In October 1365 in the valley calendar, sunset led the north, semi-limestone fortress.

Located due north of Sunset Realm, the Semi-Limestone Fort is built on a gray cliff that serves as Tivanton's outpost to monitor movements in the south.

Ever since Bilgard proclaimed himself duke, he had arranged a force here, not many of them, but enough to monitor the situation in the country of the Purple Dragon.

Simonis, the prefect of the guard appointed by the Duke of Bilgard, noticed the change in the situation early this morning.

There is an army in the south! Many, many troops!

Just opposite the half-limestone fortress, in a place called Elven Hill, there are Cormier's Purple Dragon Banner and Obeszir Royal Banner fluttering, which means that Cormyr's regent has finally gone out in person after five years!

Surrounding the Purple Dragon Banner were hundreds of flags, among which the banner of Countess Millman Raul, the lady lord of Arabel, and the golden banner of Aaron Salian's Sunset Collar were the most conspicuous, and there was a circle of flags of other nobles, many of which were family coats of arms that the sentinels did not even recognize.

Must be reported immediately!

"Report to Duke Bilgard immediately!"

In the afternoon of the same day, the Duke of Bilgard hurried to the half-limestone fortress with his personal guard and a group of bloody gnolls warriors.

Bilgard's appearance was unremarkable, and despite his sumptuous purple silk robes, eight chains of gold, gem, enamel, and diamonds hanging from his chest in rows and draping down to his stomach, Bilgard still looked less like a nobleman and more like some super-upstart.

He was short in height, very thin, with a flat head, one eye in a black blindfold, and deep cheeks with deep circles under the eyes, which always gave people a feeling of sleepiness.

A moustache wrapped around Bilgard's very thin lips, making his appearance even more snarky, and standing beside him was the leader of the Gnolls who had fought against the Arabel Restoration Army in the Battle of Arabel.

Since Tukin's death, the orc army has been scattered, and the leader of the gnolls, Caldecott, was about to flee to the rocks, but the gnoll god Yenogu guided him to Tifanton.

"Wow~Wow~Wow~Wow~" Facing the army in front of him, Duke Bilgard held a telescope in one hand, his fingers were full of rings, and some of his fingers even had more than one, and when he saw the scenery in front of him, Duke Bilgard was not surprised at all, and he recognized the flag across the river with great interest.

"The Patsy family, whose ancestor was William de Passy, was canonized a baron during the Pirate King's Rebellion, but later lost his fief and lived on loans."

"The Phil Howard family, descendants of the famous knight Sir Black Rose...... Didn't this family change careers to make coffins? Why did you go to the battlefield this time? ”

"Montagu, I remember that Solbritz is not dead? Now it's Salbritz Jr.? Oh my God, Mark of Marat, does little Solbritz know where to point the tip of the spear? ”

"That flag is Seymour......"

"The Clifford family, a group of poor people, the former duke's family was reduced to the barony, who made them inferior to the next generation, relying on the old lord's dying kneeling to Asanan IV, only to keep a palace purchase official position."

Duke Bilgard commented on Cormier's family heraldic banner one by one, and the ruthless owl who believed in the snake god Mersok quickly showed a disdainful expression: "It's just an outing." ”

"Arabel's army and Sunset Lord's army don't look like they're here for an outing, Duke." The leader of the gnolls, Caldecott, was not so optimistic, and he squinted: "Bensaba's black bones are on it, the demon we met last time!" I don't want to see you again! ”

"It's okay." Duke Bilgard smiled and shook his head: "Don't panic, dear Caldecott, we naturally have a way, a way to solve the enemy in front of us. ”

"It's okay, as long as Cormier realizes my strength in Bilgard, and then I give a little softness, I think Alice Searle will be willing to make me officially the Duke of Tivanton." Bilgard took out a red apple, the orthodox red apple of Evening Star Town, and took a bite.

At this moment, there was a "bang~" sound in the camp on the other side of the river, and the sound was like thunder.

"Cannon fire on the other side? So far away? The leader of the gnolls, Caldecott, said in a rough voice: "Mark of Marat, the other party must not have thought that we are all here, leave the head of the commander of the other party's vanguard army to me, Yenogu is hungry!" ”

"It's nothing more than a salute, with a strong momentum." Duke Biergard said disdainfully: "I didn't see the banner of the Purple Dragon Knights, obviously the Purple Dragon Knights of Obeszir have not yet arrived, I ......"

"Wait! Wait a minute! Calderick screamed and pointed to the sky: "What's that?!!! ”

Duke Bilgard looked up blankly.

He saw a ball of fire, a rising ball of fire sliding through the air in a perfect parabola towards the half-limestone fortress, its long trail reminiscent of a comet by Duke Bilgard.

