Lord Harland

This time, the Grand Duchy of Delon, the United Kingdom of the East Coast, and the Kingdom of Lane have actually formed an alliance. Together with the Sith Kingdom's navy who is willing to cooperate, more than a million troops have been dispatched.

The Kingdom of Grant, the Grand Duchy of Stanek, and the Duke of Harland also mobilized more than 800,000 regular troops.

Although the army led by Harland had fewer soldiers, it actually played more of a role than the Grand Duchy of Stanik due to factors such as star bombs and magic crystal cannons.

In terms of military combat effectiveness alone, the Three Kingdoms Alliance actually does not have much advantage.

Although the Kingdom of Lane still has some strength left, there are 200,000 troops in the direction of the Silver Wolf Mountains, and 60,000 troops are stationed in the capital Lane Castle. The nobles and nobles in the country can still squeeze out 100,000 troops. But the Duke of Harland can also piece together 100,000 soldiers. The Grant Kingdom can also mobilize about 80,000 soldiers, but the quality of these last 80,000 soldiers is not very good.

Whether it is the Kingdom of Lane or the Territory of Harland, the troops defending the orcs cannot be easily mobilized.

Once there is a loophole in the defense line against the orcs, the orcs will definitely seize the opportunity to invade. In fact, all the fighting parties at this moment have tried their best, and there are not many reserves left to use. Failure in any battlefield will inevitably lead to the collapse of the entire battlefield.

After careful calculation, Cromis met Macalone in person. After hearing Macalon's story personally, Cromis had confirmed that the Rhine Castle defenders might not be able to withstand the onslaught of the Duke of Harland. After secretly deducing the situation, Cromis finally decided to go north to return reinforcements to stabilize the situation and contain the Duke of Harland.

Richard entered the Lion Kingdom with an army of 100,000, so he naturally had to plunder the place on a large scale and collect food and fodder to maintain logistics.

Fortunately, the southern region of the Lion Kingdom is relatively prosperous. It was already early June when Richard entered the Lion Kingdom, which was the season of lush vegetation and he could drive a large number of livestock forward.

Despite this, in the newly occupied areas, the soldiers under Richard's command still killed many bureaucrats and nobles who were unwilling to cooperate.

An army of 100,000 people needs to consume 300 tons of food a day, which causes extremely serious damage to the local area. Many local nobles would rather burn the food than take advantage of Harland.

Due to the spread of the war, the local area suddenly fell into a food shortage dilemma, creating countless refugees.

It has been nearly thirty years since Richard traveled to the Dawn Plane, and his three views have gradually been assimilated by the indigenous people. He has long lost the sentimentality and unnecessary sympathy he had when he just traveled through.

Being on a cruel battlefield, Richard, a famished serf, didn't care at all. The only thing he cares about now is whether he can win this battle?

After conquering Porta Castle, Richard led an army of 100,000 men on a rampage. In just six days, he penetrated the Duchy of Madison and captured the capital, Bourbon City.

There are two legions of soldiers in the Duke of Madison. One legion follows Duke Madison in his southern expedition, and the other legion guards the border.

Now the legion guarding the border was directly defeated by Harland's leader. Legion Commander McCallon was lucky enough to save his life and fled into the Southern Route Army. At this moment, the Dukedom of Madison became very empty and could not withstand the attack of Richard's 100,000-strong army.

In just six days, Richard conquered three important castles, occupied part of the Madison family's grain depot, and seized more than 60,000 tons of grain.

Although the Dukedom of Madison is not as prosperous as the Harland Territory, it still has a population of 1.4 million, and the Duke's treasury has more than 200,000 tons of grain.

However, in order to resist the invasion of the Grant Kingdom, local nobles generally and voluntarily carried out the order of strengthening the walls and clearing the country. Although there were only a small number of defenders in Bourbon City, the grain depot was still set on fire. In the end, Haaland led the army to only seize 60,000 tons of grain.

Sixty thousand tons of grain is enough to feed Richard's army for half a year.

Seizing 60,000 tons of grain greatly reduced the burden on the Grant Kingdom, which was equivalent to saving 200,000 to 300,000 tons of grain for the rear.

Especially for the duchies close to the war zone such as Fox and Edward, the logistical pressure of supplying the coalition of six dukes is very heavy. Now they have to draw troops to escort the baggage for Harland's army. The burden is almost unbearable.

