After returning to the Raza region, Ryan only made a quick tour of Amethyst City, which had been designated as the capital, before leaving for Fort Irongate.

The Iron Gate Fort is located on the north bank of the upper reaches of the Skazadan River and is the only city built on the north bank of the Skazadan River. The city stands on the banks of the only shoal in the upper reaches of the Skazadan River that allows for large-scale passage of troops. In previous years, the Dothraki who had gone south to plunder had crossed the river from here to the Raza wilderness. And Ryan learned from the troops stationed here that some scout cavalry had recently begun to appear near the fort.

Thankfully, with radio and the Rose Crystal's network of faith, Ryan can receive news from everywhere wherever he is. It is clear that the Dothraki did not know that the Lazarins had now established an efficient system of surveillance along the river, and in two months there were five or six thousand scattered men crossing the river to rob, but after being lured deep into the river, they were all annihilated under the siege of mobile troops and gunboats on the river, and not a single person could escape back to the north bank of the Skazadan River. Now it has become a place shrouded in the fog of war for the Dothraki.

Naturally, they also realized that crossing the river in batches was equivalent to sending them to death. According to intelligence along the river, only extremely scattered Dothraki reconnaissance teams have crossed the river in the past month, and each time they do not leave the river for more than twenty kilometers. Several times the Dothraki squad had been spotted, but by the time the mobile force arrived, they had already crossed the river and fled.

Now the most intensive reconnaissance area is the Iron Gate Fort area, but under Lane's orders, the army will only shoot to disperse those enemies who are too close, and the reciprocal reconnaissance mission is in charge of the alchemy bird flying in the sky. According to the results of aerial reconnaissance, there were only a few elite reconnaissance units in the vicinity of Tiemen Fort, and there were no large forces at least for a day's rapid cavalry march.

In previous years, in addition to collecting tribute from several city-states, the Dolasks came to the Raza region to acquire slaves. And it is impossible for them to be unresponsive to such a big change this year, so now everyone can only wait for the enemy to appear in the Iron Gate Fort. Fortunately, the Raza area is dominated by plains, and with the help of a large number of robots, the railway has been repaired to the other side of the river. And this year's sudden burst of productivity has led to a bumper harvest of food and other products, giving the 15,000 soldiers of Iron Gate Forts enough logistical strength to continue waiting here.

Especially when the Rose Crystal spent the night in the Iron Gate Fort for three days, it can be said that the morale here is very high. Organizing to watch movies (mainly cartoons), competitive competitions, and listening to sermons by the clergy known as the Crystal Sacrifice also contributed no small amount to maintaining morale. In this case, Ryan believes that his patience in waiting is far higher than that of the Dolasks, whose main source of wealth has been cut off.

And while waiting, the news of the great changes in this land also began to slowly spread outward. A month after Ryan took charge of the Iron Gate, in October of the year 297 Aegon calendar. A delegation from afar came to the Iron Gate Fort.

The mission consisted of only a dozen men, led by a man dressed in beaded robes, with dark purple-blue skin and blue black lips. The person behind him was dressed similarly to him, with pale skin and blue lips.

"Is this the Avatar?" Ryan thought with some impoliteness. However, as they walked into the hall, Ryan sensed a chaotic and faint magical response from them, and they looked like they were still in the prime of life, but they were aged and emaciated by the perception of life magic.

"Huh, wizard?" "Glad to see Ryan in this world who is willing to communicate, even if they seem to be in terrible shape. After all, those who attacked him with very rough blood or shadow curses before, and as a result, he was easily crushed to death by the angry rose crystal, which only allowed Ryan to ask for some knowledge by torturing the soul.

After some brief exchanges, Ryan learns that the wizard of their Quells is led by their leader, the Immortals. The Immortals claim that they are scholars who have come to find the true meaning of magic, and that they have come to confirm the existence of magical powers.

Ryan received them in a friendly manner and arranged for them to stay in the Crystal Capital first. After all, he had to command the war recently, and he didn't have time for academic exchanges.

So after they left Iron Gate for the Crystal Capital the next day, Ryan put the matter behind him, until he was awakened by the Rose Crystal while he slept three days later.

Rose Crystal was in such a hurry because the witches who were guests had done something very evil: they had broken into the Crystal Temple at night, killed several priests and guards, and taken away the chest where Rose Crystal was resting, which was enshrined there as a holy relic.

Because after being canonized, even if it is a parallel god, the rose crystal has the ability to teleport to each other in its own temple. So she felt that something was wrong and immediately teleported back to the Crystal Hall from the temple of Iron Gate Fort, just blocking the group of murderous and over-the-top villains.

The wizards tried to resist with magic, but fighting the gods in the main temple of the gods was a pure act of death, and even though the Rose Crystal was a parallel commodity, they still easily killed the bandits. Later, through the torture of the souls, she discovered that the wizards discovered that the existence of the chest could enhance the magic power of the wizards when they visited the Crystal Temple, so she wanted to snatch the box back to Quells.

This made Rose Crystal very angry, especially since the wizards didn't have to hurt the people in the temple. So she teleported back to Iron Gate Fort to discuss with Ryan how to retaliate.

After enduring the drowsiness and discussing until the sun was rising, the two finally came up with a revenge plan. The next morning, after bidding farewell to the Rose Crystal that was now on a merchant ship in Quells through his shrine, Ryan yawned and returned to his bedroom for a good night's sleep.

A week later, while at the office, Ryan saw the little puppet rush in. It seems that she has gained a lot from this visit to Quells. In the excitement of the little puppet, Ryan finally figured out what she had done.

As soon as he arrived at Quells, he blew up the Hall of Immortals with magic, but under the temptation of mastering the magic power, all the wizards who stayed in the Temple of Immortals turned into licking dogs of Rose Crystal. For a week, Rose Crystal was there collecting all kinds of magical materials and training the wizards to become their own clergy.

The Nature's Rose Crystal didn't forget to help Ryan get the docks and shops in Quells's newborn country, and with the help of the wizard who had acquired supernatural powers, he easily took the property of the previous four slave city-states in Quells. After handing over the property with the caravan personnel, Rose Crystal returned to the Iron Gate Fort with a large pile of magical materials.

For the rest of the day, Ryan studied materials that had been copied on leather, on wooden boards, and even carved in stone. While continuing to deal with a variety of things.

It was not until November that Ryan received news from the merchants that Kaodogo of Karatha, the most powerful of the Dothraki, had gone to Pantos to the west to marry a wife, and that he might not return for a while.

This news made everyone feel a little depressed, and some commanders suggested that it was possible to relax the alert level first, after all, this state of maximum alert is a bit faster in terms of resource consumption and personnel fatigue. However, these proposals were rejected by Lane, because he felt that since the enemy was the most terrible Kao in the grassland, he must not be underestimated.

Sure enough, half a month later, an alert came from a number of outposts in the west: a cavalry team of about 100,000 people on the north bank of the river was rushing east day and night, looking like it was going to raid the Zara area.

And the aerial reconnaissance of the Rose Crystal also proves this, and the decisive battle between two peoples who have been hated for centuries is about to break out.