Scolari stroked his beard and smiled: "Duke Ronis, you are really a discerning hero, this Hedon is one of the best in our navy, I didn't expect to be abducted by you so silently." ”

Li Muyang smiled: "Lord Duke said that he was joking. Your people, my people, and in the end, aren't they all Her Highness's people? Our appeal is the same, we are all to help Her Royal Highness restore the country. ”

Scolari nodded uncontrollably, and Li Muyang said: "Old man, I've always heard how barren the Highland City is, I don't know what the situation is?" Do we have any difficulties there? ”

Scolari sighed, shook his head slightly, and said, "The province of Grande is my fiefdom, which accounts for almost one-tenth of the land of the Erathia Empire, but the population is only a few million, less than one-two-hundredth of the empire.

It is located on a plateau, and many places are barren and unsuitable for human habitation. Only barbarians and some orcs who can endure the bitter cold will settle there. In addition, there is a wild land in the center of the province of Grande, which is inhabited by some swamp monsters, and they often harass the local people.

The harsh geological conditions and the harassment of the barbarians made the life of the people there very hard, and the people were fierce, and they would fight each other if they disagreed, which was very difficult to manage. ”

Li Muyang frowned slightly and said, "This is all a big trouble. If the place is not quiet, nothing can be talked about. Our first priority is to suppress bandits. Be sure to maintain law and order in the place. ”

"Duke Ronis has a point. But the hell of the province of Grande is open and mountainous, and the barbarians are not civilized at all, they live like wild beasts in the mountains. Often, they flee as soon as they are robbed, and it is very difficult for us to catch them. ”

"If they are not civilized, we will help them to civilize, and if they are like wild beasts, we will leave them to be human. Just rest assured! Leave this matter to me, and I will let the miracles of light shine throughout the province of Grande. ”

The Montiqueira of the province of Grande is a huge snow-capped mountain that was home to the rivers of Erathia's empire. Their fleet gradually entered the province of Grande, where the enemy could no longer keep up, and the hearts of the people were completely relaxed.

However, the river here is also gradually narrowing, but the river rushes down from the plateau, and the current is more rapid. The fleet of Li Muyang and others is also becoming more and more difficult to advance.

"Duke Ronis, we will have to abandon ship and wait for the shore any further. However, from here there is the River Ness, and in the distance there is a large lake with a radius of more than 4,000 square kilometers, called Lake Ness. Your fleet can be stationed there temporarily.

However, it is said that this Loch Ness is also connected to the Everglades in the center of the province of Grande, and from time to time swamp monsters will appear here. So you still have to be careful. ”

Li Muyang nodded and said, "No problem, I will send four angels to follow the fleet." They are all Tier 8 masters, and they are also able to fly, and I believe they can suppress those monsters. ”

Scolari had seen the power of those archangels, and nodded when he heard this. Li Muyang and the others disembarked at a ferry in the province of Grande, and then asked Sylvia and Hadon to take the fleet to Loch Ness with four angels to protect the fleet, and he and everyone went straight to the city of the Highlands.

The Highland City is on the outskirts of the province of Grande, backed by the vast wilderness, and if the enemy comes to attack, they can retreat into the wilderness and let the enemy pounce.

Although the province of Grande was a fiefdom of Scolari, he actually controlled only a corner of the Highland City, and the garrison in it was only 10,000 men. This garrison is defending the city, and it cannot effectively control its own territory at all.

This time, 50,000 troops were brought out from Sky City, which effectively solved their dilemma of insufficient troops, but these 50,000 or 60,000 people were also stretched thin if they wanted to control a huge province.

Garrisoned in the Highlands was Scolari's retainer Cannavaro, who was not tall but shrewd, and surprised Scolari in terms of defense. And it's also a Tier 7 master. It was such a person who gave up the high-ranking officials of the empire and was stationed in the highland city wholeheartedly, as the guardian of the territory of Scolari.

