The Great Wall stretches across the southern Azanen Territory from east to west for fifteen kiloters, and it continues to extend.
The highest part of the Great Wall reaches a full thirty ters high!
The entire wall is adorned with nurous Magic Patterns, secret locks, and magic language representing "defense," "strength," and more from various races.
There’s a passage on the wall wide enough for ten soldiers to walk side by side, with passages below for mounted riders, as well as crossbow arrows protruding from the wall edges.
Sinister, heavy, extending.
This is a fortress!
Neither from height nor defensive capabilities does this fortress compare to many great noble castles, let alone so large cities.
But in terms of length and the significance of the Great Wall, this fortress is indeed sowhat "great."
And in the middle of the fortress, at an unremarkable section of the wall.
Under the chanting of two Secret Text Masters, the bricks on the wall vanished into the void, revealing an empty space like a door.
Then the two Secret Text Masters stepped aside, allowing a column of people and horses to pour out from the opening.
Leading the way was a determined young man with brown hair.
It was Lin Ke!
Behind Lin Ke was his People’s Knight Order.
Young and old, n and won, tall and short; individually they might seem fine, but compared to Count Akel’s troops behind, they looked like a group of refugees.
Behind Lin Ke’s People’s Knight Order was Akel’s Infantry Corps.
Each infantryman wore splendid equipnt, shining with magic light.
Then ca the Knight Order led by Count Giant Sword and others.
Nearby, soldiers were steadily pouring out beyond the Great Wall.
On the wall, pairs of guards quickly filled the Great Wall under the leadership of professional Guards.
Archers, throwers, and others took their positions, aiming outwards, while other experts in defense and long-range attacks stood ready.
Within the wall, trebuchets bearing the Azanen Banner were slowly set up by the effort of slaves, with massive stones placed in their iron pots.
Maids in simple clothes stood ready below the wall to accept the wounded from outside; these were people trained by Knicks, part of the dical system.
Amidst this tight preparation, Lin Ke had already led his team to the forefront, and the army behind was slowly assembling below the wall.
Lin Ke wore armor crafted specially for him by a professional Blacksmith, with a helt fitted with a face guard, a thin pressure shield enveloping both him and the Gula Bull beneath him.
Staring straight ahead at the forest.
...
Deep in the swamp, beside a shadowy pool.
Several imposing Magical Beasts were surrounding the pool, speaking in human tongue.
"We must press forward! The glory of our god is inviolable!" A massive boar, nearly two stories high, roared with red eyes, its bristles standing on end.
"But our god is dead! We now need to worry about Sleepless! You fool!" Opposite the boar, a long-bodied green serpent hissed with icy eyes.
"That was your god, not mine, croak." Next to the green serpent, a purple giant frog reminded in a cold tone.
Behind the giant frog, pulsing wet spots seed to hold great energy.
The boar imdiately glared: "You are blaspheming..."
"Enough!"
Suddenly, a sharp cry rang out, and a glowing red giant bird swooped down from the trees nearby, beautifully slender, with long tail feathers.
This giant bird was even larger than the boar.
With the Phoenix’s appearance, all eyes of the Magical Beasts turned to it.
"Phoenix, you had us kill the Tide, now what do we do?" Finally, a lion sitting on the sidelines spoke.
"The power of the Gula Kingdom, Nathan’s forces, cannot be resisted." The Phoenix’s voice was crisp and neutral, quieting the beasts, and it continued: "If the entire swamp could oppose us, there might be hope, but..."
"Then let’s surrender right away, croak." The purple giant frog spoke coldly.
"Cowardly purple frog!" The boar stared at the purple giant frog with blood-red eyes: "We must kill Sleepless!"
Kill Sleepless?
At this, the beasts fell silent.
"What?! You fools!" The boar roared: "We have endless Magical Beasts! We are strong!"
"You are the fool!" The Phoenix flapped its wings, a gust of hot wind blowing out with a strong sense of pressure.
The boar stopped talking imdiately.
"Lion King, go control a batch of beasts and probe the fortress outside." The Phoenix narrowed its gaze at the lion.
The Lion King was entirely red, its mane floating without wind, looking majestic and powerful.
Only the Lion King’s size compared to the giant beasts wasn’t that large, just a normal lion’s size.
"Alright." The Lion King nodded slightly and left with a few leaping bounds into the forest.
Then the Phoenix looked at the giant serpent: "Serpent, go discuss with the Prince of Stars, and halt the war for a year."
The giant serpent uneasy under the Phoenix’s gaze squird: "The Prince of Stars is a level above ..."
The Phoenix’s strong claws moved, eyes suddenly sharp.
The serpent imdiately let out a hiss, coiling into a serpent array, frightened: "I’ll go right now!" and quickly fled from the waterside.
"Let another small snake inspect the battlefield! And its subordinates!" The Phoenix’s voice carried forth, ignoring if the serpent heard or not.
Beside the waterside remained only the purple giant frog and the boar.
"Phoenix..." The boar looked at the Phoenix with red eyes, about to speak.
Suddenly, the Phoenix swung a wing over.
"Fool!" The Phoenix’s voice was filled with anger: "You almost ruined my plans!"
The boar flew backward, spitting a pool of foul blood.
The purple giant frog sat still, one of the welts behind it exploding before the Phoenix’s wrath.
The release engulfed the surroundings in a hundred-ter radius, stopping sound, scent, and more from leaving the area.
"Enough, if you ruin things again, I’ll kill you directly." The Phoenix’s voice was cold, instructing the boar before looking at the purple giant frog: "What do the other King of Magical Beasts and races say?"
The purple giant frog replied: "The Bloodthirsty Ironhoof Race has joined, Ant God remains neutral, Purple Golden Millipede joined, Brutal Bear joined..."
Continuing with a list, the Phoenix stayed at the waterside listening.
While the boar spat two more mouthfuls of blood, the red light in its eyes dissipated, leaving no anger or resentnt.
"...Swamp Giant Crocodile clan rejected, Thunder Sea Eagle clan rejected, that’s all." The purple giant frog finished, quietly watching the Phoenix.
Finally, the Phoenix stood there thinking, then glanced north:
"Let’s go see the situation with the Gula Kingdom."
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