(Alfonse Arc)

"(Silver) was ambushed in the forest and quickly retreated to the Cross Valley, a kilometer away, but the only clear retreat was blocked by the Horus River.

The dilemma is that there is a turbulent and dangerous turbid river in front of it, and the Southern Barbarian pursuers who are mixed with humans and demons. The silver soldier carried his sword and shield, and was forced to fight with six points of unrecovered energy. ”

—The allusion "Sayama Extreme Radiance (I)", from "Wang Shi Tongjian", by Sir Alex.

The Kingdom of Van Lun Tieno, 131 year of the Alchemy Calendar......

Silver Knight, three months on the march to the south. Before leaving, Alphonse and his only relative, the holy dragon Daisphil, reunited after a long absence, and the holy dragon turned into a winged phantom dragon mount to follow him.

Priscia sneaked out of the palace, ignoring the admonitions of her father and Van Rexsoe, and resolutely joined the southern expedition, accompanied by her admirer Alphonse.

The closer you get to the southern boundary of Van Lun Tieno, the more pronounced the weather changes. Until this time, the sun was endless, and the weather was extremely hot.

It was a torture for those who had lived in the royal capital for a long time.

But for the Silver Knights, who are samurai, these are nothing;

Based on the current situation, these are nothing.

Their entire army was evading the enemy and retreating rapidly. According to the map, they will soon arrive at a huge valley. The peaks of the valley can already be seen from here.

Previously, they had several battles with the southern barbarians. The two sides fought fiercely, with both victories and losses.

The first battle had taken place two months earlier, when Silver had just arrived in the south. The moment they stepped into the first village in the south, they were surprised to find that it had been miserable.

Out in the boondocks.

The plague is rampant.

Crops are in ruins.

Inhabited land.

The footprints of the barbarians are almost all over the south. If the silver is delayed for another month, I am afraid that the south will be annexed by foreign barbarians, and completely cut off from the territory of Van Lun Tieno.

The south is dominated by villages. The village has been overrun by barbarians since a few years ago, and more than half of its inhabitants have been brutally abused and killed.

Occasionally, a cauldron in the forest is found, and scattered fragments of bones. After careful investigation, Silver learned that these barbarians had even held several cannibalistic feasts.

Most of the women and children were taken captive by the barbarians and ravaged to the fullest. After being violated, he became the meat of the barbarians.

This tragic situation lasted for several years. For a long time, Wang Jun did not send soldiers to save the people and expel foreigners. Until Silver received the king's order, after a march of more than half a month, arrived in the south.

These villages are clustered together and are known as the "South Wall" by the kingdom because they are backed by the Southern Boundary Mountains. In the past, nearly half of the grain was sent from here to other places.

Due to the invasion of the barbarians, there were food shortages of varying degrees in various places.

However, the food supply of the royal capital was never cut off, so the king did not pay attention to the food shortage in various places, and neglected the suffering in the south.

There are a few mages in the barbarians, but they have a different name, "wizards".

All the soldiers of the kingdom stationed in the south have long since died at their hands.

Dressed in tunics made of human skin and wearing menacing masks, sorcerers dominate the south as rulers.

According to the surviving villagers, they are able to call for wind and rain, summon evil monsters, and control the power of nature with the help of the evil power contained in the totem of the cow, ghost, snake and god, and the magic power is boundless and unrivaled.

The barbarian wizards even forced the villagers to convert and become slaves of the barbarians.

The Silver Merchant negotiated a strategy and used the mountains of the South Wall as a starting point to surprise the enemy. They bypassed the enemy's line of sight and laid an ambush on the mountains, waiting for the right time, place, and people.

On the second night, Silver launched an army and attacked the southern wall where the barbarians were stationed with lightning lightning, quickly taking control of the southern mountains and looking down on the enemy.

In the second step, Finch used fire to attack, and then with the help of Priscia's wind channeling, meteors and fire rained to attack the barbarian base area.

Taking advantage of the panic of the enemy army, Alphonse led a large army to attack from the front and take control of the southern wall in one fell swoop......

The first battle was a complete victory, and when the barbarians fled in a hurry from the southern wall, the hour had just entered the second half of the night.

With everything settled, Silver continued to pursue the barbarians, with the goal of driving them all out of Van Len Tieno's territory.

Soon, the two armies collided for the second time. This time, Baiyin calculated the movement and destination of the southern army, and decided to set up an ambush in the forest where they had to pass, intending to "catch turtles in the urn".

The strategy is almost as tight as a net. But what he never expected was that Nanban would actually use the tamed monster to assist in the battle this time.