Bilgard was a mage, and with his sense of the magic web, he immediately felt a devastating stream of explosive energy falling down the sky, and the destructive power contained in it was like a beast recklessly devouring everything that passed by the parabola, and the terrifying magical energy was about to fall on the half-limestone fortress in the blink of an eye, creating a massive explosion that shook the mountains!

"Hidden !!" Bilgard only had time to scream and signal to his guards, but the energy that kept gathering made his ears lose hearing, buzzing and roaring, and he could no longer hear anything.

Drop~ With the sound of tinnitus, waves of chaotic energy reached the gates and walls of the limestone fortress, and the torrent of explosions sucked them all out, and then bounced back faster.

Buildings around Bilgard collapsed one after another, the gnolls screamed one after another, and Caldek shouted commands that no one heard, and was engulfed in flames.

Another huge tremor caused the structure of the fortress behind it to tremble violently, and the dome collapsed with a bang, turning into a complete pile of rubble, and a thick fog rose into the sky, and with it a cloud of smoke and dust!

Duke Bilgard immediately activated the magic equipment on his body without hesitation, and he witnessed the explosion instantly engulf one of his five-ring primary protection magics, destroying his secondary protection magic one by one, and the blazing waves of fire destroyed one by one the protective magic arrays, and the dozen rings on his hands collapsed seven in a row!

No, I still can't stop it!

Speed-up!

Seizing the opportunity to give himself an acceleration, Duke Bilgard ran for his life through the ruins, jumping out of the colonnade and over the wall, and he looked behind him.

This sight scared Bilgard into a haunt!

There's a fireball, there's a fireball chasing him! It was supposed to land on a tower, but it seemed to have spotted the Duke himself, and the fireball spun around the tower and flew towards Bilgard!

Huge waves are rushing.

What the hell is this? What the hell is this?!

A thought swirled in the subconscious of Duke Bilgard.

Where the hell did the other side attack come from? How could the Fireball Technique turn a corner? Is it a delayed burst fireball? But I didn't see the caster!

He doesn't even know where the enemies are!

Unable to do anything, Bilgard seized the last bit of time and unleashed a death charm on himself.

Luckily, the Duke himself was always ready for all kinds of magic.

At the moment when he successfully released it towards himself, the devouring waves of fire rushed down his side, exploding him and throwing him off balance.

Here, the bright red flames of chaos engulfed Bilgard, and he slammed headlong into the collapsed half-limestone castle.

The entire fortress was full of light, dazzling, and pulsating with a dizzying white.

Rock fragments shot out from the ruins of the fortress in all directions, and an unparalleled explosion descended, and the blazing fortress was as brilliant as the sun on the surface world.

At the last moment, Bilgard completed his spell, the pain burning his body, a brief sharp pain he had never felt before, and the Death Guard saved his life in the most critical moment.

He rolled down the cliff.

…………

Across the river, Elven Hills.

There was silence in the camp, and all eyes were on the cannon at the gate of the camp, the Chaos Hell Cannon.

This cannon made everyone hold their breath and open their mouths.

But Aaron was very calm, his hands behind his back looked indifferent, his expression was very relaxed, only a slight amount of sweat overflowed on his forehead, and the shirt inside his armor was already drenched with sweat.

It seems that there is too much energy injected.

Aaron looked at the barrel of the Chaos Hell Cannon, which was burned red to white, and felt a little scared.

This is the first time he has fired a cannon, he has no experience, he doesn't know how much energy to inject at all, and the Chaos Hell Cannon is endlessly greedy for more, it keeps howling, telling Aaron to do some more, more and more, how can this be enough to eat?

Aaron doubled down on the infusion, until the Ugros energy he had collected from that encounter was more than 70% infused, and the Chaos Hell Cannon suddenly refused to continue injecting, and it roared, "it's blowing up with you!" ”

And then there was an explosion like that.

It's really too much energy.

Just as Aaron was thinking about being careful next time and not blowing himself up, he didn't know how shocking it was that he turned his back to all the soldiers of the Elven Hill camp, the entire nobles of Susar, and the army of Arabel without saying a word.

The collapsed fortress in the distance, the peak that was half cut off by the explosion, the billowing smoke and the dazzling white light all shrouded Aaron's back in a mysterious halo, giving people a deep sense of oppression.

Is this Aaron Salian?

How far has he evolved?

What's hidden inside the sunset collar?

Nobody knows.

Why, doesn't anyone praise me?

Aaron saw that there was no movement behind him for a long time, so he ordered his subordinates: "Attack!" ”

His Excellency the Viscount gave an order, the Ninth Shepherd Legion was ordered, and the half-orc Doherty was the first to rush out, and then, more than a thousand Chaos warriors with full plate armor directly waded across the river and rushed to the collapsed half-gray stone fortress!

What?

For the second time, the nobles of Susar were stunned.

Hey, Her Royal Highness and the main force of the Purple Dragon Knight haven't arrived yet!

Dude, are you really here?

Updated, ask for a ticket duck~