Elden: Ring of Calamity

Chapter 478 Reunion
The troops marched eastward for two weeks, during which time they met with several reinforcements coming from the direction of Thor for cover, including Samir's Ice Knight and Thor's Storm Troopers under Neo's command.

Regardless of which army they belonged to before, the first thing they did after the meeting was to go to the central army to pay respect to Lucia and swear allegiance, and then directly obey the command sequence of the southern expeditionary army. According to the news they brought, Neo and Borelios originally intended to personally go west to welcome the king, but the scouts on the southern front suddenly reported back that there was an unusual movement in the Giant Holy Land. For the sake of safety, the two decided to stay in the defense zone to strengthen the defense, and hereby ordered the reinforcements to apologize to Lucia.

Lucia certainly would not care about these insignificant formalities. On the contrary, he admired the decision-making of the two men very much. This was what made the commander-in-chief who had been in charge of a field for many years different from ordinary generals, and it was also his expectation for the future growth of these generals under his command.

Adam was naturally incorporated into his personal army. All along, the captains of his personal guards, like Orvins, were either in charge of a place, or in charge of an intelligence network, like Anacia and Eggis, but they neglected the training of the elite combat forces around them.

Whenever he encountered a strong enemy, he relied on his own strength to deal with it. However, looking at those glorious lords in history, they all had several powerful generals following them, who broke through the enemy's formation for them in the most dangerous and desperate situations and opened up a smooth path to victory.

Among them are the God-Skin Apostles and the Wings of the Storm Kings beside Carterpella in the distance, the Sixteen Crucible Knights, the Twelve Kalia Knights, and even the Ancestor beside Calelius nearby. The battlefields he will face in the future will become more and more dangerous, and the enemies will become more and more powerful. He can't always rush up alone, right?
Lucia considered the heroes around him who were strong in combat. Sister Lance, Lani, and Marenia had to be excluded first. Other demigods with whom he had a close relationship also had to form their own teams. They couldn't always be at his side and obey his orders. Others who were relatively good at commanding troops and handling intelligence also had to be excluded. With this calculation, the remaining list was relatively clear.
The dynasty's number one wise general Guirel and number two wise general Caedreth must be ranked first and second on the list, even if these two have always been unclear about their own talents. The two Storm King Wings depend on their own wishes. Adam has made it clear that he would love to have them. The number three member of the Forbidden Research Society, the Black Moon Saint Adelina, will also have a chance in the future.

In addition, one's own army must be further integrated and systematized.

For a long time, he has not been able to spare the energy to form a stable team of personal soldiers. When he was in the royal capital of Rodel, he was only surrounded by the Knights Templar and the guards of the Palace of Valyria with hundreds of people. They had to undertake various functions in normal times and had not yet formed the concept of personal soldiers. After leaving the royal capital, there were continuous wars and the personnel of the personal guards were changing all the time.

After this battle, a large number of veterans among the thousands of southern expeditionary troops and the 20,000 northern expeditionary troops left behind in the frozen lake will be promoted to middle and lower-level generals. Those who are unwilling to lead troops but only want to fight with him will serve as the most solid infrastructure of the Dragon King's personal army.

The Night Blade Force established earlier with Blaze as the leader was only his initial attempt. In the future, Lucia still plans to retain the Night Blade organization, but its purpose of establishment from the beginning was to focus on interspersed raids and decapitation operations. The future development direction is likely to be aligned with the Black Knife Assassin, becoming a sharp blade that kills people invisibly in the dark night.

But at the same time, he increasingly needed a group of brave warriors who could cut through powerful enemies on the front battlefield, and a domineering spear that could appear majestically under the sun and penetrate all defenses.

The six thousand tree guards of Caedreth have shown a trend of development in this direction, but it is not enough. What Lucia expects in her heart is an absolutely powerful army that can surpass the Red Lion Knights of Latan, the Noble Corruption Knights of Malenia, the Holy Tree Knights of Michaela, and the Sun Knights of Godwin.

"Huh, I always feel like even though I just won a game, I still have more to do."

Lucia tapped his head, which was feeling slightly hot. A myriad of thoughts were tangled up in his mind, and he actually felt a bit of the pain that Guirel felt when he was learning strategy.

The dragon brain is overloaded.
But food can only be eaten one bite at a time, and things can only be done one by one. Fortunately, after the battle of the Nameless Plain, although he could not get the strength to go south to wipe out the Giant King's Court for a while, it was almost impossible for the King's Court to cross the Snowfall Canyon and re-project its influence to the north of the ice field. Lucia had no way of knowing the current situation of Karelius, but he had already figured out the factional struggles within the giants when he invaded the Holy Land last time. After the defeat of the giants, no matter which side of Karelius and the Council of Elders was in power, what awaited them would be extremely sharp conflicts and countless subsequent troubles.

He judged that in the end, Calerius had a greater chance of winning. After all, he was the first person who could completely ineffectively analyze the memory battlefield. The two of them were both injured in the Slovenes battlefield, but both had some cards left to play.

In addition, to be fair, without taking into account the hidden abilities, just talking about the caliber of a king, the giant king who was born a slave is much higher than a group of termites who are indulged in the glory of their ancestors. Perhaps while he was on his way to Thor to meet Neo and Pollux, Calerius had already been reorganizing his royal power.

However, the situation in the royal court was far more complicated than what he faced. Even if Calelius uprooted the Council of Elders, just the two tasks of reorganizing the senior team and reorganizing the remaining giant army would take up a lot of his time and energy.

In other words, the next few months will be a dangerous and delicate balance period for both sides. Whoever can digest the results of the previous battle and integrate internal strength first will have the initiative in the next battle.

"Your Majesty, please look. After we go over that mountain, the joint base of the Storm Army and the Samir Clan is in front of us—" Adam guided Lucia in the direction. The soldiers of the Southern Expedition Army who were walking in the front had already vaguely seen the scenery on the top of the mountain and became more and more excited.

The mountain was not high. After just a quarter of an hour, Lucia reached the top in the dim morning light.

The refreshing morning breeze blew from the frozen lake in the distance, making his frosty silver hair flutter in the wind. The soldiers, exhausted from the long battle, opened their arms one by one, letting the cold, fresh air pour into their lungs through their noses, and could not help but let out hearty shouts.

In the large camp that spread out like a forest at the foot of the mountain, there were also shouts responding to them enthusiastically. There were the Northern Expedition comrades in silver armor and white robes surging like glaciers, as well as the high-flying and immortal battle flags of the Thor Storm Army and the ancient and desolate horns of the Samir people.

On March 50th of the 3th year of the Golden Calendar, a month had passed since the bloody battle on the nameless plain, and a full season had passed since the Northern Expedition Army crossed the Sea of ​​Death at night and set foot on this ice-covered land for the first time.

A hundred days later, after a thousand-mile counterclockwise battle around most of the Arctic ice field, the remaining forces of the three dynasties finally joined together in this permafrost country that had become a desolate place.

From now on, this power will be under the command of the Ancient Dragon King.

(End of this chapter)