For the next period of time, Cleo focused all of her energy on training the army.

At this time, the entire Illyrian Mountains were already under the control of Elrence and others, except for the Druids, Wood Elves, and Nymphs who were their allies, and the rest of the tribes became servants of the human knights. Based on the relatively fertile Apollonia Valley, they expanded the size of the town, transplanted a large number of ancient war trees on the periphery for defense, and built city walls, forcing tribal leaders to move with their families to live in the town, effectively becoming hostages.

With the help of Elrens, Cleo gathered all the warriors of these tribes and reorganized them into a mixed army according to the characteristics of each class, with elite Latin and Templar knights as the backbone, training day and night. In this way, the original leaders of the various tribes lost their military power, and could only lead the old and weak tribes to do some farm work such as forest development and animal husbandry under the arrangement of human beings.

Although they were dissatisfied in their hearts, they could only swallow their anger helplessly in the face of the powerful coercion of the three-headed black dragon. Gradually, they also got used to the high-quality life of human society, bid farewell to the bad habit of drinking blood, and used exquisite living utensils and delicious food, and their resistance gradually faded.

It was early summer, and the calm on the battlefield changed.

On a sweltering morning, the combined forces of Holy Rome and Nicaea suddenly launched an unprecedentedly powerful offensive against Pera, with a million-strong army attacking on all fronts! Although the defenders of Pera were prepared, they were obviously not enough, and their weak outer defenses were quickly penetrated in many places in the face of the enemy's overwhelming forces and firepower. The situation is precarious.

Immediately afterwards, the Holy Romans and Nicaea concentrated their elite forces in the east and north directions, forming a sharp pincer offensive. Armed with heavy cavalry as the vanguard, they struck violently with the coordination of a large number of magic cannons, magicians, and floating fleets. The stormy blow soon severed the Macedonian legions stationed north of Pera from the main force of Pera. More than 100,000 regular troops and 300,000 new militia regiments were divided and outflanked by the enemy.

The enemy continued to attack, and within two weeks, most of the fortresses on the outskirts of Pera had been destroyed, and the remaining troops had to retreat into the city. In order to save his defeat, the regent Perdiccas forcibly enlisted all the adult inhabitants of the city. Thirty new 10,000 new teams were formed, with some veterans as the backbone, ready to engage in bloody and brutal street battles with the enemy.

However, the vice-regent Melagros disagreed. Now that Pera's defeat is assured, for the sake of the country's survival, he believes that peace talks with the enemy country should be made as soon as possible to quell the war at the cost of ceding a large amount of territory. This proposal was immediately and forcefully vetoed by Perdiccas. The conflict between the two regents has become white-hot. Each understands that the other wants to kill them as soon as possible, and the undercurrent in the city of Pera is turbulent, and conflict is on the verge of breaking out.

In this critical situation, Perdiccas and Olympias, after discussion, decided to strike first, launch a surprise attack to kill the traitor Melagaros in their eyes, and then reorganize the troops under his control, only in this way can Liliang be concentrated to the outside world!

One night a few days later. At the request of Queen Mother Olympias, Elrence entered the city of the gods, Pera, through a magical teleportation device.

Originally, the dragon had no interest in meddling in Pera's internal struggle. But he only regained his magic power not long ago by relying on the royal secret method of his daughter, and also broke the first night of the eldest princess. Olympias can be regarded as his mother-in-law no matter what he says, and if he refuses, it is too unkind. So under Cleo's soft pleading, the dragon reluctantly agreed to help.

At this time, the city of Pera has long since lost the prosperous scene of Elrens's first arrival, and on the wide and magnificent Avenue of the God of War in the center of the city, the towering statues of the monarchs of Pera are still majestic, but there are almost no citizens on both sides. Long before the siege, most of the old and weak women and children in the city had been evacuated, and all adult men had joined the militia groups, and all shops and factories had ceased business, and the market was in a depression. Everywhere you look, teams of soldiers patrol the city day and night to guard against spies, and many more carry tools to dig massive wartime tunnels, barricade the streets, and fortify and modify buildings in an attempt to turn every house into a pillbox to kill enemies.

