The veterans looked at Richard, at the knight who was pressed by the black, and then at the ruins that had been demolished around the plane portal, and suddenly there was an inexplicable sadness in their hearts. In the Gordon era, they had the ability and status, fought fiercely and were not afraid of death, and also accumulated countless military exploits. With the high cost of the passage, it is impossible to bring any reinforcements from Norland, so they are the backbone of the Huland battle. These veterans were unruly, and sometimes they didn't even take Senma's orders to heart. The only one who can convince them is Gordon.

But now, the plane passage has not been deliberately strengthened, and Richard has directly pulled in a complete and incomparably elite army! What does this mean? It means that these veterans are no longer the intermediate force that can influence the situation of the plane battle, in other words, they are dispensable, and there is no capital to bargain with.

The knights who came out of the portal were all well-equipped to the point of exaggeration. The Constructed Knight is full of magic and shines with magic all over his body. As for the followers, their equipment can no longer be described as gorgeous, and the power fluctuations generated by epic equipment can be experienced by anyone who is slightly more sensitive. Compared to them, Hulan's generals were as shabby as poor boys from the countryside.

The last thing that came out of the portal was a star chrysalis that was three meters in diameter but ten meters long. The beast floated silently in the air, but more than anything else.

The wind was cold and bleak.

The area around the plane portal is in ruins, and the past era has been completely buried under the rubble.

These veterans are the experiencers of the old era and the witnesses of the new era.

Seeing that all the troops had arrived, Richard immediately turned over the sacred unicorn and said to Sema, "You gather the army and come later." We didn't rest, we set off straight to the next camp for the night. ”

"Yes, Lord Richard. "Ever since getting the new armor, Semir has changed its name.

After Richard gave the order, he led his followers and the knight legion out of the base city and rushed to the first camp dozens of kilometers away. Semir waited for Richard to go away, then glanced at the restless veterans, sighed, and walked towards his command building.

"Semia-sama, wait! What are we going to do?" several veterans of the old qualifications stopped Semia's warhorse.

"What to do?" Semir asked with a sigh of knowing why.

Several veterans looked at each other, and one of them said, "Well, Richard...... My lord, are you going to war?"

Semir nodded, "Yes, this time Lord Richard is determined to break through the Weeping Rift and hit the God's Lair in one go. ”

"How can this ......?" the veteran wanted to say how could this be possible, but then he thought that it was of course impossible to rely on their more than 100 veterans alone, but Richard just pulled out a hundred horsemen!

"Is Lord Richard going to war? What about us? Lord Senma, you'll take us with you, won't you?" asked another veteran uneasily.

"You ......" Semir sighed, still deciding to tell the truth: "You guys stay at the base!"

"But we're warriors, not guards!" the veterans cried. But this time it was different, not so much a threat as a pleading.

"Stay at the base, it's an order!" Semir's tone was not negotiable, and the veterans could only get out of the way in the end, looking at each other, and they all saw the uneasiness in the depths of each other's eyes, and then slowly dispersed.

Semir has understood what Richard means, and Richard, who is good at accurate command on the battlefield, hates the most about loose military discipline and soldiers with no one in his eyes, even if his personal combat strength is strong, he will resolutely abandon it. Richard's departure was tantamount to announcing that these veterans were no longer needed. Although these veterans can still get generous treatment because of their accumulated merits, the battlefield is where they reflect their value.

Semir returned to the headquarters and immediately began to mobilize the troops. This time, she only drew a thousand highly mobile elite lightly armed troops, and then began to requisition the accumulated supplies for the war to be consumed. But when Semir picked up the inventory list of war materials, he was still confused for a while. There was a large amount of material stored in the warehouse, but this amount was measured by the standards of the Gordon era. Semir knew that there was also a large amount of war preparation materials in the belly of the star chrysalis, which was enough to support Richard to fight a high-intensity war. The star chrysalis has been strengthened by a large number of shadow diamonds, and there are nearly 1,000 tons of materials stored in the body, which is so complete and of high quality that it is not comparable to Hulan's original materials. Perhaps because he didn't feel that the impact on Semir was enough, Richard even stuffed dozens of tons of fresh beef into the body of the star chrysalis! But as long as it's cooked, it's the same top-notch food for human warriors. As long as the strong people who have reached the level of the Constructed Knight are even more willing to eat raw meat directly, their strong bodies can deal with all kinds of food, while raw meat can bring richer nutrients.

