If the autumn of this year, the biggest impression on Yang Tian and his subordinate front army is that it is too cold, the Black Cloud Continent, which is located between the three continents, is a cold place, especially in order to escape the pursuit of the Black Cloud Army behind, he led people to occupy a city in the north of the Black Cloud Continent, it was really cold enough, the only happy thing was that the Black Cloud Army did not see a single shadow, and after exploiting a sum of grain, grass and livestock again, Yang Tian's front army was pure to spend the New Year there. 【Reading.com】

Wenyuan's army looked at Heiyun Yanjing from afar and sighed, the Heiyun army that had been relieved by grain and grass murderously let go of the formation, and waited for the fight, the five legions directly under the royal family of the Heiyun Empire competed with the 'Tiger Wolf Army' and the cavalry of the Western Continent for a while, and the 'Tiger Wolf Army' fought a draw, but the cavalry of the Western Continent suffered heavy losses and fled back in embarrassment. Wen Yuan immediately ordered the withdrawal of the army, but the Black Cloud Empire did not pursue, and sent the main force of the Celestial Empire back to the 'Wild Horse Plain' and the line of the ancient ferry all the way, and the two sides began to confront each other again. The Black Cloud Empire is bent on waiting for the arrival of the Third Route Army, and with those new gunboats, it is enough to let the Black Cloud Empire's army finish playing.

Both sides are nervously taking advantage of the temporary peace that winter is coming, desperately preparing for the continuation of the war in the spring. From the rear of the Celestial Empire, which was already relatively stable, a large number of grain, grass, weapons, armor, war horses, cannonballs, arrows and other items were transported like a stream, and those autonomous political axes also mobilized a large number of artists to carry out military activities.

The preparations on the side of the Black Cloud Empire are similar, and there is nothing to say. Now, the most comfortable estimate in the armies of the two sides is Yang Tian and his group, the Black Cloud Empire has basically forgotten Yang Tian and their existence, and thought that they had withdrawn with the main force.

As for the experience of Strongen, Feng and Tunggulas, it is worth writing about, after seeing the black smoke of Yanjing, the three of them asked the other two people in a low voice at the same time: "Is Your Majesty dead? It's better to die, right?" Seeing that Yanjing has suffered amazing losses, if the emperor does not die, the heads of the three of them are estimated to be a bit mysterious, and the final result is also in their expectations, the emperor of Heiyun will drink the order to go out and cut it down as soon as he sees them, if it is not for the power of the three major families, it is estimated that the three of them will be finished.

The commander of the Black Cloud Legion was replaced by Van Sturt, and the three of them became his deputy, the hapless Augustine, who was still moaning in bed, not knowing the change of military power at all.

Autumn passed quickly, and in the city that Yang Tian and they occupied, Long Feng was training the more than 100 selected disciples, the 'Heavenly Demon Technique', they were already very powerful, not even weaker than those apprentices of the Black Sky Old Ghost. Near the city, those hard wood plants that grow in the cold zone have been cut down in large quantities, making giant crossbow arrows, spear shafts, shield linings, etc., Yang Tian's strength of 500,000 troops is also slowly increasing, Long Feng used the training method from the earth to begin to regulate these soldiers, in the short term, their reflexes and agility have improved to a certain extent.

There are often cases of disappearance of beautiful girls in the city, and all the charges are detained on the heads of several nobles in the city, and they are cut down by Zeng Guoxuan, and the people who were still a little puzzled, saw the girls found out of the noble mansion, and they all began to believe: "The army of the Celestial Empire is here to liberate themselves, look at the nobles of the Black Cloud Empire, who actually did such a poisonous hand to their own people...... Naturally, all the wealth of those nobles was looted and used to build the inner city wall, consolidate the original outer city wall, etc.

Winter slowly arrived, Yang Tian sent a large number of patrols out to hunt, naturally, the prey was the transport teams of those unlucky nearby cities.

The wind was strong, and the snowflakes were falling little by little, and the black jungles near the city immediately turned snow-white, and on the ground, just one night's work, there was actually more than a foot of snow. Most of the warriors of the Celestial Empire came from relatively warm and humid areas, where had they ever seen such a snowy scene? All those who had no task on their bodies rushed into the open space excitedly, and one by one they made a fuss like children, and the entire city and several large camps outside were filled with laughter.

