Riding and Slashing

December 358 of the Pandeli calendar.

On the first day of the new year, many major events took place in Pendor Continent.

Queen Amy Sonnard announced her abdication in Longhe Town because of "failure to protect the capital Sarleon City, which caused Sarleon City to be occupied by demons, and I am ashamed of the subjects of Sarleon Land".

A king who was alive and well suddenly announced his abdication, and did not pass on to others. This is naturally a rare event that has never happened in the Pendor Continent.

On the same day, Brennus, a rebel from the Sarleon Kingdom who had been entrenched in Cliff Bay and joined the Fallen, suddenly announced in a high-profile way that he would "die for the real Ulrik King of Sarleon", and after that, almost everyone in Sarleon Bay The troops all set out for Sarleon City.

Speaking of which, the 'Ulrik' in Sarleon City did issue a king's decree more than a month ago, requiring all the lords of the Sarleon Kingdom to gather in Sarleon City.

At that time, all countries in the mainland heard some rumors, but the armies of all countries saw a large number of fallen people pouring out of the city of Sarleon. Almost the entire army was wiped out when they entered Sarleon City.

Therefore, all countries know that it is hard to say whether that 'Ulrik' in the city is a human or a ghost.Even human beings are mostly inseparable from heresy.

Now Brennus declares his allegiance to the Sarleon King, which shows that the man in Sarleon City must be a heretic...

And, the countless Fallen outside Sarleon attest to this.

At this time, the long-lost Grand Duke Li Ang of Changhe Town reappeared, and together with the paladin Roland, he sent envoys to all the kingdoms in the Pendor Continent, hoping that everyone would temporarily unite and form a coalition to destroy heresy demons first.

Because of Amy's high-profile search for people before, the entire continent knew that Li Ang had risked his life to attract thunder, and dragged the abyssal demons together to disappear.

Some people may doubt what the 'cunning' lord Li Ang said, but there is no need to doubt the call made by Roland.

So now, a young duke who used to slay demons on the front line, and Paladin Roland, who has been cleaning up the fallen, initiated a call together, which is enough to convince everyone that places such as Sarleon City and Cliff Bay have been completely occupied by demons.

Amy brought a large number of civilians to Changhe Town, and there is a more appropriate explanation-the Sarleon Kingdom did not have enough troops to fight against the demons in Sarleon City at the time, and the mobs were in chaos, so they had to take what they could take away. Everything left to ensure the safety of the people.

Of course, for most people, they are not willing to respond to the invitation of Li Ang and Roland, anyway, the devil has not appeared in their territory...

However, in this case, it is not enough to make trouble for Sarleon - the king and the great lords still have to face, and no one wants to be considered as an accomplice of the devil.

If you follow the Fallen to deal with the Sarleon, maybe you can take advantage of it at the beginning, but as long as you do this kind of thing, you will definitely attract hostility from all countries in the future, and once you fail on the battlefield, you will definitely die—— - No one will regard the allies of the devil as nobles, and there will be no chance of surrender.

Brennus did this kind of thing more than a year ago, so now no one will regard him as a duke, and he can only go to the dark one way, or if he is defeated, the whole family will be tied to the cross burnt to ashes.

Faced with such a situation, several countries have made very different responses.

The first to respond to Li Ang's call was Kryon of the Bacchus Empire.

In other words, Knights of the Glorious Cross.

The glorious knight Loris came to Changhe Town again. This time, he brought most of the fighters of the Knights, including General Kryon.

"Lord Li Ang, I'm here to repay the debt of favor..."

Loris is still wearing his white cloak, but this time, there should be no map drawn on the cloak—the Red Death in the Bacchus Empire has been completely resolved.

"You are here, does His Majesty Marius know?"

Li Ang was very relieved that what he had done so far was not in vain.

"Of course His Majesty Marius knew we were here, and he even provided us with a large amount of military rations."

Loris nodded, but then showed a slight smile: "However... His Majesty Mario told me to tell you that you must pay him a certain amount of military expenses-the Knights of the Radiant Cross are now a regular army of the empire, and it is their duty to help allies fight Morality, but money must be collected...Master Li Ang, you know, this is also the practice of our Knights..."

Li Ang smiled: "Okay... I was finally blackmailed by him once. But, I don't have any money now... Can I keep the account first? I can write him an IOU."

