Head Knight Captain Job was the first to arrive at Billy City, but he didn't take the initiative to attack.
He was well aware of how terrifying the defenses of a duchy's capital city were. Unless he used a crushing force to forcefully break open a gap, he would fall into a bloody battlefield.
Therefore, he didn't want to use the 3000 Knights from the Duchy of Tex to attack the city. On one hand, he needed to wait for the rest of the siege machines to arrive. On the other hand, he needed to wait for the other 3 duchies to make their move.
When the other three duchies arrived, a strange phenomenon occurred below Billy City. None of the four duchies had any intention of attacking first.
The Head Knight captains of the 4 duchies knew one thing. They were knights. Attacking a city wasn't their forte. Also, the first group to attack would be met with the strongest resistance.
There were 2 choices in front of them.
The first was that the 4 duchies would work together and attack Billy City. After that, they would divide the spoils.
There were a lot of problems in between. The 4 duchies weren't on good terms with each other. There were too many conflicts between them. No one could guarantee that they wouldn't be tricked by their teammates.
The Knight legions were the fighting force of each duchy. If they lost too much, the power of the duchy would decrease.
In this period of time where crops were decreasing, they would become the second Duchy of Keyen. This was something no one wanted to see.
Therefore, the possibility of working together wasn't high. It was more likely that they would fight separately.
The second choice was to wait for the reinforcements to arrive. At the same time, the siege machines would arrive. The reinforcements would then attack Billy City.
This was actually the best method. No duchy could afford the loss of knights in a siege. Therefore, it was better to have professionally trained shieldbearers to complete this task.
However, the downside of this was that they needed to wait. Waiting for the shield soldiers to arrive would take a lot of time.
The 4 duchies gathered together and formed 4 different camps outside of Billy City. They were monitoring each other. The distrust between them made it so that no duchy wanted to attack Billy City.
While they were waiting, the commanders of the 4 duchies' legions received news that the Kingdom of Saint Ellis had sent out their troops.
Right now, it was a race against time. If the shieldmen and siege machines from the 4 big duchies could arrive first, then the 4 big duchies would be able to break through the last capital of the Duchy of Keyen, Billy City, and destroy the Duchy of Keyen.
Even if the Kingdom of Saint Ellis's army came, they wouldn't be able to change the final result.
On the third day of waiting, the hot weather and the tense atmosphere made everyone, both inside and outside the city, extremely anxious.
Head Knight Captain Job suddenly panicked. He lowered his voice and asked the adjutant beside him, "Are the scouts still not back yet?"
"Sir, we've already sent out three batches of scouts, but none of them have returned!" The adjutant replied with a doubtful expression.
Head Commander Job yelled, "Damn it! Send out more scouts!"
His heart palpitating was a natural reaction of his intuition. It meant that danger was approaching, but he didn't know where it was coming from.
As he yelled, the ground began to shake. He immediately yelled, "Attention! Form a formation! Prepare to defend!"
As he spoke, he had already rushed out of the tent and jumped onto his warhorse outside the tent. A few messengers who were waiting outside the tent had already mounted their warhorses and shouted loudly, "Milord's order, get into formation and defend!"
This 3000 Knight legion reacted quickly. In a short period of time, all the Knights were on their war horses and rushed to the temporary camp. They formed a formation outside the camp.
It was the same for the other three Duchies. The ones who came here first were all Knight Corps. Only with the strength of a Knight Corps could they attack this place so quickly.
In total, the 4 duchies had more than 10,000 Knights. They formed 4 defensive formations. Their eyes were fixed on the advancing legion of Knights.
That legion of knights seemed to be boundless. There were ten thousand of them, so there was no end to them. A total of twenty thousand knights was enough to make the four duchies' legions, which only had two to three thousand knights at most, pale in fright.
The flag of the Kingdom of Saint Ellis fluttered at the front of the Knight legion, leading the 20,000 Knights.
The Knight legion didn't move very fast. All the war horses were trotting. This method saved the horses a lot of horsepower, and they could travel for a long time. The Knight could also use combat qi to nourish the war horses, so the trotting war horses could run for more than 10 hours.
This technique was learned from the Wolf Riders of the Orc Empire. It was later popularized by the Knight legions of the 3 human empires.
"The Knight legion of the Kingdom of Saint Ellis is here!" Head Knight Job realized where his scouts had gone. They had encountered the most powerful Knight legion of the Holy Continent. How could his scouts compare to this legion of Knights?
