Surprisingly, after the terrible battle at Cracked Rock Canyon, the nobles, instead of being willing to retreat, asked Richard to slow down his offensive so that they could send someone back to gather reinforcements.

Each of the nobles came up with an unbelievable plan to increase their troops, and the numbers were almost overwhelming. The titles of these nobles are not too high, but in the intertwined genealogy of the Sequoia Kingdom, each family has several channels to communicate with the great nobles. In their mouths, those great nobles who were qualified to live in the royal capital for a long time began to appear frequently.

Sim jumped the most joyful, not only clamoring for his father's house to be emptied, but also striking the idea at the Duke of Glasburg's Eagle Banner Knights.

Now, the nobles are full of the flood of gold coins brought by the completion of the Avenue of Fortune. Everyone wants to increase the number of troops, lest they will receive less benefits in the future. And, in their opinion, the larger the size of the army, the easier it is to get through the bloodstained lands.

However, both Richard and Reilly decided that their ideas were not viable. In Reilly's opinion, the number of cannon fodder reaches five thousand is enough, and any more is just a waste. If they had gathered an army of 100,000 men, they would not have reached the Pale Heights at all—they were all starved to death.

In addition, this group of red-eyed aristocrats did not take into account political factors for the time being. If those big nobles are allowed to intervene in this matter, the power of the coalition will inevitably usher in a new round of reshuffle. At that time, it is really difficult to say how much share they will be able to occupy. What's more, the kingdoms bordering the Bloodstained Lands would not sit idly by and watch Richard's pioneering journey turn into a national war.

The trade of an alliance of nobles and the trade of a kingdom are completely different things.

Richard stopped the hot-blooded nobles and began to discuss the increase of troops with everyone.

At Reilly's suggestion, Richard raised the criteria for additional troops to a very high level. They only need shield soldiers above level 5, or elite marksmen, and they need to be fully equipped and bring their own supplies. However, under such harsh conditions, those nobles still managed to put together an army of more than 10,000 people! Richard had no choice but to pick out all the archers and form a 10,000-strong army with the most elite shield warriors.

From the bluewater oasis to the Cracked Rock Canyon, it took Richard only four days. However, for the distribution of those 10,000 warriors, the nobles quarreled for a whole week.

During this time, Reilly made a plan for his own path and clarified the direction for future development.

In Reilly's opinion, the Demonic Pattern Construct is the most important thing at this stage. Once at level fifteen, he began to upgrade the structures on himself and Gore. So far, all of their first-order builds have been turned into second-order versions.

The blue crystal is upgraded to the Tears of the Goddess, and the increase in mana has been changed from 10% to 20%; "Concentration" is upgraded to Spiritual Expansion, which becomes a construct that increases the user's mental power, and "Strength" is upgraded to Brutal Force, which is increased by 50%; "Agility" is upgraded to Fanaticism, and the increase is increased by 50%;" "Tenacity" is upgraded to the Warden Armor, which now blocks 20% of the user's physical damage.

In addition, the second-order Holy Flame has also been upgraded to a fourth-order ghost mask, which allows Rayleigh's spells to penetrate with two stacks of spells. This kind of construction is enough to make most legendary mages yearn for it.

Now, Rayleigh is ready to upgrade the second-order Dolan Ring to a fourth-order Burst Wand to further increase the strength of his spells.

In terms of external strength, Rayleigh has seven hundred and fifty puppet knights, twelve puppet mages, twelve puppet priests, sixteen Knights of the Dawn, and one Templar priest. In the Kingdom of Redwoods, this army is enough to create a marquis or even a duke!

In addition to this, the alchemy factory is also an important part of the strength, which brings a steady stream of wealth to Reilly.

"Finally, I also needed an awesome 'background'. Reilly muttered to himself, "For example...... New Gods!"

On this day, Richard once again summoned the nobles for a military council. However, when a certain nobleman talked about the increase of troops, the people quarreled again.