In the bars in the city, the local rough men also gathered, bragging and farting one by one, and frantically pouring soju into their stomachs. Gnu and the more than 100 sons of the stormtroopers just played a role at this time, one by one with those local men who called each other brothers, shouting inexplicable slogans together, and pouring those almost pure alcohol soju into it. The men cheered one by one: "Good look, it's a man." Fuck, it's so much closer than those aristocratic lords, fuck, fuck, fuck. "There is a good atmosphere of unity and progress between the military and the people.

The same scene also happened in two small courtyards, Zeng Guoxuan and a group of elegant sons and brothers took advantage of the heavy snow, came over to be gentle, and those businessmen with a few spare money in their hands enthusiastically discussed the beauties, but also played a role in strengthening the centripetal force of the people in another aspect.

Long Feng and the Black Sky Old Ghost gave full play to their identities as dark mages, gold practitioners, and grandmasters of the so-called mysterious sects, wantonly going in and out of the mansions of those rich people, desperately bewitching their inner relatives, but also made these people no longer have any resistance to the Celestial Empire army.

Speaking of which, that is, Feng Ling'er and Yang Tian are useless, Feng Ling'er, who was deeply bored, yawned a few times, and simply said: "It's over, I'm going to hibernate, don't trouble me." "I directly found the largest and most comfortable bedroom to lie in, and by the way, I also put dozens of terrifying magic traps around. The lonely Yang Tian could only sit on the top of the lobby and think of some crooked ideas to come out to play.

"Come on, fuck, call those bastards back to Lao Tzu, and go out hunting with Lao Tzu. In such a cold weather, there will be some harvest, people, must be industrious, if you sit all day, you can't have any gain. The righteous and awe-inspiring Yang Tian drank the order.

Soon, in addition to the two magic sticks, Gnu, Zeng Guoxuan, Jiang Chunshui and others were all scavenged from all corners by the guards of the Chinese army, and the drunken stormtroopers were unceremoniously thrown into the cold water ditch by those guards, and immediately a spirit climbed up and shouted loudly: "Fuck, who is the old man?" Gnu lifted half of the wall with one hand, and was about to smash it out.

Yang Tian hurriedly stepped forward and said seriously: "Brothers, are you bored? Well, I'll find something to do for everyone, after all, we are all commanders in the army, and we must set a good example for the soldiers." ”

He cleared his throat and pointed, "In the past two months, our patrol has attacked a total of thirty-nine of their convoys, and has seized 150,000 gold coins, 1,000,000 silver coins, 2,000 high-end leather goods, and countless meat and wine...... But we can't always let the soldiers go out to collect these treasures, right? We as commanders should also go out to have fun, right? Well, so, the men of the Guards, plus the cavalry of the 5,000 'Tiger and Wolf Army', the brothers went out hunting together. ”

'Oh, oh, oh', there was a wolf howl in the compound, and the people of the Guards Regiment rushed back to their rooms and began to sort out their equipment.

The brigade was ambushed in a dense almost primeval forest fifty miles away from the city, there is a road that can allow four carriages to run in parallel, it is the only official road connecting the northern regions of the Black Cloud Empire, although the weather is cold, and there are always 'thieves' infested recently, but it is believed that there are still caravans or convoys passing through.

The northern part of the Black Cloud Empire is still relatively barren, and cities are often separated by four or five hundred miles, and there are few small villages in the middle. Moreover, it is often difficult for the city itself to prepare all the supplies, and the cities must exchange necessary items such as furs, food, lamp oil, fuel materials, etc., which also creates a good opportunity for 'officials and bandits' like Yang Tian and them to make a fortune.

Yang Tian muttered to a few generals beside him: "Fuck, the messenger last time fortunately brainwashed him, otherwise there would have been a large army of the Black Cloud Empire to deal with us, but seriously, how did you deal with the past two days, do they believe that the city we occupied is still normal?"

Zeng Guoxuan smiled proudly: "Fuck, what's the big deal about forging letterheads, with the official seal of their city lord, they have already deceived those nearby city lords who are stunned." My old man can even fake the decree ......," he opened his mouth wide and said nothing.

