Looking at the small castle not far away, Elizabeth explained to Koster and Phaeda beside her, "That's the castle where the teacher lives in seclusion. Ever since the collapse of the Magic Empire, the teacher has sealed the entire castle and handed over all the resistance forces in Desik to me. ”

"I just didn't expect that I still underestimated the difficulty of this matter, and it was too difficult to resist the rule of the Magic Empire. Those armies of the Magic Empire were almost all for the sake of the teacher's face, so they didn't attack Oakland City, otherwise, with just our people, how could they hold until now. ”

Retracting his gaze towards the castle in the distance, Kster comforted Elizabeth, "Your Royal Highness doesn't have to blame yourself, you don't have any capital in the first place. If you look at Shangmeng, you will understand that what you have done is not bad. ”

Elizabeth was also interested, "Speaking of the Business Alliance, why did you get broken through the defense line by the Magic Empire so quickly? I don't think you are doing a good job in the south, Florian and Jim, they barely take much advantage." ”

Kerst let out a long sigh, "Well, that's a long story. ”

The place where the two were located was a balcony of Elizabeth's mansion, not far from Bazemore's castle. After discussing many proposals in the conference room, the two took advantage of the recess to go to the balcony to breathe.

In the exchange just now, Kerst has explained the current situation of the Business Alliance to Elizabeth clearly, and formally proposed the alliance to Elizabeth on behalf of the Business Alliance.

Elizabeth, of course, would not refuse. At this time, in the face of the oppression of the Magic Empire, every ounce of strength is indispensable, whether they were previously Shang Alliance or Desik. Enemies can also become allies, and this is the choice that has to be made under the strong pressure of the Magic Empire.

"Although we are now in an alliance, due to the existence of the Magic Empire, we are not too closely connected. That's what worries Kester.

"There is a trail in the Sunset Mountains in the north that leads to South Madur. Elizabeth wasn't so sure.

The Sunset Mountains run from north to south, wrapping the entire continent from the north and west to the long sea in the south. In the northern part of Sunset Mountain, where the climate is cold and snowy, there is a unique trail that leads to the western part of Sunset Mountain.

But it's not a good road.

Let's not talk about the long distance, not to mention the people who walk this road. Faced with severe cold and high mountain polar climates, there was also a lack of supplies.

In fact, an army managed to cross the trail a few years ago, and it was the pride of the Desik people - the Desik Steppenwolf Ride.

After more than a month of trekking, only 5,000 elite wolf riders of more than 8,000 people were able to get out of the snow-capped mountain alive. You must know that the physical fitness of every wasteland warrior is the top, and they have been boiling their bodies in the wind and snow all year round.

Even such a team, after the most adequate preparations, still lost nearly half of its manpower to successfully cross the snowy mountain.

Listening to Elizabeth's story, Kerst was a little unwilling.

"There's no other way?"

"Actually, you don't have to be in a hurry. For now, the communication between the two of us can be done by magicians. And we are not particularly helpful to you at all, not to mention that there is an extreme shortage of food, personnel and materials, and even if we can transport it, we don't have the manpower. ”

Kester thought for a moment, "This is indeed the truth, you are not short of supplies, and the materials we lack are too large for you." It seems that our alliance is more symbolic. ”

"Yes," Elizabeth seemed a little less interested, "don't you think, Kerth, that we're more like two people who have fallen overboard, helping each other in the dark." ”

"You're right, but in our case, what we need more now is a piece of driftwood." ”

"Driftwood?" asked Elizabeth, tilting her head.

"Yes!"

"Really?"

"Really! No, there has to be. ”

Koster was actually playing the drums in his heart. According to the advice given to him by the Great Elf King, after contacting this ally in the north, he should go to the end of the long sea in the east of the continent to find the legendary race, the dragons.

The Elven King's suggestion was a suggestion, and he was obviously apprehensive about whether he could get the help of the dragon.

"What kind of dragon clan is that, can there really be a way?" Elizabeth also thought of what 'driftwood' meant by Koster's mouth, "Since they are allies, Koster has not hidden anything from her.

"I don't know, the Great Elf King just suggested that I look for it, according to him, during the last continental war, the critical moment for humans and the Magic Empire was to get the help of the dragons. Privately, I thought that the dragons' super-high magical abilities seemed to rival the archons of the Magic Empire. ”

"You're right, if it's a super magician who has received the bonus of the magic tower, it's really not something that ordinary people can deal with. ”

In fact, Kerst was still careful, he didn't tell Elizabeth what she really thought. Feida, who listened to the conversation between the two, seemed to hear what Caster was thinking. The Elf King's intention is obviously to hope that Kester can use the help of the dragons to complete the assassination of Merlin, the leader of the Magic Empire, so as to stop the expansion of the Magic Empire from the root.

