Catalog of the Lost - a searing epic

The kingdom and the imperial kingdom are separated by mountains, the mountains stretch for hundreds of miles in a triangle from the west coast to the Hesterian Snow Mountains, and the mountains are even more changeable, the terrain is precipitous, and over time it has only become the habitat of many fierce beasts, and the living environment is harsh for people, not suitable for survival, so in the past hundred years, the people of the imperial kingdom have no intention of setting foot.

The kingdom and the imperial kingdom are located on both sides of the mountain range, and even though the two countries are aware of each other's existence, they have never communicated because the mountains are not suitable for people to explore today.

If there is one way for the two countries to have a connection, it is through the small mountains that cling to the west coast, which is not only the shortest distance and the safest road between the two countries in this triangular mountain range, but this road was occupied by barbarians until half a century ago, and it can be said that the barbarians influenced the communication between the kingdom and the kingdom until the arrival of the king of Faro.

After the Battle of the Three Kings, King Nazar won the war and the throne of the kingdom, and passed the throne to King Faro after his death, followed by the massacre of Korsobia, and the war waged under the banner of attacking the kingdom, in fact, to exterminate the barbarians of the north.

In order to resist the extermination army led by Ainz Firin, Yulcoro, the sworn brother of King Faro and the leader of the barbarians at that time, almost did his best to fight against it, but for the imperial kingdom in its heyday, the resistance of the barbarians was too weak, and in the blink of an eye, the barbarian tribe was about to disappear, and the battle line was forced into the mountains on the west coast of the mainland.

In the end, Yurkoro died of illness, and his son Yuni defeated all opponents with his super high swordsmanship talent in the battle for the leader of the clan, and became the leader of the barbarians after Yurkoro, and then relied on excellent strategy to continuously defeat the imperial soldiers who came to attack, so that the originally difficult situation was stalemate, and it lasted until winter.

Taking advantage of the winter when the Imperial soldiers stopped attacking, Yoni led the remnants of the barbarians to build a fortress in the mountains in the blizzard and wind, and by the following spring, it was too late for Andes Filin to discover the fort, even though Ænz Filin did not consider himself defeated, and led his army to launch a two-year siege against the fortress, which did not change the outcome of the war.

In the end, the Imperial Army's war against the barbarians was completely defeated in the spring of the third year after the fortress was built, and nearly 30,000 Imperial soldiers were almost killed and wounded in the battle against the fortress of less than 1,000 people, and the name of Yoni and Buluo Fortress has spread throughout the land of the Imperial Kingdom since then.

After inspecting the fortress once, Emer did not return to Tarelian, but set up camp in a low mountain stream away from the fortress, and discussed with Yoni and Breitz a plan to attack the fortress.

Seeing that winter is coming, the air is beginning to exude a biting chill, and everything is announcing the urgency of time.

Yuni took all the tasks of reconnoitring the fortress on himself, swearing that he knew more about the fortress than about Yurkoro, and that nothing would happen, and by the way, he also took Durin Claysanda, Will and Mora Bin to explore the way.

Emel stayed in the makeshift camp with the rest of the soldiers, working with Gryfin and Bretz on a plan.

If you want to ask Emel for his opinion on this battle, he must refuse, for two reasons: first, winter is coming, if the recapture of the fortress will take a long time, whether it is the supply of the rear or the existing materials is far from enough, and the second is because the terrain of the fortress is too perfect, it is a fortress built for defense, and the risk of attacking is too high, but if anything goes wrong, it must be a painful blow to the entire Emel army.

"Are you worried about something?" Gryfin asked.

After the Battle of Rulu, Will, Gryffin, and Mora Bing, who survived with Emel and Yoni, became Emer's personal bodyguards, and although they were far less powerful than the veterans of the army, the experience gained in surviving that battle made them excellent soldiers.

