Putos Fortress, as the forefront of the Free Empire's defense against the invasion of the Holy Light Empire, the city wall is seventy meters high, and the stone of the wall is one of the hardest rocks on the continent - granite! The thickness of the city wall is seven or eight meters, even if it is not promoted to the Grom, a full blow can only make a small gap about two meters deep in the city wall.

The east side of the fortress is against the desert, and more than ten kilometers to the west is the steep side peak of the Qilian Mountains - Ganda Peak. If the Holy Light Empire wants to enter the interior of the Free Empire, the first thing to take is the fortress of Putos.

Another feature of the fortress is that although it is strong enough, it is limited to the north and west. The east side has a certain amount of defense, but it is far less than the northwest side, and as for the south side, it can be said that it is completely undefended.

Since the war between the Free Empire and the Holy Light Empire, the fortress of Putos has changed hands many times. From the early days of the empire with the desperate resistance of the fortress of Putos, to the later period gradually turned to a retracting defense, and the clear field was fortified. The fortress of Putos has gradually changed to what it is today.

Now, the main role of the fortress of Putos is to guard against the surging offensive of the Holy Light Empire in the early stage, and to buy enough time for the military and civilian war in the north of the Free Empire. Once the Free Empire is ready for war, the fortress of Putos will be abandoned. The war of fortification and defense will turn into a mobile war of attrition, and the Holy Light Empire has already suffered losses for hundreds of years under this tactic.

The soldiers of the Holy Light Empire will smooth out their morale in the fortress of Pudos, and even if they finally occupy Pudos, they will not get any benefit. The Free Empire will not leave them with a single resource, and during the days when the Holy Light Empire is delayed in the fortress of Putos, the northern borders of the Free Empire are all ready for war.

For such an important fortress, Nilander undoubtedly paid enough attention. In addition to the impregnability of the fortress itself, the strength of the troops stationed here is also quite strong. 50 level 9 masters, 300 high-level warrior knights, and 10,000 regular soldiers.

There are also dozens of magic towers around the walls, where 20 high-level magicians are permanently stationed in the Magic Guild. The magic tower is a high-rise building that can protect the mage from attack and can use all its strength to cast magic, as a powerful long-range killing force, the role of the mage in defending the city is self-evident.

After the Free Empire opened the Academy of Magic, the Magic Guild fell out with the Empire for a time and 'pumped' back the mage's defensive power. However, the Free Empire quickly fought back, expelling the Magical Guild strongholds in major cities, cutting off the supply of resources to Jifen and cutting off the source of magical materials for magicians.

The Magic Guild led by Sugard was in a difficult situation for a while. However, Sugard did not compromise because of this, and the two sides were tense, and the situation was very tense for a while.

However, this situation only lasted for a year, and through Harry's recommendation, Chilly and Alan became the two honorary elders of the Dark Demon Temple, but they did not practice dark power, but secretly obtained a lot of magical knowledge from the demon god. Although the Demon God no longer cultivates elemental magic, the elemental mysteries he originally mastered are also a lot of wealth, and of course Harry will not let it go.

Soon, Chilly and Alan, two knowledgeable old magicians, sorted out a set of magical theories that could give magicians who had gone the wrong way hope for advancement under the existing conditions. The orthodox magic path requires too much 'essence' divine power, and ordinary old magicians have no hope of advancing at all. And the cultivation system invented by Chilly and Alan can maximize the use of magic to increase the power of magic.

Although this system does not allow traditional magicians to finally advance to the fourth order, it can allow many high-level magicians to unleash magic that is comparable to the power of fourth-order masters. Undoubtedly, this is also a way to improve their strength, which has given hope to many high-level magicians.

At the same time, Alan and Chilly formed a new Magical Guild under the jurisdiction of the Free Empire, taking over all the Magical Guild strongholds except for Jifen. Moreover, it vigorously absorbs the personnel of the original Magic Union, as long as the magicians who enter the new Magic Union, they will get new cultivation methods for free and continue to improve their strength.

Many magicians have long been disgusted with Sugard's 'friendship' with the Free Empire, and in addition to being 'seduced' and 'confused' by new cultivation methods, many magicians, especially some high-level magicians, because their strength has reached a bottleneck. 80% of the original Magic Guild was poached by the nascent Magic Guild, and Sugard only had some of his diehards and a lonely Jifen City, and he couldn't afford to make any big waves.

The New Magic Guild soon merged with the Academy of Magic, as a magical force under the Free Empire, to gather strength to defend against the impending attack of the Holy Light Empire. Chilly was inaugurated as honorary president, and Alan was the official president. Pudos' magical defense team was quickly restocked.

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"The Holy Light Empire seems to be a little 'tempted' lately......," the Supreme Commander of Putos, Kiaru, was in the barracks, checking the information with a solemn face.

