Riding and Slashing

Chapter 237 The Cursed Land

Perhaps, the Snake Cult priestesses of the Cobra faction in Pendor felt that they had been deceived...

They put in a lot of effort to attack Emperor Lingang. They not only diverted the attention of the Bacchus Empire with the Red Death, but also gathered a huge army.

But in the appointed September, after they started attacking Emperor Lingang, the Viper Faction Expeditionary Force who had agreed to attack from the sea at the same time didn't even see a hair.

Until mid-October, there were only a few warships coming from the Amala Continent, but all of them were miscellaneous troops who couldn't get enough to eat. Their combat effectiveness was quite poor, and they couldn't enter the port at all...

The main fleet of the high priest has not appeared until now, and all the troops who came were fleeing from the famine. The rations of the expeditionary army were burned. In order to raise food, the high priest is forcing the believers to 'dedicate'.

However, there has been a famine for a long time in the Amala continent. Although the believers have faithful beliefs, they are really powerless.

And under the "forced dedication", many believers snatched or stole a few warships and ran to Pendor Continent-this is probably considered to support the expedition with practical actions, although the believers only wanted to come to Pendor Continent to mess with the warships. It's just a full meal.

That's why the Snake Cult fleet that came to Dilingang didn't find another place to land—they didn't have any food, so they didn't dare to sail to find a landing point at all. The defenders in Emperor Lingang are miserable...

As a result, the priestesses of the Cobra Sect who gathered outside Emperor Lingang have persisted since September until now, fighting from autumn to winter for more than three consecutive months, but still did not see the main fleet of the high priest come to Emperor Lingang.

But they heard that the Dread Legion did appear in Pendor Continent, but the problem is that the Dread Legion went to Siyuan City and did not appear in Emperor Lingang...

Under such circumstances, of course they felt that the Temple Priest Council was fooling them, and they already didn't want to fight anymore.

But they dare not withdraw their troops. If they don't obey the order of the temple and leave their colleagues from the continent of Amara in the warships outside the port, maybe one day the fear army will suddenly appear in their lair, "the crusade does not follow the order The Traitor'...

So these priestesses actually played very restrained, and the attack on Emperor Lingang was not violent, which meant that they did not work hard.

And they are all very rich. Unlike the Amara Continent, there is no famine in the Pendor Continent. The priestesses got a lot of food before, and they are not afraid to spend it around Emperor Lingang.

In fact, it doesn't matter to them whether they can defeat Di Lingang. After all, if the high priest's fleet doesn't come, what's the point of defeating Di Lingang?

Attacking Emperor Lingang is the order of the temple, but after capturing Emperor Lingang, it may not be a good thing for them, because the temple will definitely not let Emperor Lingang be controlled by the Cobra faction.

If the temple lets people from the Viper faction manage Emperor Lingang, wouldn't it be that the Cobra faction is making things difficult for themselves?
But a few days ago, they heard that the slave rebel army in Boshi City had lifted the siege, and that a large army was going south to reinforce Emperor Lingang—they found that this was a chance to get rid of the current embarrassing situation.

Emperor Lingang could not be attacked for a long time, and there was a large army in Bacchus to help, so it would definitely not be a wise choice to stay outside Emperor Lingang.

But if they turn around and attack Boshi City... This can definitely be regarded as a proper explanation for the order of the temple, and it will be decent both in terms of face and inside.

Since Boshi City sent a large army to support Emperor Lingang, it means that Boshi City is now extremely empty, and it is definitely more cost-effective to attack Boshi City than to storm Di Lingang.

Moreover, for the priestesses of the Cobra faction, taking Boshi City is much more attractive than taking down Emperor Lingang - Boshi City is in the hinterland, and the temple of Amara Continent will definitely not be able to send a fleet to fight They take control.

Anyway, occupying Boshi City is tantamount to laying a base in Bacchus territory. No matter what happens to Emperor Lingang, at least they are worthy of the order of the temple.

The priestesses of Pendor Continent are indeed loyal to the Snake Cult, and they will also obey the orders of the temple, but they will not follow blindly.

Therefore, their troops marched northward to attack Boshi City.

As for why they came after Sigismund's team of scouts, this is mainly due to the combat habits of the Snake Cultists - if they encounter an enemy, no matter the enemy's target or size, they will use it immediately The overwhelming number of people overwhelms all obstacles along the way.

These Snake Worshipers are not regular troops, and most of the priestesses are not very good at tactics.The Snake Worshipers do not have the clear combat intentions of the regular army, and they will migrate over like locusts after determining the general direction.

