On the northern tundra, an army of demons of nearly 10,000 people chased after the reinforcements of Handanar City.

They strode wildly across the vast tundra, blocking the demons, and the army of less than a thousand constructed swordsmen collapsed in an instant.

Simon. Marquis Geoffrey never imagined that this group of constructed swordsmen would once again disobey his orders, these constructed swordsmen were the personal guards of various noble lords in Handanar City, and now ...... It turned out to be like a swarm of flies on the garbage heap, and all of them dispersed with a 'buzz'.

None of the constructed swordsmen were willing to face the demons in front of them......

Simon. The last bit of arrogance on Marquis Geoffrey's face turned into helplessness and bitterness, he never imagined that this group of constructed swordsmen with high hopes for him would be so vulnerable in front of evil spirits.

At this moment, he thought of ...... How much I looked down on the constructed knights of the Western Route Army before, and now ...... All those doubts about the Western Route Army's Armored Knights seem to have all been fulfilled on themselves.

I can't imagine that the ridiculous clown is himself!

Simon. The Marquis of Geoffrey looked at the groups of swordsmen in the northern tundra who were scattered like scattered sand, and he was eager to pick up a stone from the ground and slap it on their heads.

All the constructed swordsmen turned their backs on him, and the loss in his heart made him feel as if he had failed in his entire life......

Seeing that the group of demon warriors was about to pounce, several guards around him could only hug Simon. Marquis Geoffrey quickly left the battlefield, chased the reinforcements of Handanar City, who were in front, and went to seek countermeasures from Marquis of Heller.

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Vorster. Marquis Nishizawa never imagined that he would see Valentine again under such circumstances. Marquis of Heller.

He hired seven adventuring groups in his camp in the southern mountain pass, and finally gathered a temporary escort of 200 men before he took a batch of emergency supplies and headed for the tundra in the north.

This time, the Marquis of Nishizawa fully listened to the opinions of several leaders of the adventure group, and they made a detour all the way from the north shore of the inner lake, and finally followed the north side of the North Sunderland Mountains all the way to the west, and only came here.

Along the way, when encountering a large group of demon legions, the adventure group will take the transport team to hide in the col and carefully avoid it, and when it encounters a small group of evil ghosts, the adventure group will unite to formulate a battle plan and set traps to ambush those evil ghosts.

Marquis Nishizawa discovered that these adventurers had a wealth of combat experience and a clear understanding of the demons on the highlands.

These seven adventure groups hunted at least a hundred evil spirits along the way, and the black magic crystals they harvested were dozens of times higher than the reward they received for this escort mission.

It's no wonder that when several adventure group leaders took over this task, they were all saying openly and secretly: 'This is what he will agree to only if he is a marquis.'s face.' ’

Finally, at the foot of a mountain near the northern part of the North Sunderland Mountains, the logistics convoy met the reinforcements of Handanar City. As judged by the Marquis of Nishizawa, most of the infantry fighters in the legion had run out of food.

Fortunately, he came in time enough, and almost all the supplies brought by the transport team this time were emergency marching rations, which could support this group of infantry soldiers for at least half a month.

The state of the support army was extremely bad, with more than half of the wounded infantry soldiers in the army, many of whom had retreated from the northern tundra almost on horseback, and had to flee southward.

An army of demons is catching up from behind, and the reinforcements are currently unable to engage in battle.

At present, only one heavy infantry regiment can be temporarily abandoned, leaving them in place to block the pursuit of the demon legion, as for the specific arrangement of which heavy infantry regiment will go to the death, this kind of matter Marquis Heller decided to leave to the goddess of doom to decide.

The commanders of the infantry regiments need to draw lots, and those who draw the bad luck lottery must stay where they are with the legion and use their lives to block the demon legion behind.

Seeing the embarrassed appearance of the reinforcements from Handanar City, the adventuring group refused to take Vorster again after completing the material escort mission. The other tasks issued by the Marquis of Nishizawa were scattered into seven small teams to get away from the reinforcements of Danar City as fast as possible.

Vorster. Marquis Nishizawa actually wanted them to stay, at least they were familiar with the area.

It would be great if you could serve as a guide and take the reinforcements of Handanar City to escape from the pursuit of the demon legions.

