The mages of the empire did not dare to underestimate the returning Arthur, because only the spellcaster understood how terrifying a genius in this realm could be.

Even he was young.

But on the Imperial Zaun front, the commander of the Imperial legions stationed in the Zaun region did not think so.

This man was General Tulatan Olum Sbrotan. He is the commander of the southern front who has just been transferred from the northern frontier front of the empire,

He knew about the existence of this person from the news he got from the military mage on the magic web, and the only feeling was that he was only nineteen years old, not yet twenty years old, such a young mage, even if he was really a genius, under the current general trend, what impact could he have on the empire's strategy in Zu'an?

They fought in the north against the barbarians of the north, and it was not for nothing that they had never seen mages.

The shamans and sorcerers of the barbarian tribes have brought great trouble to the empire's journey, but they are not still subject to the iron heel of the empire.

The heroes of the barbarians who are active in the ice fields, Tedamir, Winter's Fury, the berserker Olaf, and the man who claims to be the strongest man in the entire northern frontier, who cut down the entire frozen oak forest or split the entire mountain one night ago, always carries a huge secret vault door board, and the continent's number one shield defender powerhouse, Bron, is not all defeated at the feet of the Empire.

In the past ten years, the Empire's Northern Frontier Legion, after years of non-stop fighting, has conquered almost half of the barbarian tribes, binding them in the cage of imperial decrees.

Once fierce and bloodthirsty savages, they are now reined to offer their allegiance to the Empire.

The few remaining remnants of the tribe were barely surviving, and they had heard that they were gathering under the leadership of Ash, the legendary leader of the Avarossa lineage, and were preparing to migrate farther north. Wanting to escape the blow of the Empire, but in Tulatan's opinion, it was only a matter of time.

The conquest of the empire is unstoppable.

Further afield, legend has it that there is a mysterious race of Iceborn, which Turatan had heard of, but did not think that they could stand in the way of the Empire's conquest.

So, Tulatan never thought that a little mage had anything to worry about.

As for the news that some people on the Imperial Magic Network forum spread wildly about Darius being defeated by this genius, he didn't believe it at all, he felt that it must be an exaggeration, and he preferred to believe that it was the sudden appearance of the air cavalry regiment of Demacia and the dragon that thwarted Darius's attack.

The news on the magic network was very fast, Darius's side had just retreated, and here, the upper echelons of the empire had obtained the specific details of this battle.

Many of those who had been defeated on the battlefield described the dragon to their heart's content.

O dragon!

After many years, the dragon has re-stepped onto the mainland stage.

In the face of a giant dragon and a genius choice, the more eye-catching is of course the dragon.

They easily ignore Arthur's previous role on the battlefield.

Of course, he thought that a dragon that suddenly appeared was the protagonist of the battlefield that day, and the nightmare of the soldiers of the Noxian Legion.

This is also human nature.

Now, everyone knows that Demacia has a dragon, and it is that dragon that stands in the way of the entire Noxus to conquer Lord Demacia, not some bullshit genius.

So even they got the news that the genius had returned to Zaun in a matter of days.

But no one paid much attention to the news.

On the battlefield, only the commander and the soldier decide the victory.

The conquest of Noxus is unstoppable.

The Empire's conquest in the southern part of the continent was originally smooth, but it was held back in the tiny city of Zaun, which was a disgrace for the Empire.

Originally, the empire had a plan to completely conquer the south of the continent, so it transferred the main force back to the north and swept away the barbarians on the ice fields in the north in one fell swoop.

Then the strategic form of the empire would be greatly improved.

And after conquering those barbarians in the north, the empire will have a lot of more troops, and also release a large number of mobile troops, so that the empire's strength will be even stronger.

When the time comes, the army will turn south and sweep across the continent, which will be just around the corner.

Instead of using troops everywhere like now, but the troops are stretched thin everywhere, like a fallen earthly dragon, as if it can't find a place to exert its strength. Of course, the strength of the empire is still strong and unstoppable, but if it continues to be stalemate as it is now, it is not good news for the empire's finances.

Especially after the start of the offensive in the south of the mainland, large-scale conquests were fought year after year, and several large-scale legions were organized to go south one after another, and at the same time fought in several directions, which dragged down the empire's strong family foundation to a considerable extent.

The center of the empire admits frankly that the empire's finances have a tendency to be unstable.

This situation cannot be sustained for many years, and it must be closed.

The defeat of the Empire's offensive against Demacia was actually good news, which meant that the Empire was able to concentrate more resources in both the north and the south, and for at least two years, the upper echelons of the Empire would have to suppress their hatred and abandon their attempts to conquer Demacia in a short time.

This helps the upper echelons of the empire to better agree.

Sometimes, it's wise to give up.

Demacia is a ruthless bone, well, then give up completely.

Turn your gaze back to the south.

And Tulatan, this time was transferred from the north to the south, which means that the empire has made a new choice, adjusted its strategy, temporarily abandoned the north, concentrated its forces, and went all the way to the south, breaking through Zu'an in one fell swoop, hitting the seashore of the Sea of Watchers and the Sea of Conquerors, and even, crossing that ocean and going further south.

It's the new strategy of the Empire.

In that way, the territory of the empire in the south would be completely complete, at least, the empire's army would not need to continue to stalemate in these places, as long as it conquered Zuan and Picheng. Then the conquest of the empire in the south was complete.

The reason why the imperial strategy gave preference to the South was naturally because of wealth.

The upper echelons of the empire have always been eyeing the wealth of Zaun and Picheng.

The alchemy industry of Zaun, the abundant resources, the fine port of Pi City, and the wealth in the pockets of the merchants had long been included in the list of plans of the imperial treasury.

As long as this place is conquered, the wealth and industry of these two places will have a huge supplement to the empire, so that the empire's finances will be greatly relieved.

The conquest of Zaun and Picheng will give the empire new wings.

And when it comes to completing the integration of the southern part of the empire and hitting the empire with all the resources, looking at the continent, who else can stop it?

And compared to the overall strategy of the empire, Tarzan's overwhelming army, a small alchemist, even if he is a rare genius in history, so what?

So, that's what Tulatan thinks.

He came from the north, not alone.

From all parts of the Empire, from all fronts, countless warbands, tens of thousands of races that had been conquered by the Empire, those strong ogres, barbarians, giants, druids, all kinds of warrior professionals and mages and craftsmen, like countless streams, rivers and seas, converged to the south, under the command of Tulatan.

This is the decision of the Empire.

Like a giant hammer, it smashed into the south.

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