While everyone's attention was focused on the captive offering ceremony, an uninvited guest came uninvited.
It was a pale and familiar figure with long silver hair. He wore a very simple red helmet and a very shabby but very clean full-body armor. Even the white shirt inside the armor was exposed. He held a scythe-shaped sword in one hand and a long sword that was still dripping blood in the other. His face looked handsome and dignified, with a square jaw and tight facial muscles.
When he walked over, the tens of thousands of people who were at the captive ceremony all looked at him, but not a single person dared to face his power directly because he was too fast.
He was like a blood-red phantom, bypassing tens of thousands of people and dodging the siege of countless soldiers. He didn't even let anyone touch his body. Even the cloak was out of reach.
In the blink of an eye, he was close to the rostrum. The Old Guard immediately surrounded him, trying to stop the uninvited guest in front of them. The Knights of the Holy Grail all held their weapons nervously.
"Don't move, don't move." Laing had already recognized who it was. "He's my friend. Let him come to the rostrum."
The ancestor of the Blood Dragon, Abo Wallace!
The loyal Old Guard immediately obeyed, but obviously the Knights of the Holy Grail of the Goddess were still doubtful and afraid. Kalad and François immediately stepped forward, unsheathing the Unicorn Sword and Durandale one after another, protecting the Lake Fairy.
It was a very, very dangerous move for a God to come to the world in person. The slightest carelessness could lead to death.
Was Abo Wallace an enemy or a friend? Laing frowned slightly.
Veronica was seriously injured, Olica was seriously injured, and Laing's condition was also very bad. Even if he was the original body, it was impossible for him to recover from the injuries caused by Birak in two days. When St. Giles's leg was broken by Kabanha, the archangel had to rest for a while to recover.
Laing estimated that he would have to go back and rest for two or three months.
There was no need to mention the Lake Fairy. She was not a God who was particularly good at fighting, and she often relied on Laing to provide energy.
Therefore, Laing made a prompt decision. Instead of hiding, it was better to open the door and gamble that the Blood Dragon Ancestor, who valued glory and responsibility, would not do something against his character.
"Welcome." Laing gave Kalad and his father-in-law a look, and the latter immediately understood. The Champion Knight Brotherhood of Quinnarius came up and secretly lifted the seat of the Lady of the Lake back to Laing's golden tent. Laing then stood up to welcome them. "Welcome. What brings the Blood Dragon Family's Blood Ancestor to Obien?"
"I heard that there was an exciting battle here." There was an unquestionable tone in Ai Bohua's voice. The Blood Dragon Ancestor stared at Laing with his blood-red eyes. "Unfortunately, I seem to be late."
"Yes, you are late. If you are looking for the Original Demon Prince Birac, then I have temporarily defeated him, for now." Laing nodded with a smile. The Knight King looked very frank. "If you are looking for another Demigod, the Forest Soul Wanderer Nakayi, he has been recalled to Lucia."
"I am here for you." The Blood Dragon Ancestor, Ai Bohua, stared at Laing with his scarlet eyes, as if he was looking at a delicious prey.
Laing knew that this was not an impulse to suck blood. The Blood Ancestors of the five vampire families were all restricted by the curse of Nagash. Only the Blood Dragon Ancestor, Ai Bohua, got rid of the curse and the restriction of the Lord of the Dead by drinking the blood of a living dragon (he single-handedly killed an Emperor Dragon, which was the Starlight Dragon that Gao Jing spoke of) and became a Demigod. He was very likely to be the strongest existence in the world in terms of close combat.
The only challenge left in Ai Bohua's life was to find worthy opponents. Laing knew that Ai Bohua had taken a fancy to him and wanted to fight with him.
"I can't fight with you now." Laing shook his head calmly. "First, I just defeated the Original Demon Prince Birac and was seriously injured. Second, according to your agreement with the Green Knight, our battle should not take place at this time."
"So, you owe me a favor." Ai Bohua nodded. "I will not ask you to fight with me now."
"Then I don't owe you a favor!" Laing emphasized calmly.
"Another army." The Blood Dragon Ancestor's handsome face was expressionless.
"Another army?" Laing was puzzled.
"The Von Karstein family. Noktras's ghost army had already landed on the west coast. I persuaded them to retreat." The Blood Dragon Ancestor's words were very concise. "You owe me a favor."
Everyone's eyes widened.
No wonder! No wonder the ghost pirate army did not appear. It turned out that the Blood Dragon Ancestor, Ai Bohua, had retreated!
