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Chapter 121 Three Hundred Army
A coalition of one thousand men...

What's the use of that?

It's estimated that many people will freeze to death on the way.

Queen Theana had no choice.

The royal family is out of money.

The Stag royal family, which was already in a weak position, declined further after the death of the previous king. In the past two years, Calvin's major scandal in Daphne has further depleted their savings, making matters worse.

Although the purging of powerful ministers and the confiscation of their property temporarily filled some of the deficit, it was still a drop in the ocean compared to the huge national treasury deficit.

The kingdom needed time to recuperate, but war broke out again in the north, with flames of conflict raging across the land.

Queen Sienna didn't even have time to catch her breath.

She managed to garner a coalition army from the Duchy of Toron, the closest kingdom to Daphne, thanks to the lingering prestige of the royal family—better than nothing.

This is also the reason why Xiana argued with the ministers—the court nobles believed that there was no need to go to war for the North.

When the army was strong and well-equipped, things were fine, but now the "scientific and technological reform" has been abandoned halfway, the national treasury is tight, and it is in the middle of a harsh winter, so it is a thankless task.

In any case, given the Northerners' past behavior, they would at most conquer a few territories to use as leverage, first plundering, then negotiating, and ultimately not stay long.

Queen Sienna has become much tougher since the Calvin incident. This time, she is unwilling to compromise and is determined to fight the Northerners to the end. She not only wants to send troops to support them and win back the loyalty of the Northern lords, but also wants to completely subdue the Northerners so that they dare not offend them again.

As for where her confidence comes from?

It is none other than "Queen's Sword" Kai Farrell!

After Prince Gai returned from the snow mountain, Xiana's voice became several decibels louder.

She clearly had a strange confidence in Kai.

This gave Wang Xi a headache.

However, since things have come to this point, he cannot go back on his word and abandon the task.

However, to be on the safe side, Wang Xi not only brought along Pinocchio, the "Chief Knight of the Court," but also the "Puppet Legion" commanded by Pinocchio.

After more than half a year of production, even though the Queen slowed down the pace of "technological reforms," ​​the Magic Workshop still produced seventy or eighty units.

Including the existing mechanical puppets, there are a total of more than two hundred.

Prince Gai was soft-hearted and couldn't bear to see the Queen lonely.

So he left her a small amount to keep her company.

He took two hundred with him.

These are not two hundred lazy, drunken gamblers, nor two hundred bluffing militia mercenaries.

Instead, there were two hundred tin men with two-star combat power!

They are loyal, as attentive as an extension of their own limbs.

It needs no food or drink, and is not afraid of the cold.

With enough ether crystals as energy, and armored and armed with swords, shields and spears, they become an invincible torrent of steel!

Let alone five thousand northern barbarians, even if another five thousand came, it would probably be difficult to stop the sweeping attack of the "puppet army".

Calvin's legacy played a crucial role in this critical moment.

If it weren't for the fear of embarrassing Xiana, Wang Xi would have ordered the thousand-strong allied army to pack up and go home, so as not to slow down his march.

In the end, Wang Xi still felt it wasn't safe enough.

He went to the Forest of Magic again.

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Three days later.

The royal reinforcements departed from Daphne and headed north.

Two hundred heavily armed mechs moved in perfect unison, like a long steel dragon, traversing the countryside.

Behind the puppet army, ten granite giants, each four or five meters tall, followed closely. On their heads and shoulders, fire lizards, forest fairies, kobolds, and goblins were either perched or sitting.

The earth shook violently, with tremendous force.

A large candy-themed carriage led the way, followed closely by more than twenty tall horses on either side, each carrying a handsome man or a beautiful woman in a long robe.

They are the Moonburg Wolf and the Nature Witch.

now.

Inside the spacious candy carriage sat one man, four women, a cat, and a doll.

Besides Wang Xi, Pinocchio, and Godariel, the Sugar Witch Bev and the Wolf Witch Sophia were also present.

The other unfamiliar woman, dressed in leather armor and a short cloak, was one of Sofia's top subordinates.

He was as famous as Igor the Wolf Butler.

"Wolf Hunter Kate (Friendly/Four-Star/Hero)"

The woman was a bit older, around twenty-eight or twenty-nine, and looked quite mature. Her skin was wheat-colored, she had a small scar over her left eye, and her eyes were as sharp as a hawk's.

Wang Xi was secretly amazed by the abundance of powerful generals under Sophia's command. The dozen or so demon wolf men and women outside the carriage all possessed the strength of three-star elites.

Going to the Magic Forest to request reinforcements was indeed a wise choice.

They brought in a considerable fighting force.

Of the three witches, only the Fire Witch Lillian remained in the Magic Forest to oversee the situation and did not accompany them... Sophia inadvertently let slip that the reason Lillian did not come was because she disliked the harsh environment and was not used to the crowds.

Wang Xi secretly regretted it.

If she were here, those northern barbarians probably wouldn't have enough to burn—after all, a basket of matches has sixty boxes, and each box has a hundred matches.

One stick burned to death, and there were still a thousand left over.

We could set off some fireworks to liven things up.

"Miss Beverly, Miss Sophia."

