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"Hello! Your Highness the Grand Duke! It's a pleasure to see you again!" Fenglin Youlan bowed to Grand Duke Okrian Yasuo.

“???” Grand Duke Okrian Yasuo rubbed his eyes in disbelief, with an expression of disbelief in his eyes. After all, the person who greeted him was really unexpected.

"Youlan, you are pretending! Are you still alive?" Grand Duke Okrian Yasuo ran over in surprise, grabbed Fenglin Youlan and pulled her off the horse, then put his hands on Fenglin Youlan's shoulders and looked her up and down in shock.

"What? Are you surprised?" Fenglin Youlan looked at Grand Duke Okrian Yasuo and lightly hit him on the chest with her fist.

"You..." Grand Duke Okrian Yasuo looked at Fenglin Youlan, who had been judged to be dead. The last dragon rider of the empire actually appeared in front of him alive after endless years!

"Why are you so lame? Where's the dragon? Why are you reduced to riding a horse?" After holding it in for a long time, Grand Duke Okrian Yasuo finally spoke slowly.

"..." Fenglin Youlan's original words were stuck in her throat. Grand Duke Okrien Yasuo's reaction was quite different from what Fenglin Youlan had imagined! She thought it was just a greeting between nobles after a long separation, but she didn't expect Grand Duke Okrien Yasuo to be so interested!

"How did you survive?" Grand Duke Okrian Yasuo then put away the smug expression on his face and asked seriously.

"I have to thank my dragon mount, Long Xi. She sent me into the long river of time to avoid being hunted down, and kept me alive until now..." Fenglin Youlan shook her head.

"Cheers to the dragon clan!" Grand Duke Okrian Yasuo raised his right hand 45 degrees toward the sky, his face solemn and dignified. The people of Raglan had a special feeling for the giant dragon.

"Okay, let me talk about you! I really didn't believe it was you at first! After all, with your personality, you will definitely resist to the end!" Fenglin Youlan looked at Grand Duke Okrian Yasuo and sighed.

"You understand me, but I have no choice in this situation. I can't let those people die with us, right?" Grand Duke Okrian Yasuo smiled bitterly.

"You're right! Isn't this the meaning of the Spark Project?" Fenglin Youlan patted his shoulder and said with a smile.

"By the way, how many regular troops survived?" Fenglin Youlan asked curiously as she looked at the soldiers in distinctive armor in the team.

"The remnants of the Fourteenth Legion of the Empire plus the remnants of our family and your family... there are not many people left, but it is more than enough to launch a battle..." Grand Duke Okrien Yasuo shook his head with a wry smile. There are only so many troops left in the northeast of the Empire. In fact, Grand Duke Okrien Yasuo's heart is already bleeding!

"The remnants of our family?" Fenglin Youlan was stunned at first, and then his face was full of surprise! You know, as the Dragon Marshal's family, the McDougal family is actually very prosperous, and as the Duke of the East Territory of the Empire, the McDougal family's gold content naturally needs no further explanation! Fenglin Youlan, who had become a commander without troops, was immediately excited when he learned that he still had people from the clan.

"Don't think too much! The Maple Forest Knights have less than half of their number!" Grand Duke Okrian Yasuo first told Maple Forest Youlan the sad news, and immediately Maple Forest Youlan's still rosy and excited face turned pale.

"The good news is that a group of war mages in your family has been preserved intact!" Grand Duke Okrien Yasuo then smiled slyly and gasped.

"Gah!" Fenglin Youlan clenched her fists, resisting the urge to punch Grand Duke Okrian Yasuo in the face. Although the casualties of the Knights were heartbreaking, the addition of a complete war mage corps gave the kingdom's ground forces a frontal heavy firepower cluster! Mages of this era were no different from artillery! Apart from the Knights, few troops could withstand the magic bombardment and charge.

"Okay, stop looking at me like that! I brought you something good!" As he spoke, Grand Duke Okrian Yasuo pulled out an antique ring from the necklace that was hanging close to his body, like offering a treasure.

"Huh?" Fenglin Youlan's eyelids twitched as she looked at the familiar ring, then she was shocked and looked at Grand Duke Okrian Yasuo with her mouth wide open. "You guys stole..."

"Fuck you! This was found by the royal family and sent to the East! We stole it!" Grand Duke Okrian Yasuo looked at Fenglin Youlan who was ready to "sprinkle flowers and birds" with his hands open and kicked him directly, making him fly like a crow.

"Where are the brothers of the Northern Army's Forbidden Cavalry? Come out and explain to this thumper! Otherwise, the Windward Family will be regarded as the clowns who steal things from the allied families!" Grand Duke Okrian Yasuo shouted to the people behind him.

"I'm here, Your Highness!" Soon the captain of the Sixth Corner Flag Team of the Northern Army's Forbidden Cavalry came over, and after listening to the words of Grand Duke Okrian Yasuo, he immediately began to narrate what had happened.

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"Sorry, I was impulsive!" Fenglin Youlan apologized. After all, anyone in the McDougal family would have to think twice before seeing the things in the ring.

"Ouch! You are still stealing~" Grand Duke Okrian Yasuo came up to him with a sarcastic look and imitated Fenglin Youlan's movements and words vividly.

"..." Fenglin Youlan awkwardly tapped the ground with his feet, but knowing he was in the wrong he could only bite the bullet and listen to the ridicule from the victor, and he almost created a war fortress under his feet!

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"Enough of that! We have to hurry up! These soldiers can hold on! But the civilians can't!" Grand Duke Okrian Yasuo looked at the sled pulled by the warhorses behind him. On the sled was a shack made of tents, filled with children, the elderly and the sick who could not stand the cold. Due to the harsh environment and difficult conditions, civilians fell ill every day, but the Lagran people would not abandon their companions and could only drag the patients forward, and just like that... The remnants of the hodgepodge knights and the Maple Forest Knights under the Fourteenth Legion had all turned into infantry when they were about to reach their destination.

As for their war horses? Just look at those war horses pulling a row of sleds like a locomotive pulling carriages and you will know where all those horses have gone! Only the Wind Knights, who are the fist units, still retain their war horses and do not turn these knights into two-legged infantry knights.

"Let's organize everyone to cross the river! Give priority to sending the elderly and children across!" Fenglin Youlan, who was commanding the Knights, said as he looked at the team that formed a long dragon.

"Notify His Majesty to prepare a simple camp and food! These civilians are not in good condition. The long journey in the wind and snow has drained their energy! They need to rest!" Fenglin Youlan said solemnly to Caslo, who was responsible for exchanging information.

"Is the situation so serious?" Kaslo looked at the team moving forward at a snail's pace with some disbelief. After all, everyone seemed to be in pretty good condition.

"They spend their days and nights in the wind and snow! They don't have warm fireplaces and nutritious food! They don't even have much time to rest!" Fenglin Youlan shook her head with compassion. In order to prevent the orcs from chasing them, the surviving Lagrang people, led by Grand Duke Oakrian Yasuo, were no different from frightened birds.

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"We are home!" said Grand Duke Okrien Yasuo with tears in his eyes.