Allen followed the Saber Demon General out of the Misty Mountain Range and walked along a mountain path. His vision gradually widened. The woods of the Misty Mountain Range faded out of sight. In front of him was a muddy wetland. It was strange that there would be a wetland environment in such a place, but this wetland did exist. Looking at the rugged ground extending forward, he didn't know which corner it was. If he jumped down, he would be in a mud cave, and then he would gradually sink until he became a skeleton in this wetland trap.
Although it was a wetland, its name was the Wailing Swamp.
Occasionally, one or two crooked trees could be seen in the wetland. The bark was full of bumps, and the seeds on the trees were pink and extremely beautiful. It was somewhat out of place with the wetland environment. The Saber Demon General carefully bypassed the trees and introduced, "These are man-eating trees. Some animals in the wetland are attracted by the fragrance they release. Once they come to the trees, they will be preyed on. But animals don't die immediately. They keep crying out for help until they finally die. That's why this place is called the Wailing Swamp. "
As he spoke, the faint wail of an animal could be heard. At this moment, the sound of wings flapping sounded in the sky. Allen raised his head and saw an unknown bird land on a man-eating tree in front of him. The tree suddenly split open and a clump of vines emerged from it, wrapping around the bird and pulling it inside. The bird cried out in alarm, but it was entangled by the vines and could not fly at all. In the end, it was pulled into the tree trunk and could only cry out continuously. As expected, it did not die immediately.
The residents of Shadow Duchy naturally knew the shortcut through the Serene Swamp. The Saber Demon General did not hide anything. He took Allen around and reminded him of some iconic things from time to time. In this way, Allen could naturally lead the army through the wetlands as soon as possible when he returned. Obviously, this was also one of the sincerity of the Shadow Duchy.
Soon, the two of them passed through the Serene Swamp. The ground was no longer muddy, and the wetlands were gradually left behind. In front of them was a canyon. Allen had never seen these canyons before. The cliffs in the canyons rose from the ground and rolled inward like waves. He didn't know how such a landscape was formed. This place was originally shrouded in haze, so when he entered the canyon, the light became even dimmer. This was probably the origin of the name Lightless Canyon.
Allen and the Saber Demon General entered the canyon. Sure enough, the light in front of them quickly dimmed. Looking up, the cliffs on both sides almost blocked the sky, leaving only a crooked crack. Allen felt as if he was walking inside the body of a giant beast, as if he had never seen the light of day.
When the Saber Demon General stopped, Allen saw a figure in the distance. The Saber Demon General shouted, "Lord Rubik, we are here."
The figure moved and rushed over at an extremely fast speed. Then, a Kidd appeared in Allen's eyes. It was Rebec, one of the three Great Warlords. Back then, in the Dawn Castle palace, Rebec had attacked Tangerio, and Allen had rushed over to support him. He had not seen the true appearance of the Chaos Warlord, but now he had seen it clearly.
Rubick looked at Allen and said, "Can you please show me your power? I need to confirm if you have the power to destroy Astor and the others. I'm sorry, but the survival of our duchy hinges on this, so we have no choice but to be cautious. "
Allen said, "No problem, but if I release my Qi, won't I tell Astor and the others that I'm already here?"
"I'll take care of this. I can create a chaotic force field to disrupt the Origin Energy reaction here."
Allen shook his head.
Your force field might be useful against others, but it's useless against me. Why don't you take one of my attacks and you'll know if I'm capable of doing so? "
Ribic nodded. "Then we'll do as you say."
"You'd better be careful," Allen reminded him. He raised his sword and slashed at Rubik.
At first, Rebec had a puzzled expression, but then his expression became serious. He shouted loudly, and a circle of air appeared around his feet. The wave of air blew away the dust and smoke. The spectating Saber Demon General immediately saw the dust and smoke suddenly split apart, as if a curtain had been torn into two by something. Then, a faint golden light bloomed, outlining the shadow of a sword that slashed towards Rebik.
Ribick raised his hand and punched the sword shadow. The sword shadow distorted slightly, but it suddenly bounced back perfectly straight. Rebec was instantly sent flying and fell to the ground more than ten meters away. When he got up again, he spat out another mouthful of blood, his eyes filled with disbelief.
The sword shadow dissipated in midair.
"I have no more questions." Rebec said respectfully. He was also an expert, so he naturally knew how powerful Allen's sword shadow was. Through this sword shadow, he knew that there was an insurmountable distance between him and Allen. This feeling of powerlessness was even greater than that of Astor and the others.
Allen withdrew his sword and said, "Then, what can you give me?"
It was already evening when they returned to the other side of the swamp. Near the swamp, the Imperial Army set up a temporary camp. Allen entered the camp and found Roderick in the tent. The old marshal was refreshed when he saw him return. "Grand Duke, what did Rebec say?"
