Lord: I have a skill talent tree

The Duke of Northland's statement was indeed very effective.

After the dukes of the sixteen coastal areas learned of the Duke of Northland's clear stance and the massed army at the border, they withdrew their soldiers at the border of Maro City overnight.

And all armed ships have withdrawn into their own ports, and no armed ships are allowed to leave the port.

As long as all the factors that may cause conflict with Maruo City are stopped, there is a fear that the gun will accidentally go off.

In this way, the dark clouds that had fallen on Maruo City for nearly a year suddenly dissipated, and everything seemed to have returned to the situation a year ago.

The business is growing, the business is growing, as if nothing has happened.

This made Ethan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

After the Northland army was assembled, as Sophia said, they were not just intimidating, but they immediately sent their troops southward as soon as they were assembled.

However, although an army of 150,000 was assembled, only about 60,000 set out, while the others were stationed in place as backup.

The commander of this southbound force is retired General Popovich, known as "Mad General".

This old man is a unique figure in the Northland general world. When other generals serve as generals, they hide in a safe place in the rear and command the overall situation.

But every time this old guy fought against the orcs, he always handed over the command to his adjutant, while he himself was at the forefront.

He would kill anyone who dared to stop him, not only the orcs, but also his own people.

There was an adjutant who refused to let him go to the battlefield for his safety. As a result, he slashed the adjutant's hand with a knife.

From then on, no one dared to stop him.

And because he rushed to the front every time, he was injured all over his body, with more than 40 large and small wounds on his body.

But just like that, he was still alive and well until he was 50 years old.

When he was 50 years old, because his energy was not as good as before, during a battle, he was accidentally hit by an orc's bone-eating insect, and his entire right calf began to rot.

He was also ruthless and cut off his entire calf on the spot to save his life.

However, because he broke his leg and could no longer ride a horse, he officially quit the front line.

Originally, this expedition to the North had nothing to do with him.

But when this 70-year-old old man heard that he wanted to deal with those bastards, he tried his best to be shameless, made a fuss in front of the Duke, and showed off his scars to win sympathy, so he was able to get away from a group of people with outstanding achievements. Among the generals, seize the position of commander.

Of course, the reason why he was able to grab it was not only because he was shameless, but also because he was too senior. Among the earlier generals, he was one of the few still alive.

From this, we can also know that his relationship must be very strong. Many people in the army are his old subordinates, and even many generals who are running for election were once his old subordinates.

How dare these people fight with him?

The main force of the troops he brought this time was the Fourth Cavalry Regiment that he once commanded.

The main task of this regiment in the North is to conduct appropriate pursuit when the orcs are defeated in the siege of the city.

Because they often engage in close combat with orcs, their combat power is extremely powerful. As far as cavalry is concerned, it is absolutely unparalleled in the world.

In addition to the 4th Cavalry Regiment, he also led the 12th and 16th Cavalry Regiments, plus a 600-man magic brigade, as well as the 2nd and 3rd Eagle Knights.

As for the superpowers, there are two great sword masters, five sages, and a god of law.

Here I should especially mention the Dharma God. Like the [King of Knights], he is just the son of an ordinary soldier.

After his father died in the war, he was adopted as an adopted son by the previous Duke of Northland because of his outstanding magic talent. He was carefully trained and eventually became the god of magic.

He is not as old as other magic gods. He is less than 40 years old this year, and he is a rare [destruction type].

The so-called destruction system refers to magic that can trigger large-scale disasters, such as earthquakes, tsunamis, flash floods, etc.

What he is good at is causing meteorites to fall from the sky, so he is also called the "God of Meteors".

When it comes to fighting alone, he may not be that powerful, but when it comes to fighting in a group, he probably won't be able to find an opponent.

Rumor has it that he is still a very romantic person. When he was chasing his girlfriend, he would perform a meteor shower for the little girl!

I digressed a bit, so let’s get back to the topic.

Judging from the configuration of this army, although it is only 60,000 people, it is almost close to the full strength of the Holy Light Religion.

With this lineup, no matter where it is placed, it is the overlord of one side.

And because he has been fighting orcs for many years, now he comes to the human world, which is simply a dimensionality reduction blow, and its shocking power can be imagined.

Therefore, when they rode their war horses and drove straight south, no one dared to stop them.

Not even the thought of blocking can arise.

And their goal is also very clear, which is the Dukedom of Torres, known as the "Crossroad of the Empire".

Due to the special position of his territory, the Duke of Torres occupies the crossroads of the empire's land transportation. Regardless of the east-west, north-south direction, his territory is the only way to pass.

In the Dukedom of Torres, the two most exploitative families were the former families of Embiid and Kemp.

They are the Tryon family and the Adrian family.

Under the guise of being bandits, they levy high road protection fees from passing caravans.

Forget it, the most annoying thing is that if the goods transported by the caravan are what they want, they will directly transform into bandits.

No one knows how many goods and lives were lost in their hands.

The most important thing is that they were the first to charge high tolls.

Normally, it is reasonable to collect tolls. After all, road maintenance is also a huge expense. Everyone can understand this.

However, tolls that are far beyond reasonable will seriously affect trade.

For other places, the most that affects trade is to make less money, but for the North, it is fatal.

Because they have brought bad habits, the normal trade of the entire North has been affected by them.

The people of the North hate them to the core.

In the past, they could not spare their hands, and they could not reach them, so they could only stare blankly.

Now that they have spared their hands, they will settle all the new and old grudges together, and they will definitely launch a thunderous revenge.

Didn't you say that there are bandits rampant in your place, it is too dangerous, and you need to collect protection fees?

Well, you don't have to collect protection fees, we in the North will help you clean it up for free!

This unit is under the name of cleaning up bandits, and it is going south along the trade route.

Go all the way, clean up all the way.

For any family on their blacklist, there is only one result - extermination.

The reason couldn't be simpler. They saw the bandits running into the homes of those families, and then sent them a little star.

Although they accidentally injured some people, they died to eliminate the bandits for the empire, and they should feel honored.

In this way, they rushed south all the way. In order to save time, they would rather split up and stay to clean up the spoils along the way. The main force was unwilling to stop, for fear that the enemy would run away.

In the end, it took only twelve days to kill to the territory of Duke Torres.

Just after arriving at Stormwind City where Duke Torres was, a meteor streaked across the dawn sky and hit the Duke Torres's mansion...