"Furthermore, none of their monsters have wings! This must be a problem with the barbarian army's ability to tame monsters! Hahaha!" Douglas laughed loudly.
“Indeed,” Alphonse rose from the grass. “Being ambushed in the forest was indeed our mistake—”
He glanced at Priscilla, then continued, "But we learned from our mistakes and won the final victory."
"good!"
"Great!"
"We are Silver after all!"
The knights were all very proud.
"Alphonse, in fact, you already have victory in the Southern Frontier battle." Desfield gazed kindly at her child and offered her congratulations.
"First, you swiftly recaptured Kemiwa in the south and regained the land of grain; then, you decimated the barbarian army, and even if you added a flock of birds and beasts, they would be powerless against us."
Furthermore, you captured the commander alive, a move that proved highly effective in intimidating the barbarian army and demoralizing them; finally, your emblem has awakened, meaning that no one on this continent can rival you anymore.
The Silver Knights felt an unparalleled sense of honor. The aurora borealis that shone from the valley today symbolized the dawn of victory for the Silver Army.
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They went on to win several more battles, each ending with the remaining enemy soldiers fleeing in disarray.
The figures of these three mages, Elfons of Ice, Priscilla of Wind, and Finchley of Flame, bearing their crests, have become a nightmare for the enemy army.
After two years of fighting on the southern border, Valentino achieved a complete victory.
Bai Yinjun returned to Kemiwa, south of the wall, and told the villagers about the good results of the war.
Alphonse liberated the people who had long suffered under foreign rule and brought peace back to the South.
The name of this hero, the title of the Knights, their fame, and their achievements will be passed down from generation to generation and forever sung by the people of the South.
The barbarian tribes who had previously invaded the south witnessed the corpse of their commander-in-chief, covered in wounds, hanging on the city wall. Terrified, they knelt and kowtowed towards the south gate, signifying their silent surrender.
The Silver Army also engraved the emblem of Elphons, "Radiance of the North," on the cliffs of the mountains, forever facing the barbarian territory near the southern border to intimidate the barbarians.
If they dare to invade even an inch of our southern lands again, let them taste the bitterness of the White Hell once more.
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"However, the appearance of 'The Radiance of the Far North' drastically changed the course of the battle. The sky was like a seamless blue mirror, with ice and snow blowing evenly over the valleys. The warm southern lands encountered the Arctic cold, making them defenseless. In this single battle, half of the Southern Barbarian army was wiped out, leaving them with no power to fight back."
The silver battle banner, from this day forward, bears the mark of the far north, the two becoming one, forever intertwined with the honor of the Knights.
—The allusion "The Great Radiance of the Narrow Passage (Part 2)" is excerpted from "The Complete History of the Kings" by Sir Alex.
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Kingdom of Valentino, Alchemy Era 132...
The news of the Silver Army's victory in the southern campaign reached the capital a month later via a fast messenger.
The army is already on its way back to the capital. The letter reporting the victory was written by the daughter, Priscilla, herself.
The king longed for the Second Knights' victory, for the return of the victor Elfons, and for the return of his daughter.
From the first moment he saw this young man who had won in the dueling arena, the king placed high hopes on him.
Perhaps one day, Elphonse will also become one of the candidates to succeed King Valentino.
No, Wang already had a soft spot for him, partly because of his daughter.
On this day, Wang played chess with Fan Bing as usual. Wang was in a great mood, his moves were aggressive, and his tactics were like a grand scheme, causing Fan to lose important combat forces one after another.
"Fan, you need to change your chess tactics. Although your tactics are airtight, they are just repeating the same old tricks, which I have long seen through. In warfare, one must not rely solely on rigid, theoretical tactics on paper!"
As usual, the king used a chess game to instruct his ministers and adopted sons.
“Fan has always followed the king’s teachings—but this time, you’ve overlooked something.”
"What?"
Fan raised his black emperor piece, crossed the boundary between black and white, and went straight for the heart of the white pieces—the black emperor captured the white emperor.
"Your Majesty, I am truly sorry for my rudeness. In fact, I have won this game," Fan said smugly.
Wang was stunned by his opponent's comeback.
"A long time ago, I learned from a book that in the Kingdom of Valentino there was an unnamed fox that would often pretend to be foolish and only appear between two tree holes in order to catch prey that was larger than itself."
Some large animals, thinking they know the fox's habits, try to ambush it in its usual tree holes. But as soon as they step in, they are trapped in the sticky traps that have been laid.
Ultimately, they became food for the foxes during the winter. The so-called repetitive tactics and movements were merely deceptive tricks to mislead the opponent.
"In other words, in order to win this game today, you have been repeating false tactics to deceive me and make me look down on you? But you have given up dozens of games in the past in exchange for today's victory. It is really not worth it."
"Yes. Fan's strategy and experience in playing chess cannot compare with Wang's. Therefore, Fan will be satisfied as long as he can beat Wang once."
Fan rose and bowed to the king, a faint, unsettling smile on his face, before taking his leave and departing the palace.
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