Richard raised his hand and motioned for everyone to be quiet before he said, "Ladies and gentlemen, it seems that you have not yet agreed on the issue of the proportion of troops. But that's okay! You'll have plenty of time to discuss it. Due to the heavy losses at Cracked Rock Canyon, I decided to return to the Blue Water Oasis and wait for the follow-up troops. ”

The nobles looked stunned, but no one objected to Richard's decision.

After the nobles dispersed, Ray used holographic projection to create a three-dimensional map, and then said to Richard, "Do you think Sarenwell will ambush us in front?"

"Yes. Richard nodded and said, "According to the information provided by the Golden Radiance Battle Banner, it seems that the Iron Triangle Empire has not set its sights on the bloodstained land, but that prince is gathering his private army and preparing to go south. ”

"So, what are you going to do?" asked Reilly.

"First of all, we have to find him. Richard thought for a moment and said, "It's unusual that we've been in Cracked Rock Canyon for eight days and haven't found Sarenwell's whereabouts. ”

"The later he appears, the worse the situation is for us. Reilly said lightly: "That guy has probably set up a trap in front of him, waiting for you to crash into it." ”

"So, I'm going to change my routine. Richard smiled and said, "I can't find the enemy when they're not moving." So, let's get those guys moving. ”

Since the hostile forces along the way had been cleared, the coalition forces returned to the Blue Water Oasis in just two days.

On the other side, Sir Arr, known as the Iron Wall of the Empire, waited for seven days in the Valley of the Blood Banner without seeing Richard's army. At the beginning, he traveled lightly, abandoning one-third of his provisions, and only arrived in the Blood Banner Valley in the shortest possible time.

The day before Sir Al arrived at the intended location, news came that Richard had defeated the orc army in Cracked Rock Canyon. According to his estimate, the other party will soon appear in front of this valley. In order to prevent Richard from discovering his tracks, Allian scouts were retracted.

However, the wait is seven days! no longer a long rest would take so long. The distance between the Blood Flag Valley and the Cracked Rock Canyon is only a little more than fifty kilometers, and this journey can be completed in just one day.

While Sir Al waited restlessly, so did Sarenwell. The place where Richard camped was extended in all directions, and the terrain was also very complicated, which was not conducive to the deployment of the army, but it was very convenient to escape. This is not an ideal place for a decisive battle. In this way, Sarenwell is in a dilemma.

On this day, new information reached the hands of Sarenwell and Sir Al at about the same time. The moment he saw the information, Sarenwell only felt that it was dark in front of him, and Richard actually retreated!

Sarenwell immediately issued an order for General Hinton to withdraw as soon as possible. Although the latter was also a good general, Sarenwell did not think that he could defeat Richard with a few thousand men.

After receiving the order from the Swift Eagle, Hinton hurriedly withdrew from the Flint Rock Forest area, and his whereabouts were naturally discovered by Richard, who had just returned to the Blue Water Oasis.

Although Hinton's march was fast enough for Richard to follow, he couldn't be faster than Reilly. After all, none of the members of the latter's knightly order were below level ten.

When Reilly ran in front of Sinton, the general stopped with a grimace. He is an experienced veteran, and he can roughly judge the combat effectiveness of a knight order just by looking at his speed. So, he knew he couldn't run away today. Rather than being slowly killed by the opponent in the chase battle, it is better to form a formation and fight to the death, at least you can pull a few more pads.

After Hinton stopped, so did Reilly. He did not rush to attack, but rubbed a fireball hundreds of meters away. With the super magic skill of spell shooting from a distance, he can completely use kite tactics to kill these people.

Seeing a barrage of fireballs explode in his own formation, General Hinton closed his eyes in pain.

In the battle, General Hinton and his thousands of soldiers all died at the hands of Reilly, and none of them were spared.

"Do you want to run with X?" Finally, Reilly patted Hinton's corpse and said, "Watch my big fireball teach you how to be a man!"