After meeting with the covenant party, Richard and Haaland led the army to stay at Auxerre for a while.

On June 15, it was time for the plane passage to open.

Unlike the Azure Plane Passage, the Red Moon Plane Passage does not require a special key to open, nor does it have a Legendary Fourth-Order magic item to act as an eye of the array.

Opening the passage of the Red Moon Plane is relatively simple, and only three thousand magic crystals are needed to place them on the altar of the Goddess of Dawn.

Under normal circumstances, the Red Moon Plane Passage is opened twice a month, usually on the first and fifteenth days of the new year. When the Red Moon Plane Passage is opened, it lasts for more than an hour to facilitate the rotation of personnel.

The Red Moon Plane Passage was built at the headquarters of the Dawn Church, not too far from the Cathedral of the Goddess.

The passage of the Red Moon Plane is about four meters high and less than two meters wide, and its entire body is made of white marble, with intricate magic runes carved on it, which makes people feel dizzy when they look closely.

On each side of the passage were small stone platforms, on which two flames were burning, and the flames contained powerful divine power, and Richard felt familiar with this divine power.

When he came to the two divine fires, Richard suddenly felt a warm feeling. He secretly thought in his heart: "It seems that it should be the Dawn Divine Fire, judging from the activity of the Divine Fire, the goddess is not far from awakening." ”

Due to the narrow passage of the plane, it is almost impossible for large creatures such as trolls, giants, and large demonic beasts to enter the Red Moon plane through this narrow passage.

After the plane passage was opened, clusters of dazzling white light bloomed out, and in the blink of an eye, powerful spatial energy continued to leak out.

In this environment, the spatial magic will instantly fail, and the small interdimensional space opened by the magician will also be blown away by the huge spatial energy. Even lower-level spatial bags will be torn apart by spatial turbulence.

Only space equipment above the legendary level can resist the spatial turbulence and carry materials into the Red Moon plane.

After the plane passage opened, a group of people quickly walked out. Most of these people were military officers and clergy, most of them were from the Divine Radiance Empire, and a small number were from the Parame Kingdom.

At the end of the line, there were a large number of wounded, and Richard roughly calculated, a total of more than 500 personnel were evacuated from the Red Moon plane.

After the last wounded were evacuated, Richard, Sophia, and Sylph took the first batch of soldiers and entered the Red Moon plane through the plane passage.

When passing through the plane portal, it feels similar to passing through the magic teleportation array, and there will be a brief blank in consciousness, and there will be some dizziness and memory confusion in the mind.

Even if you open your eyes wide during the teleportation, you can only see the harsh white light and messy light, and sometimes you will be burned by staring at this milky white bright light, in fact, it is more comfortable to close your eyes and recuperate during the process of passing through the portal.

Richard has passed through the plane passage many times, and he is relatively experienced, but this time through the plane passage, it feels that it is extra longer than the previous times, in fact, just this extra minute or two, has crossed the immeasurable long space.

At the other end of the portal, at the apex of dimensional space, the ancestors of the Church of Dawn have built massive cities, controlled large swaths of land, and possessed very strong strongholds.

After passing through the passage of the Red Moon plane, Richard led the soldiers to rest for a while, adjust to the new environment, and soon met the people who greeted him.

Although it was the first time for Richard and the others to enter the Red Moon Plane Passage, they were reminded by the pastor of the Dawn Church that they had made preparations in advance, and of course they would not bring low-level space props near the Plane Passage to tear the space energy apart.

Low-level space props are also expensive magic props, a one-cubic meter space magic props are worth more than a few hundred gold coins, and only senior mages and officers with mid-level knight bloodline will be equipped with low-level space props.

Before entering the dimensional passage, Richard had already ordered these low-level space props to be made one by one and handed over to Soros and the remaining personnel for safekeeping.

The supplies for Haaland's troops, except for the legendary space props carried by Richard and Sophia, were packed in sturdy wooden barrels, which were carried by officers and soldiers in their bodies.

This kind of wooden barrel weighs 300 kilograms, and most of the inside is filled with weapons and equipment, standard magic crystals, super magic metal and alchemy bombs, that is, powerful professional soldiers, so they can be easily carried. As for ordinary supplies, they can be provided by the Red Moon Plane, and do not need to be replenished through the Plane Channel.

This time through the plane passage, because the time left for them was relatively short, Haaland led the army only into about 300 soldiers, such a small number of troops, at most can garrison an advance base.

