Ice barren Valley, the northernmost part of the saxophone Empire, the gate of hell and the world, and the last junction.
Or another name more remembered by the Empire - "blood skeleton Valley".
The sixth generation of the saxophone Empire, "sage" Brandon I personally led 50000 troops north, abandoned the defensive advantage of duanjieshan fortress, and unexpectedly fought a gambling war with the invading demon army here. At the cost of a dragon and two great princes, there were only two or three thousand people left in tens of thousands of troops, and even he himself was seriously injured, so that he was unfortunate in his old age.
But no matter how much he paid, the result was that he won the final victory, and it was a victory that made him go down in history and will always be remembered by future generations.
No matter how many mistakes he made when he was in charge of the Empire and how many disputes he caused because of his reckless actions, an unparalleled victory changed everything. All correct and wrong actions were classified as wise actions, leaving enough memories for generations to trace.
It also created his reputation as a "sage".
It is not a benevolent monarch or a tyrant, but a "virtuous monarch" - who is always praised by future generations. It can be said that an emperor can get the highest praise, and the founding monarch of the saxophone Empire has never received the honor.
Even the blood skeleton Valley has become a place of pilgrimage. Every year, some fanatical believers go all the way north, follow the patrolling rangers to worship the spirits near here in the midsummer, or simply join the Legion of duanjie mountain fortress.
But in fact, like its original name "ice barren Valley", blood skeleton Valley is just a slight protrusion on the northern ice sheet - just like Brandon I chose it as the final decisive battle place not because of how special this place was, but just because it could expand all the troops and limit the enemy''s attack direction.
In this cold and desolate wasteland, the flag of the iron crown fluttered in the cold storm again.
Along the ancient road left by the old time, the scattered troops were gathered all the way, and the advancing team finally arrived near the blood skeleton Valley two days later.
The reason why it is called "nearby" is that this area is small, but it is also large - the "blood skeleton Valley" in the strict sense is only that protrusion, but in fact, this place name usually covers all the surrounding areas.
Because the church Knight nazer suddenly left, Brandon lost his choice in an instant; If he doesn''t want to turn back and leave immediately or end up in the same way as the guard of the sentry tower, he must go north and join the church army as soon as possible, so as to avoid the possibility of being broken by the two sides.
Brandon can''t risk losing half of his army and church knights. These people are the few elite in his army - more importantly, they are veterans who are really familiar with the north, and the remaining half of the main force are southern legions.
In order to cover the team on the ground, even the "missing" dragon mirassis followed closely. The soldiers on the way often saw a huge shadow passing over the ground. Although the figure was huge to terrible, a giant dragon protected itself, which also made the soldiers very relieved.
After all, this is already the blood skeleton valley. It''s not surprising that hundreds of ice werewolves or carrion monsters appear immediately.
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"Although various documents and historical books describe the north as hell, in fact, since the establishment of duanjieshan fortress, the Empire has never faced a real ''invasion of evil gods'' - even in the Northern War of his majesty Brandon I of the sixth generation, he has not really faced off with those evil gods, otherwise he can''t come back!"
On the way forward, Brandon introduced the "enemy" they were about to face to the wizard counselor beside him while he was uncomfortable on the Pony:
"Just like the reason why we call them ''demons'' is to distinguish them from the evil gods in the south. There should be no difference between them except strength. They are all ferocious and terrible demons in legend!"
apostle?
Recalling the snake Rune left by Asriel on his wrist, Loren frowned vigilantly, as if he noticed something very terrible.
"Among the existing documents of the Empire, the evil gods who destroyed the ancient dragon Kingdom also paid a huge and heavy price, so they can only place part of their power on a certain living creature, and each of them has extremely special and powerful power!"
The prince shrugged his shoulders: "in a sense... It is these so-called ''evil god Apostles'' who will really pose a threat to the Empire and spread fear - each invasion is led by them, not the so-called evil god, as many imperial nobles think."
"So, these so-called... Apostles," Loren asked calmly, "how many are there?"
"There were four evil gods who destroyed the Dragon kingdom. That''s what the book said." Brandon blinked:
"So there should be four Apostles... At least I know."
Four evil gods, four Apostles... It sounds like it''s between yourself and Asriel.
Loren frowned. For a moment, the sudden amount of information made him a little confused, and even regretted why he didn''t take history when he was in vimpal.
"In fact, even if you don''t know, it''s nothing strange - it''s better to say that if you know this, it will really scare me to death!"
Aware of the expression of His Wizard adviser, the prince smiled a little: "even in the imperial capital Golovin, what I just told you is the ''truth'' that only the desalion family and a few dignitaries plus the top level of the church can understand. The vast majority of history books will not record this!"
"Even the soldiers who stick to duanjieshan fortress don''t know?" the black haired wizard asked.
"It should be said... Just because they stick to this, they can''t really know who their enemy is!" Brandon''s expression was rare and serious, pointing to a group of Legion soldiers passing by:
"No matter how brave and meaningless, they are still ordinary people. They will still fear and fear, and feel at a loss because they don''t believe what''s happening in front of them - most importantly, it''s better to make them believe that their enemies are just mutated monsters than to tell them that they are a group of evil gods!"
Loren frowned slightly. He vaguely remembered what had happened in the ancient wood forest before - the Elven elders of the morning star forest had made a similar decision.
Even at the last moment, they didn''t tell those brave elves and dancers that their real enemy was actually a falling evil god, just taking the war as another invasion of cannibals.
"In that case, how were these so-called ''Apostles'' born?" Loren continued, "and how did they, or... Their armies, thousands of demons appear?"
"I don''t know, and no one knows - just like the Dragon Kingdom thousands of years ago, they also don''t know where the evil god who brought down the disaster for them came from."
Brandon shrugged his shoulders and said with an indifferent smile: "all we know is that these demons lingered in the ice field north of duanjie mountain, and always wanted to repeat their great achievements a thousand years ago, destroying the whole saklan Empire and even the whole world!"
No, it''s not.
These so-called evil gods are not mindless slaughter. They just make the last dying struggle in front of the glory of the Holy Cross, and use fear and deterrence to maintain their existence in the world, so as not to die completely.
It is not coming, but "falling" into the world. There is a very obvious gap between the two.
In order to maintain their own existence, these demons and evil gods can do anything beyond imagination.
"For us, all we have to do is to defeat their invasion again and again, no matter how much it costs - just like the sixth generation ancestor with my same name."
Smiling, Brandon raised his right hand and pointed straight ahead. The protrusion in the wilderness just formed a large gentle slope:
"Blood skeleton Valley, here we are!"