In mid-July of the year 836 of the Julian calendar, three armies of the United Nations of mankind gathered outside Ryder City, plus volunteer armies organized by nobles from various liberated areas. More than a million troops surrounded Ryder City from three sides and laid a dragnet.
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The only left side of Ryder City is facing the sea to the west, and the combined fleets of Ruman and the Elf Kingdom are also patrolling back and forth on the sea.
The entire city of Ryder was surrounded by water and turned into an isolated island.
The De Rossi Empire, which had only been glorious for a few months, was in a state of turmoil. Like a candle in the wind, it might be extinguished at any time.
A million coalition troops, twenty miles away from Ryder City, formed a grand camp hundreds of miles long and several miles wide around Ryder City.
The huge camp is like a broad and majestic river, completely cutting the plain where Ryder City is located into two parts.
Within sight, there are tents of various colors covering the earth like stars.
Countless flags were flying in the wind, covering half of the sky.
In the camp, there are mountains of swords and seas of swords, forests of spears and halberds, the sound of horns, and the sound of golden drums.
Soldiers in various colors of clothing shuttled back and forth in the camp, and the densely packed heads were as countless as water droplets in a river.
The evil aura formed by the millions of troops soared straight into the sky, like the roaring waves of an angry sea, it was extremely frightening.
The road leading from the east to the camp was completely occupied by supply convoys transporting supplies. The civilian workers were like a group of hard-working ants working day and night.
From time to time, Maple Leaf Danlin's war fortress roars over the head of Ryder City, dropping bombs into Ryder City at a height of two to three hundred meters above the ground.
At this time, the war fortress of the undead tribe could no longer be seen in the sky.
The Maple Leaf Danlin completely dominates the sky.
They circled arrogantly above Ryder City, aiming at the gorgeous palaces in the city. They even joked and bet with each other to see who could blow down the beautiful palaces.
They used powerful artillery fire to vent their frustration of being passive in fighting for a long time.
Although Ryder City is known as the capital of the De Rossi Empire, this empire was hurriedly made out of paper. It was established only a few months ago and has no foundation at all. In the past, it was just the royal city of a small, fourth-rate country.
.The wall is no more than a few feet high, and the population is no more than 300,000.
There is no way a magic tower can be built in this poor place, and since it has taken refuge with the demons, naturally no magicians come to help.
In fact, it had no anti-aircraft firepower whatsoever.
In front of Maple Leaf Danlin people, it is as fresh and delicious as a naked little fat sheep.
To the east of the city is the camp of the Ruman Empire Expeditionary Force, with Archduke Julius's tent facing Leide's city gate far away.
Lorraine, Leo and Chairman Leo's most loyal younger brother, Mr. Xiaobai, squeezed into the dense crowd in front of the big tent.
When the people around saw Lord Lorraine and Chairman Leo, they were like crazy fans seeing idol stars. They cheered and rushed up to greet Lord Lorraine enthusiastically.
Under their hospitality, Lorraine and Leo were unable to move, but they had to greet them politely.
It has now entered the hottest season of the year. Although Ryder is very close to the sea and the cool sea breeze blows from the west, the temperature under the sun is still unbearable.
However, the people outside Archduke Julius's tent seemed not to be afraid of the heat at all, standing outside under the scorching sun.
They were local volunteers who had followed the coalition forces all the way. It was publicly stated that they came voluntarily out of righteous indignation to assist the people in the occupied areas who were still under the rule of the demons and were living in dire straits.
In fact, they were forced to come under the forced orders of Grand Duke Julius and Lorraine. Lord Lorraine used this trick to block them and prevent them from quickly restoring their power and status in the newly liberated areas.
When the demons attacked, all these grandsons were frightened to death. Then they took their gold, silver, eldest wife and little lover and ran away. They completely gave up on their duties as noble lords to protect the people under their rule.
and land responsibilities.
