Arcane Journey

Chapter 298 Dimensionality Reduction Strike
"Departing at dawn tomorrow, we must arrive at Suzar within seven days to join the naval fleet in the Vihon Sea."

Wearing a luxurious robe, Prince Celant stood in the big tent and said in an unquestionable tone.

There are only seven days left for him, and the female commanders of Shadow City and Sambia only give him seven days, Prince Serant thought to himself.

Once the expected time is exceeded, reinforcements from the north and east will arrive.

Especially in the north!
Originally, it was the female lord of Arabe City that made him most afraid, but now there is another mage lord of Mokou Town.

"It can only be early, not late. Remember, anyone who wants to delay or stop us is undoubtedly the enemy, and there is no need to show mercy to the enemy. But listen to me! Listen to the order! Don't burn any village, any Farmhouse, no taking anyone’s property, no looting, no rape of women! Remember this, you and your men, because anyone who disobeys the order will be hanged. Go back and get ready, the meeting is adjourned!"

There was a slight coldness in the prince's eyes, and the subordinates in the tent left silently.

The massacre of Twilight City's stubborn resistance was enough to deter all rebels. He believed that wherever his troops went, they would all surrender like Masanbai and Huailun City.

That's exactly what happened, thanks to the folks at the Mazenbai Merchant Guild.

After all, the merchants didn't care who the ruler was, they only cared about how much profit they could make after the war was over, how many times the price of a piece of bread could be sold.

Therefore, the meaningless massacre will only increase the difficulty of his later management.

Prince Celant was the last to leave the tent.

He stood in the bleak dawn and squinted his eyes slightly, watching the commotion in the camp.

Under his command, the lieutenants flew back to their respective squads, the captains came and went, swearing, and the nobles, trumpeters and squires got up one after another.

Heavy cavalry from the Dragon Coast were galloping across the wilderness, setting off clouds of dust.

"Seven days...just seven days." Prince Sairant said silently in his heart.

It only takes seven days for his army to join forces with the mercenaries in the Weihong sea area in the city of Susar. As long as this millennium imperial capital is captured, the entire southern part of the Kingdom of Cormyr will fall into his hands. Possess the strength to rival the North.

"Get ready to fuck me!"

A sergeant officer from Ximen City stood in the distance and yelled, as if to prevent the smell of alcohol in his mouth from affecting the morale of his subordinates.

"When the sun climbs four fingers higher, there will be an army review! Everything must be polished to shine like the moon. Weapons, harness, armor, and your mounts. If anyone dares to let the I'm ashamed, so I break his dog legs! Hey, have you all been fucked by a woman? Give me some energy!"

"We're going to war." Cavalry Captain Jia quickly tucked the hem of his shirt into his crotch, guessing, "Are we going to war, Sergeant?"

"What do you think? Do you fucking think it's going to the Harvest Festival to dance the hula? We're attacking the imperial city of Cormyr. The whole army will start at dawn tomorrow. The captain didn't mention how to line up, but we all know that our squad will Take the lead as always. Now, cheer up and run for me! Wait, come back. I have to tell you in advance, because there will be no time. I came up with a trendy stupid idea about liberating people or something. We're not going to fight the enemy, we're going to march into our, uh, ancient territory, to go there - you know - to help our neighbours. Now, listen carefully to my words: you shall not touch the civilians of Cormyr, nor shall you rob..."

"What?" The cavalry captain opened his mouth wide. "You can't tell what robbery means? Then how do we rob... how do we feed the horses, my lord sergeant?"

"You can grab some horse feed, but that's all. I tell you, don't hurt anyone, don't burn any house, don't destroy any grain... Shut your mouth, Raj! This isn't a village fair .Here is the army! If you don’t obey the order, you will be hanged! I said: You are not allowed to kill people, you are not allowed to kill livestock, and you are not allowed to..."

The sergeant paused, thinking for a moment.

"Well, even if you're going to rape a woman, don't make a fuss. Find a place where no one will see you," he added after a moment.

In addition to the black smoke column clearly visible on the horizon, black smoke rose one after another from other places.

The army is carrying out Prince Serant's order to clean up any rebels around the city of Masampa who are trying to block the rapid march.

