The moon of spring flowers quietly came, the snow melted, everything grew, and the Sana'a River was frozen for a winter, and the river began to flow again.

As the main river that traverses the Magic Duchy, the Kingdom of Meryl, and most of the northernmost tundra of the Merlin Empire, the Sana'a River is known as the "Mother of the Tundra" and the "Gaunt Lifeline".

However, the Sana'a tundra has always been known for its sparse land, desolation and barrenness, except for the eternal sails of the transport fleet on the Sana'a River, which fed many wharf villages and towns along the Sana'a River that relied on the logistics and transshipment of the northern route, in the past, there were almost no Terran settlements above the village size on the Sana'a tundra.

However, the centuries-old desolation of the tundra was shattered more than a year ago.

First of all, the plague that arose from the Principality of Magic, spread to the Kingdom of Meryl and the Duchy of Stuart, and even spread to the northern border cities of the Duchy of the Pontor Mountains, which caused tens of millions of displaced people to flee in panic and go south to avoid disasters, while some people were blocked by the border post and could not go south, thinking of the barrier of the plague by the cold of the tundra, they fled to the border of the tundra with their families.

When the news came that the terrible plague of death had been contained by the mighty Mage Tower and the Duchy of Stuart, the fleeing people thought they had escaped and considered whether to continue waiting for news or return to their hometowns to see what was going on, the conscription order was issued again.

The conscription team came to the refugee villages, dragged and pulled violently, and took away all the young men over the age of sixteen and under the age of sixty with ropes and whips.

The women who had lost their pillars could not cry in despair, but they were ordered to recruit women to cook for the garrison, and the wages were negligible, but they could barely feed the old and the young, giving these women and children who almost jumped into the river a way out.

It is not uncommon for women to be seen in the million-dollar garrison camps.

Garrison?

Yes.

In just two months, hundreds of thousands of militiamen recruited from the north of the Sana'a River built a huge fortress on the cold plain with sparse mossy grass, and millions of huge troops were stationed in the middle of the tundra, and the Sana'a tundra turned into a thick and long front in a blink of an eye.

It was only then that the forcibly conscripted militiamen learned of the abandonment of Gaunt City.

The entire Sana'a tundra was cleared of the wilderness, and all the people living on the tundra were expelled and forcibly conscripted, without giving the demons any chance to create an army of the undead and spread the plague.

The tundra of Sana'a turned into a new battlefield on the Northern Front.

The illiterate peasant militia did not know the significance of the city of Gaunt, and perhaps some old people were still talking about the glory of the city in the past, but with the arrival of batch after batch of troops, military propaganda and ideological control, no one talked about the glory of the city that never fell again.

But anyone can feel that an invisible cloud hangs over everyone's heads, and the civilians who cannot control their fate can only feel a sense of security when they see the continuous camps and the dust of the war horses flying.

The barracks were depressed and strict, and there was no room for more ideas.

The north bank of the Sana'a River has long been turned into a huge barracks, and the Sana'a tundra has become a vast battlefield.

Although this front is not as prestigious as Gaunt City, it is thicker and has enough depth to accommodate the tactics of the Terrans against the army of the undead.

The war has been stalemate on the tundra for nearly a year, and the ice and snow undead who have left the ice environment seem to be faintly showing some weakness.

Every day, a steady stream of troops must be stationed, and there are also wounded, sick and disabled people who will leave with the coffins of martyrs.

No one knows where the hope of an end to the war lies.

In this barracks that accommodated millions of soldiers, everyone, whether soldiers or slaves, filled every second with countless combat tasks and tasks every day when they woke up, and before going to bed, they saw at most the Three Lions battle flag fluttering high on the camp tent, and then fell asleep with tiredness, day after day.

Outside the barracks, there were also people looking at the Three Lions flag over the tent.

……

Gary still feels like he's dreaming.

In his dream, he climbed out of the pit where he thought his bones would be buried, and he saw the vast ice fields, the bloody fortresses that had once disappeared on the horizon, and the gods in the clouds seemed to be angry, and they rained down lightning and thunder, hurricanes, hailstones, lava fires, and turned the ice fields into another world.

Gary couldn't help but think:

Perhaps the gods of heaven will also be like them, and there will be wars and attacks against each other, and all of Gary's companions are dead, and the demon overseers and terrible spirits who enslaved them are also buried.

Gary thought he would die too, and before he lost consciousness, he seemed to hear a conversation between the two goddesses.

He was terrified and rejoiced, fate had brought him too much suffering, but he seemed to have finally received the mercy of the goddess, and perhaps after his death he would be reborn in the kingdom of the goddess, and he would be carefree and happy and safe from now on.

Perhaps he was greeted by his comrades-in-arms who had gone first.

Although Gary was a little ashamed, the last task assigned by his comrades was not completed after all, but Gary's last thought before passing out was:

"I really tried my best!"

When Gary woke up from the darkness, his dream came true, and he really saw what he imagined-

No, it's the face of a goddess who is 10,000 times more beautiful than you think.

The goddess has two guardians:

One is a cold and majestic, silent and determined black guardian knight, and the other is a black beast as huge as a mountain with golden eyes and a single horn.

