After this, the man, Sigsmond Sinclair, no longer spoke of his ideals, no more of his hometown, and no more of the woman he had loved dearly.

But he has not forgotten what he has experienced, and the killings he himself has committed, nor has he forgotten why his wife died.

He knew he wasn't the son of prophecy.

He wasn't sure if everything he had done was right, he just knew that he couldn't become the enemy he had been fighting against.

So instead of trying to make a comeback, he began to wander around Pande, becoming a lone ranger, killing in his own way the 'wicked' who did not conform to his view of good and evil.

His armor was also no longer white, but black, pure black.

Gradually, he moved away from his homeland and into the south.

When he wandered into the territory of Bacchus, he heard of a series of reforms enacted by Emperor Marius.

The reform clauses all seem to be for the sake of the people......

He thought that Emperor Marius might be the true son of prophecy, and he intended to live a peaceful life in the territory of Bacchus, and never again fight and kill.

But not long ago, a small act of righteousness and courage directly extinguished his hope—he saw a Bacchus nobleman beating a servant, and he was about to be killed, he stepped forward to stop him, and was accused of 'robbing the lawful property of others, and was imprisoned for it.'

The servant was a slave, and the slave was only property in Bacchus, and the master had no right to interfere with what the outsider wanted, and the consequences of intervention were equivalent to robbery......

So Sigsmond applied to participate in gladiatorial fights in prison, and he was not sentenced to slavery, but only temporarily served as a gladiator.

But after an uprising in Siyuan City, he sided with the slaves and gradually became an important figure in the rebel army—strange to say, but he did have experience in rebellion......

The gladiators' armies grew larger and larger, in fact, because Sigismund was really skilled in rebellion.

But this proficiency is probably also the root cause of the rebel army's loss of control in a short period of time.

For Sigismund was very good at recruiting men, but he did not know how to train a large army to be disciplined, because he was not a disciplined man himself.

But what Sigismund can be sure of is that the mistakes he made in the past cannot be repeated.

He looked at the lord with a frank look in his eyes, for he was really unselfish—he thought he was doing the right thing.

He was doing what he hadn't done twenty years ago, as if he were instinctive.

Or rather, it was what his wife, the stubborn woman, wanted to do.

For the sake of the common people, but also for a free and stable life.

Sigismund's hiccup alarmed everyone, but fortunately, all but Alina and Creon were all his own people, and the final cry was controlled to 'Fight for Freedom.'

But Alina just looked at Leon with all her thoughts and didn't say anything.

General Creon himself was a civilian, and he didn't say anything.

The two silently led the epidemic exorcists into the city of knowledge.

The Radiant Cross Plague Exorcists are going to help Governor Justus control the Red Death in the city, and that's the most important thing right now. ….

Although the Exorcists were only skilled crossbowmen and did not know much about medicine, at least they had a wealth of experience in preventing and controlling the Red Death, and they had a determination that most people did not have.

After they entered the city, order was quickly restored to the city.

Justes' heart was indeed worthy of his position, and after meeting General Creon, he handed over the management of the city to the Plague Wardens, who were better equipped to control the Red Death.

Subsequently, the Knights of the Radiant Cross Auditorium in the city was equipped with a Red Death Prevention and Control Center.

In order to avoid being in the city and causing General Creon to be constrained, Justes even took the initiative to leave the city and come to the lord's military camp.

"Your Excellency Leon, we meet again...... I didn't expect to save the city of knowledge

It's you, and I must thank you."

Justus was calm when he entered the lord's barracks, but the young Imperial guards around him were all extremely nervous.

Because the gladiators who were fighting them to the death a day ago were also in this barracks.

"Lord Justes, I heard that you deliberately took the initiative to drag down this army...... It's not like something I didn't expect, but your daughter came to me for help, probably because it was your idea, right? If I'm not mistaken, the Knight Captain Loris of the Knights of the Radiant Cross is yours, right?"

