It may not be too long, but for the soldiers on the march, it feels like a century.

They braved the night, risked falls, and endured exhaustion in the Confused Mountains, and kept going, going, and going. In the end, they are like soulless skeletons, moving their limbs mechanically, numb to follow the flow of people, or to pause for a short time.

Finally, when the eastern sky was bright, the leading team, a fully armored knighthood, stepped out of the Confusion Mountains, and stepped on the flat ground with both feet.

In front of them, a boxy city was outlined, a border trade staging post in Sharin, with few people, garrisoned by soldiers, but not many either. To be honest, no one thought that there would be an enemy all of a sudden.

The knight in costume looked at the city and began to line up in silence, and behind them, the rest of the soldiers who had walked out of the Confused Mountains joined in.

For a moment, thousands of people silently launched a collective charge.

The reason why he was silent was not because he wanted to keep it hidden, but because his throat was dry and hoarse, his strength was almost exhausted, and he was in no mood to shout, and he just wanted to use what little strength he had left where it should be used.

Rush.

Approach the city gates.

The wizard takes off, and the knight in the costume activates the magic pattern.

Flames burned in the city.

By the time the flames were extinguished, the city had already changed hands - after all, it was a humble frontier town in Sarin with little resistance.

......

After the city was conquered, Sauron soon got two pieces of news.

One good news, one bad news.

The good news is that from this small frontier city, you can follow the avenue paved by sarin and go straight to the hinterland. It was not until the center of the sarin, near Atlanta, that it was possible to be blocked by the sarin army by virtue of the terrain.

The bad news is that it's a trade staging post with a lot of stockpiling, but it doesn't have what they need most at the moment – food.

The explanation of the captives in the city was that more than half a month ago, the grain had been crossed off the trade list for no reason. The daily food needs are transported from Atlanta over long distances, and there are still three days before the next shipment.

"No food, three days?" Sauron muttered to himself in the tent of the temporary staff outside the city, his eyes a little deep, and he felt that he had guessed something, but he could not be sure.

......

Atlanta City, City Hall Penthouse Office.

Richard was a rare place to be, and Jasmine, the vice-lord of Sharin, was relaying news from various places.

"That Sauron, a bit of a powerhouse, found a shortcut in the Confused Mountains, and suddenly arrived at Meath City. After conquering the city, he used the city of Meath as a stronghold, and was rushing towards Atlanta along the main road.

Because we don't have a lot of troops, most of them are fighting with the opponent's left and right flanks, and a small part is kept in the Confused Mountains for blockade, so it is difficult to organize new troops to resist the opponent. Before I report to you, eighteen cities large and small have been conquered or surrendered in a row.

In addition, in several neighboring territories and special garrison areas, after the first wave of offensive forces were defeated by us, the second wave of offensive forces was organized, which is really surprising. They have now also entered the territory of sarin, taking five or six small cities. Also because of our troops, we can't organize and effectively resist.

It seems that it will not be long before most of the entire sarin will be lost, except for the area around Atlanta, which can be entrenched. ”

Speaking of this, Jasmine paused and looked at Richard: "Of course, this is all what you expected, Grand Lord Richard?"

Richard glanced at Jasmine and asked, "You seem to have a little emotion?"

"How dare I. Jasmine shrugged, "After all, you are the true lord of Shalin, and although I have paid so much for Shalin and planned the construction of almost every city, I am just a laborer, isn't it?"

"What do you mean, do you want me to take action and solve these small troubles at the moment?"

"Aren't you going to make a move?" Jasmine said strangely, looking at Richard, "If you don't make a move, most of the sarin will be broken." Maybe the area around Atlanta is the core, but the rest of the area is my own work, and I don't want to be destroyed and rebuild it will take too much energy. ”

Richard raised his eyebrows: "I do have the strength to solve the problem, but I am waiting for a result, if I can, I want to solve the problem more thoroughly, rather than by me to solve the problem superficially, because then there will still be trouble in the future."

As for the issue of sarin being broken, there is no need to think about it now. I know you've done a lot for Saline in recent years, and I'm here to promise that after this war, you'll get what you want in advance – to become Sika royal orthodox – if you still want to at that time. ”

Jasmine paused for a moment, and for a moment there were many questions she wanted to ask, and after thinking for a while, she selectively asked: "What result are you waiting for?"

"What are we ......," Richard said, looking halfway through his office as he looked at the office door, and Jasmine followed.

Footsteps sounded outside the door, and then the door was pushed open with a "creak", and a bare head squeezed in first, followed by the body, it was Neo Heruville, the head of the Green Source Castle.

Holding a black metal box in his hand, with excitement on his face, Heruville walked quickly to Richard and handed it out, and said loudly: "Lord Richard, three days, do what you say, I have brought you the successful results you want, you can check it." If you're not satisfied, you can just kill me here, after all, when I go back, I may also be killed by those guys who stayed up all night for three days. ”

Richard didn't say anything, just took the box, opened it gently, and took out the contents.

Jasmine looked at her curiously, and saw that what Richard was holding in her hand was a green, fist-sized fruit, with a moist appearance, as if it was rich in water, and it was very delicious. But other than that, there's nothing special.

What's the use of that?

Jasmine wondered.

The next moment, her eyes widened, and she saw Richard suddenly bring the green fruit in his hand to his mouth, "click" and take a bite, chew and swallow.

"Click" another bite, chew and swallow.

"Click" third and fourth mouthfuls......

It took about a minute for Richard to finish the whole fruit.

Jasmine was a little stunned, to be honest, she had known Richard for so long, and this was the first time she had seen Richard eating like a normal human. Before, she thought that Richard didn't have the function of eating at all, even if he was hungry, he still drank nutrient solution.

After Richard finished eating the fruit, he looked at Heruville, thought for a moment and asked, "The green source fruit you delivered now seems to have a conversion rate of about thirteen percent, which is about three percentage points higher than the expected ten percent." ”

"Huh. Hruvel smiled, "That's true, it's three percent higher." But this is not my credit, but the credit of those people you found for me temporarily, Lord Richard, they are not very good, but their ability has to be said to be very strong.

After letting them stay up for three days, they have reached the point where they are now, and I propose to let them stay up for another half a month, which is likely to increase the energy conversion rate of the Green Source Fruit to 20%. ”

"Staying up late for half a month?" Richard shook his head, "I'm afraid that when the time comes, they will really kill you." ”

He patted his hand lightly and said, "Okay, so far, the Green Source plan has finally succeeded." It's a little late, but it's not too late, at least our enemies haven't made it to Atlanta yet. Next, you Green Source Castle should prepare well, and inform the Black Sun Castle so that they can start implementing the Black Sun Plan. ”

"It's getting dark. As he spoke, Richard looked out the window at the bright sky.

Heruville's smiling expression slowly became serious, and after listening to the words, he took a deep breath and nodded: "Yes." With that, he turned and walked out.

Inside the door, Jasmine frowned and looked at Richard and asked, "It's getting dark soon, what do you mean?"

That's what it means literally. Richard replied, "Wait, you'll know at once." ”

"How long will it take?"

"Twelve hours. ”

......

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