After entering the Red Moon plane, Richard raised his eyes and found a red moon hanging high in the sky, and there was a faint white light blooming above the red moon, which had a bleak beauty.

After Richard entered the Red Moon Plane with Sophia and Silver, he soon met Count Truth, the commander of the Divine Radiance Empire.

On the other side of the plane passage is the central stronghold of the Dawn Plane's control, which is called Castle of Rouin, the capital of the Dawn Papal States.

Although the Divine Radiance Empire has 100,000 troops stationed in the Red Moon Plane, it is not the dominant force in the Red Moon Plane, and the most powerful force in the Red Moon Plane is the Knights of the Dawn Church.

The Church of Dawn has almost half of its armed forces on the Red Moon plane, with more than 30,000 knights, dozens of professionals above the ninth order, and three legendary knights, two legendary warriors in charge of commanding the Templar Order.

This Templar Order is an all-professional army, and its combat effectiveness is extremely powerful, far surpassing the ordinary legions of the Divine Radiance Empire. This kind of all-professional Warcraft cavalry only needs twenty or thirty thousand to cripple the million legions of the eastern countries.

In addition, Cardinal Rahim, a legendary third-order magician of the Church of Dawn, and Berto, a legendary first-order priest, are almost permanent in the Red Moon plane.

Of the sixteen legendary professionals of the Dawn Church, a total of seven are seated in the Red Moon plane. It can be said that the forces directly under the Dawn Church are the backbone of the suppression of the Red Moon Plane.

In addition to the direct forces of the Dawn Church, the Holy Radiance Empire also has five main legions stationed in the Red Moon Plane, with an army of 100,000 and three legendary professionals, Count Trus is a legendary second-order knight and the commander-in-chief of the Holy Radiance Empire in the Red Moon Plane. The other two legends are both warrior classes, and their combat power is weaker than that of Count Truth.

In addition to the Church of Dawn and the Divine Radiance Empire, the Red Moon Plane also has some pilgrim forces, mainly military forces sent by the countries that believe in the Goddess of Dawn, led by the Kingdom of Palame, with a total of more than 100,000. This group of people is relatively scattered, basically stationed at the front line, responsible for garrisoning the first line of defense, regarded as cannon fodder and line-filling troops, and the legendary knight Duke Dart is their commander.

Overall, several families have joined forces to garrison more than 200,000 troops in the Red Moon Plane, with eleven legendary professionals, which is already very impressive, and it is stronger than the military strength of eastern powers such as Grant and Ryan.

In addition, there is also the headquarters of the Dawn Church near the plane passage, and the capital city of Palame is not far from the plane passage, and the reserve force is sufficient, even if the situation on the Red Moon plane has changed, there is no danger of falling for the time being.

Because the Holy See of Dawn is the dominant force in the Red Moon Plane, the influence of the Dawn Church in the Red Moon Plane is far greater than that of the Divine Radiance Empire.

The territories controlled by the Divine Radiance Empire are also nominally under the jurisdiction of the Papal States of Dawn, but they are more independent than those of Palamel and other countries.

The Dawn Papal States has more than 3.6 million square kilometers of land in the Red Moon Plane, of which the Divine Radiance Empire has been divided into 1.6 million. In recent years, as the resistance of the Red Moon Plane has become stronger and stronger, and the losses have become greater and greater, the Divine Radiance Empire has lost money in operating this plane, and has gradually planned to shrink.

However, due to the cooperation with the goddess of dawn, the retreat and contraction also needed an opportunity, and seeing the rise of the kingdom of Grant, Emperor Edward decided to let Richard take Haaland and lead the army to the Red Moon plane to serve as cannon fodder and fill the battle line.

Count Truss had received an order from Edward VII of the Divine Radiance Empire in advance, and knew that Haraland's Richard would be the candidate to replace him in the Red Moon Plane. After Richard's ministry replaced Count Truss and established himself in the Red Moon plane, Edward VII would put the crown on Richard.

Even if Richard were to die in battle on the Red Moon Plane in the future, the Holy Radiance Empire would recognize the Haraland family's right to rule over their domains.

In fact, most of the founding monarchs in the eastern kingdoms need to pass this level, and only about half of them can complete the tasks of the Divine Radiance Empire.

According to the information obtained by Richard, the Red Moon plane is also a world with stars, planets, and moons, which can be regarded as a planetary plane.

