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Chapter 652 The First Province
If the enemy wanted to run away, Hudson would naturally not watch. He would pick up his sword and intercept it.

Bear Stearns' sneak attack has worked, and one person in the enemy's sanctuary has been destroyed. Now is a good time to beat the drowned dog.

The chase and escape battle began. Seeing this scene, Marshal Centipede in the rear hurriedly ordered the military masters to respond.

Saint realm experts are much more valuable than eighth-level experts, and the death of even one of them is enough to cause pain to the giant-footed centipede clan.

If all three of them were killed in this battle, even if they broke through the defense line in front of them, they would still lose blood.

In an instant, a group of centipede warriors joined the battle. Without any hesitation, Maxim's dragon tail had swept out.

It is full of danger for an eighth-level strongman to contain the Holy Realm. When encountering the Second-level Dragon King of the Holy Realm, the strength gap between the two sides becomes even greater.

Anyone swept up by the dragon's tail will be seriously injured even if they don't die.

The holy sword in Hudson's hand was also at full fire, and the holy light spread out freely.

The forces with conflicting attributes collided together, and the injured Centipede warriors let out ear-piercing screams.

"Fix the knife!"

Everyone who saw this scene immediately understood Hudson's purpose.

The eighth-level dark-type powerhouses following behind them stopped one after another. They had nothing to do with the enemy's fight. If they were accidentally killed by one of their own, it would be a huge loss.

Marshal Hudson's holy light purification targets all dark forces.Even if he is not injured, his strength will be greatly reduced under the illumination of the Holy Light.

The closely coordinated actions of the people and dragons calmed down the powerful Centipede tribe members who participated in the battle.

It's important to protect the strong men in the sanctuary, but your own life is also important!
When they met the Dragon King of the second level of the Sanctuary, they were already using it to intercept him, and now there was another Sanctuary holding an artifact, which they couldn't fight at all.

After a brief hesitation, another huge bear paw appeared on the battlefield, shrouding their position.

Obviously, the unlucky guy who was the first to be successfully attacked by Bear Stearns had already paid with his life.

It's all the fault of empiricism. The strong men in the Holy Realm maintain their own identity, and even if they take action, they will do it openly.

The few of them who can shamelessly participate in secular wars are already considered outliers in the holy realm. If word spreads, they will be laughed at.

They never thought that someone could be more shameless than them and be able to carry out sneak attacks under the cover of light and darkness in full view of the public.

That's all. What's worse is that they misjudged the enemy's strength.

The outside world knew that Hudson and his Dragon Bear were from the Sanctuary, but no one had ever told them that these three guys had the combat power of the top Sanctuary.

Although the previous breakthrough of Long Xiong caused a stir among the major forces, it was only limited to the top brass.

The few prisoners captured by the Centipede Clan are all low-level officers and soldiers. They can be considered knowledgeable if they know that Mr. Hudson is in the Sanctuary.

A series of misjudgments were superimposed together, eventually resulting in the tragedy before us.

No matter what the enemy thinks, if he appears in front of you, he will be killed with one word!

The high-end forces are counterattacking, and the defenders are not idle either.

Without the need for an order from Hudson, the commanders of the front-line ground forces ordered counterattacks one after another.

The Knights, who were originally serving as backup, preparing to fill the enemy's sanctuary with human lives, now also joined the battlefield.

The addition of new forces suddenly made the stalemate situation clear.

The morale-filled guards and soldiers unleashed a more fierce fighting force than they had previously defended the city.

The shocking changes made Marshal Centipede, who was watching the battle from behind, stunned!

The human army in front of them is really too powerful. Even the most elite legion among the giant centipede clan still has a certain gap with these human elites.

Even though the Giant Centipede's individual combat effectiveness is stronger, Marshal Centipede dares to assert that as long as both sides have more than [-] troops, there will be no suspense about the outcome of the battle.

"Each legion takes turns to cover the retreat!"

After giving the order to retreat, Marshal Centipede's heart was bleeding crazily. This battle was too frustrating.

From beginning to end, it never went smoothly.

I thought I could rely on my superior strength to tear through the defense line in front of me and frighten the enemy.

Then take advantage of the power of victory and wait for an opportunity to negotiate with the Alpha Kingdom to force the enemy to give them a living space.

Not to mention opening up the race's living space now, how to withdraw the main force is a problem.

What's even more troublesome is that they started a war, but they have no way of deciding when the war will end!
The failed trial has pushed the two major forces into opposition.

The retreat horn sounded, and the Centipede army, which was already at a disadvantage, quickly fell into chaos.

