Section 348: Curiosity

As you can see from the map, Essien is close to the northern part of the border.

Gruni is the northernmost nation of the human world. In the northern part of the country, there is a long stretch of mountains that are extremely difficult to climb with human strength. This mountainous area also lacks minerals, which makes it impossible to even become a country for dwarven settlement. In short, this barren, treacherous, and long mountainous region became the natural frontier to the north of human territory. It halted humanity's northward expansion, but equally, it prevented any enemy from invading from this side.

According to the reports sent back by a few expeditions, on the other side of the mountain range is a treacherous sea, mixed with countless broken ice, and there is no place for any intelligent creatures to live.

"He's heading north. Allyn groaned for a long time and spoke. On the surface, he is stating a fact that anyone can judge, but in fact he is questioning.

Essien is an ambitious guy, he may be a speculator, but he is not a fool. Why did he do this?

For a moment, the room fell silent. Essien's movements can be judged, but his motives are elusive.

"Speaking of which, Lord Ellene. An old man with white hair spoke, not an official of the court, but a personal staff member of Elenn, a scholar of considerable repute in the academic world. "I remember something. ”

"Oh, what's the matter?"

"A hundred years ago, the wilderness sage Garunas used considerable effort to dig a path out of these mountains in order to attack the enemy forces of the Northern Alliance from behind......

"Oh, and that matter?"

"Of course, although it is said to be 'digging', it is actually only a few key bayonets. Much of this path is naturally formed. Therefore, although he was given a way to sneak attack behind enemy lines, Garunas did not spend a lot of manpower and material resources. Only a sage like him could have accomplished such remarkable results...... However, this path was not used in the end, as the enemy was defeated on a frontal battlefield faster than expected. After the founding of King Makremiz, the matter was rarely mentioned. Related things are only recorded in a few books. ”

"What do you mean......" Erynn looked at the national map of Gruni on the wall. "There's a road in this mountainous area?"

"Yes. If what is written in the book is correct. The old scholar stood up and came to the map. His finger drew a horizontal line across the map. "That's basically the way it goes. ”

"At the end of the road...... To the Northeast?"

"That's right, that's what the book says. Its end leads to the northeast...... However, this mountain road is worthless for commerce and trade, as it has no inhabitants along the way. As I said earlier, it was built to sneak up behind enemy lines. It was forgotten after it was built. ”

"Roads in the mountains are always prone to destruction. A heavy rain might be enough to bury it...... After all, it was a hundred years ago. "Some people questioned it.

"Ah, that's usually true, but there's always a special case. The book says that most of this path is naturally formed, and that Garunas has only done to open a very small number of bayonets that cannot be reached in guò. Since it is naturally formed, in my opinion...... It hasn't changed much in 100 years. ”

This explanation was so powerful that the others stopped objecting.

"So this is the path that Essien is aiming for?" Elenn asked. "Well, he went down this path...... But it's in the Northeast...... Is he going to get involved in the war against the Chaos Legion?"

Judging from the route that the old scholar had just drawn, Esin was not far ahead of the city of Neustria after leaving this secret road in the mountains.

There seems to be no other possibility for this problem. Because the northeast region is the battlefield of Gruni and the Chaos Legion, Essien is heading towards it, undoubtedly intending to join in.

"He was ...... by chaos He's already a Chaos cultist?"

"Whether he is or not, it's too late. Someone shrugged. "Prime Minister, now I understand Essien's thoughts...... It's a pity that people are not as good as heaven. The Chaos Legion has been defeated by General Ashrufat, and whatever Aesin intends to do, it is too late. ”

The atmosphere quickly became relaxed. Whether Aesin was planning to defect to the Chaos Legion or take credit for defeating the Chaos Legion, he was already too slow. Essien deliberately cut off information in order to prevent others from knowing about his actions. This did make Eagle City unclear about his actions for a while, but in another way, it also made himself deaf and blind. At this moment, the Chaos Legion has been defeated, and it is the kind of total annihilation, and it makes no sense for Esin to rush here.

It must be said that it is meaningful, and that meaning is self-inflicted.

......

The sound of gongs sounding alarms resounded in the night sky. The sound of gongs was accompanied by the shrill shouts of sentinels. The cry was just as clear in the night. So the defenders quickly understood that it was the Chaos Legion that was attacking.