"In the past month, the Holy Light Empire has gathered heavy troops on the border, putting on a posture of going to war, but it seems that there has been no further action. One of Kiaru's generals spoke.

"Your Majesty has already 'handed over' the generation, and this time we are facing a completely different opponent than before, so we must not be careless!" Kiaru is worthy of being a steady veteran.

"No matter what, if the Holy Light Empire wants to break through the fortress of Putos, it is absolutely impossible!" The general's self-confidence was not without reason. In previous years, the Putos Fortress was abandoned by the Free Empire on its own initiative, in order to lure the troops of the Holy Light Empire into the north, lengthen their supply lines and disperse their forces.

If the Free Empire insists on defending Pudos, the Holy Light Empire may not be able to defeat it. However, in this case, the attrition and losses of the Free Empire are far greater than the introduction of the other party into the interior to fight a mobile war. Moreover, what the Holy Light Empire lacks most is supplies, which generally have to be withdrawn after less than two months.

"In fact, the Holy Light Empire also knows that the longer they delay in Pudos, the more unfavorable the war will be in the later period. Now that Pudoshitun is heavily guarded, I think they must be hesitating as well......" Kiaru pondered for a while, and ordered: "Strengthen the guard of the fortress, and don't let the enemy take advantage of it!"

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"The moonlight must be bright tonight. Semetis had a faint smile on his face as he looked at the setting sun in the distance.

"I wonder why the king delayed his attack on the Free Empire for a month?" said Ssol as he stood beside Semetis, and behind him was an army of three thousand men. This is also the trump card of the Holy Light Empire, the Bright Crusade, of which the worst strength is also level 7.

"The fortress of Putos is the greatest reliance of the Free Empire! I've been backlogged at the border these days to remind the other side that we're coming......" Semetis's eyes flashed with an unfathomable look.

"What is the king's intention in doing this?" Thor is now the leader of the Light Crusade and the number two of the Holy Light Empire.

"In fact, the most important thing in fighting is psychology and momentum! I want to use this first battle to completely destroy the psychological defense line of the Free Empire, and I want them to know that our Holy Light Empire is invincible! The fortress of Putos is now as fragile as paper paste for us...... I hesitated here for a month, just to let the other side's confidence and momentum swell to a limit, and completely defeat them in this situation, and their hearts will always leave the shadow of fear of our Light Crusade! I also want the entire free empire to understand that the light ...... It's omnipotent!"

Semetis spread out his hands and waved them slightly.

"As soon as the sun goes down, we will attack!"

"Yes!" Ssol replied.

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"There's a situation!" the sentry on the walls of Putos quickly noticed something unusual. Although night had fallen, the faint 'milky' white holy power carried by the Bright Crusader troops was very dazzling in the dark night.

"Raise the alarm and prepare for battle!" the commander on duty at night quickly gave the order. The situation in Pudos suddenly became tense, and the defenses on the city walls were quickly arranged, and the magician entered the magic tower, ready to deal a heavy blow to the enemy at any time.

"How many are the enemy troops?" asked Kiaru in a deep voice as he reached the tower.

"It seems that there is only one vanguard force, about 3,000 people. The sentry replied from the watchtower.

"What the hell does the enemy want to do?" Kiaru 'revealed' his suspicion and 'confusion', and with 3,000 men, he wanted to attack the city?

A few minutes later, the Bright Crusade arrived in front of the Stronghold.

Ssol slowly rose into the sky, far away from the towers of Pudos.

"Surrender...... Or death?" The indifferent words slowly spit out from his mouth, causing the generals on the city tower to feel an inexplicable oppression.

"What are you kidding!" Kiaru slammed his fist into the rock above the castle tower, exuding a thick layer of fighting energy to resist Ssol's invisible pressure.

"Whatever you choose, I'll take over the Stronghold before dawn!Now, give you ten seconds to think about it......" Soon, a 'one' came out of Ssol's teeth.

Click! Kiaru clenched his fists. With this little force, he also wanted to attack Pudos, but the confident momentum of the other party did not allow him to have the slightest suspicion. After many years of fighting, Kiaru has never felt like this, as if he is an ant in the opponent's hand, and he will be pinched to death at any time.

What the hell is going on! Could it be that he has fallen for some evil spell? Kiaru didn't believe that the young paladin in front of him could put such pressure on him.

"Four ......" and "Five ......"

It is absolutely impossible to surrender! How could he be afraid of the other side when he led more than 10,000 soldiers, including 7 or 80 warriors and magicians who had reached level 9!

"Eight ......"

"Nine ......"

"Attack!" A faint order spat out of Ssol's mouth, and all the soldiers of the Free Empire on the entire city tower clenched their weapons nervously.

Two dazzling white lights rose from the ranks of the Crusaders and stood on either side of Ssol.

Four huge holy wings appeared behind them, and the dim sky suddenly brightened. The milky and white holy light shone on the faces of the soldiers of the Free Empire, full of fear and panic......