Chapter Ninety-Five: Blackstone Plaza

  When Liu Yu saw Darius being taken away by that imperial guard officer, the look in his eyes was enough to spit out fire. At that time, Liu Yu still had some small pride in his heart. He had continuously used the momentum to guide and play to his strengths, defeating this Farnese prince who had a slightly higher aura than himself. Such a victory should be exciting.

  But after a moment, Liu Yu suddenly thought of Da Liushi's identity, the lieutenant of the Imperial Guard of the Fano Empire, this is not a lieutenant directly under the legion.

  The formidable fighting force of the Imperial Guard is a sight to behold on the continent. Liu Yue heard from his father Gaiya that the countries opposing Fandor on the continent would offer extra rewards for beheading any member of the Imperial Guard, and the Beastman Kingdom was no exception.

  It's as if today he killed Darius, the fourth division military merit department would not record that he beheaded a lieutenant but automatically promoted to the same rank as beheading Fanode's direct superior captain, which is a three-level military merit.

  Last time Liu Yu killed a captain, he was credited with one third-class military merit and directly obtained the qualification to compete for the Imperial Guard. This time, he wants to be credited with another third-class military merit, then he will have two third-class military merits on his record.

  In this case, if the Military Affairs Department does not promote him to be a team guard next year, Liu Yu dares to dismantle the Military Affairs Department. This huge cake that can be obtained with a spit, was destroyed by those two Imperial Guard officers.

  As he thought of this, Liu Yu gazed at the eastern direction where Da Luosi and his men had disappeared, like a wild beast that had lost its prey, with a sharp glint in his eyes, and muttered to himself with a hint of greed.

  "Alexander, mount up." Liu Yu had just stood still for a moment when a Baimen warrior clad in black leather armor and riding a horse came to lead a tall black warhorse over to him.

  "Oh, okay." Liu Yu saw that it was Ivan and immediately mounted his warhorse without hesitation. After all, Liu Yu's horseback fighting skills were too poor, and at the beginning of the battle just now, his warhorse had been stabbed by a ordinary Farnod cavalryman with a long spear.

  Time has passed in this chaotic battlefield, and Liu Yu's own mount should have been unlucky. Ivan's warhorse arrived just in time. After mounting the horse, Liu Yu took a look at the saddle under him, which was clearly the equipment of the Fano cavalry, it seemed that this warhorse should be one of Ivan's spoils of war.

  The sound of the military horn had been going on for a while, and Liu Yu knew he couldn't drag it out any longer. He and Ivan urged their mounts to hurry quickly in the direction where the military horn was sounding.

  "You're alright, Ivan." Just a few steps later, Liu Yu found that Ivan's left arm had been simply bandaged with a cloth strip. With the dim light of the torch in Ivan's hand, Liu Yu saw that the cloth strip was already stained with blood, and besides this, his leather armor also had several damaged places elsewhere on his body.

  "It's nothing serious, just need to rest for a few days. I encountered two Farnode Imperial Guards, one mid-fourth rank and one mid-fifth rank, it took me quite some effort, I killed the weaker one and let the stronger one escape." Ivan's square face showed a hint of heroic smile, he seemed completely unbothered by his own injuries.

  And mentioning his own killing of a Guardsman, Ivan's face couldn't help but reveal a triumphant expression.

  "Look." Liu Yu saw Ivan was injured and hastily took over the torch in his right hand, Ivan handed a torch to Liu Yu, and without regard for the bumps on the horseback, he reached into his own bosom and pulled out something to show Liu Yu under the firelight.

  "Good, this time you kid will have a significant increase in military merit." Liu Yu saw that Ivan had a shiny blue-green circular medal on his hand, which was the medal of an ordinary soldier of the Imperial Guard. In addition to this, there were also three chest badges of soldiers from the Fano De straight-affiliated army. It seems that Ivan killed four enemies this time, but the Imperial Guard medal is worth at least three times the military merit of a straight-affiliated army soldier, so Ivan's gain this time is not small.

