The capital of the Kingdom of Nigar!

Sodar City!

Compared to Valkham in the south, the walls of Thordar City are taller and more majestic.

There are many buildings in the city and the roads are connected in all directions.

The streets were bustling with people and cars, and the level of prosperity was totally unmatched by Valkham.

Among the pedestrians passing by, in addition to humans, there are also orcs and dwarves with magical characteristics.

Even elves can see it.

This is just the outer city.

At this time, on a main road in the outer city, three figures were walking slowly.

One of them was a burly man with three scars on his face, carrying a broad-bladed broadsword on his back. He looked at the graceful woman next to him with a frivolous look and said, "Miss Linda, Viscount Renault's commission has been completed. Do you want to go for a drink?"

The woman called Linda was wearing a belly-baring top, short leather pants, and a leather holster slung across her chest with a row of daggers stuck in it.

Hearing the sturdy man's invitation, Linda showed a hint of disdain.

"Have a couple of drinks? Morris, if your performance hadn't been so poor on this mission, we would have returned to Valkham long ago!"

"What did you say, bitch?"

Seeing that Morris and Linda were arguing again, the figure walking in front turned around and revealed the face of a werewolf.

He looked at the two men who were on the verge of a fight and advised, "You two should stop now! This mission took a full month, we have to get back as soon as possible. I don't know how those guys managed the mercenary group while we were away!"

"Humph, by the time we go back, the bloodstain may have surpassed that group of widows!" Morris glanced at Linda's towering breasts, not hiding the evil in his eyes at all.

"Bah, I think maybe Bloodstain was removed from the list!" Linda did not give in at all.

The werewolf Warwick shrugged and turned to walk towards the tavern where they were staying.

It was a thousand miles from the capital of Sodar to Valkham, and it would take about five or six days to get there on a fast horse.

On the way back, I don’t know how many times these two enemies will quarrel!

Warwick, Linda, and Morris are the leaders of the three major mercenary groups in Valkham.

A month ago, I accepted the commission from Viscount Renault and went to Sodal to do some work.

They didn't know what had happened in Valkham in the south over the past month.

…

Inner city!

The Imperial Palace Council Chamber.

King Charles XI asked his attendants to distribute a piece of intelligence to the ministers, and said slowly: "This is the news from Viscount Renault in the southern border. Not to mention the monsters in the forbidden forest, Viscount Renault is currently continuing to investigate the remnants of the Demon King's Seventh Army in the Aier Mountains. What do you think?"

"this……"

After reviewing the intelligence, the ministers looked at each other in shock.

Ten years ago, the Demon King's Seventh Army defeated the Kingdom's frontline troops, and then fought their way through the Kingdom, leaving a shadow on many people.

So when they heard that there were remnants of the Seventh Army in the Aie Mountains, most people chose not to believe it.

Some ministers even began to angrily accuse Viscount Renault of making irresponsible remarks without any evidence and disturbing the public sentiment.

Only Viscount Renault is not here, otherwise these ministers would have spit all over his face.

Although Charles XI felt that the authenticity of this information was questionable, he still planned to send someone to take a look.

After all, regarding the Demon King’s Seventh Army, it is better to believe it than not to believe it.

Charles XI did not want to experience the situation of having his country penetrated by the Seventh Army again.

At this time, the handsome third prince Tester, dressed in military uniform, stood up and volunteered, "Your Majesty, considering the character of Viscount Renoir, he would not do anything without a purpose.

Moreover, even if there were no remnants of the Seventh Army in the Aier Mountains, Viscount Renault's letter also said that there were thousands of monsters in the Forbidden Mountains, and Valkham's guards had less than a thousand, so they could not complete the task of clearing them out.

I am willing to lead the troops to Valkham to destroy the monsters in the Forbidden Forest."

"Um!"

Charles XI looked at his son, nodded with satisfaction, and said, "Test, I order you to lead the 3,000-man 10th Army of the Kingdom to Valkham to eliminate the monsters in the Forbidden Forest and to find out the news about the Aier Mountains.

If the news is true, judge the strength of the remaining troops.

If you can destroy them, kill them. If you can't, wait for reinforcements!"

Tester is only 25 years old this year, but he is already a level 20 warrior with outstanding talent.

Charles XI knew that the senior leaders of the Seventh Army had all been killed by the Imperial Sword Master.

In his mind, the only remaining remnants were some low-level monsters that would not cause much trouble.

Let Tester go and kill the monsters, and gain some experience.

Moreover, Tester fought on the front line last year and has rich experience in combat and leading troops.

It would be most appropriate to let Tester handle what happened in the southern border this time.

Of course, for Test's safety, King XI sent the King's Guards to protect Test's safety.

…

Anno, who was far away in the small town of Gruul, had no idea that the leaders of the three mercenary groups were coming back, nor that the third prince of the kingdom was about to lead troops to support Valkham.

After he ran out of the Forbidden Forest, he returned to the town of Gruul to find the captain of the guard and told him about the elite goblin troops he saw in the Forbidden Forest.

When the guards heard that there were dozens or even a hundred level 6 to 10 monsters, they couldn't help but feel scared.

Although the town's guards had increased to thirty, they were still no match for the goblin's elite troops.

Moreover, these are probably only a small part.

Mavis and her team who escaped back later also confirmed the information brought back by Anno.

When the elite goblins were dispatched, Mavis did not go too deep, but she was already close to the core area.

When Anno escaped, he missed Mavis's team.

But the elite goblins chasing Anno ran into Mavis.

Mavis naturally didn't dare to confront them head-on, so she fled in a hurry with her team members.

Led by the captain of the guard, the two went to the town council hall to find Mayor Riya.

After hearing the news, Liya collapsed on the chair in her office and shouted, "What a disaster! What should we do with so many monsters!"

An Nuo was in the office, watching Riya constantly ordering his subordinates to do things, and he planned to leave.

The moment he turned to leave, he saw a regular hexagonal array standing on Mayor Ria's desk.

The array plate is made of stone, with intricate magic patterns engraved on it.

The six vertices of the stone slab were connected by magic patterns to form two triangles, exactly the same as the pattern of Anno Contract Lis.

Coincidentally, the size of this stone slab is almost the same as the pit in the center of the ruined church.

"Mayor Ria!" An Nuo stopped and pointed at the slate on the desk and asked, "Where did this slate come from?"

"Ah?" Riya just asked a person to arrange people to inform everyone in the town to pack up and be ready to evacuate at any time.

After hearing Annuo's question, he looked in the direction of Annuo's finger.

"You mean this stone slab? It was something left behind by the previous mayor. I heard from the secretary that the previous mayor brought it out from the forbidden forest."