The war lasted until June, and a large number of escaped slaves began to appear in the territory of the Dukes of Edward and Fox. The third Duke, who was forced to be close to the front line, could only reduce his recruitment.

The third Duke reduced the labor force, and the pressure on the territory directly under the royal family became heavier. Richard had seized grain for half a year on the front line, and the rope around the neck of the Grant Kingdom could finally be relaxed a little.

Angry that the enemy was burning food, Richard ordered the massacre of nobles and officers in anger. In just over ten days, the Dukedom of Madison was in flames of war. As long as the local bureaucrats and nobles participated in the clearing of the country, Almost all of them were slaughtered by Richard.

Even the men of Duke Madison's family were killed, and the women were given to the officers and soldiers who had made military exploits.

This time Richard almost stepped on the aristocratic demeanor, aristocratic honor, and aristocratic spirit under his feet, and his style was completely like a barbarian who did not follow the rules.

Harland led the army to clean up the place so fiercely, and finally maintained the stability of the place by relying on killings.

After making the decision to massacre the nobles, Richard's reputation dropped to the lowest level, and he was scolded by the nobles of the Kingdom of Lane for having orc ancestry. The Harland Territory Army is also called the Beast Army.

Seeing that the summer harvest was coming, Richard asked the two Dukes, Hughes and Sardin, to take 40,000 troops as auxiliary troops to transport grain and grass, ensure logistics, and control the occupied areas for Harland's army. He personally led Harland's army. Sixty thousand troops marched towards Novena Castle.

Novena Castle is a relatively wealthy city in the Kingdom of Lane. When the provincial governor heard that Harland's army was approaching, he was already confused and frightened.

Novena Castle is relatively close to the Duke of Madison, and has heard about Duke Harland's atrocities. Seeing this kind of army that left no room for anything and had a style similar to that of the orcs, relying on weak local defenders, the provincial governor had no confidence to hold on.

Just as the provincial consul Peter was preparing to escape, Chromis finally appeared near Novena Castle with his forward troops.

Hurrying slowly, the Lion Kingdom army was finally a step too late. By the time they returned, the Dukedom of Madison had fallen under Richard's control.

Hearing that his relatives had been killed by Richard and that his wife and daughter had been given to the soldiers, Duke Madison was immediately filled with anger. He wrote an insulting duel document on the spot, asking Richard to engage in an honorary duel with him in accordance with aristocratic tradition.

Madison is a ninth-level knight who is very confident in his personal strength. He took the initiative to challenge Richard. In addition to wanting revenge, he also hoped to kill Richard by surprise and grab the fourth-level magic item. With a treasure of this level, the Madison family can gain a firm foothold among the great nobles.

Richard readily agreed to Duke Madison's request to die.

The venue for the duel was chosen outside Novena Castle.

In front of the two armies, Richard and Duke Madison stepped out from the crowd. Duke Madison stamped his feet and took the lead in charging.

Seeing Duke Madison rushing over, Richard took out the flame staff from the bottle of starlight, waved it lightly, and three big fireballs appeared in the air.

After being promoted to the eighth level and breaking through 60 points in mental power, Richard's combat effectiveness became even more astonishing, especially with the blessing of the flame staff. By consuming fifteen points of magic power, he could release a spell with 180 degrees of destructive power.

This kind of spell strength is only a few points worse than the nine-ring energy-shaping magic.

The three fireballs drew a beautiful arc and hit the Duke of Madison in no particular order, causing a violent explosion in an instant.

After the fireball burst, it burst into scorching energy, penetrating the protection of Duke Madison's enchanted armor and roasting his skin red.

As soon as the two of them fought, Richard only released a three-ring magic fireball, which knocked Duke Madison to the point of collapse and lost 20 to 30% of his life force.

The magic attack power released by Richard was so high that it surprised Duke Madison. This level of spell casting was already a bit more powerful than the legendary magician.

Duke Madison is a great nobleman of the Lane Kingdom and has mastered part of the magic inheritance. He thought to himself: "Duke Harland's mental power must have exceeded thirty points, and he has awakened his powerful spellcasting talent, and the magic wand in his hand has no influence on him. Fire attribute spells also have a high bonus. In this attack, Richard must have used a powerful spell.

