In the early morning of June 28, a large freight magic locomotive drove quickly through a plain on the northern border of the Kingdom of Ruersun, and then slowly stopped on a flat ground outside the valley ahead.

Commander of the St. Joan Legion, one of the ten elite legions of the Candela Empire, Romon Legel, jumped from the co-pilot seat of a large freight magic locomotive in the middle, and habitually rubbed his buttocks, but found that his buttocks did not feel any soreness at all, and couldn't help but turn his head to look at the soft cotton pad in the passenger seat, and pouted.

"Sure enough, it's much more comfortable to sit on this thing, but it's sad that the poor old guys don't even want to admit it. ”

After muttering, Regel waved his hand and summoned an adjutant.

"Send scouts to check the valley ahead, and make sure there are no ambushes. ”

The adjutant took the order, and in a few moments, a squad of scouts galloped over on fast horses.

Although the disastrous defeats obtained during the previous two wars with the Ruerson Kingdom made the military of the Candela Empire begin to reflect on itself, and pay attention to the military magic machinery that most people disdained before, but the traditional power of the Candela Empire's military department is extremely deep, and all the armaments are closely related to the interests of many people, and there is a lot of pressure to restructure, so it has always been a very troublesome problem for the army to change its uniform.

Moreover, there are more than half a million regular troops under the Candela Imperial Army, and it is impossible to completely change clothes at once.

In addition, the production capacity of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has been insufficient, and the control over the sale of military magic machinery has always been very strict, so the Candela Imperial Military Department has not been able to purchase enough military magic machinery to equip its major legions.

In recent years, the Candela Empire has embarked on the road of self-research and development after obtaining some of the relevant technologies of military magic machinery from the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, and has indeed successfully developed a series of military magic machines based on the military magic machinery sold by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. And it has entered the stage of large-scale mass production.

With these things, the Candela Empire has the confidence to turn against the New Flying Chamber of Commerce.

However, this is still far from enough to meet the huge needs of the major legions under the military department, so that the major legions within the Candela Empire are in a strange state, that is, the traditional bows, arrows, knives, guns, war horses, carriages, etc., are mixed with new types of military magic machinery and large freight magic locomotives, which looks very chaotic.

It's something that can't be helped. The military headquarters simply could not meet the requirements of all the regiments, so they could only allocate a little according to the situation.

"Hey, it's only that stupid guy Antusol who keeps holding on to old ideas and refuses to change, and now he's dead with no bones left......"

Thinking of this, a contemptuous smile crossed the corner of Regel's mouth.

In the Candela Imperial Army, there are actually many people like Count Antusol who refuse to accept new things and still adhere to the old concept of war, which is called the old school by people like Regel who are willing to accept change, and they are the new school.

Before that. The contrast between the forces of the old faction and the new faction in the military department is that the old faction has a slight advantage.

However, this time, after the Glorious Legion led by Count Antusol was almost wiped out, the old faction lost its voice in an instant, and the new faction quickly took over the right to speak in the military department, so that the new faction accounted for the vast majority of the leading officers in the army sent out to attack the Kingdom of Luxon.

Regel was the most active of the new faction, and this time he took the initiative to ask the military headquarters to lead his St. Joan's regiment as the main force of the Third Front, and invaded the Ruerson Kingdom from the north of the Ruerson Kingdom.

If it's a traditional old-school general. Although as it is now, there will be vigilance in places such as encountering valleys, and scouts will be sent to detect if there is an ambush. But he would never be as careful as Regel, who sent out scouts more than two kilometers away from the valley.

If the old-school generals knew, they would have laughed at Regel for being too timid.

However, Regel knew very well that the distance he chose was not because he was cowardly, but because he knew very well that the army of the Ruerson Kingdom was equipped with a large number of magical artillery.

The attack range of the magic cannon can easily exceed two kilometers. Or even three kilometers away.

Even at this distance, it's not 100% safe.

So to make sure nothing went wrong, Regel had to be a little more careful.

Watching from afar as the scout team climbed the cliffs on either side of the valley, Regel couldn't help but shake his head and curse in a low voice.

". Why are those stingy people in the military department reluctant to buy some magic airships? If I have dozens of them now...... Oh no, even if it's just a magical airship. Then just send the magic airship over to take a look, where is there such trouble, send scouts over......"

Regor suddenly looked back at the center of the troops, where an ornate carriage stood prominently surrounded by a group of soldiers, and looked very abrupt.

In the carriage was the leader of the magicians of the St. Joan Legion, the Yale Grand Magician with the strength of a fourth-level great magician.