The magic teleportation device is located in the Cleo Floating Magic Laboratory in the Royal Academy of Magic, and when Elrence was teleported here with Doshi, the Grand Prince of Corinth, Perriande, who was sent by the Queen Mother, had been waiting here for a long time. The Corinthian Northern Legion, commanded by the prince, was small in number, but it was the only army unit in the city that had always supported the Ajd family, and was particularly valued by Olympias.

Duo Shi saw her brother and several familiar Moon Elf retinues at a glance, and immediately ran over excitedly, took Periande's hand and asked with a smile: "Brother, why are you here? Did the Queen Mother ask you to pick us up?"

The eldest prince smiled and nodded, because the time was urgent, he didn't say too much to greet, and said directly: "The Queen Mother and the Lord Regent are already waiting impatiently in the Grand Palace, you can come with me immediately." ”

With that, he beckoned to the two of them and turned to walk out, and the dragon shrugged indifferently and followed. Outside the Mage Tower, a gorgeous half-moon-shaped unicorn carriage in the style of an elf was parked, and there were more than a dozen moon elf knight guards next to it. The three of them got into the carriage and galloped along the lakeside path of the Demon Academy. The carriage was covered in a thick velvet and seemed to be constantly magical, and although the carriage was fast, it did not feel bumpy at all.

Soon they left the gates of the Academy of Magic and continued to gallop up the mountain. From a distance, the city of Pella, which has been massively fortified at the foot of the mountain, can be seen in full view, while the Grand Palace and the Twelve Main Temples on the mountain peak are faintly visible between the forest sea and the clouds. Spanning the entire sky, the flash of a giant magic array shone in the night sky from time to time......

The Grand Palace was built 300 years ago by King Amyntas to celebrate the successful repulsion of the Persian invasion, and has since been expanded several times to its current size. The palace is made up of three magnificent complexes, of which the Tower of the Gods, on the left, has been the residence and office of kings and emperors, and is one of the two cores of the city of Pera.

The pedestal of the Tower of the Gods resembles the shield of the god-king Zeus, and the spire is shaped like thunder and fire, and a stream of silver magic continues to pour out of the spire, extending into a giant magic circle in the sky.

Elrens was led through the palace's heavily guarded marble corridors and into a hall studded with multicolored amber. The hall is extremely large, lined with glittering polytheistic relics, and in the middle is an ornate carpet leading to a golden pedestal with intricate reliefs in the back hall.

At this time, except for the vice-regent Melaglos and his minions, all the high-ranking people of Pera had gathered here. The crowd was divided into three groups, and sitting in the center were the Empress Dowager Olympias, who wore a black dress and long skirt, the commander of the Praetorian Legion, Eumenes, the captain of the Empire and the deputy commander of the Central Floating Fleet, Pythia and others.

Sitting at the chief on the left was a dignified old man with sharp eyes, a hooked nose, and thin lips, the regent, Perdiccas. He was surrounded by ten high-ranking generals, and Elrens knew only Seleucus, the commander of the Inner Guard Legion.

The leader on the right is a man with a long beard and a white robe with a golden thunder emblem, who appears to be a high-ranking clergyman. Next to him are the famous royal chief magister 'Star Traveler' Aristotle, the commander of the Thracian army who had a relationship with the Giant-Gang theater, Lysimachus, and the general Cassander, and more than a dozen other people have never met.

When Peraandre and Ellens appeared, Olympias, Aristotle, and the others smiled and nodded at him. Perdiccas, on the other hand, narrowed his eyes and stared at the dragon. The powerful dragon aura on Elrens could not be completely concealed, especially in the eyes of an experienced powerhouse like the Regent, and it was immediately obvious that it was extraordinary.

Perdiccas couldn't help but be secretly taken aback. He had a vivid memory, and knew that the man in front of him was an ally of the Queen Mother Olympias, who had attended the Imperial Council with Cleo a few months earlier. At that time, this man had no magic power and fighting spirit, and he didn't attract much attention from the regent, but he didn't expect that after not seeing him for a while, he would suddenly become so powerful!

It seems that the empress dowager next to her, who is weak on the surface, secretly hides a lot of unknown strength, fortunately, she didn't have too many enemies with her at the beginning, otherwise once she unites with Melagaros, I'm afraid it will be extremely hot!

Ellens didn't care about Perdiccas's eyes, he followed Prince Corinth to the Queen Mother and sat down, frowned and asked Olympias, "Isn't it easy for you to gather so many people together to discuss against Melaculus?"

(To be continued......)

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