Hearing that Scolari had returned, he hurried to meet him with his army. Seeing Scolari's troops from afar, he hurried his horse to rush forward. When he arrived at Scarari, Cannavaro turned over and dismounted, knelt on the ground, and said, "The last general, Cannavaro greets the Duke." ”

Scolari also hurriedly got off his horse, and he helped him up and said, "Cannavaro, don't be polite." You are also a Rank 7 master, enough for a country's marquis. Don't be so polite. ”

Cannavaro smiled: "Without the Duke, there would be no Cannavaro today, the Duke is my master, and you are my master whenever and wherever you are." ”

Scolari patted him on the shoulder with emotion. Cannavaro glanced behind him, and there were people he didn't quite know. He was slightly stunned and said, "Lord Duke, why did you suddenly come here, and there are so many guests; What about our son-in-law? Why didn't he come along. ”

Scolari's face darkened suddenly, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Don't mention that brute to me." If it weren't for Duke Ronice's rescue, I would have been killed by him. Cannavaro, we were kicked out. Rhodes has captured the city in the sky, and we have to flee here; I'll have to hide here in the future. ”

Cannavaro didn't know what was going on, but just a few words still made him break out in a cold sweat. "Rest assured, Lord Duke, the city of the Highlands is very dangerous; If Rhodes doesn't come, if he comes, he will definitely have no return. Please come with me into the city! ”

Scolari nodded, and then invited Li Muyang and the others to go to the Highland City. Cannavaro looked at the procession passing by him in a dark daze, he could see that the master had great respect for this young man named Ronis, and many masters were faintly surrounding him in the middle. Could this high-ranking mage be some special character?

Then he saw the Great Minister Kendall and some of his supporters, all of whom were wilting like frosted eggplants. "That's not right! The master and they are political enemies, how did they come here with them? Isn't this sending sheep into the tiger's mouth? ”

Suppressing the doubts in his heart, Cannavaro led everyone to the front of the Highland City. This city is very tall, even better than the city in the sky, but the scale is much smaller, the size is like a county seat. His walls are made of stones, and at first glance they are impressively defensive.

Li Muyang and the others found that there were many traces of slashing and chopping and flames on the city, some of these traces were old, but some were still new, and there was still a trace of blood on the tip of everyone's noses.

Scolari frowned slightly and asked, "Cannavaro, what's going on?" Looks like there's just been a battle here! ”

Cannavaro smiled: "Don't worry, my lord, it's just some barbarians of the Indiana tribe." Somehow they got into an argument with the merchants of the city, and in a fit of rage they killed the merchants, and I have taken two barbarians into custody.

Who knew that they were still the little chiefs of the Indiana tribes, and the barbarians of the Indiana tribes came to me to make trouble; But I've beaten them back, and I think they should be honest this time and don't dare to make trouble anymore. ”

Scolari nodded, "I see, these barbarians must take care of them." By the way, Lord Duke Ronis is a good hand at indoctrination, and in the future, the affairs of the barbarians will be in charge of his power. ”

Cannavaro glanced at the young Li Muyang, how can he be named a duke if his strength is at the level of the 5th order. How could such a young duke not have heard of it himself!

"Yes! Master. I will definitely cooperate with Duke Ronis. Cannavaro saluted again without hesitation, then turned to Li Muyang and said, "Please give me advice." ”。

Li Muyang waved his hand slightly and smiled: "I'm just an assistant, and I mainly look at General Cannavaro." I hope we can work together to pacify the barbarians as soon as possible. By the way, if the general can hand over those two captives to me, I will interrogate them properly. ”

"Of course there is no problem. I will at once have them taken out of the prison and handed over to the Duke. Cannavaro nodded hurriedly.

Their party slowly entered the city of the Highlands, where the streets were wide and the floors were paved with bluestone slabs. The houses on both sides are not high, at most they are two stories high; But they were all made of boulders. At first glance, you can see that it is very strong.

As they walked through the streets of the city, Li Muyang suddenly noticed that something seemed to be staring at him, and he looked for that gaze. There was a "bang" and the window of the small building suddenly closed.

Li Muyang smiled slightly and said to Cannavaro: "General Cannavaro, you sent those two barbarian captives to my residence tonight. I'm going to interrogate them personally. If they don't summon the information of the tribe, I will light them with sky lanterns. ”

Cannavaro nodded thoughtfully, then said loudly, "Yes, Lord Duke!" In the evening I will bring those two barbarians and send them to you. ”

Everyone entered the castle lord's mansion, which was the largest mansion in the city of the highlands; It was cleaned only by servants, but no one lived in it. As soon as Scolari returned, he arranged for the army to enter the barracks, and he took Li Muyang and others to station.

The servants were already prepared, and warm water and food were brought up continuously. Scolari rubbed his stomach and said, "I've eaten all the food of the Bright Collar along the way, and when I get here, I invite everyone to eat some coarse grains." We have barren land here, so we will have a little bit of it. ”