Nanban's combat power includes demonic beasts, and the number of troops has surged. These magical beasts have been entrenched in the forest for a long time, and it is actually the Silver Knights who are ambushed in the end.

The Nanban battled like a tiger, and Silver decided to temporarily retreat before he suffered serious losses in his troops, and carried out guerrilla tactics while retreating.

During the retreat, Priscia blamed Alphonse for his reckless operation.

At this moment, the Silver Crowd stepped into a valley in front of them. Finchley drove the starlings and flew over the valley to survey the terrain.

This valley, from a bird's eye view, looks like a high mountain has been split into four parts from the summit by a huge sword, and the huge "cracks" are in the shape of a cross.

One of the fissures had formed a wide river and blocked the path that had been crossed.

This path was the original route of the Silver Retreat.

I thought that what was blocking them was nothing more than a direct stream.

But what they didn't expect was that the Horus River was as wide as twenty meters.

There are a large number of Nanban and monsters chasing in the rear, and it will not be long before they catch up. If the two armies face each other head-on, the chances of victory are not great, and it is very likely that the entire army will be wiped out if the silver army has not fully recovered its vitality.

Most of the Silver Knights couldn't swim, and there was no way they could cross the river without the help of any tools.

And in the current situation - looking at the Horus River, the water is turbulent, and the abyss is not visible. Even aquatic fish and beasts may not be able to cross the river before being swept away by the fierce current.

What many people don't know is that the name "Horus" given by the southerners itself means "the abyss trap that devours prey".

Finchley jumped off his horse, crouched, and pressed his right ear to the ground, listening to the movement of the enemy thousands of kilometers ahead. It is estimated that in less than a moment, the two armies will face off.

Finchley rode his horse again and whistled the scarlet starling.

Priscia followed behind Alphons, proposing as she ran, "I can send you all across the other side with the wind!" Trust in my power! ”

Alphonse hurriedly buckled his armor, put on his cloak, and turned his head and asked, "Can you send the whole team over at once?" ”

"Score a few times."

"No! Time is running out, and doing so will cost you a lot of mana. If you don't have time to send all of them to the other side, the rest of the people, including yourself, will face tens of thousands of human-demon mixed forces! ”

"I'll go to the other side first, and I can send as many ...... as I can."

"What about those who are left behind? Do you want them to face the enemy and fight to the death? Alphonse retorted.

"But......" Priscia grew more and more anxious, and the sound of barbarian war drums could already be faintly heard in the distance.

He put his hands on her shoulders to calm her down, "Don't worry, I have my own way." ”

Elphonse ignored Priscia and turned to walk towards Desfield.

The pure white dragon mount raised its wings and chirped in a low voice.

He caressed Desfield's chin affectionately and asked like a mother, "Desfield...... Do you remember the emblem you carved for me before I left? I have always followed your will, do not show it unless it is in danger; And now, at the time of the life and death of our army, it is necessary to use it no matter what. ”

With that, he bit down and ripped off his gloves, showing his mark.

"Child......" Daisy rose into the air, glowing and swirling.

The child's firm will and unprecedented courage completely moved the holy dragon. It began to pray for Alphonse, to all things, to gather the power of all things to this mature child.

Priscia was stunned. The holy beast in front of him condensed all the white light it summoned to Alphonse.

The emblem of the Ice Pattern "Arctic Radiance" is full of magic and brightens white. The aurora that spreads out from it haunts its owner.

"Ladies and ......gentlemen," he promised to the army, "believe me, trust your commander; Then he promised Priscia, "Please believe in me, my power." ”

At the same time, the sound of the barbarian war drums was getting closer and closer, and they could even see each other's shadows.

From the middle of the valley, a beam of white light shot through the sky. Then, the scorching sun disappeared into thin air.

The sky is now like a seamless mirror of green sand.

Ice and snow rose continuously, covering the entire valley. The turbulent Horus River was conquered by the freezing cold and instantly froze into a solid thick layer of ice.

Finch uses his sword to barb the ice and measure the thickness.

It turned out - the sword did not pierce the ice. The thickness of the freshly condensed ice is estimated to be more than a third of a metre thick.

As long as all the people in the car are allowed to get down and walk as far apart as possible, such an ice can completely allow the Silver Knights, who have thousands of soldiers, to cross quickly, without the slightest danger of ice collapse.

The soldiers had never performed a mission on the ice, and their hearts were palpitating.

It wasn't until I stepped on the ice, which was as hard as a flat stone brick, that I gradually relaxed.