Yang Tianxie laughed, and said with a smile: "What about this, you haven't heard anything, have you?" Several sons nodded again and again, and several other generals smiled bitterly and nodded desperately. Yang Tian leaned close to Zeng Guoxuan's ear: "Fuck, give Lao Tzu half of your current net worth, otherwise Lao Tzu will directly ask Long Feng to send an excerpt back to Shengjing, do it." ”

Zeng Guoxuan gritted his teeth and said, "Fuck, three percent, otherwise one shot and two will be scattered." Yang Tian rolled his eyes: "Thirty into five, otherwise I will kill you and report again." Zeng Guoxuan nodded and agreed: "Deal...... Shh ”

Two hundred well-dressed knights in silver armor opened the way, followed by thousands of miscellaneous soldiers, none of whom were of a very good kind of armor. In the middle were five splendid carriages, all drawn by tall horses, all of them white. He was followed by three hundred knights, and then two thousand or so miscellaneous soldiers, and the armor worn by these soldiers was even more rubbish, although the clothes were of good material, but the armor was just some pieces of broken iron.

Yang Tian asked in surprise: "What is the origin? It is said that there are several great lords in this vicinity, but isn't there no lord in the city we have captured? What are they doing with us?"

Jiang Chunshui licked his lips and said coldly: "Fuck it, did you hear the voice of the little girl inside?" What a sweet voice, fuck, let's kill those miscellaneous soldiers who show off their power first." ”

Yang Tian nodded, pointed sharply into his mouth, and let out a few sharp whistles. Tens of thousands of crossbow arrows burst out from the dense forests on both sides of the road, piercing the bodies of the knights and creeps on the road, and in no time, more than half of them fell. The soldiers of the 'Tiger Wolf Army' rushed forward with a shout, and in the light of their swords, the miscellaneous soldiers quickly threw down their weapons and squatted on the ground with their heads in their hands, while the knights were thrown down by the frightened war horses, and they couldn't climb up in the thick snow, their armor was too heavy.

The five carriages were controlled, and General Li's lean arm grabbed a fat and fat guy, took it out with one hand, and threw it two feet away, almost killing the guy.

Yang Tian hurriedly led people over and yelled at General Li: "Fuck, can you deal with him like this? People are our God of Wealth, so we have to be polite, this throw, if you kill him, at least 100,000 gold coins will be gone." General Li modestly accepted Yang Tian's opinion, and carefully helped him up as if the other party was a golden doll.

Yang Tian smiled like a weasel greeting the New Year, and asked, "This lord, how are you?"

The fat man wiped his sweat and said with a smiling face: "This general, I, what about this, I am the butler of the duke, and I am worthless." ”

Yang Tian kicked him away thirty feet, and a mouthful of blood spurted wildly, and he died on the ground with a gastroschisis on the spot. Yang Tian scolded in a black cloud dialect: "Fuck, you're not the master, you should have said it earlier, wasting Lao Tzu's time and energy, damn it." He pulled down another beautifully dressed young man with one hand, and said with a smile: "Hello, Lord Duke?

The young man's face turned pale, and a stream of urine wet his snow-white and straight pants, and he almost cried. An old man, a lean old man, quickly got out of his carriage, put one hand on Yang Tian's arm, although a little panicked, but still relatively steady: "He is my son, I am the Duke of Cress." I am one hundred and thirty years old, I have no beautiful daughters and sisters, and of course, I am confident that I am worth far more than a million gold coins...... Young general, are you satisfied with my answer?"

Yang Tian touched his chin, slapped the Duke's hand on his arm, nodded, looked up and down, and said, "Yes, it looks like a duke." Your son is not good, his character is too inferior to yours, eh, your son can't inherit your inheritance, you might as well forget it for me. ”

Kress laughed weirdly: "All my property is about equal to 500 million imperial gold coins, not including the price of my own serfs and slaves, but unfortunately, you are not my son, otherwise I can really give you the inheritance...... Otherwise, you would be my godson. ”

Several generals who understood his words drew their swords and were about to step forward, but Yang Tian hurriedly stopped them, and said with a wicked smile: "Then, it's impossible, if I recognize you as my godmother, maybe my pro-Laozi will run back from death and kill me...... Well, can you tell me, Honorable Duke, why did you take so many people around in such a cold weather? Do you really send me gold coins? Although you have brought a few beautiful women, why are you not as comfortable as your own home?"

