Ryan looked sad as the guards beside him slowly shoveled the soil with shovels, slowly covering up the stone jars in the tomb, and he gently threw down a tattered tomahawk, letting the dirt slowly bury everything.

After the guards around him filled the entire tomb, Ryan raised his head with grief and looked at the thousands of tombs, with an indescribable feeling in his heart. The defensive battle of Tekken Castle had just ended yesterday, and less than a third of the dead could be identified, but this had already added nearly 4,000 tombs, which also meant how much Cassano had paid a terrible price in this war this time.

Although the defenders of Cassano defeated at least more than a million undead in six days of bloody fighting, the most elite Guards and Windswept Marksmen lost more than 30% of the battle, which is definitely a shocking price, and those ordinary warriors who did not have the protection of Mithril armor and the Cassano people who joined the war to protect their homeland lost even more, it can be said that although the Cassano people won this battle, it was a crushing victory.

Ryan stood on the hillside, looking down at the dense tombs all over the hillside, he bent down and bowed deeply, although his strength has reached the legendary realm, but in front of life, Ryan does not think that he is more noble than others, as the overlord of Cassano, he did not protect his people in the first place, and let so many people pay the price of their lives, which made Ryan's heart ache faintly.

Vivien, Adra, Ellen and others also bowed deeply to Ryan, in order to thank the war dead in front of them for their efforts and price to protect Cassano and protect their homes, and for a moment the entire cemetery on the southern outskirts of Tekken Castle was silent, only a slight wind swept through the air, like the gratifying laughter of the deceased.

Ryan slowly straightened his waist after ten minutes of silence, and then he turned to Vivien and Adela in front of him and said, "Plant this place full of flowers, and save the heroes from being lonely in the future." ”

"Heroes?" Vivien and Adela were only stunned for a moment, and immediately understood what Ryan meant, and the two of them said in unison, "Yes, they are heroes, our heroes of Cassano." ”

Ryan nodded and continued to instruct: "The aftermath should be done as soon as possible, they are gone, but their families are still there, and they must be properly arranged." Well, in addition, if there are no special circumstances in the coming-of-age ceremony of the Cassano people in the future, it will be held here, so that people from generation to generation will remember that their happy life today is the price of these heroes who paid with their lives. ”

"Okay, I can't think too much for a while, I haven't thought of anything, you can watch it. Ryan waved his hand in a lonely expression, turned and walked away slowly, he slowly descended the hillside path, and when he passed before the tomb of Oz, he stood again, and when Alendor came to him behind him, Ryan sighed heavily.

Alendor patted Ryan on the shoulder a few times to comfort him, then took a bouquet of flowers, leaned over and placed it on top of Oz's tomb, and after doing all this, Alendor stood up straight and said to Ryan, "Let's go, they don't have a complete thing, and we need to continue to work hard." ”

"You're right, we don't have time to cry now, because the legions of the undead are still wreaking havoc on the continent. Ryan said this softly, and left without looking back.

Soon, Ryan and his entourage returned to the waiting carriage at the foot of the mountain, Ryan sat in the carriage, where a man who looked like an adjutant was already waiting, Ryan poured himself a glass of water and drank it all, and then asked: "How is it, Androkos, Melinda and his wife have not been able to restore the teleportation magic array with the imperial capital?"

"Yes, Lord Lord!" replied the lieutenant, "According to the news that came 30 minutes ago, Magister Androkos has thoroughly checked the entire teleportation magic array and confirmed that there is no problem, but the connection with the Imperial Capital has never been restored, so Magister Androkos thinks that this should be the same as what happened to Cassano some time ago." ”

Ryan knew that this teleportation magic array had failed a few days ago, and the reason should be that the undead legion attacking the Iron Fist Castle had used some secret method to interfere with its operation, but now that the undead legion had almost been wiped out, but this teleportation magic array still couldn't have its own effect, could it be that the imperial capital had also suffered the same experience as Cassano, or was it simply that the main force of the real undead legion had launched a full-scale attack on the imperial capital?

These questions made Ryan feel a lot of headaches, he felt that he should believe in the strength of the imperial capital, with the Royal Knights, the Imperial Capital Magic Guild and the Church of Light in charge, how could the undead legion break through the walls of the imperial capital, but when he thought that the Iron Fist Castle that he had thought was impregnable yesterday had almost fallen, Ryan's heart was indescribably anxious.

"How much combat strength do we have left in our army?" Ryan asked, and although he had been mentally prepared for not getting a single exciting news, the adjutant's report still made him frustrated.

