Perhaps, the Snake Worship Priestesses of the Cobra Sect in the Pander Continent felt that they had been deceived......

They made considerable efforts to attack the Imperial Harbor, not only diverting the attention of the Bacchus Empire with the Red Death, but also gathering a large army.

But in September, when they began to attack the port of Dilin, the Viper expeditionary force, which had said that they would attack from the sea at the same time, did not see a single hair.

It wasn't until mid-October that a few warships came from the continent of Amara, but all of them were ragtag troops who couldn't get enough to eat, and their combat effectiveness was quite poor, and they couldn't attack the port at all......

The High Priest's main fleet has not appeared until now, and it is all a ragtag army that has fled the famine—the Expeditionary Force's rations have been burned, and in order to raise food, the High Priest is forcibly demanding 'offerings' from the cultists.

But there has been a famine in the continent of Amara for a long time, and although the believers have faithful faith, they are really powerless.

Under the 'forcible dedication', many disciples snatched or stole a few warships and came to the Pande Continent - this is probably a practical action to support the expedition, although the disciples just want to eat on the Pander Continent.

This is why the Snake Cult fleet that came to Dilingang did not find another place to land - they had no food, so they did not dare to sail again to find a landing site, and they are currently fishing near Dilingang for a living, and their lives are worse than the defenders in Dilingang......

As a result, the cobra priestesses who gathered outside the port of Emperor Lin have persisted from September to the present, fighting from autumn to winter, and have been fighting for more than three months, but they still have not seen the main fleet of the high priest come to the port of Emperor Lin.

But they heard that the Dread Legion did appear on the Pander Continent, but the problem was that the Dread Legion ran to Siyuan City and did not appear in Dilingang......

In this case, of course, they felt that the Council of Priests of the Temple was fooling them, and they didn't want to fight anymore.

But they did not dare to withdraw, and if they did not obey the orders of the temple and left behind their comrades from the continent of Amara in the warships outside the harbor, perhaps one day the Dreadcorps would suddenly appear in their lair to 'crusade against traitors who disobeyed orders'......

Therefore, these priestesses were actually very restrained, and the attack on Emperor Lingang was not violent, and they were somewhat unable to work.

And they are all very rich, unlike the Amara continent, there is no famine in the Pander continent, and the priestesses have gotten a lot of food before, and they are not afraid to spend it around the emperor's port.

In fact, it doesn't matter to them whether the Emperor Landing Port can be defeated or not, after all, if the High Priest's fleet does not come, what is the point of them even if they defeat the Emperor Landing Port?

The attack on Emperor Harbor was ordered by the Temple, but it may not be a good thing for them to capture Emperor Harbor, because the Temple will definitely not let Emperor Harbor be controlled by the people of the Cobra faction.

If the temple lets the Viper faction manage the Emperor's Harbor, wouldn't it be the Cobra faction to add to its own blockage?

But a few days earlier, they had heard that the siege had been lifted by the slave rebels of the city of Knowledge, and that a large army was marching south to reinforce the port of the Emperor, they found that this was an opportunity to get out of the embarrassment they were in.

The Imperial Harbor has been unable to be attacked for a long time, and there is a large army rushing to help in the territory of Bacchus, so it is definitely not a wise choice to stay outside the Imperial Harbor.

But if you turn around and attack the city of Bozhi...... This must be regarded as a proper explanation of the orders of the temple, and it is passable both in face and in the inside.

Since Bozhi City has sent a large army to support Emperor Lingang, it means that Bozhi City is now extremely empty, and it is definitely more cost-effective to attack Bozhi City than to storm Emperor Lingang.

Moreover, for the priestesses of the Cobra faction, taking Erudidad is much more attractive than taking Dilingang - Erudidad is in the hinterland, and the temple of Amara will definitely not be able to send a fleet to fight them for control.

Anyway, the capture of Bozhi City is equivalent to establishing a base in the territory of Bacchus, and no matter what happens to Emperor Lingang, at least they are very worthy of the order of the temple.

The priestesses of the Pander Continent are indeed loyal to the Snake Worship Cult, and they will also obey the orders of the temple, but they will not be blind.

Therefore, their troops had previously marched north, originally to attack Bozhi City.

As for why they came after Sigismund's scouts, it was mainly due to the fighting habits of the Serpent Cults - if they encountered an enemy, regardless of their target and size, they would immediately overwhelm all obstacles in their path with overwhelming numbers.

These Serpent worshippers were not regular soldiers, and most of the priestesses were not very good at tactics. The Serpent Worshippers did not have the clear intention of fighting like a regular army, and after determining the general direction, they would migrate like locusts.

