Snowfield, Ice Flame Tribe

The brute bones and others are still looking for the remains of the mage tower on the snow field and have not returned, once they get on the snow field, they are basically uncontactable here, similar to the wind bird and the sword eagle knight are unable to move normally on the snow field, and even the griffin is difficult to explore deep into the snow field.

However, Elena has completely controlled the Ice Flame Tribe during this time, and with her brute love for the tribe, as long as there is no accident, she will come back to report back after finding out the location of the ruins according to the map.

Richard didn't have many troops left with Elena at that time, only some halberdiers and crusaders, and a giant to deter the Ice Flame Tribe, but after a while, Elena has gathered a lot of strength around her, and now there are more than a dozen men in red robes and armed with war hammers with Elena patrolling, these are all fanatics summoned by Elena with her own skills, each of them is at the level of a half-step knight, and five or six together is enough to overturn an adult snow giant warrior.

"Elena."

As Elena and the Zealots patrol the snowfield, Richard suddenly appears in the Icefire Tribe with a huge figure and a creature that exudes an aura that disgusts Elena.

The huge figure of the Titan Giant after the natural upgrade, compared to the previous appearance of the naked body, the current Titan Giant has more gold armor on his body, and his height is several meters taller than before, and the overall look is much more majestic, there is a smell of the gods descending to the earth in it, and the deterrence of the Ice Flame Tribe and other snow giants has been improved a lot, because the height of the Titan Giant now looks much higher than the height of the Snow Giant King.

Originally, after the training camp, Richard naturally had to arrange all the seventh-level soldiers in his hands who had not advanced, in addition to the Titans, the green dragon who had been guarding the city in the forest was also brought by Richard to the Boulder Castle to upgrade to the golden dragon, and fortunately, Richard learned the skill of teleportation, although this skill is a bit magical, Richard needs to keep replenishing magic on the road.

With Richard's mana, it is only enough to release it twice in a row, and the maximum teleportation distance is 1,000 kilometers, but if you bring other units, the teleportation distance will be greatly reduced, and you will need to stop for several hours to recover your mana.

Of course, even so, this rush progress is much faster than running on a flying dragon in the past, and without the skill of teleportation, it would take several days just to run back and forth towards the snowfield.

"Lord Richard."

Elena saluted Richard, in terms of etiquette, Elena was the best among the several heroes, but after looking up, Elena frowned and looked at the strange hero beside Richard.

"Undead?"

Elena's perception is obviously much stronger than the others, Natalis has been following Richard around Ironwood City several times, human heroes like Ron have not discovered Natalis's identity, only Moriel may have found out a little, but she didn't care about this in the first place.

"Huh?"

When Elena uttered the word undead, the fanatics behind her instantly raised their warhammers and looked at Natalis beside Richard with a wary expression.

"Hmph."

In the face of the reaction of the fanatics, Richard was a little unhappy on his face, these guys dared to show their weapons in front of him, but these were followers summoned by Elena, and considering Elena's face, Richard did not have a seizure. Natalis, on the other hand, snorted disdainfully, not even making the movement to draw the knife.

Regardless of whether the other party is also Richard's subordinate, with Natalis's strength, Elena, who has not fully grown or recovered, plus this group of fanatics who can be half-step knights, is estimated to be not enough for her to fight.

"Put your weapons down, don't be rude!"

Elena, who reacted, quickly reprimanded this group of overreacted fanatics, these guys have good combat effectiveness, and a strong sense of justice, which are all advantages, the only disadvantage is that they act impulsively, in front of the lord, they show their weapons without permission, which is a big taboo, even if their target is not Richard, it will definitely cause Richard's dissatisfaction.

Fortunately, Richard didn't care about these men who belonged to Elena, as long as Elena's allegiance was aimed at him, and the attitude of these fanatics seemed irrelevant to him.

"This is the patriarch of the Night Angels, Natalis, who is currently in charge of keeping me safe."

"That is the goddess of Elrath, Lady Elena, and is also an important general under my command."

Richard first pointed out the importance of the two, so that both sides had a number in their hearts.

Natalis nodded to Elena indifferently, looking a little arrogant, but it was still a hello, but Elena still stared at Natalis vigilantly although she did not draw her sword, she felt a powerful aura of death from the other party, which was stronger than all the undead creatures she had ever fought against.

"Okay, Elena, although Lady Natalis is an undead, she has a good heart and has never hurt innocent people, you will all be my important vassals in the future, I hope you will not be prejudiced against Lady Natalis."

Richard's ability to run a train with his mouth full of breath made Natalis on the side a little breathtaking, although as an elegant night angel, Natalis does not have the aversion of most undead creatures to the living, nor does she have the habit of killing, but it has absolutely nothing to do with kindness, she does not kill, that is because of disdain, fear of dirty hands, not out of kindness.