All the Knight legions of the Kingdom of Saint Ellis were wearing the same black armor. Not a single Knight spoke as they moved forward. Even the war horses were not neighing.
Head Knight Job realized the difference between a duchy and an empire. His 3000 Knights were the full force of a duchy, but an empire had sent out 20,000 Knights.
Just by looking at the momentum of this legion of Knights of the Kingdom of Saint Ellis, his 3000 Knights could not compete with it.
Perhaps his three thousand knights would not even be able to withstand a single charge from the enemy. This caused the confidence he had built up from his recent consecutive victories to vanish.
The Kingdom of Saint Ellis had not shown its fangs for many years, and many duchies had forgotten how scary it was.
The Knight legion of the Kingdom of Saint Ellis stopped 400 meters away from the Knight legion of the 4 duchies. This was the best distance for a knight to attack each other.
If the Knight legion of the Kingdom of Saint Ellis wanted to attack, this 400 meters distance was enough for the Knight legion to run up and push their speed to the max.
Stopping here was just outside the range of the Knight legion of the 4 duchies.
Within the Knight legion of the Kingdom of Saint Ellis, Prince Derek was wearing a full set of golden armor and a red cape. He rode out on a pure white battle horse. Behind him were 4 Knight captains.
"Emperor Ambrose of the Kingdom of Saint Ellis ordered the Duchy of Tex …" Prince Derek glanced at the Knight legion of the Duchy of Tex and continued, "Withdraw from the Duchy of Keyen!"
"Yes sir!" Head Knight Job let out a soft sigh and bowed.
Before, the Kingdom of Saint Ellis did not send out any troops, so they could stall for time. However, with 20,000 Knights in front of them, if they did not give in now, the Knight legion would not be able to go back.
The Duchy of Tex's power would be greatly reduced, and they would be suppressed by the other duchies. They might even end up like the Duchy of Keyen.
"The Duchy of Larvid, withdraw from the Duchy of Keyen!" Prince Derek's eyes turned towards the Duchy of Larvid with a stern look.
"Yes sir!" The commander of the Duchy of Larvid helplessly bowed.
The Duchy of Larvid's actions had made Prince Derek very angry. The Duchy of Larvid was right next to the Kingdom of Saint Ellis, and the Empire had always taken good care of them. However, this time, the Duchy of Larvid had schemed against the Kingdom of Saint Ellis.
The Kingdom of Saint Ellis was at its weakest point. They had no problem defending, but they could not send out any troops. If it wasn't for Abel's help, the Empire would have lost its dominant position.
"The Duchy of Laka, withdraw from the Duchy of Keyen!" Prince Derek's eyes turned towards the Knight legion of the Duchy of Laka.
"Yes sir!" The commander of the Duchy of Laka replied.
"The Duchy of Rohr, withdraw from the Duchy of Keyen!" Prince Derek's eyes turned towards the Knight legion of the Duchy of Rohr.
"Yes sir!" The commander of the Duchy of Rohr replied.
"At the same time, the 4 Duchies should compensate the Empire for the cost of sending out troops!" Prince Derek continued.
This was a very stingy request, but the premise was that the Kingdom of Saint Ellis did not ask the 4 Duchies to return the spoils of war when they withdrew. Instead, they chose to keep some of the spoils of war for themselves.
Atop the walls of Billy City, King Kenneth also saw the incomparably powerful knight legion. The gloominess on his face for the past few days couldn't help but be swept away.
"The Kingdom of Saint Ellis did not abandon us! Long live His Majesty Ambrose!" King Kenneth roared with joy.
"Long live His Majesty Ambrose!" All the knights and warriors on the city wall were roaring loudly. The war that was about to break out had suddenly gone far away, which made them wild with joy.
In the hearts of King Kenneth and his people, the Kingdom of Saint Ellis was like a savior who had come to save them.
They never would have thought that the Knight legion that came to save them would be splitting the spoils of war with the invaders.
Prince Derek did not ask about what happened next. He had the Knight legion go to the 4 Duchies. As for the cost of sending out troops, it was up to the powerful Kingdom of Saint Ellis to decide.
After half a day, Head Knight Job of the Duchy of Tex left with his Knight legion. When he left, he was not very happy.
The Kingdom of Saint Ellis was too ruthless. They were so ruthless that the Duchy of Tex did not gain much from this battle.