Therefore, the Snake Cultists came chasing after Sigismund's scout team, but they were not targeting the lord's reinforcements. They were just going all the way north from Emperor Lingang, but the lord's troops happened to be on the way.

Sigismund and the gladiators obviously did not understand the behavior and habits of the Snake Cult, nor did the lord.

Sometimes, many inexplicable battles are due to these strange factors, which are quite unreasonable even in the eyes of bystanders, but it just happened.

Fortunately, Alisa appeared here, and the former priestess gave her judgment on the current situation.

She doesn't understand the lord culture of Pendor Continent, but she does understand the mentality of the priestesses very well.

She was right, her understanding of the Snake Cultist was really helpful for a commander to formulate strategies and tactics.

If it weren't for meeting her, the lord would probably have fought a head-on battle with the Snake Cult army in Buyulin Village—a face-to-face battle with tens of thousands of guys who are not afraid of death. The outcome is really hard to say.

But now, Li Ang felt that he could avoid it first and use a more technical method to destroy this group of Snake Worshipers.

In any case, Di Lingang has indeed been rescued, and the strategic intention of the lord to rescue Di Lingang has been realized, although the realization is somewhat inexplicable...

What needs to be considered now is how to get rid of those priestesses—according to Alisa, as long as the 'god spokesperson' like the priests is removed, other Snake Worshipers usually won't take the initiative to make trouble.

"Governor, since the Snake Worship Cult's troops are heading towards Boshi City, we can give them way and ambush them with cavalry...and your infantry troops can still be stationed in Emperor Lingang as originally planned."

The lord seems to be much more relaxed now. Since the Snake Worshipers don't have any tactical capabilities, even if they are not afraid of death, they are just a group of brave locusts.

"Li Ang, do you think that snake girl's words are trustworthy? If she is a liar..."

Justus was somewhat uneasy, he was skeptical of any word from any Snake Cultist.

"If Alyssa is deceiving us, then we should give way... Anyway, Buyulin Village is just an empty village with no one, even if it is occupied by the Snake Cult. Don't be obsessed with the gains and losses of one city and one place, The goal is to eliminate the Snake Cult. Now we only need to consider how to avoid the eyes and ears of the Snake Cult..."

Li Ang turned his head and looked around Buyulin Village. There were indeed no civilians here.

"Then...you arrange it, and I will cooperate with your order."

Justus handed over the command to Leon.

"Then, let's move west first, in the direction of Serendil, to avoid the army of the Snake Cult—since the Snake Cult warriors who escorted Alisa can lurk in the village of Serendil for more than a month, then It means that we should also be able to avoid the eyes and ears of the Snake Cult there, and turn ourselves into a dark place..."

Li Ang drew two lines on the map: "Then, my troops headed north from Serendil to set up an ambush at Fidner. They must pass through Fidner if they want to go to Boshi City... and the Governor, after confirming the worship of the snake After the army of the sect leaves the vicinity of Dilingang, you will lead your troops directly into Dilingang, and then lead the troops of Dilingang northward, and attack the Snake Worship Sect with me."

"Don't let anything happen to Boshi City..."

Justus was clearly still nervous about his territory.

"I guarantee that no Snake Cultist will enter Boshi City alive."

Li Ang pointed to the road to the south: "Hurry up, the Snake Cult troops may be coming soon."

Fortunately, all the troops had been preparing and reacted quite quickly. It didn't take long for Buyulin Village to become empty again.

Just a few minutes after the troops evacuated from Buyulin Village, the Snake Cult's large troops rushed past like locusts crossing the border, and the boundless crowd passed through the empty Buyulin Village all the way to the northwest.

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Serendil.

This is an extremely quiet, gloomy, and extremely miserable village.

In the era when the Pendor Kingdom ruled the mainland, Serendil Village was originally a large-scale market town.

This was originally the largest fishing port in the Pendor Continent. There used to be countless fishing boats coming and going, and fishing nets were drying everywhere along the coast.

This fishing port located in the southern part of the Pendor Continent would have been very busy in winter—as the temperature dropped, the northern seas would freeze, and a large number of fish would migrate to the southern coast.

At the same time, high-value seafood such as various pearls are also caught in winter.As the weather gets colder, pearl-growing mussels will gradually slow down the secretion of nacre, which can make the surface of pearls gradually become finer and rounder. The quality of pearls harvested in mid-winter or early spring is the best.

This place was originally an excellent place, not only can there be fish all year round, but also has the largest pearl producing area in Pande.

It's just that the richer the place, the more miserable the life of the people at the bottom, especially after the Bacchus Empire ruled here...

