On the same day the provocation letter was sent, at the frontier line of Dibiles located at the eastern continent's edge, a military force emerged.

The white long dragon that rolled far away with the wind, could be distinguished to its true form if one looked closely, it was the fact of numerous white flags.

With borders in sky blue and predominantly white flags, on this continent, it could only be from the Inran Empire.

Too long, it really was too long!

Just like the Southern General, Le Song with thick eyebrows and a short beard, said:

"Although the time formally spent from the decision to go to war until now is not long;

Why do I feel a prolonged sense that the preparations were delayed from the second half of last year until the second half of this year?"

General Le Song was greatly puzzled by this question.

Beside him, a young man with a bare upper body, displaying strong arms, slammed his fists together vigorously and shouted:

"What does it matter, today marks the official start of the war;

With my uncle's intelligence and my strength, what is a small kingdom like Dibiles? We will definitely conquer the whole territory within a month!"

Listening to his confident nephew, General Le Song shook his head and said almost in denial:

"It's hard to say, Dibiles is a very special country..."

General Le Song remembered clearly:

"In the Age of Kingdoms," Dibiles was the weakest among the Seven Great Nations;

From the perspective of later generations, it is indeed difficult to imagine that such a weak country at that time would sustain itself until the "Empire Age" after the downfall of the Six Great Nations.

Not only that, but what happened after:

Wasn't the Sero Empire powerful?

In the several centuries after the continent entered the "Empire Age," the destruction of Dibiles (the first empire), what was the result;

Then the royal descendants succeeded in avenging and destroying Sero, then came the so-called second empire;

The second empire fell, and at that time people thought that Dibiles should have bid farewell to the historical stage completely;

Then came Gwandelin, establishing the third empire;

And yet, Dibiles has not been destroyed until today.

After summarizing the past history, Le Song discovered a rule akin to a curse:

"Dibiles" itself seemed to have a life force, more tenacious than a cockroach, it just can't be completely annihilated no matter what;

No matter how many times this empire perished, it seems it can always "resurrect" in a new place shortly afterwards!

Every time he thought of this, a look of worry inevitably appeared on Le Song's face.

Of course, there were also things that worried him;

Even at this moment, Le Song was very concerned:

"My silly nephew, where did the Knight Princess Ji go? Shouldn't her troops be converging with the main force of our army?"

The so-called "Ji," on this eastern continent, also carries the meaning of "princess";

And the "Knight Princess" can be said to be a "specialty" of the Inran Empire, as the literal meaning suggests, it is a princess from one country who serves as a knight and becomes the backbone of the empire;

The position of the "Knight Princess" is different from the "Four Marshals" and the Prime Minister, as she is the younger sister of the current Empress, she is not subject to the orders of any of the five aforementioned individuals.

Since there are no hierarchical constraints, there are no "orders" as such.

The suggestion Le Song had just made about "military convergence" was his own proposal to the Knight Princess, but judging by the attitude today, it seems to have been refused.

Just as his nephew mentioned:

"The princess asked me to tell uncle: all this talk about fortune telling is superstitious, she doesn't believe in any 'omens of difficulty.'"

"So, she led the army deep into enemy territory? How reckless!"

As an elder, Le Song had no way of dealing with this girl who wouldn't listen to advice;

For now, he could only focus on capturing the fortress ahead quickly, to relieve some pressure for the Knight Princess.

Different from past wars, what the Inran Empire used for this attack was a pure "beast army"!

Currently, the beasts were crazily pounding against the barrier on the outer layer of the fortress, with a heavy thud, accompanying violent vibrations echoing throughout the entire fortress.

The soldiers responsible for guarding the fortress raised their shields and spears in unison; in the event that any beasts breached the fortress, they would launch an attack immediately.

Why only male soldiers?

Although this was the border of Dibiles, it was not a directly governed territory;

The territory where the fortress was located strictly belonged to a vassal state of Dibiles;

The guardians here were not female soldiers from Dibiles, but the king of the vassal state and his direct legion.

"Why have these beasts come here! Hasn't the frontline army made contact yet?"

In the fortress command post, an officer spread out a map and asked anxiously.

"General, the intelligence from the front says that the northwest defense line has been breached by the empire's knight princess leading the army. Now the perimeter of our fortress is already surrounded by enemies."

A certain officer immediately responded.

"Damn, I didn't expect the elite troops to be deployed...In that case, we must not allow these beasts to invade further, we must defeat them all here! For the honor of the empire!"

"But our fortress is primarily defensive, if we actively engage in exterminating these enemies, I'm afraid..."

"What are you all here for! Can't you handle even a few beasts?"

"But now the protective barrier is activated, we can't..."

"Then deactivate the barrier! Kill all these beasts for me!"

"It's not that easy."

"Shut up, my orders here are absolute, no dissent allowed!"

"Understood, I will arrange it right away."

The officer left the command room.

"Regardless! We must uphold the empire's honor at all costs!"

At that moment, the general slammed his fist fiercely on the table.

On the other side, on the fortress wall.

"There's an order from above, all soldiers gather on the walls! Do you understand?

The barrier is about to be lifted! Quickly prepare your weapons! We must eliminate all these attacking beasts."

The knight in charge of commanding stood in front of the troops, reprimanding them.

The attacking troops seemed to be ready, the leading knight gestured towards a distant tower, and a gap gradually appeared in the barrier above the platform.

"Raise!"

With a shake on the ground, several thick iron pillars slowly lifted the entire platform, lifting the soldiers to the outside of the barrier.

The beasts soon noticed the presence of the soldiers, and immediately began to flap their wings and roar.

"Hold your shields!"

Upon the command, the soldiers collectively held up their shields;

At the same time, the central mage began to chant a spell, and a magical barrier formed by mana was shielded on the soldiers' shields.

Facing the attacking beasts, the outer soldiers formed a barrier with their shields, completely rebounding their impact.