Amber Sword

The judgment of the Holy Temple Brand also knew. Ordinary people who entered would either die or shed a layer of skin, but his grandfather emerged unscathed, probably because he had reached some agreement with the Holy Temple. Perhaps the Holy Temple did this to cover up a past secret, although for Brand, this wasn’t the most crucial point. The key was that he, as the descendant of Sword Saint Darius, had now swaggeringly stepped into the spotlight. Once the Holy Temple learned the truth, they would likely cause trouble for him.

Thinking of this, he couldn’t help but feel a headache. He had finally acquired a more prestigious identity, allowing him to stop spreading rumors and deceiving, yet before reaping any benefit, he had to deal with a heap of problems. And not only this, but the inheritance of the Dark Dragon was even more absurd, because not everyone in this world is like Otarais who possesses a far-sighted vision after a millennium, he might truly become a rat being chased and beaten by everyone.

But now was not the time to be troubled by these matters. Brand raised his head, shook it, and sighed: "The opponent is very clever indeed."

"No way," Erune’s Future’s luckiest one, Enrock, immediately responded with a smile: "I think Lord can settle them effortlessly, even the Flying Dragon Knight squad of the mighty Black Blade Legion can do nothing against us. Once we enter the Southern Territory, the sky is wide, and the birds can fly at will—"

Brand looked at this guy as if looking at an idiot, wondering how this guy could be one of the Three Heroes, if he had mistaken. Perhaps true talent is envied by heaven, so only fools live longer?

Before he finished thinking, Enrock’s head was slapped by Loka, the leader of the Three Heroes, who calmly replied: "This is why you should pay attention in class; Lord refers to the Flying Dragon Knight having other intentions. Don’t forget the Black Blade Legion is chasing us from behind."

"Oh, I get it!" Enrock immediately responded: "These guys want to stall us, indeed very cunning, willing to sacrifice elite forces to die."

"Even if they weren’t elite, they couldn’t hold us back." Mou Ke confidently grunted, but as soon as he met Brand’s smiling gaze, he couldn’t help blushing and turned away.

This detail naturally didn’t escape Enrock’s observation, who immediately laughed: "Respect to the attendant, we admire your insight."

The Royal Knight Commander of the Future Kingdom, who lost a bet to Brand and ended up becoming an attendant, the white-haired Mr. Mou Ke was left speechless.

Brand looked at Enrock, who seemed to enjoy stirring chaos and couldn’t help but shake his head, wondering if this guy might be a long-lost brother of Caglis.

"So, what should we do?" Among the group, Frey was still the most serious. She glanced at the map spread out on the ground, frowned, and asked, "Brand, you have a solution, don’t you?"

A solution, indeed.

Running away could never be a lasting strategy, the key was to choose a suitable battleground. The Black Blade Legion, as a former Imperial Guard, even in Brand’s era, had a force of close to fifty thousand despite being weakened. In this current era, the Black Blade Legion would undoubtedly be stronger than regional forces like the Southern Army, which had a regular composition of seventy thousand, implying the Black Blade Legion might number a hundred thousand.

Thus, mobilizing tens of thousands of troops to appear in the Ampezel battlefield shouldn’t pose much problem. Adding in the remnants of the White Lion Legion and various regional forces, the military power on the opposing side was indeed astonishingly immense.

Matchingly, his own forces, including Otin’s troops and the remnants of Danos’s Southern Army’s Flying Dragon Cavalry, would barely exceed four thousand in total. The disparity between forces was genuinely staggering. Hence, he had to choose a special battlefield, advantageous for defensive strategies and hindering the enemy’s deployment.

Fortunately, there was the Machinko Mountains, ahead was the territory of Fama Mountain (2), both part of the northern branches of the Anlek Mountains, in the game roughly levels 25-30 areas. Brand was somewhat familiar with this area, and soon a place name surfaced in his mind.

He was about to speak but at this moment felt something in his pocket warming up. Brand quickly took it out and found a black pearl.

His brows instantly raised. A guest had arrived. This was truly an unexpected surprise.

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Glossary:

(1) In the records concerning Erune, the Anlek Mountains are a geographical term encompassing various branches of the Anlek Mountain Range. Machinko Mountain is located at the northernmost tip of the northern branches of the Anlek Mountain Range, and is the collective name for the peaks surrounding the south of Ampezel Port.

(2) Fama Mountain, located east and south of Machinko Mountain, is the landmark for Ampezel entering Anlek. (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, feel free to vote for it at Qidian (qidian.com) with recommendation tickets and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation.)