The winter of the Beamon Empire's God of War calendar is 1228.

After the orc army ended the battle against the Alpine Giant Khanate, in addition to leaving 40,000 soldiers to guard the stalagmite plateau, and 20,000 soldiers from the Rhine Lion Clan War God Legion needed to protect the Lionheart Emperor's triumphant squad and return to the empire itself, the remaining 130,000 elite divisions that had passed the baptism of blood and fire on the battlefield of the Western Expedition suddenly marched eastward, incorporated into the Imperial Northern Army, and threw themselves under the account of the wolf leader overseer, and began to fight against mercenaries in various places on the grasslands of northern Xinjiang.

For the wolf-headed overseer who led the Bloody Fang Cavalry Regiment to the north and barely stabilized the erosive situation in the northern grasslands, but was trapped by the insufficient number of soldiers and was never able to completely exterminate the mercenary forces, he finally no longer faced the dilemma of being overstretched in terms of strength and often demolishing the east wall to make up for the west wall.

The wolf leader overseer army with a large army in his hand immediately arranged a new battle plan, and he divided the northern army, which suddenly reached 180,000 troops, into five clusters in the southeast, northwest, and northwest, and began to attack in all directions, launching a comprehensive sweep against the mercenary groups in all parts of the grassland. At this time, it happened that the mercenary groups of the grasslands suffered heavy losses in the dragon slaying battle organized by the mercenary union of Torrent Castle, especially many high-level mercenaries or mercenary group leaders died in the Zagaroni Mountain. Therefore, in the case of the strength of the orc northern army and the rebel mercenary group, the combat offensive launched by the orc northern army injected with fresh blood went extremely smoothly, and in just over a month, more than a dozen mercenary groups with considerable strength were destroyed.

And before that, when the seven-star sword saint steel sickle released the news that the orc army of the western expedition had divided 130,000 troops to march eastward on the top of the snowy peak of Zanmodaya, the surviving people who participated in the dragon slaying battle went their separate ways.

Among them, Senna took three of his subordinates and set out on the road back to Fort Glory under the stars, preparing to organize a daily mercenary group to deal with the upcoming crusade of the orc northern army.

Daniels returned to the Byzantine Empire, preparing to hand over the Magic Crystal Stone video evidence in his hand to his teacher Urban to accuse Francis of colluding with the Byronists. Before leaving, Daniels invited Ethrodius to go with him to the Byzantine Empire, but he did not accept the invitation as Ethrodius continued to search for clues to the left arm of Thorn in the northern steppes. But Ethrodius promised Daniels that when he was free in the coming day, he would definitely go to Byzantium to drink and talk with him.

As for the blade side, because Adele and Julie still have to go around to find out the news of the Silver Dragon King, and after this dragon slaying battle, the friendship between the three deepened and became friends, so the two girl dragons no longer forced the werewolf boy to follow him to take care of the diet, but parted ways and went their separate ways to do what they wanted to do. So the blade took the hell roar with him and went to the Boulder Castle with the steel scythe.

On the way to Boulder Fort, Blade inquired in detail about the division of the Imperial Expeditionary Army's eastward march to the west, and learned that Steel Sickle also received the news on the way to Riptide Castle. Now that the Wolf-Headed Overseer has enough troops, he no longer lacks the skills to divide his forces, and with his understanding of the Wolf-Headed Overseer's combat style, he believes that the Wolf-Headed Overseer's army is likely to use a fierce attack on the mercenaries on the grassland. Now, no matter which mercenary group, including the Red Flame Fire Dragon Mercenary Regiment that occupies Riptide Castle, it is no longer possible to stop the iron hooves of the orc army. Therefore, the steel sickle allowed the blade to no longer scout Riptide Castle

At this moment, in a large and bright office in Boulder Castle, Blade was standing in front of Fury Wind.

Blade immediately asked to see his father as soon as he arrived at Riptide Castle.

The wolf-headed overseer was startled at first when he saw the blade suddenly coming to Boulder Fort, and then his face collapsed violently. Blade's heart fluttered when he saw his father's cloudy face

Knowing that his return from Riptide Castle was not what his father wanted, he quickly explained to him.

After listening to the sharp blade's explanation, the wolf-headed overseer was stunned for a few minutes before he cried and laughed: "This steel sickle, I guess I saw that you are my son, and I only sent you to carry out a reconnaissance mission with little danger, but you just ran to participate in some dragon slaying battle, thinking that you are too risky and restless, for the sake of your safety, so I just found an excuse to walk you back to me!"

"Even if I have enough troops now, it is not difficult to take Fort Riptide, but as the commander of an army, who would think that the reconnaissance of Fort Riptide has become unnecessary? At least I know more about Fort Ripwater's military situation, so when I organize and plan the battle against Fort Ripwater, I can also reduce the casualties of the soldiers!"

After listening to the words of the wolf-headed overseer, Blade was stunned for a moment, and then immediately asked, "Father, do you need me to leave for Riptide Castle immediately?"

"No need!" the Wolf Overseer shook his head and said, "In that dragon slaying battle, you have already exposed your identity in front of the leader of the Red Flame Fire Dragon Mercenary Regiment, and if you go to Riptide Fort again, the risk has become too great." Plus, enough of the information you heard and brought back during Dragon Slayer. Unexpectedly, that guy named Francis was not only a sword master, but also a person sent by the Byzantine Empire to stir up trouble in the northern steppes. In fact, seeing that the Red Flame Fire Dragon Mercenary Group was so well-equipped before, I had long suspected that there was a Terran kingdom in the Eastern Continent secretly supporting them. After all, in the current racial composition of the grasslands in the northern frontier, the human beings who were originally just immigrants have become the majority, and it is impossible for those insatiable human kingdoms in the Eastern Continent not to covet such a large piece of land!"