After the Bacchus Empire occupied the southern part of the Pendor Continent, Serendil gradually possessed the most iron piles and iron chains in the entire Pendor Continent.

These iron stakes and iron chains were originally used to lock slaves.

In the Bacchus Empire, all the hard work in the fishing process was naturally done by the slaves, and of course the slaves did the deadly tasks such as diving for pearls or corals.

However, the slaves couldn't even get the pearl-bearing shells.

To make sure the slaves didn't sneak away with these precious catches, slave owners would place iron collars around their necks.

When going to sea, the slaves will be tied to the ship with long iron chains. When they are not at sea, the iron chains will be locked on the iron stakes on the coast-the iron stakes are also used to lock the boat.

The scope of action of the vast majority of slaves in their lifetime is the area limited by the chains.

Either on a boat, in the sea, or next to an iron pile on the coast.

They can only dive into the water again and again, being led to the deep seabed by heavy chains, struggling between life and death to find the gift of the sea.

If they failed to complete their due tasks that day, they would not be pulled onto the boat and could only soak in the sea.

The slave owners didn't even give them any food - the slaves would feed themselves in the sea, and cooked food was a luxury for them.

The vast majority of slaves in Serendil can't live for more than three years, and the slaves here are even worse than those in the mines.

This miserable life will naturally lead to more tragedies.

This is also the area where the entire Pendor Continent was first controlled by the Snake Cult.

The Snake Cult could easily control the vast majority of Serendil's slaves without any means, and then lead them to rebel and usher in massacres again and again.

For more than a hundred years, there have been tragedies from generation to generation here-the slave owners brutally oppressed the slaves, the Snake Cult bewitched the low-level slaves, and the slaves started to rebel after believing in the Snake Cult, and then they were wiped out by the imperial army... After the chaos of the Snake Cult, new slave owners will arrive in the empire, and the same story will repeat itself.

Repeated reincarnation of war disasters made Serendil wither year by year. In the end, it became a "cursed" place in people's eyes, and this fishing port was gradually no longer inhabited.

It is said that there are countless ghosts haunting here at night, and there are too many ghosts of all kinds, haunted by ghosts.

Therefore, it is also called the ghost port.

There have also been brave people who tried to come to Serendil, hoping to get valuable pearls, but most of the people who entered this "cursed place" would indeed disappear without knowing why.

By now, Serendil Village has become a dilapidated and gloomy ruin, with a large area and many houses, but no people.

Only the rusty iron piles and iron chains all over the coast still tell the prosperous and sad past of this fishing port.

That's why those Snake Cult warriors were able to take Alyssa to hide in Serendil for more than a month without being discovered.

This once prosperous fishing port is now almost completely deserted.

This is not an important military location, and under normal circumstances no one will approach it again.

Li Ang brought an army to Serendil, and he was able to easily avoid the eyes of the Snake Worship Cult - the surrounding area of ​​this fishing port is also a deserted wasteland. Since there are no people, then the Snake Worship Cult will naturally not know about them trend.

After Risadilan took the Noldor to confirm that there were no problems around Serendil, the lord planned to rest here for a day, and then split up with Justus to act as planned.

Although there are suspicions of ghosts here, but of course you are not afraid of ghosts with a large army...

But what the lord did not expect was that something unexpected happened to him after he only stayed in Serendil for one night.

The wind was particularly strong that night. The howling wind stirred up huge waves on the sea, and the sound of the huge waves echoed continuously. It was difficult to sleep even if it was hundreds of meters away from the coast.

The army is stationed, and there are naturally troops on vigil at night, and Sigismund is in charge of the night watch.

Also, Sarah is here.

But Sarah didn't have a night watch task, she just couldn't sleep because of the noise of the wind and waves, so she came to look at the sea and chat with Sigismund by the way-this bard wanted to learn from Sigismund's experience Taking some of the material into poetry, she believes that the story of 'Popular Knights' deserves to be remembered.

So, while most of the soldiers on duty were looking in a few other directions, Sarah and Sigismund were sitting by the sea, watching the sea blowing in the night.

It's just that the wind was really strong, and Sarah's cloak and shawl were almost blown off.

But just when Sarah was going to hide in Sigismund's tent to avoid the wind, she vaguely saw a few huge black shadows on the sea.

"What is that... Sinclair, did you see it? Could it be a sea monster?"

Sarah put on her shawl again, covering her round shoulders and the seductive groove exposed by the neckline.

Sigismund sighed with some regret.

"No... vixen, that seems to be... that is a warship! Blow the horn! Enemy attack!"

Sigismund closed his eyes and shook his head, then looked at the distant sea again, and then shouted loudly.

(End of this chapter)