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Even so, the progress of alchemy was greatly accelerated, and comparing the magic of an alchemist is almost negligible for a magician.

The ascension of alchemy has changed the political, military, and economic environment of the Western Continent. While it brought more power to the empires, it also brought a lot of trouble.

One of the most troublesome is the problem of energy, before that, the most precious thing in the Western Continent was also the elemental crystal, but after the improvement of alchemy, this situation has changed a lot, the elemental crystal is only a necessity for the strong, and the empires need more pure gold, dense silver and source stones.

All three were elevated to the level of strategic goods, and the empires strictly forbade exports, importing as much as possible from other empires. Among these three materials, the one that consumes the most is the source stone.

The source stone was first discovered by the magician who studied alchemy, and at that time no one would have paid attention to this kind of stone that was full of strange energy but could not be used, and the source stone mine had already been discovered in many places, but no one would bother to mine it.

When the transformation of the magic array was truly successful, everything changed, and the source stone became the state-owned material of each empire, even if the mine was in the territory of a certain principality, it would be taken back by the empire.

If these three types of mines are found on the borders of various countries, there is no need to say anything, and the war between empires will soon come.

However, in the past few hundred years, only nearly fifty years ago on the border of the three major empires, a vein was discovered, and the previous discoveries were all in the territory of each empire, and others could not do anything about it.

The status of pure gold, secret silver, and source stone has been greatly improved, which has attracted the attention of many people. There is no way to do it within the empire, and even if it is discovered, it will be taken back by the empire. However, the Western Continent, like the Eastern Continent, still has a large area of land that is idle and not owned by any empire.

These lands were either too barren for cultivation or mines, or too far away from the empires for anyone to visit. There are many places in these areas that no one has ever visited, and in order to get their hands on these three things, a large number of adventurers have set off a treasure hunting craze throughout the Western Continent. In just a few hundred years, more than half of the remaining vacant land has been searched, and more detailed information has been added to the map of the western continent.

Phil and the others were a little at a loss, is alchemy really so important? For these martial saints, alchemy is no stranger, and there will be some magic items made by alchemists in their homes to a greater or lesser extent. These magical items greatly facilitate people's lives and improve people's quality of life, but these things are not important.

Feleg didn't think so, he clearly remembered that Abbot Albot had been suspecting that after the great war two thousand years ago, what God had given was probably alchemy. Of course, this is only judged from the time, the alchemy of the Eastern Continent appeared a thousand years ago.

After listening to Jon's words this time, Feleg agreed with Albot's opinion in his heart. The Western Continent has been granted alchemy since the last continental war. Isn't that what God is doing?

After talking about the pattern of the Western Continent and the history of the development of alchemy, the last part naturally talks about the military strength of the Western Continent, and Jon is more vague in this regard, especially in terms of army deployment, obviously there are some things that have not been said, but Feleg doesn't care, he has been stunned by Jon's words, how can he think of the problem of military command.

As the second place in the overall strength of the entire Western Continent and the first place in military strength, the Lausanne Empire is indeed very powerful. Jon was very proud of this, as was Angie, who sat next to him, and was proud of being a soldier.

The entire empire has sixty legions of the regular army, forty-five legions of the local security army, and forty legions of the reserve, which has far surpassed the Oakland Empire in terms of the number of troops alone.

Fifty-five of the sixty regular legions fought on the Western Front, ten of the reserve legions were on the Western Front, and the other thirty were trained on the Eastern Front, which was supposed to be the rear of the Lausanne Empire.

After the door of war was opened, it was these thirty reserve divisions that bore the brunt of the attack. The luck of the Lausanne Empire is really good, if it weren't for these thirty reserve legions, I'm afraid the war situation would not be like this.

As a reserve legion, the equipment and supplies are all in place, after all, the Lausanne Empire has been going on for more than fifty years of war, and the quality of these recruits is not bad.

Feleg was convinced of this. At least a small half of the troops sent to the front line by the Eastern Continental Alliance were elite troops of the various empires, welcome to visit, and far more than the thirty legions of the Lausanne Empire. With such a large gap, it took the coalition forces several months to advance less than 1,000 kilometers, which was due to the overly conservative front of the northern front, as well as the stubborn resistance of the Lausanne army.

