Chapter 379 (1/2)
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Chapter 379
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In terms of area covered, Proud Moon Empire was definitely the empire with the greatest territory. However, due to the repeated attacks by the allied forces of the Violent Dragon Empire and the Nalan Empire, Proud Moon Empire had to retreat over and over, leading to the loss of almost half of its territory. Now, all of the Proud Moon Empire’s army was garrisoned in the fortress, Yatesianna (亚特斯安娜). This was the fortress which gained its reputation for being the first defensive fortress in the entire Blue Waves Continent. This defensive fortress was famed for its fighting prowess as the power behind it was extremely impressive. However, no one knew when the fortress was built, for most of the people living in the Blue Waves Continent now, the fortress had been there since they were born.
Yatesianna spanned 800 kilometers and was subdivided into three lines of defense. The entrance was made using huge stone stops that were more than 10,000 jin heavy. Not to mention that each step was 60 meters tall with countless traps hidden in it. If someone wanted to capture this fortress, they would have to send at least ten times the military strength of the defenders. However, even if they sent ten times the defending party’s military strength, it was still going to be a difficult task for them to take down the fortress.
Despite the difficulty in attacking the Fortress, both empires would definitely send their armies to attack it. As once the fortress falls, the Proud Moon Empire would be completely exposed to the attacks of both the Violent Dragon Empire and the Nalan Empire. In such a situation, it was only a matter of time before the Proud Moon Empire was completely destroyed.
Now, the allied forces attacking the Proud Moon Empire from two different directions had merged, and were battling against the main forces of the Proud Moon Empire who were behind the Yatesianna defensive fortress.
At this moment, Long Yi’s group had entered the eastern part of the Proud Moon Empire after a ten days trek along the border of the Violent Dragon Empire. Naturally, this place had already fallen to the hands of the Violent Dragon Empire as it was the outskirts of the Proud Moon Empire’s territory. One was able to smell the smoke of destruction in the air as war had already swept through the entire continent.
In order to prevent Proud Moon Empire’s small squads from entering the Violent Dragon Empire in disguise, the armies from the Violent Dragon Empire had burned, slaughtered, and plundered. They killed everyone in the Proud Moon Empire’s territory as they advanced deeper. Moreover, they had mobilized ma.s.sive forces to guard the border and the inspections were very strict. Of course, Long Yi’s group didn’t have any trouble when they crossed the border.
Along the way, Long Yi managed to obtain a clearer picture on the current situation on
the Blue Waves Continent. He realized that the time he spent in the Lightning G.o.d Forbidden Area was unexpectedly more than six months!
“It’s so bleak and desolate. I remember there was a trade frontier in this place and there was always a busy flow of people. Why would anyone instigate a war?” Si Bi looked around at this small town which laid in ruins at her feet as she said. Her voice contained sadness. More than half of the houses in this place had collapsed, and many had traces of burn marks on them. The road paved with limestone had dried up bloodstains, and some residents wearing ragged clothing were hopelessly searching the ruins for something.
“My husband, should we help them?” Nalan Ruyue pleaded when she saw the state of the people in the ruins. She also had sadness in her heart when she saw the state of the people in the ruins.
Long Yi shook his head and faintly said, “Warfare is always cruel. There are millions of common people who would become dest.i.tute and homeless when a war breaks out. At least, they are lucky to be still alive, and as for how long they can survive, that will depend on themselves.”
“But… How will they survive in their current situation? The weather is terrible, it’s so cold……” Nalan Ruyue was about to plead with Long Yi to help the people when she saw the serious look on Long Yi’s face. Her voice became smaller and smaller to the point where she didn’t even dare to say another word.
“Give them some food and money. Let them go to the big city ahead of them and seek a livelihood.” Long Yi sighed and said. Nalan Ruyue was too kind-hearted. Although being kind-hearted was devoid of any merit in these troubled times, compared to being a dark and compa.s.sionless power hungry shark, being kind-hearted was much more adorable.
Nalan Ruyue cheered happily and her soft eyes exuded tenderness and love when she gazed at Long Yi’s face. Hearing that Long Yi gave her permission to help those people, she instantly ran towards them. Barbarian Bull looked at Long Yi for a second before joining her, as he got instructions from Long Yi to look out for her.
“My husband, do you think this war will end in the near future? Half of the territory of the Proud Moon Empire has already been captured, I’m afraid they are not far from their complete destruction.” Feng Ling softly said.
“It seems like the Proud Moon Empire is on the verge of destruction on the surface, however, nothing is as it seems. The affairs of the world are changeable. Until the moment everything is decided, no one would know about the outcome of the war.” Long Yi answered as he looked at Feng Ling and Leng Youyou in the eye. Now, the doubts in his mind were getting deeper and deeper. What exactly was the relation between the Dark Church and Proud Moon Empire’s Murong Imperial Clan? Why was there no movement from Dark Church until now? Could it be that the Dark Pope was intending to abandon the Murong Imperial Clan?
Long Yi began to a.n.a.lyze the situation of the entire Blue Waves Continent and
and he felt somewhat uneasy in his heart. He subconsciously took out a huge sword and began to draw a simple map of Blue Waves Continent on the ground, before marking out the route taken by the Violent Dragon Empire and the Nalan Empire against the Proud Moon Empire.
Suddenly, the expression of Long Yi changed, and his huge sword focused on the Hengduan Mountains in the west.
“My husband, are you perhaps worried about the beast-man clans?” Leng Youyou looked at the map drawn by Long Yi and asked.
“Yes, beast-man clans. After they were banished to the Hengduan Mountains, they had never ceased to hara.s.s our human world. These beast-man clans were unwilling to be banished into the barren Hengduan Mountains. The chaos in the Blue Waves Continent currently happened to be an extremely good chance for the beast-man clans to stir up more trouble. If Bimeng Clan isn’t stupid, then they absolutely won’t let this chance slip by.” Long Yi frowned and said. His gaze was fixed on the map he had drawn on the ground. In the north, the Hengduan Mountains shared a border with the Proud Moon Empire. In the south, it shared a border with the Nalan Empire in the south. Now, all the elite troops of the Nalan Empire were on the frontlines and the frontier towards the beast-man clans had lesser troops guarding it.
“If the Proud Moon Empire and beast-man clans are colluding with each other, then wouldn’t that……” Long Yi muttered and his complexion suddenly changed. The likelihood of this happening was very high.
Just when Long Yi had reached a conclusion, Nalan Ruyue happily returned with Barbarian Bull. She was satisfied with herself as she was able to help those people out.