Countless centipede soldiers rushed back. A stampede was inevitable in the panic, and screams continued for a while.

The advantage of having more legs was revealed at this moment. Breaking one or two legs only caused physical pain and did not affect running at all.

"Alternate cover for retreat" was just the wishful thinking of Marshal Centipede.

The catastrophe is imminent!
Living in the inner world all year round, the giant centipede family pursues the law of the jungle.

The jungle law of survival of the fittest has enhanced the combat effectiveness of the race, but it has also indifferent to the emotions between centipedes.

"Strategic overall situation", "racial future"... are all inferior to one's own life.

Once order is broken, there is no going back.The centipede army quickly lost order as they fled for their lives in panic. The soldiers on the battlefield did not know their generals or soldiers.

Marshal Centipede, who was moving his camp backwards, looked back at the chaos behind him and his whole body became abnormal.

He kept saying in a voice that only he could hear:

"It's over!"

"It's over!"

……

The army was defeated like a mountain.

A tentative battle turned into a race survival battle.

Deep down in his heart, Marshal Centipede was constantly annoyed.If he had known that the enemy was so powerful, he would never have come to bite this hard bone.

The Centipede officers who were following the action were all hurried on with their heads buried at the moment. They were obviously shocked by the battle just now.

The human race is so powerful, what is the future of the giant centipede race?
If given a choice, they would rather not have this war.Even if he is nesting in the Blackstone Mountains and working with the monsters, he will not start this war with no future in sight.

Compared to the barren inner earth world, the Blackstone Mountains are rich.

There are game, wild vegetables, wild fruits, flowers, trees and other animals and plants, which can be used to satisfy hunger.

Even if they only occupy a hundred-mile corridor, the materials they obtain can match the output of tens of thousands of square kilometers in the inner earth world.

The main reason is that giant foot centipedes are not picky about their food. As long as they are non-poisonous and easy to digest, all animals and plants that come into their eyes are their food.

The pursuit battle is still going on, and Hudson has stopped taking action, or it can be said that there is no target worthy of his action on the battlefield.

In the battle just now, he killed at least twenty eighth-level warriors of the enemy. Of course, most of them were achieved by cooperating with Dragon Bear.

The only unlucky ones who were hacked to death by Hudson alone were four warriors.

There's nothing to say, it's all the enemies who are sending themselves to death.Knowing that he was not easy to mess with, there were still people who rushed over to him in an attempt to die with him.

It's a pity that these guys are unlucky. Hudson, who is holding an artifact, is not a crispy magic saint at all.

The magic he released during the battle just now meant that he knew magic.

In close combat, he can also be a paladin.The outcome of a misjudgment is naturally the separation of the corpses.

I have to admit that the magic weapon is extraordinary for killing people. No matter how strong the defensive power of the giant centipede is, it can definitely penetrate it with one sword.

If you add the results of other people's battles and the high-end power lost by the enemy, it would be even more.

With such a record, Hudson himself couldn't believe it.

Eighth-level powerhouses are not cabbages. Under normal circumstances, even if they are defeated, there is a high probability of leaving alive.

Tonight's battle is different. These guys did not mix in with the army, but took the initiative to delay the retreat in order to cover their own sanctuary.

The effect was not in vain, even if Hudson had premeditated it, it only left two enemy soldiers in the sanctuary.

In the battle ahead, if the enemy's eighth-level warriors also risked going deep, the warriors from the Southeast Province might not be able to hold them back.

Of course, everything has two sides.

If you really go deep into the sanctuary with the strong men, the bursts of arrows from the magic crossbow will be able to take away many centipedes.

Originally, the combat effectiveness of the front-line troops was slightly inferior. Without their help, it was unknown whether they could even attack the city wall, let alone attack the city.

If there is no large army to cooperate with the advancement, it is to jump into the encirclement actively.

The strong men in the holy realm can still run away, but the eighth-level strong men have no ability to kill seven in and seven out of the army when being restrained by strong men of the same level.

……

The night gradually recedes, and a red sun rises in the sky.The early morning glow spreads to the earth, and a new day begins.

The necromancers were busy cleaning the battlefield, with joy mixed in their tired eyes.The enemy corpses in front of you are all their magic materials.

All wars are carnivals for the necromancers!
Relying on his own strength to kill, he has long become a wanted criminal in the continent. How can he find the comfort of following the kingdom's army.

Today's situation is a little different. In addition to the necromancers, wizards and arcane masters also come over to grab "business."

Fortunately, enough enemies died, and there were tens of thousands of corpses left on the battlefield alone.