It's just that as a subordinate, it's not easy to refute Richard's words, so I can only listen to Richard's nonsense with some embarrassment.

"I vouch for the identity of the Caregiver of Elas, and although Natalis is an undead, she has absolutely nothing to do with evil."

Although Richard had never had faith in Elrath, it didn't prevent him from pulling the tiger skin and pretending to be a big flag, and Elena would definitely eat it anyway.

Sure enough, after listening to Elena, the vigilance in her eyes was much less, not simply because she listened to Richard's words, although Elena's loyalty to Richard was guaranteed, but as a former wandering knight, Elena was not so simple and easy to deceive, but after Richard's reminder, Elena also noticed that Natalis did not have the tyrannical and crazy aura of most of the undead, but was very calm and sober, and there was only pure death aura on her body.

This is actually one of the reasons why Richard is willing to recruit Natalis, if Natalis has the same defects as the previous hell clan or the undead, such as killing and tyranny, Richard may only give up in pain, after all, his power as a whole still belongs to the orderly sequence, Richard can accept the ambition of his subordinates but it is difficult to accept the cruelty and murder of his subordinates, if there is such a problem, then the stronger the strength may cause more trouble to Richard in the future.

Looking at Elena, who slowly lowered her vigilance, Richard knew that this level had finally passed, and compared to Moryl's casualness and the ignorance of others, Elena, the real god hero, was what Richard was worried about.

Fortunately, Elena is not the kind of fanatic believer with a tendon, she has her own thinking ability, and she does not blindly shout and kill.

"This time I'm going to go to the south, the titan giants are still under your command first, the snow giants should have some covenant with the orcs, in addition to being optimistic about the ice flame tribe, but also to guard against other snow giant tribes."

"Yes, sir!"

"Your safety on your way south this time..."

"With me by Richard's side, no one can hurt him."

As soon as this question was mentioned, Natalis, who had always been in a cold state on the side, interrupted Elena with a cold word, although the two did not have the same tense appearance as before, it was definitely impossible to say how harmonious the relationship was.

"It's okay, my safety is guaranteed, and I still have to work your side, neither the Ice Flame Tribe nor the Demon Energy Crystal Vein can have problems, if there is any accident, contact Lint in Demon City at any time to mobilize the army."

"Please rest assured, you will be sure."

Richard nodded, with Elena's ability, plus a Titan Giant, if nothing else, there could be no problems, but the Ice Flame Tribe and the Magic Energy Crystal Mine, especially the Magic Energy Crystal Mine, were too important to Richard, and they had to be told again and again.

After handing over the Titans to Elena, Richard didn't need to stay any longer, Natalis and Elena were like a pair of enemies or let them have less contact, and when the magic had been restored, Richard used teleportation and took Natalis back to Ironwood City.

…

"Lord Richard, urgent letter from the South."

Not long after Richard returned to Ironwood Fort, someone from Yusidu rushed over, because there was a stable channel of cold spring gems on the Paley side, and the interests of the two sides were also deeply involved, and there was always a special contact channel, and the wind bird could deliver the letter to the other party within two days.

Richard opened the letter handed by his hand, carefully removed the wax seal, and after spreading the letter out for a few seconds, Richard smiled knowingly.

Paley can sometimes show a little bit of a distraction in business, and it's more interesting to deal with than with the eldest prince.

There are only a few words on the letter:

"Brother-in-law, come quickly, add money."

However, through this simple letter, Richard can also get a lot of information, the situation in the south is deteriorating faster than expected, and it is more critical, and the strength of the Sea Clan is probably stronger than described in the information shared by Parley before.

Otherwise, everyone is not doing charity, and Parley took the initiative to raise the conditions, which must not be a discovery of conscience, but the difficulty of the matter may be much higher than expected at the beginning, in order to avoid everyone being ugly at that time, Paley will take the initiative to "add money".

I must go, and I have to hurry up, otherwise Parley's side will collapse, not only will I lose a large amount of trade income in the south, but also the stable channel of gem resources will be broken, which is the lifeblood of Richard and must be kept.

In the original plan, Richard planned to bring the Red Dragon to the south to support, but now it seems that the situation is worse than imagined, and the initial plan needs to be adjusted.

After weighing it, Richard decided to bring the ultimate hydra, the red dragon, and Natalis's three high-end combat power to the south, the red dragon can maintain deterrence, Natalis is the hole card and the guarantee of safety, and the ultimate hydra is because of its ability to fight in the water, which is more suitable for playing in the southern battlefield.

"Somebody is going to summon Lady Morriel and Steward Egger."

"Yes, sir!"

Although a decision has been made, Richard has been gone for at least half a month, and he still has to explain the matter well.

