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Author: Crowtopia

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The terrain of Red Lion City is similar to that of Morn City. It is in the southeast corner of the map and is isolated by fjords and cliffs. There is only a long bridge connected to the outside world.

The terrain that is easy to defend but difficult to attack is the reason why Red Lion City can still stand here.

Looking outward from the long bridge, layers of smoky fire walls form a barrier that repels all kinds of giant beasts.

The giant dog and the giant crow were killed, and the corpses were already corroded by corruption before they were burned. The whole body was covered with mushrooms and swallowed by the red hyphae.

The Red Lions burned the fire and burned the corpses and mycelium together.

Occasionally, creatures infected by corruption and parasites break through the red lion's defense line and rush onto the bridge. The trebuchets at the rear carry boulders and fire to block all monsters.

Even if the defense line collapses, a large number of monsters swarm the long bridge, and the most elite knights of the Red Lion are still there to take the blame.

These lion knights learn gravity magic with Latarn. The magical arrow rain can wash away all corrupt and parasitic things, even if the dragon comes, they will be nailed into a sieve.

Latan's soldiers have used this method to defend the Red Lion City to this day.

They did not allow corruption to enter the city, but they were unable to push back corruption. They could only start an endless tug-of-war around the long bridge.

This is a war, and they will lose.

On the city wall, Jie Lian, the city lord of the Red Lion City, narrated the tragic battle situation. Many Red Lion soldiers were excited about it, and then they and Jie Lian glared at the people tied up outside the city wall.

A wooden plank was stretched across the city wall, and a person was hoisted outside the city gate and hung high.

Jie Lian said to the man in a deep voice:

"And now, merchant, you are telling me that the solution to the problem of food in the city is to eat those corrupt things?"

Wuming was tied up into an egg with a rope, only his head was exposed, and he continued to talk harshly:

“The mushrooms are delicious.”

Wuming came to the city as a merchant to discuss cooperation with the Lord of Red Lion City.

Even without Jie Lian's explanation, Wu Ming could tell that there was a serious shortage of supplies in Red Lion City.

What kind of supplies can an army that is blocked by corruption and increasingly depleted have?

After going into the city and investigating, it turned out that there was a shortage of this and that.

All supplies in the Red Lion City were piled on war resources. There was a lot of kerosene, very little vegetable oil, a lot of iron swords, and very few iron pots.

There are almost no civilians in the city, and there are no people who manage daily logistics. The occasional meat and fish are all from the fish caught in the sea along the coast. It is unreliable to expect supplies to be transported from the road. There are no large caravans at the junction. Others

It is impossible for the demigod forces to travel through the entire corrupt Galid to send them supplies.

The team personally escorted by the Red Lion Knight will only deliver some necessary supplies, and an escort mission often results in heavy casualties.

The best eater in the entire Red Lion City is Crazy Ratan, because there is a steady stream of corpses to eat.

Jie Lian doesn't care about food issues, he only cares about weapons.

"You can't do this. If you don't eat enough, how can you have the strength to fight?" Wuming watched the Red Lions' drills and pointed.

Then he offered the scarlet fungus soup he had researched through Millicent.

Then Wuming was hung up.

"You guys need to be more open-minded." Wuming spun around on the sling, "I came up with this recipe through hard work, and I don't even charge you for it."

"So you are more like a corrupt believer who came to disintegrate us internally." Jie Lian said.

"I want to repay you for the moss formula and prayer book you gave me to treat corruption." Wuming shouted.

"That's repaying kindness with hatred."

Wuming yelled: "I really want to poison you, can't I just poison it in your cafeteria? How about telling me?"

Jie Lian had to admit that Wu Ming's words made sense. It would be easier to poison someone than to force them to take poison by pressing their heads.

"How many times have you tested your formula?" Jie Lian asked.

"A meal." Wuming said.

Jie Lian greeted a red lion knight holding a big bow and a rocket:

"Stop talking nonsense to him and start a fire."