A long line of siege equipment was advancing on the avenue, the wheels were rumbling, and dust clouds were raised.

There is no doubt that their destination is the imperial capital of Suzal.

A group of light cavalry passed the siege queue from the side.

Prince Celant recognized from their pennant patterns that this was the Duke of Berg's Tactical Cavalry Regiment on the Dragon Coast, one of the elite troops transferred from the West Gate.

The Tactical Cavalry Regiment consisted of ten cavalry regiments totaling 2000 men.

The cavalry continued to pass by the road, followed by infantry.

Then came longbowmen in blue tunics and round helmets, crossbowmen in pothelms, and giant shieldmen and spearmen.

Behind them are shield soldiers, these veterans are from Redan Hill City and Star Curtain City on the Dragon Coast, and their armor is as thick as crabs.

And lastly a motley mob of mercenaries and adventurers from Jondath, Unther, Intumbu, and Tucan...

Of course, there is also a group of spellcaster troops, as well as the dark knights and priests of the Bane Church who have been suppressed by the battle mage and have to hide in the cave like a group of moldy moles.

The soldiers walked very lightly, and their heavy boots kicked up dust and rolled over the road.

The sound of drums echoed, the flags fluttered, and the sharp blades of spears, spears, halberds, and hook knives shook endlessly, refracting dazzling brilliance in the sun.

The soldiers walked proudly and happily.

This is a victorious division, an undefeated division.

Forward, lads, to the battlefield!

Go Suzal!

Destroy our enemies!
Enjoy the raid, fill your wallet with loot, and roll home.

Come back home!

Prince Celant looked at all this and was thinking in his heart.

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The brilliance of the morning sun fell on the city of Suzal.

Since the end of the orc war, the imperial city, which has ushered in a brief period of peace, has once again entered an atmosphere of high vigilance and tension.

However, this time, to the surprise of most civilians in the city, they did not see too frequent mobilization of troops, and even the port and the north did not show signs of reinforcements coming to support the city.

Moreover, the purple dragon knights and battle mages in the city all stayed in their respective camps, on standby, and never watched them on the city wall due to large-scale mobilization.

Even more surprising.

The location of the Mage Tower in the center of the city has become a restricted area since the morning. All idlers, including the nobles who like to hang out with birdcages, can’t get close. A large number of spellcasters gather here, and they are already busy. A very long time.

Inside the mage tower.

Brian, dressed in a capable adventurer's attire and wearing a dark purple star spell cloak, looked up at the royal mage Sandra Cote in front of him, and asked, "Sir, how are your preparations going?"

Although the royal mage's face was old, his eyes were piercing. He nodded slightly, looked at the crystal ball connected to the observation eye device in front of him, and said, "It's almost ready, Your Excellency Brian, now we just need to wait patiently for Messiah." La hosts the teleportation circle."

"It's just..." He turned to look at Bryan, with obvious hesitation on his face, and then he said with a little worry, "The long-distance teleportation magic circle consumes a lot of energy, although I have kept the element pool at the minimum according to your request. In a full state, but with the reserves of the element pool, it can only be opened twice at most, and I also need the mage tower to deal with the pirate fleet in the Weihong sea area."

"You don't have to worry about that." Brian cast a understanding look at him, and smiled: "When I helped you remodel the mage tower, I had already established connections with the two mage towers in Mokou Town and Arabe City in advance. If the energy consumption is too high, I will provide you with energy from the demiplane through the Mage Tower in Mokou Town."

"My lord protector is more thoughtful." Hearing this, the royal mage changed his expression, and cast a respectful look at Brian, "So, I'm relieved."

Half an hour later, inside the Mage Tower in Mokou Town.

The phantoms of Myrcella and Ms. Polaris in purple robes appeared in the command room at the highest level of the mage tower.

"It's time to start, ma'am." Myrcella sat in the seat that originally belonged to Brian, and said to Taring.

Ms. Polaris, who was dressed as a girl, nodded slightly, her immature face was unprecedentedly dignified.

She waved her hand lightly, and a crystal panel flashing light blue light curtain appeared in front of Myrcella.

If you look closely, you can find that inside the crystal panel, there is the outline of the imperial capital of Suzal.

