Pendor Calendar 358 September 16, sunny.
Shield Wind Fortress.
Snake Worship Cult's troops were destroyed.
But the main force in this battle is not me, nor the Bax troops led by General Ivaylo, but the reserve team left here by Wendy and Phoenix Knight Order.
In other words, this is the reserve team of the two Her Majesty the Queen who deliberately stayed in the country.
I didn't expect that His Majesty Amy, who is far away from Lion City, could actually mobilize Phoenix Knights people.
I also didn't expect that the person who led Phoenix Knight Order to stop Snake Worship Cult's large army was Ansen who was not very good at fighting!
In the southern part of Shield Wind Fortress, I saw the real combat power of Phoenix Knight Order for the first time, which was nothing like what they looked like when they were stationed in Calundru Castle.
When facing Snake Worship Cult, Phoenix Knights seemed to be more fearless and more crazy than Snake Worship Cult.
They charged back and forth among the Snake Worship Cult army, charging wherever there were many enemies, as if everyone believed that they could be reborn like a phoenix.
This combat style caused great losses, but the effect was also outstanding. Before I even had time to join the battle, the Snake Worship Cult army was smashed to pieces by them.
Wendy left more than two hundred young rangers in Shield Wind Fortress. These rangers blocked the scattered Snake Worship Cult gangsters and prevented them from escaping into the forest.
When I arrived at the battlefield, there was no need for any hard battle, I just needed to clean up all the defeated Snake Worship Cult gangsters.
However, just after killing Snake Worship Cult's troops, I received a lot of bad news.
Lord Herriwold, who stayed in the north, passed away.
At the same time, Gatu people moved south again in a big way.
In order to resist Gatu people, two adults, Lord Aldarian and Isildur, gave up their duel and rushed to the northern battlefield together. Now their lives are uncertain.
--Excerpted from <New Pendor Battlefield Diary>, Risadiran Aino.
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In late September, General Ivaylo returned to Imperial Port with the Bacchus Empire's army.
Returning with him were Phoenix Knight Order and hundreds of Maritin prisoners who were beaten to half disability.
Because he met Maritin soldiers who were led to the north by Sigismund on the way, Ivaylo learned the news of the attack on Imperial Port. After crippling the one thousand Maritin people, he marched back to Imperial Port.
Caspar left Imperial Port with a dozen old and broken battleships that had been hastily overhauled, and more than a thousand remaining soldiers who were still willing to follow him.
He is going back to Maritin.
Li Ang and Alina did not detain any Maritin people, leaving only the letter of allegiance written by Caspar.
He came with great ambitions, but returned home sadly just a few days after setting foot in the Pande Continent. This may have allowed Caspar to truly grow - he finally thought clearly that returning to Maritin as his deputy emperor is the most reliable thing.
Of course, when you return to Maritin, you may have to confront the emperor... But at least it is a confrontation within the rules of the nobility. It should be easier to deal with than insidious liars like Pande Continent. At least there is an entire family there that you can rely on.
Phoenix Knight Order will return to the Amara Continent together with Caspar, because Pande Continent's Snake Worship Cult disciples have basically been eliminated, and their mission has been completed.
Imperial Port gradually regained his composure, and Alina and Li Ang also began to prepare for Emperor Marius's funeral.
Everything seems to be going well... except that Justus is more difficult to deal with.
A father who protects his daughter is difficult to deal with. Now Justus is fierce, violent and aggressive.
And this father thought it was Li Ang who had eaten up his daughter...
"Luciana, what are you going to do? You will be crowned queen after the funeral. Do you want to become Li Ang's concubine as the queen?!"
Justus is currently educating her daughter.
"Can't I not get married? Besides, Li Ang and I are just a master-disciple relationship... and I am Alina now, and Luciana is not the heir of His Majesty Marus."
Alina sighed helplessly.
"Master and apprentice? Are there any masters and apprentices who sleep together?! That's what I saw with my own eyes... It doesn't matter how you young people want to play, but I don't want you to be pointed out by others all your life!"
Justus said angrily.
"We didn't sleep together... No, we didn't sleep like you imagined! What you saw was just a misunderstanding!"
Alina is becoming more and more helpless - there are many masters and apprentices sleeping together. Li Ang and his two wives are both masters and apprentices...
