After bidding farewell to Count Pascal, Eteria went to Volga Province, which is the granary of the entire empire. The golden land ushered in the most joyful moment of the year.
Using Avril's excuse, Eteria visited some noble ladies and successfully obtained some grain transactions. However, there was no long-term transaction between the nobles and Frozen Earth Territory. Most of the grain in their hands had already gone somewhere. This transaction with Frozen Earth Territory was also deducted from the granaries accumulated by the nobles themselves.
In this golden land, every grain of grain has been marked by its owner. It is very difficult for Frozen Earth Territory to snatch some of it from their hands.
But for now, Ryan's urgent need has been solved. In Frozen Earth Territory, a large number of grain trucks began to be transported to Ryan's location, and he exploded crazily.
"It will take some time for the next food to be delivered."
Eteria returned to Frozen Earth Territory a little tired. She hurried on quickly because Werewolves's attack became more fierce during this time.
"Werewolves of the Garg Clan seems to be under some pressure. Their leader has become a little irritable recently and is eager to break through our defense line."
Ryan left Winter City and went to the camp where Berserk War Bear Legion was. He heard the loud roaring voice of Borgeld in the distance.
The camp was filled with the atmosphere of active Magic Power, which was Life Potion. In the last war with Werewolves in the canyon, both Berserk War Bear Legion and Werewolves suffered losses. Fortunately, the arrival of the army led by Brandt ended the war, allowing the Armored Bears to return to the camp.
However, Borgeld was very angry about the appearance of Brandt.
"If it weren't for you, I would have killed that damn Werewolves! He killed more than twenty of my brothers!"
Seeing Brandt next to Ryan, Borgeld doesn't have a good temper.
"If you start a war there, Armored Bear Legion will suffer heavy casualties. Even if you can kill those ten thousand Werewolves, your battle losses will exceed 60%, and more than 600 Armored Bear Warrior will die."
"So what! Bilki warriors are not afraid of death!"
Borgeld looked like I was reasonable, until Ryan looked at her.
"I don't want my Extraordinary Legion to disappear so casually. I can bless you as a warrior, but Armored Bear doesn't grow up in a day."
"If the loss of this Extraordinary Legion is too great, you don't have to be Legion Commander."
Ryan said rudely, Borgeld opened his eyes wide and was very unconvinced.
"What, you want to fight with me? You weren't there at the time, so you are the flag bearer."
"But you are no match for me."
Ryan waved his hand and said, Borgeld's eyes widened, but he didn't rush over in the end.
"No, I want to continue the attack with my army. Those damn Werewolves have attacked us hundreds of times in the past few days."
"Don't worry."
Ryan will not agree, he is still waiting.
"In our the North, there are tens of thousands of Werewolves, Werewolves are cunning, and we only have one chance."
Leaving Armored Bear's camp, Ryan went to the front line. Where Fortress Defense Line was building fortifications, countless Werewolves roars could be heard in his ears. It was different from other places. The sound of fighting between Werewolves and human soldiers could be heard every minute. The workers who built the defense line were frightened because the soldiers could not completely protect them. There were always cunning Werewolves rushing out from unknown corners to kill them.
"Following your wishes, we have secretly stopped the construction of the fortress. Werewolves doesn't know what we are doing."
A Lordship came to Ryan. He was a member of the group of Wandering Nobles in Bilki World. Now he has become Lordship and is responsible for the work here.
Looking at the metal pile rooted deep in the ground, Ryan tried it but failed to pull it.
Alchemist have fixed these metal piles here. Deep in the earth, the metals are connected like rivers. Unless Ryan has the power to move mountains, these metal piles cannot be shaken.
"Whose foundation is going to be 80 meters long?"
Ryan smiled and nodded with satisfaction. After encouraging the soldiers here, he returned to Winter City.
"Forging metal chains is not easy. Most blacksmiths' skills are not up to par."
When Brock saw Ryan, he knew why the lord came here. He took out an iron rope of tens of meters on the blacksmith's bench. The iron rope was very thick, but Ryan wanted to use it to weave a large net.
"How long will it take?"
Ryan asked, Brock gave a time after thinking.
"At least twenty days."
"Twenty days... The soldiers in front cannot hold out for twenty days. In the past two days, Werewolves's attack has become more intense. They already know that Fragrant Mountain Plains's Black Goat Orcs has been defeated. People are dying every day. For many soldiers, it is less than a month from becoming soldiers to dying."
After hearing Ryan's words, Brock also fell silent.
"For fifteen days, I will let the blacksmith work without rest. Within fifteen days, what you want will be delivered to the location of the fortress."
Ryan nodded. For fifteen days, his army would have to hunt each other with Werewolves on a battlefield without any fortifications.
Ryan I don't know if the army can support it. The strength of Werewolves is obvious to all. The combat effectiveness of a Werewolves is not inferior to that of a Apprentice Knight who has been training for several years., that is, the people of Ryan come from different Northlands World. They have not lost their previous fighting skills, so they can fight against Werewolves.
Otherwise, even if they have the blessing of Ryan, they will lose more and win less if they don't master the fighting methods and vigilance.
