Fifteen days passed.

Summer has arrived, and before you know it, the dawn is much faster, and the trees are full of cicadas.

Because of the hot weather, the progress of the army has also become a little slower, and the heat will evaporate people's physical strength in vain, in order to take care of the state of each soldier, Lu Qi deliberately slowed down.

At the same time, Noxus is also trying their best to delay the offensive of the army, and they have now given up frontal battles and focused on a pull.

Every time I came up, I was beaten and ran, and in fact, it did delay Lu Qi's time.

However, there were no accidents on the way, and the army kept moving forward steadily.

Today's location has also been separated from the first stop, Trewell.

The straight-line distance is approximately equal to the distance from Tobisia of Demacia to the Gate of Sorrows.

If you look at this distance on a map, it may not be far, about the distance of five fingers.

However, in reality, it will take almost a month and a half for tens of thousands of troops led by Lu Qi to march continuously.

Noxus is indeed very large, if it is proportionately large, it occupies a third of the continent of Valoran, and the other third is Frelzord.

Demacia, on the other hand, is a third of the remaining third, or even smaller.

The rest is made up of a variety of small states, tribes, and powers.

This proves that they still have a long way to go.

But it doesn't matter, Demacia's territory will help it expand.

The afternoon sun is warmly sprinkled, illuminating the road ahead of a golden one, and a cool breeze blows slightly in the mountains, relieving the heat on people's bodies.

Riding on a horse, Luki moved forward at the front of the group.

Ahead, Quinn rode back, and a blue-faced falcon was faintly seen flying freely in the sky.

"Your Highness, not far ahead is the Groft Boundary River, after crossing the Boundary River, in half a day's journey, we will be able to see Grovet."

When Quinn found Lucie, he reported to him: "Noxus does not seem to have set up an ambush at the Boundary River, and Warlow and I have searched the area on the other side of the river, and found no trace of the enemy. ”

Lu Qiyan nodded slightly, thoughtful.

Quinn's talent can only be maximized on the battlefield, and she is now better at practicing the Divine Hidden Technique than herself.

It is very likely that they have all practiced to LV9.

Lu Qidu still only has LV8, of course, the main reason is because he has not practiced at all.

And Quinn is not only highly talented, but also knows how to practice diligently.

Since she has confirmed that there is no problem, it is basically stable.

Originally, it was expected that Noxus would set up a defensive line at the Groft Dividing River, so that if they could not stop them, it would greatly delay Luqi's time.

And they didn't.

Apparently retreated to Grovet.

"It seems that a lot of new preparations have been made."

Lu Qi muttered to himself, raised his head, and said, "It's okay, keep going, we have made a lot of preparations." ”

Their behavior in this way only shows that they do not want to waste another soldier before the real war.

Save all your energy for the next Demacia attack on Groft.

Quinn nodded.

Luki opened the key and checked the information, and Tiana's battle in Shurima was going well, and there were basically no obstacles.

Lev has also led his army and is about to reach the borders of Boleham, and their process is basically the same.

Now it's in the position of the top and bottom columns.

And at the top of the chat list, there is a message from Winward twelve days ago.

As Demacia's firepower support, he and Frey were not idle, and the two quickly began to work together, developing more sophisticated versions of magic weapons and artillery and firearms every day.

In particular, attempts to combine magic with gunpowder have finally made progress recently.

Now that new weapons are being shipped through the extremely fast dragon birds, it's time to calculate the time.

Another one is a message that came from not long ago.

The transport team of the Forbidden Demon Stone Statue has already joined up with the follow-up troops, and it was specially sent by Lu to pick it up, and the distance between the two sides is shrinking.

Closing the key, Luki rode his horse to the front of the group.

As he looked back, he said loudly, "A little further on, you'll see Greight." This battle is also our second most important battle against Noxus! This is a necessary moment for us to truly break the faith of Nokoas! The enemy has come to their senses and has made a lot of preparations, but they can never imagine our determination this time! Here, I want you to strengthen your belief that for Demacia, we will win! ”

He raised his fist high.

Naturally, the voice could not be reached by everyone at once, but soon the soldiers began to spread the word of mouth.

In a short period of time, the morale of the army has risen.

Back in the group, Luki looked at Lux, Sana, and the mages, "Get ready, you're going to play together this time." ”

This battle is about whether or not the Noxus border defense can be defeated in one fell swoop, so there is no need to hold back.

Everyone nodded with serious expressions.

Lux, who was also on her horse, took a deep breath and whispered, "I seem to be a little nervous." ”

She was used as a backup before, and she was well protected and didn't need to take too many risks.

