Elden: Ring of Calamity

Chapter 443 Dragon Moon
"It may not be that difficult to crack this method." Queen Reinara thought, "There has never been a flawless spell, let alone such a crude method of grabbing energy. Even if there is no way to fundamentally cut off the Giant King's way of stealing the power of the furnace, a seal covering 30,000 miles of ice field cannot be truly perfect. There will always be weaknesses that we can break through."

"So, now we can do at least three things - first, look up all the ancient documents about the Crucible Tree to find clues about the giants' method; second, use the magic fleet and flying dragon troops to explore the seal flaws around the northern border; the last and only effective method at the moment is to curb the pace of the New Party's army moving westward and southward."

"I believe in the child's ability," she rubbed her temple and said with a helpless smile, "The guy who can forcibly pull me out of that nightmare will not die so easily in the North. Compared with our efforts in the outside world, he must be closer to the truth now. We can't wait for him to break the seal from the inside and kill him, but let Radagon overturn the base outside."

Fuer still looked depressed, but at this moment he could only nod and say, "It's the only way."

"Marquis Seren..." Reinara looked at Seren, the seventh Knight of Kalia, the "Magic Sword", who was also the highest military commander in the army except for the royal family, "Please introduce the situation on the southern front to Priest For."

"Yes."

Seren came to a huge map and introduced it to Ful, "Please look, sir. This is a map of the distribution of military forces in the southern border drawn by our army based on the latest intelligence."

"As of yesterday morning, the 100,000-strong Southern Gold Army led by the demigod Greg was divided into two groups. One main force was advancing eastward along the Gale Road, clearly intending to attack your country's territory in Northern Gaileid from the Gale Fortress. The other group of 3,000 cavalry, led by his half-brother Ge Fuya, was heading south to the Sacrifice Bridge and pressing down on the Weeping Peninsula."

"Wait. He's taking over the Weeping Peninsula?"

Ful was stunned. "Why would he send troops to invade the Weeping Peninsula? According to the legal ownership, isn't Morn still the territory of the Golden Dynasty?"

Even though the "Magic Sword" Seren had been a soldier all his life and had extremely rich experience in commanding troops, he was still stumped by this soul-stirring question.

He couldn't help scratching his head and explained, "We didn't understand at first. According to Her Royal Highness, the Princess, she knows this kind of fool best—"

"You're an idiot," Lailana interrupted with a sidelong glance, "Don't change my judgment on your own initiative."

"Yes," Seren wiped the sweat from his forehead, "Her Royal Highness the Princess said that with Greg's talent and character, any decision he makes is not surprising. We speculate that he wants to use the power of the army to go to the Weeping Peninsula to intimidate Duke Morn, who has always disobeyed his orders, and warn him not to make any small moves during his eastern expedition."

"This..." Furshanks took a deep breath and tried to adjust his thoughts.

Your Highness is right. War is indeed a field full of contingencies. This contingency is not only reflected in the endless dangerous incidents, but also in the fact that there will always be people who take actions beyond everyone's imagination.

Since the Stanlis family of Moren City surrendered to Storm King Odysseus five hundred years ago, it has always been the strongest in the south except for the Storm King. Even though it was defeated by the Eastern Expedition Army in the War of Unification, the previous Duke Stanlis was also defeated by the War King Gefulei.

In that era, every strong man who faced Godfrey would be defeated without exception. Being recognized by the former and having the right to retain his status and revenge for generations was proof of the strength of the Stanley family. Everyone in the world knew that Godwin sent his legitimate son to Stonewell because he was most afraid that he would not handle the relationship with the Storm Remnants, especially Morn City. Otherwise, the Golden Prince would not have played a trick and proposed to give the Weeping Peninsula to Rackard to ease the increasingly sharp ethnic conflicts in the south.

But Greg himself didn't understand what the whole world understood.

Even if we take a step back and say that we have to send troops to intimidate the city of Moren, it would be fine. But if Greg personally led an army of 100,000 to the south to make a circle around the Sacrifice Bridge before the Eastern Expedition, even if Norton Stanley looked down on Greg, he would still have reason to be patient for the sake of the 100,000 southern border legions.

But what the hell do you mean by sending three thousand people?
Facing a ducal family that has existed for more than five hundred years, has an army of fifty thousand and controls a thousand miles of territory, and facing a powerful hero whose strength is almost as strong as the wings of the previous Storm King, your choice is to send three thousand cavalrymen to confront them and threaten them in front of all Nimgfu not to cause trouble, otherwise you will kill your whole family?
This is no longer a threat, but a humiliation.

The last time someone dared to humiliate the Stanley family was the ancient dragon elder Kaironissa. The consequence was that the Stanley family mobilized its entire army to launch a desperate counterattack against the Eastern Expedition Corps. Although the entire army was wiped out, it also caused the heaviest casualties to the other side since defeating the Storm Dynasty. Kaironissa himself was so scared that he fled the southern border overnight, and only slipped back in fear until the end of the war.

Stanley is so stubborn, why did you provoke them?
"If I'm not mistaken, Radagon is probably still preparing to recruit Norton Stanley. Even if they can't get the Morns and the Southern Border Legion to attack Gallid from both sides, at least they can't let them stab him in the back." Ful pondered, "But now with Greg's clever move, the entire situation in the Southern Border is going to have to start all over again."

"His Highness Latan has made the same judgment. He has personally led the newly formed 10,000 Red Lion Knights to the west to attack Greg. At the same time, he has sent envoys to contact Duke Norton Stanley and invite him to attack Stonewell together." Seren continued.

"That's roughly the situation on the southern front," Queen Reinara nodded slightly. "The next strategic focus of Radagon is clearly on Gemir. Karen herself is insignificant, but after three years of Lucia's management, the situation is very different from that year. They can't let Karen hang like a sword and strangle the passage between Atan and Lienia, and threaten Dekedas from behind at any time."

"If I were Radagan, I would definitely contact the rebel armies of the various tribes in Northern Gmir and the Snake God Cult, and offer a lot of empty promises and even some tangible benefits in exchange for their continued threats to the rear of the Karen Legion from the north. I would then personally lead the army to use the geographical advantage of the Yatan to attack Karen City and remove this thorn in one fell swoop."

"But what we have to do is exactly the opposite. It is not wise to go to war with the New Party's 300,000 troops head-on. I intend to lead my army to confront them first. When the news of the defeat of Greg in the southern border arrives, Radagon will surely lead his army to support us. Our army will let this wave of reinforcements pass, and then march eastward to threaten Dikedas, forcing Radagon's reinforcements left in Asia to move the center of defense eastward and contain us on the Dikedas line."

"At this time, if Priest Lance can coordinate from the Far East and send an elite flying dragon troop to cooperate with the Giant Wolf Knights, and combine the strength of Priest For, Lord Ingwill and my sister to wipe out North Gmir in one fell swoop, the New Party will be at a loss and we will definitely win this battle."

After hearing the strategy arranged by Queen Lena, For couldn't help but be shocked for a moment.

It is said that this Supreme Sorcerer suffered mental damage after being betrayed, and no longer has the peerless wisdom she once had. But now it seems that, let alone the extent to which her personal strength has recovered, just looking at her strategic moves, she is far superior to Radagon on the opposite side. Looking at the Golden Dynasty, perhaps only the Eternal Queen Marika can be her enemy.

"Your Majesty has thought it through carefully. I will obey your orders," Ful bowed and put his hand on his chest. "Since Radagan is determined to start another war between the three dynasties, the Moon and the Dragon will surely give him a complete defeat."

(End of this chapter)