Chapter 769: Black Horn City

"How so?"

After patiently listening to Katarina's description of the internal strife of the Rigner pirates, Jian Chen couldn't help but be depressed.

For the Ragner pirates, Chen Jian can now be said to be very disappointed, originally he still thought that the strength of this sea power that had competed with him for Negan was good, so although he was a little reluctant to cooperate this time, he still had considerable expectations.

His original idea was that the Ragner pirates would gain a foothold in Eli, and then help him contain the remnants of the elven kingdom and put some pressure on Deya.

However, the Ragner pirates were unexpectedly defeated by the elven kingdom, making his ideas completely utopian.

Of course, this is not to say that the strength of the Rigner pirates is really so bad, if it weren't for Gru managing to keep the elven kingdom retaining enough strength, if it weren't for Gru, a military genius, personally commanding the battle, the pirates might not have failed like this, and the pirate army under the command of Katarina still has some combat effectiveness.

It's a pity that the luck of the Ragner pirates is too bad, they met Gru, and they are still fighting in the opponent's home field, such an opponent, such a battlefield environment, they are not unjustly defeated.

If it weren't for the fact that these pirates could continue to cause some trouble to the Elven Kingdom and make it a buffer between the Entagre Empire and the Elven Kingdom, if it weren't for the fact that they were still counting on getting some more oil and water from the other party and getting their hands on many unique techniques that the other party had obviously left a hand on, if it weren't for the fact that Jian Chen had some principles and was not the kind of Xing who would tear down the bridge after crossing the river, Jian Chen would not have to cooperate with the Ragner pirates anymore.

It's just that Chen Jian never expected that there would be such civil strife among the Ragner pirates.

"What's going on this year? The year of civil strife? It's just the beginning of spring, Diya's necromancer is in chaos first, and now even the Rigner pirates are in chaos, and why do these things have to do with me? I want to do my internal affairs with peace of mind, okay? ”

Thinking about the bad influence that those shackling pirates might have in the forests of Tulaone, Jian Chen couldn't help but secretly complain in his heart.

However, since the matter has happened, whether it is depressed or complaining, it is obviously useless, and although Jian Chen does not want to take care of the housework of the Rigner pirates, but now that this matter has affected his Tulaone forest, he has no way to ignore it.

He could not allow those pirates to disrupt the good fortune in the forests of Turalone at such a critical time.

However, he doesn't plan to get too involved in this matter, now he still has a lot of things to do with his own one-third of an acre of land, where he can take care of the Rigna Islands far away in the Jadami continent, besides, the First Fleet is not that idle now, for the matter of the Ice Sword, no matter whether the Entagri Empire can find an opportunity to attack the Krurod Kingdom in the end, the First Fleet must be on standby in the waters near Krurod during this time.

So what he meant was that he would instruct Christine to help Katarina try to contain the pirate armies that were in the Tulaone Forest, but he would not help Katarina fight back to the Rigna Islands.

Katarina also expected this, although she made a request, but she did not expect Chen Jian to agree to everything, in fact, Katarina knew very well in her heart that without the support of the Rigner Islands, she would have long since lost her qualification as an ally of the Ntagri Empire.

At this time, Jian Chen was still willing to help her control the army in the Tulaone Forest, instead of leaving her aside, and then trying to annex the pirate army, in her opinion, it was already very benevolent.

"Your Majesty, your righteous act today, Katarina will always remember it in her heart, and one day, Katarina will repay you for your kindness today"

Bending down deeply and saluting Jian Chen, Catalina held back the tears that were about to fall and turned to leave.

"Then Your Majesty, we will leave it at that, and look forward to the day when we will see you again"

Before leaving, she said goodbye to Jian Chen.

Jian Chen was stunned by these words, and when he came back to his senses, Katarina had already left.

"Are you finally leaving?"

Thinking back to the unusually weak appearance that Katarina had just shown, Jian Chen suddenly felt a little emotional.

It seems that since when, he has become a little accustomed to this woman appearing by his side from time to time, bringing him some big or small troubles, although he has been looking forward to this somewhat difficult woman leaving soon, but the other party is really leaving now, and he found that he doesn't seem to want the other party to leave so soon, and he unexpectedly found that he actually had a little sense of loss because of this.

"Could it be that I like her a little bit too?" Jian Chen smiled self-deprecatingly, thinking that men are really a combination of lust and lust.

But soon, although that unexpectedly weak figure appeared in his mind from time to time, Chen Jian still managed to concentrate his energy on the matter at hand.

He didn't send Catarina either, but only got in touch with Christine and asked him to try to control the situation so that the Rigner pirates' actions would not further expand, and at the same time, in order to get Catarina to Turalone as soon as possible, he also asked Tren to open a one-way magic portal for this purpose.