After the meeting of the alliance, Kerst and Ferda, led by their attendants, returned to their rooms to rest. Elizabeth and her staff, the nobles who followed her, and the generals had to continue to discuss the next policy.

No one cared about Kerst and Ferda for the time being, and Ferda asked Caster curiously, "Caster, I've always had a doubt. ”

"Oh, what's the doubt?" you say. Koster looked at Feida with a pleasant face.

"If it is really according to the Great Elf King, we get the help of the dragon clan and successfully assassinate the leader of the magic empire, will those magicians really fall apart?"

Kester looked at Feida with satisfaction, after all these years of training, Feida was no longer the little girl who followed behind Lolita, except for a martial arts but no idea. Now Feida is already a qualified merchant league officer, and he can think about these problems himself.

Feida's doubts were actually the same doubts that Kester himself had when he heard the idea.

The Great Elf King didn't say it explicitly, but the meaning was clear. Caster wondered if Merlin's followers would give up easily, after all, the temptation of magical power had already given them a taste of sweetness. Even if Merlin dies, maybe there will be a second Merlin?

The good thing about this is that he has a resolute character, and even with these doubts, he still resolutely came to the north.

"I don't know what the chances of success are," said Koster, who put his hands on Feida's shoulders and looked at her earnestly, "even if we are waiting for failure, if we don't try, then we really have no hope at all." Do you understand, Feida. ”

Feida nodded heavily, in her mind, what Chestter said was always right.

Just as Kester was heading to Auckland City north of Desik, a small group of elves actually appeared at the junction of the former White Harbor and the Manning Kingdom west of the Misty Forest.

In the distance, there is a large plain east of Manning, which has been uninhabited for a long time because it has been occupied by the Desik troops. Under the pressure of the Desik troops, countless Manning civilians have managed to escape the land and burrow into dense forests and swamps.

Without the land where the farmer served, it was visible to the naked eye that it was barren, and even in the empty winter, the whole picture of the abandoned land could be seen.

The leaders of this group of elves are all wearing exquisite hollow alloy armor, and they are carrying elven longbows more than one person tall on their backs, and the bow horns are ornate carvings. And behind these people, there are elven mages in pale green robes.

Unlike human mages, elven mages are dressed in a much more high-profile manner, and their mage robes are covered in silver, gold, and purple runes that increase the speed at which they can cast spells. Some elves also wore shining magic crystals on their chests. The magic crystal, which was treasured by Merlin and the magicians of the Magic Empire, was casually used as an ornament by the elven mages.

The leading elf turned to be none other than Captain Ficcio, a good friend of Kerst and Feda, and he solemnly commanded everyone, "Now we have entered the territory of the humans. Our target is South Madol, the current temporary capital of the Business Alliance. This journey is not easy, and every human we meet is likely to be our enemy. Got it?"

The elves even claimed to be. There were thirty of them in total, ten archers and twenty magicians, and it was the power that the Great Elf King promised to help the Shang Alliance. They leave the Misty Forest en masse, and under the leadership of Ficcio, they will head to the merchant alliance in Koxter's hometown.

"Captain, I heard that the climate in South Madur is very cold?" At Ficcio's side was another friend of Koster and Fayda, Xiao Han. This time, Xiaohan's strength was not enough, but it was only because she was familiar with Caster and Feida that Ficchio brought her.

Fizio stared at Xiao Han, and with the other party's pitiful gaze, he looked at his hollowed-out armor and the mage's thin mage robes.

"Forget it, if you can't let the mages make a fire when the time comes. "Ficcio, who has always been cold, didn't expect to worry about such a thing after leaving Nosirio's range. The entire elf kingdom is under the control of the magic of the great elf king, and the four seasons are warm and refreshing.

It's just that winter has come.

Captain Ficcio suddenly turned his head to face west, his two pupils widened, and he took the longbow from his back with his backhand.

The magician beside him was also vigilant when he saw Ficcio's movements.

"Captain?" Xiao Han asked in a loud voice.

"Watch out, someone's coming!" Ficcio explained briefly, and the remaining archers immediately scattered. A mage chanted a few words in a loud voice, and a cyan protective magic array rose, just like Nosilio's.

Smoke and dust rose up, and not far away, more than a dozen Steppenwolf were approaching here at high speed, their banner still being a black Steppenwolf flag. They, I'm afraid, are the last people on this continent who still carry the Desik banner.

"It's Steppenwolf riding!" Although Ficcio rarely walked out of the Misty Forest, he still had some understanding of the situation on the continent.