In the southern part of the Millennium Covenant Empire, there were originally only six provinces and eleven noble dominions, and further south was a primitive land. The emperor of the fourth thousand-year alliance empire was so happy that he exhausted all the materials in the treasury and tried his best to build four huge armies, attacking in four directions, southeast, northwest, and northwest, trying to dominate the entire southern continent, and the commander of the first four legions was the first Duke of Sidern.

At first, the war went well, but it wasn't long before the Fourth Route Army ran into trouble one after another, which prevented the expansion of the empire's territory from being carried out smoothly.

For example, the Northern Legion was sniped by the Emilian Empire; The Eastern Legion, on the other hand, was frustrated by the Warcraft Canyon; The Western Legion even encountered a counterattack from the entire territory of the Duchy of Satagastan, which already had the Dragon Knights in charge at that time.

However, if you want to say that the heaviest losses, it is the Southern Army.

The Southern Legion, then Duke of Nandeen, went all the way south, which was quite smooth at first, but after stepping into the area of today's Mei'an Commercial City, it encountered the desperate volley of various indigenous tribes in the south, and even some fierce tribal orcs from the barbarian tribes at that time also ran out to join in the fun, which can be described as heavy casualties. But this is not the end, when the southward offensive has become a luxury to prepare for the retreat, the retreat is ambushed by the indigenous tribes from the three southern provinces of today, and the entire southern army is so completely explained here.

After that, the emperor of the Millennium Covenant was furious and did not hesitate to spend a huge amount of money to launch a counterattack.

After the whole country launched a full-scale war, it finally took the Mei'an region at great cost and built the Mei'an fortress here. And then. It was the troops that were sent to the three southern provinces, and at that time, all men, whether children, adults, or the elderly, were in the southern land that had not yet formed the scale of the three provinces. They were all slaughtered, and the women were taken away as trophies—a fact that laid the groundwork for the first civil strife of the Thousand-Year Covenant Empire.

This civil strife broke out in the latter part of the reign of the Sixth Emperor and lasted for nearly a hundred years, when almost the entire southern part of the empire was plunged into a state of war, and there was a bit of a chaotic era of tribal warfare - the three southern provinces, the six provinces of the old land, and the eleven noble dominions raised a total of 72 anti-flags.

The war lasted until twenty years after the Ninth Emperor succeeded to the throne, when the short-lived Seventh Emperor died less than three years after he was assassinated by assassins sent by the nobles of the Southern Civil Strife. The eighth emperor reigned for nearly seventy years, and his greatest contribution to the civil strife in the south was the annihilation of the legions of forty of the rebellious nobles and the significant weakening of the military power of the other thirty-two rebellious nobles.

After the ninth emperor pacified the war. The remnants of the rebellious nobles crossed the fortress of Me'an and fled further south, many of them into the wilderness.

And it seems that he deeply felt the damage and impact that this incident brought to the empire, since the ninth emperor. He continued to march out of Mei'an and continued to move south. It was not until the middle of the reign of the twelfth emperor that he finally conquered the thirteen provinces south of the Mei'an Fortress, possessed the entire southern territory of today, and even built a barbarian fortress.

However, due to the division of interests in the previous wars and many other factors, in reality the entire southern part of the empire was not monolithic.

With the Me'an Fortress as the demarcation point, the provinces that had existed since the founding of the six thousand-year-old Allied Empires to the north were called the Old Southern Six Provinces, and the eighteen nobles who settled in this land - since the end of the Hundred Years of Southern Rebellion, the eleven noble dominions became eighteen aristocratic dominions - are also known as the Old Southern Eighteen Families. This includes the Zoandon family today.

The three provinces south of the Mei'an Fortress are known as the Three Southern Provinces. This is also the most important grain base of the Millennium Covenant Empire, although there is no noble fiefdom, but in the entire three southern provinces, there are seven first-class nobles in the empire, so these seven are also known as the seven major families in the south. And the head of these seven families is the family of the Marquis of the Demon Snake Antas, and it is precisely because he has been secretly supporting all the old nobles that this imperial civil strife has lasted so long.