"I'm worried about this winter, news from Thundering City, there have been thousands of people pouring in recently, and Pigman has sent someone to escort them to Corsobia. "

This year's winter was noticeably colder than any other year, and the temperatures were freezing the armor to the bone, and the army's stockpiles of winter supplies such as firewood, coal, and cotton clothing were stored in Thundering City, which would soon be shipped with the refugees.

"So what are you worried about? As long as we take the fortress, won't we recapture more settlements and supplies?"

"It would be nice if that was the case", Bretz suddenly sighed, and said with some pessimism, "After all, we have Yoni here, it is possible to capture the fortress in a short time, and if you are worried, you are worried that after winter, there will be a lot of refugees in Thundering City, and there will be a shortage of everything at that time, what do you think should be done?" "

After pondering and meditating, Emer still shook his head and replied: "You can't fight, the fortress is located on a high place, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, even if it is possible to succeed, it will take some time, and at that time, the refugees of Thunder City will definitely come like waves, we should cherish the remaining time for the winter, slowly reconnoiter south, and strive to recapture the town as much as possible before the cold winter, so be it, I will talk to him about it when Yoni comes back later." "

"With Yoni's character, do you think he will agree?"

Just as Bretz had finished jokingly speaking, Yoni's voice suddenly appeared outside the tent.

"Promise what?".

Then, Yoni walked in with Durin Claysanda, Durin had an unconcealable smile on his face, and he was holding a sealed ceramic jar in his hand, while Uniti had a relaxed expression on his face, and a confident smile could be faintly seen.

Yuni just looked at Emer and Bretz, and could guess what they were talking about just now, and the corners of his mouth only raised slightly, then took off his warm fur, and then walked between the two, and said before Emel could speak: "It's true, looking at the current situation, it's basically impossible to capture the fortress in a few days, but ah, if we can destroy it directly, we don't need much time at all, just one night." "

"Destroy the fortress ..."

Emer and Bretz immediately stood up and leaned over to urge Yoni to tell him what he had planned, and no longer mentioned what he had just thought, for both felt that since Yoni would say such a thing, it must mean that he had some way of making the impossible possible.

But before that, Bretz couldn't help but joke: "You fixed it with your own hands, do you really bear it?".

"What's that", Yuni waved his hand nonchalantly, "I can only say that this old guy who has been with me for so many years can't withstand the ravages of time." "

Emel was not in the mood to joke, and urged: "Tell me how to do it." "

Yuni just smiled, then glanced at Durin, who immediately understood and placed the ceramic jar he was holding in front of the three of them, and extinguished all the fires in the tent.

Just as Emel was still wondering what Durin was doing, Yuni suddenly opened the jar, because there was no light, so Emer could only see that the jar was swarthy, and he couldn't even be sure if there was anything or not.

Yoni didn't immediately answer to them what it was, but made a special sale and said to himself, "The world, Times, but it's really two wonderful things, I once thought I could stand proud of the world, nothing can get into my eyes, I didn't expect wonderful things to pop out one after another, as I get older, I see more and more things beyond my cognition, obviously I can't live for a few years, but I also let me see so many interesting things, I really don't know whether it's cruel or lucky, I just don't know if I will regret not playing more interesting things like this before I die. "

Breitz was caught off guard by Yoni's sudden emotion, and could only ask suspiciously, "What did you say all of a sudden?"

"It's nothing, it's just a sudden emotion when people reach old age, so young people, do you feel anything?"

Emer could feel that the contents of the jar must not be simple, he glanced at Yuni, saw that Yuni did not say anything, reached into the jar, and then he touched something like sand, and waited until he took out a small portion and put it in the palm of his hand to find that it was not sand, but a black and hard particle.

"Black... sand", Emer put the 'black sand' in front of his nose and sniffed, "There is a pungent smell, what is this?".

Bretz hadn't seen anything of it either, and he and Emel looked at each other blankly, then turned their gaze to Yoni.

In the end, Yoni also answered their doubts.

"You can't imagine how powerful this thing is, the people of the kingdom have given it a name, gunpowder. "