Since the fall of Herin City, Karin has led her army to rest in the city for a few days, taking advantage of this time to take a good inventory of the tens of millions of stone of grain piled up in the city. At this moment, these grains are very important strategic resources, and when they are transported to the outskirts of the imperial capital and to the hands of those who are affected, it will be transformed into the heaviest attack on the "emperor" of Iken.

However, tens of millions of stone of food sounds like a lot, but if it is not properly disposed of, it is likely to be consumed in the blink of an eye. As a result, her army remained under the city of Herrin for nearly ten more days.

During this time, the main force of Duke Jon, who had been facing Duke Uverick in the east for nearly two months, was withdrawn from the front line, and the 10,000 cavalry of the vanguard, led by Count Rickard, had rushed to the city of Herring. In addition, most of the second-rate princes who had been watching finally saw the situation clearly and began to raise troops in response to Karin. Duke Ufrik also organized a force of over 30,000 men to leave Eagle City - of course, no one would think that he had risen up to pursue Duke Jon. Before the Eagle Rudder City Lord raised his army, he honestly sent a letter of allegiance to Karin, explaining that he had already seen that Her Royal Highness the princess was the real Lord of Destiny Auckland, and the reason why he fought so hard was to fight for you early until the death, but it was only because of the instability in the territory that it was delayed to this day, so it was a pity that it also caused a misunderstanding among Duke Jon......

Everyone knows that this old guy is too undisciplined, and such a serious remark makes everyone a fool, but everyone can't find anything wrong. After all, since the beginning of the civil war, the Duke of Eagle Rudder City has never taken a position, at least not officially.

Due to the addition of the princes and lords, even if you don't add the main force of the two dukes who are still lagging behind, 60,000 or 70,000 people, and the 30,000 elite soldiers who stayed in Herin City to maintain supply lines and guard prisoners of war and grain and grass, when Her Royal Highness the First Princess of the World left Herin City and continued to go south, the army under his command still exceeded 200,000 people.

Of course. The 80,000 soldiers under the city of Nahrin escaped at the last moment, and some people, in order to express their gratitude, prepared to change their families and continue to serve as soldiers to eat the emperor's food. However, even the world's first princess is very arrogant. At this time, they did not look forward to the combat effectiveness of these surrendered troops, so they selected a reliable scattered and formed into some auxiliary troops, responsible for some transportation and supplies, road and bridge construction and other work.

The last military stronghold north of the imperial capital, the Lion's Throat Pass, was originally garrisoned by 10,000 people, but when the military vanguard of Her Royal Highness the World's First Princess was still half a day away. And the whole army abandoned the city and fled. The defender, Baron Gobol, did not even have the courage to appear in the imperial capital, and his whereabouts have not been known ever since, and then it has become one of the secrets of the world's military history.

Then the army stopped again and began to prepare for this very important sacrifice. This is what the wind is talking about.

The ancient Hirols, the majority ethnic group of the Holy Auckland Empire, identified this place as their home thousands of years ago when they discovered the vast and fertile land at the confluence of the Solmis and Grona rivers. They held up the fertile soil of the two rivers and bowed down to the goddess of light in the sky, thanking her for giving the people of Auckland such a hard-won imperial foundation. After thousands of years of multiplication. The ancestors of the Auckland people used this Lianghe Plain as the ruling core and base, and began to expand in all directions, and slowly established their hegemony as the world's strongest empire during the period of the human-dominated Black Iron Civilization. As a result, the area of the Two Rivers Plain was called "Sereditir" by the Aucklanders, which means central. The administrative units here are theoretically at the same level as the provinces in various places, but the governors of the provinces have always been appointed by the close branches of the imperial family, the prime minister, and even the crown prince himself.

Even today, when maritime commerce is extremely prosperous, and Sereditir's taxes have been surpassed by the coast, he is still the most densely populated area in the entire empire.

Of course, Auckland has also had its share of wars and turmoil in history, plus a long period of empire. Naturally, control of the Seredith region has changed hands several times. However, every warlord who leads his army into Seredith will spend more than half a day performing a ritual of worshipping the heavens, which is also in keeping with the long-standing tradition of the Aucklanders. Auckland people believe. Expressing gratitude and respect to your ancient ancestors and the goddess of radiance who sits in the sky, will allow you to gain the respect of this fertile land of Seredir, so that you can secure the supreme throne in the city of radiance, otherwise you will be quickly driven away, and even the life and death will be wiped out.

Karin and her rebel leaders believe that it is legitimate and legitimate to seize the throne and start a civil war. But it is more necessary to follow an ancient ritual tradition in order to show one's righteousness to the world and to the gods of heaven and earth. This is the same reason that the emperors in Lu Xi's hometown often make some auspicious things, or go to Mount Tai to worship the heavens with money and money. What's more, more than half of the more than 200,000 troops currently gathered under the banner of the world's first princess are lords from all over the Aucklands, who may be ignorant, brave, or despicable, but at least they are traditional enough, and they are of course full of sacred fear and sense of mission for ancient rituals.

Of course, it is all the more necessary for Karin, as their lord and representative, to complete this sacrifice in person.

The ritual is simple, as a warrior commander, Karin must travel single-handedly to the confluence of the Solmis and Grona rivers, where the Aucklanders call the "Source of the Empire".