Wang Xi sat on the candy cushion and smiled politely at the two witches opposite him:

"Thank you for your help." "Mr. Kai, you're too kind."

Beverly sat with a dignified and elegant posture, raising her wine glass with a slight smile.

“Since we are allied with the Kingdom of the Stag, we should lend a hand when our ally is in trouble… Besides, you came to us personally to ask for our help, how can I refuse?”

Wang Xi said no more, but simply raised a glass to the blonde, pink-skirted Sugar Witch.

The two looked at each other and smiled without saying a word.

At this moment, the girl with twin ponytails wearing a red cloak crossed her arms, glanced at him sideways, and said:
"Hey, didn't you say the human queen sent you a thousand soldiers? Where are they?"

“Miss Sophia, their marching speed is too slow, so they have split into two groups.”

Wang Xi explained patiently.

"The main battlefield in the North is in the Principality of Dunkirk, where the territories are far apart."

"Before setting off, I had already discussed with the Allied Commander, Earl Cedric, that he would be responsible for supporting the Baronies, Viscounties, and Knights' territories. Those are mostly small groups of Northerners harassing the area, and a thousand Allied troops are enough to handle them."

"We are responsible for clearing out the enemies in the three earls, where the main force of the Northerners is located."

"It's really troublesome."

Sofia curled her lip and said disdainfully:

"Those northern humans are useless except for their cold resistance; they're not even as good as goblins. Such weaklings have managed to make a mess of the northern part of your kingdom."

"Therefore, with the esteemed Wolf Witch present, the situation must be quite different, and they are bound to lose."

Wang Xi straightened his expression and clasped his hands in praise.

Hearing the young man's praise, Sofia suppressed her pride, hummed and hawed, and said, "Of course."

"Master, are we going to battle?"

At this moment, the calico cat in Wang Xi's arms spoke softly.

"Liuli will help you."

Hearing the cat speak, everyone turned to look. Liuli, a little shy, nestled into Wang Xi's arms, peeking out the window.

"Kai, you cat..."

Sitting next to Wang Xi, Cinderella Godari hesitated before speaking:

"Is it a spirit of nature or a demon?"

"Huh?" Sophia seemed to only then notice Ruri, raising an eyebrow and saying, "I've never seen a monster like this before, a talking cat, how strange."

"It shouldn't be a demon; the magic power on it is very weak."

Bev pondered for a moment, then analyzed.

"But it is not like a spirit of nature. It has a physical form and does not possess the aura of nature's blessing."

Everyone started speculating about Liuli's race.

"I have seen!"

At that moment, Pinocchio suddenly realized what was going on.

“This is a ‘Walking Cat’ of the Cat Fairy Clan! There are many of them in my hometown, the Clockwork Kingdom, but they are relatively rare in the Deer Kingdom.”

Everyone was surprised.

A cat fairy from across the sea?
How did you end up here, and even become Kai's follower...?

Wang Xi fabricated a story about Liuli's origins, saying she was found in the snowy mountains, and no one suspected anything. After all, that was the Snow Queen's territory, and they knew very little about it.

This trip, with its three hundred "armies," returned to its hometown of Rondale. Although the journey was faster than when the spinning wheel caravan arrived, it still took ten days to half a month.

Seeing that the journey was long, Wang Xi decided to temporarily return to the main world and let the projection manage his leveling up.

To his delight, due to his current 24 Legendary Points, Caius optimized the "Projection Command," making it better able to understand Wang Xi's meaning and execute it 100%.

Although it doesn't quite match his behavior when he descended in person, it's not so easy to arouse suspicion.

At least, most of the day is spent in intensive practice, with very few opportunities to interact with others, which is enough to cope.

Wang Xi gave the order for the projection to focus on leveling up the three ice magic cards: "Winter Meditation," "Snow King," and "Ice Mirror," before choosing to return.

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Projection hosted

World: Fairy Tale

Exploration: 17.5%

"Legendary Status: 24 (...)"

"Advent Cooldown Countdown: 23 hours and 59 minutes"

"Retirement Preview: You are ordered by Queen Siana to lead the "Puppet Legion" and the "Forest Alliance" to aid the Northern Frontier."

"Your three hundred troops swept through the lands with unstoppable momentum, swiftly recapturing the Count of Heck and the Count of Ienz. But in the process, you discovered something extremely unusual about the people of the North."

"They were even more cruel and bloodthirsty than rumored, with bloodshot eyes and a madness in their words and actions."

"The witch who accompanied you warned you that the people of the North have been corrupted and have become slightly evil."

"You encountered your former swordsmanship teacher, Wendy, and her roaming Northlander squad in your hometown of Rendal."

"You killed her."

"Wendy had a sudden realization before she died that power is ultimately illusory and that she had been too obsessed with it... The North is not a holy land, but a purgatory, but there was no turning back for her."

"She told you where Sera was imprisoned, hoping that you would consider our past relationship and rescue her from the Northlands."

After saying that, he breathed his last.

"Based on the information provided by Wendy, you found your former fiancée, Sera."

"She seemed to have been used as some kind of blood sacrifice by the Northerners, about to be offered up... and the object of that sacrifice was an ominous, jet-black apple tree."

"Your intuition tells you that tree is very dangerous."

(End of this chapter)