Pendor Calendar 358 January.
On the first day of the new year, many big things happened in the Pande Continent.
Amy·Queen Sonade announced his abdication in Long River Town because he failed to protect the capital Lion City, causing Lion City to be occupied by demons, and he was unworthy of his Lion Territory subjects.
A king who was alive and well suddenly announced his abdication without passing the throne to anyone else. This is naturally a rare thing that has never happened to the Pande Continent.
On the same day, the Lionheart Kingdom rebel Brennus, who had been entrenched in Cliff Bay and was with Fallen One, suddenly announced in a high profile that they would die for the real Lion King Ulrich. Then almost all the troops in Qiaoyan Bay set off towards Lion City.
Speaking of which, the 'Ulrich' in Lion City did issue a king's order more than a month ago, requiring all the lords of the Lionheart Kingdom to assemble to Lion City.
At that time, various countries in the mainland heard some rumors, but the armies of various countries had witnessed with their own eyes a large number of Fallen One coming out of Lion City - at that time, troops from various countries fought a big melee near Lion City, and the Dexia army was almost wiped out when they rushed into Lion City.
Therefore, all countries know that it is difficult to say whether the "Ulrich" in the city is a human or a ghost. Even if he is a human, he is probably related to heretics.
Now Brennus has declared allegiance to Lion King, which makes it clear that the one in Lion City is definitely a heretic...
Moreover, countless Fallen One besides Lion City also confirmed this.
At this time, Grand Duke of Long River Town Li Ang, who had been missing for a long time, reappeared, and together with Paladin Roland, sent envoys to all the kingdoms of the Pande Continent, hoping that everyone could temporarily unite and form a coalition to slay the heretical demons together.
Due to the high-profile search for Amy, the entire continent knew that Li Ang risked his own life to attract thunder and disappeared with the abyss demon.
Some people may doubt what the 'cunning' lord Li Ang said, but there is no doubt about the call issued by Roland.
So now, the call initiated by a young duke who has been on the front line to slay demons, and Paladin Roland, who has been cleaning up Fallen One, is enough to convince everyone that Lion City and Cliff Bay and other places have been completely occupied by demons.
There is a more suitable explanation for Amy moving a large number of civilians to Long River Town - Lionheart Kingdom did not have enough troops to fight against the demons of Lion City at that time, and the mob was causing chaos, so he had to leave with everything he could to ensure the safety of the people.
Of course, for most people, they are not willing to respond to the invitations from Li Ang and Roland. Anyway, the devil has not appeared in their territory...
However, in this case, it is not necessary to add insult to injury to Lion Territory - the king and the great lords still want to face each other, and no one wants to be thought to be the accomplice of the devil.
If you follow Fallen One to deal with Lion Territory, you may be able to take advantage at the beginning, but as long as you do this kind of thing, you will 100% incur the hostility of all countries in the future, and if you fail on the battlefield, you will definitely die - no one will regard the devil's alliance as nobles, and there will no longer be a chance to surrender.
Brennus did this kind of thing more than a year ago, so no one will regard him as a duke now. He can only go to the dark side in one way, otherwise if he loses, his whole family will be tied to a cross and burned to ashes.
Faced with such a situation, several countries have made completely different reactions.
The first person to respond to Li Ang's call was Creon from the Bacchus Empire.
In other words, it is Radiant Cross Knights.
Radiant Knight Loris came to Long River Town again. This time, he brought most of the combatants of the Knights, including General Clerion.
"Lord Li Ang, I'm here to repay a debt of gratitude..."
Loris is still wearing his white cloak, but this time, there should be no map drawn on the cloak - Red Death in the Bacchus Empire has been completely solved.
"You guys are here, His Majesty Marus, do you know?"
Li Ang I am very pleased that sowing good karma will reap good results, and my original efforts were not in vain.
"His Majesty Marus certainly knew we were here, and he even provided us with a large amount of military rations."
Loris nodded, but then showed a smile, "But... His Majesty Marus let me tell you, you must pay him a military fee - Radiant Cross Knights is now a regular legion of the empire, and it is moral to help allies fight, but you must collect money... Lord Li Ang, you know, this is also the practice of our knights..."
Li Ang smiled, "Okay... I was finally blackmailed by him. But, I have no money now... Can you keep the account first? I can write him an IOU."
Creon also smiled and waved to Alina: "Miss Alina, His Majesty asked you to sign on his behalf to sign a loan to Lord Li Ang - His Majesty Marus also built a bank in Siyuan City, the Imperial Bank..."
