Chapter 439 Honor Duel
This time, the Grand Duchy of Delon, the East Coast United Kingdom, and the Kingdom of Ryan have actually formed an alliance. Together with the Sith Kingdom Navy, which is willing to cooperate, more than one million troops have been dispatched.
The three parties of the Grant Kingdom, the Stannic Grand Duchy, and the Duke of Harland have also mobilized more than 800,000 regular troops.
Although the army of Harland has fewer soldiers, it actually plays a greater role than the Grand Duchy of Stannic because of factors such as starlight bombs and magic crystal cannons.
In terms of military combat effectiveness alone, the three-nation alliance does not actually have much advantage.
Although the Kingdom of Ryan still has spare strength, it has 200,000 troops in the direction of the Silver Wolf Mountains, and the capital of Ryan Castle also has 60,000 people stationed. The nobles of all sizes in the country can squeeze out 100,000 troops. However, the Duke of Harland can also piece together 100,000 people, and the Kingdom of Grant can also mobilize about 80,000 soldiers, but the quality of the last 80,000 soldiers is not very good.
Whether it is the Kingdom of Ryan or the Territory of Harland, the troops defending against the orcs cannot be easily mobilized.
Once there is a loophole in the defense line against the orcs, the orcs will definitely seize the opportunity to invade. In fact, at this moment, the fighting parties have already tried their best, and there are not many reserves to mobilize. Failure in any battlefield will inevitably lead to the collapse of the whole situation.
After careful calculation, Kromis met with Mackaylon in person. After hearing Mackaylon's story in person, Kromis has confirmed that the defenders of Rhine Castle may not be able to withstand the fierce attack of the Duke of Harland. After secretly deducing the situation, Kromis finally decided to go north to help, stabilize the situation and contain the Duke of Harland.
Richard entered the Kingdom of Ryan with an army of 100,000, and naturally had to plunder the place on a large scale and collect food and grass to maintain logistics.
Fortunately, the southern part of the Kingdom of Ryan is relatively rich. Richard entered the Kingdom of Ryan in early June, which is the season of lush vegetation, and he can drive a large number of livestock forward.
Despite this, in the newly occupied area, Richard's soldiers still killed many bureaucrats and nobles who were unwilling to cooperate.
One hundred thousand troops need to consume 300 tons of food a day, which causes serious damage to the local area. Many local nobles would rather burn the food than give it to Harland.
Because of the war, the local area suddenly fell into a food shortage, creating countless refugees.
It has been nearly 30 years since Richard traveled to the Dawn Plane. His three views have gradually been assimilated by the natives. He no longer has the sentimentality he had when he first traveled, and he has no extra sympathy.
Being in a cruel battlefield, Richard doesn't care about the starving serfs at all. The only thing he cares about now is whether this battle can be won?
After conquering the Bota Castle, Richard led a hundred thousand troops to rush around. It took only six days to break through the Duke of Madison and conquer the capital Bourbon City.
The Duke of Madison has two legions of soldiers, one legion followed the Duke of Madison to the south, and the other legion guarded the border.
Now the legion guarding the border was directly defeated by Harland. The legion commander Mackayron managed to save his life and escaped into the southern army. At this moment, the Duke of Madison became very empty and could not withstand the attack of Richard's 100,000 troops.
In just six days, Richard conquered three important castles, occupied part of the Madison family's granary, and seized more than 60,000 tons of grain.
Although the Duke of Madison was not as prosperous as Harland, it also had a population of 1.4 million and the Duke's treasury had more than 200,000 tons of grain.
However, in order to resist the invasion of the Kingdom of Grant, local nobles generally spontaneously implemented the order of fortifying the walls and clearing the fields. Although Bourbon City had only a small number of garrisons, the granary was still set on fire. In the end, Harland's army only recovered 60,000 tons of grain.
60,000 tons of grain was enough for Richard's army to eat for half a year.
The seizure of 60,000 tons of grain greatly reduced the burden on the Kingdom of Grant, which was equivalent to saving 200,000 to 300,000 tons of grain for the rear.
Especially for the dukedoms close to the war zone, such as Fox and Edward, the logistical pressure of supplying the six dukes' coalition forces was very heavy. Now they had to conscript men to escort the baggage for Harland's army, and the burden was almost unbearable.
