?

Although the weather was very good this morning, the eyes were bright and cloudless...

However, Hemu Town was a bit too quiet this morning, and every household closed its doors and windows and couldn't leave. Even the bullies who took to the streets to blackmail passers-by and vendors disappeared. There was no one on the streets of the town, like an ancient tomb of an unmanned ghost creature?

Even the poultry and livestock that are domineering on weekdays are now gone, leaving the town invisibly a layer of unknown and solemn atmosphere, just as the shadow of the ancient tomb on the mountain opposite the river completely enveloped the place.

Of course, if you go to the exit north of Hemu Town to see, it is not difficult to find that the murderous aura here will be more intense! Even those insects, fish, birds and beasts dare not approach here at will?

Because, at this time, more than 1,500 soldiers of the Imperial Army had already formed a formation here early in the morning and were ready for battle!

There is no city wall in Hemu Town. Apart from the stone and wood gate to the south, the other places are at most the village houses and courtyards of the villagers. Therefore, without any danger, the soldiers of the Imperial Army came outside the town and defended in this relatively flat place, setting this place as a predetermined battlefield is normal.

‘Report~!’

‘Report to General Tulius!’

‘The enemy is coming soon! Their numbers are between 320 and 330. No enemy has been found to have cavalry and long-range weapons troops, but their generals have two big dog mounts, and the rest are all walking flame monsters holding sharp blades!’

‘The above is what my subordinates found. Please give me instructions?!’

Soon, an imperial light cavalry in leather armor ran towards this side from the road that was constantly walking and widened by vendors and travelers in the distance, and tied the reins before and after the army formation, and immediately reported to General Tulius, who was in front of the formation and wearing a big red cloak, loudly reported to all the situations he had detected.

‘Are you finally here?’

‘I understand… Thank you for your hard work, let’s go and rest first!’

Tulius did not comment. He first nodded to the scout cavalry and asked the other party to rest behind the formation by himself. He squinted his eyes and looked at the end of the road where he was originally.

Unfortunately, the enemy still has not appeared, so he still has not seen the terrifying flame demons that have been described in detail from some rumors, soldiers and Hadawa and others.

So, now he had to stand firm here with his soldiers and wait for the arrival of those enemies.

‘…’

After a while, he turned around and glanced at the formation behind him. After seeing that the soldiers' arrangements were ready and there were no mistakes, he sighed and continued to wait silently on the saddle.

Although Hadawa and others reported the incident as soon as possible when they came back yesterday and estimated the approximate strength of the monsters, as the general of the empire and the highest military commander of the empire in Skyrim Province, Tulius did not choose not to retreat, but resolutely ordered the soldiers to fight a good battle with the upcoming demon-like enemies here in the north of Hemu Town this morning!

Because they had sent people to reconnaissance many times last night, the number of enemies coming to Hemu Town was actually not very large. There were only more than 300 flame monsters on the left... But now they have nearly 1,500 regular soldiers of the elite Imperial Legion in Hemu Town, and there are more people in the Heergen area behind!

So, this morning, he chose to set up a formation in front of Hemu Town and wait for the arrival of the demons! He had to do this because whether it was for the empire, for the sky, or for anything else, he had to fight with the monsters that destroyed Xueman City and take a good look at the other party's true strength?

In Tulius's view, it is related to the future strategy of the empire to the Sky Province and the security of the empire, and he cannot be treated carelessly! Even if he is willing to take risks, he will face the flame monsters that even the "World Devourer" Oduin who can be cut off his head and hung on the top of the city. He will also get more first-hand information about the demons!

'well……'

‘May the great Eight Holy Spirits protect us!!’

Although he was full of confidence on the surface, Tulius still sighed and prayed silently in his heart.

To be honest, even he doesn’t have much confidence in fighting such a group of ‘fire demon’ monsters. After all, he has never seen such a group of enemies, especially when the other party can even capture the giant dragon Oduin alive and chop off his head?

However, they had no choice, and his intuition told him that he had to fight with those monsters no matter what!

‘Hmm?!’

‘It’s finally here!!’

At this moment, Tulius suddenly felt shocked!

Then, he saw that in fact all the soldiers saw it! In the distance, there appeared a group of monsters walking slowly and firmly towards this side.

Of course, the enemy doesn't seem to be considered walking?