Therefore, the Serpent Cultists came after Sigismund's scouts, not to target the Lord's reinforcements, they were just going north from Emperor Lingang, but the Lord's troops happened to be on the way.

Sigismund and the gladiators clearly did not understand the habits of the Serpent Cult, nor did the Lord Lord.

Sometimes, a lot of inexplicable battles happen because of these strange factors, and even in the eyes of onlookers, it is quite unreasonable, but it just happens.

Fortunately, Alyssa was here, and the former priestess gave her judgment on the current situation.

She didn't know the lord culture of the Pander continent, but she did understand the mentality of the priestesses.

She was right, her knowledge of the Serpent Cultists was really helpful for a commander to develop strategies and tactics.

If it weren't for the fact that he had met her, the lord would probably have fought a head-on battle with the Serpent Cult army in the village of Buyulin - a head-on battle with tens of thousands of people who are not afraid of death, and the outcome is really hard to say.

But now, Leon felt that he could avoid it first and exterminate this group of snake worshippers in a more technical way.

Anyway, the siege of Emperor Lingang has indeed been lifted, and the strategic intention of the lord to rescue Emperor Lingang has been realized, although it is a little inexplicable......

Now it's up to you how to get rid of the priestesses - according to Alyssa, as long as the priests are eliminated as 'divine spokesmen', the rest of the snake worshippers will usually not take the initiative to make trouble.

"Lord Governor, since the large army of the Serpent Cult is heading for Bozhi City, we can make way for them and ambush them with cavalry...... And your infantry units can still be stationed in the port as originally planned. ”

The lord seemed to be much more relaxed now, since the snake worshippers did not have any tactical ability, even if they were not afraid of death, they were just a group of brave locusts.

"Leon, do you think that snake girl's words are trustworthy? If she's a liar......"

Justes was somewhat uneasy, and he was skeptical of any serpent worshippers.

"If Alyssa is cheating on us, then we should give way...... Anyway, Buyulin Village is just an empty village with no people, and it doesn't matter if it is occupied by the Snake Worship Sect. Don't dwell on the gains and losses of one city and one place, the goal is to eliminate the Snake Worship Cult. We just need to think about how to avoid the eyes and ears of the Serpent Cult now......"

Leon turned his head and looked around the village of Buyulin, where there were indeed no civilians left.

"That'...... You can arrange it, and I will cooperate with your orders. ”

Justes handed over command to Leon.

"Then, let's move westward first, in the direction of Thrindir, and avoid the army of the Serpent Cult - since the Serpent warriors who escorted Alyssa can lurk in the village of Serindil for more than a month, it means that we should be able to avoid the eyes and ears of the Serpent Cult and turn ourselves into the shadows......"

Leon made two lines on the map: "Then, my troops will go north from Serindil to Fidné to set up an ambush. If they want to go to the city of knowledge, they must pass through Fidney...... And Your Excellency the Governor, after confirming that the army of the Snake Worship Sect has left the vicinity of Emperor Lingang, you will take your troops directly into the Emperor Landing Port, and then take the troops of the Emperor Lingang to the north and flank the Snake Worship Sect with me. ”

"Nothing ...... Anything Happens in the City of Knowledge"

Justs is clearly still nervous about his territory.

"I promise that no Serpent Cultist will make it to the City of Knowledge."

Li Ang pointed to the road to the south: "Hurry up, the Snake Worship Sect troops may be coming." ”

Fortunately, all the troops had been preparing and reacted quite quickly, and it didn't take long for the village of Buyulin to become empty again.

Just a few minutes after the troops had withdrawn from the village of Buyulin, the large army of the Serpent Cult rushed through like locusts in a crossing, and the boundless crowd passed through the deserted village of Buyulin all the way to the northwest.

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Serindil.

It is a very quiet and gloomy village, and it is also extremely miserable.

During the years when the Pander Kingdom ruled the mainland, the village of Serindir was originally a large market town.

It was once the largest fishing port on the Pander continent, and there used to be countless fishing boats passing and the coast was full of drying nets.

The fishing port in the southern part of the Pander continent would have been very busy in the winter months – as temperatures drop, the northern seas would freeze and large numbers of fish would migrate to the southern coast.

At the same time, high-value seafood such as pearls are also caught in winter. As the weather gets colder, the nacre secretion slows down, which encourages the surface of the pearl to become more delicate and rounded, and the best quality pearls are harvested in midwinter or early spring.

It was originally a wonderful place, not only with year-round catches, but also with the largest pearl production in Pande.

It's just that the richer the place, the more miserable the life of the people at the bottom tends to become, especially after the Bacchus Empire ruled here......