The imperial capital and largest city of Cormyr, Suzar is home to the most powerful nobles and merchant families in the land.

The Imperial Palace is located in the very center of the city, surrounded by large and small gardens and imperial court buildings.

There are a large number of barracks of the Purple Dragon Legion in this city, plus war colleges, arsenals, port docks, hotels, taverns, and squares.

The shrine to Timora, the goddess of fortune, is the most prominent shrine here, but other shrines such as Lierla, Oghma, Mara, Myril, Tempus, and Vol'jin can also be found here.

But Myrcella's eyes were not fixed here, but following the manipulation of thoughts, the outline of the entire city of Suzal that appeared on the crystal panel became smaller and smaller until the so-called 'City of Spices' Ma Shan Bai appeared in her line of sight and stopped just now.

Looking at the army smaller than ants in the crystal panel, starting from the toy castle-like Masamba, Myrcella nodded slightly, and couldn't help but secretly sighed inwardly at the function of this new reconnaissance device developed by Brian. and efficiency.

In fact, if someone looks up into the sky outside the Mage Tower in Mokou Town, and is still using Eagle Eye, they can find that there is a crystal shaped like an eye at an altitude of nearly [-] meters above the Mage Tower. The ball is suspended there, emitting a bright light, like a 'morning star' that only appears at dawn.

The name of this crystal ball is also called 'The Eye of Insight', and it can observe the entire territory of the Kingdom of Cormyr as the energy of the elemental pool is consumed.

Then send its image back to the mage tower, and through the crystal panel connected to it, you can observe the surrounding changes at will.

In addition to being unable to penetrate solid objects, the 'Eye of Insight' cannot stop its peeping through illusions, black mist and dense fog.

Myrcella also heard Bryan unintentionally say that if an eye of insight similar to a 'satellite' can be researched, it might not be difficult to observe the entire Faerun continent.

Although she didn't know what the so-called "satellite" specifically referred to, but based on her mysterious knowledge, she deduced that the "satellite" should be similar to the number that surrounds the moon and is called "Tears of Su Lun". Hundreds of small celestial bodies are similar.

She didn't dare to waste time, and immediately started busy with her work.

After all, the 'eye of insight' at this moment has been turned on to the maximum power, consuming energy every minute and every second.

She raised her hand to caress the smooth crystal panel.

Inside the light curtain, many eye-catching red marks appeared around Masanbai City.

This is the space marker that Brian set up with her in advance before leaving.

As long as she is willing, she can appear in any position of the space beacon in an instant.

With the high-level element pool and the Mithr energy core connected to the demiplane, while providing energy for Brian's mage tower, it is not very difficult for a single person to teleport, and the energy consumed is negligible.

But what they are carrying out today is not a single-person teleportation, but a long-distance large-scale teleportation.

Without the support of these two major energy supply systems, it would be almost impossible for them to accomplish this feat that is enough for the world to see.

"It's ready," said Ms. Polaris.

Myrcella glanced at the crystal light curtain, then nodded slightly to Ta Ling.

Then, she stared intently at the image of the light curtain, as well as the rebel army that was smaller than ants who had just left Masumba and was heading towards Suzal.

At this moment, the female lord seems to have opened the perspective of God, and every move of the enemy army is under her control.

And what she needs to do is to open a large portal, so that Cormyr's army can pass through the portal and appear in front of the rebel army in an instant, dealing a fatal blow.

Even before Brian left, he had already discussed a detailed battle plan with her.

But if she really wants to carry it out personally, even though she is a noble duke who has experienced many wars and countless adventures, she still feels a little nervous.

After all, this is the first time she has encountered such an eye-opening combat method.

No matter what they do, everyone has to experience the first time in their life, so, as a wizard whose strength has reached the legendary realm, Myrcella quickly calmed down.

She stared intently at the images in the light curtain and the space beacons one by one, and began to issue orders that she had rehearsed countless times alone in her heart.

"Start the Construct Legion!"

Following the issuance of orders one after another, on the tenth floor of the mage tower, many spellcasters who had been waiting for a long time, quickly became busy.

"Open space folding!"

