Wearing a white cloak and holding Hels, Lily followed the knights in front and rode quickly. There were also many people surrounding her on the side and behind, which made her feel a little at ease.
The horses' hooves trampled on the snow-covered mountain, stirring up mud and dust. The fluffy and scattered snow particles formed a brief and beautiful rainbow under the reflection of the sunlight, which then dissipated.
The air I breathed was still cold and dry, but the afternoon sun shining on my body finally added a little warmth.
They moved forward quickly along the route, slowly entering the uphill road, and then gradually slowed down.
On both sides of the road are towering mountain walls, with evergreen trees growing sporadically in the cracks of the rocks. The accumulated white snow and black rocks form a sharp contrast, giving people a mottled visual scene.
Because the large force attracted the attention of the Rose Knights, by the time they were caught in the snow and fog due to the pursuit, Lily and her group had already broken away from it and changed direction.
Although such tactics would eventually be discovered by Darcy and others, it at least bought Lily precious time.
Two days later, the Rose Knights led by Darcy finally caught up with the Northern Knights who were rushing north. After defeating them, they did not find any trace of Lily and realized that they had been deceived.
"Damn it." He drew out his sword and swung it down, cutting a piece of stone beside him in half, and soon calmed down again.
"We can't do this anymore."
After this brief failure, Darcy sent a fast-flying carrier bird to inform the emperor in the imperial capital, and then took his men back to look for Lily.
Just one day later, 30 original Sequence 6 Giant Eagle Knights arrived in the North. Accompanying them were three Sequence 7 Golden Sun Dragons, a small number of elite troops directly under the royal family.
Compared to the large number of red dragons bred by the Red Dragon Duke and the Pascal family, the royal family's golden dragons are much fewer, with only about a dozen remaining, scattered throughout the land. In the past, these golden dragons were used more for ceremonial purposes than for combat.
The dragon riders riding the golden dragons were all from the royal family's side branches. Although they received orders from the new emperor to assist Darcy in finding Lily, the three of them did not seem to care and even suspected that they were deliberately letting him go.
For the other people under the new emperor, this is a life-and-death struggle. They must kill Lily and the little prince in order to maintain the stability of the new emperor's position and ensure that their own power can be equally stable.
But for the three dragon knights, the situation was a little different. To them, there was actually not much difference between Lily and the new emperor. No one would purge them, the royal side branches. Besides, they had a good impression of Queen Lily, after all, they had spent a long time with her.
If the new emperor did not control the core of the empire, they really would not want to carry out such an order.
As the three dragons were passively slacking off and even deliberately obstructing them, the giant eagle knights took more time to re-determine Lily's position.
"Heading towards Glyph Fortress?"
Darcy was a little confused, but he quickly put his doubts aside and headed eastward with his Rose Knights.
At this time, Lily and her group finally arrived at the huge gate of the Glyph Fortress.
The weathered, hard mountain walls covered with mottled marks tower into the sky, giving pedestrians standing at their feet the illusion of being as small as dust, creating a huge visual impact.
If one were to use something familiar to describe Glyph Keep, it would be a giant mountain city made of tombstones.
The city wall is made up of extremely wide and thick rock slabs. Its surface is covered with traces of ancient axe carvings. Those carvings full of corrosion marks are ancient characters, expressing the history of the past.
In the Second Era, 287, the Silver Blade Nation led an army of 830,000 elven warriors westward, but was stopped at this fortress by Archon Saifeng Shadowsong. The dynasty then reinforced its forces with 2.8 million men. Over the course of three years, they defeated the invading Silver Elves and created an army of 420,000 resurrected Undead, significantly shaking the enemy's morale and fighting spirit.
In the Second Era, 391, the Year of the Three Crystals, the three elven kingdoms formed a coalition for the first time, sending a massive army of approximately 2.7 million men to attack the fortress. The garrisoned dynasty governors, Ralph and Renasa, were killed in the battle, the fortress was breached, and countless soldiers perished in the burning of the Emerald Flame.
In the Second Era, 546, the Year of the Dead Winds, Archon Belanda and his wizards unleashed the legendary spell, Wind of Plague, successfully paralyzing the elven garrison at the fortress and retaking it.
In the Second Era, 712, the year of the oath, the dynasty decided to mobilize all its forces to destroy the three elven kingdoms. A total of 6.7 million living and dead armies marched towards the three elven kingdoms in five directions. Among them, Archon Xidiren led 160,000 Death Curse Cavalry, 200,000 Soul-Splitting Crossbowmen, 120,000 Ice Halberd Warriors, and 500,000 Skeleton Shield Swordsmen. These were all mortal armies, controlled and commanded by 60,000 necromancers.
In the Second Age, year 803, the Year of the Burning, three world-destroying witches descended upon the Elven King's court and burned the World Tree. The fire burned for three years.
These huge stone walls, like tombstones, are engraved with the history of the past. The handwriting and traces are different, and it can be seen that they were made at different times. These stone tombstones are like they were built by giants, inserted into the canyons between the magnificent mountain walls, forming an extremely solid fortress that has survived the erosion of time and has remained until now.
If you touch these black rock walls with your hands, you can feel the coldness and hardness that goes straight into your heart, the smoothness of the surface, and the tiny potholes in it.
Standing under this huge city gate that towered like a Titan, Lily felt a sense of indescribable heaviness for the first time. If she were the general attacking this fortress, she would probably feel despair.
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