When Gary woke up, he saw the world more terrifying than before he fell unconscious:

The canopy of heaven had been completely torn apart, the earth had pulled out huge gaps, black smoke and magma erupted from the craters of ice and snow, huge tornadoes had spawned out of thin air from time to time in the sky, red lightning loomed in the lead clouds, and ice peaks and volcanoes undulated and meandered, competing with each other.

It's completely different here than the ice field.

Three steps away, it may be so hot that people sweat like rain, but within three steps it turns into ice, as if the god of creation has appointed a strange law here, so that ice and fire, hurricane and lightning appear together under a single sky without interfering with each other.

It's like the god who created the world casually poured all kinds of paint on a canvas and smeared it a few times at will, creating this world in a shoddy way.

This god must be very willful.

But the goddess told Sù Gary that he was still alive and that this was still the Arctic Ice Field.

Gary wasn't convinced.

However, he thought it might be a test for the goddess.

Before believers are accepted into the kingdom of God and reborn, they should undergo a test of whether their faith is pious enough.

The goddess said that this is the Arctic Ice Field, then this is the Arctic Ice Sheet, isn't it.

Not to mention the ice field, even if she said that this was her kingdom of God, and he had to live here forever in the future, Gary would not be shaken in the slightest.

As Gary expected, more severe tests followed.

After the glacial volcano, Gary saw an even more terrifying scene.

The vast army of demons, most of them are white, like dolls made of ice and snow, stretching all the way to the sky, with no end in sight.

A bone undead monster flies through the air, riding a necromancer holding a bone staff.

Gary seems to be back to the day of the fall of Fort Mapei.

On that day, the same overwhelming number of undead enveloped the fortress like an ocean, and the undead brought death and fear, and weighed down over everyone's heads like clouds on an ice field that never saw the sun.

The sneak attack of the army of the undead is too fast!

They had no reinforcements.

Gary saw a dark dead silence and silence in the eyes of his comrades.

The entire fortress has long been determined to resist to the end!

A bloody fortress can fall, but prestige can never fall!

Master Doyev, who was guarding the fortress, fell, like a huge meteor colliding in the sky, falling;

The commander was also killed in battle, and he took the lead, jumping into the air like the sun, cutting down an evil mage who stood on top of the head of the undead, and was killed by ten thousand spears;

The army of the undead was silent, surging up like a tidal wave, and in the face of the terrible dead, all the living forgot their fears for the first time.

Gary doesn't remember how long he fought......

Until all the surrounding are undead, all his teammates are dead, and he is the last one because he is the youngest, and is called "Lucky Gary", in fact, it is because he is always blocked last, and every comrade is used to protecting him.

Unexpectedly, he was regarded as an experienced veteran because of this, and he was not retired because of a missing arm and leg, and was sent to the battlefield on the northern front, and came to the glory of the human race, the bloody fortress Ma Pei.

Gary also wanted to commit suicide, unwilling to become a prisoner, and the Bloody Fortress could not have soldiers who surrendered to the demons.

But as he stabbed the knife around his neck, he saw the body of another teammate with angry eyes.

There will be no corpses left after they die, this is an important source for the necromancer to summon the undead, and all his comrades will become new undead, facing each other with their former kindred soldiers, Gary has seen so many such situations that he has become numb, and he can no longer even feel sad and angry.

The army of the undead came so fast that the garrisons of Mapei Fortress did not have time to send the suicide note left for their parents, wives and children.

Gary's comrades-in-arms don't know how to write, so they don't have a suicide note, but they all have their own precious treasures:

DeLong's was a silver-plated button that he ripped off when he first wore his corporal uniform;

Harry's most precious butterfly hairpin for his daughter;

Poppy wears the ring his wife gave him before he leaves as a lucky charm around his neck;

Chim was the stupidest, he thought they didn't know, and he always sneaked around himself in the tent to see the little statue of his fiancée......

They always tapped Gary on the shoulder and said, "Lucky boy, you're the last one alive, and it's up to you to send us our baby!" ……”

No matter where he went, no matter what battalion he was in, Gary was always forced to remember the home addresses of all his teammates.

There were no soldiers in the Bloody Fortress who surrendered, and from the day of the fall of Mapei, Gary had already considered himself a dead man.

The bodies of his teammates were all taken away, and he swallowed their treasures into his stomach, and only vomited when he was alone, and carried them all the time.

The other captives knew about Gary's baby.

No one has reported it.

The stories on each treasure are familiar to everyone, and the Terran captives remember each other's hometowns, and promise that even if there is only one person left, even if both legs are broken, Crawl will bring their last words to their relatives.

Gary didn't expect that this agreement would be fulfilled one day.

He unbelievably passed through the blockade of the army of the undead, he walked out of the ice field with his legs, and he saw the familiar and lofty banner of the three lions with gold stripes on a black background!

He stood on the hill and looked out over the camp that was as endless as the undead.

The sun was too hot, and Gary raised his hand to cover his eyes.

It was as if something moist was coming out of the eye sockets.

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