Later, the prince led an army to engage in a bloody fight with the demons. These bastards hid in the rear, drinking wine and beauties all day long, feasting on all kinds of food, and shouting, "Tighten the front, tighten the rear." Then they looked smug.
’s mean smile: Let those idiots fight for themselves~!
That's all.
The key point is that after drinking too much cat urine, these grandsons actually learned from those dead scoundrels to compose poems, and they were always good at it. They also claimed to be Gothic culture and represented the revival of classical decadence.
This would be too disrespectful to Lord Luo, a great writer, philosopher and thinker.
Her Majesty Pope Hilmeria was immediately furious. She took an opportunity and went to the Literary Prison for a while, killing a few of them. Only then did they become more honest and stop writing random poems.
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Later, Lord Luo led his army to counterattack.
Under the iron heel of the coalition forces, those territories were regained one by one.
As a result, these grandsons saw the advantage, and ran over, shouting that the prince would hand over to them the territory he had conquered with swords and guns.
Mr. Lei had a very vivid evaluation of them: These are a bunch of idiots who were caught in the middle of an eighty-ton iron door even though they were young~!
However, the Allied Forces were helpless towards them, just like the Allied Forces towards France's Dai Xiaole in the late World War II. After all, they were on their own side and could not be dealt with ruthlessly. Otherwise, other allies would see it and it would be very detrimental to unity.
But for them, Sir Alex will never let them go. Otherwise, Sir Alex will really become a fool.
Under this situation, the lordship immediately imitated the old trick used by the coalition forces to deal with Dai Xiaole, and mobilized them all to the front line, asking these noble lords to make their due contributions to the cause of human liberation.
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When the coalition forces shed blood and sacrificed their lives to liberate their hometown, there was no reason for them to refuse to fight for the coalition forces.
Although the nobles were very reluctant, they all knew that their territory was liberated by the coalition forces and that the coalition forces were stationed on it.
Facing the cruel and tyrannical Archduke Julian and the cunning and cunning Lorraine, he had to bow his head and be obedient.
In the coalition territory, you have to obey the coalition forces. Especially when your boss is a butcher general named Julius. It is said that the old gangster has a hundred and thirty-seven ways to make people die without anyone noticing.
Therefore, the leaders of these volunteer armies are all extremely dedicated. They are visited by Archduke Julius every day. Even if they have nothing to do, they cannot leave and must stay until noon.
After Lorraine and Leo struggled to rush out from the crowd of hundreds of nobles, most of their clothes were soaked with sweat. Uncle Bai stuck out his tongue and looked at the crowd behind him in horror.
, I won’t suffer the consequences next time I kill it.
Chairman Leo pinched his sweat-soaked clothes and shook them. He muttered, "I don't know, you thought I owed them money. These guys are so annoying."
Lord Lorraine shrugged and said, "No matter how much I hate them, I can't let them go."
"I understand, this is what we rely on to hold their eggs." Chairman Leo said with a smile: "I will not be in trouble with profits."
As soon as the two of them walked into the big tent, they felt a sense of coolness and took a breath of comfort.
In the corner of the big tent, a circle of huge ice cubes was placed to drive away the heat in the tent.
Xiaobai screamed happily, rushed forward and put his nose into the ice bucket, feeling comfortable and alert. He simply crawled on the ground leaning on the ice bucket, seemingly not ready to leave here.
At this time, a low roar of artillery suddenly came from outside the tent. Lorraine looked back and could only vaguely see a cloud of smoke. The artillery position was at least three or four miles away.
Grand Duke Julius raised his telescope and observed carefully for a moment. After putting down the telescope, he looked at Lorraine and said, "What do you think of us launching a general attack tomorrow?"
Lorraine was suddenly startled, shook her head quickly and said, "No, it's too urgent."
Archduke Julius curled his lips and said: "There are only fifty or sixty thousand Semitic troops left in the city. With our coalition of millions, I think it will be easy to capture Ryder City."
