As Snorlan and Theresa discussed, instead of following Carmelo and her party to the Elven Empire, Snorlan, Theresa, and Leslie embarked on a journey to the Southern Trade Federation with Elith and Anzu. Carmelo, Arcavon and Vizel are all important figures everywhere, they will not choose the popular way of going to sea by boat when they go to the Elven Empire - they take the overland, all the way to the west, through the Duchy of Magno, the Harran Empire, and then through a vast wilderness, into the Isthmus of Korva, through the Isthmus of Korva, into the Aston Desert of the Fao continent, and then go straight north across the desert to the northernmost territory of the Elven Empire on the Fao continent, From there, take the teleportation magic array to the core area of the Elven Empire, the Tade Continent.

They would have been able to reach the mainland of Tade in less than twenty days by boat from Port Ward, but if they followed the route set by Carmelo, it would have taken at least three months, even with their ability to move. It's not that Carmelo wants to go far and wide, there is really no way, every ship from Ward Port to Tade Continent is numerous, and only ships approved by the Elven Empire are allowed to approach Tade Continent, otherwise they will be destroyed without discrimination.

Nine of the ten ships leading from the Human Empire to the Elven Empire were slave carriers full of slaves, and the rest were slave carriers that were not full of slaves. With the degree of infamy of Carmelo and others in the Elven Empire, when they enter the port, they can be seen clearly by the group of sharp-eyed elf soldiers, not to mention that even if they pass the customs and get on the ship, every slave will be verified after getting off the ship. As a result, the three of them had no choice but to choose this long-distance travel method to reach the Tade continent. And the benefit of this method is that they can also go to Nina for help. Nina Firewing's Mage Tower is the territory that established the Elven Empire on the northern side of the continent of Fao.

By this time, the drums of war in Port Ward had been beaten. Malan sneaked out of the city overnight and returned to Kostana.

"Well done, Malan will be in my hands in less than a month!" In the tent, Kostana pointed to the magic sand table in front of her and said in a high spirit.

The staff officers around him said yes again and again, but Ma Lan asked: "Sir, even though the logistics system of Port Ward is about to collapse, but based on their level of city defense, I don't think the siege is in a hurry, and rashly attacking the city may bring large casualties to our army." ”

"Indeed," Kostana nodded, "but we can afford to wait, can the Empire wait?" Now that the entire border is being supplied to us, the brethren on the central and northern routes are still hungry! If Port Ward cannot be captured in one day, the hungry soldiers will be weakened again, and in this battle, the losses are secondary, and the key is to liberate the supply lines of the entire border as soon as possible, and it is worth paying some casualties for this. ”

"I see." Malan nodded and stepped back.

"Evan, you're in charge of the East Gate; Diamond, you are in charge of the north gate, and I am personally in charge of the west gate; Quinns, you keep it for maneuvering! Is it all clear? ”

Several officers received orders one after another: "It's clear! ”

Costana said to Maran, "Maran, you go and contact the navy, and make sure that the port of Port Ward can't even get into a small sampan!"

"Yes!" Malan took the order.

"Any questions?" Costana looked around, the officers and staff officers below shook their heads, Kostana nodded, and continued, "Let's all go down, do what you have to do, within a month, the flag of the Segou Empire will be planted on the walls of Port Ward!" ”

"Yes!"

All the officers and staff officers turned to leave, and Costana stopped Malan, who was leaving: "Maran, you stay." ”

Malan stopped, turned around, returned to Kostana, and asked, "Sir, what's the matter?" ”

"Oh," Costana smiled a little unnaturally, "it's nothing, it's just a private matter, Theresa...... How are you doing? ”

Hearing that it was to ask Theresa, Malan knew in his heart: "Sir, Theresa is now taken care of by my father's disciple Snorlan, this Snorlan is not bad, and his personal strength is okay, although he is only a bronze high-level, but he is extremely powerful, I suspect that he is not a pure-blooded human, and his temper is not bad, Miss Theresa is by his side, I think he should not be wronged." ”

Kostana nodded, sighed and said, "Hey, in fact, Char and Carmelo said that the kid is reliable, and he is reliable, but even if you say it again, I don't see him with my own eyes, and I am not sure." Are they still in Port Ward? ”

Malan shook his head, "Gone, sir. I saw them go by boat overnight. ”

Kostana was delighted, but then turned to disappointment, Theresa was not in Ward Harbor, she could attack Ward Harbor without any scruples, but unfortunately she didn't know when she would see her daughter again.

"Alright, you go down, take down Ward Harbor first, and then talk about anything else." Kostana waved her hand and let Malan down.

Ma Lan gave a military salute: "Yes!" ”

Malan immediately contacted the navy as soon as he went down, and after receiving an affirmative answer, the campaign against Port Ward began.

At noon the next day, Costana stood on the erected platform and looked at the assembled soldiers, and she herself was in high spirits, shouting: "Soldiers, take up arms!" Years of war have allowed us to take the Marton Rainforest! Now, ahead is Roe's largest port, and their lifeblood, Ward Harbor! Go to Ward Harbor to wash your tired bodies, and the Empire will win! ”

The soldiers of the Segou Empire began their march with a shout and followed their commander. In the afternoon of the same day, the siege of Port Ward officially began. Costana first besieged but did not attack, although the surrounding Roe army came to help, but they were all defeated by Costana's men, and none of them were able to pass through Costana's blockade and enter Port Ward! Thirteen days later, Ward Harbor ran out of ammunition. Another week later, Kostana's army officially breached Port Ward, and the flag of the Segou Empire was planted on the gates of Port Ward, and the battle turned to street fighting. Three days later, Miles, the lord of Port Ward, was caught by Kostana and killed on the spot during an evil ritual to turn Port Ward into a second Riptide Town. Twenty-five days after the siege began, corpses were strewn all over the field, and the citizens of Ward Harbor did not know how many had been killed in the rebellion, nor how many had starved to death in this starvation, but only that the price of land in Ward Harbor had plummeted to half of what it had been before—that when people were dead, houses were worthless. The Segou soldiers' biggest mission turned to cleaning up the corpses and preventing the plague.

At this time, Snorlan and the others had already arrived at Brucas Snow, the capital of the Southern Trade Federation.