For research geeks, these mutated centipedes living in the inner earth world are the best dark materials.

Whether it is refining puppets, studying the inner earth world, or making magic equipment, it can all play an important role.

On the surface, Hudson was also a research madman. The mage group accompanying the army also reserved a large portion for him, but Hudson declined it politely.

It was enough to use his name to fool people, but if he had to deal with these corpses every day, he would be crazy.

If you don't have any willpower and your nerves are not strong enough, then you are not worthy of conducting magic research.

Leading the province's top officials to inspect the battlefield, a satisfied smile appeared on Hudson's lips.

It seems that involution still works!

Since he took the lead in reforming the military and strengthening the training of the troops, his neighbors have inevitably been affected.

Judging from the performance in last night's battle, the combat effectiveness of this coalition of nobles from the southeastern provinces is not much worse than that of the kingdom's standing army.

If we practice more coordination during normal times, it will only be a matter of time before we catch up with the Kingdom's standing army.

If this news got out, it would probably shock the entire kingdom.

The combat effectiveness of the aristocratic private army of the Alpha Kingdom is considered to be capable of fighting across the entire continent, but there is still a big gap compared with the standing army.

The biggest problem is that the standing army is completely decommissioned. Only a small number of noble private armies can be fully decommissioned, and the remaining troops are semi-decommissioned.

During the busy farming season, we still have to work in the fields.

The entire kingdom is responsible for paying for the material consumption of the kingdom's standing army.Military expenditures have been allocated from the fiscal budget early, and various strategic materials have fixed shares.

The logistical support of the noble private army depends entirely on the investment of the noble lords.

In a militaristic country like the Alpha Kingdom, those who are reluctant to spend money on the military have long been eliminated.

Those who remain today are all masters who attach great importance to armaments.This kind of attention is engraved in the bones.

Being able to train the private army to this level can only prove that the noble lords of the southeastern provinces have given their private army the same logistical treatment as the kingdom's standing army.

The logistics supply standards set by some lords may even exceed those of the kingdom's standing army.

The first person to improve the material standards of the private army was Hudson. From the day the army was founded, the treatment of Mr. Ha's soldiers was higher than that of his peers.

As his finances continued to grow, Hudson's investment in the army also continued to increase.

The logistics support level of several main legions has long exceeded that of the Kingdom's standing army.

It’s not that other noble lords didn’t follow suit, it’s mainly because they couldn’t afford the financial damage.

Compared with other provinces in the kingdom, the financial situation of the nobles in the wealthy southeastern province is still much better.

Not only is the territory fertile enough, but there are also dividends from the magic crystal mine.

There is no doubt that after these guys got the money, they did not use it for food, drink and fun, but invested it in the army.

After several years of continuous investment, we have these elites in front of us.

Thinking of this, Hudson could only lament the fate of the centipedes.If there are any weak persimmons, they will not be pinched, but they will choose the southeastern province with the fastest growing military strength to start with.

"Your Majesty the Governor, the battle last night was well fought.

If it weren't for special circumstances and it was inconvenient to make the battle process public, now would be the time for our Southeast Province to shock the whole country! "

Hudson said with pretense of regret.

You can’t have both fame and fortune!
There were still many loopholes in last night's battle.

The artillery battle that spares no expense and the large number of magic crossbows are all very eye-catching.

As long as you check carefully, you can easily find that the magic crystals claimed by the Southeast Province from the Kingdom do not match those consumed in the war.

The problem is obvious, good things can also turn into bad things.

Giving up the profits from the magic crystal mine just for the sake of being in the limelight is obviously not something a wise man would do.

"Ha ha……

Marshal, it’s okay if you don’t get this kind of limelight!
Thinking back to ten years ago, our southeastern province had no economic strength, but no matching military strength, and a piece of meat was forcibly taken away by the nobles of the north.

Unexpectedly, only ten years have passed, and the Northland Group, once known as the Half-Biard Kingdom, has actually declined.

How arrogant they were back then, how embarrassed the five families are now..."

Governor Pierce couldn't help but sigh.

Strength determines the right to speak!
The governor's status in the kingdom depends entirely on the overall strength of the province.

The current Southeast Province is the well-deserved first province of the Kingdom.

As the strength of the province increased, Governor Pierce's voice in the court also increased.

The most important thing is that everyone rolls up together, and the military strength of the Dalton family is suddenly rolled up.

Strong economic strength has now been transformed into military strength.

When he met the five major families in Northland again, he, Pierce, didn't show any fear.

(End of this chapter)