Katpa Hills.
A group of uninvited guests arrived here.
Marshal Doro's general, the hobgoblin Earl Jesse Swann, who had made great contributions in the Anzetta Unification War, led the empire's advance team south.
They passed through the long and narrow Anzeta corridor, crossed the vast Anstika mountains, and came to the Catapa hills.
The Thracian Kingdom kept their promise, and they withdrew all their troops from Katpa, but also demolished their only garrison here, Grennan Castle.
What the Imperial advance team now faces is a deserted hilly land littered with monsters and beasts.
They need to establish a frontline stronghold in this desolate area to prepare for the future southern invasion of the Ember Empire.
This sounds extremely difficult.
However, the empire has already been fully prepared for this, and has even planned the location for city construction.
On the first day of arriving in Catapa, under the command of Count Jesse, the advance team arrived at the target location on the map.
They burned and cut down large areas of forest, set up tents one by one, erected wooden fences around them, and built simple camps.
The next day, the mages accompanying the army began to send beacons and draw magic circles at the camp.
From the third day to the 21st, the infantry legion composed of tieflings, hobgoblins, and humans swept across dozens of miles, sifting all the beasts and monsters here, and using the obtained meat to supply the army. .
On the twenty-second day, the Empire's Ministry of Magic finally opened the permanent portal to the Catpa area, allowing the Empire's manpower and materials to be continuously transported in.
On the twenty-seventh day, Earl Jesse led the infantry legion and the flying dragon legion to attack the orc tribe in the southwest and annihilated them all.
On the thirty-eighth day, the Imperial Engineering Department sent dozens of civil engineering players headed by [Bucket Runner] to assist the advance team in completing the construction of the new city.
Tahan City, which means "conquer the south" in dragon language, was gradually built from scratch step by step.
It is now the seventy-third day since the advance team arrived at Catpa. The prototype of Tahan City has been built, and players, ogres, and frost giants from the empire are busy moving around.
Stacks of large engineering equipment manufactured by the Mechanicus were dismantled into parts, transported from the portal, and then assembled.
[Running with Buckets] wore a white safety helmet and held his arms to direct the construction team.
"Frost giant over there, don't be lazy!"
"Everyone, cheer up! It's time for the newbie over there to have his hair shaved off!"
"Ogre! How many times have I told you not to eat concrete! What's so delicious about that stuff?"
After a year of construction in Isdalia City, these construction teams already have rich experience and can be called veteran civil servants.
Jesse stood on the city wall that was mostly built, and the hobgoblin looked at the hills in the distance with his yellow eyes.
"Cunning Humans"
"You think burning down the original city and releasing monsters can stop the empire? Haha, you are so naive."
"The south will eventually become the territory of the empire."
He clenched the gun in his hand and said word by word - in the hand of the hobgoblin Earl was a delicate and compact thing. It was the latest "pistol" launched by Ranjing Ordnance. It was convenient and easy to carry, and he couldn't put it down.
"Lord Earl! We discovered the hill giant's lair in the southeast."
"There were about a hundred and thirty hill giants there."
Suddenly, the red-scale conqueror riding a bipedal flying dragon hovered from the sky and reported respectfully.
The largest tribe of hill giants in Catapa, they were notorious for eating almost everything around them.
Jesse suddenly smiled, blowing out a puff of white smoke, revealing his yellowed fangs, and the scales on his forehead were slightly raised.
"Very good."
He raised his pistol high and pointed it at the sky.
"Then let these vulgar guys see what they have to say——
"Bang!"
"The power of the empire!"
The sound of gunfire rang out, and the attention of everyone in Tahan City was immediately attracted - except for the local man who was struggling to clear dust and had no time to pay attention.
Jesse stood on the top of the city, looked around, raised his hands, and fired several more shots. "For the Ember Empire! For His Majesty Cassius!"
"For the Ember Empire!"
"For His Majesty Cassius!"
"Conquer! Conquer! For the great blueprint of the empire!"
All the monsters and humans in the city raised their arms and shouted, celebrating another upcoming victory - except for the players who were defeated.
It has always been the tradition of the empire to celebrate in advance before the war begins, because they know that under the shelter of the emperor's dragon wings, any battle will be easily won and destroyed.
In this way, under the mobilization of Earl Jesse, the army in Tahan City launched a mighty attack.
At this time, the hill giant tribe was still immersed in sleep.
These simple-minded giants with well-developed limbs lay casually in the wilderness. The animal furs they wore were not tanned, but were simply connected with hair and leather strips.
The hill giant's sweat dripped on the putrid hides, emitting a strong smell, and there were leftover bones and scraps of meat around.
The chief of the hill giants is named "Bone Stick" and holds the thigh bone of the previous chief as a weapon. He is the tallest and fattest one in the tribe.
"Call"
The bone stick made a heavy snoring sound and kicked the giant squeezing aside, not forgetting to turn over.
Suddenly, a piercing scream sounded.
His experience told him that this was not common in the dull and boring life of a hill giant, which consisted only of searching for food.
"Hmm?"
The bone stick slowly opened his eyes and leaned up to face the sky.
"Is this edible?"
The hill giant thought this way. He didn't hide, but opened his mouth wide by mistake.
What came into view was the metal ball that was getting bigger and bigger in his eyes.
Then came the explosion of fire.
"Boom!"
The huge and plump head of the bone rod was exploded like this, and the fragments of the skull were flying everywhere.
"Roar!"
"Who is it?"
The hill giants were awakened one after another and roared, only to find that their simple campsites had been turned into a sea of fire.
In the sky, red-scaled conquerors riding bipedal dragons kept passing by, dropping bombs on them and spitting out scorching flames.
"Little bug!"
"They are in heaven!"
The hill giants angrily threw rocks into the air, but could not reach the wyverns that flew high into the sky.
Today's Red Scale Conquerors control distance more and more accurately, and ordinary throws can no longer hurt them.
Just as the hill giants were furious, there was another gunshot, and several giants fell down.
The hill giants turned their heads in surprise.
A dull sound.
The wilderness is shaking.
I saw Jesse riding on the back of the earth dragon beast, drawing out the long sword from his waist, and behind him were the imperial dragon beast cavalry, they were like moving hills, rushing towards the hill giants .
"For the Empire!"
"Kill them all!"
"This is the land that belongs to His Majesty Cassius! No one is allowed to touch it!" (End of Chapter)