The Iron Horn Legion of the Norman Empire?
"Damn it!" Upon hearing such a sound, Zhang Tie jumped down from the tree, which was more than three meters high, without thinking. He was about to run away, but when he saw the pitiful mother wolves with teary eyes that he had tied to the tree, Zhang Tie took out his dagger and quickly cut the ropes binding the mother wolves, letting them escape on their own.
The freed she-wolves didn't dare look at Zhang Tie even once. As soon as the ropes around their mouths and necks were loosened, they immediately tucked their tails between their legs and ran away.
Zhang Tie had gotten used to killing wolves these past few days, but he still felt a little reluctant to harm the few female wolves he had captured to provide him with urine for hunting male wolves. Zhang Tie Tang De said that even thieves have their code of honor, so Zhang Tie waved his hand and released the female wolves. After all, they were just a few wolves, no big deal.
After freeing the mother wolf, Zhang Tie abandoned his spear and immediately took off running towards the Wolf Valley. At that moment, Zhang Tie's running speed increased to its maximum...
In less than a minute, Zhang Tie, running at full speed, overtook the guy who had been shouting on horseback, leaving him far behind. The rider, seeing someone running faster than his horse, was so shocked he forgot to speak, staring blankly at Zhang Tie's retreating figure...
Some experts above level six, when suddenly unleashing their power, can easily outrun a galloping horse—this isn't uncommon. However, these experts can only maintain this speed for a limited time, usually just a few minutes, covering a short distance. What stunned the Prospector on horseback was that, judging from Zhang Tie's silhouette, he was very young, only a teenager. Reaching level six at such a young age was practically unheard of in Black Flame City. What surprised him even more was that Zhang Tie, while running at this speed, didn't seem to tire after a brief burst of power. Instead, after overtaking his horse, he continued charging towards Wild Wolf Valley without diminishing his momentum, leaving him and his horse far behind in no time—only a shadow. The rider, watching Zhang Tie's receding figure and his own horse drenched in sweat, felt a surge of sorrow. He then let out a mournful, pitiful cry.
"Run for your lives! The Iron Horn Legion of the Norman Empire is attacking..."
An ordinary horse carrying a person runs at a speed of about 40 kilometers per hour, but Zhang Tie, running at full speed, was already comparable to a wolf, reaching speeds of over 50 kilometers per hour, thus quickly leaving the other person behind.
Zhang Tie just ran. Ran. Ran, running with all his might...
Zhang Tie ran across the Crescent Prairie like the wind. Many Prospector saw his back and were shocked.
In just about twenty minutes, Zhang Tie rushed without stopping to the mountain range extending from Wild Wolf Valley. Zhang Tie ran up the hillside, through the woods, and finally ran to a high but well-hidden Stone on the mountain. He was panting heavily as he looked towards the northwest of the grassland.
Then, Zhang Tie was deeply shocked by what he saw.
On the distant grassland, a torrent of iron appeared, a torrent of iron like a surging river, a red torrent.
The crimson torrent of iron pounded the earth, causing the entire grassland to rumble with countless thunderclaps, sweeping towards Black Flame City with unstoppable force.
The iron torrent was moving very fast. Just moments ago it was a red line, but in the blink of an eye, the very tip of the iron torrent became clear.
Those were red iron cavalry galloping at an incredible speed. These cavalry were not ordinary horses, but strange animals with a single horn on their foreheads, somewhat like rhinoceroses, but taller and more powerful, with longer legs. They ran like horses, but faster. Riding the iron cavalry were Knight clad in full red armor. The Knight ' armor resembled cold, steel fortresses, with only their eyes and mouths revealing a row of vents and slits, giving them an extremely ferocious appearance.
Such iron cavalry would make an ordinary person feel uneasy even if there was only one in front of them. But the iron cavalry that appeared on the Crescent Prairie at this moment was boundless and rolled in like a giant dragon with the momentum of moving mountains and filling seas.
At that moment, the heroic figures of those Knight left a deep impression on Zhang Tie's heart.
The Knight riding the unicorn at the forefront held a banner as firmly as iron in his hand. On the banner was the image of the ferocious Iron Horn Beast with a single horn—this image was the symbol of the Iron Horn Legion of the Norman Empire's northern frontier.
Some of the Prospector who were slow to escape were caught up by the Knight behind them. Zhang Tie, who was standing on the mountain, originally thought that a massacre would follow. Unexpectedly, the Knight riding on Iron Horn Beast ignored the Prospector completely. They didn't even glance at those who had jumped off their horses and dared not continue running in front of the iron horn Knight. Instead, they charged forward towards the direction of Black Flame City.
