"It's no wonder that in this world, there are many strong people who like to establish families, just to use their own strength to leave enough foundations and protect their descendants as long as possible" Heras sighed, the reason why the Leolan Magic Family has the title of a marquis, is still the Quicksand Empire's ancestor of the family, that third-order legendary mage-' Although the Quicksand Empire had not yet been established at the time of Elibas's death, the Empire still posthumously awarded him the title of Marquis to commemorate the legendary mage's exploits and to win over the descendants of Leolan who had already taken root in the family domain at that time.

The title of Marquis brought a lot of convenience and benefits to the descendants of the Leolan family, which is the most intuitive expression of the power of the ancestors to bequeath the descendants.

Heras took one last look around the plain stone room, and then left without hesitation, he would build a home with his own strength, and it would not be a humble stone house, or some cramped cockpit!

After that, he completed the formalities of leaving the Great Temple of Eternal Night as fast as he could, but after stepping out of the temple gate, the sky was already light, and Heras did not delay any longer, and then went straight to General Ouondo's station.

The ancient city of Ascalan was built on an island in the middle of a huge river valley and was not only a teleportation hub, but also a military stronghold, with the garrison camping next to a military dock on the southern shore of the island.

The fortress outside Ascalan stands like a turquoise hill on the southern shore of the island in the middle of the lake, and although the architecture is designed to be as simple and practical as possible, it still unconsciously brings the unique beauty and classical style of the elves. This military fortress is built with denser magic lines, better quality, and double the weight of arcane stone, and is connected to the arcane city wall of the ancient city, and there are more than one connection points, which can facilitate the rapid mobilization of troops in wartime.

Due to the obstruction of the arcane walls, it seemed that winter could not be felt in this shady elven ancient city, and as soon as Heras left the city, the wet and cold winter wind from the south mixed with fallen leaves covered his face.

However, except for the northernmost part of the Snow Kingdom, there is no snow in the rest of the Western Continent in winter, so even if this weather is cold, it is limited, at least for Heras, there is no discomfort.

Soon he was in front of the hill-like garrison, where there was already a group of elite guards ready to go, and after greeting Charol, the captain of General Uondo's guard, from a distance, Heras walked over with grace, who had visited the general once, and who knew him.

"The General has given your consent to follow us into the Land of Dissension, but now that he's in the fortress, you must wait, Mr. Scholar. The captain of the guard, Charol, did not move in a rigid manner, and then squeezed out a sentence very stiffly.

Half of these elite guards are empty riders, and they are grooming their mounts, and the Stormhorn Hawks that act as elite mounts are at least high-level magical beasts, and such a team of guards is enough to run rampant in the land of strife

Heras nodded, and didn't say anything, he knew that the fate of these people would definitely not be too good, as for whether to hint at General Uondo, Heras had never thought of this, because it would undoubtedly affect Gleilenya.

The reason why he has a friendship with General Uondo is that he deliberately saved Ussurika's life with a utilitarian purpose, and Gleilenya is his beloved wife, so there is no need to consider which is more important.

In the council hall of the ancient city's military fortress reinforced with a thick secret wall, an elderly soldier with brown hair and eyes and a resolute face was arranging the expedition, and among the generals standing below him was the figure of the bald head Wuondo, who was listening to the arrangements of the older soldier without saying a word.

This brown-haired and brown-eyed elder soldier is the garrison marshal of Ascalan City-the legendary knight Liadon, and his relationship with the legendary mage of the city lord Sarivo has always been not on good terms, in the eyes of this conservative emperor[***] person, many of Sarivo's governance plans are too deviant from tradition, and this legendary mage, as the administrator of the city, should be in charge of all the institutions set up by the Magic Council in the territory under his rule, but the city lord is obedient to the Magic Council, which is simply not like words!

When Sarifu was still a ** division, he served as the deputy head of the Battle Mage Department of the Elven Empire's Magic Council, assisting the minister in managing the Empire's mage corps. Due to his background, many high-ranking officials opposed Eztrulan's transfer to the position of Administrator and District Governor of Ascalan upon his promotion to Legendary Mage, as this would undoubtedly strengthen the Council's political influence in the region.