He was not the only one who got hurt. When the other 3 Duchies left, they were not in a good mood either.
Although the 4 Duchies had harvested quite a lot, the food they obtained was enough to cover their consumption. Also, the Duchy of Keyen's own food production was also reduced, so they didn't get a lot of food.
The Kingdom of Saint Ellis only wanted food. They did not ask for much from the nobles' castles and cities.
The 4 Duchies attacked the Duchy of Keyen mainly because of food. They needed food, and they wanted to destroy a Duchy to feed themselves. However, when they were about to succeed, the Kingdom of Saint Ellis took away their victory.
However, they did not dare to resist. They knew the difference between the Kingdom and the Duchy. This difference made them pay the price.
"They're gone!" On the walls of Billy City, cheers sounded again. The people on the walls saw the Knight legions leave one by one. They were very happy.
King Kenneth was also worried that the Kingdom of Saint Ellis would change their mind. When he saw the Knight legions of the 4 Duchies leave, he was finally able to relax.
He saw Prince Derek in golden armor and 4 Head Knight Captains walking towards the city gate. He quickly shouted, "Open the gate and welcome the messenger from the Kingdom of Saint Ellis!"
He quickly tidied up his robe and walked down from the city wall to wait outside.
Prince Derek's actions made King Kenneth feel very relieved. Prince Derek only brought 4 Head Knight Captains. This in itself showed the goodwill of the Kingdom of Saint Ellis.
At a time like this, if Prince Derek wanted to bring a few thousand Knight into the city, King Kenneth would not dare to refuse. Also, King Kenneth would be putting his life in the hands of Prince Derek.
"The prestigious Prince Derek, welcome!" King Kenneth stepped up and bowed.
Although his actions were very humble, he had just been saved from the brink of destruction. His arrogance was long gone.
"King Kenneth majesty, I'm here to save the Duchy of Keyen under the order of Emperor Ambrose majesty of the Kingdom of Saint Ellis. Please forgive me for being late!" Prince Derek bowed back.
"No, no, no, the Duchy of Keyen is very grateful to see the powerful army of the Kingdom and save the Duchy of Keyen!" King Kenneth quickly bowed again.
Prince Derek's polite tone made him feel very uneasy. He could hear a request in his tone.
Yes, a request. This was the rule of the Holy Continent. When a country was helping another country, the country being saved should pay for all the expenses of the other country.
The Kingdom of Saint Ellis was the sovereign country, so they were not here to save the Duchy of Keyen. They were here to clarify their position. Prince Derek only had one reason to say this, which was to let the Duchy of Keyen bear the cost of the 20,000 Knight army.
The cost of the 20,000 Knight army was a huge amount to the Duchy of Keyen, which only had 1 city left. It was almost unbearable.
"King Kenneth majesty, the Knight army cannot stay outside for too long. We need to return to the Kingdom immediately. Please pass on the cost of the rescue to my assistant so I can send the Knight army out!" Prince Derek said straightforwardly.
He didn't care too much about King Kenneth. As long as the Duchy of Keyen was not destroyed by other duchies, it didn't matter to the Kingdom even if they were destroyed by a lack of food.
The Duchy of Keyen did not have an official wizard, so they had no ultimate protection. If he didn't take advantage of them now, he didn't know who would take advantage of them in the future.
This was what Prince Derek was thinking. Before he came, he had already decided the fate of the Duchy of Keyen. As long as the Duchy of Keyen didn't fall, it would be fine.
"Prince Derek majesty, I'm afraid the Duchy of Keyen can't afford the cost of the 20,000 Knight army. Can you reduce the cost a little or let me return it over the years?" King Kenneth bowed and begged.
"King Kenneth, do you think the Kingdom of Saint Ellis is easy to bully? No one dares to cheat the Kingdom. If you dare to reduce the cost of the 20,000 Knight army by a single gold coin, I will send my Knight army into the city to take it back! "A cold light flashed in Prince Derek's eyes as he said sternly.
When First Prince Alec left with his 20,000 knights, King Kenneth was left with a look of despair in his eyes.
In the end, no one benefited from this war that involved 5 duchies. The Kingdom of Saint Ellis won in the end. They only got food from Abel, but in the end, they had doubled the cost.
The result was that the Duchy of Keyen had become extremely weak. They had lost countless soldiers and civilians, and they had lost so much food that they couldn't even get enough seeds for the next season.
