Moreover, the technology content of black powder is really not high, and some of the materials in it can even be replaced by something, as long as it can achieve the purpose of burning and exploding.

As these forces were put into production in large quantities, it was not long before black powder began to proliferate.

Therefore, the Eternal Night Warlord is no longer hidden, and not only has he begun to sell black powder in large quantities, but he is also introducing various uses.

Fireworks are one of them.

Naturally, there is Sean's bad taste in this.

A New Year without fireworks is tasteless.

Although this New Year is not the same as the other New Year, the smell of gunpowder is the same.

"It's a bit of a tyrannical thing to do. "Princess Regent, Sophia's Iron Daughter's Illness, has begun to commence again.

"I think that's the most correct way to use black powder. Sean said with a serious face, "Don't you think it's a very meaningful thing to be a weapon of war that can become an item for entertaining the public?"

Sophia shook her head and said: "I don't feel the meaning, their value should be on the battlefield, not just to create visual effects, and you transported so much black powder into Valesta and outside the palace, you didn't even inform me in advance, it's too daring, beautiful is beautiful, but this unexpected surprise, I don't like it, I don't want to have a next time." ”

Princess Regent's reaction made Sean stunned for a while.

To be honest, he really didn't think about it so much, he just wanted to surprise Sophia, isn't it a very romantic thing to take his girlfriend to see the most beautiful fireworks?

Unexpectedly, when it came to her, it became a safety issue.

Sean is not such an easy person to be hit, shrugged his shoulders and said: "There is no next time, at least not in Valesta, next time I take you to see our territory, it's no problem, right?"

It seemed that she also felt that her attitude was too rigid, Sophia softened her tone and said: "There is naturally no problem with this, when the time comes, you can do what you want, you can make it as big as you want, and, I just said this, it doesn't mean that I don't like it, as a lover, you do this, impeccable, but from the perspective of the regent, it is very inappropriate for you to do this, a little careless, it will cause trouble for the two of us, I have already said before, I am now the regent of the Lancelot royal family, and I am Sophiela." ”

"I'll pay attention next time, but since it's already happened, there's no point in worrying about this, it's better to take the opportunity to enjoy this rare beauty, and live up to the risk I took so much, isn't it? Sean nodded at Prince Laurie not far away, "Maybe I won't need to do it sneakily next year." ”

The new king, who was about to be pushed to the forefront, did not have so much consideration and entanglement as Sophia, and his attention was all attracted by the beautiful fireworks, if it weren't for the fact that the princess regent was next to him, he would have yelled excitedly.

With this posture, he doesn't need Sean to bring it up next year, he will take the initiative to find the Eternal Night Leader, and he doesn't even have to wait until then.

"You have a point. Prince Laurie's performance made Sophia a little dumbfounded, she had been in this position for too long, and she was a little nervous.

Fortunately, this situation will not last long, and he can unload it, and before that, it is not impossible to relax his nerves once in a while, and it will be a vacation for himself to work hard for the Lancelot royal family for so long.

Sophia, who let go of the burden in her heart, was once again immersed in the fleeting dazzling colors of fireworks, which was mixed with Sean's tenderness and sweetness, which made her even more intoxicated, women are visual animals, even the princess regent is no exception.

Sometimes women are so conflicted.

......

While most of the cities of the Byron League were in a New Year's revelry, there was one exception - the Broken Blood Keep.

In this city, there are no traditional festivals, and their only festival is called Triumph Day.

The city has many names and names.

It is the northern gate of Byron's mouth, the place where the soul rests, and under every piece of land in this city, there is the blood of heroes, and there will be a heroic soul resting here.

It is also the gate of heaven in the mouth of the Odin orcs, as long as they capture this place, they will open the gate to heaven, and it is also a place where bones are buried, and the land here is also buried with the bones of Odin orcs.

In terms of popularity, it is even above the royal capital Vallesta.

Many people can say that they have not heard of the royal capital, but they will not have heard of the Broken Blood Castle, because this is a city that is directly related to their life and death.

It is more appropriate to say that the Broken Blood Fortress is a city, rather than a huge military fortress.

More precisely, a city with many walls.

The Broken Blood Fortress, as the name suggests, is built on a mountain breach.

It bears a great resemblance to the Northern Fortress of the Eternal Night Army, but compared to the Grand Canyon of Odin, the gap where the Broken Blood Fortress is located is inevitably larger, a full twenty-three kilometers, and it is in the shape of a trumpet.