Oranke, the moon elf mage who is mainly responsible for constructing creatures, immediately told his subordinates when he received the order.

Accompanied by the slight distortion of the space, the original mage tower space was instantly twisted into a large open square.

Here, neatly arranged mechanical puppets have been waiting for a long time, and the steel has a cold luster under the magic light on the ceiling.

In this folding space located in the mage tower, there are 500 mechanical puppets stored.

The two statues in the front row are legendary smashers made of fine gold and steel.

They look like a four-legged lobster. Instead, its claws are long three-sided wedges with sharp spikes. At the top of the body, there is a circular opening that replaces the original head, allowing the It can pass through this opening, releasing sound waves powerful enough to crush steel.

The twelve mechanical puppets in the back are steel hammerers whose strength is comparable to that of Tier [-] professionals.

The Hammer is a burly humanoid with a mace larger than a head attached to the end of one arm, and a three-headed flail that can be used to sweep across the other.

Although these twelve steel hammers do not have the ability to cast magic, they have powerful arms with adamantine hammers.

Heavy, strong, and deadly, menacing.

As the instructions were issued one after another, light blue light jumped out of the eyes of the mechanical puppets who were as quiet as sculptures, and a cold mechanical voice sounded:
"Mechanical Puppet Legion: The Crusher is in place."

"Army of Mechanical Golems: Hammer Hammers in place."

"Mechanical Puppet Legion: Destroyers are in place."

"Mechanical Puppet Legion: Chargers are in place."

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At the same time, with the humming sound like a honeycomb, the overwhelming ultra-small flying structures were suspended in the midair of the square.

The shapes of this group of ultra-small structures, which number around a thousand, are all the same pure black that does not reflect any luster.

Its body is about the size of an adult's palm, and the edges of the four cross-shaped spiral wings are extremely sharp.

This group of ultra-small constructs is the drone bombing army of Mokou Town. Each drone is filled with two bottles of alchemy potions, such as: blazing glue, strong acid bottle, phosphorescent bomb, frost fog, thunder light Flash and so on.

"Master, the drone bombing army is fully loaded and ready to go!" A creature twice as large as other drones, with eight spiral wings, flew in front of Oranke and issued a humming sound.

Looking at the leader-like drone, Oranke nodded slightly.

In fact, this is not only a drone with autonomous consciousness, but also his construct familiar, which is an unexpected gain when he made the construct with the help of his teacher's "Golem Manual".

Not only can it command the drone army like a queen bee, it also has a strong self-learning ability and has become the most important partner in his life.

Looking at the steel corps in the folding space and the drone bombing corps hovering in the sky, Oranke couldn't help sighing secretly: "I have never seen such a rich and luxurious war scene in my life."

"Space Beacon Locked!"

"Open a large portal!"

In the command room, Myrcella stared at the crystal light curtain, her pair of beautiful silver-gray eyes landed on a small red dot in the open terrain right in front of the ant-like army.

"here!"

Accompanied by the distortion of the space, a portal appeared directly on the plain, and then saw a mechanical puppet walking out of the portal.

The ground shook slightly, and the appearance of these steel objects weighing more than half a ton directly scared the birds and beasts within a few kilometers away to flee.

At the same time, thousands of drones hovered like dark clouds.

For Myrcella, who is in charge of commanding the entire battlefield, the mechanical puppets and drones bombing the army are just appetizers for the rebel army, the prelude to the beginning of the war.

"here!"

The female lord stared at the direction of the rebel army's advance, and her eyes fell on a flat and open gentle slope about one kilometer in front of them.

In the barracks of Susar City, the Purple Dragon Knight, commanded by Iron Regent Hesaiah himself, immediately drove his horses through the large portal that appeared in front of them in an orderly manner.

Sisaiah, who stood on the hillside, took off his steel mask, and his dark purple cloak flapped behind him.

A bard from Shenhai town is sitting in the shadow of a big tree, composing a ballad.

It is about this successful military campaign, with the valor of the regent, the prudence of the commander, and the bravery of the humble infantry.

As before, he wrote before acting to save time.

"Brothers welcome us, send us bread and salt..." The poet named Ellend Windfall sang in advance: "They welcome the savior, send us bread and salt... Hey, Your Royal Highness, can you help me think A word that rhymes with 'salt'?"

