Doomsday Code

Inside the garrison camp outside the Nanmu Forest, everyone was ready for battle at any moment.

The campsite that was previously densely packed with tents has now become empty.

All the soldiers were already wearing armor and carrying swords on their waists, and the tents and other items needed for camping were also loaded on the baggage wagons.

All the soldiers were ready to set out.

In fact, this preparation was made two months ago, but because Huidun suddenly sent the magic crystal, in order to absorb the magic crystal to enhance the strength of the 18th Legion's generals, it was delayed for some time.

After all, there are three territories of platinum-level beast kings on the Nanmu Forest bordering the Huidun territory.

This will enhance the strength of Captain Keelung and his men, and can also reduce some casualties of the Eighth Legion if they encounter those beast kings.

However, the Eighth Legion did not do nothing during these two months. During these two months, Keelung sent several teams of scouts deep into the forest to make detailed territorial markings for the monster settlements in the forest.

The core of Huidun's pioneering mission this time is not to conquer a large territory, but to open up the ground connection between the Kingdom of Moss and the elves.

A hundred years ago, the Nanmu Forest was an important transportation route for land communication between the elves and humans.

Although the forest was full of dangers at that time, with many powerful monsters roaming around, the entire human race was still united at that time, and the time was also in the period of the Thorn Flower Empire.

With the support of the vast empire's military force, any powerful and intelligent monsters in the forest dare not easily destroy this important transportation route.

However, the Thorn Flower Empire suddenly collapsed overnight, and the entire human world returned to the period of independence of various kingdoms a thousand years ago.

Without the power of unity of the human race, and at the same time a black dragon descended from the sky and built its nest here, the human race lost this important land transportation route with the elves.

In addition to opening up this old road, it is natural to cleanse the several beast kings entrenched here, so accurate territory marking is still very important.

Today, the only possible connection is the Blue Sea Route, which allows a round trip once every three years.

This sea route is not only long and time-consuming, but also subject to occasional attacks by sea beasts.

This sea beast is not like the magical beast on land. Even if you encounter a magical beast on land, there are usually no more than a thousand of them, and even a beast tide usually has tens of thousands of them.

Whenever you encounter these sea beasts, they will come in tens of thousands, and sometimes when you encounter sea beasts migrating, even if there are epic masters on the ship, they will still be buried in the sea.

In addition to these sea beasts, they are sometimes attacked by the sea fishmen who are the most hostile to humans.

In the past hundred years, the Kingdom of Moss, located next to the Nanmu Forest Mountain Range, has thought about opening up this passage. Ministers in the kingdom also know that if there is such a transportation route, even if the annual trade volume with the elves is not large, it can still be considered a stable source of tax revenue.

And with the influence of this road, many masters and experts who want to go to the elves to find materials and resources will continue to flock to the kingdom.

Even if the kingdom can win over one percent of these talents, it will be a good thing for the entire kingdom.

However, the black dragon in the forest is too strong, and it has also learned human magic in addition to dragon magic. Coupled with its already strong physique, King Moss is unlikely to succeed unless he is willing to spend a huge price to invite a legendary warrior.

However, the number of these legendary strongmen is there. If they take action against a platinum-level black dragon, they will not only lose face but will also be hated by the dragon clan.

The price required to invite this legendary expert might be something that the Kingdom of Moss cannot afford.

Moreover, this important road does not belong to the human side, the elves also have a share.

However, the Kingdom of Moss sent people to contact the elves by sea several times, but they did not take it seriously.

So after much thought, King Moss finally gave up the idea of opening up this important road, and only sent his soldiers into the forest every year to kill monsters and open up some territory.

And if Mo Donik had not discovered that the black dragon in the forest had fallen into a deep sleep, this pioneering operation would not have been possible.

And this operation is not just the Eighth Legion in Huidun Territory, but also the Fifth to Ninth Legions in the Western Territory, all of which will attack in different directions.

During these two months, Keelung also received news from other legions that their development was progressing smoothly.

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When Chen Cheng saw the familiar scenery on both sides of the road, he knew where Huidun was talking about. Then he thought of the recent rumors that the main purpose of the Eighth Legion coming here was to develop the Nanmu Forest.

He knew that his target this time would be the monsters in the forest.

