Mister City had finally fallen on the day of the Double Day two years before, and the Magic Empire's sudden intensification of attacks made it impossible for the fragile Merchant Alliance to resist, even though the Merchant Alliance was already much stronger than they had been at war with Desik.

Later generations were surprised by the choice made by King Lucius and the Military Council of the Shang Alliance. With less than 30,000 men under his leadership, he was still holding the front line at the time, and in fact, the Magic Empire's army had not set foot in the territory of the Merchant Alliance at all.

King Lucius chose to retreat, and used the more than 40,000 troops originally planned to be sent to Kester to carry the evacuated supplies. And this retreat at Mister City was much more difficult than the retreat from White Harbor, where he became famous. First, without the help of water transportation, many of the nobles of Mister City did not realize the need to evacuate, and they still thought that Kerst and his army would be able to keep the merchant allies out.

In the midst of the chaos, the evacuation of the organization was rather slow. Finally, after the loss of Koster's army, a large number of Magic Empire troops surrounded the merchant allies in Myster City who had not yet had time to completely withdraw with lightning speed.

Later generations speculated that among the members of the Military Council, there may be hidden members of the Dark Rising. They may have influenced or controlled the will of King Lucius. Otherwise, why would King Lucius, who had been quite wise since the outbreak of the war, make such a hasty decision.

Yes, the city of Mister and the merchant alliance suffered heavy losses. Among them, the monarchs of various countries led by King Lucius, only the Grand Duke of Tra, escorting King Manning's youngest son Lori, successfully evaded the troops of the Magic Empire in the first batch of evacuees. The rest, including the rest of the Military Council, were all outside of Mister City, dying under magic.

King Lucius, General Calvin, General Pierre, dukes and counts of various countries, and a large number of nobles died. The nobles of the merchant alliance who survived the Desic War still lost their lives outside the city of Mister this time.

In addition to the Duke of Tra, Guarman, who is far away in South Madol, and the Duke of Mossat who is far away in the city of Mosat, the only surviving monarchs are Xiao Mu and Lolita. When they returned from the front, they did not enter the city of Mister, but made their way to Carmen. Originally, their plan was to go to Carman to mobilize supplies to support the front line, but before they could make the trip, the news of the fall of Mister City came.

Xiao Mu was silent for a long time. In his mind, the fall of Mister meant that the front line had been lost. And if the front line is lost, whether it is Koster, Feida or Monica, the chances of them surviving are not high. Lolita comforted him, "Little Mu, don't worry, I think Kerst will survive." Don't forget that they also have a dragon. ”

Hearing Lolita say this, Xiao Mu hugged her into his arms, and only let go of her after a long time, Lolita's face was flushed with shame, "It's really a bad guy, don't go and prepare quickly." ”

Xiao Mu was puzzled, "What are you going to prepare?"

Lolita stomped her foot angrily, "What else are you going to prepare? The army of the Magic Empire is coming, do you want to hold it with such a little royal guard and my little San Jose guard?"

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"We gathered civilians from the country and evacuated to Mozart or the Sunset Mountains. I think South Madur would be a good choice. ”

Just when the two were entangled, Lance, the captain of Lolita's guard, hurriedly ran in, "Dragon, dragon, princess, the dragon of Koster is here." ”

Looking at the Chester who jumped off the mount, Xiao Mu finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the two hugged tightly for a long time before Xiao Mu asked with red eyes, "What the hell is going on?"

"We held the front line for three days, and King Lucius did not send us reinforcements at all, he organized all the nobles and commoners of the city of Mister to prepare for the evacuation. However, the order was too hasty, and the preparation was not sufficient. The Magic Empire crushed the defenses of the New Ninth Army and broke through and headed straight for Myster City. Those who had not yet evacuated were completely surrounded. When I arrived at the city of Mister, I saw that King Lucius and General Calvin were dead, countless civilians had become captives of the Magic Empire, and the city of Mister was engulfed in flames......"

Listening to Koster's story, Xiao Mu and Lolita realized what was going on, "What about my sister?" Before Xiao Mu could finish speaking, Kester interrupted him, "Monica is fine, and so are Feda and Mage Set, they and my New Sixth Army and the New Army that I ordered are all stationed in the Stonetalon Mountains north of Tra. Commander Christet of the New Ninth Army bought me time with her life. ”

And they all sighed.

"What should we do, Kerth?" asked Lolita.

Kester was silent for a long time, "Actually, in the end, we still have to use King Lucius's set, I knew it was so, hey." ”

The current situation of the Shang Alliance is very bad, almost fragmented, and the army is also depleted. After a while, they decided to divide the route: Koster led his army and went to the north as soon as possible to occupy strategic points, the Magic Empire's army needed time to consolidate their rule in Tra, and then they would send troops to Mossat and Kaman, Xiao Mu should immediately organize the evacuation of the people in Kaman, cross the Morro River, and go to Carthage or Kosok in the north, or even South Madur, and Lolita should go south and contact General Wellington and Duke Mosatt to evacuate to the north as well.

