Berliat and Talleyrand's hard work paid off.
Katarina was badly injured in Mariinburg, and Tsar had to give up on getting enough money from Mariinburg. However, she still kept her bottom line. She did not betray Kislöw's claim, nor did she adopt an adopted son of the Romanov family as requested by the merchants. With the support of Duke Schultz of Mariinburg, Tsar chose to live in Mariinburg. As a Sanctum powerhouse, she was supported by Schultz, but she was also under his command.
At the same time, Katarina, Laing, and Veronica came to an agreement that she would enjoy an extra supply of money and food as an honorary guest professor at the Sorceress Conclave. As a price, she and Laing secretly agreed that she would return to Kislöw at the "right time." Before that, she would not interfere with Kislöw's affairs.
Now, the old world enjoyed an extremely rare peace. After Motekin's invasion, the entire old world fell into silence. Although the war was not over, at least most of the races of order were now qualified to enjoy the hard-won peace.
At the beginning of Year 2516 of the Empire's calendar, a piece of news came out of the Frost Sorcerer Tower. MI7 announced that the vice-chairman of the Garland Council, Sorceress Teresa, was pregnant and was about to give birth to a girl. Laing announced that the illegitimate child would be legalized and named her Xi 'er Trovic.
A serf named Aiden Hubard accidentally discovered an army of the undead gathering in the Grey Mountains of the Parawon Duchy while hunting. His report immediately attracted the attention of the governor of the Eastern Theater of Operations. The Second Marshal, Duke François, personally led the army to defeat the army of the vampire baron, Baron Aranak von Karstein. Aiden Hubard also received a national commendation and even attracted the attention of the Lady of the Lake. Laing personally made him a knight, which was a promotion beyond his rank.
Later on, it was proven that this was indeed another test by Lich King Arkham.
However, this serf seemed to have been too proud of himself, bragging everywhere and eager to show off his abilities. In the end, after only two weeks of being a knight, he was killed in the depths of the mountains while clearing out the undead army. He relied on his warhorse to kick over a zombie, and this brother Eden was immensely proud of his military exploits. He decided to dismount and cut off the zombie's head to show off his bravery and glory.
However, the zombie did not die. When the knight dismounted, it took the opportunity to bite off his neck. This lucky man was declared dead in his first battle after becoming a knight.
Regardless of whether this brother was lucky or unlucky, he became the laughingstock of the world.
In the middle of the year, a green-skinned warlord, Azkhan the Slayer, appeared in the northern part of the Roof of the World. At the beginning of his invasion of the northern part of the Empire, he achieved a series of great victories and displayed a rare strategic ability among the green-skinned creatures. However, in the Battle of Oswald deep in the Empire's territory, Azkhan the Slayer suddenly became motionless at the crucial moment when he was about to fight against Grand Mentor Werner von Crestatt of the Cheetah Knights. The Grand Mentor Werner von Crestatt of the Cheetah Knights was very confused, but he immediately seized the opportunity to behead Azkhan. The green-skinned army collapsed and was wiped out.
After that, the Empire discovered that the green-skinned warlord was wearing the divine crown of the Lord of the Undead, Nagash — the Witchcraft Crown. Therefore, the Empire immediately sent people to send the Witchcraft Crown back to the capital of Brunswick to be sealed. It was said that the great alchemist Gail had a way to completely seal the Witchcraft Crown.
However, on the way back to Brunswick, the escorting army was ambushed by a group of elite undead creatures. The last vampire, Count Frey von Karstein, killed a team of Knights of Moore, Knights of Eternal Light, and Knights of the Golden Scythe who were escorting the Witchcraft Crown. He took the Witchcraft Crown and disappeared into the Chaotic Wasteland in the north.
This incident cast a shadow over the entire old world.
In the second half of the same year, the eldest son of the Grand Baron of Hocke, Kurfürst Edbrand Rudenhoff, Conrad Rudenhoff, suddenly fell seriously ill. All the doctors, medicines, and spells in the Nur were unable to cure such a serious illness. At this time, a mysterious man in a long robe came out and said that his medicine could cure Conrad.
The Kurfürst had already agreed, but at this time, Emmanuel's eldest son, Frey Derick, saw through the mysterious man's disguise. It turned out that the mysterious man was the champion of the Selection of Nurgle, the plague doctor, Lord Festus Leech. In a panic, Festus escaped, and Conrad Rudenhoff finally recovered with the help of the Wood Elven Berry Wine in Frey Derick's hands.