"There are less than 2,000 people in the Guards Corps who can continue to fight, and most of them are in a weak state, and they cannot exert their combat effectiveness at all, and if they can rest for more than ten days, then the current more than 1,000 wounded can be restored to the army. There are still 3,000 more Windswept Shooters who can continue to fight, but unfortunately, they continue to have no casualties and must be given a short break to recuperate......"

The adjutant's words were not finally finished, because Ryan waved his hand to interrupt his report, Cassano's three elite troops can now continue to fight less than 5,000 people, and they are all exhausted, and their combat effectiveness is greatly reduced, as for the other armies, there are at most more than 10,000 troops, if this kind of force is really taken to the imperial capital to participate in the war, it will probably be exhausted in 1 hour.

"The order is given, and the troops should hurry up and recuperate, and if there is no accident, there will be no military action for ten days. In addition, it is necessary to speed up the training of the reserve army so as to fill the shortage of the army as soon as possible, and the three elite units have the right of priority in selection. Ryan said this, thought for a moment and added: "Whether it is a human, an orc, a dwarf or an elf, as long as they voluntarily join Cassano and are willing to obey the laws here, then they must be treated equally and must not be discriminated against. Also, when organizing the return of the people to Cassano, it was announced that I would be selecting magic apprentices again in ten days, this time to officially expand Barbara's magic legion, which would reach 5,000 men like the Guards and the Windswept Marksman. ”

"Yes, my lord!" the adjutant saluted and left the carriage as quickly as he waited for Ryan to sign the order. Ryan was the only one left in the carriage, and he knocked lightly on the wall of the carriage a few times, and the carriage slowly began to move, and Ryan leaned his upper body against the carriage and couldn't help but sigh again.

After going through a lot, the current Ryan is no longer the political rookie he used to be, especially this trip to Dragon Island, although it did not make Ryan's strength have a tendency to advance, but it made Ryan's grasp of power more proficient, and I don't know if it was eroded by the dark aura, Ryan suddenly found that he was not very resistant to those intrigues, but began to try to apply some of the skills he learned to practice.

For example, this time back to Cassano, although Cassano's subordinates did not say anything, but Ryan clearly grasped the inner thoughts of these officials who have grown up here for generations, and Ryan believed that if he desperately proposed to lead Cassano's remaining forces to aid the imperial capital, there would definitely be all kinds of complaints below, and it would definitely affect the morale of the entire Cassano. Of course, it's not that these people don't care about the overall situation, it's only related to the selfish nature of human beings, after all, now Cassano has suffered huge losses, and then desperately supports the imperial capital, which will inevitably slash Cassano itself on the basis of economy and population, which is not very good, and I am afraid that I will not want to turn over for hundreds of years after a major injury.

"The top priority is to get in touch with the imperial capital. Now that the information is unknown, our army cannot act rashly. Ryan thought silently with his eyes closed. If it had been before, Ryan would certainly not have given clear instructions so quickly, and he would probably hesitate or go to the imperial capital desperately, even if nothing happened, so as to have peace of mind. But now, Ryan issued an order to rest and recuperate at the first time, which was not so much to let the soldiers who had survived the hard battle rest, but to reassure the hearts of the entire Cassano.

Judging from the current situation, the attack on Cassano must be a partial division, otherwise Cassano would not have lasted that long. Could it be that they are really holding us back and storming the imperial capital? That is really stupid, one forbidden spell of Victor is enough to withstand tens of millions of undead, and the angel of Orlando is the biggest killer of the undead, and no commander in his right mind will start a war without absolute certainty. ”

Ryan vetoed his ideas one by one in his heart: "It's not the imperial capital, I dare to say that if the imperial capital is attacked, it will definitely only contain the attack." Mochizuki City in the south?Freya has already returned to Mozuki City, and from there, you can directly connect to Mochizuki City, and you can probably give me an answer in the afternoon, right? As for the Paradise of Freedom? There is no value there, can't it be said that these undead have changed their careers to become merchants?"

Thinking about it made Ryan start to feel tired, after all, he hasn't really rested since he attacked Seke City, especially when fighting against the dark aura in his body, he can't be negligent in the slightest, otherwise Ryan would have fallen into a dark ** division, and after recovering his health, he returned to Cassano on a flying dragon for the first time, and after ending the entire war yesterday, Ryan and Alendor and others searched the entire Cassano area overnight to hide the undead to prevent any counterattack.

With the rhythmic rhythm of the carriage, Ryan gradually fell asleep.