In addition to one hundred and forty-five legions, the Lausanne Empire also has the most powerful special elite troops in the Western Continent. Five Fire Serpent Divisions, one Mammoth Brigade, one hundred Fire Dragon Chariots, two Salamander Divisions. Such a powerful elite force is the proudest place of the Lausanne Empire.

Jon didn't hide this, he knew very well that these were things that the entire Western Continent knew, even if he didn't say it, there was no way to guarantee that the soldiers below wouldn't say it, even if the people who were captured this time didn't say it, Feleg wouldn't need to take too long to know, it wasn't a secret at all.

The Fire Serpent Division is the unit that Feleg has seen, without any armor on his body, carrying a six-foot-long black stick on his back, and the Mammoth Projectile Gun Brigade has also seen a unit, their combat effectiveness mainly comes from mammoths, Feleg doesn't care about this, a beast is a beast, no matter how powerful it is, it is useless, as a magician, this unit is extremely light in his heart.

As for the dragon chariots, they are the big iron chariots that have so far puzzled Feleg and Ein. Jon refused to answer the fighting style and combat effectiveness of the Fire Serpent Division and the Fire Dragon Chariot, but whenever he talked about these two troops, his eyes were full of sparks of excitement, and he also had a look of contempt for Feleg and the others.

Even if they didn't say it, Feleg and Ein still guessed something, and the shock in their hearts was indescribable. First is alchemy, and then these elite troops, you don't have to guess to know that those black sticks are magic weapons, magic items, and they can already be used in war.

It seems that the Western Continent is already far ahead of the Eastern Continent, and the Western Continent has not wasted a thousand years of opportunity, if it weren't for the sudden appearance of the gate of war, the Eastern Continent would not even be able to take advantage of this line.

With the passage of time, the strongest armies of the three empires in the Western Continent will arrive on the battlefield, and the armies of the three empires have been in a state of war, and neither experience nor combat effectiveness can be compared to those armies in the Eastern Continent that have not experienced much war.

Or...... Perhaps the decision of the former refers to the right one. Feleg muttered to himself, remembering what he saw and heard along the way from the Eastern Continent to the Western Continent, he thought that those dozens of defensive lines were simply redundant, but now it seems that the Viking commander is really extraordinary.

I had already thought of it. They may not know the information that Feleg has now, but they can judge a lot of things from the course of the war, and use this as a basis to make strategic adjustments. This insight and courage impressed Feleg beyond measure, they are all masters.

Let the two team leaders be sent to rest, and everyone returned to their tents to rest with a heavy heart. Feleg forced himself into a meditative state, but unfortunately it didn't work very well, and it wasn't until the early hours of the morning that he regained his calm.

Early the next morning, dozens of interrogation reports, confessions from soldiers captured from the supply base, appeared messy, but the bulk was pretty much the same. It could be seen that Jon was not lying, and what he said last night was true.

The captured soldiers were similar to Jon, they did not show signs of panic and fear, they were obviously veterans of the army, but their combat effectiveness was very average, and their equipment could not be compared with the Hurricane Division.

Dozens of interrogations were carried out together, and several of the soldiers were tortured, but the results were almost the same, even if they were not punished, these people would say what they could say, they could not say, or they really didn't know, or these people could really face life and death calmly. However, Feleg believes that these people don't know, because their status is too low, there are many key issues, not to mention these soldiers, even a squad leader like Jon will not know much.

Looking at the convoy passing under the cliff, Feleg still couldn't make up his mind, to fight or not to fight? This transport team was relatively numerous, with 5,000 escort cavalry alone, and 1,000 fire snake soldiers armed with black sticks, a full 6,000 escort troops. But there were not many vehicles, only fifty.

In the past month, the Hurricane Division has entered the hinterland of the Lausanne Empire, no longer hiding, but letting go of its hands and feet, fighting more than a dozen battles, and even conquering two small towns.

The Lausanne Empire sent a large number of security forces, but this did not make any sense to the Hurricane Division. Immediately after each battle, even if it is really bumped into by the security forces, several times the number of people is not the opponent of the Hurricane Division.

However, in recent times, Feleg has been much more cautious, and Phil is also suspicious that the Hurricane Division is so messing around, but he has never seen the regular army of the Lausanne Empire.

After analysis, the first possibility is that the Western Continent is preparing for a full-scale counterattack, all the troops are transferred to the front line, and there is no extra strength here, and the second possibility is that the Lausanne Empire is preparing to set a trap, first show weakness, and then use a trap to completely eliminate the Hurricane Division.

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