With this realization, Levi and Reinhardt couldn't help but be more excited, the two cavalry scouts were killed and eaten by these ice trolls, but they survived to just now, which shows that the force sent by the Northern Eagle did not carry out a large-scale search or retaliation operation, either their leader is not strong, or their forces are already stretched, and in either case, it is very good news for Levi and them!

But after the initial surprise, Levi felt as if he had overlooked something.

It stands to reason that the Northern Eagle, as the female god of war in the empire, will not be unable to get a decent general under his command, and according to their previous estimates, this army may be able to gather at least nearly 10,000 troops by now, and there is no sign of large-scale battles nearby, so it is unlikely that they have suffered any major losses, so why is this happening now...

Suddenly, a thought struck Levi's brain like lightning, "Wait, what if they didn't put all their winning chips on the side of merit from the beginning?" ”

Reinhardt also suddenly looked frightened: "Levi, you mean?!" ”

Levi nodded fiercely, "That's right, Reinhardt, if the Northern Eagle is really related to those Tzeentch demons, or if he is a demon believer himself, then for him, directly killing you is the most direct and effective solution, after all, your sister's power can't spread to the Nord Territory!" ”

The reason why the Northern Eagle set this rule is that nine percent of it is for the sake of Reinhardt's sister's face, but if Reinhardt is unfortunately killed by some "monster" here, no matter how suspicious her sister is, it is impossible to declare war on the Northern Eagle, Reinhardt will only die in vain!

Of course, Reinhardt also knew the seriousness of the problem, and she nodded very cautiously, "I see, Levi, I will always be careful in the next battle." ”

Levi let out a "hmm", "Although this is only our unilateral speculation now, we must be vigilant, and I will let my subordinates protect you on the next road." Chen Cone, Otilia, Flame Blade! ”

Levi shouted directly, although Reinhardt now has thousands of cavalry troops under his hands, but including the pioneer cavalry hero Kent, there is no one who can really fight, Levi feels that she needs to strengthen her escort strength, otherwise if she dies now, all her early investment will be wasted, and after dating for such a long time, Levi has already regarded the other party as a friend, and he also doesn't want to see his friend have such a tragic end!

The warrior monks Chen Cone and Flame Blade, who were called by name, rushed over, and the female dark elves who had been acting with Chen Cone recently also quickly followed, and under the order of Levi, they disguised themselves as ordinary cavalrymen and followed Reinhardt's side as a guard.

Although Chen Cone and Otilia are not cavalrymen, as a hero unit, they have no problem riding a horse to disguise, and if someone tries to assassinate Reinhardt, they will definitely bring a very big surprise to the enemy!

The Emperor's forces soon arrived at the Nord Lord's capital, but it seemed that a battle had just ended, as many soldiers were cleaning up the battlefield, and dried blood and broken limbs and fragments of armor could be seen everywhere outside the city.

The arrival of the army alarmed the defenders of the opposing side, and after judging that it was a large army led by the emperor himself, the gates of the city were soon opened, led by a rugged bearded man, and thousands of troops took the initiative to greet them.

Levi immediately followed Reinhardt towards the emperor's location, wanting to gossip, because he had already guessed who the bearded man in front of him was, he must be Theodoric Geisel, the Elector of the Nord Territory!

This guy has always had a bad relationship with Emperor Karl, because the Nord Leader and the Midden Leader are generations of marriages, and the Midden Leader has always been the most powerful competitor to the Emperor's position with the Elector who belongs to the Rick Lord, and the same is true of the Elector of this generation of Midden Lord, although after Emperor Carl ascended the throne, all the Electors had to be loyal to him, but if you want the other party to be sincere and loyal without complaints, it must be unrealistic.

According to Levi's understanding, Emperor Karl's Northern Expedition, laying traps for the beastmen is one of them, and declaring his command ability is the second, so to win over the Nord Territory is definitely the third reason, as for whether there are more reasons, Levi is not clear for the time being, but this is at least a plan to kill three birds with one stone.