"Although we were able to pass through here, the enemy is still in hot pursuit, so be careful."

"The most important thing at this time is not to mess around."

"Let's be careful."

The sergeants of "......" Silver alerted each other to their teammates, and then fell silent, and only the "rattling" of the wheels could be heard in the valley.

At this time, almost every samurai in the snowy valley had a thin layer of snow on their battle armor. A gust of icy mountain wind hits, making people feel a chill from the inside.

Alphonse walked ahead, deliberately not letting his mount Daiss take off, but walked on the ice steadily, testing how safe it was. The White Dragon and the Shadow of the Knight lead the Silver Army.

Until the "Horus Glacier" was completely crossed, the road under his feet never waved. Silver crossed the ice and crossed the obstacles.

No sooner had he stepped over the ice, Finchley caught up with Alphonse, who was leading the way, and whispered;

"I know through starling observation that the barbarians actually used more than half of their forces in this pursuit. It seems that they had already guessed that we would be intercepted by the Horus River, and from the beginning they intended to kill us all and crush us here. ”

Finchley added, as if to imply something: "The pursuing army is led by the Grand Commander of their people." ”

After hearing this, Alphonse nodded, and raised the corners of his mouth, "The barbarians don't know about the existence of the Arctic Radiance. I didn't expect to give us a chance to fight back now! ”

As I heard an old saying from other places - "If you lose your horse, you will not know if you are blessed"! The defeat in the last battle turned out to have paved the way for this victory. ”

Some of the people returned to the car, and the queue was regrouped. Silver's pace is back to normal.

They no longer deliberately accelerated their pace to escape the barbarians' sniping, because Alphonse had other plans.

A soldier ran forward and reported to the regimental commander about the situation in the rear of our troops: "The enemy has also crossed the Horus River and is speeding forward!" It is estimated that the distance between the two armies is less than 100 meters! ”

"Are we going to speed up too?" Priscia asked Alphonse.

"No, I have other plans. At this time, I decided to take advantage of this to fight back. ”

He ordered everyone to stop, prepare their weapons, and prepare for battle to meet the enemy.

The soldiers did not know what the odds were, and they hesitated.

Priscia hurriedly stopped, "With the silver that has not yet recovered...... Are you sure you can win this battle? ”

She thought Alphonse was negligent, even more reckless than the previous one, "You just ...... Aren't you still afraid that you will suffer a crushing defeat when you face the enemy? ”

"You go away." Alphonse didn't have time to explain her tactics, so he shouted, pushed her away, walked straight to the wagon loaded with weapons, took out a barrel of arrows, and threw it in front of Priscia, "Prepare for battle, I promise you victory." ”

Alphonse suddenly became indifferent, and drank her as if he had become another stranger, which made her feel a little afraid. She didn't know what she had said wrong, but she had angered him.

Alphonse ignored the princess and instructed Finchley beside him, "Now, the command of Silver will be handed over to you for the time being, and I will go to the front to set up tactics." When you lead your troops, don't engage them rashly, and keep a distance from the enemy until you receive my signal......"

"There are wizards in the enemy army, and they are not weaker than you and me, we have to be careful." After reminding Alphonse, Finchley took his quiver, put away his sword, and rode his horse to the rear.

"Douglas, your teammates are up to you."

"We will do whatever you tell us to do, and it is incumbent upon us to do it."

The Great Han put on his armor and helmet for his horse, and after inspecting the blade, he followed Finchley.

"Priscia...... Trust me, trust all the people here! ”

Before Priscia could react, Alphonse kissed her cold, blue cheek.

Then he mounted Dais, raised his cloak, and led another squad of fifty archers to break away from the original team and gallop forward.

The figure of the majestic pure white knight gradually faded away from her sight, and disappeared into the snow curtain that was trodden by the hooves of the horses in front of her.

-

"I've never heard of snow in the valley!" The Commander yelled at the kneeling soldiers.

Dark clouds gathered in the sky, and snow continued to fall.

Under the sky, the black flags were fluttering in the wind.

The weather in Cross Valley suddenly became unusual. For the first time, this vein in the south encountered severe cold. Pure white covers the field of vision.

The drums of the Nanban shook the earth and intimidated the Quartet. The ranks advanced quickly, pursuing their enemies, the Silver Knights.

The barbarian warriors, all dressed in light animal skin armor, and most of their upper bodies were exposed, and some of the thinner soldiers could not help but shiver in the cold wind.

The wizard told them to take out the torches, light them and raise them, and move on.

