"Of course, before we set out, as Chairman of the Alliance Council, I have one final matter to remind you all of: during the campaign, no one is permitted to attack or interfere with other alliance armies!"
"Anyone found doing so will be sent before the council tribunal!"
"Alright, brave knights, prepare to depart! Drive the Dark Creatures completely from the Sacred Continent!"
Ooooooh!
As the Chairman of the Alliance Council finished speaking, horns immediately sounded from atop the city walls.
With the blast of the horns, the front and rear gates of Thorn Fortress swung fully open. The noble representatives quickly returned to their respective duchies' camps, then waited to pass through Thorn City.
"Move out!" After waiting nearly over an hour, it was finally Nalant and the others' turn to depart.
At the command, he led his Storm Territory subordinates after the troops ahead.
There were at least over three hundred thousand people in this expedition, and this was only the vanguard.
It was said that the various duchies and empires would send follow-up forces depending on the circumstances.
After all, once they left Thorn Fortress, they still had to travel several hundred li before reaching the true Land of Death.
And this several-hundred-li stretch in between was land that the duchies and empires of the Sacred Continent had reclaimed over the years through battle and conquest.
By now, quite a few Sacred Thorns had been planted throughout this middle region, the only way to prevent it from being eroded again by Dark Creatures.
Once they crossed Thorn Fortress, an endless wilderness stretched out before them. The towering trees common inside Thorn Fortress were rarely seen here.
The reason was simple: after being tainted by deathly energy, the vast majority of plants would die.
Even after the land