred to build some kind of northern line fortress group to defend against something? Should he defend the royal capital?"
"Be careful what you say, be careful what you say."
"Aren't I also anxious? Seeing that the Hai Clan is getting more and more advanced, the Southern Corps is still not doing its job properly. It's all up to us and the garrison who can't hold up the wall to fight against the Hai Clan. The recent ports are
I’ve lost quite a few.”
"Okay, just say a few words. Prince Pare did the right thing, and the supply of supplies to the Southern Corps must be guaranteed."
"But Lord Varaya..."
"It's nothing to worry about. Let's make our preparations. When the reinforcements that Prince Pare said arrive, we will naturally have a solution."
The Marquis of Varaya was originally the highest-ranking nobleman in Posey City and had always been the representative of the nobles in Posey City. However, this time he uncharacteristically supported the mobilization of Parley and the Southern Corps, leaving the following counts temporarily confused.
"By the way, didn't Prince Pare summon us here to discuss matters?"
A group of them had been sitting and chatting for a long time without seeing anyone from Pare, and finally someone raised a question.
"What kind of monster is that!"
"And there is the sky. Is there a giant dragon in the sky?"
Just when they were wondering, there was a loud noise outside the city lord's palace.
Parley, who had been sitting quietly in the room and was too lazy to go to the meeting hall, finally smiled and stood up and walked outside the room. He looked up and saw the red dragon that had swelled in size, with a relaxed smile on his face.