Bayou Town.

It was once the kingdom's most prosperous trading hub.

The most elite royal knights and archers are stationed.

At that time, the strength of Hekou Town was not inferior to Copperbeard City and the Black Dragon King.

The tripartite forces stand on the banks of the Ayland River.

It's a pity that the gods attack the kingdom.

The king conscripts all the extraordinary nobles and legions in his realm to attack the invading divine monsters.

In less than a day.

The transcendent nobles, including the king, were all devoured.

The legions of the servants were wiped out.

After that, the divine monsters conquered the city.

broke the national capital and dukedom one after another.

All the transcendents of the kingdom are devoured.

More than 80 per cent of civilians were killed or wounded.

The vast kingdom collapsed directly.

After the war, only a few scattered towns stood on the periphery of this originally prosperous country.

And the town of Estuary is one of them.

Lost all legions and the town of Estuary.

On the banks of the Ellan River, it became the least powerful force.

The guards recruited in the town did not even dare to go out of the gates.

You can only rely on the walls of the town to defend yourself.

At the same time, pay taxes to the dwarves and black dragons, and maintain a neutral position from being attacked.

Originally, the town of Kawaguchi thought that this status could be maintained.

But with the start of the all-out war between the Black Dragon King and the dwarves.

The new nobles in Bayou are starting to get worried.

They gathered together to discuss the next steps.

"There are also dragon hunting crossbows in the town, and I think that guarding the town will be able to resist the legions of the Black Dragon King."

"Allying with the dwarves is a good choice, but we sent a request for an alliance earlier."

"But I didn't get a response from the dwarves, I'm afraid that the people who connived at the Black Dragon King before insulted the dwarf king, which angered them."

"Then what should I do, do I want to take refuge in the Black Dragon King!"

"No way!"

"I don't think the dwarves want allies, but for us to join the dwarven city."

"There is not a single nobleman in the town of the estuary now."

"We have long lost the power to protect ourselves, so it is better to take refuge in the dwarves in exchange for a shelter."

"Anyway, everyone used to be merchants, and gold coins are more important than the honor of the nobility."

Soon.

The new nobles in the town hall made their decision.

Take refuge in the dwarven city of Copperbeard.

But at this time.

There was a cacophony of voices outside the hall.

They were about to ask what was going on.

Suddenly.

The wooden door to the town hall is smashed open.

Dozens of samurai in heavy armor poured in.

And the leader is the forest giant Holm, whom they have just recruited.

At this time, Holm was wearing heavy steel armor forged by the dwarves.

Armed with a large stick full of spikes.

He smiled and looked at the human nobles inside.

"Ladies and gentlemen."

"No need to negotiate."

"From now on, the town of the estuary belongs to us!"

"I'll give you two paths."

"Hand over the treasure and fuck off."

"I hit you to death with a stick!"

"Other than that, there is no third way."

This sudden situation made the nobles present stunned.

But soon they reacted.

Someone immediately stepped forward.

"Home, you broke the contract, and you are not afraid of being hunted down by the mercenary union!"

There were also mercenary guilds in the Dark Age era.

Once the mercenary here betrays his employer, he will be blacked out and become a black mercenary from then on.

The mercenary guild will invite special hunters to hunt down these black mercenaries.

This contract is very binding on those mercenaries who fight alone.

But for a mercenary like Holm who joined the nobles, there was almost no binding force.

At this point, Holm bared his fangs.

He raised the stick in his hand and smashed it without saying a word.

Smash the nobleman who stood up to death with a stick.

Then turned to the rest of the nobility.

"Still have questions?"

In the face of this naked threat.

The nobles of Bayou Town who were present trembled.

These are not the nobles of the kingdom who can die for honor and oath.

Rather, it is a group of greedy and cunning businessmen.

That's when they quickly made the right choice.

"Home, we surrender, and I agree to all your terms."

In response, Holm turned to the forest giant behind him and said.

"Go!"

"Open the gates and welcome His Excellency Christian into the city."

When all the legions brought by Christian were stationed in Estuary.

The town is still quiet and peaceful.

There is not a trace of occupied chaos at all.

Inside the town hall at the moment.

"Your Excellency."

"I've found a fourth map fragment within Bayoutown."

As he spoke, he handed over the fragments in his hand.

Then he said.

"The residents of Hekou Town are all arranged in the North District."

"These are mortals without transcendent blood."

"Shall we clean up?"

Christian as a believer in the Light.

This massacre of unarmed captives is not allowed by doctrine.

Of course, most of the Knights of Light and Paladins do not follow the teachings.

