Augustus Under the Horseshoe

The Julian calendar four hundred years, Maya month, the fifth day. (May 5, 400 AD)

Constantinople

The bleak sunset, like blood, gradually fell into the embrace of the mountains of Greece. The brilliant orange sunset like a blazing flame, and the scarlet dome that was rendered and smeared like blood by the blazing glow, were all covered by the endless darkness, completely Submerged.

However, this magnificent city located in the center of the Eastern Empire, the throat fortress connecting Greece and Asia Minor, the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, and the new residence of the gods, was not shrouded in darkness.

Groups of arcane flames that never extinguish, burn in every house, every street, and even every person in Constantinople, shining the entire prosperous city like daylight! On one side embroidered with golden crosses and four beta red flags, hunting and hunting in the air, teams of heavily armed Legionnaires patrolled the borders of the city back and forth, accompanied by huge ships of hundreds of feet long. With the cheerful ballads of sailors, guided by the arcane fire, sail into the largest and most prosperous seaport in the empire.

From a distance, the dense clusters of sparks are even more numerous and brighter than the stars in the night.

The new heart of the empire is on the north, east, and south coasts. Only the west borders Thrace. Therefore, the first generation of Augustus drew a full 10,000 dwarf craftsmen from Iberia and built the largest fortifications of the empire on the east side of the city to defend the glory of the gods.

Under the ingenious design of dwarf craftsmen and wizards, and hundreds of thousands of slave laborers working day and night, a five-meter-thick double wall made of marble, limestone, and even steel, cast Constantine Fort and Thrace were completely isolated. This 5,630-meter-long immortal city wall has a total of 192 towering mage towers built inside and out. There are various magic traps and mechanisms hidden in every darkest detail. in.

These high elves, the most advanced group of wizards, and the First Maximian Legion stationed in Chengnei, jointly built the eastern empire, the most terrifying fortifications.

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Within the city walls, there are a total of four magnificent buildings, row upon row of houses, clustered in the center of the city, the pantheon dedicated to the gods, the magnificent palace, replaced the arena, the racetrack built to entertain the people, and gathered the world. Magic books and knowledge have cultivated the supreme white pagoda of batches of mages.

One hundred and sixty-nine wizard wizards in white robes lined up in a neat square of thirteen by thirteen. Sitting on the top of the White Pagoda, above the marble hall.

Their gender and age are different. Some elves are youthful and beautiful, full of vigor and vitality, but some elves are still old, like a piece of rotten wood, sitting quietly in place, if it is not for the gentle trembling of the nose, it will even make people wonder whether these old men are already Die.

The body of each wizard mage is draped in exquisite robes made of silver silk, and the chest and back are decorated with delicate patterns of white homing pigeons.

The most peculiar thing is the top of their heads. These wizards are all wearing an exquisite mithril forged headband. Between the 169 headbands and the headband, they are connected by silver forged silk threads, hundreds of times. The silver thread, like a spider web, is densely entangled, and finally, all are linked in the center of the hall: on a white dove carved with mithril.

"Cuckoo! There is a battle report from Egypt. The six legions stationed in Egypt are all assembled in the Sinai Peninsula. The 4th Salmatian Regiment and the 10th Strait Regiment, which were defeated at the beginning of the war, have joined them. Zhuo. The leader of the Elf is fully mobilizing her people to assist in the battle of the empire-the woman promised to provide at least 10,000 spellcasters, seven adult dragons, and enough logistics personnel. Cuckoo! "

"Cuckoo! The spy replied that Sassanid Persian had assembled a gang of nine blood axe orcs on the Egyptian battlefield, about 60,000. The leader was the legendary WARBOSS who had invaded Asia Minor a hundred years ago. ——Scarlet Tusks! There are also an army of Jackal servants that cannot be estimated accurately!

In addition, there are all kinds of Gith people who have been enslaved by the Heart Demon (in this world line, they have not yet escaped slavery), and the gray dwarves, also like tides, are pouring out from the bottom of the Arabian Peninsula! A conservative estimate is about 50,000 yuan. The most frightening thing is that they seem to have concluded some kind of alliance with the blue dragon in the desert. Cuckoo! "

"Cuckoo! The battle line on the east coast of the Mediterranean is being completely defeated. Dozens of vassal states are either rebelled or destroyed. The first line of defense has completely collapsed!

