Warlord: King of All Clans

Gerard, a high-ranking swordsman served by the Kurolov family, was beaten by Freya in the courtyard for three months, and then was planted with a blood curse by El, binding him to Freya.

This was a blood spell that Gerard was familiar with, a secret method used by the Blood Moon Sect to control extraordinary powerful beings. Unexpectedly, one day it would fall on him.

As long as Freya dies or the two are a hundred miles away, the blood curse will erupt, and Gerard will immediately suffer from blood loss symptoms until he dies of dry blood.

But seeing how tough Freya was, Gerard was not worried that Freya would die accidentally. He was more worried that she would suddenly want to go home during the battle and forget about him.

But no matter what the outcome, at least I survived.

In fact, he lived a good life during this period. Apart from being beaten, he did not suffer any other bullying.

The greatest evil Freya could inflict on him was to knock him down, sit on his back, and ask him if he submitted.

Once you get over this psychological hurdle, the elves really don’t have any effective means of torture.

And Arina also infiltrated Leo's army in an unexpected identity.

It had only been two years since her family came into contact with firearms, but she had already begun to kill people with this powerful weapon.

From the perspective of the people of the Western Territory, Arina could not understand how the Rioli Blade could resist expanding outward with it in hand.

Moreover, the cavalry pistols and centurion cannons in the Western Territory were all leftovers from the Hewan area. As for the higher-quality long-barreled firearms and regular cannons, although there were a few of them now, they were not yet a force to be reckoned with.

So Arina has always been curious about how they use their muskets and cannons?

Arina became Freya's attendant in exchange for having to call Freya when she takes a bath in the future, hoping to learn some combat methods from the River Bay firearms troops.

In this expedition, even without counting firearms, the combat power of the River Bend Legion is already on par with the main legion of the Northern Earl. With the addition of muskets and artillery, Leo is confident that he can face off against the two Earl's legions head-on.

All the troops gathered at the port of Isenpor City one after another and were then assigned to their respective ships.

The people of Isembol gathered at the port to watch this new River Bay Army that was very different from the Northern Legion.

The musketeers, carrying their long muskets, marched in neat rows, walked through the crowd and onto the dock.

After the three expansions of the Hewan New Army, the source of soldiers is no longer limited to Hewan, but will also be recruited based on merit from the newly joined southeast and southwest regions. Therefore, among these three thousand musketeers, nearly a thousand are locals from the southeast and southwest regions.

These soldiers who join the regular army not only learn combat skills every day, but also undergo literacy, engineering and other training. Even after retiring, they will still be the backbone of the local area.

Behind the musketeers came the artillery regiment's artillery pieces, towed by draft horses into the cement barge.

In addition to these, what is more eye-catching is the special forces group composed of Xix's Boar Knights, Rambowan's Kobold Scout Regiment, Asa's Troll Grenadiers, Bjorn's Wild Folk Archers, and Weir's Pegasus Knights.

At the port, all merchant ships were driven away to make room for the River Bend Legion to board.

In addition to the traditional two-masted merchant ships, which were towing a number of cement barges that were as big as bathtubs, there were also three armed merchant ships emitting thick smoke leading the way.

These three brigantine merchant ships are not much different from traditional merchant ships, except that there is an additional chimney above the stern cabin and a huge gun barrel is installed at the bow.

They also have two-masted sails, but even without the sails, they can move freely on windless waters.

There are many nobles and scholars from other places in Isembol. Looking at these new things, a bachelor from the southern border said, "This is an alchemical warship from the Free State of the Islands. It is equipped with a powerful alchemical device that can freely drive the hull and launch magical weapons to attack hostile ships."

"Such a ship would cost tens of thousands of gold in the Free State of the Islands, and the annual maintenance costs are even more expensive. Earl Brutus ordered one, and it was delivered five years later. Earl Riverbend is really rich and powerful, and he got three ships at once."

The locals nearby heard this and immediately realized something was wrong. "No, isn't that the ship in the middle the Hobart family's Waterbird? Even the patches on the canvas were repaired by me!"

The Southern Territory scholar shook his head in contempt, "Impossible! You Northerners won't be able to build such an alchemical warship even in another hundred years!"

While the passers-by were arguing, Rigolav, the acting lord of Isenpol, was seeing off his adopted son.

Several years of hard work in government affairs have also turned the fifty-year-old square-flag knight's hair gray.

Under his rule, the city of Isenpol continued to move closer to the river bend, and he eliminated those feudal diehards one by one using various means over the past few years.

Now the mainstream thinking in Isenbol no longer rejects Rio's centralized system.

This political achievement is easy to say but difficult to accomplish. If Leo were to do it himself, he would have no chance of completing it within ten years except by carrying out a purge.

Rigolav devoted himself to his work not only for Leo, but also for his fellow countrymen.

He is a native of Isenbol and knows very well that behind every stubborn corner flag and noble there is a group of local residents. If the young and impulsive Leo were to take power, it would take an unknown amount of blood to be shed and many lives to be lost before the goal of centralization could be achieved.

"Why didn't you bring Solovy with you on this expedition? I'm really worried."

"You must be careful and act like a legion commander, and don't just think about charging into battle."

Leo respected Rigolav very much. He listened to Rigolav's instructions and said with his head down: "I know, godfather, I will never act rashly!"

"Leading the charge? No way. I can only hide behind and shoot from behind."

Rigolav looked at Leo with great relief, and called his eldest son Roman, "Keep a close eye on your brother, and if he does anything out of line, give him some serious advice. If that doesn't work, write a letter and have Pegasus send it back, and I'll have Olivia scold him."

Luo Meng was also on the expedition. Hearing this, he bowed and said, "Yes! Father."

After everyone was on board, Leo also took Roman and others on board an armed merchant ship.

After a while, a majestic horn sounded, and the fleet loaded with people, animals and supplies left the dock, went down the Anzeno River and headed straight for the city of Abros, 300 miles away.

Ivan is a northerner from the same village as Leo. He is a complete landlubber. He has been practicing swimming very hard for the past three months, but has barely managed to avoid drowning.

Looking at the chain mail on his body, Ivan shook his head helplessly.

Wearing such equipment, if he fell into the water, it would obviously be beyond his ability to take off his armor and swim to shore before he died.

So he had no fondness for the sparkling, increasingly widening course of the Anzeno River.

After several repairs and developments, the Anzeno River from the river bend to Isenbol is only about 100 meters wide, and the actual navigable channel is less than half as wide.

When we arrived at Isenpol, countless rivers converged into it and the river channel was more than two hundred meters long, only here could we see the shadows of large ships.

However, from here to Anhurst, thousands of miles away, it can only be considered the upper reaches of the river, and the widest part is less than a kilometer. Only when it reaches Anhurst and enters the middle reaches can it be considered a continental-level river.

Leo's River Bend Legion went downstream and soon saw the shadow of the city of Abros.