Raymond was constantly giving orders, and the Norland army had become a whole, looking like a roulette wheel with countless serrations from above, slowly spinning, constantly tearing and grinding opponents.

For the first time, the Constructed Knights showed their might in front of the Faroes, no matter how neatly formed and how strong their will, they were all fragile and repeatedly chiseled through the iron hooves of the Constructed Knights. Even the most elite troops were defeated after being gouged through twice.

And in the battle of the strong, with the escape of Zonghu and the death of Arnold, the strong men on the Faro side were finally completely suppressed.

The battle lasted from midday to dusk, and ended in a complete rout of the Faroe coalition forces. Of the 120,000 Faroese troops, less than 30,000 eventually escaped.

A total of thirteen powerhouses and three archmages above the eighteenth level were killed in battle, and the priests of the gods also suffered heavy casualties. Nearly 100 people were killed in the battle of the Farro Standard Sanctuary and Magister, and many of the leaders of the noble alliance were also killed. The spokesman of the God of War in the world, the Baroque king Arnold, was killed in battle, and the senior priests of the Great Temple of the God of War were also killed or wounded. In this battle alone, Ludrith's church was devastated, and it could not recover without more than ten years of hard work.

The Norland Plane Expeditionary Force also suffered heavy casualties. After the First World War, only 17,000 of the more than 30,000 troops remained, and almost half of them died. The only surviving powerhouses were four Sanctuary and five Grand Magisters, and they were all wounded to some extent. Eleven of the fifty horsemen were killed and nineteen were seriously wounded, and less than twenty were still combat-ready.

As night fell, countless torches were lit, and Norland's expeditionary force began to clean the battlefield and treat the wounded with the help of moonlight and torches. Raymond walked along the battlefield in disarray, his face gloomy as water. He had no idea that he had just entered Faro, and before he could gain a firm foothold, he would be hit head-on.

Even if it is a high-level plane not far from Norland, even if this place is vast, how much time and determination does it take for the people here to be able to gather more than 120,000 elite troops outside the plane portal?

If it weren't for Raymond's decisive command of the Constructed Knights to assault the Chinese army, taking advantage of the Baroque knights' unfamiliar characteristics of the Constructed Knights' strong combat power, and killing Arnold in the Chinese army in one fell swoop, the casualties would probably have been much more.

The battlefield was filled with blood, and moans and screams were heard one after another. Norland's warriors had set up camp not far away, and in another clearing, tens of thousands of Faro captives were huddled together, staring blankly and fearfully at the sky.

Not far in front of Raymond, two Norland warriors were stabbing a short knife into a comrade's heart with tears in their eyes, ending his pain. In the Alternate Plane Expedition, the initial stage is the most brutal, because there are no priests and priests, so many injuries that could have been healed in normal times have become fatal injuries at this time. Although the army also carried magic potions, it was a drop in the bucket in the face of a large number of wounded.

Raymond had already commanded an unknown number of plane wars, and he had seen a lot of such scenes a long time ago, but every time he saw it, he would have a real pain in his heart. He coughed again, a few drops of blood hidden by the night. After coughing, he took out a square towel, wiped his mouth, and then threw the mottled scarf on the ground.

Raymond returned to the camp, walked into the tent of an archmage, and asked, "Master, have you found the location of the Lighthouse of Time?"

The Grand Magus, a master of plane teleportation and space-time, smiled wryly and said, "I have roughly measured the location of the fixed passage of the plane. However, it is at least three hundred kilometers from our current position. ”

Although Raymond had already expected that something had gone wrong in the teleportation, he was still taken aback, "Three hundred kilometers! How could the error be so big?"

"I don't know, but that's where it works. ”

Raymond unfolded a map of the Faro plane that had just been captured, and said, "Show me, where is that location?"

The archmage's finger slowly moved across the map, and finally stopped somewhere, saying, "The Lighthouse of Time should be here." ”

Raymond looked at the markings on the map and was surprised to find that the plane portal was actually built in a city. "Blue Water Oasis City in the Bloodstained Lands? Could it be that Richard has developed so well in a short period of time?"

Raymond stared at the map, frowning, and then his fingers began to move across the map, planning the route of the march in mind. This army came to Faro, and it was a complete expedition with no way back. Only by seizing the dimensional teleportation channel in Richard's hands can they return to Norland and receive follow-up supplies, especially priests and priests.

Raymond's march route was moving close to the edge of the Turbulent Lands. Because there is a very striking mark on the Land of Turmoil, there is a turbulence of time. Even the people of Norland are not very willing to walk in the area where there is a turbulence of time. A sudden turbulence of time can kill a Sacred Domain powerhouse.