The ancestors of the ancient griffin dynasty once built a 200-metre-high statue of the glorious goddess here, which has become the most famous attraction of the entire Aucklanders. The huge statue of the goddess is so intimidating that from a distance, it seems that the knees of ordinary people may go limp. The idol wore a helmet and armor, a sword at his waist, a scepter in his left hand, and his right hand stretched forward, pointing to the northern wilderness in the distance. At that moment, the goddess of radiance seemed to be the patron goddess of Seredith and the people of Auckland, intimidating the invaders from the north with her supreme divine might.

Even a well-informed traveler like Lu Xi, who is accustomed to seeing spectacular buildings on the surface, was indeed deeply shocked when he saw this architectural and artistic marvel for the first time, looking at the 200-meter-high, lifelike colossus of goddesses.

The participants in the ritual must use their helmets to pick up the water at the confluence of the rivers at the feet of the goddesses, and at the same time mix a little bit of their own blood.

Once all this has been done, participants are required to return to the army with their own helmets filled with river water mixed with their own blood. In full view of the army, he drank a third of the water himself, showing respect for this god-given land. A third of the water is poured into the 100 jars of locally produced spirits. Distributed to all the soldiers, it means that the whole army will protect this land of Sereditil together. The last third is poured into a fine bottle of fine wine and thrown into the sky, an expression of gratitude and faith in the goddess of radiance.

Overall. There is nothing extravagant about the ceremony, and it is a bit rough and primitive. Lu Xi pondered it carefully, and there was still a bit of the taste of the unity of heaven and man, and he immediately felt that he was a lot taller, although he offered blended wine to the eldest sister of the goddess, the legendary queen of the gods. made Lu Xi feel that he couldn't complain.

However, tradition is tradition, everyone has done it, and for thousands of years, the Seredir region has indeed been in good weather, and there has not even been a major natural disaster...... Maybe Sister Serokhia just likes to blend wine?

Of course, there were some other lip glosses at the ceremony. Due to the proximity to the statue, the vast meadows and woodlands near the statue have been designated as royal hunting grounds by successive Auckland royalty, and are home to a particularly rich variety of animals. From rabbits, pheasants, wild boars, and stag to wolves and bears. It is said that if a military leader completes the ritual and encounters a large animal while fetching water, and when he succeeds in hunting with guns, it is considered a blessing from the goddess of radiance - for example, a stag means that you will rule Seredithir for a long time, a wolf means that you will soon defeat your enemies, and a bear means that the faction or empire you are about to establish will be strong for a while, and so on......

All in all, Her Royal Highness the World's First Princess said goodbye to the crowded camp like this. Riding her beloved white horse, Betisha, towards the river. According to ancient tradition, she could only be alone on this journey, and could not bring any of her subordinates to escort her. If he were a pure commander who couldn't use anything from the neck down, this journey would have thrilled him and his men for a long time. But Karin is different, she has already laid the foundation for her strength to enter the transcendent realm by fusing the heart of the Holy Spring, and now her personal strength has reached the golden 7th order, and she can barely do it with one horse. Some ordinary large carnivores pose no threat at all, and her own state of mind is naturally very relaxed.

Her Royal Highness the First Princess of the World was actually very lucky, as she rode through the woodland and was about to reach the river. When I looked up, I could already see the huge statue of the goddess, and I really met a brown bear that had just finished hibernation and was starving with its chest against its back. The thinner and hungrier the animal, the more aggressive it becomes, and the beast doesn't even realize that even the magically bred horse under the crotch can trample itself to death with its hooves. Immediately from Karin "whined" pounced.

Her Royal Highness the World's First Princess felt a little ridiculous, and she didn't even bother to draw her sword, so she raised her hand, and the magic of the pure holy light turned into a "shock retreat" in the divine art. The bright white light rippled through the air, knocking the brown bear back and smashing several trees in a row. Rolled out of the woodland, hit the ground, and fainted on the spot.

Her Royal Highness the First Princess of the World is not a murderer, and of course she is not ready to kill this brown bear, after all, people also hunt for survival. She just planned to stun the brown bear directly, and then symbolically said that she had succeeded in "hunting", and it would be good to leave some dry food.

It was supposed to be such a happy story, but when the brown bear fell out of the woodland, it suddenly let out a stinging exclamation of "oops".

Karin was slightly stunned, and suddenly realized that it was a stranger. Her eyebrows tightened, her right hand already held the "Heart of the Blazing Sun" in her palm, and she rode out of the woodland quickly.

The majestic and majestic statue of the goddess was on the other side of the river, and on the shore on this side, a group of healthy horses were tied to the stones next to it, and a brown bear that had been smashed to pieces was lying half-dead on the shallows, and under the bear's belly, there was a low groan of pain, obviously a person.

If it were an ordinary person, if he was smashed by these hundreds of kilograms of brown bear, he would lose half his life even if he didn't die, but this guy was not only obviously alive, but also had the physical strength to scream, which means that he is still very healthy.

Karin took the big sword in her hand, rode forward, carefully looked at the person under the belly of the brown bear, and then opened her mouth slightly, and her eyes widened in surprise: "Huh, how could it be you?"

“…… Your Highness!" The young man under the brown bear showed a surprise that far surpassed Karin: "It's finally been you've arrived. (To be continued.) )

PS: So, let's go ahead and ask for tickets