Flying snowflakes obscured their view of what was still clearly ahead, making it impossible for them to see the movement of the enemy forces in the distance.

This caused some soldiers to panic.

But the first source of their fear was when they watched the river that didn't freeze condense into thick ice and fly white snowflakes everywhere.

Many of the barbarian soldiers were stunned, and with it came the fear of the cold.

"Commander, they must have used some kind of powerful sorcery. Not only does it freeze the whole Horus, but it also dyes the valley white! It's simply ...... Demonic power! ”

The barbarian commander rode a giant bull and stared ahead. A soldier walked forward and looked around, then ran back timidly and reported.

When the commander heard this, he grabbed the soldier's long hair, pulled him up in the air, and then threw him to the ground.

"You say that, do you want to disturb the hearts of our army? Or are you scared? ”

The soldier fell to his knees and begged for mercy, and the bull mount under his command stepped his hooves on the soldier's head, without force.

"Shut up."

The soldier prayed for mercy in the barbarian language until the cow's hooves left the top of his head.

"Commander—"

The other barbarian, a man with a mantle in a robe of animal skin, had a strange face covered in scars and dark paint.

He is the wizard of the barbarians. Riding a horse, he hurried up and whispered a report on the situation of the herd of demonic beasts that followed from the rear of the army.

Very cold weather is rare in the south, let alone snow. The group of monsters that have been entrenched in the forest for a long time, the first time they went out to the forest, they encountered an extremely cold environment, they were afraid of it, lost their spirits, and some of the monsters even looked tired from wanting to hibernate.

The soldiers drove them, but they stayed where they were.

"Stab the beasts that want to hibernate and refuse to move forward, and throw their corpses aside!" The Commander gave the order without hesitation.

Then the wizard proposed: "It is better to hang these corpses on the wooden carts loaded with weapons, so as to intimidate the same kind and make an example of the monkeys, so that they will not dare to disobey us again!" ”

The Archon nodded, allowing the wizard to do so, and then continued to lead the leader.

Soon, in the snow, they saw the Silver Knights, who had stopped and were waiting for the barbarians.

The Commander called out to the soldiers behind him with a command, and watched vigilantly for the movement of the enemy in front of him.

The barbarian soldiers looked at the barely visible figure of the enemy soldier in front of them.

The two armies were separated by less than two hundred meters.

The snow stopped. Everyone fell silent, observing each other's movements. The first to strike was the barbarians.

"Archer!"

The Commander called out to the archers, trying to see if the enemy's men and horses were within the effective range of his own archers.

An archer with a bare upper body and thick arms walked to the front of the barbarian army and fired an arrow into the air with all his might.

The soldiers in front of the barbarian army, including the commander, their eyes moved with the movement of arrows in the sky.

Until it fell to the ice, the arrow did not touch the enemy at all, and there was even a constant distance.

"It's still too far away." The wizard judged.

"I know!" The commander stopped in front of his own army and did not let the soldiers act rashly.

As for the silver, when they saw that the enemy's arrows could not reach this place and did not dare to move, Finchley muttered, "Looks like they need our provocation!" ”

Douglas raised his bow.

"Not enough distance!" Priscia stared ahead, hesitating with her bow.

Ignoring the woman's advice, Finchley took three arrows from the quiver on his back and placed them on his bow.

The bowstring makes a tight sound due to a strong pull.

"Smack!" A sound was heard, and Douglas and Finchley's arrows were fired at the same time, and their voices almost overlapped.

Arrows shot by the Silver Knights sped through the gray sky.

Before there was time to scream, the archers at the front of the barbarian army who fell first, and then the soldiers behind them were also the target of arrows from above.

Finchley looked back at Priscia, and she was speechless.

The silver knight heard an incomprehensible order from the leader of the enemy army in front of him, and then watched as the entire army of the barbarians began to advance, gradually approaching. The distance between the two armies was constantly shrinking.

At the front of the silver, a row of warriors—Douglas, Finchley, and others—including Priscia—raised their bows.

The wind and snow rose again in the valley, but the accuracy of the arrows did not diminish in the slightest.

The soldiers of the barbarian army, first of all, the parts of the two wings, one by one became the targets of the volleys of arrows, and fell screaming. Their forces began to be a little confused.

The Commander cannot afford to let his forces be lost to the enemy's bow in vain.

So the decision was made and an order was given to the wizard: "Release the Monster Horde!" Bite them to death! ”

The soldiers in the rear blew horns with strange sounds. The barbarian shields gathered in a line, protecting the soldiers who blew their horns.