Kryon also smiled, and waved to Alina: "Miss Alina, Your Majesty asked you to sign on his behalf to sign a loan for Lord Li Ang——His Majesty Mario also established a bank in Siyuan City, the Empire bank……"

Then, Kryon took out a piece of parchment from his body, and the amount on it looked familiar...

50 dinars—this happened to be the loan amount that Anson had granted Kryon in the first place.

Li Ang and An Sen covered their faces together... As expected, they would have to pay back sooner or later.

However, just like the original loan was actually considered as the kindness of Anson and Li Ang, it was also the kindness of Mario.

At the same time, General Kryon said that during this period of time, the Bacchus Empire will fully shift its battle front to the D'Shar territory, and Leon can rest assured to deal with the demons and fallen ones in the Sarleon Realm.

In some people's minds, there are many things that are more important than fighting for power and land.

But this is also the only regular army in each country that actively responded to Li Ang's call.

In addition, there is a small army that has been compelled to help out of personal relationships-a few archers from the Silver Mist Ranger.

This was a pure accident, and the members of the Silver Mist Rangers didn't do it for Li Ang's sake, they were forcibly brought here by Wendy - those archers were Wendy's apprentices...

Wendy has been looking for clues about Leon for more than a year, and met some northern archers near Fletcher who were dealing with the Jatu people.

After demonstrating her skills with the bow on the Jatu Riders, she became an idol to those archers—members of the Silvermist Rangers, most of whom were obsessed with bowing.

Wendy's helping hand and her kind attitude gave the Silvermist Rangers a completely different view of the Noldor from most people.

They thought the Noldor were not so cold and heartless as others said, especially Wendy.

Besides... Wendy is so beautiful, people in the Ravencrow Realm have never seen such stunning beauty...

Therefore, they became Wendy's apprentices—although they were somewhat nominal, after all, Wendy's shooting skills mainly depended on talent and time...

Although they are not familiar with Li Ang and Roland, as long as Wendy calls, they must help their teacher.

But apart from these two forces, the reactions of other countries are completely different.

King Gregory IV of Ravencrow replied to the letter very politely, saying that he had discovered a large-scale invasion of the Misty Mountain People in the northern border, and he could only wish Duke Leon good luck on behalf of Ravencrow Realm...

King Vidis of Fieldsville was not so polite. He directly asked the messenger to come back and tell Leon, saying that he hoped that Leon would die with the devil again—but fortunately, at least he didn't plan to join the devil. .

And there was no response from Desha at all—they should have encountered the army of the Bacchus Empire, and probably the two 'Bahad Khans' wanted Li Ang to die quickly.

This is also expected, Li Ang didn't expect to get any support, he just hoped that other countries would not come to make trouble.

It was already a surprise that the Knights of the Glorious Cross and the Rangers of the Silver Mist could come.

However, the unexpected joy is not limited to this one.

When Li Ang was rectifying the troops and arranging scouts to dispatch troops, Ramon sent people.

And sent a lot of people - almost all members of Ramon's 'fraternity'.

Even Ramon himself was there.

"Brother, I thought you were dead...you didn't notify me when you came back; now you're going to do something important, but you didn't send someone to notify me...huh..."

Ramon crossed his arms and squinted at Li Ang, seeming very dissatisfied.

"Ramon, I really didn't expect you to come so far... This is not a business!"

Li Ang was really surprised to see Ramon - he never sent an envoy to Singal, and he didn't think Ramon would respond to such a call.

"If everything is a business, then there will be no good brothers in this world... Besides, if half of the continent or more is destroyed by those walking dead, then how can I do business?"

Ramon said with a smile, a very selfless look.

"Brother, did you get some news that I don't know?"

Hearing the walking dead, Li Ang immediately realized that Ramon's news is the most well-informed in the whole continent, and he must know what's going on in Sarleon City, but he still came...

This means that Ramon may have obtained some clear information, and it is related to Ramon's own safety, otherwise he would not be able to bring out his entire family.

Ramon's face became serious: "I really want to tell you some news... Sarleon City is full of undead. Khalifa Tahir died at the gate of Sarleon City, and almost all of his troops became undead, and these undead are here Attacked Singal two months ago... I managed to kill them!"

"All the D'Shar troops who died in Sarleon City became undead? All of them?"

Li Ang was startled.

Although he knew that Kavala could control the corpse, he really didn't expect that it would be a natural disaster-like undead transformation - if he died in battle, he would become an undead, so who would dare to attack Sarleon City?
"Anyway, what I saw in Singal was most of Tahir's troops...all turned into walking corpses, their fatal wounds and rotten flesh were clearly visible, but they were still moving like an army ..."