Among them, there were two enemies, as the general said before, as the general said, it seemed to be the general's guys. They were riding on the backs of two strong two-headed monsters that were even tall and mighty, even higher than Tulius' crotch... He didn't know one of them, nor did he want to know them, but the other was the little girl they had met in Heergen, who claimed to be the Arcane Master!

That is...

The rumored evil demon god who burned the entire residents of Xueman City to death with a fire?!!

‘!!’

‘The Great Eight Holy Spirits…’

After only one look, Tulius couldn't help but sigh in astonishment, and put away his precious monocular telescope with a look of ugly expression.

Although he had not fought, Tulius had to admit at this time that by looking at it alone, he knew that the combat power of those terrible flame demons was probably a little stronger than what Hadava, who had experienced close distance, described? Especially... the two terrifying big dog monsters and the little girl in front of the other party!!

Because, remembering what happened in Heergen... So, Tulius suddenly realized and finally knew why the dragon was beaten away by someone at that time! It turned out that everything was actually a good thing done by the little girl?!

Unfortunately, what he never expected was that the other party was a flame demon king or an evil god who had never heard of his name?!

‘…’

‘Formation!’

‘Prepare to take the enemy!!’

After looking for a while, no longer seeing any reputation, Tulius gently tweaked the horse's head, pulled the reins and took Hadava and others back to the army, and issued an order.

In fact, Hadawa told him about this matter last night, but he subconsciously refused to believe that kind of thing... But now, the facts are in front of him. Even if he doesn't want to, he has to believe that the little girl who can sit on a big double-headed lava dog that is on fire but looks completely unharmed, isn't a monster evil god?!

'yes!'

‘Everyone pays attention!’

‘Array!!’

‘The gun and shield soldiers come forward!!’

clang!!

With the stern shouting of a certain imperial commander, the waving flags and the sound of war drums conveyed, soon, the forerunners of more than 1,500 elite imperial legion vans were in front with rows of long spears diagonally facing forward gun shields, sword and shield soldiers were in the middle, archers, generals, and a few catapults behind, two teams of less than 100 cavalry on both sides firmly controlled the flat place on the north side of Hemu Town, firmly guarding the enemy's route to the south.

‘…’

‘…’

Then, the entire formation soon became quiet.

The soldiers of the Empire began to silently pass through the gaps in the helmets and the shoulders of their companions, watching the fired human-shaped flame monsters that were emerging from the end of the mountain road in the distance, and slowly rushed towards them like a large ball of flowing magma.

At this moment, the soldiers were no longer distracted from worrying about other things except for silently feeling the heavy breathing sounds between each other and staring at the figures of the fiery red enemies gradually approaching in the distance.

??????????

The fire element people stopped a long distance from the phalanx of the Imperial Legion who were waiting for the treacherous eyes of the soldiers of the Imperial Legion who were waiting for the staggering battle. Then they listed three phalanxes of hundreds of people.

From a distance, they were like three large fires burning. Even the air around them was burned by the flames and high temperatures on their bodies and twisted the light, making their voices look even more terrifying.

However, the iron discipline of the Imperial Legion soldiers under Tulius was fully reflected. Although they were extremely afraid of the unknown flame monster, none of the soldiers showed it at this time, and they still stood firmly or squatted on their posts as ordered.

“…”

(灬owo灬)

"Hey! Uncle Virgina, can you really beat them? They look several times more people than you!"

(???.???)??????

After looking at the formation of the imperial soldiers in front for a while, waving his fingers and counting, Annie turned around and asked Virgina Grayman, the patriarch of the Huoman City Warmad family who was so arrogant that he only brought more than 300 children of the family.

After all, the Imperial Army guys on the opposite side now look extremely neat and scary. On my side, except for these two double-headed lava dogs, except for these two big dogs, they seem to be just average. You know, when she was playing around, she did not give these fire elements a larger body shape, so that under the same body shape, the momentum on the opposite side faintly overwhelmed their side?

‘Don’t worry, dear sir!’

‘These Imperial Army’s miscellaneous parts are just a group of native chickens and tiles. Just one charge can easily defeat them by the children of our Gray Maned Family!’

Virgina Grayman is full of confidence in this!