Because this is the characteristic of the Holy Light Sect.

My belief in the Light does not mean that I will obey the Doctrine.

This kind of behavior that seems to be pan-believers in other denominations is common in the Holy Light Church.

Even the Holy Light Lord God doesn't bother to care, basically he obeys it if he loves it, and pulls it down if he doesn't obey it.

But Christian is different from the pan-believers of the Knights of Light.

He strictly adheres to the teachings of the Light.

On the battlefield, if it is an enemy, he will not hesitate to kill them all, whether they are civilians or soldiers.

But after the end of the war.

Christian doesn't kill prisoners.

That's her bottom line.

So when Holm asked.

Christian said lightly.

"Imprisoned!"

"No action."

Holm naturally did not dare to disobey, and then began to tell the information obtained by the town of Estuarie.

"Your Excellency."

"The news I got so far."

"The Black Dragon King and the dwarves have gathered heavy forces to confront each other on both sides of the Elan River."

"The dwarves have completed their mobilization."

"It is expected that the attack will most likely be crossed tomorrow morning."

"The same is true of the Black Dragon King, the main force assembled is stationed on the riverbank."

"At the same time, we are constantly sending jackals and kobolds to cross the river from the ferry outside the town of Hekou."

"Attack the dwarven army from the flanks."

"But such attacks have stopped during the day."

"All the dependents of the Black Dragon King have retreated to the south bank, and they should be preparing to fight the dwarves to the death."

Hear the intel that Holm has to offer.

Christian thought for a moment and then said.

"Something is wrong."

"Judging by the information I got before."

"The strength of the dwarves is obviously weaker than that of the Black Dragon King."

"Even if there is an all-out war, they should be on the defensive side."

"Now that heavy troops are gathered on the riverbank, it looks like a desperate fight."

"It's so abnormal."

Christian thought for a moment and said.

"The dwarves are using tricks!"

"They must be dragging the Black Dragon King's legion head-on."

"Then I want to sneak attack the Black Dragon King from the side!"

Holm, the forest giant, scratched his head when he heard this.

Such a complex tactical issue was obviously beyond his comprehension.

Qingfeng on the side said.

"I didn't detect the flanks of the dwarves!"

Christian said quickly.

"It wasn't the legion that attacked the Black Dragon King, it should be the transcendent who carried out the decapitation plan."

"In the war of the Transcendental, a sneak attack on the enemy commander is always the most practical and effective tactic."

"They must have sent an elite team to prepare to attack the Black Dragon King."

At this point, Holm knew what was going on.

"Then Your Excellency, what should we do?"

"If the Black Dragon King is killed, his family will definitely collapse."

Christian was quick to decide.

"Act ahead!"

"Home, you immediately lead the legion across the river, go to the north bank, march to the Black Dragon King's lair, and take the lair directly."

"Qingfeng, you are fast, immediately set off to the Black Dragon King's lair."

"No matter what, you have to save the life of the Black Dragon King."

"As long as I take down the Black Dragon King, his dependents can be used by me."

"And I will personally lead a legion, disguised as reinforcements from Bayou Town, and take the dwarven Copperbeard City."

"Then at dawn, surround the dwarves stationed on the south bank."

"Time is pressing, everyone acts quickly."

"Because once the Black Dragon King is assassinated and his family is scattered, it will take us more time to get the map fragments."

"Yes!"

Meanwhile.

Dwarven City, the ferry port outside Copperbeard City.

Over here.

All the dwarven legions have been assembled.

At night.

Large warships were thrown into the water.

The dwarven king Copperbeard is constantly directing the dwarves to get on board.

And on the other side.

The Black Dragon King's dependents are also actively preparing equipment and ships to defend the city.

Just wait for the sky to get brighter.

The first battle between the two sides will take place on the Elland River.

At this time, the dwarf king Bronze Beard looked anxious.

His eyes kept looking at the black dragon's lair looming on the other side.

"Cardoso should be outside the Black Dragon King's lair by now."

"Now!"

"Just wait for his news."

Just when the dwarven king was concerned.

Outside the Black Dragon King's lair.

Cardoso's nimble body leaps across the cliff face.

Behind him.

The Undead followed Pol.

The destination they climbed was the lair of the Black Dragon King.

Because on the main road leading to the lair, it is full of patrolling Dragonborn dependents.

Cardoso as a ranger.

In the end, the cliff was chosen as the direction of the attack.

It didn't take long.

He had already appeared outside the Black Dragon King's lair.

And at this time.

From time to time, the mouth of the lair is surrounded by dragon-like dependents who can turn into dragons.