When a lion is hunting, it won't even glance at a few ants on the roadside!
The red iron torrent split in two at Wild Wolf Valley, bypassing the Wild Wolf Valley and continuing its advance from the Wild Wolf Valley and right sides.
It was an endless torrent of steel. The leaves on the mountain leaves rustled as it passed by. The sound of tens of thousands of Iron Horn Beast galloping together was like a thunderclap, rolling past your feet.
Under Zhang Tie's watchful gaze, this torrent of iron split at the junction of Wild Wolf Valley and Crescent Prairie, surging like a red flood for an hour, still seemingly endless.
Zhang Tie Tie's expression had completely changed.
Following behind those endless Ironhorn Knight were equally endless steel chariots. One after another, steam-powered chariots followed the iron cavalry with even greater momentum, rumbling and crashing as they split in two at Wild Wolf Valley and swept towards Black Flame City.
Following those steam tanks came a long line of steam-powered troop transport trucks, each loaded with fully armed soldiers...
One hour later...
Suddenly, the birds circling in the sky were startled and scattered again, and an even more terrifying behemoth emerged from the clouds and appeared in the sky.
Zhang Tie stared, speechless, at the thing that appeared in the sky. It was an airship, almost 500 meters long. The airship was like a cloud, casting a huge shadow on the ground, and then slowly swept over the valleys and hills below.
The airship flew over Zhang Tie's head for almost a full minute, its shadow completely enveloping Zhang Tie.
Zhang Tie raised his head, looking at the enormous creature with awe.
One after another, enormous airships emerged from the clouds, lined up end to end, like a giant Centipede stretching tens of kilometers across the sky, appearing continuously. This sight once again deeply shocked Zhang Tie.
Zhang Tie knew that Black Flame City was finished. Not only Black Flame City, but even if the entire Andaman Alliance army were mobilized, it would be impossible to withstand the iron torrent of the Norman Empire's army before him. In just the past hour, at least 100,000 Norman Empire troops had passed before him. And behind them, Zhang Tie looked towards the Crescent Prairie; the rolling iron torrent continued like a mighty river, seemingly endless. The Norman Empire's cavalry, armored vehicles, troop carriers, transport convoys, and even the airships overhead continued to surge forward like locusts and a flood, as if it would never end. This scene continued until Zhang Tie's senses were numbed from shock...
Not only is Black Flame City doomed, but the Andaman Alliance is also doomed. The mobilization of such a large army is definitely not just for Black Flame City.
Sometimes life is like this: you're sitting under a tree, and someone throws a few dirty plates in front of you, eventually leading to a bitter feud. Other times, you're happily hunting and testing your skills, thinking about the Guoguo of your labor, when the wheels of history, regardless of whether you've had dinner or not, rumble past you, recklessly changing your fate and that of everyone around you.
The iron Crescent Prairie...
At that moment, Zhang Tie thought of his parents in Black Flame City, his older brother stationed there, the women in Black Flame City Wild Wolf Castle, and those bastards from the Airplane Brotherhood. Then, Zhang Tie ran down the mountain like a madman, heading towards Wild Wolf Castle.
Zhang Tie had just run down the mountain when he saw a red column of smoke rising from the direction of Wild Wolf Castle. That was the most urgent order Wild Wolf Castle used in an emergency to summon all trial students back to Wild Wolf Castle immediately, and it could be seen within dozens of kilometers.
In fact, even before the red smoke column summoning all the students rose from Wild Wolf Castle, all the students had already dropped everything and begun converging on Wild Wolf Castle. A massive warship of the Norman Empire had already flown directly and undisguisedly over Wild Wolf Valley, heading towards Wild Wolf Castle. That enormous airship was visible to everyone except the blind. When all the trial participants saw the airship bearing the Norman Empire's military insignia, only one thought crossed their minds—something terrible had happened. Who would still be thinking about hunting trials in the valley at this time?
The enormous warship wasn't very fast, so before it reached Wild Wolf Castle, the people inside had already spotted this behemoth approaching in the distant sky. Even from the watchtower at the highest point of Wild Wolf Castle, they could see even more airships appearing in the sky above Crescent Prairie using binoculars.
"It's Mad Shark Class warship from the Iron Horn Legion of the Norman Empire! Ladies and gentlemen, war has broken out between the Norman Empire and the Andaman Alliance!" Captain Colin had lowered his binoculars, flashed a complex expression in his eyes, but his tone remained calm as he spoke... (To be continued, please search for the novel for better and faster updates!)