Almost all of the candidates recently blessed by Ryan are the people of Fenrir. They always have some upper hand in the battle against Werewolves, which reduces the death rate of the army a lot.
Fifteen days was the deadline. When he learned that the grain truck from the south was already on the way, Ryan also took out Frozen Earth Territory's stored grain and continued Spirituality Blessing.
To the north, in the battlefield.
The ferocious Werewolves attacks the human army day and night. This is the method of Ves, the leader of the clan "Gagg". He wants to eat away at the human army bit by bit, so that the human soldiers cannot get any rest.
"Damn Black Goat Orcs, if it weren't for their incompetence, how could these humans have so many extra soldiers?!"
Ves is extremely angry. Humanity's defense has become stronger recently because there are many more soldiers, which makes him extremely angry. He feels that this is because the destruction of Black Goat Orcs on the other side has led to the support of other human noble armies here, making his attack unable to continue to be effective.
Otherwise, mankind would have been defeated long ago.
"Chief, why don't we just rush into human territory?"
Next to Ves, the tall Werewolves asked with some confusion.
"Idiot, in human territory, houses are castles blocking our Werewolves. Their soldiers can set traps in such places."
Ves's eyes showed wisdom.
"However, if humans have no knights or soldiers, then humans will lose all the courage to resist. Even if we rush into their towns, they will flee like prey and can no longer resist our hunting."
"As long as we kill their troops and their nobles, humans will take the initiative to become our food."
"The most important thing is that this way we don't have to die too many clan members, especially Werewolves of 'Gagg'. If we lose too many, other clans will challenge us."
"However, if we cannot occupy human land, other clans will also think that Gagg has become weak."
The tall Werewolves bared his teeth, and his ferocious eyes were full of murderous intent, targeting those clans who dared to challenge Gagg.
Ethnic group, blood clan, is the class level among Werewolves. Below Silvermoon Royal Court, only the powerful Werewolves can obtain a higher status.
Garg Clan not only faces pressure from humans, but also internal pressure from Werewolves. They understand humans too well, perhaps because Werewolves's own civilization is too similar to humans.
"I will kill their leader."
Ves licked his lips, Werewolves were all bloodthirsty, especially Ves as the leader.
Although he said this, Frozen Earth Territory also suddenly discovered that the number of attacking Werewolves had also increased. They attacked in the shadows during the day and killed in the darkness of night. Targeting human soldiers, a large number of soldiers died every day. As a last resort, Ryan ordered to abandon the narrow fortress defense line and let the army retreat outside Winter City.
And this time node is five days away from the fifteen days mentioned by Brock.
"Hahaha! The number of human knights has decreased. That's how humans are. When the army is not enough to defend the entire land, they will huddle in their own turtle shells."
"Continue to hunt those damn human knights and show them how powerful Werewolves is. The land of South should belong to the strong Werewolves!"
Ves roared with red eyes. He fought with Rose again, and finally broke up. However, as Orcs's instinct, failure prevented Ves's bloodiness from being appeased.
He was waiting for the day when Saint Realm could no longer defend human territory, so he became more and more extreme and asked Werewolves to attack humans from all directions.
Not only around Winter City, there are also a large number of Werewolves in Mountain Forest around Rhino Horn Mountain. For the towns under Rhino Horn Mountain, they don't even have city walls. Every night, many families are terrified, listening to the killings, screams and collisions coming from the dark night outside, and they can't sleep all night.
Ryan is still detonating troops. Spirituality Blessing's methods allow him to cultivate his own soldiers at a speed unimaginable by any noble. However, the soldiers no longer go to the battlefield fifteen days later. Without that time, they endure strong hunger and begin to leave Winter City to join the legion before their body strength reaches its peak.
"Are you ready? My attendant."
Ryan looked at the young man in front of him, and the soldier named Parker was excited. He had finally waited for this day, step by step from a small town patrolman, to Baron Ryan, and would become a noble knight, Knight Retainer.
He had heard from the people of Frozen Earth Territory that Lord Baron Ryan had the same means as Deities to make them strong. He had always had doubts, but now all doubts were gone.
"I will devote my life and death to you."
"With the honor of a knight, Parker will comply with your wishes."
Parker knelt on the ground, and Ryan's blessing fell. In an instant, Parker heard the roar of a stag. He was shocked, and then felt a powerful sense of power begin to emerge in his body.
But what followed was a strong sense of hunger. If this hunger could not be relieved in a short time, his body would be left with permanent trauma.
"Let's go eat."
Ryan said, Parker began to salute. It was no longer the previous etiquette, but the etiquette unique to knights.
Ryan nodded. He had repeated these actions and words thousands of times. He didn't know if the soldier in front of him could survive.
"Baron-sama, the troops on the front line can hardly hold on anymore."
The two generals Harrington and Mikaela on the front line sent people back to report that Werewolves's attacks were becoming more and more frequent. The knights on the front line would participate in three to six fights with Werewolves every day, and their rest time was seriously insufficient.
As the defense line shrinks, the number of Werewolves they face is actually greater, because Werewolves does not need to extend the front.