Anyway, the true god of their flame clan is next to him. Even the "World Devourer" Oduin was caught by the other party and their heads were cut off to vent their anger. How could they be afraid of the mere one thousand ordinary soldiers in front of them?

In fact, let alone the Imperial Army, even if they face more than a dozen giant dragons, they are not cowardly at all!

"That's it..."

(lll￢▽￢)

"But, I won't fight for you today!"

|???w??)???

Annie would not easily participate in this war of snatching territory! In fact, if she hadn't done something very meaningful and had to do in order to come to Hemu Town, she wouldn't have come from Peragios Farm with this bearded man who happened to march by?

(…)

(●￣(?)￣●)

‘!!’

‘But sir, if you help, we might win a little easier?’

Hearing that the other party was unwilling to help, the bearded man Virgina Grayman became a little anxious.

Of course, he was not afraid of the Imperial Army guys, but because this was the first time they used this new body and strength to fight the enemy. Therefore, he, who was a little less confident, hoped that their powerful Goddess of Fire, would help them increase their morale a little?

"I will definitely not help you with this kind of thing!"

o(′^)o

If those messy gods or demons come out to fight, then there is nothing to say. Anne must have a kick and beat those guys all over the head! But if it is such an ordinary person fighting and snatching territory, then forget it.

"goodbye!!"

(????-)?

After saying that, before waiting for a guy who thought he would help, Annie made a big face at the other party regardless of her identity, she suddenly flashed and disappeared completely, which made both her and the imperial soldiers on the opposite side stunned.

‘!?’

‘Wait, wait!’

However, after Virgina Grayman came to his senses and spoke, there was still the little girl there?

At this moment, beside him, except for the two-headed lava giant dog that turned his head to look at his back with some confusion, there were only more than 300 soldiers from the Gray Maned Family behind him.

'this……'

'snort!!'

After struggling for a while, Virgina Grayman, who seemed to be able to win easily even without the help of the adult, kicked the belly of the double-headed dog under his crotch, and asked him to carry him slowly forward a few steps. After watching the enemy's formation, he stopped the big dog with satisfaction.

Then, after first looking ahead and seeing a familiar figure in the enemy formation who was also riding on a horse, Virgina Grayman tried to restrain the flames on his body, revealing his relatively clear smeared face, he shouted loudly to someone in front:

‘Tulus old man!’

'Do you still recognize me? I am Virgina Graymane of the Graymane family! Back then, when I was fighting with the Somos in the province of the Hammer, I led my Nord children under your command to obey your orders!'

‘Hmph…’

‘We died so many people back then, and we finally won the battle soon, but you damn imperial people, the damn emperor and the damn Senate, were going to sign that kind of bullshit agreement with the enemy… I don’t understand why you are still serving the idiot emperor Titusmaid II?!’

‘Look, what did he make a huge empire look like?!’

After seeing clearly that the enemy's general was indeed General Tulius he knew, he was surprised that the other party was actually here, Virgina Graymane shouted loudly.

In Virgina's opinion, the empire was still fine, but after a damn emperor was in chaos, the province of Shark and Black Swamp declared independence one after another. Valen Forest and Isville were directly merged into the third ancestor Shenzhou and merged with the damn Somo people. I won't talk about the morning breeze. The high rock was even higher than the emperor. As for the sky that was close to the point, it was now even more chaotic. The entire empire was only the province of Selodir and was still firmly controlled... Things have reached this point. The emperor actually had the face to stay on the Ruby Throne and sent troops to the sky province to quell the rebellion?

‘!!’

‘It’s really you?!’

‘Yes, I see, you are Virgina Grayman…’

‘But, how did you become like this? When did you become such a flame monster?!’

When he heard the familiar voice and looked at the face that was not unfamiliar at all, Tulius suddenly felt a little unbelievable!

So, he directly ignored the strange thing about the little girl who had just left, but frowned intently, and started talking to Virgina Graymane, who had become a monster in an incredible tone.

‘It feels good that I became like this!’

‘Correction! We are not flame monsters…Turus, we are now new, great immortals: the flame clan!’

‘We are immortal beings!!’

‘It’s just a pity that you were not in Xueman City at that time, otherwise, maybe you would have the chance to receive that supreme gift?!’

As he spoke, Virgina Grayman suddenly raised his head and laughed unscrupulously. The increasingly inflated pride in his heart also ejaculated. Gradually, he no longer worried about the sudden departure of their adult.