Hesaiah ignored it, she didn't like poets, and if it weren't for his claim to know Brian, she wouldn't even have planned to take him to the battlefield.

Together with Kaladna, she gazed at the dusty rebel army in the distance.

She knew that the mechanical puppets and the drone bombing army from Mokou Town were waiting ahead for them to jump into the attack range.

And her task is to lead nearly 2000 purple dragon knights to charge the enemy after the drone bombing army completes the second bombing.

"This war... looks very interesting." The sorceress said frivolously with her arms folded.

She was still wearing a black robe, with a golden ponytail hanging down her waist, and she was carrying a staff wrapped in linen on her back.

"War has never been such an interesting term." Hesaiah said slowly, "You don't seem to understand anything."

Her eyes looking into the distance gradually became fierce, and her hand unconsciously grasped the sharp rune sword at her waist.

She had already seen her Uncle Sairant in the rebel army, and secretly swore in her heart that she would cut off his head with her own hands.

"This is not enough, there is still here!"

Myrcella looked at the central army of the rebel army, and her eyes fell on a nearby condescending and steep cliff.

Inside the mage tower in Susar, Brian looked at the royal mage and said, "Farewell, old sir, I wish you success."

"Your Majesty Protector, take care." The old mage, who was leaning on the staff, said sincerely, "I will wait here for your triumphant return."

Brian smiled slightly, and together with nearly 500 battle mages in Suzar City, stepped into the portal that appeared in front of him.

Accompanied by the distortion of space, a group of them appeared on the cliff overlooking the actions of the rebel army.

"My lord." At this moment, another group of nearly 200 people from Mokou Town appeared through the portal and came to Brian.

The leader is Salo, the dragon vein warlock, and the subordinates who are armed behind him have a high fighting spirit and murderous look in their eyes.

The army in Bryan's territory is mainly divided into two factions.

One faction is the conservative faction headed by the old sword saint Baleris and the old dragon turtle.

Mainly responsible for maintaining the order of the territory, taking over most of the more stable jobs.

The other faction is the militant faction.

Compared with this kind of comfortable life, they prefer novelty and exciting adventure career.

These people were either responsible for regularly clearing out the humanoid tribes in the territory, or they were sent to various places, or to perform more dangerous tasks in the Enook Desert.

Conservatives will live a more comfortable life, while militants will be rewarded more generously, and at the same time, their status and strength will increase much faster.

And the dragon vein warlock Salo is the leader of the militant faction.

Since practicing the moves of the Desert Wind School, and having been baptized many times by the blood of the ancient red dragon, his strength is moving towards the legendary realm at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Prepare to fight." Brian gave instructions to everyone, "Once the puppet army and the rebel army fight, we will release all our attack magic and scrolls at the fastest speed towards the enemy's rear troops."

"If you do this, you still can't wipe out all the enemy troops."

The female lord staring at the crystal light curtain thought for a while, then pointed to a valley just behind the rebel army, "Then arrange it here!"

To the west of Mashanbai City, in a valley covered with wild grass, with the twist of space, groups of fully armed soldiers appeared here.

The cold wind is howling, winter is approaching, and the climate near Masambo has become much colder.

The army of thousands of people stood neatly in the cold wind, and everyone quietly waited for the commander to give an order.

The commander of this army is a Zilong veteran with a beard. His majestic and cold eyes swept over his subordinates.

They are all young boys with little knowledge and even less experience.

Although war, war, endless war...soldiers are always dying by the hundreds, there is never a shortage of soldiers on the front lines, because everyone wants to be a soldier, and the army always has new recruits.

"Whether it's grass, bushes, or big trees, pay attention to concealment!"

The commander shouted at the top of his voice: "When the war starts, no one should move around. Even if it's shit, I have to pull it in my crotch."

As soon as the words fell, thousands of well-trained soldiers quickly sheathed their long swords, covered their sharp arrows with cloth, wrapped their gunpoints and blades with leaves or soil, and concealed all kinds of reflective weapons.

In the blink of an eye, the group of soldiers all disappeared into the valley covered with wild grass and bushes.

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(End of this chapter)