"Return to Winter City."
Ryan gave the order, and thousands of soldiers began to retreat towards Winter City. This scene made Werewolves leader Ves even more aggressive.
"Humanity is already dying, kill them all!"
Winter City was once again attacked by tens of thousands of Werewolves. With the help of trenches and low walls, humans kept Werewolves out. After getting here, they could no longer retreat, otherwise all one hundred thousand people in Winter City would die in Werewolves's bloody mouth.
Every day, an irritable Werewolves would rush into Winter City, causing huge chaos. For ordinary people, one Werewolves could cause a large area of panic. Fortunately, Knight Retainer patrolled the city constantly, and all of Gam's people also had tempers. The Werewolves that rushed in did not cause too many casualties.
In such a tense environment, Ryan led a group of people away from Winter City, and they quietly went to the fortress defense lines. There were many Werewolves patrolling here, and they seemed to have regarded these human buildings as their own territory.
"Don't let them find you."
Ryan stopped Knight Retainer from killing some Werewolves, used the houses there to take care of Ryan's living conditions, and then waited in Mountain Forest with a group of people.
Autumn has entered the sky, and Northlands feels it especially strongly, because the night at this moment is already as cold as winter, and frost has begun to condense in the bushes. When looking around in the morning, Ryan can see that the leaves are stiff due to the dew and ice.
The world seemed to have entered winter all of a sudden. Ryan waited with these people for three days. On the fourth day, Dawn, he opened Planar Gate.
The Planar Gate here is wide open, which means that the Planar Gate in Winter City that has been fixed before is closed.
"Quick, quick, move out the iron ropes!"
I rushed in, and there were hundreds of people waiting inside. They were sorting out the metal chains that were tens or hundreds of meters long, and while transporting Planar Gate out, Knight Retainer was already killing Werewolves in the distance.
The arrows made Werewolves lose his agility, and the Knight's Greatsword in his hand fell, causing Werewolves to let out the last wail of his life.
The metal piles driven deep into the mountain peak were dug out and connected with iron chains. Hundreds of people shuttled through Mountain Forest, carrying the iron chains far away amidst the roar of Werewolves...
Winter City.
Brock stood on the city wall, side by side with Brandt, looking at the dense, bloodthirsty and ferocious army of Werewolves that was about to rush over.
"We have to fight them back."
"Fight on the battlefield of our choosing."
There are tens of thousands of Werewolves outside Winter City. The number of army soldiers in the city is only 6,300, but now they have to take the initiative to attack and force Werewolves to the initial battlefield between the two sides.
"Where are Mr. Roth and Grand Mage Luna?"
Brandt asked, he did not think about whether this matter could succeed, but it must succeed, because Baron Ryan was still outside, and the lord of this territory was not in a safe place.
"Grand Mage Luna Follow Master Baron, Mr. Roth, he will take action."
Ouch——
The Werewolves outside turned into strong wolves, running wildly on the land, and in the Winter City sky, Alchemist Rose appeared. He released a dark green gas in the air outside the city. After some Werewolves inhaled it, their bodies became sluggish, and a substance like patina grew in their hair.
"Damn Alchemist!"
Werewolves leader Ves also appeared. He roared loudly and landed his claws on the ground. A force of gravity gathered all the dark green gas in one place, unable to affect more Werewolves soldiers.
"Swallow the potion!"
Brandt said loudly. The soldiers in Winter City took out the Magic Potion that they had just obtained from Baron a few days ago, and opened Crystal Bottle's mouth. The blood-red liquid flowed down the throat and to the limbs.
The originally calm soldiers became furious at this moment, and their eyes became as wild as wild beasts, as if there were some terrible monsters devouring their wills in their bodies.
Hound's Heart, this is not Magic Potion, but Alchemist Rose created according to Magic Potion made by Life Mage All the materials come from Gam and Fenrir World, Supernatural Materials that grew on the earth after the Godslaying War.
The wildness of the hounds stimulated the bodies of these thousands of soldiers, and some of the fighters even turned into strong Magical Beast and let out deafening roars.
"Attack!!!"
Brandt has arrived at the city gate. He waved his long sword and shouted loudly that in this war they do not need to defend, but to attack until the Werewolves army is driven to the original place.
"Humans can't hold on any longer!"
Werewolves Leader Ves saw the state of the human soldiers after taking the potion, but they were roaring with excitement. He knew very well that taking extraordinary potions with side effects often meant that humans had to pay a huge price. In the same way, it meant that humans had no more means and trump cards, and must use extraordinary power with side effects to strengthen their combat effectiveness.
"Let Gagg's bloodline retreat. Humanity's extraordinary potion will do great harm to their bodies. It won't take too long. As long as the potion time passes, human soldiers will turn into weak two-legged beasts!"
Ves ordered Werewolves of the Garg Clan to retreat, but the other Werewolves still attacked.
Outside the city of Winter City, thousands of human soldiers rushed out, but on the city wall, the people of Gam took the place of the soldiers and helped the war outside the city through a few means.
Please slow down today's update. I'll update it during the day. My mind is a little unclear.