The war lasted until June, and a large number of escaped slaves began to appear in the territories of Edward and Fox. The three dukes close to the front line had no choice but to reduce the conscription.
The three dukes reduced labor service, and the pressure on the royal territories became heavier. Richard seized half a year's worth of food on the front line, and the rope around the neck of the Grant Kingdom could finally be loosened a little.
Because he was angry that the enemy burned food, Richard made an order to massacre the nobles and officers in anger. In just over ten days, the Madison dukedom was full of war. Local bureaucrats and nobles, as long as they participated in the fortification and clearing of the fields, were almost all massacred by Richard.
Even the family of Madison, all the men were killed, and the women were given to the officers and soldiers who made military achievements.
This time, Richard almost trampled on the noble manners, honor and spirit, and acted like a barbarian who didn't follow the rules.
Harland's army cleansed the place so fiercely, relying on killing to maintain stability in the place.
After making the decision to massacre the nobles, Richard's reputation also dropped to the lowest, and he was scolded by the nobles of the Kingdom of Ryan for having orc blood. The army of Harland's territory was also called the Beast Army.
As the summer harvest was about to come, Richard asked the two Dukes of Hughes and Sardin to take their 40,000 troops to serve as auxiliary troops to transport food and grass for Harland's army, ensure logistics, and control the occupied area. He personally led Harland's 60,000 troops to attack Novena Castle.
Novena Castle is a relatively wealthy city in the Kingdom of Ryan. When the provincial governor heard that Harland's army was approaching, he was already at a loss and terrified.
Novena Castle is relatively close to the Duke of Madison, and he has heard about the atrocities of Duke Harland. Seeing this army that leaves no room for maneuver and has a style similar to that of orcs, relying on the weak local garrison, the provincial governor has no confidence to defend it.
Just as the provincial governor Peter was about to escape, Chromis finally appeared near Novena Castle with the vanguard troops.
After rushing, the Ryan Kingdom army was still a step behind. When they returned, the Duke of Madison had already fallen into Richard's control.
Hearing that all his relatives were killed by Richard and his wife and daughter were given to the soldiers, the Duke of Madison was immediately furious. He wrote an insulting duel document on the spot, asking Richard to have an honor duel with him according to the aristocratic tradition.
Madison is a ninth-rank knight who is very confident in his personal strength. He took the initiative to challenge Richard. In addition to revenge, he also hoped to kill Richard unexpectedly and grab the fourth-rank magic prop. With this level of treasure, the Madison family can gain a foothold among the great nobles.
Richard readily agreed to Duke Madison's request to die.
The place of the duel was chosen outside the Novena Castle.
In front of the two armies, Richard and Duke Madison stood out from the crowd. Duke Madison stomped his feet and took the lead in charging.
Seeing Duke Madison rushing over, Richard took out the flame staff from the Starlight Bottle, waved it lightly, and three big fireballs appeared in the air.
After being promoted to the eighth ring and breaking through 60 points of mental power, Richard's combat power became even more amazing, especially under the blessing of the flame staff, consuming 15 points of magic power, he could release a spell with a destructive power of 180 degrees.
The strength of such a spell is only a few points worse than the ninth ring of the energy-shaping magic.
Three fireballs drew a graceful arc and hit Duke Madison in no particular order, and a violent explosion sounded in an instant.
After the fireballs burst, they burst into scorching energy, penetrating the protection of Duke Madison's enchanted armor and burning his skin red.
As soon as the two fought, Richard only released a three-ring magic fireball spell, which made Duke Madison shaky and lost 20% to 30% of his vitality.
The magic attack power released by Richard was so high that Duke Madison was shocked. Such a spellcasting strength was already a few points stronger than that of a legendary magician.
Duke Madison was a great noble of the Kingdom of Ryan, and he also mastered a part of the magic heritage. He thought to himself: "Duke Harland's mental power must have exceeded 30 points, awakening a powerful spellcasting talent, and the magic wand in his hand also has a high bonus to fire attribute spells. In this attack, Richard must have used a powerful spell.
I must not be scared away by the enemy, and I must quickly approach and kill this man against the magic power of Duke Harland."
