Inside this attack. Serren can be described as fully prepared, those dozens of meanders. The Legon Legan magicians are the best proof of this.

Zeda had more troops than Yuzu in the other direction, but in order to sneak up on Catherine, Zeda only gathered a dozen master-level magicians, some of whom were seconded by Zeda himself from other Orphe's army.

This kind of magical power is enough to destroy a city.

After a fierce battle for most of the day, Edmund's Elemental Castle finally fell, and the Earth Elemental Monarch broke through and fled with the remnants of the Elemental Clan soldiers.

In order to be able to escape smoothly. The Earth Elemental Monarch wisely left the Vulcan Sword in a prominent position in the Elemental Castle. Good to distract the Kreganians.

This move allowed Edmund to escape, and Serren, after obtaining the Vulcan Sword, immediately stopped his pursuit of Edmund, and then gathered his army and retreated.

After rendezvous with Salx at Fort Werning, Serren commanded the Cregan army to quickly withdraw from Hammondal.

"My lord! Why don't we take the opportunity to capture Hammondal? This is a great opportunity! ”

Salx was a little puzzled by Selren's move.

With the Vulcan Sword in his hand, Serren was in a good mood, and he was no longer as strict with Salx as before, and he smiled slightly. Said: "Now is not a good time to occupy Hammondale, dear Salx, the enemy's reinforcements are coming, we don't need to waste time and loss of troops with them here, not to mention that we have lost a lot in this battle, and it will definitely not be good to fight again!" Now that our rear is not stable, these damned elementals are everywhere, if we can't wipe them out from the Evers border and Baildus, not only Zeda and them, but also our native and King Lucifer will be threatened by them, there is no point in occupying Hammondale in such a situation! ”

"With the strength we currently have, it is very difficult to fight against the Erathian Empire and the Elemental Clan at the same time, and if we are not careful, we will lose everything! Only the powerful treasure of the Doom Blade will allow us to win in the end! So now what we have to do is to do our best to ensure the safety of Orphe and the completion of the Doom Blade! As long as the Doom Blade is completed, we Krigan will be invincible! ”

Empress Catherine's sudden exertion and their sudden retreat after breaking through the Elemental Castle puzzled Empress Catherine.

She really couldn't figure out what the Kerrigan were doing.

They can break the Elemental Castle, and of course Werningburg and Hammondale Castle, as well as the White Cliff Pass, and thus take over the entire Hammondale area.

But they just left like this, and they didn't have any nostalgia at all, as if they were completely coming for the elemental clan.

What was the reason for them to let go of Hammondal, who was at their fingertips? Could it be that it had something to do with their Doomblade plan?

And the terrible strength of the Ofer Kingdom in this battle also shocked Queen Catherine, if the purpose of this Ofer army is not for the Elemental Castle, but for Hammondale, the consequences are simply unimaginable.

By the time Imperial reinforcements arrived, the Cregans had completed their blitzkrieg and vanished from the Hammondale region.

In order to prevent the same thing from happening again, and to ensure that Hammondale was firmly in the hands of the Empire, Queen Catherine ordered these reinforcements to be stationed in Hammondale to strengthen the local defense.

While the Erathian Empire was massively building up in Hammondal, the Earth Monarch Edmund was also regrouping.

Although the Elemental Castle was broken, due to Edmund's almost gifting the Vorocan Sword to the other party, the various facilities inside the Elemental Castle were not seriously damaged, and the altars of various systems and the gathering points of the Yuan Collection, which were important to the Elemental Clan, were also intact, which made Edmund breathe a sigh of relief.

As long as these things are still there, the elementals can quickly regain their strength, and if these things are broken, then Edmund will only cry.

And because of the timely escape, Edmund still has a lot of troops in his hands, and nearly 60,000 elemental soldiers make him still a force that cannot be underestimated in the current Hammondale region, coupled with the strong strength of the elemental clan he represents, the emperor ** team does not dare to provoke him when his strength is damaged.

This gave Edmund enough time to slowly regain his strength.

But this defeat hit the ambitious Edmund quite hard, but the Legan people couldn't deal with it themselves, and the Erathian Empire seemed to be much stronger than the Kerrigans, and the Hammondale Alliance. It is also a strong strength that is not visible.

The future is bleak! Edmund sighed again and again, relying on the power of the elemental race itself alone, it really can't work.

After careful consideration, Edmund finally formed an offensive and defensive alliance with Jian Chen.

Meantime. He vaguely hinted to Jian Chen that he hoped to ease the relationship between himself and the Erathia Empire through the relationship between Jian Chen and the Erathia Empire.