Ramon nodded and said, "And Tahir is among them."

"Are the undead that appeared in Singal only Tahir's troops? Have you seen a conspicuous corpse in golden armor?"

Li Ang continued to ask.

"Golden armor? I didn't see it. Only Ulrik can wear that thing... Those who appeared in Singal are all Tahir's troops. I am familiar with them, so I can't make a mistake."

Ramon shook his head: "I'm not sure if the undead army will continue to attack Singal, so no matter what the devil in Sarleon City is, I must kill it with you!"

Didn't see Ulrik?
Li Ang felt a little strange.

In mid-October, more than half of Tahir's troops were dead in Sarleon. General Kryon had seen it with his own eyes, and he talked about it.

The undead army attacked Singal two months ago, that was early November.

In other words, after Tahir's troops became undead, they immediately attacked Singal?
Kavala had no reason to provoke Singal at that time, right?

It is very likely that those undead were not led by Kavala...

Singal is the hometown of these troops, so they are probably still conscious after death, and they plan to 'go home', right?

Maybe Kavala can't let all the undead completely obey his command?

Li Ang was not sure.

But in any case, the addition of Ramon is a good thing after all.

What Ramon brought wasn't any miscellaneous soldiers.Although these men in black usually do odd jobs in Ramon's hotel, Li Ang knew that these people were all members of the Scorpion Assassins and true believers of the Goddess of Darkness—although they never mentioned the name of Goddess Ereda.

Moreover, Ramon also equipped the Scorpion Assassins with expensive ebony sabers. Those Scorpio Claw Tails—that is, the low-level members who are undergoing training—even equipped them with long-handled broad-bladed knives, heavy weapons that do not match the assassins. ...

Obviously, throwing knives and daggers really aren't good for the walking dead.When Singal fought against the undead, the assassins under Ramon must have suffered a lot because of the weapon problem...

If it weren't for the fact that the assassins were not big and their strength was average, maybe Ramon would equip them with a sledgehammer...

After all, the most suitable for dealing with undead is the big sword and sledgehammer used by the Silver Hands.

……

A few days later, Li Ang completed the pre-war preparations and began to march towards Lion City.

Just like what he said to Amy, when Cliff Bay declares allegiance to 'Ulrik', it's time to send troops.

The troops at Cliff Rock Bay are also moving towards Sarleon City at this time.

But the troops under Brennus are not going to 'surrender to Ulrik' - Circe's order to them is to attack Sarleon City and kill that 'Ulrik'!
Leon did not release Midea and Circe, who were still in White Hart Castle, guarded by the Noldor.

But Circe does have total control over Cliff Cove - calling the shots from her handwriting.

Her current identity is Ulrik's youngest daughter Denise, who is also the 'Ulrik's successor' that Brennus himself has chosen.

As for Brennus, he went to the territory of Bacchus after Malbert was accused of treason, and after learning that his son was castrated, he took the initiative to defect to the Three Prophets, and has completely lost his self-awareness until now—— Circe used the magic The hallucinogen had completely taken over his mind.

Due to the inability to control the fallen, the three prophets are very careful in seducing followers. Most of the human troops in Qiaoyan Bay have now become followers of the prophets like Morgan.

At this time, the troops of Cliff Rock Bay had already arrived at the city of Sarleon.

And Li Ang's troops came to the ruins of Qicha Fortress - there was still a large charred stone wall left.

Li Ang brought out all the elite troops, including Griffin Knights, Silver Hands, Horn Call Rangers, Radiant Cross Knights, Scorpio Assassin Brotherhood, some members of the Silver Mist Rangers, and Roland's New Dawn Knights ——It also includes the Knights of the Twilight.

It can be said that half of the top elite troops in Pendor Continent are here.

Only the Noldo Guards were not there for the time being, and Li Ang's temporary stay at Qicha Fortress was also to wait for their return.

Of course, the Noldor Guards had also regrouped, but Li Ang asked Lisa Dilan to take the guards to the town of Baranley first.

Lisa Dilan's task is to find a way to fish out the gate of the abyss.

The gate of the abyss should affect people's souls, and people with weaker souls might be sucked in. Only the Noldor don't have to worry about this problem.

But one day later, instead of returning to Qicha Fortress, Lisa Dilan sent someone to ask for help—he encountered an accident in Baranley Town.

No one expected that the Knights of the Lions led by Lehman would appear in Baranley.