Chen Cheng and Torre came alone on horseback and ran into Earl Huidun who was with his guards at the gate of the camp.

After greeting Huidun, Chen Cheng dismounted and followed him into the camp.

Chen Cheng, who was walking beside Huidun, suddenly felt a chill on his back. The super spiritual perception brought to him by the soul fused with the second life enabled him to feel that there was someone behind him who had deep hostility towards him.

He really couldn't think of who was hostile to him. Logically, he had seen these people around Huidun before, and he had never felt any hostility before. How come someone was hostile to him just a few days after he returned?

Chen Cheng looked back inadvertently, and behind him was a team of a hundred royal knights.

When he turned around, the first thing he saw was Knight Commander Xiao Dun.

At this moment, Xiao Dun's eyes were narrowed with a slight smile on his face. Combined with his handsome face, he looked like a modest gentleman. There was no trace of the fierce fighting intention that he had when he flew over to guard Hui Dun.

However, Chen Cheng could feel the needle-like murderous intent emanating from this Knight Commander Count Shawton.

Moreover, he concealed his murderous intent very well. If it were not for his own super strong spiritual perception, no one would have discovered it.

Chen Chengshi really couldn't understand why he was hostile to him. He remembered that he had extended an olive branch to him when they were confronting the Knights of Light of the Church outside the city.

Although I refused at that time, he didn't show any hostility.

How come he is so hostile to me after not seeing him for two months?

"Does Mr. Brown have any questions?"

At this time, Xiao Dun suddenly asked.

Chen Cheng was a little overwhelmed by his sudden question, because no matter how you look at it, his status and position were not worthy of being called "sir".

People like Torre who respected him would at most call him classmate, because he was a student of the academy.

Besides, he wasn't this humble to me the last time they met. Coupled with his murderous intent just now, Chen Cheng felt a chill down his spine.

"No, no, no, sir. I am just a lowly slave. How can I be worthy of your call of sir?"

Chen Cheng already felt that he had attracted enough attention during this period of time, and now it was reported that he was a slave but was respectfully addressed as "Sir" by a count of the kingdom.

Regardless of anything else, those old stubborn people of the aristocracy will try their best to kill themselves first.

Moreover, if it gets out and people know about it, they will associate it with Huidun, and make them think that it is Huidun's backing that allows him to make a count bow down to a slave like him.

This is not a good thing for either me or Huidun.

That's why he immediately belittled himself.

It can be said that the title itself is nothing, but the political significance behind it is really too great. As an earl, Xiao Dun is well aware of this.

Chen Cheng couldn't help but think in his heart.

At this moment, Huidun's heart, which had been somewhat relaxed, tightened again. During this period of time, he had also developed his own sensitivity to politics. As soon as Xiao Dun's words came out, he felt something was wrong.

Originally, he thought that Xiao Dun, as his personal guard knight, was someone he could trust, and he had been doing his job conscientiously these days.

But I didn't expect that two months later he would suddenly give me a blow, and in front of all his subordinates.

That's right, if we really want to talk about all the strength that Huidun has now, it is the guards knights around him and the remnants of the guards knights led by Torre.

Huidun's eyes turned cold, and then he sighed:

"Mr. Brown, it seems that this earl should not get close to a man of your talent and learning."

Huidun's words were very clever, highlighting that Chen Cheng's greatest strength was his talent, and this was something everyone knew.

Moreover, calling him classmate was telling everyone that the person he was close to was not a slave but a student, a talented student.

The people here have more or less heard of the feats created by Chen Cheng.

Then combined with Chen Cheng's self-positioning as a slave, these two aspects give people the impression that a talented person has become a slave, which is both sad and helpless.

Most people admire talented people, and if this talented person becomes a lowly slave, it will immediately arouse everyone's sympathy.

And this is to help him and Chen Cheng out of trouble.

Moreover, whether it is these royal guards or the previous guards, most of them have been promoted step by step from the bottom because of their own strength and military achievements. They are more likely to resonate with Chen Cheng's situation.

Then combine it with what Xiao Dun said before.

Although Xiao Dun didn't say much, but combined with the context and his own identity, he gave people a bad feeling.

When one thinks of his status as a count, one feels ashamed of his servile behavior towards slaves.