Chapter 523: The Western Expedition (25) Wooing
If it weren't for the value they had shown on the battlefield before, and the Scandinavian Empire's higher-ups believing that it would be beneficial to keep them in the Scandinavian Empire, they would have been torn to pieces by the Goths who hated Barusenger.
Not to mention other things, these druids' knowledge and their bloodlines, which are things that ordinary people can hope for, in this world where talent and bloodline are linked, let these druids XX with the women of the race, leaving the blood of the caster, has unimaginable benefits for the continuation of the race and the improvement of strength, which is difficult for every ambitious tribal chief to refuse.
Although this will cause the caster's bloodline to become scarce, and it will be necessary to prepare a large amount of magic materials to cultivate the caster, but on the whole, it is of great benefit to the entire tribe, no matter how powerful the weapons invented by these dwarves are on the battlefield, they cannot truly replace the status of a spellcaster in the tribe.
Not to mention anything else, if in the past, only one person in a hundred people had the talent to become a spellcaster, then now if three out of two hundred people can become a spellcaster, it will be a step-by-step leap and improvement for the entire race.
Although these druids are not treated well in the current Scandinavian Empire, they are treated in the army and on the battlefield.
This is not only because good treatment can better play their value and can more perfectly complete the strategic goals of the Scandinavian Empire, but also because of Segal's orders...... In the army under Siegel's complete control, there was no one who dared to openly disobey the orders of the Scandinavian emperor until now, well, even if he did, the word "was" would have to be added in front of it.
These druids are gathered together, the distance between each other is very short, their eyes are always following the movement of Sigmund, for them, it is not a shame to choose to surrender to Sigal for the sake of life and other things, to become a member of the Scandinavian Empire, but when facing Sigmund and Sigoney, they also have a feeling of shame in their hearts.
When they first learned that they were placed in Upland as military mages, and that their commander was the last prince of Barusenger, the last male descendant of their former country, the first thing they had was fear.
They were afraid that Siegmund would be jealous of their betrayal of Barushinger, and instead of dying with Barushinger, they surrendered like an enemy who had destroyed their homeland, and became a sharp knife in the hands of Siegel and deliberately sent them to their deaths on the battlefield, using the hands of the Atila army to clean up the shame of Barushinger.
However, after this time together, they soon discovered that even they were wondering if their so-called discovery was a delusion...... Siegmund is still the prince of Barusinger, but there is something completely different in him, no more naivety, no more impulsiveness, learning to think, learning to focus on the big picture, learning to override stability.
Siegmund has gone from being an immature prince to a commander who cares about the big picture...... Even some of them who had fought in the previous two defensive battles were among them, and in their eyes, the image of Siegmund somewhat overlapped with that of the man who held two red swords and led the charge like the Attila army.
Beowulf, they saw Beowulf in Sigmund's body, this is not to say that they think that Sigmund can be compared to Beowulf in terms of force and personal charm, but in immaturity there is his own maturity.
Thinking about it, tears gleamed the corners of some druids' eyes, they were not sad, nor did they have any pain, but they were nostalgic for the bloody years, when Beowulf was still alive, how powerful their Scandinavia were, even in the face of two attacks by the Atila army, they could fight on the battlefield with dignity.
As now, before the battle began, before the battle with the Attila army began, Siegel took the form of avoiding the battle, and began to move all kinds of supplies, men, warriors, and everything else that could be moved to the forests of the Norwegian mountains.
Think about it, when did the Scandinavians choose such a measure to avoid battle for so long, even if Beowulf fell into the trap of Attila, he still died with one of the knights among the enemy.
People who can become druids, people who can become spellcasters, their reading and knowledge are not ordinary people, and they are not comparable to those warriors who can't even read words, but even they are emotionally dissatisfied with such a correct policy of Siegel, and you can think of many people in the entire Scandinavian Empire who are dissatisfied with Siegel because of this matter.
But dissatisfaction is dissatisfaction, and it is only dissatisfaction, and it is impossible to ask these druids who surrendered to Siegel in order to survive.
"Well, can this battle continue?"
"Did you rest well last night, and do you still have the strength to continue the battle later?"
Siegmund greeted him cordially, but in response to him, the druids turned their heads or lowered their heads, they didn't dare to let Siegmund see the emotions in their eyes, they didn't dare to show too much enthusiasm in such an environment, the atmosphere in the field suddenly became very quiet, no one spoke, answered Siegmund's questions, did not answer his words.
They were tempted to answer Siegmund and communicate with him, but they turned their backs on Barushinger, and instead of living and dying with Barushinger, they surrendered to their enemy, the enemy Siegel, and made them feel that it was very difficult to speak at this time.
In addition to this, they were also afraid, afraid of Siegmund, afraid that if they communicated with Siegmund, they would be suspected of their motives by those who had always been hostile to them, and that their surrender was a foreshadowing of Barushenger's resurrection in the future.