Knights and warriors must get close to magicians if they want to fight. Although his vitality has suffered a heavy loss, Duke Madison launched a faster charge.
Seeing this scene, Richard smiled a little, but laughed at the stupidity of the enemy in his heart. His mental power moved in his mind, and he gently waved the flame wand again, releasing a two-ring magic burning ray.
In the blink of an eye, a thick red light hit Duke Madison's face.
When the flame ray came, Duke Madison had no time to dodge, and suddenly crossed his arms to block his face.
The thick red light hit the arms of Duke Madison, instantly burning his arm armor red. In an instant, a puff of white smoke appeared, and a slight smell of barbecue appeared. Duke Madison immediately felt a strong sting.
Although the scorching ray was only a second-ring magic, with Richard's powerful casting and the blessing of the flame staff, the power of the magic was equivalent to the standard seventh-ring magic level.
Although Duke Madison's eighth-level arm armor had strong defense, it focused on physical defense and had relatively average magic resistance. Although this attack did not penetrate the arm armor, it burned Duke Madison's arm, aggravating his injury.
After releasing the second-ring magic scorching ray, Richard swung the flame staff for the third time, this time a little more seriously, and released the fifth-ring magic flame meteor.
A ray of fire cut through the sky, making a sharp sound of breaking through the air, and hit Duke Madison's chest fiercely.
Seeing this, Duke Madison hurriedly urged his fighting spirit and released an eighth-level force field shield.
Although Richard's five-ring magic was not as powerful as a legendary spell, it was a bit stronger than the standard nine-ring magic, and the destructive power of the spell was as high as 260 degrees. You should know that the destructive power of general legendary magic is often between 400 and 800 degrees, and the core of the starlight bomb has a destructive power of about 1,600 degrees.
The destructive power of 1,600 degrees can already injure the legendary third-level orcs and make the legendary dragon flee in panic. The destructive power of this spell is 260 degrees, which is already one-sixth of the level of the starlight bomb.
When it hit Duke Madison, it instantly penetrated the force field shield attached to Duke Madison's enchanted armor.
The force field shield was penetrated, and the enchanted armor was severely worn. Seeing this scene, Duke Madison looked unbelievable.
The powerful mental force plus the legendary staff were so overbearing and unreasonable that a ninth-order knight with strong combat power couldn't even touch Richard's skin. His enchanted armor was destroyed and his own vitality was lost by more than 50%.
With Richard's current fighting power, he can already compete with legendary professionals. Even Sylph is not his opponent, let alone Duke Madison and others.
After taking three magic spells in a row, Duke Madison finally rushed to Richard's vicinity. He roared wildly, suppressed his fear, held the sword in both hands, jumped up suddenly, and chopped Richard's head.
At this point in the battle, Duke Madison finally noticed something unusual and found that Richard did not release a powerful spell, but his own magic lethality was very amazing.
The long sword slashed, carrying Duke Madison's power of more than 30 points, making a harsh sound of breaking through the air. Richard was not moved at all by this, and his expression was still very relaxed.
Richard waved the flame staff again and released a fourth-level magic flame shield.
In an instant, a shield composed of flames blocked Richard's head, blocking Duke Madison's attack, looking very relaxed.
On the contrary, Duke Madison was rebounded by the flame shield, and his skin suddenly turned red, and his injuries became more serious.
Duke Madison summoned up his remaining courage and used the fighting spirit martial arts, the snake swordsmanship, to break through the flame shield with three consecutive swords. Richard released a strong magic medium force field protection, easily blocking Duke Madison's attack.
Richard waved the flame staff for the fifth time and released a five-ring magic flame cage.
In an instant, several magic runes appeared in the sky, forming a cage with rich fire elements. The flame cage released rolling magic flames, which directly burned Duke Madison to ashes.
Because the flame staff can save magic power to a great extent, Richard released six magics, consuming only about 260 points of magic power, and easily killed the ninth-level knight Duke Madison. The most consumed magic is actually the strong magic force field shield. This magic alone consumed 100 points of Richard's magic power.
In fact, if Richard used his melee combat ability and engaged in a brief struggle with Duke Madison, he could kill him by consuming 120 points of magic power.