Kress shrugged his shoulders, "My dear, dear alien general, let's make a deal, okay? If it works, I can give you all you want and be paid reasonably." ”

Yang Tian glanced at him deeply, and suddenly laughed: "Do you know that I am a general who is at war with your country? Well, you still have to negotiate a deal with me? Hmm? It's so interesting, then, is it because your emperor has harmed your interests, and you want to rebel? It's really interesting...... Xiaoshui, fuck, now that people are guests, can you take off your pants slowly, aren't you afraid of contracting the cold?" Jiang Chunshui, who was about to put a beautiful maid on the spot, smiled awkwardly, pinched the face of the chick, and quickly ran to tidy up her clothes.

Yang Tian was invited for a moment, and suddenly said to Kress, "You shouldn't know that we occupied that city, right?"

Kress looked at him meaningfully, and said with a grin, "I really don't know...... Your forged security letterhead works. I was going to pass through that city to go to another high lord's territory, but now that I've met you, I don't need to go to that incompetent Sterling. ”

Yang Tian nodded with satisfaction, and ordered the soldiers to clean up the corpses on the ground, treat all the wounded people under Kress, collect their weapons, and rush straight to the city he occupied.

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"Our Kress family is the oldest, most glorious and most powerful family of the Black Cloud Empire, although we don't have any big names in the imperial court, but we have followed the founding emperor since before the founding of the Black Cloud Empire, and have been his most powerful assistants, helping him to lay down the Black Cloud Empire. And he also promised that his children and grandchildren will always guarantee the interests of our family and never harm our interests. Kress proudly introduced.

Taking a sip of the good tea prepared by Yang Tianjun, Kress nodded appreciatively and said: "The territory of our Kress family is now the largest in the territory of the Black Cloud Empire, we own the land of three provinces, more than 300,000 serfs, more than 2 million slaves, 100,000 elite knights, and a total of 500,000 powerful troops. ”

Yang Tian licked his lips and muttered in his heart: "Fuck, it's just a soil emperor, fuck, can you knights and those garbage miscellaneous soldiers be considered powerful? But 600,000 people and 2 million slaves rush over, we will also be very uncomfortable." Fortunately, you old turtle is now in the hands of Lao Tzu, and you can't do anything about Lao Tzu letting you cuckold...... Eh, his wife isn't here, and it's rare for him to wear this green hat. He was thinking about it, but Kress was starting to talk about himself again.

"We have always been loyal to the Empire, and every time the Empire starts a war, the contribution of our soldiers and logistics supply is huge, but the current Emperor actually disregards the oath of his ancestors and actually wants to do something to our rights...... Do you understand?" Kress kept looking at Yang Tian with a cunning look.

Yang Tian nodded: "I understand, Lao Tzu bombarded your Yanjing last time, and your emperor is probably angry, but according to his current strength, his army can't do anything to us, so he used his brains to use your head and wants to use your strength to deal with us......?" Hehe, anyway, you're still your Grand Duke. ”

Kress roared in an angry voice: "He wants to reclaim all our power, we can only keep the name of a duke, and the land, serfs, slaves, and our army are all reclaimed to Yanjing." This is against the promise of the Founding Emperor to our family's ancestors, and it is also something that our Kress family will never allow. ”

Yang Tian nodded: "So you go and contact the other big lords to rebel against the empire together, right?"

Kress thought for a long time in a little embarrassment, and suddenly nodded and said: "That's right, some other fearful lords have already agreed to the empire's unreasonable demands, but I am not reconciled, so I want to talk to the two lords here in the north to see what they mean." If they also refuse the Empire's request, I will sign a letter with them, and if they agree, I will have no choice but to hand over all the benefits. ”

Yang Tian flicked the hair hanging down in front of his forehead lightly, and asked with a smile: "So, what deal can you say with me?" I have your life in my hands, hehe, I can exchange your surname for the gold coins and beauties I want." ”

Kress lowered his voice and said, "But, don't you want to get the Black Cloud Empire......?

Yang Tian ordered: "All the people go down, Genu stays, and then go and find me the bastard of Longfeng, fifty zhang outside the door, no one is allowed, Genu will give me a careful look." Gnu immediately pulled out the giant sword and viciously drove out all the people present, and in less than a cup of tea, Long Feng also teleported to Yang Tian's side, and easily released three barriers to envelop the entire hall.