But this time was different, and the next battle was extraordinary, facing a more prepared Noxus.

Each of them must contribute their part.

Although Lux was ready, it was inevitable to feel nervous until then.

Lu Qi was beside him and asked, "What is the reason for the nervousness?" ”

Lux shook her head, her little face a little dazed: "I don't know, there are a lot." ”

She'd used magic against her enemies, too, but it wasn't quite the same as a real fight on the battlefield.

She already knows how cruel war is, and everyone is trying their best to survive, leaving no stone unturned.

And she was about to be in it, even though she knew that the moment she decided to keep up, she was destined to do so.

But before this day came, it was still a feeling like my heart was hanging.

Lu Qi looked sideways, looking at her side face, white and flawless, like an angel who did not understand the world, but these days have faded a little immaturity and become a little mature.

The eyebrows and eyes are lowered, and the glittering brilliance in the eyes is still so good-looking.

She is definitely a strong girl with her own ideas and opinions, and she will not be easily shaken when decided.

Otherwise, Lu Qi would not let her be stained with blood, and it was her own idea that she didn't want to be protected in the greenhouse of the flower room all the time.

This blonde-haired girl will eventually fade away from her immature innocence, but that won't stop her from still shining.

Because Lucci will always support her decision.

After thinking about it, Lu Qi raised his hand, and suddenly there was a touch of aqua blue light on his hand.

The light caught Lux's attention, and she looked up, startled.

What appeared in front of her was a beautiful gem that shimmered blue and the light in it converged like crystal.

He raised his other hand, and the same beautiful gem appeared, reflected in Sana's eyes.

"For you."

Lucky's voice whispered.

"It's so beautiful, where did you find it?"

Lux subconsciously took it, completely forgetting the troubles just now, and felt a slight coolness when she started it, and it turned out to be magic power gathered inside.

Compared with the magic in it, it is the appearance of this gem that she loves more.

No girl can say no to a sparkling gem.

Including her and Sona.

Even Suona was conquered by the gem in an instant.

Lu Qi said casually: "I stumbled upon it a few days ago, and I named it Aquamarine." ”

In fact, the last monthly sign, the mana crystals obtained by signing in, I thought about giving them at the time, and then I forgot about it.

Now I suddenly remembered.

Lux didn't pay attention to Lu Qi's words at all, and she was still wearing a necklace on the mana crystal, which she couldn't wait to wear around her neck, and happily raised her white neck to show Lu Qi: "Is it good-looking?" ”

"It's okay."

Lu Qi gave two symbolic glances, looked at Sana again, and immediately changed his face: "Sana is very compatible when she wears it." ”

Blue hair, blue eyes, and this sapphire can be said to be extremely harmonious, hanging on her crystal neck, and adding a touch of holy and dignified taste, like a beautiful picture.

"Thank you, I'm happy."

In her head, there was a voice of joy and a slight shyness.

She couldn't put it down, picked up the gem, and looked at it carefully.

"Hmph."

Lux snorted a little sourly, expressing disdain for the way the guy fooled herself.

So he sprouted by himself.

Mei Zizi held the gem, and she could see her little face from it, with a simple smile on the corner of her mouth, very narcissistic.

I don't see any nervousness.

Lu Qi returned his gaze to her side, and there was a smile on his face: "You actually look good when you wear it." ”

"Heh, I'm just saying it now, it's too late!"

Lux sneered disdainfully, and raised her chin haughtily, like a white swan.

But in fact, I couldn't help but feel a little happier in my heart.

Lu Qi smiled and said, "I discovered earlier that the magic power in this gem can be automatically restored. If your mana is too much to consume, you can use it to replenish it, and after a while it will be full again. ”

Lux's eyes lit up: "Really? So powerful? Noxus still has this kind of baby? ”

She suddenly had a lot of bold ideas in her heart, and her eyes seemed to be planning something.

Noxus has been dominating so many treasures for a long time, it's too much, it's time to spit out a little!

What a lot of territory has been hit, there is such a treasure, and if you continue to fight it, wouldn't it be even more important?

As Lux pondered this, a demarcation river slowly appeared in front of the group, wider than the previous one, and this river also connected to the Sea of Conquerors.

It is more than ten meters long, and there is a rushing river in it, and if you fall into it, you don't know where it will go.

It takes a little time to cross the river, after all, to build a bridge for tens of thousands of people to pass, Noxus would never be kind enough to leave a bridge here.

But there is no hurry, anyway, there is no enemy ambush on the other side.

