Chapter 600 Friend and Foe Distinguish Between Friend and Foe The Offer region is an extremely remote and inaccessible area on the continent of Erathia, and due to the isolation of the mountains, there are only two ways for people to enter the Ofer region from the ground

One is accessible through the Hammondale area, while the other is accessible from Bairdes

Of course, these two paths are not so easy to follow, Bailders is a borderland where undead creatures are rampant, needless to say, the Hammondale region has also been at war for many years, the Erathia Empire and the Elven Kingdom have fought many wars for Hammondal, plus Dia's necromancers also intervene in the local area from time to time, and other forces want to occupy Ofer through Hammondale, they have to take into account the possible reactions of these three forces, and the three major forces contain each other in the Harmondale region, and they can't attack the Ofer region

In fact, according to the analysis of some historians, the reason why the Erathia Empire and the Elven Kingdom were so tense and did not hesitate to fight against the Hammondale region, and even broke out a timber war that lasted one hundred and fifty years, is not only because the Hammondale region has extremely important strategic significance because of its unique geographical location, but also because the two sides covet the Ofer region, which is also a very important reason. Because until the hill dwarves have entered Bairders and driven away the local undead creatures, the road from Bairders to Orpheus is simply impassable

The war in Hammondale has lasted for hundreds of years, and although the war has stopped, the dispute has always existed, and peace has never lasted

This situation not only made the Halfling area barren, but also caused the Haver area adjacent to Hammondale to become a borderless land like Bailders before the Crimeans came into possession, and finally became a paradise for the halflings. Because the nature of this halfling kingdom is too strong, the combat power of halflings can only be a joke for many races

Everything that happened after that also proved that this halfling kingdom was as vulnerable as everyone expected, because the Krigan appeared, and the Krigan people who crossed the ocean from the continent of Enros to the continent of Erathia to develop took a fancy to the Ofer region, and they landed on the coast of Ofer and wantonly killed the halflings, although the halflings resisted, but their combat effectiveness was too weak, if they didn't flee quickly, they would almost be killed by the Kerrigans

This is also the reason why in the Entagri Empire now, in addition to the hill dwarves, the halfling clan has always been not very easy to deal with the Krigan clan

Then the short-lived kingdom of the Kregan people took root in Off, they came prepared, the force was also good, and the successful division of one side, the Elasia Empire, the Elven Kingdom and the necromancers of Dia fought for hundreds of years and failed to take Hammondale and Orph into their hands, but they cheapened these red-skinned alien visitors

The Cregans' requirements for the environment are very different from those of the other races on the continent, and the lush Ofer region was quickly destroyed by them, and in the following time, the Kerrigan people used this as their base camp, united with the necromancers of Dea and the lords of Negan, and waged a war against the Elasia Empire and the Elven Kingdom in the last war, but they failed miserably, and the reason for their defeat was because they were too superstitious about the geographical advantages of Ofer - they put most of their defense forces in the direction of Hammondal, Unexpectedly, the Elven Kingdom sent a large number of elite jungle guardian troops, successfully crossed the steep mountains across the Turalian Forest and the Overer region, and broke into the belly of the Overr region in one fell swoop, and the Erathian Empire also gave up attacking Overer from the direction of Hammondal, and sent elite troops to the border of Bairders to attack the rear of the Kerrigan army

The Legan people, who had no choice but to surrender, withdrew from the war, and then began to lie down and create the Doomsday Blade, which made a comeback two years ago and set off the Doomsday War alone, only this time they did not have superstitious geographical advantages, but they were superstitious about the power of the Doomsday Blade, and finally made the army defeated and destroyed

After the fall of the kingdom of the Kregans, due to the deepening discord and contradictions between the three countries of the Holy Alliance, the Ofer region was once again in a state of ownerlessness, and the three allies who were busy with domestic affairs each stationed some troops in the local area to serve as an early warning force for the possible attack on the Negan Lords, then returned home and left the land. It has become a scorched earth

But this does not mean that the Ofer region can return to calm again, the rise of the Farook army has rekindled the war in the land of Ofer, the Farook army and the armies of the three holy alliance have fought a number of small but inconclusive battles in the local area, after the defeat of the Farook army, the Alice part loyal to the half-elf Gru split from the Farook army, as well as Faruk's own defeated army, have taken refuge in the Ofer region

As a result, there are five armies in the Ofer region that belong to different factions

Erathia Army, Elven King**, Bracada Army, Alice Army, Farouk Remnants

Among these five armies, the Elasia Army and the Elven King** are the strongest, because when the two countries fought in Hammondal, they sent men to reinforce the army in the Ofer region