Yang Tian said with a grim smile: "Really, we are enemies, you actually gave up your motherland for my interests, how can I be embarrassed by this? Are you really ready to betray the Black Cloud Empire?"

Kress looked proud: "Your strength is very strong, I got a secret report, the main force of your army almost wiped out the main force of the army led by those boys in Stromgen, fortunately they were lucky, otherwise Yanjing would have been conquered long ago." So, I think it's absolutely beneficial to join forces with strong people like you...... No, no, no, don't interject...... Instead of going to those two great lords who don't know what to do, I'll trade with you directly...... Of course, this is also because I am in your hands, and I can only negotiate with you, but don't you think it's a win-win situation?"

Yang Tian pondered for a while, and asked him cautiously: "What good will I do to trade with you, and how can I trust your assurance?" Dear Duke Kress, no, no, no, His Majesty, the founding emperor of the Kress Kingdom. Yang Tian gave a very glorious hat to Kress at no cost.

Kress was startled for a moment, and muttered in a small voice, "Kress Kingdom...... Hey, Founding Emperor...... Hehe......" He pondered for a long time, then looked up sharply and said, "So, how about this? I will provide you with all the inside information about the empire, all the important checkpoints, strategic points of the empire, and important mineral production areas, and provide you with food, grass, weapons, soldiers, beauties of the labor army, and everything else you need, how about I just promise to make that kingdom of Kress a reality?"

Yang Tian yawned: "Eh, even without your help, we can destroy the Black Cloud Empire, why do I have to trade with you? It won't do me any good, if I use you to extort 50 million gold coins, I can get 30 million myself, but if I cooperate with you, your gold coins will be given to our emperor in the end, what good will I do?"

Kress stared at Yang Tian deadly, Yang Tian also stared at him, suddenly, the two of them laughed at the same time, their hands were tightly clasped together, Kress smiled and said: "So, when I really become the emperor of the Kress Kingdom, how about I support you wholeheartedly?

Yang Tian smiled evilly: "You say this, it's like what I'm going to do in the future, haha, don't cause others to misunderstand when you speak." ”

Kress smirked, "I really think what will happen to you...... Although I don't know the power structure of your empire, I believe that you can lead such an army with confidence given your age, right? Anyway, it seems that I have nothing to lose, right?"

Yang Tian nodded deeply: "You are very frank, I like it." ”

Kress nodded: "For your liking, I have to confess. ”

The two laughed loudly at the same time, but Long Feng had already taken out a piece of black leather paper, and said with a sneer: "This is the leather paper stained with the blood of the demon dragon used when the legendary demon and man signed the agreement, and the agreement signed on it is respected by the entire demon god, and it must not be violated...... Dear Duke of Cress, sign your pledge on it. ”

This piece of leather paper exuded a trace of yin and evil coldness, which made the Gnu next to him tremble slightly, Kress trembled even more, and the bones made a 'crackling' sound, inexplicably, he signed on it that he betrayed the Black Cloud Empire, and later faithfully assisted Yang Tian, Yang Tian only needed to make him a king of the so-called Kress Kingdom. Yang Tian signed his name on it with a smile and said with a smile: "Everything is all right now, dear duke, you should fulfill your promise and make some sacrifices for my army before spring comes." ”

Long Feng put away the piece of leather paper, and Kress came back to his senses and returned to normal, nodded and said: "No problem, all you need is iron, copper, grain, coal, these things, my territory has the largest iron and coal mines in the Black Cloud Empire, which can definitely guarantee your needs." ”

Yang Tian smiled with satisfaction and gave him an idea: "You can still do this, since the Black Cloud Empire wants to reclaim your power, you might as well give them 500,000 of the thinnest slaves, and let the empire slowly raise them." If the Empire needs to find out, you can let these slaves change clothes with your regular army, and bribe the prosecutor, I think, there should be no problem, right?"

Kress laughed, "I see, now that I have such a powerful ally as you, I'm happy to spend some time playing with the ministers of the Empire...... Hey, hey, hahahahahahahaha......haha

Yang Tian nodded: "That's fine, don't forget our agreement." That piece of leather paper has the curse of a real demon, so be careful...... This henchman of mine is the most powerful dark mage in the world, and he plays with the devil every night. Kressie's face froze, and he immediately returned to normal, and said with a dry smile: "I am the person who keeps my promise the most, how can I betray our agreement?"

