Chapter 117: The Apostles in Exile (4)
I have to say that the courageous defense line built by the Danmos Empire can be said to be the most massive project in human history (contemporary humans) for tens of thousands of years. The Courage Defense Line stretches for hundreds of kilometers from north to south, and the thick parts are dozens of meters wide, and even the narrow places are several meters wide. Ensure that when the war breaks out, the normal passage of soldiers will not affect the battle. It also guarantees the accessibility of military facilities.
In the event of a war, only a force of thousands of men needs to be deployed every few kilometers, and it can easily fall below the enemy's attack tens or even hundreds of times. Because the Line of Valor was not just a defensive wall, but also a large granary and armory. The food stored in it was enough to support an army of 100,000 men for a year. Moreover, on the side of the Danmos Empire of the Courage Line, there are also tens of thousands of reserve troops stationed to support the possible crisis of the Courage Line.
At the beginning, the old emperor of the Danmoth Empire, who was responsible for building the Courage Line, had the idea that if the Dammoth Empire faced a huge internal crisis and lost most of the land in the country, then the Courage Defense Line could serve as the second capital of the empire to perform administrative duties, because the Courage Defense Line was not so much a huge defense line as a super-large fortress.
In addition, the Courage Line was not originally designed for the Kingdom of Magellan. To be precise, the Courage Lines had already been prepared before the Apostles had invaded the human world. And the planned line of courage is not only on this side, but also on the western border to build exactly the same line of courage. It's just that the Kingdom of Magellan lost a large area of territory under the attack of the Apostles in a short period of time, and the Apostles unexpectedly did not attack the adjacent Damos Empire, so that the courage defense line that would have taken several years was completed in less than half a year. But after all, it was done in a hurry, and the final appearance is too different from the original design.
Although the project is basically the same as the blueprint, and it is true that hundreds of thousands of troops are stationed according to the blueprint. Although these armies defended not only the apostles, but also the kingdom of Magellan, which was already in danger of survival. In addition, although there are many troops, there are not many elites. When the Kingdom of Magellan was about to become the kingdom, due to the agreement reached with the Apostles, the Danmoth Empire sent almost all the elite troops to the western border. There is the Deloma Empire, which is called an empire like them, and there are also countries and forces from other parts of the continent that want to cross the borders of the Danmoth Empire to support the Kingdom of Magellan.
And as for the line of courage? That's just disgust with what the Duke did for the world to see. After deliberate arrangement, the soldiers stationed in the Courage Line in the east were basically old, weak, sick and disabled, and it was only when the Apostle's army came to the city that the panicked old emperor of the Danmos Empire sent the elite troops of the country to the Courage Defense Line to garrison. It was only for the next few months that the apostles were able to resist the invasion.
In addition, although the Courage Line had enough ordnance to support a major war, it did not have enough food to last them long. It can be said that under the arrangement of the disgusted duke, it is impossible for the Courage Line to exert the ability that was conceived for it.
But then again, if it weren't for the Duke's dismantling of the Danmos Empire within the Empire, the Courage Defense Line really wouldn't have been so easy to breach.
At this time, Jun, who was standing under the wall of the Courage Defense Line, was worried about how to cross this majestic defense line. It is a huge swamp, and the side of the swamp is also covered with lush trees. Looking down from the Courage Line, this is just a very ordinary swamp and dense forest, and due to its characteristics and the devastation of war, there are not many animals living here. However, there were many corpses, human and beast corpses mixed and entangled, exuding a thick, disgusting stench.
Perhaps due to the apostles' perception of the environment and the special terrain of the terrain, there should not be anything that would choose to pass through the Courage Line from here. Moreover, both sides of this line of courage were the spheres of influence of the apostles, and could there be anything else but the apostles passing through? It was only after receiving the wanted warrant for Jun that a team of more than 20 apostles was symbolically dispatched here to garrison here.
Cowering in the middle of a mass of corpses in the swamp, Jun naturally didn't know all this, and the reason why he was here was only because not long ago, he had killed a group of apostolic troops that he happened to encounter that were chasing him. This skirmish didn't last long, Jun only took less than five minutes to easily kill the entire group of more than 110 apostle soldiers, without leaving a single survivor.
This is not because of Jun's cruelty, among the more than one hundred and ten apostolic soldiers he killed, one soldier even once served with Jun, even in a squad. Of course, they served together before Jun was transformed. In that long or short time, I was still relatively familiar with that soldier, and even the relationship was very good. But now, Jun can only kill him. can only kill this own comrade-in-arms.
If you don't kill him, then Jun's whereabouts will undoubtedly be exposed. And after being exposed, then the end of the king will come. Not only the army of the apostles who heard the news, but also the various elite armies under the Lost Lord. These armies are not the only ones in the world. Of course, the name must have changed now.
So, after whispering sorry, Jun killed all the soldiers in this group, and then did not forget to dig a large pit and bury all the corpses inside. Used to cover up evidence. After completing this work, Jun also immediately ran here to hide, if it had been exposed before, this should be the safest place so far.
