Walk down the streets of the city of Highlandza and see the lively shops on both sides of the street.

The city of Hylanza is slowly taking on a new look under the careful management of Madame Mariana.

Historically, the main commodity here was the gold and silver oak fruit, which many merchants came to the city of Highlandsa to buy from the nobles almost always in the autumn.

Other businesses are hard to find in the city of Highlandza, but now the city is very different, and the size of the workshop district has increased significantly.

Even in the middle of the day, Surdak could still see some citizens rushing to the workshop.

They were in a hurry, looking like they were afraid of being late......

On the streets, it is not uncommon to see a group of guards battalion knights riding tall horses passing through the middle of the road, and these guards battalion knights are almost all fresh-faced.

Today, the village has developed into a bustling town, with a population of more than 5,000 people.

The free market in front of the village of Wall is the largest bazaar in the southern foothills of Mount Paglos, and the merchants here mainly deal in items that are almost always prepared for adventure parties that enter Mount Paglos for hunting.

At present, the village mainly operates a pozzolana cement plant and a black powder factory.

One-third of the sulphur mines in Pubaoshan were consumed by the Black Powder Factory in Wall Village, and almost all of the saltpeter and charcoal from the Black Powder Factory were purchased from outside, almost all of which were purchased from the residents of Oak Ridge, and the saltpeter was purchased from the Owen family in Constantinople.

Almost all of the barrels of explosives prepared by the Black Powder Factory were supplied to Surdak's Western Route Army.

The fifth-level reservoir in the village can irrigate nearly 1,000 acres of fertile land at present, and the artificial canals dug by the kobolds in front of Wall Village have been developed into large areas of fertile land, and even the river bay wetland has been transformed into a wheat field.

However, the people of Wall Village also have their pride......

Due to its location on the outskirts of the city, it takes a full day to get to the city of Highlandsa, so it is rare to see the people of the village of Wo in the city of Highlandsa.

Although there are many acquaintances of Surdak in the city of Hylanza, the chances of meeting him on the street are also very small, not to mention that he also wears a cloak with a hood to cover his face.

Surdak and Aphrodite walked side by side into a trading house.

The owner of the merchant house brought a large number of armor made of ghost-patterned red ant hard carapace from Bena City and provided it to Aphrodite.

Recently, the latest batch of armor arrived in the city of Hylanza, and Aphrodi came to the comptoir to pick up the goods, bringing Surdak with him by the way.

These dark red hard armor leather is very hard, and the hanging armor made of it is completely shaped according to the body shape of the war horse, which can completely wrap the war horse from head to tail, especially the armor of the horse's head, which is very suitable for the shape of the war horse's head and will not affect the vision of the war horse.

Armor was neatly arranged like a war horse......

It was not the first time that Aphrodi had traded here, and when the owner of the comptoir saw Aphrodi walk in, he immediately invited her and Surdak into the rest area, and after bringing refreshments himself, he asked the waiter in the comptoir to bring in a few pieces of armor and let Aphrodite inspect the goods here.

A maid brought a plate of delicate pastries, which she carefully placed on the coffee table in front of Surdak and Aphrodi.

When he looked up, he also said politely to the two: "Guests, please use ...... slowly"

It's just that at the moment when she raised her head, she looked at Surdak with wide eyes, she covered her mouth with her hand, and forced back the surprised sound from her mouth.

Surdak also immediately noticed the strange color on the maid's face, looked at the young maid with some curiosity, and asked with a smile, "Do you know me?" ”

"Are you a Knight of Surdak?" The maid asked Surdak.

At this time, Surdak saw the appearance of the young maid clearly, and a name came to his mind - Netra.

His memories came back to the two female neighbors at the Knight Academy in Highlandsa, Lina and Nedra, who were also female students at the Knight Academy and lived next door to Surdak.

I didn't expect to see Nedra here, dressed as a maid, with her long brown hair coiled up and a wedding ring on her hand......

"You're Nedra? I didn't expect to see you here......"

Surdak immediately called out her name.

Surdak was also very happy to see his old friend here, but as the commander of the Western Route Army, he should be on the front line of Moyunling on the Warsaw plane at the moment, not in the city of Hailanza, so when he saw an acquaintance, it also made him a little embarrassed.

