With a wave of his hand, the people in hell were scattered, and only Todd and Cumberland were left on the huge burning land.

The dragon lowered its head and said to Cumberland, "I heard that the war is at a stalemate?"

Cumberland was still immersed in the shock of the scene just now, and his words were a little unsharp: "Ah...... Yes, that's right, Your Majesty......"

Todd looked around and sighed, "This isn't a good place to talk, let's go up." ”

With that, Todd waved his dragon wings and rose into the sky.

Cumberland's consciousness began to move, slowly rising to the ruins of a temple.

Strange flowers and plants that have never been seen before are like carpets covering the entire land, the collapsed and dilapidated remains of the temple show the world the glory of this place, and the distant snow-capped peaks, the clouds and mist circles nest on the top of the mountain, adding a bit of mystery and solemnity to the scenery in front of you.

In front of the old knight, Todd slowly took on a human form, picked up a blanket that had been prepared on the ground, put it on his body, sat down on a large rock, and repeated his question again: "I heard that the war did not go well. ”

From that terrible hell of fire and brimstone to the ground of birds, Cumberland finally breathed a sigh of relief and replied to Todd: "I miscalculated two things before this war began. ”

"First of all, I did not expect the Church to say that Bromo Hesmond, the old general who had one foot in the coffin, and I heard that he had been sick since the year before, and had long since ceased to care about military and politics. Little did he know that he would be hired by the church as the commander-in-chief of the army this time......"

Todd asked, "Is this man's military command skills good?"

"It's not just that he's the chief military instructor of the Church of the Heavenly Father's Knight Academy, and he's also the head of the Royal War College, and he's led almost a thousand wars against the southern barbarians, and the key is that he's won every time. ”

"The Emerson you know, Alfonso, and I have all studied in his classes, and we are half of his students. ”

Todd pondered for a moment and then spoke, "You just said that there is a second thing. ”

"Secondly, I did not expect that the Church would be able to use the tactics of musket artillery so well in such a short time and combine it with forest terrain and positional warfare. ”

"To the west of the Papal States is a vast forest, the use of forest terrain can delay the impact of cavalry to the greatest extent, and at the same time can effectively reduce the impact of air power, and the combination of guns and bunkers and trenches can snipe our army to the maximum extent, and minimize the advantage of the Holy Army's individual strength. ”

Cumberland gave Todd a detailed account of the enemy's tactics, especially the positional use of muskets and artillery.

Todd frowned and asked, "You're saying that the orcs with hardened skin and regeneration died under the musket?"

"If they are hit in other parts, the orcs can continue to fight, but if they are hit in the heart and head, then they will definitely die. Cumberland said at a loss: "Although the keel parasite can resist muskets, it is probably more than bad luck in the face of short-range shotguns." ”

Todd asked again, "So, what about the bunkers, and we should have a lot of means to attack from a distance in addition to melee attacks, right?"

"I've seen the elves' fireballs and ice blades, and at most they've only blown up some of the dirt and rocks on the upper floor of the bunker: as for the Valkyrie's spore bombardment, firstly, the forest terrain obscures the target and reduces the hit rate, and secondly, in order to accurately blow up the bunker, you need to reduce the bombardment height, and the musket attack will be the biggest threat to the griffins. ”

Todd clasped his arms over his chest and looked up at the sky: "In this way, this war has indeed become a stalemate. ”

Cumberland said distressedly: "Originally, my idea was to use the ability of the Holy Cult Army scouts to gradually find out the enemy's defenses. Then use the cover of the night, combine the three legions of the Knights, the Holy Cult and the Valkyries, and adopt the method of blitzkrieg, pulling out all the enemy strongholds at once and forcing them to leave the forest. But now that the orcs are making such a fuss, the enemy will definitely adjust their defenses, and everything will start again. ”

As soon as Cumberland finished speaking, a crisp children's voice appeared behind the two.

"Don't run, come and play with me!"

Cumberland turned his head to look, his eyes wide in surprise.

With a pair of dragon horns on her head and a small dragon tail hanging from her back, Aurora in a pink dress chases after a panicked manticore, screaming happily.

"Why is Princess Aurora here?!"

Cumberland turned to look at Todd, only to see His Majesty's helpless face.

Todd shouted to Aurora, "Don't bully the creatures here!"

Aurora grabbed her lower eyelid with her finger and grimaced at Todd: "Father, I came with you secretly this time, even if you don't bring me next time, I will remember the route here." ”

Todd rubbed his temples and whispered to himself, "I'll have to ask Leviathan to find a way to hide the island......"

Cumberland looked at Todd in shock and asked, "Your Majesty, where the hell is this?!"

"This is the place of heaven and hell, and this is the place where the souls of all things reside. ”

Seeing Aurora happily running towards him, Cumberland looked doting and wanted to reach out and touch the top of the girl's head.

To Cumberland's surprise, his hand was like a puff of smoke, directly pierced by Aurora's body.

Todd looked at the stunned old knight and explained: "This place is different from the soul space you visited in the past, this holy place is an existence that transcends reality and spirits, and now you are only a soul, so you can only feel the existence here, but you can't touch them. ”

Watching Aurora run farther and farther, the old knight said with a dejected face: "I'm a little confused. ”

"Sooner or later, you'll understand. ”

Todd stood up from the stone, patted the dust off his body, and said to Cumberland, "Regarding the stalemate in the battle, I will activate the alternative plan of battle......

Cumberland asked, confused, "Alternatives, why have I never heard of them?"

Todd smiled at the other party and said, "War is never a static thing, it changes unpredictably every moment, and how to find victory from these changes is the talent of every good commander." ”

Hearing Todd's words, Cumberland was stunned for a moment.

Then he grinned and laughed with satisfaction: "Your Majesty, this is just my unintentional words in the past, I didn't expect you to remember ......"

Todd nodded: "Don't worry, reinforcements will come soon, and victory will be ours in the end." ”