"There's no more 'bloodline' and life in Cullen's realm for us to test on, unless—" Zuckerbury stopped abruptly in the middle of his words, and after staring at Bradidley, he continued in serious thought, "unless we use the 'Discord' that roams everywhere, but according to our ancient legal code, it cannot be considered to interfere with the evolution of the 'Discord'. ”

"The ancient codes of law are no longer applicable to the present. Ferrora leaned against the Iron Throne's deputy, revealing a lazy state, and whispered with a bored face, "Besides, it's better to let the 'Discord' devour each other and evolve, it's better to interfere humanly, but... Even the use of 'Discord' would not be enough to make up for this qualitative discrepancy. ”

"I've heard that there are quite a few of our people deep underneath the Lordan Mountains, and maybe we can talk to the dwarves. Zuckerbury suggested, "Coupled with the 'Discord' roaming the Western Continent, we..."

"Do you want them to return to their original state? reconstruct their bodies with 'blood source'?" Bradidley, who was silent, couldn't help but say, "You should know the impact on our entire race once the undead monarch forcibly interferes with the evolution of the lower life!"

"Of course I know, but isn't there no way to do it now?" Zuckerbury reached into the spatial barrier beside him, and grabbed a stack of ancient red books, on which were marked with four words in Selth..."Code of the Dead"

"Your Majesty, I would like you to authorize..."

Ferrora replied without letting Zuckerbury say anything, "I agree, but the three of us are limited to the three of us." ”

"Of course, I'll talk to the dwarves and orcs in person. Zuckerbury nodded.

Ferrola's purple eyes flickered, staring at the bright ceiling as if she was staring at the endless void, "This solution can only be alleviated for a short time, we must find a complete solution to the problem of the reproduction of the clan." ”

"This," Zuckerbury was stunned, "unless we can find the true 'Bloodsource', but according to my inherited memory, our ancestors' 'Bloodsource' vault was destroyed in the explosion hundreds of years ago. ”

"In my slumber for the past month, my soul memories have sunk into the magic net, and I have felt a very pure 'blood source' power. Ferrora had a rare serious expression on her face, "The 'Bloodborne' wasn't destroyed in that big explosion, it was just buried somewhere, and we have to find it... For this, we can pay any price. ”

"Where?"

Ferrora shook her head, "I don't know, its location is surrounded by mist, and a very strange force has prevented me from probing, a power that has never appeared in my inherited memory. ”

"A power that doesn't even appear in your memory?" said Zuckerbury's face was solemn, and Bradidley had a distinctly surprised expression.

Ferrora smiled, "It's not surprising, the sages of the Celtic Empire once said that the power of the mystical side is endless, and research may eventually destroy the entire universe, or create a new universe." ”

Zuckerbury was lost in thought at Ferrola's words, and Bradidley was desperate.

"Don't have illusions about forces that we can't control, that will only lead us into madness, a saying that our forefathers proved with countless lives. Ferrola's soul-shattering voice brought the two of them back to their senses, "All we have to do now is find the 'Bloodsource', but don't be in a hurry, because we have endless lives to squander... Don't go down the path that the old guys have taken, they're just in too much of a hurry. ”

"I understand. Zuckerbury nodded earnestly.

"Very good!" Ferrola nodded and her body slowly became illusory, "For a long time to come, my thoughts will be pinned on the magic web, and my body will fall into a deep sleep..."

"Your Majesty..."

"I want to figure out something, something that must be figured out!" Ferrora said in an unquestioning tone, "You two don't let me down, and... We can't let Muvet-Phil die in the Elok Territory!"

...

To the south of Iruk Territory, the Grace Stone Yard is home to a temporary naval joint force camp.

The sweaty battle was followed by calm, and the army had arrived at the quarry the previous evening, and had successfully established camp in the area after a skirmish outside the quarry.

After that, the entire camp fell into an eerie silence, except for the area where the necessary defenses had been built.