"Hmph, these humans, with their powerful reproductive ability, are growing in population on the continent and occupying more and more territory. The most fertile places on the continent were almost all occupied by them. Now even in such a barren place as the northern grasslands, they are actually targeting! Especially the Byzantium, which borders the empire, usually harasses the eastern frontier of the empire from time to time, but it does not add to the blockage of the empire!" snorted sharply.

Speaking of this, Blade suddenly asked, "By the way, father, now His Majesty the Lionheart Emperor has completely defeated the Alpine Giant Khanate. In the past, there were rumors in the empire that after the defeat of His Majesty Stuttgart in the previous emperor, His Majesty the Lionheart Emperor would conquer the Alpine Giant Khanate again in just a few years, because he wanted to realize the thousand-year-old wish of our orcs to enter the eastern part of the continent, and was ready to attack Byzantium, the biggest stumbling block for our orcs to enter the eastern continent, so he would spare no effort to solve the worries of the Alpine Giant Khanate, I wonder if this rumor is true?"

After pondering for a moment, the Wolf Leader Overseer said slowly: "His Majesty the Lionheart Emperor is known for his great talents! When I was young, I traveled to the continent with him, and when I came to the human countries of the Eastern Continent, he did show his envy for the treasures of the Eastern Continent and the abundance of land fat. As for whether he will attack the Eastern Continent in the future, I can't be sure. After all, Byzantium, as the most powerful of all human nations, has been in the east of the empire for thousands of years, and has blocked the eastward expansion of the empire several times. Even if His Majesty the Lionheart has the heart of this expedition, he must consider doing what he can. The bloody example of the empire's repeated failures in the eastward advance is there, and the previous emperors have learned from it, and although there have been many skirmishes on the border between our two countries for hundreds of years, there has never been a major war fought with the strength of the whole country......!"

Just as the Wolf-Leader Overseer and Blade were talking about the intricate history of the struggle between the Beamon Empire and the Byzantine Empire, a bloody infighting broke out in Riptide Fort, thousands of miles away from the Boulder Fortress.

Fort Riptide, the headquarters of the Red Flame Dragon Mercenary Regiment.

In the earth-shattering shouts of killing, the two factions were wearing the same red standard armor, and the Red Flame Fire Dragon mercenary warriors who used to be robes each other were fighting each other.

The attacking side, which has the upper number of fighters, has a white cloth wrapped around the arm of each fighter to distinguish it from the defending side with fewer fighters.

As the attackers' fighters continued to advance, more and more of the defenders' fighters fell in pools of blood.

And in this bloody Shura field full of swords and swords, as well as severed arms and stumps, there is a fat figure with both hands on his back, walking leisurely and slowly as if he was strolling leisurely.

This fat man with calm and calm on his face is none other than Francis, the leader of the Red Flame Fire Dragon Mercenary Group.

When Francis walked to an inconspicuous hut in the northwest corner of the Red Fire Dragon Mercenary Headquarters, he finally stopped.

Francis knew that from this day onwards, after he officially defected to the Byzantine Empire, the person he most wanted to kill was inside.

At this moment, hundreds of Red Flame Fire Dragon mercenary warriors with their arms wrapped in white cloth had surrounded this hut. Two of Francis's henchmen, Albert, the captain of the First Brigade of the Red Fire Dragon Mercenary Regiment, and O'Byrne, the captain of the Ninth Brigade, that is, the cavalry brigade, were among them.

And this seemingly inconspicuous hut is actually a magic communication room with a long-range magic communication device built by the Red Flame Fire Dragon Mercenary Group with the help of the huge resources of the Byzantine Empire.

On the steps of less than ten steps in the magic communication room, more than twenty corpses of the Red Flame Fire Dragon mercenary warriors belonging to the attacking side had been piled up on top of each other at this moment. The blood under the corpse had already collected into a river, flowing down the stairs.

Not only that, but the pile of corpses on the steps stretched all the way into the magic communication room, and God knows how many people died inside.

When Francis saw this, his brow furrowed deeply and he asked Albert, "What's going on?"

"General......" As soon as Albert said the title, he saw Francis's eyes glaring, and he quickly changed his words: "Great Elder, Lieutenant General Jose...... Ahem, José's rebellious still doesn't want to join the Holy Church, so we've forced him here!"

"Forced here, I think José took the initiative to break through here and relay the news of our mutiny back to Byzantium through magical teleportation, right?" Francis snorted.

"This ...... Albert was speechless.

"Since he's in the magic communication room, so many of you haven't taken him down yet?" Francis asked lightly.

However, when he asked this, Francis was no longer facing Albert, but turned his head to look at the cavalry captain under his command, a high-ranking knight who had cultivated to the peak of the eighth level of fighting spirit, Obein.

O'Barn immediately replied: "Great Elder, when Albert and I were discussing with Jose in the council hall today how to deal with the transfer of more than 100,000 orcs to the west, we took advantage of his unpreparedness and suddenly made a sudden attack, and dealt him a heavy blow in one fell swoop. But Jose is a ninth-level powerhouse after all, he fought his way out of the siege and fled from the council hall to the magic communication room, and then we have sent several times to attack the magic communication room, but ......!"

"Alright, no need to say it!" Francis waved his hand, "I'll work with him anyway, I'll give him one last ride!"

With that, Francis lifted his feet and stepped on the steps in front of the magic communication room, stepping on the pile of corpses and walking into the magic communication room.