The southeast of Mei'an Fortress, that is, the thirteen provinces composed of the Golden Left Road and the Nugget Road, are called the Thirteen Golden Provinces, and the twenty-one big families in these thirteen provinces are also called the Golden Family. However, this kind of designation, to put it bluntly, is just a kind of self-title to inflate the value, and it is only used in the southern part of the empire - of course, the main thing is actually to distinguish their respective positions.

The Golden Twenty-One Provinces, the Golden Thirteen Provinces, the Southern Seven Provinces, the Three Southern Provinces, the Old Southern Eighteen Families, and the Old Southern Six Provinces constitute the southern pattern of the entire Millennium Covenant Empire.

However, with the capture of the Mei'an Fortress, now the tripartite pattern has really been cut.

In terms of overall strength, the Golden Twenty-One, which holds the true right to speak in the Golden Thirteen Provinces, is undoubtedly the strongest. Therefore, even in the face of the strong attack of Lucas Jr. and Lake, it will not fall completely for a while, but as time goes by, it will only be a matter of time before it falls.

The second strongest on the surface is the six provinces of the old south and the eighteen aristocratic dominions. However, with Pu Hughes. Zoandon became the Duke of Nandern, and all the nobles of the six provinces of the old South and the eighteen nobles of the Old South were subject to the orders of this duke. In addition, this old duke does have a unique skill, so after integrating all the forces in the old south, he has become the strongest existence in the south of the empire.

If it weren't for the old duke's amazing skill and unhesitation to immediately launch a fierce attack on the commercial city of Mei'an, I am afraid that the three southern provinces, which are the weakest in terms of both surface strength and real strength, would have been broken by the army of the undead.

After all, although there are seven families in the entire three southern provinces that can be called first-class, the only one who really has extraordinary background and strength is actually only the Marquis of Demon Snake.

It was precisely because of the onslaught launched by Pusius that the army of the undead, which was penetrating deep into the three southern provinces, had to retreat to the commercial city of Mei'an to resist.

The counterattack from the Human Empire's side was slightly faster than Lake and Lucas Jr. had estimated.

And the progress of the Second Legion of the Undead is also much slower than expected. Except for part of the reason that there are several Sacred Domain powerhouses in the province. In addition to the inability to sweep away with a crushing trend after the defeat in the first battle, the loss of 50,000 undead caused by Sean's sideways intervention is also another key reason.

All these changes in the situation have led to the current situation in the south of the Millennium Covenant Empire looking extremely strange.

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Green Castle. Originally, it was an outpost-type acropolis built to match the Mei'an Fortress.

However, the fort was gradually abandoned after the war value of the fortress was changed, and it was not until the golden left was prosperous and the status of the province was officially established that it was repaired and rebuilt by a large nobleman at private expense.

The entire area of the Green Fort is about 32,000 to 35,000 square meters, and the exact size is no longer known, because it has been renovated and rebuilt many times. Some additions and deletions have been made to the original design drawings. In addition to the reinforcement of the walls, the number of arrow stacks has also been increased, although the number of arrow towers has been slightly reduced. At the same time, a lot of greenery has been added to the green castle, taking into account some of the beauty of the castle.

As we all know, there are five extremely famous castles in the Southern Continent.

This Emerald Castle, also known as the Green Castle, is one of the five major castles in the Southern Continent, along with the Black Swan Castle of the Void Principality and the Black Rose Castle of the Fascist Kingdom. Two other castles. They are the Dragon Castle in the Duchy of Satagastan. and the Six-Leaf Castle in the Duchy of Erkiri.

The Emerald Castle was built on the forest, and although it did not rely on the mountain, it also built only three towering walls, and the side surrounding the forest did not have a wall. Mainly because this forest is a primeval forest, not only is the area extremely vast, but the terrain is also very complex, and there are even natural dangers such as bottomless swamps, poisonous fog-filled places, and even many extremely powerful magical beasts. So it doesn't really matter whether the walls are built or not.

Of course, this is where the castle was located. Naturally, these dangerous locations were also taken advantage of, and it was absolutely impossible to sneak up on the castle by going deep into the forest and detouring back to the back of the Emerald Castle through this unwalled side. And this side of the forest, in fact, the owner of the castle in the first place in order to prevent the castle from being besieged and unable to break through from the front, so he deliberately left such an escape route that could allow the defenders in the castle to retreat.