However, due to the importance of the elven emperor, in the end Sarivo still sat in this position, although the south of the empire has always been a region that is biased towards magic, Marshal Liadon, as a southern elf, has no resistance to magic, but many of Sarivo's plans have touched the bottom line of the elf tradition, such as the delusional establishment of a research institute of magic machinery, and the exploitation of various resources to destroy the natural ecology! In Sarivo's words, the most developed magical civilization should walk between the warped voids, and countries that don't aim for it don't deserve to learn magic!

This concept of Sarivo was instilled by their leader, Erica, who has done everything she can to brainwash the members of the Elven Empire's Magic Council since she became a professor at the Pillar of the Void!

But fortunately, these plans have not yet been implemented, and it seems that the city lord still knows the importance of it, and if it is implemented, he will step down in a strong backlash tomorrow

"Ladies and gentlemen, I know that you all have a lot of opinions about the Magic Council, and so do I, but this expedition is a matter of the Empire's safety, and we must not allow that elemental magic dragon to enter the territory of the Empire! This is not only Your Majesty's order! It is also the mission of the soldiers!" Marshal Liaton said in a loud voice that did not look like an elf, "At this time, we must let go of our prejudices and try our best to cooperate with the Magic Council, these mages are the best at interception!"

"In order to avoid disturbing the people, we set out in batches, Ouondo, you are responsible for placing the troops here. Marshal Liaton pointed to the road map of the Land of Strife behind him and said, "The situation that needs to be dealt with in the place you are responsible for is more complicated, so you set off first, and you will set off today!"

"My most elite guards are ready to go, Lord Marshal, ready to go. When General Uondo heard this, he replied solemnly.

Then the marshal assigned the ambush sites for the other generals one by one, and finally said: "The soldiers sent are not only my command! There is also Marshal Stimana's army, and as soon as that damned dragon falls into the trap of the mages, you will immediately stop it with all your might, and delay time at all costs, so that the mages can make the final deadly attack!"

"Why do you and Marshal Stimana's elite troops follow the mage legion? When a general heard this, he was a little puzzled and said, this is not in line with the conventional tactical arrangement

"This is Your Majesty's order, we can just carry it out!" Marshal Liaton roared when he heard this, causing the general who asked the question to take a step back.

"Only two marshals were recruited this time, but the Magic Council drew out most of the high-end forces, so this time the mages are the main force to intercept them, and they will do their best to protect them. Marshal Liaden continued with a blank face after snarling. To tell the truth, the marshal was very unhappy to let him protect this deviant bastard, but no matter how unhappy he was, he had to carry out his duties as a soldier.

Thinking of this, Liaton was also a little puzzled, it stands to reason that since the interception location is in the Land of Strife, then the first to recruit the garrison troops in the Northern Eternal Night Forest should be, but considering that most of the generals of the Northern Forest are biased towards the Druid Elders, it is reasonable for His Majesty to recruit soldiers from the southern army to cooperate with the mage.

What made Liaton wonder was why he and Stimana were the two marshals in the southern garrison who had the worst relationship with the Council of Magic, so why they had been recruited to cooperate with the mages instead.

However, he didn't have any doubts about the order itself, because the Magic Council, which had always been cautious, actually drew out most of the high-end forces this time, and this kind of attitude made even many generals in the north who were disgusted with mages very much appreciated.

After receiving the order, General Uondo immediately gave a standard military salute and walked out of the council chamber of the fortress alone, as one of the most valued generals under Liadon, he has always been the vanguard of the marshal!

Since there is only one enemy this time, and it is an extremely powerful, strength level can reach the sixth-order legendary elemental lord!, so they only selected the most elite officers in the army to form a team, first of all, they can come and go freely, and secondly, they can avoid the vain sacrifice of many middle and low-level soldiers, after all, although many soldiers are indispensable in a large-scale all-out war, but when facing high-end forces, they can't even make effective attacks, so it is also a burden to bring them.

In addition to his own guards, General Uondo also selected a number of garrison officers from the garrison of the fortress, all of whom were the soldiers he valued the most, and who were also the people who best suited his tastes. In other words, it is the more conservative force component of the Southern Elves

Including his own personal guards, all the people who followed the general on the expedition were high-rank! Not only the air cavalry, but also the ground cavalry and archers were all high-ranking soldiers! This can also see the essence of an empire, as long as it is a country with a stable regime, most of the blood-related powerhouses in a country are generally gathered in the army! (To be continued.) )