The Kingdom of Saint Ellis had also shown their strength through this war and suppressed the ambitions of the other duchies.
However, this war was like the opening of a Pandora's box. The entire human world was affected.
All the other duchies had realized the predicament the Kingdom of Saint Ellis was in when the Kingdom of Saint Ellis began to hesitate. The food shortage in their own countries was getting worse and worse, so many duchies began to look towards the smaller duchies around them.
None of this had anything to do with Abel. The Duchy of Carmel had always been in a stable state. The abundant food supply had made the citizens of the duchy feel a strong sense of belonging, and the citizens of other duchies were also attracted to the Duchy.
As a result, the population of the duchy of Carmel continued to grow. Although Abel had set up a strict immigration policy before, many of the nobles in the duchy of Carmel's foreign relatives still came to join them due to the intermarriage between the nobles.
The foreign nobles would not only come with a single family, but an entire family. At the same time, they would bring a large number of warriors, Knight, and other combat personnel, as well as countless non-combat personnel.
This was a slow process of change. Unknowingly, the Duchy of Carmel had become stronger.
Especially in the past 2 years, with the magical bread provided by the Harry Castle wizard circle and large amounts of Knight training potions, the number of Knight in the Duchy of Carmel had skyrocketed.
With the help of Abel and the help of the "dragon blood wall-breaking potion," the Duchy of Carmel now had 5 more Head Knight Captains.
In the sky above Harvest City, 14 Griffin Knights were guarding the secret of this land. 4 of them were Head Knight Captains and 10 Griffin Knights that had just grown up.
Although these Griffin Knights were not very powerful, with the attributes of their Harry bow, they could basically kill anyone below Head Knight Captains in a second.
At that moment, the Duchy of Carmel was like a growing tiger. Although it was still young, it had already begun to show its fangs.
After the food deal with the Kingdom of Saint Ellis, Abel no longer interfered with the affairs of the Duchy. Instead, he returned to his magic tower and continued his training.
In the 2nd underground floor of the Lut Gholein Palace in the Dark World, Abel spent almost half a month in the Holy Continent to clean up all the hell creatures and put all the art pieces in his portal bag.
At the same time, Abel also discovered the passage to the palace prison. There were 3 floors in total, and the hell creatures here were even more powerful.
Terrifying archers could shoot out magic arrows to attack.
Frightening Sorcerers were able to cast Fire, Lightning, Ice, and Poison spells to attack their enemies, and their casting speed was extremely fast.
Invaders could use the "fire enchantment" to increase their attack power.
These 3 terrifying hell creatures forced Abel to be very careful. He pushed forward little by little and cleared out the rooms one by one.
As the days passed, his strength increased at a visible rate. This increase was mainly due to the consumption of his daily meditation.
After becoming an intermediate wizard, he could now use a golden blue howling rabbit crystal core to meditate. At the same time, in a small building next to the Lut Gholein Tavern, a large mana gathering circle had wrapped around the entire building, making the mana density inside almost liquid.
This small building was where he trained. Every day, he would hold 2 golden crystal cores and meditate in the large mana gathering circle. The mana in the Dark World was countless times denser than the Holy Continent, so the effect of the large mana gathering circle was at its peak.
He felt like he would be able to level up again in a few more months. His training speed did not slow down because of his wizard rank.
Days passed by, and soon, it was August in the Holy Continent. Abel had pushed into the 3rd floor of the palace prison.
At this time, his body was once again full of spiritual power, but he was not in a hurry to advance because he was almost done cleaning up the third floor of the palace prison.
He carefully used the "telekinesis" to open a wooden door. This was the experience he had gained after going through so many dangerous situations.
The hell creatures in the palace prison were always neatly packed in a room. Opening a wooden door would alert all of them at the same time.
If you encountered a scary archer or a scary wizard, you would be greeted with hundreds of elemental attacks.
Of course, he should avoid using the "instantaneous movement" here. There was some kind of interference that affected the range of his power of the will.
The wooden door was opened, and 100 fireballs flew out. Since he was still a distance away from the door, those fireballs did not do any damage to him.
Since the wooden door was open, he could extend his power of the will into the room. As soon as his power of the will entered, he saw 10 invaders with 2 blades in their hands. The ones at the front had already ignited their "fire enchantment" ability. Their bodies were wrapped in fire elements, and they were glowing in red.