The Bracada Army had already withdrawn from Ofer, and Magnus, the Immortal King, was now not bothered to care about Ofer, who was of little value in his eyes

And the Alice Department and the remnants of Farook are living a bleak life in the Ofer region, because the current Ofer is too desolate, and neither the Elasian army nor the Elven King** have any intention of letting them go

Now that Jian Chen wants to become the master of Ofer, he must get rid of these chaotic forces

The Bracada army has withdrawn from Ofer, so naturally it is ignored, the Erathia Empire and the Elven Kingdom are now the great enemies of the Entagri Empire, and its army in the Ofer region must of course be eliminated, which is needless to say, but how to deal with the two forces of Alice split from the Farouk army and the remnants of Farouk's army, Jian Chen felt that there was a lot to be done

Chen Jian fought the idea of annexation

Because no matter what you say, these two forces actually agree with the concept of racial equality like Chen Jian's Entagri Empire, which gives the Entagri Empire a prerequisite for merging these two forces

And at present, according to the information provided by Skynet, these two forces still have considerable combat effectiveness, Alice has nearly 60,000 soldiers, including strong races such as golden dragons, green dragons, and unicorns, and there are mysterious tree people, and there are also a lot of soldiers of the elf race

And although Farouk's remnants were taken away by Alice, including the forest dragon clan, the combat effectiveness is more than that of Alice's department, but the number is large, more than 80,000, of which the number of elf soldiers is needless to say, because Farouk was originally a lord of the elf clan, and Farouk's many years of operation also made him have a very high prestige among the forest dwarves and centaurs, and most of the forest dwarf warriors and centaur warriors who participated in this rebellion are now attached to him, With him fled into the Ofer

With these hundreds of thousands of troops, it is impossible to say that Chen Jian is not blushing, and the addition of a large number of elves, forest dwarves, centaurs, as well as those forest dragons, tree people, and unicorns will also greatly help to strengthen the momentum of the Entagri Empire again and further promote racial equality

Therefore, as early as a few days ago, Chen Jian had already sent envoys to contact these two forces to test them, but to Chen Jian's disappointment, neither side could bring him good news

Although he had been defeated and had no hope of recovery, Farouk still didn't give him a good look, and this elven lord who regarded Chen Jian as his great enemy directly blasted out the messenger sent by Chen Jian, this attitude made Chen Jian understand that it was not so easy to annex Farouk's remnants

What made Jian Chen feel depressed was that on the side of Alice's department, which he originally thought had a certain degree of certainty, he had also hit a wall, and had already taken the initiative to show favor to Jian Chen, and provided the whereabouts of the missing hill dwarves to Jian Chen

At this moment, Jian Chen was a little confused, Farouk's attitude was not strange to him, but what about Alice's attitude?

But soon, Jian Chen linked this incident with the mysterious disappearance of Gru and the Blade of Doom

Because of Esrena's speculation, Chen Jian has always been concerned about Gru, although now he has not found conclusive evidence that Gru is the internal response of the Farouk army in the elven kingdom, and the failure of the Farouk army also made Esirena's speculation a little untenable, but Chen Jian subconsciously thought that Gru must have something to do with all this

Even this time, the Doomsday Blade disappeared mysteriously again, and Lloyd, the soul of the Farouk Army, also disappeared, Chen Jian thought that it was very likely that he had nothing to do with Gru, because from the information sent back from Skynet, Chen Jian found that in the same time period when Doomsday Blade and Lloyd disappeared, Gru happened to be not in Pilbon City, and his whereabouts were missing, which was too much of a coincidence

At the same time, Alice Ministry's defection from the Farouk Army, Chen Jian also thought that it was quite strange

Because of the analysis of the information transmitted back from the personnel who were planted in the Farouk army by Skynet, the operation of Alice's department was definitely premeditated

In fact, without intelligence, a discerning person can also see the huge cattleness that exists in this matter

The most obvious flaw is that as soon as Alice raised her arms, a large number of heavy generals of the Farouk army responded and defected out of the Farouk army with their elite troops

And they moved in order, and they rallied early in Hammondale

What is this concept?

How could all this have been possible without a long period of premeditation and planning?

After Chen Jian and everyone discussed, they all thought that someone in Farouk's army must have secretly planned all this, and this person, from the bright side, was Alice, but the possibility of someone else could not be ruled out

And there is a strange thing about this matter

Jian Chen has always wondered whether the disappearance of the Doomsday Blade made the Alice Ministry find an excuse to defect, or is the disappearance of the Doomsday Blade actually deliberately done by the Alice Ministry herself?