Fortunately, after lying on his stomach for three days in a row, Jun did not notice that there were any pursuers. And in the direction of the Courage Line, there were no troops coming down from above, which made the worried Jun suddenly feel a lot more relaxed. Taking advantage of the darkness of the night, Jun began to observe the section of the Courage Defense Line where he was now. Since it was a cloudy day, there was no moon in the sky, and Jun looked up, and the black and oppressive Gundam Courage Defense Line gave Jun a feeling that this Courage Defense Line could collapse at any time.
Of course, you know that such a scene can only exist in a dream. Although Jun has always looked down on the cowardly country of the Danmos Empire, Jun still has to admire the courage to defend his line. If the armies of other human nations had been used to defend this line of courage, the apostles might not have been able to break through this wall. And the disgusting Duke of the Danmoth Empire, hehe, he was just a joke, thinking that by cooperating with the Apostles, he could make his independent small kingdom exist in the cracks of the Apostles' vast empire.
Compared to now, the role of the line of defense of courage is much smaller. Even if it was originally built to defend the Kingdom of Magellan, it still played a defensive role. And now, it's more like an ornament, a kind of display. Jun even heard from the Apostolic soldiers stationed in the Courage Line that they were no longer soldiers, but storekeepers.
Of course, Jun must not think so. As one of the former cronies of the bereaved master, Jun knew very well that although on the surface it seemed that the current line of courage was no longer taken seriously, the bereaved lord was secretly stationed with an elite army of apostles every few kilometers. At the same time, thousands of secret sentinels were scattered on both sides of the Courage Line. And in this swamp, there are still a few secret sentinels that were killed by Jun not long ago.
Because of these secret whistles, Jun knew that he couldn't easily climb over the line of courage. But it was also because of these slain sentry posts that the cautious Jun didn't know that just above the wall of the Courage Line, there were not a few apostolic soldiers guarding at all, and at this moment, there were only three lazy trying soldiers looking around listlessly.
Jun became more and more anxious, for he didn't know where he was going now. Although this swamp still seems to be very safe, and due to its characteristics, Jun believes that there will be no apostles who will come here for a while. But this is now the territory of the Apostles, and even the safest place will become dangerous over time. Would you dare to stay here for a long time? No, he wouldn't.
But where is he going now? This is now the land of the former Kingdom of Magellan, and there is only one country adjacent to the Kingdom of Magellan, and that is the Dammoth Empire. No matter which direction you go, you will have to pass through the Danmoth Empire, which is the sorrow of the country within a country, and it is also the sorrow of Jun now. Although there is no courage to defend in other directions, it is the rear of the apostles' long-term activities, and hundreds of large and small apostolic settlements have been established in those places, which is a strategy for the apostles to immigrate to the human world, and a way to limit the activities of the apostles. The latter, of course, was formed unintentionally.
Probably, the best way to do this is to climb the Courage Line from here and head to the Danmoth Empire. Otherwise, what else could you do? All the other directions, each of which is to return to the hinterland of Magellan's kingdom. To the north, you can reach another frontier of the kingdom of Magellan, but there is a lightless abyss, which is more impassable than the current line of courage.
What's more, there are countless apostolic armies patrolling back and forth, are you really sure to hide from under the noses of those apostolic armies? What's more, I'm afraid I'm afraid I'm already coming to the human world to look for him. After all, if he caught himself, it would be a great achievement, and it was impossible for him to let go of such a good opportunity.
Jun gritted his teeth and spread the pair of wings behind his back. Although they are wings, they can only support short-distance flights. I don't know if this was a mistake in the original transformation, or if it was deliberately done by the mourner, all in all, although Jun now has wings, he can only fly short distances like a bird. But now, Jun has to pin his hopes on this pair of short wings.
Jun jumped lightly, and with the power of his wings, he came to the top of a large tree nearby. Jun couldn't fly to the top of the wall of the Courage Line at once, but first flew to the top of the tree and then used his strength to fly over the Courage Line. And this is also the most effective and only solution that Jun thought of in a hurry.
Luckily, the branches are dense and the branches are extremely resilient. After Jun landed on the top of the tree, he immediately took advantage of the elasticity of the tree to desperately urge the wings on his back to fly towards the top of the Courage Defense Line, which was two or three hundred meters high. This section of the wall is not the tallest of the entire Valorant Line, but it is also not the shortest.
It's just that the effect of this first attempt is not as good as you imagined. When he was still seventy or eighty meters away from the top of the defensive line, Jun began to fall slowly. On the way down, Jun slapped himself in annoyance, hateful, just a little bit.
After falling back to the ground, Jun first looked around, for fear that his series of actions would arouse the alarm of the nearby apostles. After a silence of almost ten minutes, after making sure that none of the Apostle soldiers had spotted them, Jun tried again. And this time the results weren't much better. After being less than thirty meters away from the top of the city wall, Jun fell again.
If you don't grow in setbacks, you will perish in setbacks. Jun, naturally, is not a person who gives up so easily. When he tried for the eighth time, Jun still failed, but he found good news. That is, less than fifty meters from the top of the city wall, there is a small protrusion. And this protrusion was just enough to support him. And he, whether he stood on it or grabbed it, was able to fly to the top of the city wall with the help of this force.
As long as no apostle notices his current movements at this time, then Jun can pass this line of courage safely. The king, who had fallen back to the ground, prayed secretly that he would not be discovered by the apostles. However, will he really be able to do so?
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