Then, Creon took out a piece of parchment from his body. The amount on it looked familiar...
Five hundred thousand dinars--this happened to be the loan amount originally approved by Ansen to Creon.
Li Ang and Ansen covered their faces together... Sure enough, they will have to pay back sooner or later if they come out to fool around.
However, just as the original loan was actually the goodwill of Ansen and Li Ang, it was also the goodwill of Marius.
At the same time, General Clerion said that Bacchus Empire will fully shift the front line to Dexia territory during this period, and Li Ang can safely deal with the demons of Lion Territory and Fallen One.
In the hearts of some people, there are many things that are more important than fighting for power and territory.
But this is also the only regular army in each country that actively responds to the call of Li Ang.
In addition, there is also a small force that was forced to assist in the battle due to personal connections - some archers from Silver Mist Ranger Corps.
This was a pure accident. The people of Silver Mist Ranger Corps were not brought here for Li Ang's sake. They were forcibly brought here by Wendy - those archers were the apprentices of Wendy...
Wendy has been looking for clues about Li Ang for more than a year. He met some Northern Territory archers near Fletcher who were dealing with Gatu people.
After demonstrating her bow and arrow skills on the Jatu riders, she became the idol of those archers - that is the member of Silver Mist Ranger Corps, most of them are obsessed with bow and arrow skills.
Wendy's helping hand and the kind attitude she showed gave Silver Mist Ranger Corps people a completely different perception of Noldo Elves than most people.
They think Noldo Elves is not as cold and heartless as others say, especially Wendy.
Besides...Wendy is so beautiful, no one from Raven Territory has ever seen such stunning beauty...
Therefore, they became Wendy's apprentices - although it was somewhat in name only, after all, Wendy's shooting skills mainly relied on talent and time...
Although they are not familiar with Li Ang and Roland, as long as Wendy calls, they will definitely help their teacher.
But apart from these two armies, the reactions of other countries were completely different.
Crow King Gregory IV politely replied to the letter, saying that he discovered Misty Mountain people's massive invasion at Northern Territory. He could only wish Duke Li Ang good luck on behalf of Raven Territory...
Fieltzwe's King Vidis was not so polite. He directly asked the messenger to come back and tell Li Ang that he hoped Li Ang would die with the devil again - but fortunately, at least he had no intention of joining the devil.
But there was no response at all from Dexia - they should have already encountered Bacchus Empire's army, and probably the two 'Bahad Khan' wanted Li Ang to die quickly.
This is also expected. Li Ang did not expect to receive any support. He just hoped that other countries would not cause trouble.
It's an unexpected surprise that Radiant Cross Knights and Silver Mist Ranger Corps can come.
However, this is not the only surprise.
When Li Ang was reorganizing the troops and preparing to send troops, Ramon sent people.
And a lot of people were sent - almost all the members of Ramon's 'brotherhood'.
Even Ramon himself came.
"Good brother, I thought you were dead... you didn't notify me when you came back; now you have to do something big, and you didn't even send anyone to notify me... hum..."
Ramon crossed his arms and looked at Li Ang sideways, seemingly dissatisfied.
"Ramon, I really never thought you would come so far away... This is no longer business!"
Li Ang was really surprised to see Ramon - he didn't send an envoy to Xingar at all, and he didn't think Ramon would respond to such a call.
"If everything is business, then there will be no good brothers in the world... Besides, if half a continent or even more places are destroyed by those walking zombies, how can I still do business?"
Ramon said with a smile, looking very selfless.
"Good brother, did you get some news that I don't know about?"
After hearing about The Walking Dead, Li Ang immediately realized that Ramon's information was the most well-informed in the entire continent. He must know what is in Lion City, but he still came...
This means that Ramon may have received some clear information, and it is related to Ramon's own safety, otherwise he would not be able to bring out all his family assets.
Ramon's face became serious. "I really want to tell you some news...Lion City is full of undead. Khalifa Tahir died at the door of Lion City. Almost all his troops became undead, and these undead attacked Xingar two months ago... I finally managed to kill them!"
"All the Dexia troops who died in Lion City became undead? All of them?"
Li Ang was shocked.
Although he knew that Kavala could control corpses, he really didn't expect that it would be a natural disaster-like undead transformation - if he died in battle, he would become undead. Then who would dare to attack Lion City?