Demacia's resources are not particularly tight along the way, and they use the same method as Noxus, all of which are to feed the war with war.

Plundering wherever they pass, as long as they are useful.

Up to now, all kinds of material resources are still very abundant.

At this time, the army sent a part of the people and began to build a temporary bridge to cross the river.

And the rest of the people are taking advantage of this time to fix in place, eat what should be eaten, and the water of the river in order to cope with the next battle.

At the same time, Grovet.

"General, if nothing else, the people of Demacia should have already begun to cross the Boundary River."

In the conference room, sunlight shone in through the window, and an adjutant said slowly.

Demir nodded with a serious look and ordered: "Inform the whole army and get ready." Also, When will reinforcements from the Immortal Fortress arrive? ”

Now, after dismissing the civilians in the city, Grovet is left with only about 70,000 or 80,000 people who can fight.

He did not set up a defensive line at the demarcation river to continue to intercept Demacia, because it would inevitably sacrifice part of his forces.

These days, their main task is to drag Demacia so that they don't get to Grovet so quickly.

So I've been pulling and pulling, but even so, I still paid a lot of sacrifices.

Now, Demir, who has had many battles with the Prince's Army, knows that the current strength in the city is not enough to stop the Prince's Army's attack.

They need more support!

The man sent by the Immortal Fortress is hope.

One of the adjutant replied, "I've received a summons that I'm coming, and I should be able to arrive before Demacia's attack." ”

As soon as the words fell, a soldier rushed in and reported: "General, the reinforcements have arrived!" ”

Hearing this, Demir's expression suddenly perked up, and he immediately stood up: "Quickly go with me to greet him." ”

He led the welcoming procession to the back gate of the city.

As the heavy city gate slowly opened, a large army behind the city gate was slowly revealed, and as far as the eye could see, it was full of black-armored soldiers, and their aura was very powerful.

At the head of the team was the cavalry, and at the front were several generals wearing thick armor and cold faces.

Demir recognized the leader of the generals and rode forward to meet him: "Kabu, has the Immortal Fortress sent you?" ”

Hearing this, Kabu nodded slightly: "I was appointed to serve as your lieutenant and fight against Demacia with you." ”

When DeMille heard this, he knew what was going on.

said that he was a lieutenant general, but in fact, the Immortal Fortress saw that he had lost the first battle and sent someone who was ready to replace him at any time.

The right to the Immortal Fortress brought by Kabu has a lot of right to speak from the moment he arrives.

But at the moment, nothing was more important than holding Groft, and he said, "Go to the city, Demacia is about to fight." ”

"Don't worry, this is the head of the mage company, Omos, a high-level mage."

Kabu introduced a whitebearded mage standing beside him.

"Hello."

For mages, Demir still has some respect.

Omos was even more arrogant, and only nodded faintly when he heard this: "This time, I will fully cooperate with Kabu to fight against Demacia." ”

This remark is also like taking sides, openly supporting Kabu.

Demir didn't care, and the team began to enter the city.

This time, the Immortal Fortress sent a total of 100,000 troops, and in this way, the strength of Grovet's garrison suddenly expanded to more than 170,000.

It also made Demir feel a little more secure, and the sense of threat brought to him by the Imperial Army these days was too great, so that he was not as confident as he was at the beginning.

Looking at the extremely vigilant appearance of the whole city, Kabu sneered: "Demacia hasn't come over yet, are you afraid of becoming like this?" Demir, it seems that you have planted a lot of trouble with that prince. ”

Seeing his arrogant appearance, Demir couldn't help but say, "This time Demacia is really different. In any case, be careful. ”

Kabu still looked a little arrogant, and said indifferently: "The Immortal Fortress has sent so many supports, including five cavalry companies, three artillery companies, a mage company, three thousand dragon lizards, and three thousand wurm dogs. How many troops did they send, and the three lines combined did not have 150,000. ”

With this visible gap in combat effectiveness, he didn't understand what else to worry about.

Demir looked at him and said, "You also know that it is not wise to show superiority in numbers with Demacia. ”

The quality of Demacia's soldiers, which the Lands of Runeterris is known for.

Every soldier in the family is carefully cultivated, and most of Noxus are untrained.

Before, he also felt that a large number of people is a big fist.

But I don't think so anymore.

Unless the Immortal Fortress sends 500,000 troops to support, it may be able to directly overwhelm the Imperial Army.

But now without considering the question of whether it can attract so many, can Noxus send so many troops to the western border alone?

At present, the 170,000 yuan, he thinks, at most, can stabilize the situation, and how to win depends on how to fight.

Ka'b knew that Demir was still a bit of a level.