The Coalition soldiers were the most ordinary of the seamen except for the elves and the port garrison, and although their years at sea had made them accustomed to fantasizing about mythical monsters and gods, they were still in a trance when they saw hordes of undead wreaking havoc on the land.

Look at the surroundings...

The sky was shrouded in mist, and after nightfall, the area except for the lights was as black as ink, and the cold wind and the sound of the screaming of hellish ghosts in my ears never stopped, and from time to time a black mist with a disgusting smell appeared from the earth polluted by evil energy.

In the middle of the night, the undead did not stop attacking,

They followed the direction of the wind, carrying the devil's breath, constantly attacking the outer defense line of the stone quarry, and did not stop for a whole night.

Let Buck and his soldiers feel more intuitively what it is like to fight against the undead legion.

It wasn't until three o'clock in the morning that Buck was sure that the undead attack would not cause fatal damage to the camp, and then ordered his troops to alternate defenses and fell into a deep sleep.

At six o'clock in the morning, Buck had just been comforted by the god of the sea in his dream when he was woken up by his lieutenant from his bed.

It was from the Mage Tower that another order came from within the Kingdom of Kruria, this time from the military headquarters, still urging him to attack the hinterland of the Eluk realm.

As Buck prepared to gather the commanders of the various divisions to discuss the route of today's attack, orders from the High Command of the Eluk Frontline also fell into his hands. The content of this order is to stop advancing, establish a defense zone while sweeping away the undead in the surrounding area, open the passage to the eastern part of the Eluk territory, and then hold on to the next stage of the order.

Two orders with opposite contents left Buck in deep thought.

The herald who had been sent by Buck to give the order to assemble ten minutes earlier was called back, and after Buck himself had been in his makeshift barracks for a full hour of thinking, he ordered the elven commander Nemero to be summoned.

Without superfluous polite words, Buck directly took out the two order letters he had just arrived, and said, "These are the two order letters that have just arrived, one is from the Kingdom Military Department, and the other is from the headquarters on the front line of Arrow City. ”

"Is there a problem?" Neyro cautiously took the two letters of order, "Are they two contradictory orders?"

It was indeed two contradictory letters of command. Buck frowned and said, "Yesterday, I thought it was strange when Belen-Val told me that an official letter had been sent from the Mage Tower within the kingdom, but the official letter didn't say anything important, so I didn't pay much attention to it... But Sir Bowenlet's order reminds me of something at once!" his face suddenly became solemn, "Our Majesty the King, after the commencement of war, will never give orders of any nature to the sub-theater of war beyond the commander-in-chief of the battlefield. ”

"You have some thoughts... Daring. The elf's quick reading ability allowed Nemero to know the contents of the two command letters in less than three minutes, "Two very interesting command letters... Are you now sure that His Majesty Pedy will not give you orders beyond Sir Bowenright?"

"I'm not sure, but Sir Bowenwright's order is definitely not a fake, it has our unique contact information on it, and the other order is plain!" Buck subconsciously lowered his voice, "Yesterday's letter made me subconsciously ignore another thing when I received this letter of order, the orders issued by the army from the front will use our internal code, not the code. ”

"Is it possible that this is an intentional disclosure of this order from within your kingdom to the Mage Tower in order to achieve the purpose of sharing information, after all, anything can happen in diplomatic matters. Nemero is well aware of what Buck is thinking now, so he habitually brings up the possibility of the opposite side to provide Buck's reference.

"But at this time two completely opposite orders!"

Nemeiro looked at Buck seriously, "You should stay calm now... Perhaps, the information of Sir Bowenright and His Majesty Pedy had not yet had time to be shared, so that these two completely different letters of order appeared. ”

"That's what I expected, but as a commander I have to take responsibility for the lives of my 20,000 soldiers. Buck pointed to the two letters of order in Nemero's hand: "This must be clarified as soon as possible." ”

"What are you going to do?" reminded Nemero, "or rather, which order are you going to obey?"