However, the area of the Red Moon plane is not very large, the volume of the planet is much smaller than the earth in Richard's previous life, the land area is only 30 million square kilometers, about half of which is still in the polar ice fields, and the land suitable for human survival is less than 20 million, which is slightly larger than Richard's Russia in his previous life.

With such a small land area and three continents, the richness of the products is far less than that of the Dawn Plane.

The physical rules of the Red Moon Plane are similar to those of the Dawn Plane, and the magic particles have a strong degree of activity, and according to the Magic Tide Theory, it will take twenty or thirty thousand years for the next magic power to decline, and even if it is a god, it may not be able to live to that time.

Although the gods have an infinite lifespan, they will encounter various catastrophes, and the gods who have a lifespan of more than 10,000 years are actually no more than half.

Truss is the first count of the Holy Radiance Empire, and like Richard, he is self-made, and he speaks and does things more directly than the old nobles.

After taking Richard to his military camp, Truss directly opened a map and said to Richard: "Since Your Excellency Duke has come to the Red Moon Plane, let's choose a stronghold to settle down in!" ”

Richard scanned the map and found that there were dense red dots on it.

The Church of Dawn and the Divine Radiance Empire have operated in the Red Moon Plane for more than three thousand years, and once controlled the Red Moon Plane, and have a very good understanding of this plane.

The three continents of the Red Moon Plane, the Gothic Continent in the north have been infested by the undead, and there are almost no people now. The central continent of Deen is half controlled by the Dawn Plane, and the remaining half is in the hands of the indigenous Red Moon Holy See. The southern continent of Hagen fell into the hands of the indigenous Oro Empire hundreds of years ago, and now a demonic plague has erupted, and the power of demons is very active.

Now the situation in the Red Moon Plane is very tense, and the competition for the Deen Continent has been very fierce, with more than a thousand strongholds densely packed on a front of two thousand kilometers from east to west.

The military forts, strongholds, and military stations on the front line formed a tight and solid defensive line.

Richard stared at the map carefully and took the initiative to choose a stronghold close to the front line.

Seeing that Richard chose a front-line stronghold, Trus persuaded: "Do you want to change the duke, Haaland has just led the army, and he is not used to it in many aspects, the climate and gravity here are a little different from the Dawn plane, and many soldiers who have just arrived will have serious diseases, and some will be infectious, and there is not enough healing power, so it is quite troublesome to deal with." ”

Richard thought about it for a moment, and finally decided to choose a frontline stronghold and adapt to the war on the Red Moon plane as soon as possible.

"Although our first echelon is small, only three hundred members, we have sixty magicians and ten priests inside, and the power of healing is very sufficient, and illness will not be a problem for us. The reason why I chose the frontline stronghold is to adapt to the war as soon as possible, and we have not only high-level professionals in our team, but also a legendary knight, and enough strength to keep the frontline stronghold.

Choosing a front-line stronghold is still a trivial matter, and the most troublesome thing now is that the speed of our handover is too slow. Every time the plane portal is opened, only a few hundred soldiers can be rotated, and when the teleportation array is opened twice a month, there are less than a thousand soldiers who can be rotated, and it may take ten years to complete the rotation of 100,000 troops. ”

Listening to Richard's words, Truss thought for a moment and shook his head with some embarrassment.

"The portals in the Red Moon Plane are very strong, and as long as we have enough magic crystals, we can open them once a day. But at such a high intensity, we can't support it at all. Opening the portal once a day consumes more than one million magic crystals in a year, and even if Emperor Edward opens the treasury, he can't sustain such a high investment in a year.

If the Duke wants to speed up the rotation, I think it is possible to increase the number of times the portal is opened, such as three times a month, but in this way, the Duke will also have to provide a part of the magic crystal to increase the investment. ”

Richard calculated that Haaland received the magic crystal reserves, the speed of the magic crystal consumption, and happily agreed to Trus's request. Pledge to take out 10,000 magic crystals every year, share a part of the investment, and increase the number of plane portal openings to three times per month.

If the handover of personnel is organized and the plane portal is opened, Haaland will be able to increase the number of soldiers by about 500.

Now Haaland leads the first echelon into three parts, Sutton commands the magic fleet, responsible for personnel transportation, Soros commands the remaining soldiers, stays in Auxerre Castle and waits for teleportation, Richard and Sylph take the advance team members, enter the Red Moon plane, and go to the forward stronghold. Richard's adjutant Green, with a dozen soldiers, stayed at Castle Ruin, which was considered the place where Harland was left behind in the headquarters office.

(End of chapter)