Neustria City is not slow to react. In just a short time, the person in charge of the left-behind troops hurriedly got up from his bed and began to organize the troops.

Unfortunately, although he reacted quickly, the city of Neustria was a large city, and there were only more than a thousand defenders in the city. This limited garrison will inevitably be scattered throughout the city. This objective fact determines a tragic fact: by the time he gathers his forces, the daylilies will be cold.

The assault force of the Chaos Legion climbed over the wall and entered the city without any suspense, defeating the few soldiers on the city wall and opening the city gates. Then, naturally, the main force of the Chaos Legion on standby outside the city rushed into the city.

The person in charge soon realized that the total number of Chaos Legions was also very small, and there were only a thousand people. This is clearly a defeated army. In the past, this kind of Cheng dù's attack was not much more than a person's finger poking Yan zhòng, but now Neustria City is as empty as a piece of tofu, which can be pierced with a light poke.

Near the city gate, hundreds of corpses were already lying horizontally and vertically.

Most of them were scattered defenders trying to resist, and of course there were a few Chaos Warriors. For a large city like Neustria, such a battle scene is quite chilly, but whether it is cold or not, the Lord of the Blood Fang has already won the victory.

At this moment, the resistance of Neustria has been destroyed by him. As he had expected, as soon as the weak southerners noticed that something was wrong, they immediately did what they did best—retreat. That's right, now the defenders of the city have retreated to the second wall (as mentioned earlier, according to modern urban defense ideas, Neustria is also divided into three walls), leaving the entire outer city to the invaders.

The Bloodfang Lord stood a little farther away, observing the second wall guarded by the southerners. This defense was not as difficult to deal with as the outer wall, but he also knew that with the other party's preparations, with this little force in his hands, it would be impossible to capture the second wall. If there is enough time, the Bloodfang Lord is willing to try, but unfortunately, this is the enemy's rear, and the enemy's army may rush back at any time. His time is really very limited.

It's a shame. The abusive lord observed the second wall and the fear-filled defenders running around the wall, his heart filled with regret. His axe was once again stained with blood, but the blade still shone with hunger.

The position of the Blood Fang Lord was very good, and a dozen or so Chaos warriors lay a dozen steps in front of him. These were the results of the Bloodfang Lord's previous attempts. A rain of bullets from the top of the city killed the invaders.

"Your Excellency!" a subordinate arrived from the flank and rear. "We have found and controlled the grain warehouse. ”

"How many?" asked the Bloodfang Lord.

"A lot...... We can eat whatever we want. The subordinate said eagerly.

"Send three hundred men to hold there and prevent the enemy from attacking with fire. "The Lord of the Bloodfang ordered. He had given up on the idea of attacking the second wall, and it was more appropriate to keep the results he had achieved. If any remaining enemy burns down the warehouse, the battle will probably be in vain. "What about the rest of the place?"

"Most of the place is empty. The subordinate reported. "But over there," he said, gesturing his hand. "We blocked a group of enemies who wanted to escape. ”

"It's not over yet?" the Bloodfang Lord was a little incredulous. Judging by the battle at the city gate just now, there was no reason why his subordinates had not finished the battle for so long.

"The resistance of the enemy was very stubborn. The subordinate reported. "All four of our attacks were repulsed. ”

"How many of them are there?" the Bloodfang Lord was a little curious. He had already planned to hand over the battle over there to his men.

"Probably...... There are a few dozen or so people, not more than a hundred. But...... They were very powerful, and there were a few particularly powerful men among them, and the soldiers we rushed in were all knocked down. ”

"A hundred?" said a cruel smile to the abusive lord's face again. "It's funny, I'm going to check it out too. ”

On top of the city walls, Skadra, the Grand Master of the Court, was clinging to the clothes of the person in charge. The old man looked unusually excited.

"Queen...... Her Majesty is still outside!I order you, I command you to immediately lead the army to attack and bring the Queen back!!"

It was useless for him to be excited, and the two soldiers pulled him away from the person in charge. Everyone knew what it would be to lead an army to save the queen at this time, but they also knew that if they did, they would be a hundred times more likely to die than to save the queen.