And at present, the emperor has basically succeeded most of the time, due to the participation of the wood elves, hundreds of thousands of beastmen were annihilated on both sides of the Talabek River, which is enough to show his command ability and diplomatic means, not everyone can say that those wood elves participate in the war!

Noticing that Levi had followed Reinhardt again, the generalissimo smiled and didn't say much, while the cold-looking chief of the imperial guard only glanced at it slightly and continued his escort work.

In fact, after this period of fighting, Levi stood out among many Chosen Heroes with his strong combat effectiveness and outstanding military exploits, not to mention that he also had the official position of a centurion, and the aborigines were relatively much more tolerant of him than ordinary Chosen Heroes.

Nord led the Imperial Candidate and saluted Emperor Karl with a very complicated body, "Your Majesty." ”

"Theodoric, no need to be polite!" Emperor Karl laughed and quickly helped him up, and at the same time looked at the soldiers who were cleaning the battlefield not far away with a worried face, "Theodoric, what's going on?" ”

In this situation, Nord didn't put up any more scores, he just sighed and began to tell about what had happened in recent days.

It turned out that this year's climate was exceptionally cold, and the Norsca pirates, who had relied on the barren soil and hunting of the Norsca region for their livelihood, could no longer survive because of the cruel environment, and they had to move south to move and hunt to relatively warmer and richer areas for food.

The Ice Nation of Kislev is the first to bear the brunt, but they have had a lot of experience dealing with it for thousands of years, that is, they have cleared the walls, all the people retreated to the towns, did not give the enemy any chance to get supplies, and then relied on the fortified towns to put up the most resolute resistance.

This may seem like a cowardice, but it was actually quite useful, and when the Norscan pirates ran out of supplies, they either starved to death in the wilderness or had to kill each other to get food, and the invasion had to be stopped.

But this time it was different from the previous situation, the environment faced by the Norska pirates seemed to be much harsher than before, in order to survive, they had to go to more distant areas to plunder, so for a time all the coastal countries and regions of the entire Old World were attacked by them, and the Nord Lord, who has a long coastline and is only separated from the Norsca region by the Talon Sea, is the first to bear the brunt.

In the original previous invasions, the Nord Territory will receive timely support from the Midden Lord, and it is often easier to repel the Norsca army, because the Midden Territory is the holy land of the White Wolf God Yuric, and the Electors of the past dynasties are often the Chosen Ones of the White Wolf God, not only the personal strength is very strong, but also has a large number of believers who believe in the White Wolf God, including many high-level troops.

But this time it was different, not only because of the unprecedented number of Norsca pirates, but also because Boris, the current candidate of the Midden Lord, who had failed to compete with Emperor Karl for the throne, was now too busy to take care of himself.

Since the Wood Elves defeated the Beastmen besieging them Athel Loren, a large number of remnants of the Beastmen began to flow throughout the Old World, and the Beastmen plague has risen again, and there are especially many Beastmen in the Midden Realm, among which there is even a strong man who can rival Boris himself, a legendary Beastman hero - One-Eyed Kazak.

Boris, the Elector of Midden, knew that this was not an accident, that it had come for revenge, because he had blinded it in the eye!

In this case, even though the comprehensive combat power of the Midden Lords is one of the best among all the provinces of the Empire, almost on par with the current capital of the Empire, Rick Leader, they still have little spare strength to support their generational in-laws, and they are also the most solid junior brother Nord Leader.

Therefore, although the emotions in his heart were very complicated and a little embarrassed, the Elector of the Nord Collar still saluted His Majesty Karl, the Emperor of the Empire, as soon as they met, because he knew what the other party was doing, and he and the Nord Collar really needed each other's assistance.

Half an hour ago, the Nord Chosen Emperor had just repelled another attack by the Norscan pirates, although these Norscar pirates were very brave, but with the geographical advantage, as well as the various war machines dedicated to defending the city, and the help of some of the newly arrived Chosen Heroes, they still successfully repelled the other party.