"Firewall." Abel directly threw a firewall in and locked the door. He would not let his spirit guardian Knight rush in. Even if a spirit guardian Knight was covered in runes, it would be hard to defend against hundreds of spells.
"Naga!" Abel yelled at one of the spirit guardian Knight.
Naga with 4 arms flashed and arrived in front of the door. With the firewall in place, the hell creatures inside would not be able to see it for a while.
The four arms on Naga's back produced four green light balls, which were then caught by the left and right hands of its body. Then, it threw them into the room. After throwing more than ten green light balls in a row, it flashed out of the door before the 'firewall' disappeared.
After Naga left the door, 2 "firewall" spell patterns were formed in front of his weapons and shields. Afterward, 2 "firewall" spell patterns were thrown in. This time, the distance was a little deeper.
He did not stop. The firewall would do a lot of damage to hell creatures without any fire resistance. This was why he liked using it.
Moreover, in a sealed room like this, the firewall's lethality was even more shocking. The terrifying mages who had attacked from afar would rarely move when they attacked. Once a firewall was thrown at their feet, what awaited them would be continuous burns until they died.
Sure enough, the screams of the invaders came from inside the room. There were also the sounds of bones cracking and cracking.
It seemed like the firewall had done a lot of damage to the hell creatures inside the room. Abel did not stop. He kept casting the firewall spell with both hands at the same time.
At this moment, some of the red glowing invaders rushed out of the door with dual blades in their hands. What awaited them was the spirit guardian Knight's shield.
The mud monster stood behind the spirit guardian knights. Although it did not participate in the attack, it still slowed down the speed of the invaders by just standing there.
The "firewall" spell pattern appeared on the "iron" sword in his right hand, and a bolt of lightning struck one of the intruders. Suddenly, a "firewall" appeared on the "firewall" shield in front of his left hand, and a bolt of lightning struck one of the intruders.
The invader that came out of the firewall could only make a useless strike on the spirit guardian Knight's shield before it was struck by lightning. Then, the other eight invaders behind it were also struck by lightning.
The souls of the nine invaders were absorbed into the Hradik cube. The invaders that came out afterward were no longer a threat. They were either killed by the chain of lightning or the spirit guardian Knight.
Abel could tell that there were not many terrifying mages left in the room. The rest of them were standing in places where the firewall could not reach.
The "move in a flash" spell pattern on his left hand lit up, and the "chain of lightning" spell on his right hand was maintained. Then, he, the eight spirit guardian Knight, and the mud monster disappeared from the spot and reappeared in the room.
The room was filled with bone fragments of dead skeletons. Only a dozen terrifying mages were standing in the corner and throwing fireballs in his direction.
The flying fireballs were blocked by the spirit guardian Knight's shield. Abel's "chain of lightning" struck them back. Not only did it take away some of the terrifying mages' life force, but it also paralyzed them.
The spirit guardian Knight directly flashed in front of the mages that were not paralyzed and interrupted their fireballs. They could only hit the spirit guardian Knight in front of them with their magic staffs.
This ridiculous attack did not even cause any damage to the spirit guardian knights, who had extremely high defense.
On the other hand, Abel's hands were casting the "chain of lightning" with all his might. The terrifying mages that were hit were almost paralyzed. They kept shaking until their life force was emptied.
When there was not a single hell creature left in the room, Abel's eyes focused on the wooden door in the room.
A white light flashed in his hand, and the "telekinesis" was activated again. The wooden door was opened by a flash of lightning.
After the wooden door was opened, no sound was heard, and no attack was triggered. Abel carefully reached out with his power of the Will. He couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. There were no hell creatures.
He walked in and saw that the lamps on the left and right had been replaced by the eternal flames of hell. The entire room was lit up with a fiery red color.
In the middle of the room, an unactivated portal was very eye-catching. It was obviously a portal that was in the style of hell. Evil energy was flowing on the portal, making it appear gray and gloomy.
Abel couldn't guarantee that the evil energy on the portal wouldn't affect him, so he used the "telekinesis" to guide his power of the Will into the portal. In an instant, the portal was activated by the power of the Will.
A dark blue light slowly slid down from the top of the portal, forming a dark blue portal in the middle of the portal.
Abel approached the portal. His intuition didn't sense any danger. He wrapped his power of the Will around the 8 spirit guardian Knight and the mud monster. His "telekinesis" was activated, and his target was the portal.
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