Thinking of this, everyone could not help but feel a little scared. Although no one said it, many people knew that the situation was very critical at that time. The knight army was attacked from two sides at the same time. The Empire army in the middle army had already collapsed. Laing and Olica together could not defeat Birac. If the vampire pirate army arrived at this time, it was very likely that the knight army would suffer a very painful defeat again.
"I can't thank you enough, but why?" Laing continued to be puzzled.
"I once made an agreement with Arthur. As long as I am alive, the sound of horse hooves belonging to the Brittany's son will always sound on the plains of the old world," the Blood Dragon Ancestor said calmly. "At the same time, there is another person who does not want anything to happen to you because there are still places where the Sun King and his army will be needed. This is what she said."
"There is another person?" Laing could not help but think for a while. The Blood Dragon Ancestor's interpersonal relationships could be said to be extremely simple and monotonous.
Then who could it be? Who would want nothing to happen to him?
Wait! Laing's eyes suddenly widened.
Her?
Could it be …
Ai Bohua nodded calmly. Although he never made any expression, this person sat among the thousands of soldiers as if he was strolling in his own backyard. The Blood Dragon Ancestor omitted some details that he did not think were necessary.
For example, when he appeared in front of Count Noktras, the undead pirates under Count Noktras immediately discovered this uninvited guest, and hundreds of musketeers opened fire at him at the same time.
However, Ai Bohua held a scythe-shaped greatsword in one hand and a long saber in the other. The Blood Dragon Ancestor unsheathed his weapons and was as swift as the wind and as fierce as a storm. Everyone could only see afterimages and the Blood Dragon Ancestor's unchanging long white hair, as well as the steel shadows formed by the wind around his sharp blades. Every bullet was blocked.
"If you are unwilling to retreat, then I will be your opponent."
Count Noktras immediately decided to give the Blood Dragon Ancestor face.
"Retreat!"
Since the Blood Dragon Ancestor was calm and composed, Laing also pretended to be calm. He even chatted with Ai Bohua for a while and witnessed a huge blood sacrifice ceremony with his own eyes.
The strength of the demigod powerhouse Nakayi is really very strong, Laing thought in his heart.
However, he also knew very well in his heart that even a powerful force like the lizardmen was unique and could not be replicated. The ancient sage only left behind a demigod powerhouse like Nakayi as the guardian of the big plan. Unless it was absolutely necessary, like Itaza's Big White Lizard Brother Rock, he would not be easily dispatched.
Moreover, Nakayi, who had received the blood sacrifice strengthening and seven gifts from Sotigo, was at the peak of his strength, while the chaos demons were restricted by the mortal world and could not display their full strength.
At the same time, he learned from Ai Bohua that the Blood Dragon Ancestor had also recently made a trip to the Far East. Not only did he travel to Indy, but he also traveled to Aurora and the legendary Nipeng.
The Blood Dragon Ancestor had no impression of Indy, but he said a few things about Aurora and Nipeng.
In recent years, Aurora's national affairs had been deteriorating day by day. After the successive losses in the war in the north, the guard posts outside the pass were basically all lost, and the barbarians had frequently killed their way to the foot of the Great Wall.
When Ai Bohua passed by Aurora's Royal Palace, he happened to encounter a major event. Under the joint efforts of several elders in Aurora's palace cabinet, the motion to officially list Lord Qingbao as the official religion of Aurora was passed. The belief of Lord Qingbao officially became the official mainstream religion, just like the White Wolf Church in the north of the Empire, the Church of Justice in the south of the Empire, and the Church of the Goddess of War in the south of the country. It was only a step away from the status of the Church of the Lake as the state religion of the Knight King Kingdom.
According to Ai Bohua, the three elders in the cabinet, Grand Secretary Li, Grand Secretary Zhang, and Grand Secretary Zeng were all loyal believers of Lord Qingbao, and only Grand Secretary Zuo was fiercely opposed. Unfortunately, Grand Secretary Zuo was leading an expedition to the Ogre Kingdom, intending to recover the lost land and support Aurora's Protectorate of the West, which was besieged by Kurgan and the Hun army.
It wasn't that Dragon Emperor Wu didn't try to stop it, but with the approval of almost all the civil officials and scholars in the private schools in the countryside, the Dragon Emperor had no choice but to issue the order to pay respects to Heavenly Lord Qingbao. They could only use relatively conservative methods, such as burning incense, bowing, or bowing.
The Blood Dragon Patriarch told Ryan that the Dragon Emperor was very powerful. He was a warrior at the peak of the Sanctuary-realm and a wizard at the peak of the Sanctuary-realm at the peak of the Sanctuary-realm. In addition to the three battalions of the Guard Capital and the sixteen guards under his command, he also had the Kirin Cavalry Regiment, the Spirit Monkey Army, the Steam Terracotta Army, and twelve giant golden statues.