The remnants of Barusinger had communicated with the last male descendants of Barusinger, even in public, which would make them suspicious, and they would report this suspicion to Siegel, asking Siegel to deal with these remnants of Ballusinger.
At that point, whatever Siegel thinks, there will be a response to those who have found tangible evidence, and such a response will obviously not be good news for these druids, and will only make their situation in the Scandinavian Empire worse, not any better.
Siegmund sighed silently again, he found that after becoming the commander-in-chief, he sighed much more times during this time than before combined, obviously Sigourney looked very relaxed as the commander of the army before, and the people under her were also very convinced of her, and there would be no such thing as ignoring the current soldiers.
He didn't know how Sigourney did it, even if he recalled as much as possible and tried to imitate it, he couldn't achieve it to the same extent as Sigoney, and there was a certain amount of progress, but there was still a huge gap compared to Sigoney.
However, speaking of Barusenger, Siegmund was destroyed and conquered, where rumors and written records are now only circulating, he thinks that it is very normal for Barusenge to be defeated by Siegel, and it is not surprising at all.
When the princess married Siegel and the powerful Balusinger and his children fell to the Gothic royal city, there was no one in the whole of Balusenger who could be in command, and there was no one who could fight against the legendary powers.
In the battle of this world, one side has a legend and the other side does not have a legend, it often becomes a situation of direct crushing, no matter how much power mortals have, what can be done in front of the legend is very limited, especially in front of the legendary caster.
It's not strange or not, understanding is understanding, but it is impossible to say that Zygmund did not have any resentment towards them in his heart, even if he already knew that when these druids chose to surrender, it was when Barusenge could not save them, it was still difficult for him to forgive these druids.
The reason why he was here at this time was not that he really forgave them, but the current situation, especially when the legendary mage obviously brought his personal emotions and personal preferences to the battlefield, he could only count on these druids, hoping that they would be able to seriously follow his orders and deal with the Attila army.
At least many of these druids were his acquaintances, and he believed that these druids had some guilt in their hearts about him, the last descendant of Ballusenger, and believed that if it was his orders and requests, these druids would still agree even if they knew that it would be detrimental to them.
This stems from the peculiar values of the druids, who have a much more idealistic atmosphere than the realist wizards, so that when it comes to choosing the right option, they will always learn something that is not right.
As Siegmund thought, the druids only hesitated for a moment and discussed for a few minutes before nodding their heads in agreement to such a request that they conserve their strength in battle and not overload their operations.
And the druids did not have much objection to obeying Zygmund's orders and faithfully completing the tasks he assigned, after all, Zygmund was the commander of the Upland army, and obeying the commander's orders was a matter that no one could object, as long as there was no other communication between them except for official business, it would not touch the nerves of others.
When Siegmund left the place where the caster was, the tension in his heart was also relieved to a certain extent, and with the support of these druids, he could have a certain say in the caster's army, and he didn't need to worry too much about things like yesterday happening again.
"Siegmund, they have begun, and the Attila army has begun to attack the city again. ”
While Siegmund was still walking through the streets of Upland, boosting his morale, the childish herald ran over quickly, his face indelible with a hint of anxiety.
The situation seemed very bad, otherwise the herald would not have had such a look on his face and tone of urgency.
"I see. ”
Siegmund quickly stood up, patted the warrior in front of him on the shoulder comfortingly, made a gesture, and then walked away quickly, rushing towards the city wall.
However, before he could climb the city wall, a violent explosion was heard, and a dense shadow appeared on the ground, and the surrounding warriors raised their heads and looked in the direction where the explosion came, their eyes widened with an expression of disbelief on their faces, and their mouths were wide open, but no sound could come out of their throats.
Countless things fell in front of Siegmund from the sky, red and white liquid mixed together and sprinkled all over the ground, as dazzling as flowers in ice and snow, and billowing white smoke with the liquid of temperature, and on top of these things there were some fragments of clothing, which only Scandinavian warriors would wear.
In addition to the unrecognizable remains of the Scandinavian warriors, there were also fragments of burning wood that quickly turned into charcoal in the raging fire, and the flames brought billowing smoke that enveloped the entire street.
Siegmund could tell in an instant that the situation had changed, and the speed of change was very fast, and now it was changing towards a worse situation.
Not far above Sigmund was a huge gap in the city wall, which shone with the glow of magic, and beside it were some corpses that had fallen to the ground, covered in blood.
Siegmund reached the wall as fast as he could, he raised his hand to push away the warriors who wanted to surround him, walked to the edge of the wall, and looked up at the position of the Athila army in the distance, observing the culprit who had caused it all.
Although Zigmund had some guesses when he saw the gap in the wall, the only people in the Atila army who could destroy the wall with magic attached to it like this were the difficult big men who didn't like to reason.
"Those bastards!"