After the Bacchus Empire occupied the southern part of the Pander continent, Serendil gradually possessed the most iron piles and chains in the entire Pander continent.

These iron stakes and chains were originally used to lock slaves.

In the Bacchus Empire, slaves were the only ones who did all the hard work of fishing, and of course slaves did the life-threatening jobs like diving for pearls or coral.

However, the slaves did not even get the mussel shells for the cultivation of pearls.

To ensure that the slaves did not sneak away these precious catches, the slave owners would tie their necks with iron collars.

When they went to sea, they were bound to the hull of the ship with long chains, and when they were not out at sea, the chains were chained to the iron stakes on the shore, which were also used to lock the ships.

The sphere of action of the vast majority of slaves in their lifetime is the area limited by the chains.

Either on a boat, or in the sea, or next to an iron stake on the coast.

They can only dive into the water again and again, and are carried to the deep bottom of the sea by heavy iron chains, struggling between life and death in search of the gifts of the sea.

If they didn't complete their tasks that day, they wouldn't have been pulled to the boat and had to soak in the sea.

The slave owners would not even give them any food - the slaves would eat it in the sea, and cooked food was a luxury reward for them.

The vast majority of slaves did not survive more than three years in Serindil, and the situation of slaves here was even worse than that of slaves in the mines.

This miserable life naturally leads to more tragedies.

This was also the first area in the entire Pander Continent to be controlled by the Serpent Cult.

The Serpent Cult can easily control the vast majority of Thrindil's slaves with little to no means, and then lead them to rebellion, and usher in one slaughter after another.

For more than 100 years, there has been a cycle of tragedy from generation to generation - slave owners brutally oppressed slaves, snake worship bewitched the slaves at the bottom, slaves began to rebel after believing in snake worship, and then were exterminated by the imperial army...... After quelling the Snake Cult, a new slave owner will arrive in the Empire, and the same story will be repeated over and over again.

Cyclic wars caused Serindil to wither year by year, and eventually, it became a place that was 'cursed' in the eyes of the people, and the fishing port gradually became uninhabited.

It is said that there are countless ghosts haunted here at night, and there are too many ghosts of all kinds and they are haunted.

Therefore, it is also known as Ghost Harbor.

There have been brave people who have tried to come to Serindil in the hope of catching valuable pearls, but it is true that most of those who enter this 'cursed land' will disappear without explanation.

By now, the village of Serindir has become a dilapidated and gloomy ruin, with a large area and many houses, but no one else.

Only the rusty iron piles and chains that dot the coast still tell the story of the prosperous and sad past of this fishing port.

That's why those Serpent Cult warriors were able to take Elisa to hide in Serindil for more than a month without being discovered.

What was once a thriving fishing port is now almost completely deserted.

It's not a military location, and no one usually comes near it anymore.

Leon led a large army to Serindil, and he was indeed able to easily avoid the eyes of the Serpent Cult - the area around this fishing port was also full of uninhabited wasteland, and since there was no one, the Serpent Cult would naturally not know their movements.

After Rissadillan and the Noldors confirmed that there were no problems around Serindil, the lord planned to fix the day here, and then divide his forces with Justus to act as planned.

Although there is a suspicion of haunting, of course, there is no fear of ghosts with a large army......

But what the lord didn't expect was that he had only stayed in Serendil for one night, and something had really happened.

The wind was particularly strong that night, and the howling wind stirred up the huge waves on the sea, and the sound of the huge waves constantly reverberated so much that it was difficult to sleep even hundreds of meters away from the shore.

The army was stationed, and naturally there were troops keeping vigil at night, and it was Sigismund who was in charge of keeping watch at night.

Also, Sarah is here.

But Sarah didn't have a vigil, she was just too caught up in the wind and waves to sleep, so she came to look at the sea and chatted with Sigismund, the bard who wanted to take some of Sigismund's experience and make a poem, and she thought that the story of the 'commoner knight' should be remembered.

So, while most of the soldiers on duty were looking in several other directions, Sarah and Sigismund were sitting on the seashore, watching the wind blow in the sea at night.

It's just that the wind is really a bit strong, and Sarah's cloak and shawl are about to be blown off.

But just as Sarah was about to take shelter in Sigismund's tent, she saw several large black shadows faintly on the sea.

"What's that...... Sinclair, did you see that? Could it be a sea monster? ”

Sarah put on her shawl again, covering her rounded shoulders and the seductive furrow at her neckline.

Sigismund sighed with some regret.

"That's not right...... Vixen, that seems to be ...... That's a warship! Trumpet! Enemy attack! ”

Sigismund closed his eyes and shook his head, then looked at the sea in the distance again, and then shouted loudly.