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"Just be yourself as usual. That way, you will be the best Boudica to me."

"..."

Boudica's face was flushed, an expression she would never have on a normal day. Only Ian could appreciate her like this.

"……I see."

This small incident will not affect the army's continued advance.

A few days later, the army from Britannia arrived at a wide river at noon one day.

Locusta looked very excited. The little girl jumped off her horse, pointed at the river in front of her, and shouted to everyone:

"I came from this side. If we can cross it, we will be back in Rome!"

Lokusta's words made everyone present excited.

But Ian was an exception. Looking at the situation on the other side of the river, he felt an unprecedented heaviness in his heart.

You have to know that in the past, in order to help Nero manage this land, I tried every means possible, and even made some mistakes in principle.

but now……

"what happened to you?"

Boudica's voice rang in Ian's ears.

These days, she was the man who spent the longest time with him.

"Are you starting to worry about Nero?"

There was no need to hide this from Boudica, Ian nodded directly.

"Yeah...it's true."

Boudica's eyes were dim at first, but she soon put her hands on her waist and put on a confident look.

"Then you can rest assured!"

"Don't forget, all those who came with us this time are warriors of Britannia!"

"You have to have more confidence in me and them!"

"...That's right." Knowing that Boudica was comforting him, Ian certainly would not refuse her kindness.

"Well, then I will wait for your performance."

"Do not worry!"

Operation Cross-River had begun.

It was a river of great symbolic importance, dividing the territories of Britannia and Rome in a clever way.

Of course, after Boudica declared her permanent submission to Rome, this geographical boundary no longer existed.

Everything began to be described with the word Roman.

The Rome of the north is Rome, and the Rome of the south is also Rome. There is no essential difference between the two.

However, for Boudica, this road still has considerable significance.

Once upon a time, she commanded the army of Britannia, crossed the river, and launched an attack on the Roman territory.

I never expected that several years later, I would return to my hometown again, and come back here under a completely different name.

but--

This is not something difficult to accept.

After the misunderstanding was resolved, Boudica truly recognized Nero, the young emperor, from the bottom of her heart.

Otherwise, she would not have needed to implement reforms in her own territory and let the people of Britannia learn Roman customs.

This is the empire she longs for.

but--

The current situation seemed to be much worse than Boudica had imagined.

After crossing the river, the surrounding road conditions began to deteriorate at an unimaginable speed.

The land was cracked and gullies spread across the barren wilderness. It was a scene that would make people tremble with fear at just one glance.

"This..." Mashu looked at the scene around her, with a hint of obvious worry in her eyes.

"Ms. Xiaoyu...what happened to you that caused you to become like this?"

"I don't know." Tamamonomae frowned slightly and admitted her current situation very honestly.

"But judging from the surface of the land, it should have been burned by a fierce fire... and it is very likely caused by fire, because I feel the presence of a large amount of magic power on it."

"no?"

Hearing this, Jing Ke couldn't help but start talking.

"Who did this? According to what you said before, Nero should be a wise king, right? Then she would not allow such a thing to happen."

"You know, even if it's on our side..."

Halfway through his words, Jing Ke realized that he seemed to be speaking too frankly.

This was a team originally formed to save Nero, but he said something like this at this time. Isn't that tantamount to mocking that the words that Nero was a wise king were lies?

This is not good behavior.

Realizing this, Jing Ke stopped what he was about to say.

However, even if she didn't say it, everyone present understood what she meant, especially Boudica.

As a "follower" of Nero in a sense, the Queen of Britannia did not expect to witness such a shocking scene.

She gradually came to believe that everything Locusta said was true.

This land and the young emperor of this land may be being scorched like a raging fire.

"Ian..."

"It's okay." Ian held Boudica's hand and comforted her gently, "I'm here, don't worry."

The man called Locusta over. He looked at the short poison master in front of him and asked directly:

"Lokusta, when you came here...was this area already like this?"

"Eh?"