Lorraine looked to the west, with a serious look on his face, and slowly said word by word: "There is also a high priest of the undead in the city."
Grand Duke Julius was stunned for a moment, slapped his forehead, and murmured: "I almost forgot about this guy."
Then he showed a troubled expression. The Archduke was not afraid of fighting at all. Even if there were ten times more Semites on the opposite side, the Archduke was confident that they could not stop him.
But for the High Priest of the Undead, the most powerful man under the starry sky, Archduke Julius was at his wits' end and didn't know how to deal with him. At least the siege with soldiers didn't work.
Even if his own soldiers attack, he might know some weird magic and kill all his people with one move.
What's even scarier is that it's not impossible to turn them into zombie soldiers and fight them back.
Grand Duke Julius sighed and said with great displeasure: "Is it possible that our millions of troops are powerless just because of one person?"
Lorraine nodded heavily and said: "The High Priest of the Undead has this qualification."
The title of the strongest man under the starry sky and the person closest to God is definitely not for nothing. No one knows how powerful the High Priest of the Undead is, but it is true that he can stop an army of millions.
The elders of the Dragon Clan once solemnly warned Lorraine that it was useless to rely on large numbers of people to deal with the high priest.
Archduke Julius turned his head and glanced at Maris, who was sitting in the corner leisurely sipping ice-cold wine, and said: "Aren't those experts you found good enough?"
Archduke Julius was also very curious about these masters that Lorraine had hired, but these people seemed to be very wary and seldom had contact with others.
The Grand Duke said that he only knew about their performance on the battlefield. Apart from that, he knew almost nothing about these handsome young men.
The fact that Maris and the others hunted the lich and exchanged the lich's phylacteries for prizes was only known to them and they never mentioned it to outsiders.
Soldiers can see their performance by casting a spell on the battlefield from time to time, blowing the lich's poisonous gas, or just acting as scouts.
Lorraine shook his head and said affirmatively: "They can't do it either. Although these people are powerful, they are still far from being in front of the high priest."
Grand Duke Julius frowned and said, "Then what should we do?"
Lorraine flattened her lips, shrugged and said, "We can only wait."
"If that guy doesn't leave for the rest of his life, how about we wait here for the rest of our lives? Even Ruman can't afford to feed and drink hundreds of thousands of people." Archduke Julius shook his head in distress and said, "You have the most evil ideas, think of a way.
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"The Semitic Continent is his foundation." Lorraine said: "I think he will always go back. If he stays here, we will open up a second battlefield. Kill the Semitic Continent and cut off his foundation.
Although we can't attack the Undead High Priest, we can't kill him either, so let's use it up slowly."
Archduke Julian thought what Lorraine said was very reasonable. The high priest of the undead was the high priest in the Semitic tribe. There were nearly 100 million Semitic people under his rule. Only in the Semitic tribe could he mobilize the army and build a war fortress.
In the human continent, he is just a peerless master hiding in a turtle shell.
They can surround Ryder for a year or two. By then, all the Semites in the city will starve to death and only a group of lichs will be left. How big of a wave can they cause?
At worst, tens of thousands of priests will be stationed here, singing hymns around Ryder every day, and the high priest will be annoyed to death.
"As for military expenditures..." Sir Lorraine glanced at the volunteers outside the tent, with a smile that made you want to hold your wallet tightly, and said leisurely: "Let's liberate them and take back their territory. These guys
We also get a share of military expenses.”
The volunteer leaders outside the tent felt a gust of cold wind blowing at the same time. They couldn't help but shiver, and then looked at the sun above their heads in confusion.
Such a poisonous sky. Where does this sinister wind come from?
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Emperor De Rossi, dressed in rich attire, walked alone in the dilapidated hall. The long sword inlaid with gems in his hand dragged on the floor, making a "chirping" sound.
The palace he spent a huge amount of money to build was now completely devastated by the bombing.
All the windows were shattered in the violent explosion, and glass shards littered the ground.