At this time, a neatly arranged line gathered in front of this primeval forest.

Most of these people were old people and children, and their faces were still terrified, and many were shivering—not cold, but frightened. If it weren't for the fact that there were still many military-looking guards in the castle at this time, I was afraid that these people would not know what to look like in a panic, but even so, in this empty field near the woodland, the atmosphere of depression and despair was still condensed.

And the various shouts and killings still came from time to time in the distance, but they also showed the situation of the Green Castle at this time.

A middle-aged man with a scar on his face that looked like a hideous centipede glanced at the woodland with a worried face, and then he withdrew his gaze and said in a deep voice: "These people, I'm afraid that few of them will be able to pass through this dead land." ”

The scar on the man's face fell from his forehead to his right cheek, and crossed his right eye in the middle, so that he was left with only one left eye to see. And this scar is slightly red at this time, and there is blood spilling from time to time, which is obviously a new injury, and I am afraid it will not be more than ten days long. It stands to reason that in this case, there will inevitably be abnormal pain, which is absolutely unbearable for ordinary people, but this middle-aged man seems to have no injuries on his face at all, giving people a calm and calm feeling.

"We did our best, and the rest was left to fate." The reply was a middle-aged man with slightly gray hair, his age was obviously only middle-aged, but the hair was not that kind of silver white, but similar to the gray that the spirit had reached the end, "Although the right side is also extremely dangerous, but after all, there are still many strong people in charge, if they can successfully cross this forest, at least the hope of surviving is much greater than here." ”

The two of them were talking like this, but they heard a sudden rumbling sound.

This sound was like thunder and rage, and it sounded suddenly, and I was afraid that I would be startled when I heard it roughly.

However, the sound had already sounded two or three times in one night, so not only did the two people on the city wall not respond, but even the team at the edge of the forest was numb. Of course, many people still looked at a certain section of the city wall filled with smoke and dust with a little worry, because their relatives were fighting there at this time, in order to buy them the incapable old people and children a time to escape, so as to avoid becoming the material for the army of the undead.

"It's my turn." The middle-aged man with scars on his face said in a deep voice, "When the left wall fell, it was Mr. Moro who turned the tide, and at this time he was dragged by the battlefield over there, and it was impossible for him to want a clone." Now that the right wall has collapsed, there is the main force of the army of the undead, so I'm afraid I still have to settle it. …… But that fog spirit, I'm afraid it will soon find an opportunity to attack you. ”

"I can still use the Death Technique once." The gray-haired man said lightly, his voice calm without waves, "But it's the last time." ”

The middle-aged man with the scar on his face was silent, but sighed helplessly: "I don't know what this group of undead is crazy about, they have been fighting to the death since they suddenly launched a strong attack last night, and even if they lose more than half of them, they will not retreat at all, which makes us unable to burn the corpses of our fallen comrades at all, but let their troops recover some." ”

"They're in a hurry, I'm afraid something has happened." The gray-haired middle-aged man whispered, "Neither you nor Mr. Moro are his opponents, and now that General Huwens is seriously wounded, we must send him to the right side as soon as possible, where there is at least one large hall of the Temple of Life, and maybe General Huwens can be healed." So the only one who can fight that mist spirit is me, who can still perform the Death Technique. ”

"But ......"

"I'm ready to die with him." The gray-haired middle-aged man interrupted his companion, "You better hurry over and reinforce it." Otherwise, the other side will not be able to withstand the pressure, and if we let those undead army rush in, I am afraid that those old people and children will not be able to escape if they want to, and then we will not be able to send General Huwens away secretly. ”

"Hey." The middle-aged man with a hideous scar on his face chuckled, immediately lifted the spear next to him, and then turned around and walked towards the section of the city wall that was filled with smoke and dust, and took a few tens of meters in just one step, "It's really my honor to be able to fight side by side with you." …… If I die in battle, I'll destroy myself with a domain self-explosion to prevent them from creating any monsters out of my body to kill. ”

Looking at the departing back of the middle-aged man, the gray-haired man sighed softly: "Me too." ”

With that, he turned his head to look into the air not far away.

For there, a black robe that was constantly emitting a thick black mist from the hood, cuffs, and hem of the robe was rising in the air. (To be continued.) )