As the man that Nero values ​​the most and with whom he has an actual marriage relationship, Ian holds a very high position in Locusta's heart.

She glanced around and then shook her head at the man in front of her.

"It's probably the same... but it looks a little different."

"what do you mean?"

"That's it..." Locusta frowned slightly and honestly reported his inner feelings, "It feels like there's something more than when I came here?"

"..."

Ian was just about to ask a few more questions about this, but things took a turn that no one had expected.

In the darkness in the distance, a man raised a sharp sword, followed by a cruel word:

"Kill them for me!"

The next moment, countless phantom soldiers appeared on this devastated land.

They were equipped with almost the same equipment as the Roman army and began to shout loudly.

“Aaaaaaa——! For Rome!!!”

For a moment, there was a roaring storm, and these soldiers rushed towards Ian and his group like a tide, as if they were going to wipe them out on the spot.

"..."

Boudica's rich combat experience allowed her to react instinctively, allowing her to detect the approaching enemy earlier than Ian.

She raised her sword and shouted:

"Warriors of Britannia, follow me and meet the enemy bravely!"

“Aaaaaa——!”

Another shout from Britannia echoed across the battlefield.

This was a sudden encounter!

"..."

"..."

"..."

Jing Ke, Tamamonomae, and Mashu looked at each other, and then started their own actions.

As an excellent assassin, Jing Ke constantly shuttled back and forth on the battlefield to kill the enemies. As she had already become a heroic spirit, she had no pressure in doing such things.

"It's more comfortable this way!"

Jing Ke, holding a dagger, said this, and then took a big gulp of wine.

Mashu, holding a heavy shield, did not have the speed of Jing Ke, so she adopted the most clumsy way - that is, charging with the shield.

She hoped that she could protect as many warriors as possible who were willing to follow Boudica into battle.

"Everyone! Please follow me and charge forward!"

However, Tamamonomae, whose combat capability was poor, adopted another method to assist on the front battlefield.

She threw her mirror into the sky and shouted, "Ring, water, sky, sunlight, Tensho, Yama, Zhenshi!"

In an instant, this mirror containing the power of Amaterasu began to shine in the sky of the singularity, animating the souls of the Britannian soldiers, giving them a more courageous will than usual.

At the same time, this clever fox demon was secretly investigating the Roman soldiers who suddenly appeared.

Her intuition told her that there was no way so many enemies could be hiding nearby - it was very likely that these opponents had somehow appeared out of nowhere.

And this is indeed the case.

With the help of Suiten Nikko Amaterasu Yanoshiki, Tamamonomae got a surprising answer.

"This is an army made of magic power——How could this be?"

Tamamonomae's conclusion was not conveyed to Ian in time.

but--

Looking at the large and increasing number of enemies in front of him, Ian also realized that something was wrong.

He realized the reason was surprisingly simple: the attack method used by these soldiers was not like the troops he and Nero had trained during that period.

They were more like earlier Roman soldiers, using the same backward charging tactics.

Thinking of the black shadow before, Ian became a little worried - could this be a similar situation to that time?

"Boudica, I want to go down and take a look!"

"I feel like something is not right!"

There was no time to ask for reasons, and there was no need to ask for reasons. Boudica simply cooperated with the man.

Because she knew that she had to believe from the bottom of her heart, just like Tamamonomae and Mashu, that he could solve the problem.

"I see."

Boudica made the chariot do a tailspin, and Ian took advantage of this to jump out. In the process, he also projected his weapon - the meteorite bellows "Primal Fire (Aestus estus)".

This is a weapon made by Nero himself, and is temporarily "borrowed" by Ian.

"Don't try to stop me from going to Nero!"

The man roared like this, and then started fighting. He looked extremely brave.

The flame burned on the projected scabbard, and even the air became a little hotter.

Ian rushed towards the direction where the soldiers were pouring out. At this moment, he knew that he had to get to the bottom of things!

only--

When he really charged into the depths of the enemy alone, the figure standing there made him feel suffocated like never before.