Because now, he found that they were indeed very confident that they could easily defeat those Imperial Army guys!

'this……'

'It's really you, but this incident is really surprising...'

After a while, Tulius, who was stunned, slowly shook his head.

Because he realized that the other party was indeed the tyrannical old guy he knew! At the same time, the other party was also an old stubborn person in Xueman City who had strongly opposed the Imperial Legion entering the Sky Province and opposing the fall of the Snowman City lord Balguff to the Empire!

‘Okay!’

'You haven't answered the question I just had! Tulius?'

Virgina Grayman, who was surprised or not, just continued to ask at the other party. To be honest, he had thought of scolding the emperor privately more than once, and now, when he was cursing in front of Tulius, who blocked the car, seemed to feel particularly comfortable?

‘Well…’

‘Things are far from simple as you think, that one is more than just an agreement, Virgina Grayman…’

'War is not just about fighting, killing, sometimes we have to obey and obey certain situations?'

Tulius certainly knew what the guy in front, who was a Nord diehard, was thinking...

If that war is a protracted war, although their human empire paid a certain price, they could still defeat the Elf empire... However, some things are not just about defeating the enemy. They are not a strategic issue, but also political and religious reasons.

Everything is actually just to maintain the stability of the empire and the imperial power...

Talos was the founding emperor of the Seputin dynasty of the Tamriel Empire, and what about Titusmaid II? He was just a warlord who usurped power after the death of Martin, the last emperor of the Seputin dynasty! I know that today, not to mention other provinces with ambiguous attitudes, even Selodir and many people in the imperial capital do not think that he is still the emperor of the Tamriel Empire!

Because he is neither the dragon blood nor the dragon blood talisman, and he is not worthy of inheriting the great Tamrier Empire, which is legally wise!

However, he is indeed an emperor now, and there are no reasons for each province to oppose him, so he had to let it go.

However, as an emperor of the empire, he naturally wants to justify himself...

The example of the Seputin family in the previous dynasty, the ninth Holy Spirit Talos, undoubtedly bothered him at all times... So it seems to be a good idea to lead the hatred of the people to the Somo Empire, which will surely fight again in the future, and at the same time overturn Talos's beliefs and lay the foundation for the legitimacy of his imperial power.

So, the agreement of the Platinum Agreement was signed under the slightest guild. He even acquiesced to the Somos to send a trial team to the sky to arrest and suppress and persecute the Nords who still stubbornly believe in Talos and still stubbornly admire the old dynasty?

Perhaps, in Tulius's view, His Majesty the Emperor must have felt that doing so would transfer a lot of risks, gain a lot of benefits, and still have a great chance of winning. When he was in a standstill with Somo, he would once again unify the entire territory of the Tamrier continent to the undertaking of his new dynasty bit by bit?

As for the chaos in the human kingdom caused by that agreement, Tulius never worried, and his Majesty, their emperor, must not be too worried.

Because, the empire has never lacked the kind of "civil strife".

Even if the third ancestor Shenzhou did not instigate him, the humans of all races in the empire were originally in a state of small and medium-sized wars all year round...

Because, in the continent of Tamrier, the emperor is the emperor, the supreme king is the supreme king, the king is the king, and the duke is the duke. Although no one can control anyone, at least no one can control anyone is so good! Therefore, the instigation that anyone with a discerning eye can see in Tulius may not have much significance.

Besides, in Tulius's view, the Platinum Agreement and other lords all over the country only need to disobey the emperor, and even the empire did not take it seriously. That is, the Nords and Ulfric make trouble themselves, so that the Somo people have an opportunity to take advantage of it and take the opportunity to fan the flames! You know, Tulius has obtained accurate information. It is said that the Somo people and Ulfric have some collusion?

However, it is no longer meaningful to say that kind of thing now, because their empire has found an excuse to interfere in the affairs of Skyrim Province and directly send troops. If Tulius can equip the rebellion, I believe that the entire Skyrim Province will be just around the corner one day to completely join the empire!

However, those things are no longer important now, because what caught Tulius off guard at this moment was that everything was still fine in the sky, and there were even worse problems in front of him, and they urgently needed to solve them?

‘I feel really sorry to see you become like this!’

