Chapter 319: Battle of Okagra (I)

However, the kingdom's army was not to be outdone.

The wyverns let out noisy roars in the air, and the hobgoblins and ogres let out frantic war cries. For a moment, the sound was deafening, and the entire snowfield seemed to be boiling.

"For the Burning Kingdom!"

"For the Burning King!"

"I will tear you all to pieces!"

"Conquer the North! For the blueprint of the great red dragon!"

Such war cries continued one after another, echoing across the wasteland.

The Alliance put all its efforts into it. A total of 90,000 elite human troops from the northern countries, more than 5,000 Fallen Stars, and thousands of extraordinary beings from all over Erezega gathered here.

The alliance announced that they had assembled an army of 500,000 and were determined to destroy the evil force of the Burning Kingdom.

They occupied the south bank of the river and built various fortifications and trenches. Their defense line even stretched for more than ten miles.

The kingdom also gave them enough face and finally paid attention to it, transferring the country's main military forces here. Various dragon vein soldiers, kingdom transcendents, and elite starfallers totaled nearly 60,000 people, occupying the north bank of the river like a mottled torrent.

Although they may be slightly disadvantaged in numbers, their momentum is much greater than that of the enemy. You have to know that those huge steel cannons and spears are not just for decoration.

The two armies faced each other across the river, with a total of more than 100,000 troops occupying the snowy plain, like two mighty torrents about to collide with each other, causing unimaginable storms.

Even the Orlúr River and the Inaki River, which are called "the river of origin" and "the river of giants" and have a width of tens of meters, are like canals between two behemoths, and appear unprecedentedly narrow in the upcoming war.

In the thousand-year history of the North, there has never been a war of this scale.

You know, according to scholars' estimates, the entire Northern United Kingdom had a population of only 400 to 600 million, including serfs who could only be called "gray cattle", and that was when the destroyed Rackman Principality was included.

If we exclude the original Rackman Principality and take into account the recent large-scale population outflow to North Wind Castle, the number will be even lower.

The feudal country in the North is totally incomparable to the Kingdom. They have already put in all their efforts and exhausted all their war potential by mobilizing these 90,000 people.

In order to maintain their family's rule, the northern nobles staked almost everything on the war table. In the process of mobilizing the army and collecting food, they starved and killed tens of thousands of humans.

Social contradictions throughout the North have reached an unprecedented extreme, and the exploitation of serfs by the nobles has also reached its peak. It is no wonder that the "Spark" movement has been able to develop so rapidly in various places.

In contrast, the basic production of the Burning Kingdom was not greatly affected, and all places were still operating in an orderly manner. People only felt that the war could bring a large number of orders and allow them to earn more gold coins, but they would have to work harder.

Even the famous "War of the Seven Kingdoms" in history, which nominally unified the North, claimed that a million people participated in the war, but in fact the scale was only 100,000 people, and the troops sent by the participating families generally did not exceed 10,000.

This is the biggest war Anzeta has ever seen, and it is also the war that determines the ultimate fate of this land.

The majestic music on the north shore continued, the satyrs played it with all their might, and the magical power attached to the melody made the monsters even more excited, making them let out passionate war roars.

Above the Allied troops on the south bank, singing angels from Mount Heaven played their harps, singing glorious and holy songs, soothing the tense hearts of the Allied troops.

As the loud horns sounded, the alliance's archers drew their bows and shot a dense rain of arrows towards the other side.

However, the ogre giant shield soldiers and armored ground dragons were at the front, blocking most of the arrows, and their giant shields and armor were also covered with dense arrows.

"Hey ha, hey ha!"

Under the continuous rain of arrows, the ogres carried the giant wooden bridge on the back of the terrain dragon beast on their shoulders and struggled to erect it.

They simply pushed the logs forward to form a bridge across the river, connecting the two banks.

"Boom!" A huge sound rang out, and the ground seemed to shake.

Another bear druid from the kingdom raised his staff, and a faint green light lit up. Roots grew from both ends of the giant tree, taking root in the ground on both sides of the river and firmly fixed to the river surface.

The trunk of the tree also became wider and flatter, forming a real bridge.

During this process, the allied forces just kept shooting arrows and did not easily step forward to stop them.

They were not clear about the kingdom's tactics and had no way to stop them. When the kingdom's army charged across the river, it would be their best opportunity to attack.

Grand Duke Leo looked at the army on the other side with a serious expression, without much passion, and simply ordered:

"Let the undead go first and test their ability."

After the serfs were instigated to revolt on a large scale, the players absorbed by the Principality of Bosk became the new cannon fodder candidates. Duke Leo was particularly "enlightened" in accepting these people of unknown identities.

"Their army is stronger."

"You can never use common sense to speculate about the Burning Kingdom."

Trishka beside him said worriedly: "Yes, Your Excellency, this is the most terrifying place in the Burning Kingdom."

"For thousands of years, our North has remained almost unchanged and maintained a stable order, but the Kingdom is different. This monster has been constantly absorbing the vitality of the surroundings. In just a few years, it has grown into such a behemoth. According to the scholars in the South... they are constantly evolving."

Grand Duke Leo said in a deep voice: "They have no chance to continue, because we will win this war."

"Pass the order down, let the undead go to the front line and draw the enemy's firepower."

"Yes, my lord."

The herald quickly mounted his horse, raised the battle flag, and passed the order to the entire army.

But after all, it was an army of 100,000, and even the battle-hardened Grand Duke Leo had never commanded a war of this scale.

……

"This is the war in the world of swords and magic that I want."

"This is the romance of the battlefield."

Looking at the monster army in the distance, the player nicknamed [Teutonic Knight] wore plate armor and polished the silver sword in his hand until it shined.

Facing the terrifying army of the Burning Kingdom, there was no fear on his face, but rather excitement.

Teutonic Knight is an experiential player who entered Erezegae just to experience the war in a fantasy world. Therefore, he did not choose North Wind Castle as the birth point as recommended by many strategy parties. Instead, he chose Stratford Castle, which is more in line with the medieval style in his mind.

Now, he has become the leader of the players in the Alliance camp, and was even granted the noble status of Honorary Knight by Grand Duke Leo with a sword.

"Great! The Duke is sending us to the front line."

"Everyone, let's fight the Kingdom guys!"

"Cut off the head of that red dragon and follow me!"

The Teutonic Knight turned over, mounted his horse, raised the silver sword in his hand, and pointed it excitedly at the legion on the opposite bank.

That's it, fighting with players from the enemy camp, this is the war I want! It's so exciting!
Under the leadership of the Teutonic Knights, five thousand Alliance players rushed to the battlefield one after another, becoming tools for the warring parties to test each other.

(End of this chapter)