"Misunderstanding? Humph...Li Ang This bastard is irresponsible, and you actually helped him cover it up?!"
Justus's face was full of hatred, and he turned around and left. "Huh... I'm going to find Queen Wendy! I have to let that bastard learn a lesson... It's best to force him to divorce those two Queen!"
"Hey... Father..."
Alina called twice but didn't stop, frowning in confusion.
"Tell me clearly, what is going on between you and Alina?"
Wendy is educating her husband in the room.
"It's just a misunderstanding... Look at my injury. How can I do bad things with this kind of injury?"
Li Ang answered timidly.
Justus actually told Wendy about this. It seems that this old guy wants to sow discord between his wife and his wife?
Sure enough, handling family affairs is much more difficult than state affairs...
"Humph, who knows, you didn't hurt your lower body... No wonder your law allows you to marry three... If you really like her, then forget it, but you did something bad and you don't admit it?!"
Wendy obviously doesn't believe this is a misunderstanding. In her opinion, this injury may not affect Li Ang from doing bad things.
Moreover, this bastard Li Ang obviously has some misunderstanding about the master-disciple relationship - all the disciples he accepted are beautiful girls, he should have noticed it a long time ago!
Li Ang sighed and didn't know how to explain.
I really didn't do anything...
Are we going to say, 'Alina sneaked into my bed in the middle of the night'?
Although this is indeed true, if it were really said, the consequences would probably be more troublesome.
"Dong dong dong!"
Just when Li Ang was in a panic, there was a knock on the door.
"Wendy, can you come out for a moment? I want to talk to you..."
The voice of Alina appeared outside the door.
Wendy glared at Li Ang angrily and walked out the door.
She doesn't lose her temper with Alina. They have always had a good relationship.
I don't know what Alina said to Wendy. Anyway, Wendy has moved into Alina's room since then, and Li Ang's ears have become much cleaner.
Pendor Calendar 358 September 26.
The two generals Creon and Valeus also rushed to Imperial Port, and all the members of the Elder Council have arrived.
This day is Emperor Marius's fifty-ninth birthday.
It is also the day when Emperor Marius is buried.
According to Emperor Marius's own wishes, he will be buried on a cliff about ten miles east of Imperial Port - that is, the cliff behind the reef that can be seen from the Imperial Port Governor's Mansion.
Perhaps, Emperor Marius wants to look at Baxian's true hometown from the top of the mountain across the endless sea.
The sky is blue and clean.
The streets of Imperial Port are also very clean. The wind and rain in the past few days have diluted the bloodstains caused by the war, and the war-torn Imperial Port has been rewashed into a neat and peaceful appearance.
Both sides of the street were crowded with men, women and children. There were so many people, more than the people mobilized by Radiant Knightly Order to defend the city a few days ago. It was impossible to see the head to the east.
These are all civilians who spontaneously came to see Emperor Marius off.
People held crowns made of wheat ears and cinnamon branches in their hands, and formed a winding procession on both sides of the road from the city gate of Imperial Port to the east.
This happens to be the season when wheat is ripe, and the ring made of yellow wheat ears looks exactly like the crown on Emperor Marius's head.
Everyone's eyes were looking towards the direction where Emperor Marius's coffin was coming.
Alina is wearing the immortal battle armor, Emperor Marius's immortal helmet, and holding Sword of the Orator to lead the way - this is the tradition of Bax. Emperor Marius is a lifelong military leader, and his heirs must wear the military uniforms he once used to see him off.
Alina is a girl. Her waist is too thin and her shoulders are too narrow. The armor worn by Emperor Marius does not fit her well. She had to tie up the shoulder pads with a belt to prevent them from slipping off, and then put Marius' red cloak on them to cover up their loose appearance.
This didn't look impressive at all, but no one would laugh at her at this point.
Marius's two sons walked silently behind Alina. Although the eldest son Gaius had the same name as Emperor Marius himself, he did not compete for the identity of the heir. Instead, he only inherited Emperor Marius's private property, which was some manors, villas and land in the Siyuan City area.
Marius' own name was also called Gaius. Marius was the family name, which was the usual naming method of Baxian. The eldest son often had exactly the same name as his father.
Marius's second son, Yunes, took over some business from his brother Gaius, then resigned from the army, and also became a wealthy landowner.