The roof was pierced by several bombs, half of it collapsed, and the other half was also crumbling.
The walls of the palace on one side have collapsed, leaving only a few pillars standing alone, and the marble floor was completely submerged in rubble.
But the national emblem of the De Rossi Empire on the wall facing the gate is still clean and intact.
Maybe one more bomb and the palace will collapse.
Emperor De Rossi stood in the middle of the bustling palace in the past and looked around, recalling in his mind the scene where this place was once full of music, wine and guests, with a smile on his lips.
But a close explosion brought him back to reality. There was no one in the dilapidated hall.
All the nobles who once surrounded him, flattered him, and praised him have disappeared.
They all ran away long before Archduke Julius arrived, and they ran away secretly without even saying hello or saying goodbye to the emperor.
Not only the nobles, but also the guards, servants, musicians, and even the cooks and gardeners in the palace also disappeared.
Then his beautiful mistresses, the women who had spent time together, vowed to each other and spoke sweet words to each other, also disappeared.
Disappearing with them was Emperor De Rossi's large sum of gold and jewelry.
The Semites now control Ryder's city defenses. They treat human nobles equally and can leave the city at will as long as they give them enough money.
Of course, there are many small people, such as servants and servants, who cannot be as rich as nobles.
At times like this, as long as they look for small advertisements posted in nooks and crannies, they can always find someone who can do it. There are Semitic soldiers who are willing to provide this kind of service.
Spend a few gold coins, put on a Semitic military uniform, and follow a group of Semitic soldiers out of the city.
Semitic soldiers are all doing this kind of work, but the Fourth Caribbean Division was the first to start this business, and it had the best reputation and the highest market share.
If you can't get out, they will refund the original price, which is very conscientious and has been praised by people in Ryder City.
The feeling of betrayal and alienation made Emperor De Rossi very angry at first. He sent his men to hunt down these traitors, and then hanged the captured nobles in front of the palace gate, laughing loudly while listening to their begging and cries before they died.
But soon Emperor De Rossi became numb, and the guards he sent out to arrest people also fled, and fewer and fewer came back, so that the guards around him could not form a regiment now.
Seeing the prosperity in front of him disappear into ashes, Emperor De Rossi took a deep breath. Everything happened too fast, and he still hasn't reacted in his heart.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty~!" An anxious cry came from behind. The emperor's loyal palace manager ran over, picked up the emperor and ran towards the tunnel, saying: "Danger, why did you come out alone?"
Emperor De Rossi was dragged away by his steward like a puppet, and he said with a smile: "Don't be nervous, I have saved the day from danger so many times, it's just a little bomb."
At this time, there was a loud explosion from behind them, followed by the sound of the building collapsing. The hall finally couldn't hold up and collapsed.
The splashing bricks fell from the air and landed around the two of them. Emperor De Rossi's expression changed, he accelerated suddenly, grabbed his steward and rushed into the tunnel.
Several war fortresses slowly floated above the lower palace, as if checking their results, and then flew away in a swaggering manner after a few minutes.
After the bombing, Emperor De Rossi walked out of the tunnel, patting the dust off his body. He looked at the dust-shrouded hall with a calm face, not knowing what he was thinking in his heart.
A lich walked over quickly, with war fortresses hovering above their heads. They did not dare to fly around in the sky now, as they might attract a group of priests to chase them.
He came to De Rossi's side and said in a hoarse voice without any emotion: "Your Majesty the Emperor, His Majesty the Divine Throne summons you."
Emperor De Rossi reflexively waved back, but no one handed him a small bag of high-quality magic crystals. He was stunned for a moment, smiled awkwardly, but still said with grace: "Yes, I am
Just go and ask Master, what is it for?"
"You'll know when you get there." The Lich said in a stiff tone, turned around and left.
Emperor De Rossi watched his black figure disappear and cursed in a low voice: "Feed an unfamiliar dog."
Then he straightened his clothes and walked mostly towards the palace.