Catarina didn't hesitate as much this time, and when Jian Chen had prepared everything for her, she packed her bags and stepped into the magical portal that had been opened for her without looking back.

At this time, her eyes were very firm.

At the same time, Christine has also launched an operation, due to the previous conflict with the Ragner pirates, the Entagre army has never relaxed its vigilance against this so-called friendly army, in fact, this pirate army has always been under the surveillance and encirclement of the Entagre army, so although there is no warning in advance, this chaos is still effectively controlled by the Entagre army in a certain area, and it has not spread.

The Rigner pirates also knew that they were powerful, although after receiving the news that there was a coup d'état in the Rigner Islands and the destruction of the warships of the main fleet, this pirate army immediately split into two factions to attack each other, but no one dared to provoke the Ntagre army.

Katarina's cousin is also ruthless, although Katarina's return route has been cut off, but he is still not at ease knowing that his cousin is not the kind of person who will easily admit defeat, so he provoked discord in the army, and also declared that if anyone is willing to be loyal to him, as long as he brings the heads of Katarina and her cronies, he will send a ship to take these loyal people back to the Rigna Islands.

It cannot be denied that his trick is indeed effective, among these pirate soldiers from the Rigna Islands, many of them have already had some dissatisfaction with Katarina because of the previous things, and these guys who are used to being loose do not agree with the way Katarina learned from the Entagri Empire at all, and at this time, seeing Katarina lose power, he naturally had an idea.

They wanted to live unfettered as before, and they wanted to go back to the ocean and continue to be at ease, rather than fighting a powerful elven rival in this damn forest.

And they didn't think that Catarina would be able to get help from the Entagri Empire in such a situation.

So they chose to betray their princess.

Although Katarina is not here now, Katarina's cronies are all there, as long as Katarina's many cronies are cut off, Katarina will have nothing to do, presumably this can also please the new emperor.

And Katarina is not there, so they are more confident in their actions.

By the time Catarina returned to the Tulaleone Forest and returned to the area where the pirates had been encamped a few days later, the two sides had already fought a few battles, but in general, the pirates who betrayed Catarina had gained the upper hand in the fight because they had gained more support and attacked first.

It's just that the situation developed unexpectedly, although Catarina lost power, she still had the support of the Entagri Empire, and now, Catarina has returned, and she is still back with the Entagri army led by Christine herself.

The tide was completely reversed on the day Catarina returned.

At this time, another army of Entagri, led by the big-eared monster Ori, finally arrived in the southwestern border area of the Tulaone Forest, and then marched all the way to Diya.

At this time, the situation is becoming more and more chaotic, but one thing is certain, that is, the defeat of the necromancers is inevitable.

The betrayal of the academic necromancer at a critical moment made the conquering necromancers led by Sandru suffer a heavy blow again, and now they can't even care about dealing with the academic necromancer and those Dya big-eared monsters, the combined army of the Bracada Kingdom and the Elven Kingdom has seized this rare opportunity and is advancing step by step, the undead armies in various places have been defeated, and the remnants of the undead army, under the instruction of Sandru, are gathering to the east of Dia, preparing to concentrate on the last stubborn resistance- After the necromancers successfully occupied the area of Dia, they used the huge underground space they found in the underground of Dia to build an underground defense circle centered on the castle of Dusk, which was their last fortress, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

And the exit of their underground base camp is in the eastern area of Diya, Sandru saw that the general trend had gone, and decided to stick to the eastern area of Diya with all his might, if not, he could also wave his army nearby and retreat into the underground, relying on the geographical advantage to continue to resist stubbornly.

For this reason, the Entagrean army did not encounter any resistance when entering the Diya region, because the necromancers' defenders in the border area had already been transferred to a certain place by Sandru at this time, and the overthrow was imminent, and the Lich King would not be stupid enough to continue to use the little strength in his hands to defend the border that had become dispensable.

However, this does not mean that the operation of the Ntagrean Army can continue to be carried out so easily.

The location of Yin Wind Castle, which is occupied by academic necromancers, is really a bit delicate.

Although this castle with a strong undead name is not very far from the eastern border of Dia, there is another fortified castle on a much larger scale that guards many of the main roads in the border area.

That is the famous fortified city of Diya area, Pointe-Noire City.

Blackhorn was the most fortified military fortress ever built by the necromancers after they took over the Dia area, and it was founded for the same reason as Fort Werning, which Catherine had built in the Hammondale area, because it was located on a fairly important transportation artery.

Not only does Pointe-Noire guard many of the main roads on Dia's eastern border, but it is also one of the satellite towns of the necromancer's underground stronghold.

Originally, after building the underground Dusk Castle, the necromancers built a group of fortresses in and around the surface exits.