Faced with Edmund's request. Of course, Chen Jian was full of promises.

This time, the Kerrigan people's aggressive attack made Chen Jian nervous for a while. Although he had already guessed that the purpose of the Kerrigan people this time was for the Vulcan Sword in Edmund's hand, such an astonishing formation still made Jian Chen fearful, and he knew that if the Kerrigan people beat Hammondale City on a whim, his fate would be absolutely miserable.

This time there is no danger.

If you don't die in a great calamity, you will have a blessing in the future.

Jian Chen said to himself. He was even more determined to leave Hammondal.

Then, under Jian Chen's instructions, an operation led by the half-elf Pete to clear the hidden agents of other forces in Hammondale City suddenly began.

After finding out that he was framed by the Kerrigans, Jian Chen was very sure that there must be a Kerrigan spy in his territory, so the Kerrigan could frame him in such a targeted manner.

And Mrak, the guy who has always been suspicious of himself, must have planted secret agents to monitor everything in Hammondale City.

As for the other forces, needless to say, as long as they have intentions for the strategic location of Hammondal, they must also send spies to hide in their territory.

What made Jian Chen feel relieved was that out of trust in him, and with Mlak stationed in Fort Werning, Empress Catherine had already removed her agents stationed in Hammondal.

After making up his mind to break away from the empire, Chen Jianfu had already begun to arrange the operation to eradicate these spies.

At the behest of Jian Chen. Robert and Polly teamed up to secretly investigate suspicious people long ago.

Hammondal's population is not large, and it is not very difficult to investigate, so although it is a bit of an afterthought, Chen Jian still quickly grasped a list in his hands.

Using this list, Pete led the soldiers in a thunderous arrest late one night.

In this arrest operation. A total of twenty-seven spies planted by various forces were captured or killed on the spot, and as many as five magic letter teleportation arrays were captured."

These five teleportation arrays belong to the Elven Kingdom, the Necromancer of Force, a High Lord of Negan, the Kingdom of Tytalia, and the Kingdom of Ofer.

The captured spy was imprisoned in the dungeon of Castle Harmondale, where Robert was tortured to obtain more information and find the fish that had slipped through the net.

The second round of arrests soon began, and the seven spies who were still hidden among the Hammondales and the five spies who were hidden in Chen Jian's army were unearthed.

After the arrest operation is completed. Jian Chen began to work on the second step of the plan.

Rumors began to circulate among the lords that several of the major powers around Harmondale were about to start a major battle in Hammondal.

And the fierce battle between the Jiasu and the Kregans that had just ended was only a prelude to this great battle.

The Erathian Empire has begun to build up its forces in Hammondal.

And the necromancer and elven kingdoms of Qiya are also on the move.

The big war that will be waged this time is destined to repeat the "timber war." The tragic times turned Hammondale into a scorched earth.

Because of these rumors. The whole city of Hammondale was shrouded in a gloomy and pessimistic mood.

And Chen Jian also issued an announcement in a timely manner a few days later, confirming the authenticity of some of the rumors, and Chen Jian also publicly stated. I will do my best to ensure the safety of my citizens no matter what.

"Harmondale's army will fight to the last of its forces to defend the Hammondales!"

"They will not be able to harm my people unless the enemy steps over my corpse".

The lord's bold words and fearless spirit in the announcement reinvigorated the lords.

At this time, another rumor began to circulate in Hammondal.

Someone suggested to the lord to flee from Hammondal, but the lord flatly rejected the suggestion in order to protect the lord from the enemy.

The lord also said. He wouldn't consider it unless the people were willing to leave Harmondale

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"I will live and die with the Hammondales."

This phrase is said to have been uttered by the lord himself, and it has been circulating among the lords for a while.

And whether or not to leave Hammondale has also become a topic of discussion among the lords.

Jian Chen stood on the wall of Harmondale Castle, quietly looking down at Harmondale City.

It's not easy to make up your mind to leave because there's so much to give up.

Well-equipped cities and castles, with an astonishing amount of high-quality iron ore, are suitable for commercial development and can make themselves a geographical advantage of making gold in the future.

All this once made Jian Chen proud of his territory, but now, he had to let go

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Take your fist back. In order to fight better, Jian Chen comforted himself in his heart.

He also knows very well that the practice of using public opinion to build momentum for himself in such an unstable situation is very dangerous, and if one is not careful, not only will it not play its due role, but it may also have a very serious counter-effect and hasten his own defeat.

He was gambling, and he could only gamble, gambling on the confidence of the lords in his lordship.