Elden: Ring of Calamity

Chapter 495 Pain Transfer
Wintergarde Castle, on the northern coast of Nimrugfort.

Since the end of the Starshattering War, this castle, which originally belonged to the former Marquis of Winterfell, Phil Taylor-Jones, has been vacant for more than half a year.

Last September, the Taylor Jones family was exiled by the Golden Dynasty for colluding with heretical sects and murdering allied forces, and Wintergarde and Taylor Jones Marquisate became a no-man's land. The two earldoms and three viscounts under it all wanted to go further, and they have not yet reached a conclusion after competing with each other. Fortunately, someone has helped them solve the problem.

Three days ago, Latan set up the front-line headquarters of the New Southern Territory Legion here, and held a public trial of 736 nobles above the rank of knight in the South Territory. The three lords of Taylor Jones were given a noose for their numerous evil deeds, which completely eliminated the troubles that had troubled himself and his family for a long time.

The former South Border Garrison was disbanded. At a public trial, the former South Border Garrison, Duke Wilfred Hoyle, faced more than 100,000 onlookers and tearfully recounted his numerous evil deeds over the past 16 years. He then committed suicide out of shame and anger. These news spread throughout Nimgefor like snowflakes caught in a storm. In comparison, not many people cared about the news that Michaela, the most mysterious and least visible god in recent years, had moved to Stonewell.

However, only the parties involved understand how terrifying Michaela's methods are, and how much confidence he can bring to Latan on the front line while sitting in the rear.

With the joint efforts of the three demigods, the Southern Territory nobles' longed-for moments of "complaints everywhere", "rebellion throughout the territory", and "people welcoming the royal army with food and drink" never happened. All resistance forces against the Eastern Territory Army and the Moens were uprooted within a few months. They didn't even hear the news of the dynasty fleet heading south to the Khoslaw Islands. The Southern Territory had completely become Long Yue's world.

By the end of April, Latarn had built a 3,000-mile-wide sea defense line along the northern coastline with Wintergarde Fort as the core. The outer perimeter was warned by flying dragon troops, and a large number of magic traps produced by Kalia and Selia were laid in the middle layer. Near the coastline, tens of thousands of heavy crossbows and large artillery produced by the Far Eastern Archipelago Military Factory were deployed to guard the area with 30,000 infantry.

After the defense line was built, even if the Golden Dynasty's magic fleet wanted to attack by force, it would have to pay a heavy price of tens of thousands of casualties before the vanguard troops set foot on the land of Nimgefu. Even if Radagan was willing to spend a huge amount of money, he could only get a chance to fight with Latan's field troops on the southern continent.

However, after the Red Lions of Latarn received great help from the Morens and the sincere support of countless Storm Survivors in the South, the Golden Knights set foot on this land at the risk of their lives. What chances do they have of winning against the former?
As military aristocrats who rose to prominence in the middle and late stages of the Unification War, there were very few fools among the New Party leaders who were ignorant of military affairs. To them, such questions were simpler than arithmetic for toddlers.

Waging war against the ancient dragons was to defend the lofty beliefs of fundamentalism and the sacred interests of fundamentalists. Waging war against the Kalia people at the same time was beyond their plans. Moreover, the chance of winning this battle had been lost, and there would be almost no benefit in winning it. Even a fool would know what to choose.

"Just as we expected, my father ordered Duke Kellier to lead 150,000 troops southward, but they only stopped at the Khoslau Islands, confronting our front line 2,500 miles away—"

Latan leaned on his sword, looked at the sea and sky in the distance, and breathed a sigh of relief, "As long as we don't move, these 150,000 people won't dare to move. Once the Kalia army completes the suppression of Dikedas, Priest Fur and his men will have the initiative to move westward to Gemir."

He turned his head and glanced at the girl beside him, and couldn't help but said: "Speaking of which, although I saw your skills when I surrounded and killed Esti last time, I feel that you have become more powerful recently. Originally, I just wanted you to cause some trouble for Greg from the rear, and then attack from three sides when the Morns arrived, but you ended up defeating the Southern Border Army with one battle."