In 2517 of the Empire's calendar, after a period of rest and recuperation, Laing launched a new expedition. This expedition was divided into two groups. One group attacked Norsk, and the Knight King personally led the army to attack Norsk for revenge. They looted and burned most of the Norsk barbarian settlements along the coast. This battle almost wiped out the entire army of World Walkers. The Wanderer, Laing, fled in panic and became a true "wanderer".
The other group was led by Marshal Kalad and Marshal Rokossovsky to the east and met up with Marshal Laun of Örengrád to prepare for a great battle. Marshal Rokossovsky formulated the "East Prague Campaign Plan".
The campaign lasted for two months, and the result was that the territory of Kislöw to the south of the Linsk River was completely recovered. With the help of the Kislöw locals, three important cities were permanently fortified.
The newly risen troll king, Solone, was defeated by Kalad, Laun, and Rokossovsky in the troll kingdom. The troll king was pierced by a lance in thirteen places and suffered more than thirty swords, but he did not die. He was only driven to the north of the Mourning Mountains to lick his wounds and wait for the opportunity to make a comeback.
This series of campaigns was collectively known as "Laing's Plough Court" by historians. It was regarded as another masterpiece of the glorious military career of the greatest Knight King in Brittany history, Laing.
In the middle of the year 2517, the Vampire Lord Zacharias led a huge undead army to attack the Weissen Territory. Just as the defending army of Nur had yet to arrive, and the defending army had already lost more than half of their forces, another undead army appeared, causing the defending army to almost fall into despair. However, this army was the army of the Tomb King led by Queen Kalyda of Lebalas. Thus, the two armies worked together to defeat Zacharias.
Within Midden Hill, the legendary Orc Beast King, One-Eyed Kazak, who had the strength of a Sacred Realm, was crowned as the supreme Beast King of Drakwald. He swore to avenge the Battle of the Three Kings and immediately sent out troops to destroy several villages near the Drakwald Forest. However, with the arrival of Boris Todbringer's army, the Orcs, who had suffered fatal losses in the Battle of the Three Kings and had lost almost all of their elite troops, were unable to fight against the White Wolf City's army. They were forced to retreat into the depths of the Drakwald Forest.
At the end of the year, the curtain fell on an epic battle. When Emperor Karl-franz led his army to clear out the Green Goblin Spider Tribe near the Bloody Pine Forest, he happened to encounter the Green Goblin Warlord, the self-proclaimed "Spider King", Rakniko's Green Goblin Army. Both sides lined up in the Bloody Pine Forest and engaged in a fierce battle.
Emperor Karl-franz used most of the provincial infantrymen and a small number of elite Great Swordsmen as bait while he led the Franz Imperial Guards to hide. After the Green Goblins and Rick's army clashed, he gradually sent in the elites to lure the Green Goblins into his trap.
The plan was very successful. The Green Goblins were eager to devour the Human army in front of them and quickly sent in all their troops. Just as the Empire's army could not hold on any longer, the Emperor personally led the Rick's Imperial Guards, the Franz Imperial Guards, and the Griffin Knights, who heard the news, to counterattack and completely destroy the morale of the Green Goblins. But just as the Empire's army was about to win, Spider King Rakniko led reinforcements and sent a small WAAAGH! The spell hit the Emperor and almost killed him on the spot.
At the most dangerous moment, Death Claw stood up. This giant griffin protected the Emperor with its own strength until the Emperor regained consciousness. Then, the Emperor rode on Death Claw again and jumped down from the sky. He used the divine hammer Gail Maraz to kill the Spider King, announcing the end of this epic battle.
It also put an end to Year 2517 of the Empire's calendar.
Time flew, and the sun and moon flew.
Year 2518 of the Empire's calendar arrived as scheduled.
February, Muxilon Principality, Freya Ancient Church District.
The Church of Justice's Western Brittany region's Patriarch, Al Frey Damian Wayne, was leading the prayers of the people. Under his efforts to preach, there were quite a number of civilians in the Muxilon region who believed in the Church of Justice. Although the Church of the Lake Nymph still held the status of the state religion, Al Frey was one of the most popular people in Muxilon. The Patriarch was not arrogant and liked to communicate with people of all classes. He was also committed to safeguarding the security of the region and providing a part of basic education. The church school he opened allowed many children of the free people and even the children of the serfs to receive an education.
On this day, as usual, Al Frey taught the children a lesson and prayed before returning to the temple.
Al Frey was already over 40 years old this year, and he had started to grow a long beard. As a rising star in the Church of Justice, Al Frey had always been regarded as Archbishop Wickmar's' personal 'and the most important chess piece of the Church of Justice in Brittany. But as Laing said, Al Frey was most comfortable because he started from scratch and owned a piece of land. Thus, Al Frey could freely construct and build a new organization according to his own ideas.