‘Virgina Grayman…’

‘I think what we need to discuss now is not the questions you just mentioned, but the existence itself? Look at what you have become now, do you think you are still Nords?!’

If the other party becomes a vampire or werewolf, Tulius may be a little more acceptable, because those things are normal in the entire Skyrim Province and even in the entire Tamrier continent. As long as there is no flaw in the face, no one will care!

However, now, look at what kind of monsters the other party and the people behind the other party have become?!

'snort!'

‘What we become, that is our Nords’ business!’

‘It’s you! It’s okay if you don’t want to say it. Now, I will give you one last chance: turn around and leave Hemu Town immediately, and I won’t make things difficult for you, because this is our territory of Xueman!’

'otherwise……'

Otherwise, the Virgina patriarch did not say anything clearly, and he believed that the other party would know what he meant.

'No!'

'This was indeed the territory of Xueman, the territory of the Nords... but it was not the territory of you, the monsters of flame... Virgina, you are no longer you, so I refuse to accept your suggestions!'

'on the contrary!'

‘I will consider going to Xueman City at the right time and expelling you monsters or destroying them!!’

‘!!’

‘Turus, you will regret it!’

'No!'

‘On the contrary, I never regret it, I know very well what I am saying…’

'you!'

‘Hmph! Attack!!!’

The angry and embarrassed patriarch Virgina saw that the other party was obsessed with it. When he saw the negotiations broke down and there was no room for negotiation, he waved his hand resolutely, and then the children of the family behind him, including the two lava double-headed dogs, began to trot, step by step, and pressed forward towards the enemy's formation.

‘!!’

‘Good come! Shoot the arrows! Eliminate them!!’

Seeing that Virgina, who had become a monster but had the same personality as usual, was indeed angry and rushed to attack. Tulius naturally had no idea of ​​being polite to those monsters, so he turned his head and ordered the commander next to him.

'preparation……'

'put!!!'

With the loud shout of an officer, the next second, arrows fell like rain...

???????????

Whoosh~! Whoosh~! Whoosh~! Whoosh~! Whoosh~!

Long arrows that made a shrill sound of creeping through the air directly from behind the Imperial Army formation, crossed the top of the army formation and shot towards the fire monsters trotting and accelerating in front!!

Talk! Talk! Talk! Talk!

Bang!

clang!!

However,

Soon, the Imperial Army soldiers, including Tulius, discovered that the dense and continuous arrows, except those that were spread out by the armor of the fire monsters, could easily be inserted into the bodies of the fire element monsters, were quickly burned and completely disappeared after a little fire?!

‘!!’

‘General!’

‘Bows and arrows are not effective for them!!’

Seeing that the attack of the bow and arrow was ineffective and seeing the enemy start to accelerate again, Hadava next to Tulius exclaimed in an emergency.

'snort!'

‘Take the stone machine! Put the bucket!’

Obviously, Tulius, who knew last night that he was facing a group of terrible enemies, was not prepared for anything.

So, soon, with his order, as the simple catapults made of wood from Hemu Town overnight made waves of "gala" and "cracking" sounds, crisp wooden barrels filled with water or ceramic jars collected from villagers' homes were thrown out by the catapults, and then fell from the sky and hit the ground or the fire elemental people, and bursts of "sizzling" sounds of harsh cooling and sudden fire sounds on their bodies.

‘!!’

‘Wow!!’

‘Uhhhhhhhh!!’

'No!!!'

Then, for granted, many fire elemental people from the Gray Mane family fell to the ground and rolled and started crying out loud.

‘!!’

‘General, it seems to work?!’

Seeing this, Hadawa, who knew that the flame monsters were indeed afraid of water, couldn't help but feel happy!

'No!'

‘That’s not enough!!’

However, compared with Hadawa's surprise, Tulius still had a dark face, and there was no surprise or surprise on his face at all.

'What?'

‘How could it be…’

Soon, both Tulius and Hadava could see: those flame monsters who claimed to be children of the Gray Maned Family, those flame monsters hit by the water jar, quickly climbed up from the ground again. The water in the wooden barrels of the water jar seemed to have no use at all except making them look a little dim?

???

At the same time, their combat mages also began to attack!

However, except that the Frost spell has obvious effects on the enemy and successfully shattered two or three enemies, the flame spell and the thunder spell have no particularly effective effects?