Allen sat down and a soldier handed him a glass of water. After Allen drank it, he said, "Of the three warlords of the Shadow Duchy, only Rebec is left. They don't want to be cannon fodder for the monster legion, so they are willing to help us. If we destroy that monster legion, Rebec is willing to seal off the Lightless Valley and never be enemies with the empire. He will also offer tribute to the empire every year. "
"Is Rebec so easy to talk to?" Roderick clearly didn't believe the Chaos Warlord. "Grand Duke, I'm afraid that the Shadow Duchy is just planning to rest and build up strength. After they recover, they may not keep their promise."
"I think so too, so I changed the conditions for him. After destroying the Burning Legion, the Shadow Duchy must leave the Shadow Plains. The empire can suggest a sentry post here to monitor the entire Shadow Plains. "
Roderick nodded. "Did Rebec agree?"
Allen didn't answer and asked, "Does he have any other choice?"
The answer was, of course, no. Allen had originally planned to destroy the Burning Legion along with the Shadow Duchy once and for all. Letting Rebec go now was to avoid arousing the Shadow Duchy's desire to fight to the death and to preserve some vitality for the human empire.
The next day, the imperial army entered the Howling Swamp. With his amazing memory, Allen brought the army out of the wetland intact. Roderick couldn't help but sigh in his heart. If it weren't for Allen, the Shadow Duchy wouldn't have bowed down. Then, who knew how many people in the imperial army would have been buried in this strange land forever in the battle under the walls of the Shadow Capital.
Now that the Shadow Duchy was providing assistance, the expedition was naturally much smoother.
After passing through the swamp and the canyon, the imperial army entered the Shadow Plains on the morning of the third day. There were originally many cities in the Shadow Plains, but after the Burning Legion ran over them, most of them were empty. The imperial army continued to go deeper, and in the evening, they could see the outline of the Shadow Capital from afar.
Roderick ordered the army to rest and prepare for the next day's siege.
As the imperial army set up camp and began to assemble the siege ordnance, a grayish-white cloud flew over the Shadow Plains. Then, silver eagles swooped down and gathered not far from the human camp. The silver eagle landed and began to transform. When Roderick heard the news and walked up to the wooden tower, there were already 200,000 more Silver Winged Killers on the plains.
This lifeless, ice-cold silver army shocked Roderick. This was the first time he had seen Allen's army, although Allen had already said that his army was somewhat different. However, when he saw it, Roderick realized that it was different. It was simply an inhuman army.
After the silver army arrived, another black tide appeared on the horizon of the plains. Allen's Burning Legion rolled over from afar. At the front were tens of thousands of Fire Horned Demons, while a large number of Flame Knight followed closely behind. Above their heads, there was an air force formed by Poison Fire Vultures and four-winged flying beasts. Those flying beasts were also riding on Knight with spears in their hands.
Then the earth trembled, and the headless giants and fire beasts also entered the plains. These big fellows stepped on the ground, causing it to shake continuously. Although there were few of them, their momentum overshadowed the army in front of them. Finally, Sauron and the other monarchs released an aura that was not inferior to that of the Ten Saints of the empire.
Roderick could clearly see these troops and feel the aura of those monarchs. The old marshal had a new understanding of Allen's strength. However, what puzzled him was why Allen's second army was so similar to those monster legions.
"They're here.
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In the Shadow Capital's Military Governor's Mansion, the giant dragon Astor opened its eyes. Its head was in the hall of the Military Governor's Mansion, but its body was outside the building. The back wall of the building was pushed down by Astor. The dragon retracted its head from the building, stood up on the ground, and let out a roar towards the sky.
Hearing its roar, the Fire Demon rose from the pool of fire, the giant flew into the air, and all the combat units of the Burning Legion resting in Shadow Capital entered a state of readiness for battle. Then, a desolate horn sounded in Shadow Capital, and several city gates opened at the same time. According to the previous agreement, the Shadow Duchy's army left the city one after another and set up phalanxes on the battlefield below the city, preparing to fight.
Astor's enormous body moved through the city. It moved straight forward, knocking down the buildings in front of it one by one. A moment later, it had already arrived at the city wall. The Flame Devil landed on the city wall in front of it, and the giant with flaming wings came to Astor's side.
The three high-ranking monarchs looked solemnly at the human camp in the distance. In their eyes, there was a ball of golden flames burning there. The blazing power in their bodies was extremely suppressed in front of this ball of flames, unwilling to boil up in order to avoid attracting the attention of the golden flame. Even the Origin Energy within his body retreated in front of this power. It could be seen that the golden flame was the nemesis and natural enemy of the thousands of monarchs of Eboynes.
Golden King Flame, one flame to control ten thousand flames!
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