"Your Lord."

"Master Richard."

Soon the two rushed to Richard.

"No need to be polite, sit."

Richard quickly explained in detail his decision to go south and the possibility of an orc attack in the near future, with Morriel in command of the army and Iger in charge of the supplies in Ironwood City, and the two needed to prepare in advance.

"I'm going to let them come and go!"

Compared to Egg's somewhat worried appearance, Morriel looked extremely confident, after coming for so long, Morriel probably has some understanding of the strength of the human kingdom and the surrounding forces.

Richard left her a golden dragon, an outstanding swordsman and an ice giant seventh-level combat power, plus more than double-digit champion knights and a large number of system soldiers, as well as two legions of ordinary human legions, she is confident that an orc division will not be able to bargain in her hands no matter what, these strength of the main force of the orcs is unrealistic, it is no problem to clean up a partial division, not to mention, there is still a good barrier (elf) army left in the forest city, although the quantity is not much, but the quality is quite objective, We are always ready to support each other.

"The training of the dragon army can be borrowed from the training ground of the Boulder Fort, and fifty units a week should not be wasted."

In addition to upgrading the system army, the training ground can also take effect on the indigenous soldiers, but the effect is not as obvious as the system army, and it will take a full week, but the promotion effect is relatively good, the elite soldiers can achieve quasi-knights in a week, and the peak quasi-knights have nearly half a chance to be promoted to knights after training for a week, which is perfect for creating an indigenous legion to supplement officers.

"The Dragon Army won't let you down, my lord"

There was even a hint of anticipation in Moriel's tone, not for the training camp spots, but for the battle that would take place next, she seemed to have not fought for too long, and urgently needed to loosen her muscles and recover some stiff bodies.

"Uncle Egger still arranges the supplies needed for the army."

"There is also the expansion of the Boulder Fort that should be carried out at the same time, just according to the template of Ironwood City, there is no need to build too large."

"Yes, young master."

Because the funds are quite abundant, Richard's steps have been a bit big recently, and even preparations and construction are going on at the same time, and he has to seize all the time to develop strong.

…

South, Posey City.

Several of the city's leading nobles were discussing in a small hall.

"If I don't pacify the sea tribe, my family's pearl business will be completely yellow."

"Not to mention, my family's fleet has hardly caught any fish recently, and at this time, I have already started to sell to the king."

"Don't you still have a velvet business?"

"Nonsense, if it weren't for the velvet business, I'd have to beg for food."

This group of people are all nobles above the earl of Posey City, but they are just discussing the topic, and those who don't know think that they are a group of Posey merchants, and they are pointed out as merchants, I am afraid that there is no sense of disobedience at all.

"Prince Parley asked our families to contribute, my family has 500 ironclad guards alone, or knights leading the team, even if we fill in the blood capital and go in, I don't see any effect."

It was an earl who spoke, although these people were like merchants, but after all, they were still middle- and upper-class nobles, and they always had some strength at the bottom of the box, a knight and 500 soldiers would definitely not be all the strength of an earl, but the reason for contributing so much could be regarded as giving Parley face.

"There are a lot of people from my family, I heard that all of them are training under Prince Paley, Prince Parley seems to be waiting for some reinforcements?"

"Prince Paley too, when is it, and he is still watching the main force of the Southern Corps be transferred to build a group of fortresses on the northern front, what to defend, do you want to defend against the royal capital?"

"Be careful, be careful."

"Aren't I also in a hurry, seeing that the Sea Clan is getting more and more inches, the Southern Corps is still not doing its job, all relying on our group of people and those muddy garrisons that can't support the wall to confront the Sea Clan, and the ports have been lost several recently."

"Okay, let's not say a word, Prince Parley did the right thing, and the supply of supplies for the Southern Corps must be guaranteed."

"But, Lord Waraya..."

"It's nothing, let's make our preparations, and when the reinforcements that Prince Parley said arrive, there will naturally be a way to solve it."

The Marquis of Waraya was originally the highest-ranking nobleman in Posi City and had always been the representative of the nobility of Posi City, but this time he uncharacteristically supported the transfer of Parley and the Southern Corps, which made the following counts a little confused for the time being.

"By the way, didn't Prince Parley summon us here to discuss matters?"

A group of them had been sitting and chatting for a long time without seeing anyone in Parley, and finally someone had a question.

"What kind of monster is that!"

"And in the sky, is it a dragon in the sky?"

Just as they were wondering, a noisy sound came from outside the City Lord's Mansion.

Parley, who had been sitting in the room and was too lazy to go to the council chamber, finally smiled, got up and walked outside the room, and when he raised his eyes, he saw the red dragon that had swelled in size, and a relaxed smile appeared on his face.

"Reinforcements, here..."

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