Immediately afterwards, before Tulius and Hadawa commented more, the flame monsters rushed into their formation and directly mixed up with the warriors of their empire and fought together...

‘!!’

‘Wow!!’

A veteran with a skilled military record in the Imperial Army stabbed a fire elemental man into the throat without armor protection with one sword. When he was about to draw out the hot sword and plan to kill the next target, he found that the enemy seemed to have nothing to do, but instead hugged him with a grin?

Then, after he shouted like a gun and died, the prince's fire elemental man stood up like a quarrel, and rushed directly to the next Imperial Army soldier, and let the opponent's long sword inserted into its throat melt and merge into its body, becoming part of its body lava?

'monster!'

‘Go to die!!’

A brave imperial soldier directly cut off the arm of a fire elemental man. However, before the imperial soldier could do something, the other party slashed over without hesitation. Then, after he fell to the ground with his incredible eyes, the other party picked up his arm from the ground and picked it up?

puff!!

‘Uhhhhh!!’

Another brave soldier shot into the other party's chest and abdomen, but his fate was still beheaded by the enemy...

‘Wow!!’

‘Don’t get close to them! Cut off their heads!!’

‘Get back quickly! Go back and fight!’

‘So hot! So hot! Help...’

'No!!!'

‘Occurrence! No retreating!’

‘!!’

'not good!!'

‘No!!!’

‘…’

‘Ah haha!’

‘Go to die! The empire’s miscellaneous people!’

‘Get out of our territory!!’

‘Let the flame purify everything!’

‘Burn and burn them!’

?????

The shouts of killing and screams continued to repeat, but...

The soldiers and officers of the Imperial Army soon discovered that they had no way to kill an enemy easily, nor could they fight against the enemy or stop the enemy's advancement!

'hateful!'

‘Wow!!’

‘Stop them!’

'No!!!'

Because, once you get too close, the flames and high temperatures on the terrifying flame monsters are enough to let them know the taste of roasting flesh that hurts to the bone! What's more, the armor, weapons, and skills of those monsters must not be weaker than theirs!

What made them even more frightened was that the other party seemed to have many strange attack moves, such as suddenly a high-temperature "thick phlegm" spitting directly on your face, or a terrible flame suddenly burst out from its body, and a burning weapon stabbed directly into the sword and shield formation?

Even, they just threw away their weapons and jumped up, then hit the square formation and rushed around to hold them. Who would be unlucky to catch?

In the chaos, their attacks were only futilely bounced away by the enemy's strange and strong armor. Unless they could cut off the other party's head at once, they would be of no use at all!

Because the enemy's body is the semi-melting magma, and the skin is like a layer of hardened stone. Whether they stabbed or inserted it, they really don't have much use except adding a little iron to the other party. They can heal in almost instant.

‘……’

‘Hadawa, order the soldiers to retreat!’

After less than a few minutes of fighting between the two sides, seeing that their soldiers suffered heavy losses and gritted their teeth to fight the enemy against the terrifying high temperature. After seeing that many soldiers carrying buckets of water did not seem to have much effect, Tulius knew that although they still had the advantage in numbers, the battle now was no longer necessary.

'ah?'

‘But the general?!’

Hadawa was a little surprised.

‘No need to say it, it’s useless!’

‘Unless we can push them into the river or soak them in water, our normal attacks really don’t work much for them…’

‘Give an order!’

'ah…..'

'yes!!'

‘Order! Retreat!’

After being stunned for a moment, Hadawa didn't dare to persist and made a gesture to a commissar.

Woo~! Woo~!

Soon, a shrill retreat horn began to sound on the battlefield, and then the soldiers of the Imperial Army retreated toward Hemu Town in battle and retreated, and soon headed south along the main road in the village...

‘!!’

‘That guy Tulius is scared?’

'Ha ha ha ha!'

‘Children of the Gray Maned Family, come and fight with me! Capture that Tulius alive!!’

‘Capture Tulius alive!!’

‘Kill!!!’

After a guy riding on the back of a big lava dog made the lava double-headed dog flattened an Imperial Army soldier who wanted to knock him down with a spear, he heard the familiar sound of a trumpet and gave the order to pursue with a grim smile.

Although, he also knew that the big dog under his seat might not be as fast as Tulius's war horse?

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Chapter completed!