The route was relatively straight, passing through the borders of the three principalities. Raymond had already expected that he would inevitably encounter resistance, but even the 120,000 allied troops were defeated, and the armies of these principalities, Raymond had not yet seen it. But his gaze soon fell on a piece of Gobi at the junction of the Bloodstained Land and the Turbulent Land, and he could no longer take his eyes off.

It is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the terrain is quite complicated, and it is a natural battlefield that holds the key points of communication leading to the depths of the bloodstained land.

Raymond's brows furrowed, and he had a hunch that there might be a bitter battle here. If he were Richard, then he would definitely abandon the Oasis City, which was unsafe to defend, and lay heavy troops here, taking advantage of the convenience of the terrain to fight to the death with the expeditionary force. But the question is, Richard was a genius constructor, but was he also a brilliant general?

What Raymond couldn't see at the moment was that in the area he was staring at, tens of thousands of slaves were taking turns digging fortifications under the light of torches.

The moats were gradually extended, and the stone walls were gradually raised. The stone mound in the middle of the wasteland, which was only a few tens of meters high, had been completely transformed into a fortress. Richard's army was pouring into the newly completed fortifications, while the slaves were carrying piles of supplies.

Richard had more than 20,000 troops on the rocky hills, and another 15,000 men lay in ambush on the outskirts of the battlefield or held strongholds on the edges. When the Norland expeditionary force is unable to attack the rocky mountain, the ambushed army will be the first to raid their rear road. In this small area, Richard amassed an army of more than 40,000 men and built a sturdy fortifications that would make the scalp tingle, ready to stage another meat grinder battle here. And as time went on, Richard was mobilizing more and more troops.

Richard had a powerful corps of priests at his disposal, while the Norland Expeditionary Force did not. Therefore, if you continue to lose blood in war, it means destruction. If Raymond had known that Richard would be able to mobilize such troops, his evaluation would have risen from general to commander-in-chief.

At the top of a newly built stone tower on a stone mound, Richard was standing here, overlooking the entire stone mound. From a high vantage point, you can see the entire stone mound and the surrounding area lit up with fire, and the slaves and warriors are hurrying to build the fortifications.

At this moment, the news of the disastrous defeat of the Baroque Kingdom and the surrounding aristocratic coalition in the Battle of the Portal had returned, and the warriors and slaves immediately became extremely hardworking. The brutality and strength of the invaders has been proven, and these fortifications are the guarantee of their survival.

At this moment, standing on the top of the stone tower, in addition to Richard's followers, there is only Duke Billie. The duke is wearing blue-gray armor at the moment, and naturally has a kind of majesty that belongs to the strong.

He looked at the light of fire below, and said slowly, "Richard, is this intruder related to you?"

Richard didn't retract his gaze, and the corners of his lips curled, "How do you know?"

The Duke snorted and said, "The invaders have appeared in the distant Baroque kingdom, and they have many targets to choose from. And you have gathered all the troops you can get your hands on, and you have come out of the nest, but when you get here, you have begun to build fortifications desperately, making it clear that you want to fight to the death here. People think you've got an oracle from some occult god, but you and I both know what's going on. I don't think you'll know if you're going to fight anymore and you'll never know that the invaders are going to pass through here, so the reason is that you know who the invaders are, and you know they're coming for you. So you pre-chose this place as the battlefield. ”

Richard smiled and said, "You really have a torch in your eyes." That's right, these invaders are from my hometown, and they're definitely coming for me. However, I am not sure what the final outcome of this battle will be. So, my advice is that you should have arranged for Palin sooner. For example, this sacrifice, it is time to make a final decision. ”

The Duke was silent for a long time, then suddenly sighed and said, "Ten years of uncertainty and four years of certainty of life are indeed painful choices. ”

"But the time has come for the final decision to be made. Richard repeated.

The Duke exhaled heavily, and then said, "Yes, if you don't decide, the time for the last divine grace will be almost up." ”

"So, what do you mean?"

“...... Four years. The Duke said with some difficulty.

"Okay, I'll inform Quicksand right away, and the sacrifice can be held early tomorrow morning. Richard said.

The Duke hesitated for a moment and said, "Richard, is there really no way to completely cure Perrin's body?

Richard understood the difficulties of the Duke of Greywolf. The Duke spent three years on an almost non-stop campaign, defeating four powerful opponents before he was able to obtain a valuable sacrifice in the final stage. If it weren't for Richard's continuous provision of equipment and even direct military support, the Duke would have been unable to make ends meet and would have been dragged down by huge military spending.