Archbishop Wickmar also did his best to open the door for Al Frey and did his best to prevent the Church of Justice's bloated and complicated system from affecting this side of the mountain.
However, Al Frey also had his own worries.
After praying, Al Frey's mind quickly thought of other things.
The first thing that gave Al Frey a headache was his son, Bruce Wien, who was only 4 years old this year, and it was already discovered that he had magical talent.
In this world, having magical talent was not a good thing. This kind of child would be treated as a monster and ostracized by his peers. More importantly, he would face a dilemma. Either he would be taken away by the Lake Goddess Her Highness Morgiana, or he would have to send his child to a foreign magic academy to study.
Al Frey did not want to do either. He wanted to keep his son by his side and teach him, but this was destined to be impossible.
Originally, Al Frey wanted to send his son to the Empire's Royal Wizard Academy to study, but recently, something big happened in Brittany.
Five magic boys were forcibly taken away from their parents when they were young. After more than ten years, they returned to their hometown and became the "messengers of God".
If that was all, it would be fine. However, the five boys who returned were unbelievably strong. They were also promoted by the Lake Goddess Church as the "Sons of Brittany" knights. Their status was equal to the Lake Goddess Prophet, who enjoyed all kinds of privileges. Their strength was at the peak of the legendary realm, and they were half a step into the realm of the divine.
It turned out that the boys taken away by the goddess were not lost forever! There were still boys who could pass the test and return to the mortal world, and complete an amazing transformation!
Al Frey's instinct as a parent affected him. Even as a patriarch and a member of the clergy, Al Frey naturally hoped that his child would receive the best education and training.
What if the child did not come back? Al Frey was still having a headache when the paladins under his command sent an urgent message. "Patriarch, urgent news from Brunswick."
"Urgent news?" Al Frey took the letter and found that it was sealed by Archbishop Vikma.
This was obviously an important matter. Al Frey's expression changed drastically, and he immediately opened the letter.
"What happened, Patriarch?" The paladin waited for Al Frey's reaction.
The patriarch of the Western Brittany diocese read the letter several times, and his two golden eyebrows were knitted together. "Very bad news. A large number of Chaos troops, led by the Chaos warlord Khorakthor Fire Axe, have entered the Empire. The archbishop received a revelation from the Lord that the enemy must be completely destroyed before this Chaos army blasphemes and destroys the ancient seal in the great forest.
Therefore, the archbishop ordered all the armies in the old world to respond to the Lord's call and send troops to participate in the battle. " The patriarch put down the letter. "Very well. Order the troops to assemble. We must also respond to this call!"
"Yes, Patriarch!" The paladin immediately answered.
The entire ancient church district of Freia began to bustle. For the first time in many years, the army was fully assembled. Under the leadership of Al Frey and dozens of Paladins and Hospitallers, they were ready to cross the Grey Mountains and go to Brunswick to join the army of the Church of Justice.
But before that, Al Frey had to go to Gene City to meet the Knight King and tell him about this matter.
The patriarch did not delay. He simply said goodbye to his wife and child, and immediately changed to a fast horse and set off for the duke's castle.
Four days later, in the reception room of Laing's castle.
"The Church of Justice is gathering an army from all over the world?" The Knight King Laing was now extraordinarily calm. He stood in front of the glass window, looking at the scenery outside the castle with his back facing Al Frey. "This … is really rare."
"It is indeed rare, Your Majesty." Al Frey no longer dared to call Laing a good friend. The patriarch of the Western Brittany diocese could only say seriously, "As the patriarch, I must respond to Archbishop Wickmar's signal, Your Majesty."
"It's fine. You can go without worry." Laing nodded slightly, but did not turn around with the Knight King. He was silent for a while before saying, "Where is the enemy's specific location?"
"In the Shadow Forest of Oostermark. We need to cross the Tarabek River." Al Frey took out a letter and gave it to Olica, who passed it to Laing. "It is said that there is an ancient seal in the depths of the forest that can be traced back to the time of the Savior. It once sealed a few chaos artifacts and powerful chaos monsters. We must stop them."
Laing skimmed through Archbishop Wickmar's letter. It was said that the seal was originally very stable, but the situation had begun to change recently. The wind of magic in the world had changed, and many of the seals had begun to become unstable. The forces of chaos were becoming more and more rampant.
The gods of the old world had already realized the problem, and oracles were issued one after another.
This was … the arrival of the Apocalypse!
Al Frey's expedition was a sign.
Laing clenched the letter in his hand.
It came earlier than expected!
The great protection of the ancient saint was beginning to lose its effect!
"Go, Al Fu!" Laing finally turned around.
"May the Lady and the God of Justice bless you!"
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