Regel hesitated for a moment, and walked briskly to the carriage.

"Your Excellency Yale, could you please help?" asked Regel with a respectful expression in the carriage.

Although he was the commander of the St. Joan's Legion, the mage system had always been independent of the military system and was not under the jurisdiction of the military generals.

What's more, the Yale Grand Magician is a fourth-level Grand Magician, and he is one of the top magicians in the Candela Empire except for the nine Great Magicians, and his status is much higher than that of Regel, the legion leader.

The curtain of the carriage was lifted, revealing the wrinkled face of the Grand Wizard of Yale.

"Shoot?" said the Grand Wizard Yale frowned slightly, looking puzzled. "I haven't met the enemy yet, what do you want me to do?"

Regal smiled and explained, "That's right, Your Excellency the Great Mage, I'm worried that the enemy will set up an ambush ahead, and there may be magic traps in them, so I hope you can do a magic probe to see if there are any magic traps or anything like that in the valley ahead." ”

The Grand Magician of Yale leaned out of the carriage, glanced at the valley in the distance, and frowned again.

"Didn't you send a scout? ”

"The scouts could only see if anyone was in ambush, but they couldn't spot the magical traps. Reeger shook his head.

"Then you don't need me to go there myself, do you?" The Grand Wizard of Yale waved his hand impatiently, glanced back, and with a flick of his finger, a fiery red light shot out and landed on another average-looking carriage behind the array.

A moment later, a young magician in his thirties, dressed in magic robes, flew over.

"Master Yar, do you have any orders?" the young magician asked the Grand Magician Yale with unusual respect.

The Grand Wizard of Yale pointed to the valley in the distance: "Go and see if there are any magic traps set up there, our Legion Elder is not very reassured." ”

Regel's face changed slightly, but then he nodded and said to the young magician, "Yes." I'd also like you to be able to look around the valley and see what I mean?"

For this young magician, who was only a seventh-level magician, Legel didn't need to be so polite.

Naturally, the young magician could not refuse like the great magician of Yale, and after answering, he flew to the valley.

"Legionnaire, I understand your caution, but aren't you a little too cautious in your current behavior?" said the Grand Wizard Yale suddenly.

Regel cursed in his heart, but he still had a smile on his face, and responded: "On the military formation, there is nothing wrong with being careful." ”

The Grand Wizard of Yale shook his head: "You're really not as domineering as the other soldiers I've seen, they ......"

"Boom-"

A violent explosion suddenly sounded from afar, intending to say the words of the great magician of Yale.

The faces of the two of them changed in unison, and they looked in the direction where the explosion came from, but they saw a cloud of smoke and dust rising in the valley in the distance, accompanied by firelight, and it looked like they had just experienced an explosion.

"This ......," the Yale Grand Magician's face was a little ugly.

He had just accused Regel of being too cautious, and now there was an explosion in the valley, literally slapping him in the face.

Regel didn't have time to pay attention to the thoughts of the great magician of Yale at this time, he took a closer look at the valley in the distance, and his expression changed drastically.

After the explosion, boulders fell from the cliffs on both sides of the valley, and the rumbling sound was endless, and from time to time there were several successive explosions, causing more boulders to fall.

In the blink of an eye, the road in the valley, which was originally nearly ten meters wide, had been filled with countless boulders, and the road was completely blocked.

"Grand Wizard Yale, I'm afraid I'm really going to ask you to do it this time. Regel smiled wryly.

"Huh?" The Grand Magician of Yale didn't dare to refuse directly this time, but raised his eyebrows.

"I don't think anyone else has the ability to clear a path from there, except for you personally. And...... I'm worried if there are other traps in there. ”

The Grand Magician of Yale glanced at the situation in the valley from afar and nodded silently.

The place where they were advancing was staked by a mountain range, and there was only this valley to pass through within fifty kilometers of the vicinity, and if they did not take a detour from here, it would take at least a few more hours, and it would be a serious delay.

And if he wants to clear a way out of the collapsed valley, of course, ordinary magicians can't do it, and only he, the only great magician, can't do it.

"Okay, I'll go see the situation first. If you find no traps, you can send some more people, and I need someone to clean up the debris. ”

"Good. ”

The great magician of Yale explained, his body shook, and he flew into the air, flying towards the valley in the distance.

Just halfway through the flight, several fiery red rays of light suddenly pierced the sky on the left and right sides at the same time, flying in the direction where the St. Joan's legion was. (To be continued......)