Yang Tian nodded with satisfaction and ordered: "Prepare a banquet, fuck, I want to entertain His Majesty Cress...... Hehe, Xiao Zeng and they robbed a few beauties, when Lao Tzu didn't find out if it was not, I sent it to Lao Tzu, I used it to entertain guests, fuck, it's really not a thing, everything good things are hidden from their boss, the skin and flesh are itchy and looking for a pump, isn't it?"

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Seeing Kress's queue return to his territory (Kress's only son was left hostage), Yang Tian smiled and asked, "Boss Long, that piece of leather paper of yours is really scary, it is said to be the paper of the demon's agreement, and that old boy almost peed his pants." ”

Long Feng looked at Yang Tian in surprise: "I didn't say it's fake, it's indeed something that the demon used when he signed the agreement with the human, but you can rest assured, you and the demon are not far behind, if you break the contract, no demon dares to do anything to you." ”

Yang Tian had cold sweat on his forehead, and he had already greeted the eighteenth generation of Long Feng's ancestors in his heart...... Long Feng laughed in his heart: "Fuck, you greet Lao Tzu's ancestors, you are also one yourself, right?" Scold happily, I don't care...... Hey. ”

Suddenly, more than a dozen fast horses rushed back from the direction of Kress, and the knight leader under Kress rode his horse to the city gate quickly, dismounted and said to Yang Tian respectfully: "General, our master ordered me to come and tell you a very important piece of information, and he forgot to say it when he was negotiating with you. ”

Yang Tianxie laughed: "What kind of bullshit information? It can't be that your majesty is a same-surname love now, right?"

The knight leader laughed awkwardly: "Actually, it's not important news, that's it, do you know why when you first landed on the western continent, why did we only send a recruit corps to deal with you, and then mobilized a truly elite legion?"

Yang Tian frowned: "At that time, we were few people, and it is estimated that your emperor thinks that those millions of recruits are enough to deal with us." ”

The knight leader shook his head, with a little frightened look on his face, and whispered: "No, some monsters have suddenly appeared on our central plain, they will turn dead creatures into zombies or moving skeletons, and other strange monsters, they are frantically attacking our richest areas, and the most elite troops of the whole empire have been mobilized there to defend." Even the expeditionary forces on your territory have been mobilized for this reason. ”

Yang Tian and Long Feng glanced at each other quickly, and Long Feng already understood a lot of things in his heart. Yang Tian asked, "So now that your army is fighting against us, aren't you afraid of those monsters rushing out?"

The knight leader laughed: "This is not afraid, the empire has recruited nearly 20 million people from the areas we have conquered, and asked them to defend the line to the death, and they are very well guarded in order to protect their homeland from being destroyed by monsters. That's why the Empire is free to use all its elite forces against you. ”

Yang Tian thought for a while, nodded and said, "I understand, hehe...... I understand. Come, behold the reward, and reward him with five hundred gold coins. The chief of the knights thanked him and chased after the brigade with his men.

Yang Tian asked Long Feng in a low voice at the city gate, "What do you think?"

Long Feng smiled coldly: "That old bastard Cress, he is not worried about our strength, after all, we are now 500,000 people alone in the Black Cloud Territory, he is afraid that we will be pacified by the Black Cloud Army, then he really has no hope at the last point." He wants us to move the central plain. Fuck, no wonder we didn't see any people on the way here, it is estimated that the Black Cloud Empire's own people have withdrawn from the Central Plains, and only those unlucky ghosts are guarding there. ”

Yang Tian deeply regretted: "Fuck, who told Lao Tzu to rob the city on the road at that time, if it wasn't for the detour, we would have released those monsters a long time ago, and it would be the turn of the Black Cloud Empire to have a headache, where do we need to fight hard?" The people around were speechless: "This kid never thinks about the monster coming out, will it give us more headaches than the Black Cloud Army......?"

Yang Tian already had a plan in his heart: "Fuck, when you wait for the beginning of spring, let's give him a hard time, Lao Tzu has to release those monsters...... Damn, get 500,000 war horses, all the cavalry, you can't win and escape......, right?

The biggest crisis since the founding of the Black Cloud Empire has appeared in this way.