Marennia stopped wiping her prosthetic knife with a piece of silk cloth, looked up at Latan and rolled her eyes, then said with a sneer, "Why wait for a mere Greg? I wanted to harass them and then withdraw, but before Finlay and I could reach the center of the army, the people from the Southland ran westward like a hornet's nest. I could only outflank the chaotic army and capture prisoners, and finally drove him to the city of Stonewell. In the end, I never even saw him from beginning to end - have you seen him?"

Latan thought carefully for a moment and shook his head: "No, he ran too fast."

"Besides, they were almost defeated before this battle. On the way west, there were thousands of prisoners of the Southern Border Legion who were captured by the people and sent to our army. Every time we arrived at a place, the local towns would immediately take out the supplies and maps that had been prepared long ago, for fear that we would be slow in chasing them down. After sixteen years of operation, once the war started, there would be enemies everywhere. What could Greg use to fight us?" Latan scratched his hairy head, reorganized his words several times, and said, "These are indeed the reasons. I'm just not provoking you. I just think you're growing too fast. It's only been a few months, and your swordsmanship has improved by leaps and bounds. How come you've even learned the art of war? I remember that in the royal private school a few years ago, you slept in the back row with Shirley in your arms during military class. Okay, okay, let's not discuss this. You're awesome, you're awesome, okay?"

Seeing the red hair that suddenly stood up on the girl's forehead, her upturned eyebrows and the tightly gripped knife handle, Latan decisively stopped "taunting" and said with lingering fear: "Really? I told you I'm not provoking you, I'm just curious. If I really beat you up, you have to beat me up again when Lucia comes back."

The strange thing is that even though the last sentence was the most provocative, Malenia calmed down like a cat with its fur smoothed out. It was as if the name had some magical power over her, and the frizzy hair on her head became smooth again.

With a clang, the girl sheathed her sword and said proudly, "Your swordsmanship has improved by leaps and bounds - I learned all my swordsmanship from Lucia, which means his Eternal Swordsmanship is better than yours, and the same goes for his military tactics, hehe!"

As she spoke, she noticed Norton Stanley walking towards them not far away, so she waved her hand and said, "Forget it, take your time to reflect on it. Duke Stanley is probably here to see you. I'm going to go back and take a nap first."

Latan: “???”

After taking a look at Norton, who was obviously busy, he finally resisted the urge to chase after him and argue with him.

Not to mention comparing with her own little sister, can this presumptuous little girl learn her brother's style of doing things that makes people feel warm and relaxed? What does it mean that if she learns from Lucia, she is better than me? Is she so arrogant just because she is smart and talented?
Forget it, why bother getting angry with a little girl.

As the saying goes, "Birds of a feather flock together." Even Lani is not as cute as she was when she was a child after hanging out with that damn dragon, let alone Malenia.

He had already concluded that no matter how he compared himself with Lucia, he would not have a good ending. Putting aside the people who were originally on Gu Long's side, his mother, Teacher Mugram, Rani, Malenia, and Michaela were all good at differential treatment. If he wanted to suffer less setbacks, he had to transfer more opportunities to others.

At least he was doing better than Lacard. When that guy was a kid, he got beaten when he competed with Marineria purely in swordsmanship. Now he gets beaten even more when they competed in all-round martial arts. I'm afraid he will only have the chance to show off his power verbally when they meet in the future.

It's a pity that Greg is not in their circle, what a pity
Latan looked towards the direction of Tokaris Port where Greg had fled north, and for a moment he felt a little lost.

Some time ago, I had some minor problems in my body but I didn't pay enough attention to them. As a result, my waist disease recurred in the past few days. It was very severe. I felt a sharp pain when I pressed the area around the left sacroiliac joint. My back, left shoulder, and left leg also hurt. I couldn't sit for a long time. Today I feel a little better than before. I will try my best to write a chapter. I will probably need to take a rest in the next two days depending on the situation. I plan to update again on Monday. Overall, there is no big problem. Thank you for your concern recently!

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