The lord reached out and took Justus into his tent, an action exactly like he had kidnapped Justus before.

"No, Loris is just my friend, not my subordinate...... I just asked Loris to try to find a powerful lord who understands things for help, and I know that the Lion King will most likely not respond to a request from Bacchus, after all, Ulrik is not very big-hearted......

Justus shook his head and smiled, probably remembering the first time he met the lord.

In the same wide military tent, in the same posture of 'arms and arms', even the trembling appearance of the entourage around the visitor is exactly the same...... It's just that the host and guest have switched places.

"Aren't you afraid that reinforcements won't arrive? What should I do if Boshi Castle is captured? You're gambling......

Leon pulled out his knife again, but this time he was really peeling apples for his guests.

"It's just a matter of releasing myself to the destiny of heaven, after all, I have no other way, internal and external troubles...... At least let Luciana go to the Lion Realm to find help, then she'll be safe......

Justus sighed with some emotion and changed the subject: "Lord Leon, Luciana said that you would take these gladiators to help the empire resolve the crisis?"

"Your daughter has changed her name now...... Yes, I promised Alina to hand over Karen Deer Fort and this army to me peacefully, and I would take them to do what she wanted."

The lord nodded, cut the peeled apple in half and handed it to Justus, "Don't worry, I'll do what I say. The Serpent Cult is our common enemy."

"I know you're going to keep your word, after all, it's also about removing threats to your realm, and if the empire falls, it's your realm that will suffer first...... I just wanted to ask you to go and rescue Emperor Lingang first." ….

Justes reached out and took the apple, his face a little anxious, "Just like this apple, the empire has been cut in half for a long time...... I'm afraid that the Emperor Landing Port will not last long, and if the Emperor Landing Port is captured, the follow-up troops of the Snake Worship Sect will definitely invade in a steady stream, just like ......."

"It's like Bacchus invaded the continent of Pander more than a hundred years ago...... I can understand that when they have the largest port on the Pander continent as a base, their attacks will definitely not stop."

Leon looked at Justes with some seriousness, "However, I thought you would persuade me to rescue Siyuan City as soon as possible...... Emperor Marius may not be able to hold out for too long in Siyuan City, aren't you worried that the capital will be breached and the emperor will be lost? If I'm not mistaken, you and Emperor Marius are the closest comrades-in-arms......

"I trust Your Majesty's abilities, and as long as he is in Siyuan City, he will be able to hold back any enemy, including the Dread Legion."

Justus did seem to have faith in Emperor Marius.

"It's enviable that Emperor Marius can have a friend like you...... Is there any other reinforcement from the Empire that will save Siyuan City?"

Leon looked into Justes' eyes and began to nibble on the apple.

「…… Yes, the Ashen Empire of Amara will send the Phoenix Knights to support...... Luciana told you about it?"

Justes frowned.

"She didn't tell me, you told me...... Moreover, before you came, I actually just helped Alina write a letter to Siyuan City."

The lord looked at this and smiled, "Your Excellency the Governor, I promise you to go to the Imperial Harbor first. But I want you to understand that we are still enemies."

"I understand, I understand...... Actually, you can join

Empire, I am sure that Your Majesty will be happy to make you the Governor of the North...... You might even be chosen as the next Emperor!"

Justes looked at Leon, but finally said the solicitation.

"I don't have a chance to join the Bacchus Empire, and these gladiators out there won't say yes...... Besides, an old empire like Bacchus is too old for me......

Lord Lords sighed and shook his head, "We can be friends, but we can only be enemies......

……

Siyuan City.

Emperor Marius received the greatest good news in months.

The siege of Bozhi City has been lifted.

This is the news that several Shadow Hunters desperately sent back, and along with the news came a letter.

Alina's letter to Emperor Marius.

For the Bacchus Empire, the liberation of any of the three core cities would free up the power to save the rest of the world.

If Siyuan City can be stabilized, it is only a matter of time before the crisis is resolved.