Probably because Marquis Nishizawa was more cheerful when he paid the honorarium, and kept his promise and did not ask for anything further, before the last adventurous group left, the leader of the adventuring group said to Marquis Nishizawa very sincerely:

"Your thoughts, Lord Marquis...... In fact, we all understand, please forgive us for our powerlessness, this is the Moyunling Heights, if you want to get out of the current predicament, you must not need us to say, you can also find the right answer. ”

"This kind of thing can only be solved by Commander Surdak. And we're just a group of adventurers hunting lone demons, and we can't be the heroes to save your legion. ”

After saying this, the leader of the adventure group decisively left with his team members.

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Valentine. Marquis Heller's eyes were red, his eye sockets were deep, and his two dark circles looked like a big smoker.

I don't know how long it's been since he's trimmed his beard, and for a slightly cleanliness marquis, God knows what he's been through these days.

The reinforcements have been cornered at the moment, and the demon warriors who have chased after them will not have any mercy for this extremely emaciated commander.

Simon, who has always been extremely proud. The Marquis Geoffrey, too, sat with a sluggish expression on his face, as if he had not yet extricated himself from his predicament.

When Marquis Nishizawa heard that the entire swordsmen of the Constructed Swordsman Regiment had abandoned him now, he really couldn't figure out what he had done to disband the Constructed Swordsmen despite the severe punishment of the lords.

Now that the three marquis met, they couldn't even rest in the tent for a while, and they couldn't even stay where they were.

The three marquis only rested on a hillside and let the infantry soldiers eat some of the marching rations brought by the Marquis of Nishizawa......

With the reinforcements, he continued to walk east along the road of escape.

According to the retreat route planned by the Marquis of Heller, if the reinforcements from Handanaar City can successfully pass through the canyon in the North Sunderland Mountains this time and reach the south shore of Neihu Lake safely, it is estimated that they will be able to get rid of the group of evil demons like blood-sucking locusts behind.

When the reinforcements from Handanaar City attacked the north entrance of the North Sunderland Gorge according to the Marquis of Heller's idea, the demon army ate the heavy infantry regiment that was blocking the attack on the spot, and chased after it again, and they scattered in a fan shape, blocking the retreat of the reinforcements to the north.

Even if you go east, you will probably be blocked by these evil spirits in some mountain col.

Now it's all you have to do to venture into this gorge in the North Sunderland Ranges.

Surrounded by his guards, the Marquis of Heller ascended to a high post near the north exit of the North Sunderland Gorge, and saw a group of demon warriors emerging from the woodland on the left side of the north entrance of the canyon, and they were approaching the reinforcement brigade.

Marquis Heller's eyes were dark, and if he hadn't stepped on the stirrups with his feet, he would have almost fallen off the horse's back.

The commander of the infantry regiment behind him was already shouting at the top of his voice: 'Attention squads, prepare for battle......

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Will the reinforcements from Handanar continue to fight?

Actually Valentine. The Marquis of Heller himself did not know how long these infantry warriors would be able to hold out.

In the army, the morale of the fighters has fallen to the lowest point, and if they could surrender, it is estimated that they would have surrendered a long time ago.

Finally, when night fell, the demons retreated like a tide again, leaving only corpses everywhere.

After so many days of temptation, they still did not dare to fight at night.

The infantry soldiers of the reinforcements of Handanar City could finally sit down and take a breath, but there was almost a dead silence in the army, no one was willing to take care of the war horses that had been walking for a day and a night, everyone was lying directly on the grass, fighting every minute and every second to recover their strength.

In the makeshift camp, there was nothing but the painful groans of the wounded soldiers. The only sound of groaning is the snort of the war horse......

Vorster. Marquis Nishizawa was speechless to find that he brought the logistics transport team to transport the materials this time, which was no different from sending them to death, and it seemed that they had made up for it, and if they came a day late, they might not be able to use these materials.

The thought that after dawn, evil spirits would pounce on him from all directions, made Marquis Nishizawa's legs a little weak.

His mission in the Moyunling Heights this time was to be responsible for the procurement of unidentified magic crystals, and the military affairs were fully controlled by Valentine. Heller is responsible for ......

In the twilight, the face of the Marquis of Heller was hidden in the shadows, and there was almost no expression to be seen.

He thrust his sword into the grass and said in a hoarse voice, "I'll go see him, as long as he promises to lend a hand, it should be too late......"