I must not be scared away by the enemy. I must quickly approach and kill this person with the magical power of Duke Harland. "

Knights and warriors who want to fight against magicians must get close. Although there was a heavy loss of vitality, Duke Madison launched a faster charge.

Seeing this scene, Richard smiled a little, but secretly laughed at the enemy's stupidity in his heart. With a mental movement in his mind, he gently waved the flame staff again, releasing a second-ring magic scorching ray.

In the blink of an eye, a thick red light slammed into Duke Madison's face.

The flame ray struck, and Duke Madison had no time to dodge, and suddenly crossed his arms to block his face.

A thick red light hit Duke Madison's arms, instantly burning Duke Madison's arm armor red. In an instant, a puff of white smoke appeared, and a slight smell of barbecue appeared. Duke Madison suddenly felt a strong sting.

Although the scorching ray is only a second-level magic, with the support of Richard's powerful spellcasting and the flame staff, the power of the magic is equivalent to the standard seventh-level magic.

Although Duke Madison's eighth-level arm armor has strong defensive power, it focuses on physical defense and its magic resistance is relatively average. Although this blow did not penetrate the arm armor, it burned Duke Madison's arm and worsened his injury. a bit.

After releasing the second-ring magic scorching ray, Richard waved the flame staff for the third time, this time a little more seriously, and released the fifth-ring magic flame meteor.

A ray of fire pierced the sky, making a sharp sound, and hit Duke Madison's chest hard.

Seeing this scene, Duke Madison quickly activated his fighting spirit and released an eighth-level force field shield.

Although the power of Richard's five-ring magic is not as powerful as the legendary spell, it is somewhat more powerful than the standard nine-ring magic. The destructive power of the spell is as high as 260 degrees. You must know that the destructive power of ordinary legendary magic is usually between 400 and 800 degrees. The core of the star bomb has a destructive power of about 1,600 degrees.

The destructive power of 1,600 degrees can already injure the legendary third-level orcs, causing the legendary dragon to flee for its life in a panic. The destructive power of this spell is 260 degrees, which is already one-sixth the level of a star bomb.

When it hit Duke Madison, it instantly penetrated the force field shield attached to Duke Madison's enchanted armor.

The force field shield was penetrated and the enchanted armor was severely worn. Seeing this scene, Duke Madison looked unbelievable.

The strong mental power coupled with the legendary staff is so domineering and unreasonable. A ninth-level knight with strong combat power can't even touch Richard's skin. The enchanted armor is destroyed and his own vitality is also lost. More than 50%.

With Richard's current fighting power, he can already compete with legendary professionals. Even Sylph is no match for him, let alone Duke Madison and others.

After taking three magic spells in a row, Duke Madison finally rushed near Richard. He roared crazily, suppressed his fear, held the sword in both hands, jumped up suddenly, and struck the top of Richard's head.

At this point in the battle, Duke Madison finally noticed the anomaly and discovered that Richard did not release a powerful spell, but that the lethality of his own magic was astonishing.

The long sword slashed forward, carrying Duke Madison's strength of over thirty points, and made a harsh sound as it broke through the air. Richard was not moved by this at all, and his expression was still very relaxed.

I saw Richard waving the flame staff again, releasing a fourth-level magic flame shield.

In an instant, a shield made of flames blocked Richard's head, blocking Duke Madison's attack, which seemed very easy.

On the contrary, it was Duke Madison who received some of the fire damage reflected by the flame shield. His skin suddenly turned red and his injuries became more serious.

Duke Madison gathered his courage and used the fighting spirit martial art Spirit Snake Sword Technique to break through the flame shield with three swords in a row. Richard also released a powerful magic medium force field protection, easily blocking Duke Madison's attack.

Richard waved the flame staff for the fifth time, releasing a five-ring magic flame cage.

In an instant, several magic runes appeared in the sky, forming a cage rich in fire elements. Rolling magical flames were released from the flame cage, directly burning Duke Madison to ashes.

Because the flame staff can save magic power to a great extent, Richard released six magic spells and only consumed about 260 points of magic power to easily kill the ninth-level knight Duke Madison. The most consuming magic is actually the powerful magic force field shield. This magic alone consumes one hundred points of Richard's magic power.

In fact, if Richard used his hand-to-hand combat ability and had a brief struggle with Duke Madison, he could kill him by spending 120 points of magic power.