Controlled by the strange horn, the horde of demonic beasts suddenly became extremely fierce - black bears, male lions, cheetahs, tigers, and fierce beasts from the forest suddenly had blood-red eyes, puffed out their muscles, and produced abnormal changes into huge monsters.

They scurried out of the barbarians, hungry for their prey.

Seeing that the barbarian army had sent a monster to fight, Silver changed his tactics, and Finchley instructed, "The bow and arrow don't work, retreat!" Get ready to go head-to-head! ”

The samurai threw down their useless bows and quivers behind them, and drew their swords.

Douglas rushed forward first, facing a monster much larger than himself, and his martial arts were as easy as dealing with ants.

A male lion pounced, and the big man seized the opportunity, picked up the sledgehammer, and smashed the head of the monster lion into a bloody flower.

The big man was red-eyed and shouted the slogan of battle, almost throughout the battlefield, bringing encouragement to his comrades.

Some of the monsters that had gathered were held up by an invisible force.

The tornado appears in the center of the battlefield and sweeps up everything in its path, including snowflakes and monsters, before crashing into the hard mountain wall.

Priscia wielded the magic of the wind in the rear, aiding in the battle.

The knights of silver are facing the first wave of the enemy's combat power, monsters, and the soldiers of the Southern Barbarian army take the opportunity to continue to advance and join the confrontation.

Silver followed Finchly's instructions and parried the monster and retreated.

The fierce battle lasted for several moments, and a snowstorm gradually formed in this snowy mountain. The Southern Army was a little afraid, for them, the blizzard was simply a white hell. Even those ferocious demonic beasts instinctively developed a fear of the bitter cold.

The wizard was not very calm at first, but he still tried his best to scream to calm the soldiers, and the southern army began to be a little confused.

"Whoever messes up, I'll kill whoever I kill with my own hands!"

The two armies fought fiercely for several moments, and the silver army retreated more than three hundred meters. Priscia noticed that the walls on both sides had changed subtly.

"Could it be...... Alphonse's masterpiece! However, how could he ...... in such a short period of time?"

The strange shape of ice on the mountain walls on both sides is not a masterpiece of nature, and it seems to be man-made.

The ice cube is shaped like a battle tower. There were seven or eight such ice sculptures, and on them were silver archers.

When the enemy army came to this area, located above the mountain wall, all the silver archers looked down at the enemy, raised their bows, concentrated their snipers, and used everyone in the enemy army as a target.

The archers of the barbarians were ready to return fire, and they all fired in the direction of the tower;

However, the towers were spread out, the refraction of light from the ice sculptures, and the obscuration of the snow made it impossible for them to aim well, and almost all the arrows that hit the silver archers missed.

"Ignition! With rockets! ”

The wizard instructed to change tactics and have the archers ignite the arrows, intending to use rockets. The other soldiers brought in bombardiers and were to set fire to stones coated with special fuel.

The barbarians switched to fire and attacked the tower of ice on the mountain wall.

Seeing through the enemy's schemes, Prisia quickly chanted and drove the wind.

Fierce mountain winds are manipulated by Priscia and attack the enemy. The flames could not be lit in such a fierce wind, and the sorcerer cursed in the barbarian language.

The Commander noticed Priscia, the sorcerer wielding the magic of the wind, in the Silver Army, and ordered the soldiers to shoot the woman down.

She knew she was within range of the enemy, but she couldn't move through the spell. At that moment, several silver soldiers gathered in front of her with their shields raised to protect her.

The blizzard becomes more and more violent due to the wind magic cast by Prissia , a natural factor that is unfavorable and uncontrollable for both parties.

At this moment, from the top of the nearby mountain, an arrow with a bright light shot into the sky, and burst open, very dazzling. This is a certain command signal from the Silver Army.

"Alphonse has given instructions! Stay away from the enemy! Finchley called out to his fellow soldier and quickly backed away.

"What? Fall back? Priscia was surprised, the battle situation was obviously on par with the two sides, and it was impossible for the Silver Army to lose!

"Princess!" Douglas shouted, "Trust Alphonse!" They used to guarantee us victory! ”

"But!"

"This is not a signal to retreat, but an order to stay away from the enemy!"

Priscia followed Douglas and evacuated the area with her own troops.

Even the archers on the ice-carved tower all slid down the ice condensation slide to the foot of the mountain, joined up with their own troops, and retreated together.