In addition, it was rumored that the Dragon Emperor's most powerful skill was called "Emperor's Earth-shattering Fist", which could destroy a medium-sized fortress at a time.
Ai Bohua originally planned to challenge the Dragon Emperor, but unfortunately, the guards did not give him a chance. Therefore, the Blood Dragon Ancestor sneaked into an elite army of the Dragon Emperor and challenged a favorite general of the Dragon Emperor — Minister Lu. Minister Lu was very unyielding. After being defeated, he was unwilling to admit defeat, nor was he willing to be turned into a vampire and be killed by the Blood Dragon Ancestor.
At the same time, the Blood Dragon Ancestor also noticed the cultural diversity and inclusiveness of Aurora. To put it simply, in Aurora, whether it was the Kurgan, the Hun, the vampires, the wild orcs, or the ogres in the north, these people could be officially accepted in Aurora and hold positions in the palace. A large number of barbarians who believed in chaos were trading with Aurora in the border cities. Even the Royal Palace had a large number of barbarians living in it. Many barbarians were even selected to join the Dragon Emperor's Imperial Guards, and the proportion was increasing every year.
In recent years, a large number of vampires had entered Aurora's imperial court to hold important official positions. The Dragon Emperor used the power of vampires to check and balance the scholars who believed in Lord Qingbao.
After visiting Aurora, Ai Bohua came to Nipeng again. The situation in Nipeng was also very bad. The Shrimp Island in the north had completely fallen. The Army of Chaos had repeatedly attacked Honshu, and the Official Army of Nipeng had built a large number of fortresses in the north to resist.
The Blood Dragon Ancestor challenged the famous Nipeng Sword Saint, Yagyu Sanyan, in Nipeng and beheaded the first personal guard of the general under the cherry tree in front of the mountain city. As a proof of his strength, Wallace took his divine katana — Tsukizen Kokukimaru — as a trophy.
It was one of the two weapons that Wallace was using now. It was said that a demon was sealed in it.
After the exchange, the Blood Dragon Ancestor got up and left. Before leaving, he looked back at Laing and said, "Remember to go back and tell your brother that I, Ai Bohua Wallace, will visit him again one day and challenge his pair of axes."
"I will tell Brother Anglo." Laing nodded.
Ai Bohua Wallace left as quietly as he came.
He turned into a dark red phantom and floated away with tens of thousands of troops, leaving not a cloud behind.
… I am the dividing line of the second visit …
The Battle of Konkuata was not the end of Laing's conquest of Obien, but it was indeed the last straw that broke the camel's back. After this glorious epic victory, the knight army spent two weeks ransacking all the fortresses in the thick fog of Obien. Then, they destroyed everything and turned it into ruins.
If it wasn't for Obien's never-ending rainy season, the knights would have wanted to start a fire and burn down all of the barbarian fortresses.
In the end, ten weeks after Laing entered Obien, the knight army declared victory.
The second expedition came to an end. The knight army killed more than 200 thousand barbarian soldiers and militia and seized around 370 thousand crowns of wealth. Apart from that, there were also large amounts of ores, furs, magic scrolls, and many relics of ancient saints.
The wealth would be distributed 6: 3: 1. 60% of it would be distributed to the dukes and the legions based on the strength and elite level of the troops sent out, as well as the comprehensive military merits. 30% would be taken into the national treasury, and 10% would be distributed to the empire according to the usual practice. This was the price for borrowing the Newland garrison, mobilizing the Newland garrison, and hiring the Nord marines.
The knight army had 48000 men participating in the battle, with around eight thousand dead and four thousand injured. As for the Empire's money, even though it was only ten percent, it was still 40000 crowns (Laing had to pay extra for the casualties and Nord's marines). The envoys of Duke Theodoric Gaither of Nord and Emperor Karl-franz of the Empire arrived at almost the same time.
Both Gaither and Karl wanted the money!
Laing's head hurt. After thinking for a while, he decided to give the money to Emperor Karl-franz's men. Newland was a province of the Empire and the one who signed the treaty with the Knight King was the emperor himself. Since I've given you the money, it's up to you how you want to split it among yourselves. It's none of my business.
After arranging everything, Laing officially declared victory and returned to the Knight King.
In the 8th month of Year 2520 of the Empire's calendar, the knight army officially embarked on their return journey.
A shocking piece of news reached the wood elves' forest council.
The high elf and dwarf envoys were ambushed and completely annihilated!
The Eternal Queen Alissanda had gone missing!
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