After thinking about it at the moment, he also asked, "What do you think?" ”

Demir slowly said his intentions: "You haven't seen Demacia's gunpowder firepower yet, and my current thought is that we might as well charge directly and start a frontal battle with Demacia." ”

Kabu was stunned for a moment, then raised his voice: "Are you crazy or am I crazy?" ”

After confirming that Demir was serious, he laughed disdainfully: "It seems that Demacia really broke your courage to even say this kind of thought." We let the city of so many people not defend it, and ran out to take the initiative to start a war with Demacia? Isn't it sick? Besides, they had gunpowder, and we have it now.

This time, the Immortal Fortress specially sent three artillery batteries to accompany me in order to fight against the artillery of Demacia.

Don't forget, we also have a company of mages, and with Omos here, it's not easy to mess with. At least we don't have to be afraid of those drake knights. ”

As he spoke, he glanced at Omos beside him, the other party was a high-level mage from the magic academy, and his strength was strong, and in addition, there were five hundred mages to help.

The corners of Ormos's mouth also hooked up an arrogant smile at this moment, and said lightly: "Don't worry, I will make a move at the critical moment." ”

At this time, the adjutants around Kabu also felt funny.

At present, they have more than 100,000 people, defending a city, such a big advantage, but they have to give up and run out to fight Demacia.

Isn't that sick?

"Hopefully I'm overthinking."

Looking at their confident appearance, Demir also temporarily gave up the idea of going out of the city to meet the enemy, after all, they also had gunpowder weapons, and there were five hundred mages.

It seems that the strength has indeed improved a lot.

Ever since he fought Demacia, he knew that defending the city would definitely be difficult to defend.

On the contrary, it is a good way to take the initiative to meet the enemy.

But now, he can't call the shots all by himself, and with the artillery that hasn't seen the Immortal Fortress yet, he doesn't know if he can fight Demacia for a while.

But when dusk came, there was another exciting piece of good news.

"General, Admiral Kree has arrived!"

A soldier shouted loudly.

When Demir and Ka'b and the other generals heard this, they all stood up in surprise and joy.

They may have gone to meet Cree.

As the heavy gates opened, they opened again, and where the sun was about to set, a tall shadow shone from the bottom of the slope.

In the next second, the clatter of hooves on the ground sounded, and the shadow got closer and closer, and at the very end, Kree finally appeared!

A figure that is not tall, about only one meter, he is riding on the back of a desert dragon lizard, and he appears in people's field of vision one by one.

Behind him was the rays of the setting sun, and he looked extremely tall at the moment.

This is Kree.

Looking at him, there was no one present, and there was a hint of doubt because of his height.

Speaking of Cree, this person in Noxus is as famous as Darius.

Even, Clay became famous much earlier than Darius.

In his early years, he was hailed as a folk hero of Noxus, and there are countless stories about him, such as "the great hussar victory", "the return of the senior major general, the marshal sergeant", and "the admiral of the mountain".

There is no doubt that this is a typical Noxian hero who lives out the color.

Everyone who has fought with Kree will say that there is a magic in Kree that can give a person infinite courage in battle, and the battle that follows him is always victory.

Although it is a bit exaggerated, it is enough to show that the image of Kree in the hearts of every Noxian.

He is not a warlord.

But you can make the warlords bow their heads and welcome him.

Demir stepped forward and said respectfully, "Admiral Kree, welcome." ”

Kree seemed pleased with the title, and he asked, "Tell me about the guy I'm going to defeat this time." ”

So Demir began to convey Demacia's message slowly.

"I have a hunch, Sgar, that we have a tough fight to fight."

After hearing this, Kree rode on the desert lizard and slowly walked past the crowd that greeted him, talking to himself.

He was responded to by a few "squeaks" from Sgar.

Demacia?

A little impressive name, he remembered as if he had fought a few battles with this group of guys.

I don't know when, he doesn't have a deep memory of the war, because he has fought too many battles.

If you want to remember every battle, wouldn't you have to squeeze his head?

But in short, at the mention of the name, he had a strong desire to fight.

This is enough to show that this opponent deserves to fight with all his might.

If it weren't for the stupid lizard suddenly going into heat and running all over the mountains in pursuit of all kinds of magical beasts, he would have come back long ago.

Demacia must not be allowed to come here.

This was an offense to Kree.

For he regarded Trivill and the whole region as his own territory, and now the enemy dared to spread wild in his territory.

Can't bear a little!

Standing on top of the towering city walls, Kree looked into the distance, full of excitement and anticipation for the next war!

(End of chapter)