But these low-level creatures can't see through Cardoso, who has drow blood.

Wait until the dependents of these patrols leave.

Cardoso beckoned.

The undead and Pol followed the lowered rope ladder and hurried to Cardoso's side.

Cardoso gestured inside the lair.

Inside the nest at this time.

The Black Dragon King was still asleep.

There was no hint of a big war coming.

Cardoso then made a motion to wipe his neck.

It means doing it together.

The other two understood.

Then the Necromancer quickly drew a teleportation circle.

The three Assassins teleported directly from the outside into the Black Dragon King's lair.

As soon as they appeared, they immediately woke up the Black Dragon King.

"Ants."

"I knew you were going to assassinate you!"

"Roar~"

The Black Dragon King roared.

And the family members at the entrance of the cave rushed to the cave.

"There's not much time, kill!"

Cardoso waved the moon shadow in his hand and rushed forward.

With just a simple sword, the Black Dragon King's claws were cut off.

Afterwards, Bol also began to mana.

Before becoming an adventurer, as a knight class, he wielded a great sword directly with his extraordinary bloodline.

Slash down with a sword.

He cut the dragon breath spewed out by the Black Dragon King into two.

Then a jump.

The great sword slammed into the nose of the Black Dragon King.

The spitting dragon's breath came to an abrupt end.

Seeing this, the necromancer archmage directly cast a spell.

"Death Finger."

The furious dark power hit the Black Dragon King, although it didn't kill in an instant.

But it made the black dragon stunned on the spot.

Death Finger has a powerful paralyzing effect.

Take this opportunity.

The moon shadow in Cardoso's hand emitted a burst of silvery light.

The light swept by.

Slash at the head of the Black Dragon King.

At this time, the Black Dragon King couldn't have imagined it.

Death will come so quickly.

But at this critical moment.

A voice suddenly sounded in the dragon's lair.

"It's fine."

"Just in time."

The appearance of this voice directly interrupted Cardoso's offensive.

He forcibly withdrew the knife.

Then a few quick jumps and left the position where he had just stood.

Wait for him to turn his head.

Suddenly I found the place where I was just standing, and I don't know when a dark shadow appeared.

"Shadow Warrior!"

Cardoso seemed to recognize the other party's origin.

His eyes were full of jealousy.

At this time, Qingfeng's "giggle" laughter came.

"I didn't expect that."

"I actually saw the drow clan's artifact Moon Shadow here!"

"Looks like you're the legendary demigod of the twin blades."

"But you don't have the strength to be a demigod now."

"At most!"

"Legendary Beginner Rank!"

The voice did not fall.

Slashed down with a sword.

The shadow of the moon in Cardoso's hand was horizontal.

Blocked Qingfeng's blow.

But Cardoso also took a dozen steps back.

"Can't win!"

At this moment, he immediately judged the form.

Then shouted without hesitation.

"Withdraw!"

Seeing this, Knight Bol roared.

A flying horse appears out of thin air.

He leaped up and flew straight away.

The last necromancer saw this.

Both of them ran away.

Feelings are left for themselves.

He turned around and wanted to leave.

But in the next second, I saw my shadow stand up.

Then the hand rose and fell.

The Necromancer didn't have time to say half a sentence.

The skull fell.

The soul fire in his eyes dissipated.

And Qingfeng's body is outside the dragon's nest at this time.

There, he watched Cardoso's figure disappear into the night sky.

"Good speed."

"It's a pity that you can't take them down for Your Excellency."

"But fortunately, the task was completed, and the Black Dragon King did not die."

Qingfeng turned her head to look at the dragon's nest.

Over there.

The Black Dragon King who was unbeatable before.

At this time, he cowered and hid in the dragon's lair.

It's like a weak and helpless angry bag.

"What rubbish!"

"If there is no legend, he will call himself the Black Dragon King."

Qingfeng snorted in disdain.

Then a message was sent to the forest giants who had already appeared in the Black Dragon King's lair.

Soon!

Holm led the forest giant to the lair.

Successfully took control of the Black Dragon King and his dependents.

After a fist and kick persuasion.

The Black Dragon King chose to surrender very interestingly.

The fifth map fragment was also in his hands with his dependents.

And at the moment!

The sky is getting brighter.

On the River Aylan.

The Dwarven King, who had been waiting all night, did not wait for news of victory.

Eventually, he decided to take a gamble.

He led the dwarven tribe across the river and launched an all-out attack.

But just as the Dwarven King's order was given.

Bad news followed.

"Copperbeard City!"

"Occupied !!"

(End of chapter)