If the former is possible, then who exactly is the Blade of Doom in the hands of now?

If the latter is possible, then what are the plans of the Alice Ministry with the Doomsday Blade now in Offer?

At the same time, what role did Gru play in all these events?

All this made Jian Chen realize that the Alice Department, perhaps more hostile than the remnants of Farouk, was a threat to him

Even, the Alice Department, which is difficult to distinguish between friend and foe, has become the biggest obstacle for Chen Jian to enter the Orver at this time, because Chen Jian can't figure out whether the other party has the Doomsday Blade in his hand

This made Chen Jian realize that the sentence of feng shui turns is really an unbreakable truth, he just asked Orison to use the copycat version of the Doom Blade to intimidate the army of the Elven Kingdom at White Cliff Pass, but now he himself immediately began to dare not act rashly because of the amazing power of the Doomsday Blade

After thinking about it, Chen Jian's third order couldn't be written, because he felt that he should think about it more carefully, and after careful discussion with everyone, he could make a final decision

Anyway, Baierdes hasn't done it yet, he still has time, and he can't eat hot tofu in a hurry

And at this time, somewhere in Oufu, the Alice Department, which gave Jian Chen a big headache, was far from being as good as Chen Jian imagined

Because they don't have the Doomsday Blade in their hands at all, and the Doomsday Blade has already been secretly taken away by Gru

Alice and the others did not know anything about this, and they followed Gru's guidance to come to Euver, trying to find a place to live in the local area, but they were affected by the great war between the Elasia Empire and the Elven Kingdom, and suffered some losses again, which made Alice and the others worried, they did not know where to get supplies

The army of nearly 60,000 people has to eat and drink, and the consumption is not small, Alice and they defected from the Farouk army, although they brought out some supplies, but of course this rootless water cannot withstand consumption, and the partial Ofu area is very dilapidated, and they can't get the food and other materials they urgently need

However, to Alice's relief, Gru seemed to have anticipated this situation, and he asked Alice to hide in Over, saying that he already had a solution to this problem

So Alice and the others settled down somewhere in Ofer, and they repaired the dilapidated military fortress left by a certain Cregan, and stayed in it, trying to avoid fighting with the Elasia army and the elven king**, and waiting for the good news from Gru

Alice and the others have been waiting for more than half a month, and today, the army's food stocks are about to bottom out, but Gru's news has not yet come

In desperation, Alice had no choice but to take the initiative to contact Gru

Knowing that Gru was to be contacted, Genova, Klonis, Eufritin, and Memphira all got together

The human magician Klonis was very uneasy about the current situation: "Even if Lord Gru has a way, I'm afraid it's too late now, at most four days, we will have to run out of food, four days, what can we do?" What's wrong with Lord Gru, what kind of difficulties did he encounter that he couldn't even deal with such an important matter in time? ”

"Lord Gru said that there is a way, then there must be a way" Jenova, who has deep confidence in Gru, is still very optimistic, "Besides, Lord Gru has ever let us down?" ”

Everyfretin didn't speak, and since the last incident, the dwarven knight, who was not good at words, had become silent

Meng Feila, who was sitting next to him, also didn't say a word, just stared quietly at the magic letter teleportation array

Alice had a sad face, there was Lloyd to do everything before, she just helped to fight, and she didn't realize how hard it was, but now that Lloyd is missing, the female elf found out that it is really tiring to preside over such a big stall, and there is no strong backer behind her

Therefore, even when she heard that Genova and Kronis were arguing over Gru's affairs, she was in no mood to pay attention to it, and the huge pressure made her in an extremely irritated state of mind at the moment, and she was a little worried about whether Gru's side would be able to reply to her next step in time

But this time, Gru didn't make her wait too long, and not long after the letter she wrote was sent, a faint magical light emanated from the teleportation array, and Gru's reply came

Relieved, Alice took the letter out of the teleportation array and opened it to take a look, only to find out unexpectedly, although Gru gave a solution, it was too unexpected for her

Because Gru actually asked her to take people and horses to be mercenaries for others

To be precise, it was for her to take her nearly 60,000 people, while maintaining an independent organization and not dispersing, to temporarily join the Ntagri Empire in the form of mercenaries

"This will not only allow us to get much-needed supplies from the Entagri Empire, but it will also allow us to see up close whether this empire, which ostensibly values racial equality as we do, really holds the same great ideals as we do."

In the letter, Gru wrote