But the Elector became more and more worried, because as the war continued, the Norsca pirates, who originally belonged to hundreds of tribes, large and small, have now begun to gradually merge, and those weak tribes have either been wiped out in the increasingly fierce battles, or have been swallowed up by other powerful tribes, and the strength of the remaining Norsca tribes has not only not weakened, but is rapidly increasing.

In the beginning, the Norscan pirates were small groups and only dared to plunder villages along the coast, but now every time they go out, they are often hundreds or thousands, and even in the battle that has just ended, the Norscan pirates dispatched more than 3,000 pirates at a time, as well as hundreds of ferocious beasts, which was unimaginable before.

The pirate profession can't support so many members at the same time, and it's impossible for them to carry so many beasts and powerful aliens in their armies like ice trolls and swamp monsters, which have been hunting targets and food sources for Norscan pirates before!

But now the facts have been placed in front of everyone's eyes, they have indeed begun to cooperate, and they have begun to fight side by side, so the Elector has every reason to suspect that there is likely to be a more powerful person or force behind this, forcing them to act together, if that is the case, this Gnoscan pirate invasion is completely likely to be a conspiracy against the Empire!

And according to the latest intelligence from the Nord Lord's navy, on the other side of the Talon Sea, in the Northsca region where the ice thorns and the wind is like a blade, an unprecedentedly large Norsca army is gathering, and the number may have exceeded 300,000.

Even the high-ranking Emperor Karl and the Generalissimo and others, after listening to each other's narration, couldn't help but look grim one by one.

Although because of its geographical location and cold climate, the Nord Territory itself is not rich, and the size of the army is naturally not large, except for a fleet, the rest of the army can often only defend the city very passively, but as the northernmost province of the empire, the front line of resistance to the Norscan pirates, the successive emperors here are all generals who can fight well, and the judgment of the other party is absolutely well-founded!

After a short period of deliberation, the Emperor finally gave the final mission of the Northern Expedition to all the Chosen Heroes of the Imperial faction: to destroy the Norscan pirate army trying to go south, and to protect the capital of the Nord Lords from being captured.

This is only a mission issued to ordinary Chosen Heroes, but in Levi's military mission system, in addition to a large number of missions to kill a specified number of troops, there is also an additional task: to find out the real reason why the Norscar pirate army is heading south, and find out who is behind it.

Although this task does not specify any rewards, and is only replaced by a series of question marks for the time being, but if you think about it, you can know that the reward is definitely not low, and the most important thing is that there is no punishment for failure at all on this task, so although Levi has no clue so far, he still accepted it immediately, anyway, this task is there, and it will be the same when he has a clue!

After the final task was issued, the Emperor's army was led by the Elector of the Nord to arrange for rest, and the Chosen Heroes were scattered to find their own amusement, or went to the barracks and taverns to recruit supplementary troops, and Levi and Reinhardt also arranged their own troops after agreeing on the time and place of meeting.

Although the Nord territory is poor and supplies are scarce, their unique exclusive unit, the Nord Marines, is unique, they specialize in training on rough seas, so once successful, they are all marksmen.

And you can also recruit some special knights who believe in Mannan, the god of the sea, named the son of Mannan, although this is not the only class of troops in the Nord Lord, but at present, there are only three places in the entire Old World that can recruit them: they are the largest trading port city in the Knight Kingdom, Portero, the largest trading port city in the Old World, Fort Marion, and then the capital city of the Nord Lord, although the capital of the empire can occasionally see this special knight, but if you want to recruit in groups there, It's not very realistic.

Of course, the reason why Levi is so urgent is not that he really has much expectation of these sons of Mannan, they are just a 4th-order cavalry unit, he has already agreed here to meet a few people, and the other party will be a very powerful helper for him in dealing with those troops sent by the Northern Eagles, he didn't want to defeat each other with his own and Reinhardt's troops from the beginning!