The Blood Axe Orcs, the orphans of the Parthian Empire, have assembled all their main forces here-the soldiers have seen at least a hundred different war gang flags! The commander of the 3rd Gaul Corps said in the communication that his regiment was completely crushed by three legendary WARBOSS that looked like huge castles, and countless gangster cavalry! Cuckoo! "

This is the empire built on the top of the Arcane White Tower. These talented and loyal wizard wizards, with the help of this mithril-forged white dove, and one hundred and sixty-nine ancient silver crowns, can link the entire one hundred and sixty-nine people into a whole. Expand the effective range of a zero-ring trick [communication] infinitely.

A member of the Pigeon Whispering Chamber can send messages to any place within one kilometer. Two can transmit two kilometers, three can transmit four kilometers, four can transmit 8 kilometers, and five can transmit 16 kilometers... ···If there are eleven pigeon whispering members hand in hand to cast spells, then this message can be transmitted to any person within a radius of 1,024 kilometers, in the brain of anyone they know the coordinates!

However, the one hundred and sixty-nine members of the pigeon court are gathered now! Under this scale of collective spellcasting, they can easily send information to the ears of any of the empire’s citizens, and even use arcane magic to construct a temporary place for communication in the minds of people who are strong enough. Spanning tens of thousands of kilometers, real-time calls without any delay.

However, this technology has a little side effect, that is, at the beginning and end of each communication text, three pigeons must be used to ensure the stability of communication.

"Ugh--"

A young man wearing a gorgeous purple robe and a gold crown, densely inlaid with gems of various colors, paced back and forth around the members of the Dove Whispering Court inside the room.

He has a gloomy look, and his haggard eyes are like two blazing scarlet karma fires. His thin neck drooped slightly, his thin shoulders trembled slightly with every message sent back by Dove Yuting, and it seemed that he couldn't hold up the weight of this crown and this purple robe.

"Your Majesty, go back and rest. You have not rested for a long time. We will notify you immediately if there is any emergency."

A man with the appearance of an attendant anxiously persuaded the young man in a purple robe and the most noble citizen of the Eastern Roman Empire: Felavis Arcadius Augustus, but was rejected by the opponent.

"Seven months, the war has been going on for seven months! The legions stationed on the east coast of the Mediterranean have repeatedly retreated! The sphinx flags on the golden ground are floating in the cities! Tell me why the six locals in Egypt Legion, the reaction speed is so slow? Those legions recruited in the local area. Most of the members were dark-skinned drows. After seven months of fighting, they actually assembled..."

Arcadius' eyes were bloodshot, and the flames inside his pupils burned more vigorously.

"The battle situation has been corrupted like this, and the empire that my father has handed over to me is ruined like this! How can I have time to rest! Seven months! Those who have joined the battle are all orphans of the Parthian Empire! There are also heart-deep demons. The slave army, the Sassanid Persian demonic army did not appear at all! What are those Teflins thinking about bad water, do you know? Does anyone know? You, at this time, let me go to rest?"

"Sorry, Your Majesty."

Several attendants shivered under Augustus' anger, and immediately knelt before him.

"Has Armenia replied?"

Arcadius rubbed his temples irritably and asked the members of the Dove Whispering Court.

A month ago, the Eastern Roman Empire ordered one of its vassal states: Armenia, a terrifying monster half-human, half-lion formed between Asia Minor and Sassanian Persia, a powerful nation, accompanied by those stationed in Asia Minor. The legion went south to support the front on the eastern coast.

However, there seems to be some turbulence in this vassal state, and there is no response.

"Damn the Sphinx!!!"

Augustus cursed this unreliable ally. Armenia was an important cavalry production area for the Eastern Empire. At the same time, the sphinx with the lower part of the lion and the upper part of the human being is an important cavalry of the empire.

Like the centaurs and horses, these large half-human, half-lion monsters are also natural riders. While they use four shaggy claws to gallop on the battlefield at five times the speed of the infantry, they hold the lance with both hands. Bow, pouring out his endless anger at the enemy.

Compared with the humans and horses, the short-distance explosive ability of these sphinxes is even more amazing, but the long-distance ability... is far less useful than horses.

Suddenly, a bunch of arcane electric arcs erupted from the white dove, and followed the tiny silver threads to transmit the news from the distance back to the center of the dove's whispering court.

"Cuckoo! The final report of the empire's envoy in Armenia! Those half-man and half-lion beasts have turned up! Armenia has rebelled! The Sphinx's king has changed his flag even more, kneeling beside the King of Sassanid Persian, Hao The mighty sphinx army, plus the main force of the Persian demon descendants, is heading straight to the Empire’s Asia Minor! Cuckoo!"

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