The village of Glia is an ordinary village with no characteristics other than mountains everywhere, and this kind of village does not have too many on the way to the southwest.

Luckily, this is the last stop in the southwest, and the village of Glia is located at the foot of the Hari Mountains, from which you can cross the mountains and enter the southwest border.

Although Glia Village is not a village in the southwest region, the upper echelons of the imperial capital also incorporated it into Jiang Chuanyue's territory.

The village of Glia was not just a village, but a small town, a town that was very prosperous ten years ago.

Back then, the town of Glia was located at the transportation hub connecting the western mountains with the central part of the empire, and merchants transported all kinds of specialties from the western mountains back to the imperial capital, and then bought daily necessities such as salt and pig iron from the imperial capital and shipped them to the western mountains for sale.

Countless merchants walked on this road flowing with gold, and the flow of people brought demand and consumption, and as a gateway to the western mountains, the small town of Glia naturally prospered.

And because when the caravan crosses the Harry Mountains, in order to guard against the attack of bandits or dangerous species, some people will be hired here to defend the caravan, and the town of Glia was also a relatively famous mercenary town in the empire.

With a large number of mercenaries roaming the area, full-time adventurers hunting dangerous species in the Harry Mountains to obtain materials, and countless merchants lining the streets, the town of Glia was no less than some of the most famous towns in the empire at its peak.

However, the outbreak of war destroyed everything, and the rebellion of ethnic minorities ten years ago devastated the entire western region, and according to some traders who survived, the western mountainous areas have become a place where rout and bandits are rampant.

Eight years ago, as a result of the growing rebellion and even the blatant establishment of the state, the imperial hierarchy ordered a ban on the import of all salt and iron utensils into the western mountains, resulting in a devastating blow to the town of Glia.

The merchants stopped passing by, the mercenaries naturally began to wander away, and the dangerous species that came out of the Harry Mountains began to attack the humans frequently, and the town began to fall into ruins until it became a village.

As the sun was about to set, the villagers of Glia had begun to return from outside, and the few shops in the village that had sold their wares had begun to close their stalls.

"Uncle Leonard, how's business going today?"

Eddie happily walks in from outside, and when he passes by Uncle Leonard's stall, he chats with him.

"It's bad, the income is not even a tenth of what it used to be, but it's okay, since General Estes suppressed the rebels, there have been a few merchants, I believe there will be more in the future, I hope our village can return to the prosperity it used to be."

Seeing Eddie, Leonard smiled innocently, he was not like a scheming vendor in the market, but more like a loyal and honest old farmer.

"Definitely, Uncle Leonard, Gloya will definitely be the same Gloya as before!" Eddie affirmed.

Looking at Eddie's confident appearance, Leonard smiled kindly: "I may not see that day as an old bone, but the future of Geria belongs to you!" ”

As Leonard spoke, he cleaned up the stall in two or two places: "Don't talk about it, I'll go back first." ”

Uncle Leonard then waved at Eddie and walked away with his bags on his back.

"Don't worry, Uncle Leonard, I will definitely restore the glory of Gloria! You're sure to see it all, too! I swear! ”

Seeing that Leonard's figure was about to disappear into the afterglow of the setting sun, Eddie suddenly shouted at his back.

The pedestrians on the street looked sideways, but Eddie was not embarrassed in the slightest, he clearly saw Uncle Leonard's paused figure in the orange sunlight, and the corners of his mouth that were covered by the sun.

Eddie is an orphan, and when he was four years old, he begged along the road to the small town of Glia, and the kind townspeople took him in, so Eddie was able to grow up on the hundred family meals.

With the decline of the small town of Glia, many people left, the houses in the town were deserted and grassy, the streets were dilapidated, and there were many dangers of takeaways, and the town became a village.

But Eddie never had the idea of leaving, not only because he was raised here, but also because he loved this place, and he loved Gria.

He also doesn't think of Glia as a village, and still stubbornly calls it a small town.

In his spare time, Add has been learning martial arts from a retired mercenary in the town.

He had a dream that one day he would clean up all the dangerous species around the village and let the people of the town live and work in peace; Someday, he will reopen the Harry Mountains to the southwest, and let merchants walk on this route; One day, he will fill the streets of the town with pedestrians, taverns full of mercenaries, and inns full of merchants.

One day, he will restore Glia to the prosperity of the four-year-old years.

If it had been before, although Eddie would have been firm in this dream, he also knew that the chances of achieving it were slim.

But now it is different, first General Estes suppressed the rebellion in the western region and destroyed the "state" established by the ethnic minorities.

As a result, the ban on the empire can naturally be lifted, and three or two merchants have recently begun to tentatively come to Glia.

The second is that Gloya will have a lord, which not only represents taxes, but also means that this area will be included in the territory of the empire, and it means that the territory will begin to be protected.

Both of these changes mean the end of the chaos in the southwest, and at the same time, it means that Golia will rise again!

After learning the news from the tax collector, Eddie hardly slept for a few days, just as he had promised Uncle Leonard: he would restore Geria to its former glory and would never allow anything to ruin the good picture, he swears!

Just as Add was thinking about the future of Gloya, a distant roar interrupted his musings.

Roar!!!

A deafening roar resounded through the sky, and the terrifying coercion swept through, overwhelming the town.

A look of horror crept up Eddie's face.

He looked in the direction where the sound had come from, and saw an overwhelming flood of red light in his eyes.

The flames burned half the sky!

"Red ...... Red Devil ?!!! Here it is again?!!! ”

Add stared blankly at the red-hot sky, the fear on his face turning into a look of struggle, and finally, he gritted his teeth fiercely, covered his head and rushed in the direction where the Red Demon appeared......