The barbarians did not know the actions of the Silver Army, thinking that they were afraid of the Barbarian Army and wanted to escape from the battlefield. The barbarian army will not let go of the silver army, and is ready to catch up, and at this moment-

A strange figure flapping its wings loomed in the sky.

Its shape comes into view more and more, and it gradually descends.

Alphonse rode the full Holy Dragon Daisphil and descended on this icy battlefield. The Ice Sword is the only dazzling light on the battlefield.

"Shoot him down!"

The Commander pointed at the heavenly enemy and shouted an order.

Alphonse did not dodge, but raised the holy sword in his hand that emitted extreme ice brilliance, condensing the power of the ice around him. At this moment, the snowstorm became more and more violent.

Daiss let out a deafening roar, and the arrows lost their power and fell before they touched Alphonse.

The vibration wave generated by the roar of the holy dragon spread in all directions.

It didn't take long - a violent shock wave was felt from afar under the enemy's feet, and then a terrifying boom was heard by everyone.

A loud ominous sound came from all directions. Above the enemy troops, there was movement.

The mountain began to collapse, and the snow that had accumulated on the mountains on both sides slid down the walls like a flood water without embankments.

It was a white fluid that brought an icy breath of death, hitting the ground.

The strong avalanche, with lightning speed, swept away and drowned nearly half of the Nanban army, including the group of demonic beasts, which would not be able to fully retreat in the future.

The avalanche was more violent than a flood, devouring the lives of enemy soldiers.

The monsters of the Nanban army, including all the soldiers of the Nanban, would never have imagined that they would be swallowed up by an avalanche and die in the south, where there is hardly any snow.

With the divine power of Desfield, Alphonse unleashed the extraordinary power of the emblem, turning the valley into a white hell.

Eventually, even the screams of the enemy were drowned out, and only a few of the lucky survivors remained, limping out of the area completely engulfed by the avalanche.

Although he did not die, he ended up scarred.

And yet—although they narrowly escaped the avalanche, they were not consumed by the snow.

But what was about to usher was the hospitality of the dense arrow curtain of the silver soldiers.

The barbarian commander escaped the avalanche, avoided the arrows of the Silver Army, and ran in the opposite direction of the Silver, fleeing in the wilderness, too frightened to turn back.

He noticed that the figure of a pterosaur was reflected in his head and on the ground, covering his shadow.

No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't escape this shadow.

Daisy flew slightly in front of him, and with a turn, flicked his tail and struck the barbarian leader who was running too late to dodge.

He hit the stone wall beside him, his head bleeding and dying.

Alphonse captured the barbarian leader alive, threw away all his weapons, and handcuffed him in chains.

Except for the captured Nanban, none of the Nanban soldiers made it out of the valley alive, and they turned into dead souls and were buried forever in this white hell.

At this time, the dark clouds of the gray sky gradually dispersed, and the sun reappeared, bringing the dawn of victory to the silver.

-

The Silver Knights' troop losses this time were limited to a small part of the sacrifices in the battle against the monsters.

This victory can be said to have very little loss, and achieved a great victory, and even severely defeated the Nanban army and captured the commander of the Nanban clan alive.

They made their way through the valley and left a sea of snow in the valley.

In the evening, Silver camped on the prairie and lit a bonfire, and everyone gathered around to celebrate today's victory with cheers.

"They could never have imagined that the Nanbans, who had never seen snow before, were fortunate enough to see snow for the first time and the last time they saw snow today."

Douglas drank the wine from the jug and laughed heartily.

The knights who passed by Elfonse congratulated him on their victory.

"Commander Alphonse, it's a good feeling to fight in an extremely cold environment. Of course, it's not bad to celebrate victory in the cold, can you make it snow here one time now? Douglas uttered drunken nonsense, causing the other knights to laugh.

"Then the men buried you in the snow while you were asleep, and left you here to accompany the souls of the enemies who were drowned by the avalanche." I don't know who in the Knights teased like this.

"And the ghosts of monsters!" Finchley went on to say, "Hungry they crave your blood!" ”

"Still, I can win them!" A drunken Douglas swore and confidently pounded his chest.

"My samura......i," said Alphonse, standing up, "when you came to the South, you marched for days under the scorching sun, and I was greatly impressed by your indomitable will and spirit;

Today, you are even more fearless of the cold, and you are brave enough to fight the enemy, and our army is superior to the enemy in terms of cold resistance alone.

That's why I believe in your abilities, and that's why I've laid out today's tactics. Today's victory does not depend solely on the strength of my emblem, but more on the heroic battle of the silver people. ”

From the crowd of silver rang out the shouts of victory. This is the cry they have been longing for.

