Edge of the Apocalypse

Chapter 417: Siege A City

On the second day of the party, Lucy came. She was accompanied by Metallon, who was carrying a suitcase in his hand. With a solemn expression, he handed it to Allen and said, "Because of His Highness's support, she will move here from today onwards. Mr. Allen, I must remind you once again that our noble Highness cannot tolerate the slightest grievance. Otherwise, it will not be me who will be pursuing you, but the royal family, or even His Highness's father …"

"Alright, alright." Lucy grabbed the suitcase and patted the Marquis on the chest. "Teacher, you should go back first," she said. "There's no need to accept Alexander's compensation. Hurry up and get busy. There's nothing else you need to do here."

Metallon looked at Lucy helplessly and said, "Your Majesty just doesn't want His Highness to suffer."

Shaking his head, Alan took a step forward and said, "Lord Marquis, although I am not a big shot, if anyone dares to harm Lucy, I will risk my life for her."

When Lucy heard this, her eyes turned into crescent moons. josei

However, Metallon said coldly, "Your life is not worth anything."

Then he strode away and looked at Lucy helplessly. Suddenly, he heard another sentence from the Marquis, "But I can feel it in my heart. I will report it to His Majesty truthfully."

Only then did he truly leave.

Alan made a grimace and said, "He's so stern."

"Of course, Teacher Metalon has always been like this." Lucy shrugged her shoulders and tossed her suitcase to Alan. "Let's go. I heard you were drinking last night?"

"You're well-informed."

"Hmph, if there's such a good thing, don't call me. You don't even know that I'm going to suffocate to death these days."

"I think so."

For the next few days, Lucy lived in the winged tower of the castle. Allen was busy recruiting a group of technicians on Babylon, preparing to pull them back to Paradise's own territory. Now that the time was up, Storm City's steel mill and weapons workshop should be put into use, but the level of weapons that could be produced was limited. Allen wanted the workshop to be able to produce at least standard firearms and ammunition, so he needed talent in this area.

After hiring Steward Helsing, Alan got a small technical team. They include machine tool designers, weapons specialists and other relevant assistants. The cost of such a team was no less than that of an army of about a hundred men, but Allen still signed a three-year contract with them. Right now, he had people and resources, but he lacked talents with expertise in this field.

This team had just made up for his shortcomings. In the future, he could even cultivate local talents on Heaven Planet. All he needed to do was pass on the relevant knowledge in a reasonable way.

Soon after, a week passed. On that day, a troop truck stopped in front of the castle. One soldier after another jumped out of the car. These soldiers' expressions were solemn, and they quickly gathered silently. Everyone exuded the aura of the Iron Blood Battlefield, which made Alan quite satisfied. They were from the Sirius Legion. However, after this army was handed over to Alan, the Sirius symbol on their bodies had already been removed.

However, the officer of this well-disciplined army was a middle-aged man who looked rather lazy. He casually caught the bird's nest-like hair and handed a folder to Allen. "Here is the list of our team members. Identification information. Sir, when are we leaving? There hasn't been any war these past few days, and his hands are itchy."

Alan scanned the information and smiled, "Captain Woody, don't worry. The most important thing on Planet Heaven is war."

"That's good. Only when we fight will we be able to obtain military contributions. Only with military contributions can I feed the younger and younger members of my family." After he finished speaking, he patted his head again, "I forgot, we have already moved out of Sirius, and we still have a fart of military merit."

"That's not necessarily the case. I also have an army, so naturally I will also have military contributions. Don't worry, I won't treat you wrongly."

Woody nodded. Next, he introduced two lieutenants and a few non-commissioned officers to Alan. They were Woody's right and left hands, and they were also the battle fulcrum of this army. Officers and soldiers formed a complete battle network.

The army Windsor Belo had found for Alan was of good quality. The soldiers were all level 5 to 8 veterans with a set of Blazing Battle Soldiers. With just this configuration, the cost of this army was not something an ordinary clan could afford. Not to mention a captain at level 18, two second lieutenants at level 15, and a number of non-commissioned officers ranging from level 11 to level 2.

Allen planned to bring the remaining Blaze Warriors into the army after he returned. In the end, when he thought about the name of the army, he gave it the name of his Inch Fire battle skill.

Invasion was like fire, and every inch of land was contested. He had high hopes for the army.