But the question of time is a big problem.

Whether it's Siyuan City or Dilingang, I'm afraid there won't be much time......

Emperor Marius is now facing almost the same situation as Justes had been before - the Red Death had also been discovered in Siyuan City.

The same internal and external troubles.

Moreover, worse than the city of erudition, the enemy outside Siyuan City is the Dread Legion!

Emperor Marius had already seen with his own eyes what this terrible army would look like on the city walls. ….

It was a frighteningly quiet force.

Their bodies were decaying, their hollow eye sockets looked lifeless, and their white ribs looming beneath their turquoise skin.

That's a bunch of rotted corpses!

But their bodies in dark green armor were still clearly majestic and neat, and they didn't seem to have forgotten their fighting instincts, and they had strict discipline.

The commander of the Dreads Legion was also in front, a beautiful woman on the back of a long-maned horse.

She wore close-fitting dark green armor and had a graceful figure, her long black hair falling from behind the helmet that covered the upper half of her face.

Behind her, there were nearly two hundred guards in the same attire—the Horned Viper Vanguard that the Shadow Centurion had previously encountered.

"I'm Maltis! Surrender to me, or be conquered by me!"

This was the only sentence that Emperor Marius had heard, and it was only said once by the beautiful female commander of the Dreadcorps from a distance of more than a hundred meters.

But this sentence is probably heard by all the people in Siyuan City—this sentence has reached everyone's ears as if it was shrouded in magic, and it is extremely clear.

Maltisse......

Emperor Marius had heard of the name.

Because it was the Dreaded Legion led by Maltiz that broke through the Bacchus Imperial Capital on the Amara continent one hundred and fifty years ago and destroyed the Cubax Empire.

"Your Majesty, she should be a Sindari elf, and her guards were also elven warriors, even if they can't ride horses during the siege, it's unlikely that we will be able to hold ......

Sulla, the commander of the Shadow Wolves, was also on the city walls, and he didn't hide in the shadows this time.

"The resurrected Sindari elf...... Does she know magic?"

Emperor Marius had also seen information about Maltius in ancient texts, and the emperor was a librarian in Siyuan City when he was young.

Maltis was a personal guard of the Elven King Sindari and was killed in the Battle of the Titans.

No one knows how she came back from the dead, but many historical sources mention this name.

"Probably not, we haven't seen each other anyway...... But the army of the dead is a powerful magic, and perhaps only the original Sindari elves have such magical powers."

Sula shook her head, her blood-red pupils already constricted, and it seemed that only the Dread Legion was left in her eyes.

This formidable enemy doesn't look like the undead, and they're building siege engines and the most elite regular armies

The same unhurried, neat and silent.

In fact, this is not the first time that the Legion of Dreads has been known, and Emperor Marius also knows the origin of this legion, which is recorded in many documents.

General Sula, the commander of the Shadow Wolves from the continent of Amara, has also confirmed the situation of the Dreaded Legion.

Most of the members of this legion were originally from the Third Legion of the Old Bacchus Empire on the continent of Amara.

Yes, this is the main army that remained on the continent of Amara to fight against the Serpent Cult after General Osa invaded the Pander continent one hundred and fifty years ago.

The legion was wiped out in the battle against the Serpent Cult.

However, when the continent of Amara fell into total chaos and the Gubax Empire gradually reduced its defensive line to the imperial capital, the dead Third Legion reappeared on the battlefield. ….

But each of them became a terrible undead, and had a new legionnaire - Maltis.

The Dreadcorps is undoubtedly powerful in its ability to bring down the mighty Old Bacchus Empire, and all documents and records use the same phrase - "impossible to fight".

Today's new Bacchus, of course, can't confront it head-on.

And, most troublesomely, the Dread Legion wasn't the only enemy Siyuan City faced.

Sheila Yuzas's rebels have reappeared to the north of Siyuan City, their strength unknown, but their attitude is clear - he must have cooperated with the Serpent Cult.