Alphonse suddenly realized that there was an important person missing from him.

-

The moonlight in the south is very bright and bright, and the lake below it is sparkling;

The moon-dyed sky is full of psychedelia. This quiet place surrounded by jungle is shrouded in a hazy night, filled with the atmosphere of fairyland.

Alphonse left the camp and entered a nearby forest, where he found Priscia alone, next to a lake in the middle of the forest.

She turned her back to the visitor and gazed at the moonwater. The fireflies in the lake are like coming from a fairyland in the water. The pet of the fairy in the lake, dancing on the water.

Her satin-like red hair rose in the night breeze, and her shoulders trembled slightly.

It wasn't until this moment that she noticed a familiar and cold aura behind her, and she didn't expect to be found by him hiding here.

Turned around in surprise, his waist was wrapped around his lover's hands, and he whispered in a low voice: "Aren't you still happy today's silver victory?" ”

Priscia was angry and silent.

"Hey...... Why are you angry again? ”

"Your emblem is so powerful that it can instantly freeze Horus, cover valleys with blizzards, and cause avalanches that can wipe out enemy armies." Priscia skipped his question and praised Alphonse.

"Hmph......" he closed his lips and snorted and smiled, smug as a child, and the childish look he had had been back then—seven years ago.

"What are you laughing at......" Priscia pushed him away, "If you could have unleashed the power of the emblem as it does today, there would have been no tragedy in the capital, and we wouldn't have been separated in the sea of trees!" ”

Alphonse was surprised: "Then you don't have to react so much, do you?" Also, it's not because of this why you're angry, is it? ”

"Your attitude today is so scary, Captain Alfonse. Are you the one who brought the eagles to their knees with this stubborn momentum......"

"Ha ......" asked why he was angry with him, and Alphonse breathed a sigh of relief, so he put his hands together and bowed his head to "beg for mercy".

"I'm sorry, I was wrong! Beg the princess to spare her life! ”

Under the moonlight, the knight bowed to the princess on one knee.

"Okay, okay, don't be so reckless in the future."

"Reckless? How could I be reckless? Today's tactics are seamless. ”

Priscia fell silent, turned her head to stare at the moon, and said slowly, "Elfonse...... You have to be stronger. Don't rely on any redundant tactics to waste time to prepare, and defeat the enemy with the attitude and momentum of an absolute king. There is only one tactic for the strong - to face it head-on, overwhelm the opponent with strength, and achieve victory. ”

The smile on Alphonse's face faded, and he felt a little lost in his heart, and there were many words of explanation that he wanted to express.

But in the end he gave up, and just said, "Priscia...... You're getting more and more stubborn. ”

-

Alphonse and Priscia return to the camp. Before everyone rested, as soon as they saw the head of the regiment returning, they waved to him and greeted him warmly.

A winged shadow swept through the night sky and landed on the nearby grass, slowly walking towards Alphonse.

"Daisy." Alphonse rubbed the Holy Dragon's pointed ears affectionately.

Douglas sobered up a lot and asked him, "We are all discussing the thaumaturgy you used to defeat the barbarians today!" ”

Alphonse glanced at Priscia next to her with a look full of mixed emotions, and then explained to the group.

"The first one to approve of me turning back was Desfield."

The Holy Dragon spoke in human language, soft as a breath of comfort, passing through his ears, and then Alphonse's words:

"The Nanban people live in the south all year round and hardly encounter ice and snow. According to the observation of the concubine, the group of monsters has little fur, and most of them are by no means cold-tolerant beasts, and they will be drowsy and even hibernate whenever the environment is slightly cold. Barbarians and monsters are equally afraid of cold, and the power of Alphons's emblem is their nemesis. ”

"Moreover, this time they have foolishly sent more than half of their troops, and they are led by the barbarian commander. Presumably, their desire for victory is really insane. Finchley took a long sip of wine and said so calmly.

"Besides, none of their monsters have wings! This should be a matter of the barbarian's ability to tame monsters! Ahaha! Douglas laughed out loud.

"Exactly." Alphonse stood up from the grass, "It was indeed our mistake to be ambushed in the forest—"

He looked at Priscia, then continued: "However, we learned from our mistakes and won the final victory. ”

"Good!"

"Awesome!"

"We're silver!"

The knights were proud.

"Alphonse, in fact, you already have the chance to win this battle for the Southern Border." Desfield gazed kindly at her child and congratulated her.