Two days later, Allen brought the Inch Fire squad, the technical team, and the others to the harbor, preparing to return to Planet Paradise and continue his own career. Now that Heavenly Star had officially joined the Federation's development code, other than Grant, there were two other noble clans that had been authorized. Three days ago, Diego took a squad and formed his own hunting team to Heaven's Planet.

One could imagine that there would be more competitors on that planet in the near future.

Alan's only advantage now was that he had established himself on the planet and successfully integrated into the planet's society. For him, the most important thing now was to develop his own forces at a high speed, including expanding his territory, recruiting troops, accelerating economic and military development, and so on. As long as he was far ahead, he would be the biggest beneficiary.

Before leaving, he received another message.

Leon brought a family squad to the surface, which was nothing new in Babylon. Three months ago, the Federation had developed a number of ground battlefields. The battlefields in these areas allowed the clan's troops to enter. Depending on the area, the clan's private army's mission might be to assist in defense, or it might be a series of local wars.

The performance of the clan's private army on the battlefield could be converted into military merits, which could be exchanged for all kinds of materials needed in the Federation. A war like this would have attracted more troops from smaller clans to join forces to help the Federation deal with the Gate of Freedom. However, there were also rich young masters like Leon who wanted to make a name for themselves on the battlefield. As a result, after the ground battlefield was opened, many aristocratic squads had already reached the surface.

Right now, the ground was filled with smoke and gunpowder. However, not only did this civil war not end, there was a feeling that it was getting fiercer and fiercer.

If the war on the interstellar defense line was included, then this was definitely the worst internal and external crisis in the history of the Federation after the Battle of Dawn. However, in this great era, the power of the individual was rather small, and Alan had no intention of worrying about the Federation. After silently wishing Leon success on the surface, Allen boarded the Dawn.

That day, at 2 p.m., Dawn took off from the harbor apron on time, heading for the Rainbow Bridge on the Moon, and through the warp path to Heavenly Star again.

When he saw the Heavenly Star again in space, the spacecraft's system automatically corrected the date. At this time, another two days had passed since the departure. Although Alan and the others felt that Dawn had only stayed in the warp channel for less than an hour.

According to the previous coordinates, Dawn was still landing in the Ash Mountains. Allen considered whether he would have to set up a secret landing pad near Sur City in the future to facilitate the movement of mana flying ships. This was extremely necessary. With the expansion of his territory in the future and the abundance of resources he obtained, he would need a mana airship to transport the resources back to Earth and hand them over to his clan. It could be imagined that Sur City, the border city, would become bustling with activity.

However, these were the last words.

After walking out of the Ash Mountain Range and spending two days, Alan brought his team to Sur City to rest. When they entered the city, the residents of the city looked at the army with curiosity and vigilance. Only when they saw that Allen was leading the troops did they feel relieved. In their eyes, City Lord Edward and this young knight had already created enough miracles, so it didn't seem strange for them to suddenly pull in an army dressed in strange clothes.

Edward arranged for the Inch Fire Squadron to be stationed at the camp in Sur City and had them bring a batch of cloaks so that they wouldn't attract too much attention when they went to Storm City. Alan went to the City Lord's Mansion to exchange information with Edward. The important information Allen brought was that the planet had entered the Federation's numbering system and was open to the other families as a shared resource.

However, after hearing that a family hunting team like Diego had already arrived on Planet Heaven, Edward appeared very calm. He smiled and said, "When you left, I envisioned such a situation. Actually, it's nothing, because this planet is very big. Not to mention only authorizing a few families, even if the Federation develops itself, it might not hit us."

"Unless the place they entered is near our territory."

"There's no need to worry about that. Because of the size of this planet, the Federation has designated an area for authorized hunting teams. Unless some people are too greedy or have other goals, they will come to us." Ellen said with a hint of meaning.

Edward nodded and said, "If that's the case, they'll definitely regret it." We were the first developers, and now we have successfully merged into this planet and gained a certain amount of power. If someone really does not open their eyes, I have no objection to using the resources at hand to kill them. Otherwise, they could use the name of the empire to gather the armies of the nearby nobles to expel outsiders. "

"There are precedents like this in some of the history books I've read."

"We don't need to pay any attention to this part of the joint development. We can just seize the opportunity to expand our forces. Right, how is Storm City doing recently?" Alan asked casually.

Edward said solemnly, "I was just about to tell you that Storm City has been besieged."

'"Is it the Black Iron Castle?" Ellen frowned.

"No." Edward shook his head.