"Sura, are you ready?"

Emperor Marius turned his head and took a deep look at the imperial palace in Siyuan City.

"Your Majesty, do you really want to do this? I still can't believe that's what Miss Alina meant......

Sulla frowned, still looking at the Dreadcorps under the city as they were building siege machines.

"It wasn't Alina's idea...... This is the handiwork of that Leon, Alina is still young, she can't make up her mind, and she can't say such things......

Emperor Marius sighed: "He is indeed the great enemy of the Empire, but the Empire really needs such an enemy as him......

A few hours later, a raging fire broke out in Siyuan City.

The Dreaded Legion immediately began to attack from the south gate of Siyuan City.

At about the same time, Sheila Youzas's rebels also attacked from the north.

The city was on fire, the flames were soaring, and it was obvious that there was chaos inside, and this was naturally a good time to attack, and the enemies on both sides were smart people.

But Emperor Marius did not hold back the enemy on the walls this time.

He let the rebels and the Snake Cult army enter the city through the north and south gates, while he himself took most of the people in Siyuan City out of the city from the west, and took everything he could.

After all, Siyuan City is also a coastal city, with a port to the west, so it will naturally not be attacked if you leave from the west.

The Dreadcorps is indeed terrifying, and the defenders of Siyuan City really don't dare to fight against the withered undead or demons, but it's still okay to run away from the port.

It's just that the ships are limited, and many people even need to rely on driftwood to transfer, and most of the supplies cannot be taken away.

But it's enough to bring people out, the Red Death has been found in Siyuan City, and the Dread Legion can't communicate, if you fight in the city, there is only one way to die in the end.

"If you lose your land, you will lose your land; If you lose land, you will save people, and people and land will survive. If you are faced with an invincible enemy, it is better to let them go to the city to defend it, and you attack them from outside."

These are the words on the letter, and the signature is the general of Changhe Town......

This is the official that Emperor Marius gave him when he killed Li Ang.

But Leon only wrote such a sentence, and it was Emperor Marius who made the final decision.

Only this majesty has such courage - abandon the capital Siyuan City and use Siyuan City to trap a powerful enemy!

The rebels of the Dreaded Legion and Sheila Yuzas easily stormed the city, leaving no troops left in the city, and the gates were opened to the north and south.

The gates were opened by those who had been left behind in the city with the Red Death. ….

They weren't noble enough to fight the enemy until the last minute, they just wanted to escape the city.

But the rebels and the Dreadcorps would not listen to them, and they killed them as they stormed the city, which was a good thing for them.

But then, the rebels and the Dread Legion discovered at the same time that there were no living people in Siyuan City.

The raging fire burned the materials in Siyuan City, and all the materials that could not be taken away were piled up on the square, which had been burned clean, and the flames were soaring.

Emperor Marius left the enemy with an empty city, no people, no food, not even a clean water source - the wells of Siyuan City were all thrown into the corpses.

It is true that there are many treasures left in the city, but there is no such thing as gold and silver, which can neither be eaten nor clothed......

It is unknown if the Dreads will still need food and water, but Sheila Youzas's rebels certainly need it.

And there is no doubt that both the rebels and the Dreadcorps want to gain control of the capital.

As a result, just one day later, Sheila Yuzas's rebels and the Dreadlegion fought in the city......

On the night of the fire in the city, several small troops outside the east gate of Siyuan City also took advantage of the night to start building fortifications outside the city.

It was the Shadow Wolves, who led by Sula to kill a small group of Serpent Cult warriors who remained outside the city, and then blocked the gates to the east and north of Siyuan City from the outside.

At the same time, General Agathon's troops came to Siyuan City and used the camp and siege equipment built by the Dreadtrophore Legion to build a defensive array to encircle the southern gate.

The battlefield situation was changed all of a sudden, and Emperor Marius sealed the Dreaded Legion and the rebels in Siyuan City at the expense of the capital.

The moon is shining on the twelfth floor