The Holy Spirit City at the ground exit, then centered on the Holy Spirit City, radiates to the periphery, and at the three strategic points around it, it is Black Horn City, Dark Cloud City, and Ghost Wind City.

This is the outer perimeter of the necromancer's underground base camp.

The four castles echo each other and serve as each other's support.

Although Sandru gave up the defense of the eastern border, he did not give up the city of Pointe-Noire, in fact, most of the defenders that the necromancers had deployed on the eastern border were now gathered in Pointe-Noire by Sandru.

If the academic necromancers and the Big-Eared Monsters of Dia, who are gathering for the Yin Wind Castle, want to cross the border and escape to the forests of Turalea, they will have to pass through a key road controlled by Pointe-Noire and then follow the road to cross the border, otherwise, their only remaining option other than to use the magic portal is to climb over the treacherous mountains on the eastern border of Deya.

And this choice is not a good choice, because those mountains are too steep, and if the strength is not good, it will not be able to pass at all.

The main reason why Nags asked the Entagre Army to help them open a safe corridor was the existence of Blackhorn and the large number of undead troops stationed in it, otherwise, they could have crossed the border on their own without the response of the Entagre Army.

Therefore, the main task of this Entagri army led by Orison is to capture the city of Pointe-Noire.

However, the Undead army of Blackhorn didn't intend to let the Entagre army take it easy.

In charge of the defense of Pointe-Noire is the vampire Degar.

Degar, like Naggs, was the founding father of the realm of the dead, but he was also a fairly veteran vampire, in fact, he was the first vampire to appear on the continent, but unlike Naggs's moderate assertions, Degar was an out-and-out supporter of conquest.

However, what makes Degar a household name in the Dia region is not because of the above, but because of another thing.

As a vampire, Degar's magical strength is not very strong, even a long life did not allow him to go further on the road of magic, after discovering this, Degar resolutely gave up on the road of magic and turned to the study of martial arts.

The peculiar physique of the vampire clan, coupled with a long lifespan, and a certain talent, made Degar achieve an achievement on the road of martial arts that surprised everyone.

Now Degar is more like a death knight than a necromancer, and most of the time, he appears in front of people, wearing the black armor unique to death knights, riding a tall nightmare beast.

Moreover, after studying martial arts, Degar also began to develop a strong interest in military knowledge, which made him one of the few high-ranking generals among necromancers who were proficient in strategy and tactics, and was given the important task of guarding the eastern border of Dya by Sandru after his return.

Shortly before the Ntagrean army entered Dia, Degar withdrew his army from the border and took over the defense of Pointe-Noire, and Degar was worried about the current plight of the necromancers, which also caused him to resent the Ntagari Empire.

Because in Degar's opinion, if it weren't for the Entagre Empire secretly playing ghosts and inciting the rebellion of the Diya big-eared monster clan and the necromancers of the academic school, the necromancers would not have fallen to the point where they are now.

Degar, who didn't know the whole process, so arbitrarily blamed all the blame on the Entagri Empire.

He couldn't tolerate the Ntagrean Army taking away those who had betrayed the realm of the dead right under his nose.

"Blackhorn City is an important node in the outer defense circle, it must not be lost, and as long as Blackhorn City is not lost, those rebels' plans will not succeed"

With this idea, Degar decided to take the initiative to start a war against the Entagri army, and his idea was supported by Sandru, the Lich King has long been suffocated by the actions of the Entagri Empire, and he has always maintained a restrained attitude towards the Entagri Empire, but now that the situation is so erosive, he is also a dead pig who is not afraid of boiling water.

Anyway, with the current situation of the necromancers, there are not many more enemies, and there are many fewer enemies, and it is not necessary to do such a thing as defending the city of Black Corner to ensure the integrity of the outer defensive circle and destroying the actions of the Entagri army.

Sandru is now in debt and not pressing.

With Sandru's landhold, Degar immediately launched an operation, just as the direction of Blackhorn City was not the direction of attack of the combined forces of the Bracada Kingdom and the Elven Kingdom, and the pressure was not as heavy as that of several other castles, he simply gave up the idea of holding on, and left Blackhorn City with an elite of his men, preparing to face the Entagre army in the wild.

Although the Ntagre's army was menacing and outnumbered this time, Degar believed that with the dark canopy as a cover and his familiarity with the terrain, he would definitely be able to catch his opponent off guard.

"These arrogant fellows would never have thought that I, Degar, would dare to leave the castle and ambush them in the wilderness in such a situation."

Riding the Nightmare Beast and leading his army through the dark canopy, Degar waved his sword in his hand, triumphantly imagining the panic of his enemies when they found out they were coming.

"Even if there are traitors from the academic sect to help you lead the way, but in the dark canopy, how will you fight?"