"I heard that Lina said that you have become a noble lord, it seems to be true!" Neidra whispered as she looked at the noble insignia on Surdak's chest.

Surdak smiled and nodded at her, took out a personal seal from his coat pocket, and wrote a line with a quill on a blank scroll of parchment: 'This scroll is for Ms. Nedra, if there is any need for it, please do your best to coordinate.' ’

He then wrote his name on the back of the parchment scroll and then stamped his personal seal.

Surdak rolled up the scroll, tied it with strips of cloth, and stuffed it into Nedra, and said to her in surprise:

"I don't live in Hylanza City, this scroll is for you, if you encounter any difficulties in life in the future, you can send this scroll to the Hylansa City Hall, if it's not the kind of problem that can't be done, someone will definitely help you."

"Ahh Nedra took the scroll, somewhat bewildered.

By this time, Surdak had already stood up.

Aphrodite took Surdak's arm, glanced at Nedra, and nodded slightly at her.

Then Aphrodite said to the owner of the firm: "This batch of goods can be sent to the warehouse, and the commission will be settled in person when the time comes......"

After saying that, the two left the firm in a hurry.

It wasn't until Surdak and Aphrodi disappeared into the bustling street that the owner of the merchant house standing at the door of the comptoir turned his head with envy, looked at Neda who was a little stunned on the side, and asked with a pleasant face: "Nedra, do you know those two guests?" ”

"Ahh I only know Lord Surdak, and when I was a student at the Knight Academy, he happened to be studying at the Academy......"

Nedra replied truthfully.

The proprietor of the comptoir looked at the parchment scroll for a long time, but finally did not say the words to buy the scroll for a large sum of money.

In the end, reason prevailed over greed, and she just nodded to Nedra.

He said to Neidra very kindly, "You can learn something from me in the future......"

……

"You really can't wander around the city of Highlandsa in the future, and if you don't do well, you'll meet some acquaintances...... As the commander of the Western Route Army, he can't appear in Highlandsa City at this time under any circumstances, and if it reaches the ears of Duke Newman, he will inevitably be investigated by the military department. ”

Surdak walked down the street and said to Aphrodite with some chagrin.

Aphrodite smiled and said, "It's not that you are clamoring to come here to see the armor, but also that you want to inspect the trading house......"

"Anyway, I'm going back to the garrison camp."

Surdak quickly got into a magic caravan, Aphrodi followed him into the caravan, Surdak turned to Aphrodite and said, "You usually help me take care of a little bit of Wall Village, I originally wanted to go to Wall Village to have a look, but forget it this time!" ”

Surdak said, a void door had opened in front of him.

As he walked in, he waved to Aphrodite.

……

Surdak was really idle during this time, and the initiative of the battle situation on the side of the mountain pass at the southern foot of the Moyun Mountains was completely in the hands of the Western Route Army.

Even if they didn't suppress the demon army in Yamaguchi, those hungry demon warriors wouldn't dare to run out easily.

The dense forest here is full of witchers of some adventure groups, and many of the teams of adventure groups are led by some second-turn powerhouses, as long as the demon warriors dare to take the lead in the mountains, they will almost be targeted by some witchers.

What Surdak needs to do every day is almost to transform those Guborai horses into demonic warhorses.

Some rumors in the army say that the mysterious alchemist beside Surdak has created a magical enhancement scroll that can strengthen the Guborai horse into a powerful military horse.

As a matter of fact, these demonic warhorses have once again become the mounts of the Constructed Knights, and their stamina during long-distance runs is significantly stronger than that of the Scale Horses.

Surdak has also discovered one thing recently, that is, although the frequent battles will consume the remaining more than 20,000 soldier ants of the Western Route Army, it will also make some ghost pattern soldier ants evolve into giant soldier ants in battle.

When the ghost pattern soldier ant evolved into a giant soldier ant, the value of these giant soldier ants almost increased by leaps and bounds, and the biggest value was that the limbs and legs of the giant soldier ant could peel off some life magic patterns.

Therefore, during this period, the Western Route Army and the Devil Legion fought on the battlefield, and a large number of ghost soldiers and ants were still acting as cannon fodder at the front of the military array.