"Wait, wait, wait." Seeing the big bow pointed at him, Wuming shouted:

"If you don't believe it, you can test it yourself and use it as dry food for those who are already dying or dead soldiers. I heard that you are still a Carian. Do you have a little bit of the experimental spirit of a magician?"

Jie Lian stopped the knight from shooting arrows and stared at Wuming with a stinking face.

Wuming was not afraid and looked at Jie Lian.

Looking at each other for a moment, the rope turned him to the other side, and he had to look at Jie Lian in circles.

Jie Lian said: "Why don't you do this experiment and eat it by yourself for ten days and a half?"

"It's possible, but there's no point in using me for experiments." Wuming said, "I'm proficient in flame prayer and burn myself in flames every day. You can't get accurate data through me."

"I heard you brought a girl." Jie Lian said.

"Oh, she can do it. I'll make her eat mushrooms three times a day from now on, so she'll be fine." Wuming vowed, "Can you put me down?"

Jie Lian let Wuming hang out for a while, then put him down, but instead of untying the shackles, he put an anklet on Wuming, in order to prevent him from escaping.

"We will be partners in the future. You are so disrespectful to our partners." Wu Ming wore an anklet and walked slowly, following Jie Lian. He said he was disrespectful, but he didn't seem to care about the chains on his feet.

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"I don't see you respecting our tragic song either." Jie Lian said.

"What sad song?" Wuming asked.

"A tragic song composed by the struggle and death of countless soldiers." Jie Lian said.

"What goes up works, what works down." Wuming muttered.

"What did you say?"

"It's nothing, I think your dressing style is quite tasteful." Wuming said.

Although the theme of the clothes of the city lord Jielian is a simple knight's armor, the sleeves are made of bright fabric and have a strange shape, like a circus performer, a style that comes from nowhere.

There is a mask of an old man with a beard hidden under the hood, hiding Jie Lian's true appearance.

"You are wrong about one thing. I am not from Caria." Jielian said, "I was just a guest in the royal family of Caria for a while. I was a wandering knight. I sang in my spare time and hunted when I was hungry. I once

It’s also free.”

"Then why do you become the city lord here?" Wuming asked.

Just as Jie Lian was about to answer, a chorus and a dull sound of trumpets suddenly sounded in the city.

All the red lion knights within Wuming's sight stopped what they were doing and stared in the direction of the sound.

Near the city gate, a group of people walked slowly, carrying a stretcher with a human figure covered in bloody fur.

The team walked along the road to the city lord's room and walked to Jie Lian's side.

Jie Lian asked: "Who is it?"

"Jorah," the knight carrying the stretcher replied.

Jie Lian nodded: "The boy from the Bell family, I was present when he was conferred."

"He is very brave. When the corruption broke out, he also held back two monsters, giving us a chance to win." The knight said.

Jie Lian nodded and helped them open the door to the city lord's room.

The team carried the body into the city lord's room and walked around to a side door. There was a balcony with an elevator on the balcony.

Jie Lian followed the team up the elevator, and Wuming followed suit.

Everyone was silent, speechless all the way.

The elevator descends to the bottom of the city. Here are two scarlet deserts. There is a small river between the deserts, connecting to the sea in the distance.

Jorah's body was placed on a small boat and floated to the sea as everyone watched.

A red lion knight drew his bow and fired, and the flaming arrow shot straight into the sky, then fell straight down and was inserted into the boat.

"Goodbye brother, may the fire burn away your chronic illness, may you be reborn after returning to the tree..." Jie Lian recited the eulogy.

The Red Lion Knights took the elevator back to the city, but Jie Lian did not go with them.

He and Wuming walked in the desert, surrounded by endless scarlet.

Jie Lian said: "Now do you understand why I don't wander anymore?"

"I don't understand." Wuming said.

"I am not the city lord, but I promised Latarn that I would let him die with honor and let his men resist corruption." Jielian said, "I will hold a grand ceremony for him and let him usher in the greatest success.

The ending is worthy of the ending of the strongest demigod."
To be continued...