Both brothers expressed respect and recognition for Alina, and voluntarily put down the meager power in their hands, leaving no opportunity for any ambitious person to take advantage of him.
This is obviously what Emperor Marius warned in advance.
At the same time, all the surviving members of the Council of Elders only nominated Alina as the emperor candidate.
In other words, there is no need for parliament to vote in the election, there is only one candidate.
Emperor Marius did not let his death turn into a bloody power struggle. This kind of peaceful handover is actually very rare in this era.
Alina has become the queen at this time.
The funeral was still going on. There were many people, but it was very quiet. There were no gongs, drums, or crying.
Maybe everyone didn't want to disturb the emperor in the coffin, or maybe everyone knew that His Majesty would be watching them from the high cliff.
Emperor Marius was buried on the cliff on the top of the mountain. To the south is a cliff that has been smoothed by waves for thousands of years.
Li Ang, as a relative and friend of Marius, walked first behind Marius' coffin.
Moreover, Li Ang personally funded the construction of a lighthouse next to Marius's cemetery.
This lighthouse was named "Marius's Light" by him.
He felt that this should be what Emperor Marius wanted - even if he died, he could do something truly useful for Bax.
There is a large reef area under the cliff. A lighthouse can be built here to warn passing ships to be careful and reduce accidents.
At the same time, the ever-lasting lighthouse also allows Emperor Marius to see how prosperous Bax will become in the future.
Shortly after the funeral of Emperor Marius, before Alina had time to return to Siyuan City for his official coronation, a series of news came from Risadiran.
The good news is that all the Snake Worship Cult troops have been strangled near Shield Wind Fortress, and no one has escaped.
The bad news is that Herriwold Earl died of illness at Brave Shield Fortress.
Herriwold died of a sudden illness when he was older. There was no conspiracy, but the death of the experienced and respected Herriwold caused a series of problems.
The first was the members of Ralph and Horn Summon Ranger Corps. They gathered at Brave Shield Fortress to hold a funeral for Herriwold, and also planned to prevent Gatu people from taking the opportunity to go south.
But what they didn't expect was that Gatu people did move south in a big way, but instead of passing through Brave Shield Fortress, it crossed diagonally through the north of Noldo Forest from the northwest and appeared directly near White Deer Fortress.
Lord Aldarian's tribe had been guarding the northern part of the forest, but this time his troops were transferred to fight Snake Worship Cult. Noldo Forest had few troops in the northern part, so Gatu people took advantage of it.
Risadiran has already rushed to White Deer Fortress with Noldo Elves.
"According to what Risadiran said, Gatu people's troop dispatch this time is very large, larger than in previous decades. But I'm sorry, Your Majesty Li Ang, we just came back from the north and it's difficult to organize another one. We are organizing an army to support the north. And it is still not convenient for us to enter the range of Noldo Forest or White Deer Fortress... There was almost a problem when we pursued together with Risadiran before."
Ivaylo apologized to Li Ang and said that he could not lead troops north to support again.
Li Ang understands this. Baxian cannot enter Noldo Elves's core sphere of influence at will in the short term. Otherwise, it is difficult to predict whether other Noldo Elves will conflict with Bax soldiers. After all, it was Baxian who burned the forest before.
However, White Deer Fortress is a little empty now, and it happens to be the harvest season, so Li Ang is really worried.
Gatu people The troops sent out at this time will definitely be sent out in large numbers to grab food. In other words, their scope of action will be very scattered, and their targets will never be fixed in the White Deer Fortress area. The entire eastern region will be in danger.
In fact, the required garrison deployment had already been done before sending troops to Imperial Port - Ralph and Horn Summon Ranger Corps were in Long River City, Leofric is in Calundru Castle, Owl Knight Order is in Trublen, Charles is in Fletcher...
In addition, Risadiran brought nearly two thousand Noldor troops to White Deer Fortress, and the entire eastern part of the country has sufficient troops.
It's just that Gatu people unexpectedly traveled through Noldo Forest, which makes Li Ang always feel a little dangerous.
But Li Ang is far away from Imperial Port, and there are only less than 300 guards around him. No matter how worried he is, the fire far away cannot save the fire nearby.
Although Li Ang left immediately, it would take at least a week to get back from Imperial Port.
Now we can only hope that Ralph and Risadiran will respond faster and don't let Gatu people take advantage.