Buck didn't answer the question right away, he looked at Nemero seriously, and the other party looked at him without hesitation. After more than ten seconds, Buck chuckled and said, "I think it's necessary for the commanders of the various departments to know the contents of these two orders. ”

"Oh, you're trying to give the command the choice?" said after a moment's thought, "Maybe it's a good idea, but the decision made by the command is not easy to change, so you are not afraid..."

"That's why I asked you to come!"

...

The Grace Quarry is located in the largest rocky hill at the southern end of the Iruk Plain, and the entire rocky mountain is almost completely traversed on the plain on all three sides, except for a small road in the south that leads to the top of the mountain.

The top of the quarry had long since been hollowed out, and the merchants of the Eluk Territory had originally wanted to dig up the rocks around the mountain, but they gave up due to transportation difficulties.

During the war between the Principality of Suluk and the Old Empire, the Duchy authorities originally planned to build a military fortress here for a long-term confrontation in order to prevent the Mage Tower from sneaking attack. Moreover, the foundation and preliminary survey work were completed, but in the end the war ended in a very dramatic way.

Later, in order not to misunderstand the mage tower, the plan to build a military fortress was canceled.

This provided the prerequisites for Buck to set up camp in the rocky rocks, and his naval alliance turned the entire rocky mountain into a well-defended military stronghold with a few simple defenses on the top of the rocky mountain.

Because of yesterday's rains, the whole camp looked damp, and the smell of decay caused by evil energy spread in the air. At eight o'clock in the morning, on an open-air platform, Buck summoned Koba, the commander of the magic fleet, Admiral Belen-Val, the commander of the port of Yekjar, and the commander of the elven fleet, Nemero.

Koba bit down on the dried fish that was as hard as a piece of wood in his mouth, and shouted from afar, "Why don't you let the troops gather first?" and when he got closer, he looked at Buck and asked, "Have you thought about the target of today's attack?"

Buck looked at the waterproof map laid out on the wooden boards, and when Coba spoke, he looked up at the other man and did not speak. Beren-Val, who was approaching the room, glanced at Buck, squinted at the dim sky, took out his magic watch, and said, "It's half past eight, and if we don't hurry, we'll be standing still all morning." ”

"The Kingdom War Headquarters has sent another letter of order urging us to attack. Buck tossed a letter of order onto the map, looked at Koba quietly, and said, "It's still from the Mage Tower." ”

"Is there any problem?" asked Koba subconsciously, and picked up the order letter to look through it, and when he read it, he asked again, "Is Sir Sir Sir Sheila Marne always in such a hurry?"

"Sheila Marne is young, but she's not in a hurry. Buck replied softly, and when Koba looked surprised, he changed his words again: "However, there are times when she is really anxious, such as this war in Arok, which was supposed to have her as the commander-in-chief, and somehow fell to Sir Bowenright. ”

"This is the twelfth letter of order. Belém-Val added.

Buck immediately asked, as if unintentionally, "Were the first ten letters of order sent in the name of the Kingdom Military Department, or in the name of His Majesty?"

"To be precise, the first ten letters can only be regarded as official letters, most of them are in the name of the prime minister's government in your kingdom, and a few of them are sent by the military department to inquire about your landing. Belém-Val replied as he recalled.

"So I just arrived at the port yesterday when His Majesty's order was delivered to me?" Buck shrugged and said in a half-joking tone, "I never knew that Your Majesty had the ability to foresee the future. ”

"That letter of order was not sent to you. Nemeiro immediately said: "Five days ago, at the suggestion of our First General, and with the consent of the Sukh Plains Alliance, the Kamok Khanate, the Principality of Twak, the Eternal Wings Mage Tower, the Principality of Suluk, and the Hammer Bunker, King Pedi was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Coalition of the 'Allied Army'... That order may have been that His Majesty Pedi was experimenting with the means of communication of the 'Allied forces'. ”

"Is this a matter of discussion?" Coba looked at the other three, "Now what we have to do is to set the target of today's attack and then order the troops to move. ”

"Yes, our meeting now was supposed to take place two hours ago. "But I've received an order from Bowenwright, and he orders us to set up a stronghold in place while waiting for a new order. ”