"First of all, you have lightningly recovered the southern wall of Kemiwa and recaptured the land of grain; Then, you will lose most of the barbarian army, and even if you add a group of birds and beasts, you will have no power to fight back against us;

Moreover, you captured the commander alive, which was used to intimidate the barbarians and demoralize them, which was very effective; Finally, your emblem has finally awakened, and it can be said that no one in this continent is no longer your opponent. ”

The Silver Knights felt a supreme honor. The holy sword aurora that lights up from the valley today symbolizes the dawn of the Silver Army's victory.

-

They won several more battles, which ended with the remnants of the enemy fleeing with their tails between their legs.

Elphons of Ice, Priscia of the Wind, and Finchley of the Fire, the three magicians with emblems have become a nightmare for the enemy.

After two years of fighting in the southern border, Van Lenteno was completely victorious.

The Silver Army returned to Kemiwa on the south wall to inform the villagers of the outcome of the battle.

Alphonse liberated a people who had long been ravaged by foreigners, bringing peace to the South once again.

The name of this hero and the name of the Order, their fame and the exploits they have created, will be passed down from generation to generation and will forever be sung by the people of the South.

The barbarians who invaded the south in the past saw the corpse of the commander of the army, covered with scars hanging on the city wall, and they were frightened, and knelt down to the gate of the south wall, indicating their silent surrender.

The Silver Army also engraved the emblem of Alphons, the Radiance of the Far North, on the cliffs of the mountains, forever facing the barbarian region next to the southern boundary, intimidating the barbarians.

If they dare to invade any inch of our country in the south, they will be given another taste of white hell.

-

However, as soon as the "Glory of the Far North" came out, the battle situation changed drastically. If the sky is seamless, the ice and snow are blowing, evenly covering the canyon, and the southern hot land encounters the cold of the Arctic, which cannot be prevented. In this battle alone, half of the Nanban army was wiped out, and there was no way to fight back.

The silver battle flag, since then added the mark of the Arctic Glory, the two are one, and the honor of the Knights will live forever in the world. ”

—The allusion "Extreme Radiance in the Narrow Spaces (II)", from "The Historian of the King", by Sir Alex.

-

The Kingdom of Van Lun Tieno, 132 years of the Alchemy Calendar......

The news of the silver army's successful southern expedition was transmitted to the royal capital a month later by a messenger with a quick horse.

The army was already on its way back to the capital. The letter of the good news was written by her daughter Priscia herself.

The king looked forward to the victory of the Second Knights, to the return of the victor Alphonse, and to the return of his daughter.

From the first sight of this young man who had won in the dueling arena, the king had high hopes for him.

Perhaps one day, Alphonse will also be one of the candidates for the succession of King Van Lentieno.

No, the king already had a predisposition to him in his heart, and half of that was due to his daughter.

On this day, Wang fought with Fan Bing on the chessboard as usual. The king was in a good mood, marched fiercely, and his tactics were ambitious, so that Fan Lian lost important combat power again and again.

"Fan, you need to change your chess tactics. Although your tactics are airtight, they are only a repetition of old tricks, and this king has already seen through them. Fight with soldiers, don't just rely on conventional paper tactics! ”

As usual, the king used the chess game to discipline his courtiers and cadres.

"Fan has always followed the king's teachings—but this time, you missed the eye."

"What?"

Fan lifted his Black Emperor Chess Piece, crossed the line between black and white, and went straight to the heart of the White Army - the Black Emperor ate the White Emperor.

"Wang, Fan is really rude, in this game of chess, in fact, Fan won." Fan said proudly.

Wang was stunned by his opponent's reversal.

"A long time ago, I learned from a book that in the kingdom of Van Lentieno there was an unnamed fox that used to pretend to be stupid and only found between two tree hollows in order to catch prey larger than its own size.

Some large animals want to prey on this kind of fox, thinking that they are familiar with its habits, so they run to the hollow of the tree where it frequents and lie in ambush, who knows that as soon as they step into it, they will be trapped by the slime trap that has been laid out for a long time.

Eventually, they became the winter food for the foxes. The so-called repetitive tactics and movements are just a disguised trick used to numb the opponent's eyeballs. ”

"In other words, in order to win today's game of chess, you have kept repeating false tactics to numb the eyes of this king and make this king look down on you? However, it is not worth it that you gave up dozens of games in the past in exchange for today's victory. ”

"Yes. Fan's strategy and chess experience cannot be compared to Wang's. Therefore, as long as Fan can win the king once, he will be satisfied. ”

Fan stood up and bowed to the king, and with an undetectable smile on his face, he withdrew and left the palace.