Looking at the supplies on the list, although the quality and quantity were far inferior to the supplies that Richard had prepared in the star chrysalis, Semir still decided to do his best, so it took more than an hour to draw up a logistics supply plan, transfer half of the materials in the warehouse, and form a logistics force of more than 3,000 people to transport and protect these materials. From this logistics plan, you can see Semir's military literacy.

The plan has been drawn up, and the logistics troops will be able to set off early tomorrow morning. The missing strategic materials in the warehouse must be replenished by Richard, of course, according to the standards of New Akmund. Looking at the plan in his hand, Semir sighed. She understands that with Richard with a star chrysalis in hand, logistics are no longer a problem. But she still had to do this, just to get a little opportunity for the veterans who had been fighting in Hulan. Like a lion in the twilight of his life, his claws are no longer sharp, but he only relies on his hollow roar to remind the people around him that it was once majestic.

Richard came to Hulan, brought the star chrysalis, and brought the terrifying knights. The more than 20,000 soldiers originally stationed in Hulan suddenly lost their effectiveness, and their greatest use may be to occupy territory and stabilize the situation. The most arduous and critical battles are no longer their turn.

Semir lifted a pair of long legs, habitually threw them on the desk, looked up at the ceiling, and felt a faint sense of loss in his heart like the veterans. The entire Hulan garrison, in Richard's eyes, may only have some value for her. Richard has an endless amount of military spending, no matter in which plane, there are many material and realistic people, as long as Richard is willing to pay, he can recruit a large number of troops. The hundreds of unruly veterans in the base city differed from ordinary warriors only in will, experience, and loyalty to Akmund. But they could deal twice as many enemies, but not three or four times as many enemies, while Richard could easily raise an army of tens of thousands and arm them to the teeth.

That's the reality.

Sema's eyes swept over the ruins in front of the portal. Gordon is gone, and it's Richard's time. The two generations of Akmund are completely different styles, and in the future, there may be fewer and fewer traces of Gordon and more and more of Richard. Everyone, including Semir, is faced with a choice. If you can't grow with the new era, you will have to die out with the old era.

Semiten stood up, picked up his saber and hung it on his waist, and strode out of the headquarters. The army had been assembled, and she had to lead them through a long snowy stretch to join Richard.

It was the depths of winter, and it was a deep cold from south to north. With such a small continent, there is not much difference between the north and the south. Heavy snowfall is the most common winter weather here, when even during the day, it is dusk. There will be fist-sized snowflakes floating everywhere in the sky, and the snow on the ground does not know how deep it is, even tall war horses, and occasionally there will be times when they suddenly fall and the snow does not cover their heads.

During the week's march, Richard experienced Hulan's hardships. The temperature is always below zero in forty or fifty degrees, and it is very dangerous to march when the land is covered with snow and ice if you don't have a guide who is familiar with the local terrain. It is only safe to walk on the road, and there will be bottomless deep pits on both sides.

Richard had gathered five thousand local warriors from Hulan along the way, and had been thoroughly adapted to the custom along the march. By the time they arrived at the Weeping Scars front, they were already a working unit.

After a new redeployment, more than 20,000 of Hulan's total of less than 30,000 troops were gathered in the Traces of Divine Cry. There were 5,000 people stationed in the base city, and the total garrison army in the remaining vast area was less than 3,000 people, which was barely enough to maintain order in a few large cities. Semir had expressed unease, but for Richard that wasn't a problem at all. Where you dare to rebel, you don't need to turn around with the army, as long as you transfer the Darkblade Knight, it will be leveled immediately.

As soon as he reached the scar of weeping, Richard grabbed Semir and his followers and went to check the terrain. The Weeping Scar is a miraculously huge rift valley that can reach a maximum depth of a kilometer, with an average depth of more than 100 meters. At the bottom of the Weeping Scar is a turbulent stream of water, which does not freeze all year round, and in the depths of winter, the rift valley is often filled with a large amount of mist, and it is difficult to see people from a few meters away. The fog rises up to a height of 100 meters before it gradually dissipates, which is also known locally as the fog wall.

At each end of the rift valley, there is a tall coastal mountain range that blocks the water from flooding. This is another rather strange terrain, and it is also one of the places that makes Richard puzzled. If this is a naturally occurring terrain, it would be too much of a coincidence. It took two full days for Richard to see the entire Weeping Rift. The most shocking thing is the two ends of the sea. The coastal mountains that block the two ends of the rift valley are only a dozen kilometers wide, rising neatly from the ground, like two huge dikes blocking the sea.

ps: It's another steady dìng noon update, strive to stick to it. Anyway, the crisis is over.