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Chapter 171: The Crescent Fortress that Grew Out of the Blue
The Western Legion of the Empire has been worried and sad lately!
As for the reason, it was not because the unfortunate Dani village in the southwest of the empire was looted once again by the Desert Scimitar bandits. After all, this kind of thing was already commonplace for them.
What really made them anxious was that a villager named David miraculously escaped from the clutches of the kidnapped people and fled back to the empire.
What is even more shocking is that David, who survived the disaster, ran directly to the headquarters of the Western Legion of the Empire - Manta Fortress, and reported to the legion commander an earth-shattering news: between the Empire's Dani Village and the town of Laupa controlled by the Desert Scimitar, an indestructible military fortress inexplicably appeared!
According to David, those hateful sand people named this mysterious fortress "Crescent Fortress" and claimed that it emerged from the ground like magic because of the favor and gift of the goddess.
Hearing this, the legion commander was immediately furious and yelled, "Bullshit! Who can grow such a big fortress in their field?"
In fact, before this, there had been rumors that Zhang Wei from the enemy country planned to join forces with the Desert Scimitar to build an extremely powerful fortress, but almost no one took it seriously at the time. Even the legion commander's powerful political backer in the imperial capital scoffed at this and said that such a thing would never happen.
Later, after the legion commander's repeated requests, the big boss reluctantly agreed to help coordinate, but ultimately concluded that these rumors were pure nonsense and a complete waste of precious political resources.
The legion commander was scolded for more than an hour by the boss for this.
Now, the facts are before our eyes, and they have really given everyone a loud slap in the face.
Despite this, facts speak louder than words, and the legion commander's extraordinary keen intuition was indeed correct - the enemy Zhang Wei was actually able to work with the Desert Scimitar to successfully build an indestructible and impregnable behemoth: a military fortress at the border between the Empire and the Desert Scimitar in just less than a year!
However, as this fortress was built, many dignitaries were likely to be reprimanded or even punished.
These frustrated dignitaries might even turn against him and make him, the legion commander, a scapegoat.
So the legion commander made a prompt decision and immediately ordered David to be imprisoned and sent his trusted men to guard him closely.
Immediately afterwards, he personally led an elite light cavalry unit and rushed to the border at lightning speed to find out the truth.
Along the way, the legion commander had two thoughts in his mind: either the ordinary villager named David was talking nonsense;
Or maybe David was exaggerating and deliberately exaggerating the actual size of the fortress.
Perhaps the so-called "fortress" is still in its infancy, just a prototype that has just begun to emerge.
If this is true, then the legion commander can take this opportunity to strike decisively, launching an attack as swift and fierce as a storm, and completely destroy the unfinished fortress in one fell swoop.
In this way, not only can the leakage of information be avoided, but the face of those powerful people can also be saved, and one can avoid becoming a scapegoat for the powerful people.
However, when the legion commander looked out at the Crescent Fortress towering between heaven and earth, a chill surged up his spine and instantly spread throughout his body, making him feel as cold as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.
He knew clearly in his heart that he was in real trouble this time!
Who could have imagined that such a towering, indestructible fortress could be built in just one year!
Even if he was willing to believe what he saw, how could those powerful people in the imperial capital thousands of miles away easily believe it?
Not to mention the extremely noble Emperor of the Empire and his political enemies who have always been eyeing the opportunity to reorganize the Western Legion of the Empire.
Three months later, the situation suddenly changed.
In the Imperial Capital, in the Prime Minister's Residence - the attempt of the Western Legion of the Empire to conceal the existence of the Crescent Fortress could not be hidden after all, and was completely exposed after the Desert Scimitar relied on the Crescent Fortress to launch a large-scale looting attack on the Empire.
This sudden catastrophe caused villages such as Dani Village, Bilak Town, and Buha Village in the jurisdiction of the Western Legion of the Empire to be looted;
The village of Baiket and the town of Zovia, both located in the jurisdiction of the Southern Legion of the Empire, were also not spared;
Even the towns of Babel, Rechi and Xilin, which were under the jurisdiction of the empire, were ruthlessly ravaged and looted by the Desert Scimitars.
There was no need to wait for the Southern Legion of the Empire to write a letter of strong protest to the court. The letters of protest that came in like snowflakes from the nobles in the imperial capital had already piled up like a mountain and filled the emperor's desk.
The Emperor of the Empire only gave the Prime Minister, who was in a very powerful position, a piece of paper as thin as a cicada's wing, in response to the Desert Scimitar's looting of the Empire with Crescent Castle. At this moment, the paper was placed in front of the Prime Minister alone, with only one word on it: "Investigate!"
Accompanied by bursts of noisy sounds, this huge imperial machine, which seemed a little dilapidated and outdated, started to operate again with difficulty but determination.
Just like a giant dragon that has been sleeping for a long time and suddenly awakens, its terrifying gaze once again sweeps across the world. Anyone who dares to challenge its majesty will be devoured by its raging rage.
The emperor would never tolerate lowly people setting foot on the sacred and inviolable land surrounding the imperial capital. However, these ignorant guys have angered the emperor, and what awaits them must be the emperor's endless wrath and severe punishment.
The elite main force of the Western Legion of the Empire resolutely set out on the journey, but they saw the head of the once majestic legion commander hanging high on the top of the towering flagpole. If they want to avoid repeating the same mistakes, they have to go all out and defend the supreme glory and dignity of the Emperor of the Empire to the death.
The battle at Crescent Fort was extremely fierce. The sky was obscured by dust and smoke. Shouts and screams were intertwined and resounded through the sky, one after another, as if they would never stop.
Faced with the city that had been difficult to capture for a long time, the imperial general sent out the powerful Imperial Pegasus Legion without hesitation. This elite force came in like a swarm of locusts, and they wanted to break the deadlock by relying on their air superiority.
As long as the city gate is breached, a steady stream of troops from the western empire will pour into the city and submerge the entire Crescent Fortress.
At the critical moment, a deafening dragon roar suddenly sounded.
I saw a huge and majestic dark dragon leading countless dark flying dragons roaring from the south.
The dark dragon spewed out a breath of fiery dragon, instantly turning a large number of Pegasus and Pegasus Knights into ashes.
Immediately afterwards, a thrilling melee ensued between the Dark Dragon Knights and the Imperial Pegasus Knights.
At this time, the dark dragon shifted its attack target and locked its sights on the dense crowd of imperial troops on the ground.
It opened its bloody mouth and spewed out terrifying dragon breath again.
After each dragon breath, a large empty area would appear on the ground, and the originally living imperial soldiers would disappear without a trace in the blink of an eye.
This sudden change plunged the Western Legion of the Empire into chaos. They were unable to withstand the powerful force of the Dark Dragon and were defeated one after another.
This was the first time in history since the founding of the empire that an entire legion suffered a tragic defeat in a battle.
The glory and dignity of the emperor of the empire were not defended, but he was slapped hard in the face by Zhang Wei again.