"Anyway, what I saw in Xingar was that most of the troops of Tahir... all turned into walking corpses. The fatal wounds and rotten flesh on their bodies were all clear, but they still acted like an army..."
Ramon nodded and said, "And, Tahir is also among them."
"Are the undead that appeared in Xingar only the troops of Tahir? Did you see a conspicuous corpse wearing gold armor?"
Li Ang continued to ask.
"Golden armor? I didn't see it. That thing is only worn by Ulrich... The people who appear in Xingar are all Tahir's troops. I am very familiar with them and I can't be mistaken."
Ramon shook his head. "I'm not sure whether the undead army will continue to attack Xingar, so no matter what the devil in Lion City is, I must kill it with you!"
Didn't see Ulrich?
Li Ang feels a little strange.
In mid-October, more than half of Tahir's troops died in Lion City. General Clerion saw this with his own eyes, and he also talked about it.
The undead army attacked Xingar two months ago, that was in early November.
In other words, after Tahir's troops turned into undead, they immediately attacked Xingar?
Kavala has no reason to provoke Xingar at that time, right?
Those undead are probably not led by Kavala...
Xingar is the hometown of these troops. Are they still conscious after death and planning to 'go home'?
Kavala probably can't make all the undead completely obey his command?
Li Ang Not sure.
But no matter what, Ramon's joining is a good thing after all.
What Ramon brought was not just some miscellaneous soldiers. Although these men in black usually worked as waiters in Ramon's hotel, Li Ang knew that these people were members of Scorpion Assassins and true believers of Dark Goddess - although they would never mention Goddess Eredar's name.
Moreover, Ramon also equipped Scorpion Assassins with expensive ebony sabers. Those Scorpio Aowei, the low-level members undergoing training, were even equipped with long-handled broad-bladed knives, heavy weapons that were incompatible with assassins...
Obviously, throwing knives and daggers are really not suitable for dealing with the walking dead. When Xingar fought against the undead, Ramon's assassins must have suffered heavy losses due to weapon problems...
If it weren't for the fact that the assassins were not big and average in strength, maybe Ramon would equip them with sledgehammers...
After all, the swords and hammers used by Silver Hand are the most suitable for dealing with the undead.
A few days later, Li Ang completed pre-war preparations and began to march towards Lion City.
Just like what he said to Amy, when Cliff Bay declares its allegiance to 'Ulrich', it is time to send troops.
Cliff Bay's troops are also moving towards Lion City at this time.
But the troops under Brennus did not go to 'take refuge with Ulrich' - the order given to them by Cersi was to attack Lion City and kill that 'Ulrich'!
Li Ang did not release Media and Cersi. They are still in White Deer Fortress, under the care of Noldo Elves.
But Cersi does have complete control over Cliff Bay - giving orders using her handwriting.
Her current identity is Denise, the youngest daughter of Ulrich, who is also the 'successor of Ulrich' promoted by Brennus herself.
As for Brennus, after Malbert was accused of treason, he went to the territory of Bax. After learning that his son had been castrated, he took the initiative to defect to Three Prophets. Now he has completely lost his self-awareness - Cersi used psychedelic drugs to completely control his mind.
Since Fallen One cannot be controlled, Three Prophets is very careful in seducing his followers. Most of the human troops in Qiaoyan Bay have now become the ignorant followers of the prophet like Morgan.
At this time, Cliff Bay's troops have arrived under Lion City.
And the troops of Li Ang came to the ruins of Seven Forks Fortress - there was still a large burnt stone wall here.
Li Ang brought out all the elite troops, including Griffin Knights, Silver Hand, Horn Summon Ranger Corps, Radiant Cross Knights, Some members of Scorpion Assassin Brotherhood, Silver Mist Ranger Corps, and the New Dawn Knights group of Roland - which also includes Dusk Knight Order.
It can be said that half of the Pande Continent's top elite troops are here.
Only Noldo Guard is not here temporarily, and Li Ang is temporarily staying at Seven Forks Fortress to wait for their return.
Of course Noldo Guard also regrouped, but Li Ang asked Risadiran to take the guard to Baranli Town first.
Risadiran's mission is to find a way to fish out Abyssal Gate.
Abyssal Gate should have an impact on people's souls. People with weaker souls may be sucked in. Only the Noldor don't have to worry about this problem.
But one day later, Risadiran did not return to Seven Forks Fortress. Instead, he sent someone to ask for help - he encountered an accident at Baranli Town.
No one expected that Lion Knight Order, led by Ryman, would actually appear at Balanli.