In the process, Kerst will take the elite scouts of the New Sixth Army to try to save as many people as possible from the fallen Duchy of Tra, especially the magicians.

"Xiao Mu, the situation of war has changed, and we can't do anything without magicians. Xiao Mu and Lolita nodded their heads, this war also made it clear to them that even the once weak Western Frontier Army of San Jose, with the help of magicians, they defeated the Shang Alliance in less than a month. You must know that even the Desik Empire achieved this goal after several major battles and sacrificed a lot.

"But Kerster," Xiao Mu was still a little unwilling, "should we evacuate like this? Back then, we could have withdrawn from Manning to Mister City, and now we can withdraw from Mister City to South Madur. But after that, if the Magic Empire's army comes again, where else can we retreat?"

Kerst was silent, he looked into the eyes of Mu and Lolita, knowing that their concerns were correct. If the Magic Empire continues to expand, where else can they retreat?

"I don't know, Xiao Mu, I don't know. Kerst crouched down in pain, holding his head. The battle over the past few days has made Cast almost lose his mind, and his always tense brain finally collapsed completely under Xiao Mu's questioning. Kerst fell to the ground in pain and screamed miserably, causing Kaka outside the house to also "whine". The dragon's senses are quite keen, and the senses of its owner make it uneasy.

"Caster, Chester......" The anxious cries of Xiao Mu and Lolita rang in their ears, and Caster felt himself sinking into an abyss, going deeper and lower, deeper and lower. Strange things surrounded him, and the cold invaded. Then, this feeling became stronger and stronger, and Kerst could only faintly hear the voices of Xiao Mu and Lolita, and soon he couldn't hear anything, and there was only darkness around him, boundless darkness.

While Kerst was in a coma, drastic changes were taking place on the land of the Shang Alliance. Following Koster's advice before he fell into a coma, Mu and Monica split up to organize the evacuation of the Duchy of Kaman and Mossart. Countless commoners and nobles left their homes and went to the northern kingdoms with all the supplies they could carry.

War, which displaces them, war, makes them lose a lot. But in war, nothing is more important than life. Xiao Mu sent people to take Koster to South Madur first, and Koster's army also established positions in various passes in the north-controlled area. They also don't know how long they'll be able to hold out if the Magic Empire's army comes.

Fortunately, it was winter soon after the Double Day Festival, and in winter, the army generally did not go out. After the Magic Empire completely defeated the main force of the Shang Alliance and occupied the city of Myster, it organized its army to divide into several units and conquer various cities of the Shang Alliance from east to west, not sparing even a small town. If you have a map, you can see the Magic Flame Emblem representing the Magic Empire, all the way to the west, the city of Myster, the city of Mosat, and the capital of the Kaman king.

The Three Southwestern Kingdoms were soon overrun by the Magic Empire before winter set on.

"General Wendell, this time everyone worked together to finally live up to the expectations of the archon. Standing in the castle of the last captured capital of Carman, Elby looked a little spirited, flanked by Master Black and General Wendell.

"It's a pity that I didn't find the magical manuscript that the archon wanted. Blake was a little dissatisfied.

"It's all right, Blake", Elby relieved, "Duke Mu is not a fool, how could he leave the manuscript here." But also, they are running too fast, and our forces have been stretched to the limit. At least until the end of this winter, we can't go any further. ”

"Elby Mage, Venerable Archon, rest assured, when we are well recuperated, we will conquer the last land in the northwest. The glory of the Magic Empire will eventually shine across the continent. "General Wendell, swearing.

"Okay, General Wendell, I know your loyalty to the Empire, don't worry, I'll pass it on to the archon. But now, let's keep our troops stationed in peace, there is still a lot to do, and we, let's go back to Kyoto City. The Grand Archon of Merlin said that we were going to give our capital a new name. Wendell, you stay here, remember, the magic towers requested by the archon, a total of five hundred, be completed as soon as possible, understand. ”

"Okay, Archon, now that the war is on hold, our main task now is to build the Magic Tower. Rest assured, we've captured enough captives. When you come here again in the spring of next year, there will be 500 magic towers erected here. ”

Elby nodded, "That's good." ”

Wendell suddenly stepped forward and asked quietly, "Archon, I've always been curious, what are these magic towers for?"

Elby glared at him, "It's a wizard's business, you'd better not ask." ”

Wendell hurriedly shook his head, "Don't ask, don't ask, I'm just curious, don't ask." ”