The only remaining 20,000 soldier ants were almost all killed on the battlefield of Moyunling Pass in the next three months, although the loss of so many soldier ants made Surdak a little distressed, but then nearly 2,000 giant soldier ants were born, and the remaining more than 1,000 giant soldier ants after the Battle of the Brruin River got together, so that Surdak suddenly had nearly 3,000 giant soldier ants.

And these giant soldier ants are also constantly signing demonic contracts with heavy infantry warriors to become a new ant cavalry.

As Viscount Dunbar said, this time, it took the military department nearly four months to transport 50,000 ghost-patterned soldiers from the Bailin plane of Bena Province.

The 50,000 ghost-patterned soldier ants were herded like cattle by the druids into the garrison camp at the foot of Moyunling Mountain.

Almost the same month, the tribes in the northern mountains of Moyun Ridge also organized 30,000 aboriginal warriors to come to the camp of the Western Route Army, and these 30,000 young aboriginal warriors will learn how to fight the demon army in the garrison camp.

In addition to 100,000 heavy infantry, the Western Route Army currently has 50,000 soldiers and ant legions and 30,000 aboriginal warriors......

With the addition of some archers, knights, mage scouts, ant cavalry, and giant soldiers, the total strength of the Western Route Army has expanded to almost 200,000.

The walled city at the foot of Moyunling Mountain is also constantly expanding.

When they are not in battle, these soldiers are an excellent means of transport, hauling back from the depths of the dense forest a large amount of useful timber that Surdak used to form a huge walled city on the hillside.

The walled city has the most complete walls and arrow towers, with bed crossbows placed on all 57 arrow towers, and some catapults in the city.

This walled city, which can accommodate nearly 200,000 troops, is undoubtedly a very huge wooden city.

……

In order to maintain the daily expenses of the Western Route Army, Surdak also had to fight a fierce battle with the evil spirits stationed in the Moyunling Pass every few days.

The military headquarters of Handanar City has supported nearly 300 bed crossbows to the Western Route Army, and they have arrived on the battlefield in full, and the magic crossbow arrows ordered by the Surdakto merchant Malacombe in the imperial capital have also been transported to the Western Route Army through the channels on the side of Highlandsa City.

These giant crossbow arrows with 'sharp' and 'piercing' magical attributes are arguably the biggest nemesis of demon warriors.

As the ant cavalry dragged two hundred bed crossbows to occupy the high ground of the battlefield, the ghost soldiers and ants were no longer cannon fodder on the battlefield, they would guard in front of the bed crossbows, and as the bed crossbows slowly advanced on the battlefield, a new way of fighting appeared on the battlefield on the side of the Western Route Army.

The Moyunling Pass was originally a sparse forest, but months of continuous fighting have turned the slopes bare.

Native warriors dressed in heavy full-covered armor and armed with Paglio spears mixed in the hoplite regiment, which slowly advanced to the battlefield of the Moyunling Pass with two hundred bed crossbows.

This time, Surdak mobilized nearly 70,000 troops and almost surrounded the Moyunling Pass.

The catapult group began to throw a large number of flint and powder kegs towards the Moyunling Pass, almost blasting the Moyunling Pass into a scorched earth, and the demon warriors were frequently blown back by the powder kegs, and after a week of fierce bombardment, nearly 20,000 ghost-patterned soldiers and 50,000 heavy armored infantry finally occupied the Moyunling Pass.

The demon legions guarding the mountain pass were forced to retreat into the valley on the side of the Moyun Ridge mountain.

This time, the adventure group and the mercenary group also helped a lot, and the group of witchers almost completely restrained the demon squad scattered among the mountains.

The active attack of the Western Route Army made the demon army guarding the Moyunling Pass finally realize the crisis......

The demon army then launched a fierce counterattack, but after the Western Route Army occupied the Moyunling Pass, Surdak placed two hundred bed crossbows in the mountain pass, allowing nearly 10,000 demon warriors to rush towards the mountain pass, and the bed crossbows harvested the lives of a large number of demon warriors in a few waves of flat fire.

The soldiers and the heavy infantry regiment were like a high wall to stop the evil spirits on the battlefield, and watched as a large number of evil spirits rushed out of the dense forest were shot by bed crossbows.

The demon army finally recognized the facts, abandoned the Moyunling Pass, and retreated to the valley halfway up the mountain.

(End of chapter)