The wide side is on the Odin savannah, and the narrow side is on the side of the Byron Union.

The 23 kilometers I just mentioned refer to the narrowest place, and there is no way to block the wide place, which is hundreds of kilometers.

As a military fortress that has been war-torn for a long time and has changed hands several times, it has achieved the ultimate in defense.

There are four layers of walls, one thicker than the other, and one higher than the other.

Not to mention the towers and arrow posts, which are densely packed not only over the entire fortress, but also on the hills on both sides.

All the shelters existed to cope with the war.

The soldiers practiced day and night.

In terms of training, no team in Ashaon could surpass the soldiers of the Broken Blood Keep.

Even in recent years, the Odin orcs have not even approached a hundred kilometers from the Broken Blood Fortress, and they still have not relaxed in the slightest.

Because the ruler here is Archduke Cedric, the lion of the Strachrich family, a professional soldier in the truest sense of the word, and from the moment he was born, he has all the virtues of a professional soldier.

What kind of commander leads what kind of soldiers.

There is a commander who is not only strict with others, but also strict with himself, how can he bring out a group of lazy and lazy soldiers?

A group of knights galloped from the direction of the Odin steppe.

When there were still three or four hundred meters away from the first city wall, this group of knights grabbed the reins with a brush, and the galloping horses stood up one by one, showing a superb riding skill, compared to the Odin orcs who lived on horseback all year round.

At the same time, a series of thick arrows stuck not far from them, and if they hadn't stopped just in time, this rain of arrows would have fallen on their heads.

The knight jumped off his horse and unfurled the red banner representing his identity, before cautiously moving towards the city wall and said in a loud voice: "I am the captain of the Eighth Ranger Squad, Sothir, and I ask for a strict identity. ”

This time, there were no more arrows on the city, but the surrounding city defense ballistae had already turned their direction and aimed here, and the cold light behind the female wall was even more flickering, and I don't know how many archers were already waiting.

The slightest mistake in this knight's performance will be pierced by ten thousand arrows.

Soon a voice came from above the city and asked, "Eighth Ranger Squad, please wait, who is your direct superior?"

"Squadron Leader Yarus, Captain Karl of Yarus. Sothel replied quickly, without thinking about it.

"What are you doing on this trip?" the voice from the city asked.

"Reconnoiter to the northwest and monitor the movements of the Tiger Claw Tribe, a core member of the Western Odin Empire. South's answer was clear.

"Very well, correct answer, Captain Southsoul, as soon as you answer the last question, you can go home. The voice at the head of the city was visibly relieved and became much kinder, "According to the records, there is still a month before the end of your mission, and the rangers who took over your mission have not yet set off, so why return early, this is not in accordance with the rules and regulations of the rangers." ”

"It's true that it doesn't meet the Ranger Code Regulations, but according to the Emergency Response Regulations, if you find that there is a large-scale military movement on the target, you can return to the emergency response regulations in advance, and now I am fulfilling the Emergency Response Regulations. Southel replied.

"Hasn't this emergency response regulation been revised, first report to the Messenger Mountain Eagle, and if the military department feels the need, then call you back to your life? Why don't I have a notice here asking you to come back and return to your life?

"Messenger Mountain Eagle, what Messenger Mountain Eagle?" This question obviously stumped Sosil, and the sweat on his forehead flowed down involuntarily like a stream, but as a well-trained knight, he was shocked but not confused, and replied truthfully, "I don't know what Messenger Mountain Eagle is, and I don't know about the change of emergency response regulations, I just follow the normal process." ”

"I'm sorry, I made a mistake, you set off on June 23rd, and the emergency regulations change was officially implemented on July 30th, and Captain Southel doesn't know what's going on, it's normal. This reply did not come from the head of the city, but from the gate not far away.

A crack had opened in the closed door, and a group of soldiers came out of it, and the knight opened his arms and said to Captain Sothle, "Welcome home, Captain Sothor." ”

"Thank you. Captain Southel let out a long sigh of relief, his nerves seemed to be relieved, and he turned his head and whistled at the team behind him.

The rangers, who were silent and sat on horseback like javelins, also breathed a sigh of relief, turned over and dismounted, and walked towards the city gate, still a little careful in their movements, lest they cause misunderstanding and be shot to death by their own people at the door of their own house, which is a bit sad.

The reason why both sides were so cautious was that this group of sentry cavalry came from the direction of the Odin steppe.

They all have significant Odin orc characteristics, not only in appearance, but also in clothing, which are no different from the Odin orc cavalry.

