Erathian Empire, on the eastern border, near the Muse Mountains.

A griffin knight with dozens of griffons flew slowly in the air, and under the knight's command, these griffons looked around from time to time, checking for any unusual conditions in the air and ground around them, or whether there were any signs of enemy infestation.

This is a griffon scout team endemic to the Erathian Empire, who will stand guard around their own military camps or act as pathfinders during their marches.

The griffon knight was a veteran named Zack, who had fought many battles, this time following the army assembled by Queen Catherine from Standwick to reinforce the eastern line against the invasion of the Overcregans.

Now, he is exploring the way for the advance of the army, although this is still within the control of the emperor, but the empress is still cautious to send a lot of scouts.

As a veteran, Zach is full of confidence in this battle, he has fought the Kerrigans in the last big battle, and for these red-skinned devils, there is such an adjective in the emperor ** team - "tactical idiot".

Although these Kerrigans are quite strong in individual combat effectiveness, but in terms of strategy and tactics, they are useless, they will only have some very simple tactics and formations, and when they fight, they like to rely on the advantage of numbers to swarm and fight, and they have not cooperated with each other before, and they have suffered a lot in the last war.

At that time, the alliance between the empire and the elven kingdom easily drove all these red devils back to the Ofer with little effort, and the army of the elven kingdom even killed all the way to their royal city, forcing them to obediently surrender and withdraw from the war early, which ultimately led to the defeat of the Negans and the disintegration of the unholy alliance.

The Negans turned against the Cregans because of this, and there has been no reconciliation to this day.

It's too easy to fight an enemy like that, Zach thought. This time, in addition to the invincible Empress Catherine personally leading the army, there were also two famous imperial generals who set off with the army, they were the high priest Inheim and the imperial general Ou Ling.

The Kregans' brazen invasion of the Empire seemed to many Imperial soldiers to be a self-defeating folly.

With those red-skinned guys' understanding of war, they simply can't win! Although they somehow raided the eastern defenses of the Empire and achieved some success, most people believed that once the Empire army arrived, these Kerrigans would have no choice but to retreat.

And with what they did to the Empress's husband Roland, I am afraid that Empress Catherine will not give up on them this time, Zach is already mentally ready, and will follow the army to attack Ofer under the leadership of Empress Catherine, and teach these Legan demons who don't know what to do a good lesson.

Thinking of this, a smile appeared on the corner of Zack's mouth.

Before he left, he had made an appointment with his sweetheart that they would have a wedding as soon as he returned from Over.

Therefore, Zach is very hopeful that the Kerrigans will show up soon, and the sooner this war ends for him, the better.

As if hearing his wish, Zach suddenly discovered that above the passage of this valley, there were traces of the activities of the Kerrigans.

It wasn't obvious, but Zach was pretty sure he had just seen some margs flash by the hilltops around the valley.

Surprised, Zach hurriedly directed a griffin to fly towards the place where he had just found the enemy, and to his surprise, several fireballs that were obviously thrown by Gogg or Marg hit the griffin accurately, killing it on the spot without even screaming, and falling to the ground in charred black.

Confirming the existence of the enemy, Zach did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly blew the silver whistle in his mouth to command the griffin group to start turning around, preparing to report his discovery on the return trip.

But it's too late.

With a bang, three Kerrigan demons suddenly appeared above Zack in a dazzling flame, and before Zack could react, the giant scythe in the hands of one of the demons had already cut him in two, along with the griffin.

Then, the three demons continued to teleport in the air, slaying dozens of griffons that had become chaotic because they had lost their command, leaving none behind.

In a secluded position on the ground not far away, the commander of the Krigan was silently watching the one-sided fight in the air, his face beaming.

"Lord Zeda, your information is so accurate, Catherine and the reinforcements she led are really coming from this path!"

A human woman exclaimed at a Archdemon general of Kerrigan.

This woman, who was about thirty years old, wore a helmet decorated with demonic horns on her head, and was also wearing leather armor painted red with yellow ornamentation that the Krigan generals liked.