Simon. Marquis Geoffrey looked up and looked at Marquis Heller with a look of surprise.

"The three of us will meet him together!" Vorster. Marquis Nishizawa quietly breathed a sigh of relief, and followed suit: "Actually...... The commander of a mage regiment of the Western Route Army once gave me a magic flare, saying that if one day we figured it out and were tired of the war on the high grounds, and were even willing to pay some price, we should go and talk to their commander. ”

Marquis of Heller and Simon. Marquis Geoffrey turned his head to look at Marquis Nishizawa at the same time......

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Seeing the three magicians who fell from the magic handle, Marquis Heller knew that the magic flare still had such a function.

And to meet Count Surdak, you don't even need to ride a horse to break through the layers of blockade of the demons.

They didn't expect that Surdak would still have such a group of mages.

Surdak jumped down from behind the Evid magician, stood firmly on the grassy slope, and looked at the grass in front of him by the moonlight, the group of infantry soldiers did not set up tents, they just lay on the grass, countless war horses, the saddles were not unloaded, many war horses were still carrying luggage, and they silently gnawed on the moss on the ground in the night.

Stepping on the soft moss, the night breeze carries a surging smell of blood.

Surdak didn't look at the wounded soldiers lying on the ground, and walked straight in front of the three marquises.

Aphrodite, dressed in black robes and wearing a Mithril mask, and Samira, a half-elf archer, followed closely behind him.

Aphrodite even took a chair out of her magical fanny pack and sat it down for Surdak, thinking that a victor should look like a winner.

Surdak didn't speak first, and whatever he said at this point seemed like a mockery.

"What do we need to pay to let us go?"

Valentine. Marquis Heller stared at Surdak darkly, his hoarse voice tinged with exhaustion that could not be concealed.

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Looking at his reddened eyes, Surdak grinned and said with a blank expression:

"I think you can ask the demons who stopped you, maybe they have a better answer."

Seeing that Marquis Heller was still a little unable to put down the shelf, Marquis Nishizawa hurriedly continued:

"Commander Surdak, the Lord Army of Handanar City admits that this battle of Moyunling Heights was a complete failure, we have decided to withdraw from the territorial development of Moyunling Highlands, and guarantee that Handanaar City reinforcements will leave Moyunling Highlands in batches in the next period of time, and we will openly admit in Handanar City that the development of Moyunling Highlands belongs entirely to the Western Route Army, but I don't know...... Will this help us to safely withdraw to the safety of the southern mountain passes? ”

Marquis Nishizawa lowered his posture, and Surdak was not able to say anything else.

Then he said directly: "This is far from enough for me, this high ground originally belonged to me, and I had already laid out the battle plan before you came." ”

"If you hadn't rushed in, I guess the Western Route Army would have taken over the entire North Sunderland Mountains by now."

"Your arrival has given them hope to struggle, filled their bellies, and regained their will to fight, and I don't know how many precious lives of infantry soldiers will take to dispose of these bellied demons."

After saying this, Surdak paused, did not look at the Marquis of Heller, who had an extremely ugly face, and asked directly to Marquis Nishizawa:

"Vorster. Marquis Nishizawa, do you remember when you proposed to me to exchange materials for black magic crystals, and I said that the last thing I lacked was war horses? ”

Marquis Nishizawa suddenly took a deep breath before saying, "You mean that you want the war horse of the Lord Army of Handanar City?" So...... How much do you want? ”

"All the horses you have at the moment...... I'm talking about the highlands, of course. Surdak replied with a smile.

"It can't be!" Marquis Heller's voice was hoarse and cold, and he said categorically.

"I didn't want to negotiate any terms with you, you took the initiative to come to me, it doesn't matter if you don't agree, just because I didn't come tonight......"

With that, Surdak stood up and prepared to leave.

"I promise." Marquis Nishizawa agreed without hesitation.

"I promise."

Simon. The Marquis of Geoffrey was also quick to express his opinion.

Only Valentine. Marquis Heller said angrily, "You have no right to make decisions for me. ”

"We have this authority in accordance with the regulations of the temporary executor of reinforcements that were set before the expedition."

Vorster. Marquis Nishizawa narrowed his eyes and looked at Valentine, who was screaming beside him. Marquis of Heller, said seriously.