The only thing that can show that they are different is probably that kind of spirit and uniform movements.

This is something that can only be achieved after more than several years of hard formal training.

Neither the old East Odin Empire nor the newly rising West Odin Empire are good at this piece.

It's not that they don't want to do this, it's that their social system can't support their large-scale military training, and once the number of fighters exceeds a certain number, their logistics system will collapse, and they can only be distributed over a vast land through a straggler state.

Having the physical characteristics of an Odin orc does not mean that it is an Odin orc.

This phenomenon is very common in the Broken Blood Castle.

The process of war is also a process of ethnic integration.

Whether it is Odin's orcs attacking the Byron Alliance, or the Byron Alliance's counterattack, it will be accompanied by a series of tragedies, and those half-breeds are the biggest tragedy.

They are rats in the cracks, neither recognized by the Byronic League, nor treated by the Orcs of Odin, they can only live in the dark corners, humbly, no matter which side finds them, waiting for them either butcher's knife or endless slavery.

At least until Archduke Cedric ascended the throne, this was the case.

When Archduke Cedric came to power, the situation changed dramatically.

Archduke Cedric advocated attacking instead of defending, and he strongly disagreed with the Strachrich family's previous concept of cowering in the Broken Blood Castle and passively waiting for the Odin orcs to knock on the side.

He believes that offense is the best defense, and they should take the initiative to attack before the Odin orcs accumulate enough strength, breaking them all by one, so that they are always in a bleeding and weak state, and when they knock on the side, the threat formed is not so great, and they don't even have the ability to knock on the side.

But Grand Duke Cedric soon discovered that the biggest problem against the Orcs was not how to defeat them, but how to find them.

The Odin steppe is so vast that the tribes have no permanent place to live and are always nomadic.

They sent out a large army, but they walked around the steppe, but they didn't even find anyone, but they lost their troops - the harsh climate of the Odin steppe, at such times, was their worst enemy.

However, ordinary reconnaissance posts are obviously not easy to use here, and the difference in appearance between the two sides is too great, and it is very easy to be surrounded and suppressed by the Odin orcs.

Archduke Cedric set his sights on the unpopular half-breeds, began to gather them in large numbers, and trained them so that they could fight for themselves.

Archduke Cedric not only openly acknowledged their identities, but also married the daughter of a well-known mulatto elder as his wife.

This not only caused an uproar in the Broken Blood Castle, but also caused a magnitude seven or eight earthquake in the Byron Alliance, and the then kings of the Lancelot royal family inquired about it.

After all, it is an old rule that the royal family of Lancelot and the Strachrich family are married, and Archduke Cedric already has a marriage contract at that time.

The royal princess, who was saddled with the marriage contract, felt that she had been humiliated intolerably after receiving the news, and tried to commit suicide by jumping into a well, although she was rescued, she also hid in the convent of the Virgin Mary, vowed not to marry for life, and died of depression at a young age.

It is precisely because of this incident that Archduke Cedric's tough personality has emerged and decided that it is right, and he will not take into account the eyes and pressure from the outside at all.

To put it mildly, this is called having a decision.

It's hard to say, it's called stubbornness.

Which kind of statement it is depends on the final result.

So far, Archduke Cedric is famous all over the world, and both his friends and enemies can't help but give him a thumbs up and praise him, this is a true knight - a true knight of the kingdom.

Clearly, his persistence paid off.

Although Archduke Cedric, the half-breed wife, died of a postpartum hemorrhage after giving birth to a son for him.

But his attitude has shown that he has naturally won the active support of those homeless mestizos.

In the words of Archduke Cedric, bloodline is not the key to a person's belonging, the real key is people.

When you treat them with the attitude of a loved one, why won't they reciprocate with you as a loved one?

As it turned out, Archduke Cedric made the right choice.

The rangers, composed of these half-breeds, continued to infiltrate the Odin steppe and collected a lot of information for the Broken Blood Fortress.

Under their leadership, Archduke Cedric led the world-famous Broken Blood Cavalry, frantically attacked, and in just a dozen years, wiped out more than forty or fifty Odin orc tribes of all sizes, reversing the situation that has been attacked by Odin orcs and guarded by the Byron alliance for hundreds of years.

Archduke Cedric not only made himself famous all over the world, but also cultivated the wolf nature of a new generation of broken blood riders.

As for the capture in the process of the crazy attack, it was purely incidental, and the integration of a large number of steppe horses made the combat effectiveness of the Broken Blood Horse to a higher level.