But as soon as she gets closer, her distinctly human face and skin completely different from that of the Kregans reveal her human identity.

In response to her admiration, Archdemon Kerrigan, whom she called Lord Zeda, laughed and said, "Isn't this thanks to the help of you humans who are willing to join the Older Kingdom?" With you humans acting as agents for our Kregans in the Erathian Empire, we have such accurate information! If Catherine knew that so many humans in the Empire had been bought by us Kerrigans, I wonder how she would feel! ”

As he spoke, Zeda looked at the human woman: "Fieri, as long as you help me well, your benefits are indispensable!" We Kerrigan people are very generous to our capable and loyal subordinates, and I believe you have already experienced this! And if we succeed in this battle, it will definitely be a great success for you who planned the whole thing! When the time comes, I will personally ask King Lucifer for your credit! ”

Fei Rui couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard this: "Then thank you, Lord Zeda, please rest assured!" I've made careful arrangements for this battle, and even if I can't kill Catherine, this battle will definitely hurt the vitality of the army she leads! And since you've sent a number of demons to intercept the enemy's scouts, I'm sure they won't even notice our existence by this time, which greatly increases our odds of victory! ”

Zeda nodded and said approvingly: "Now the emperor's ** team on this defense line is almost unable to hold on, if we defeat this reinforcement army as you planned, then the Erathia Empire should not be able to gather enough troops to fight us on their eastern defense line again in the short term, and at that time, the eastern gate of the Erathia Empire will be completely open to us, and we can drive straight in!" Reach the heart of the enemy! King Lucifer will be pleased! ”

While the two were talking, a fire monster appeared beside them: "Lord Zeda, Lord Fairy, the enemy will soon enter the predetermined ambush location!" ”

"Very well, the order goes down, everyone is ready! Wait for the signal to attack! ”

The fire monster replied and quickly retreated.

Soon after, the Imperial reinforcements led by Empress Catherine herself, as the Cregans had expected, slowly drove into a road through a ravine.

Due to the repeated urgency of the front, Empress Catherine, who was eager to rescue, decided to leave the main road and take this shortcut to the Muse Mountains after consulting with the two generals Inheim and Ouling.

Although the road was not so easy to walk and the terrain was a bit treacherous, all three agreed that it was safe to take this shortcut, which shortened the distance by nearly a third.

After all, this is still within the control of the Emperor ** team, and there are griffin scouts, and there are gas magicians' magic power and divine eye magic, they believe that even if the enemy is ambushed, they can find it in advance.

And they didn't think that the Kerrigans would dare to be so bold and sneak up on themselves in the area controlled by the emperor.

After a long journey, when the whole army was exhausted, Catherine planned to camp and rest after passing through the narrow valley, and then continue the march early tomorrow morning, if nothing else, she would be able to join the defenders on the eastern line with her army before dark.

Despite being an empress, Catherine has always kept a low profile in the military, rarely riding her huge royal griffin except when necessary. During the march, she preferred to ride with the brigade like other generals, believing that it would bring her closer to the soldiers.

And past facts have also proved that her approach is effective.

At this time, Catherine rode on a white horse of a divine steed, and slowly moved forward with the procession, and around her, an angelic guard composed of nearly a hundred archangels followed her on foot.

Above the ranks, flocks of griffons guarded the skies above the ground forces.

"Did the magicians find anything?" Empress Catherine turned to Inheim beside her.

Inheim shook his head and replied respectfully, "Your Majesty, the trees on the mountains in this area are too dense, and if there are really enemies, it will be difficult to detect the magic of the Magic Vision, but the scouts have not reported anything unusual so far, so I think there should be no problem." ”

Catherine nodded, and was about to say something, only to notice that Inheim's face suddenly changed.

"Not good! The fire magic element is fluctuating violently! There's an ambush for the Kregans! ”

At Inheim's shout, the magicians, monks, and priests in the ranks began to stir.

At this time, the emperor's team had already passed half of its journey in the canyon, and Empress Catherine had already entered the canyon with the team. (