  "Alexander, how was your gain this time? Just now in the charge, we were scattered, and later I was entangled by the Imperial Guard, and didn't have a chance to find you." Ivan looked at Liu Yu with some curiosity. In their army, Liu Yu's military achievements were higher than those of Huo Wei Di, so he also wanted to know what gains Liu Yu had this time.

  "There aren't many, just a lieutenant from the Imperial Guard escaped." Liu Yu casually took two chest badges of Farnese's direct troops and showed them to Ivan. Just now he had killed ten cavalrymen of Farnese's direct troops, which was exactly one first-class military merit.

  Liu Yu's mind was still on Da Luosi who had run away, so he didn't bother to mention these ordinary military achievements.

  "Captain of the Guard, what's going on?" As soon as Ivan heard Liu Yu's words, his interest was piqued.

  "I'll tell you later, by the way, how many men does Farnod's vanguard have this time? I feel like there aren't that many." Liu Yu had just asked a question that interested him when he saw a large patch of flames gathering together several hundred meters away, forming a large ball of light. That was where the Beast Tribe cavalry were gathered.

  Three days later, on the morning, the sky around the Earthfire Fortress was somewhat dark, with thick dark clouds completely blocking out the scorching summer sun. In the large stone building complex in the north of the city, a black stone-paved square, over 100 meters wide and over 1 kilometer long, running east-west, occupied the most prominent position.

  The stone towers around the square are neatly arranged on both sides, and these stone towers are uniform three-story bluestone buildings, looking the same height, size, and color, like dozens of uniformly equipped guards quietly guarding this square.

  At the westernmost end of the square, there are three giant stone carvings. The middle and front one is a golden warrior statue about 8 meters high, with a long sword at his waist, holding a long spear in his hand, carrying a bow and arrow on his back, wearing a golden armor, with a strong and agile physique, looking straight east.

  Behind the golden Bhima statue, at the upper right corner, there is a five-meter-tall, axe-wielding, green and red armor-bearing, muscularly carved, sturdy and robust, brown centaur statue with its head held high, also gazing eastward.

  Behind the golden Buddha statue, in the lower left corner, there is a similar five-meter-tall statue of a wolf-headed man, holding a sharp sword, wearing a crimson cloak, with a giant wolf head, slightly open wolf mouth full of sharp teeth, slender figure, also facing east, and snow-white hair.

  But the three statues seem to be placed in a somewhat discordant manner, with the centaur statue and the werewolf statue standing side by side, both about 20 meters away from the Golden Gargoyle statue. The centaur statue is located at the northwest corner of the Golden Gargoyle statue, near the north edge of the square. The werewolf statue is located at the southwest corner of the Golden Gargoyle statue, but still about 20 meters away from the south edge of the square.

  At first glance, the positions of these three carvings seem somewhat uneven, which appears to affect the overall aesthetic.

  Behind the Black Stone Square, or just due west, on a flight of over ten white stone steps, there is a high and large white flat-topped stone hall about twenty meters high and over fifty meters wide. The entire stone hall is made of white marble, with several stone pillars in front that require three people to encircle them, supporting its lofty roof.

  At the very center of the roof, there is also a three-meter-high golden statue of Bhim. This statue is different from the golden Bhim warrior statue in the square. It has no weapons on its body, only a golden scepter in its hand.

  This golden statue of Bi Meng, with his left hand hanging naturally and his right hand holding a golden scepter, seems to be pointing casually towards the distant east. There is not a hint of ferocity in his eyes, but rather an extremely natural look, as if this world belongs to him, and he is just inspecting his own territory, with the air of a monarch ruling all things flowing from him imperceptibly.

  Inside this white stone temple there are several stone houses. At the moment, in one of the middle stone houses, several middle-aged men are sitting together discussing something.

  (Second update)