"Our soldiers have begun to complain, and they demand an end to this senseless behavior that only adds to casualties and does not yield any results, Goliath. ”

Pulling back the tent, Levi swept the inside of the tent, and seeing that Golia was the only one inside, he said quickly.

"I had expected it for a long time, after all, those guys had complaints about our actions. ”

Goliath clasped her hands to her chest, her eyes not taking her eyes off the map on the table.

"Gloria, what should I do?"

"What should I do? Take a break and put things in order. ”

Goliath pondered for a while, she racked her brains and couldn't find a plan that could work at this time, like a turtle retracted into a turtle's shell, no matter how tempting she was, the Baltic Empire's army did not pursue it from the camp.

The attack day and night did not cause them a little damage, but caused a lot of losses to themselves, and the fully mature defense system was like a steel wall for the natives here, hitting their heads and bleeding.

After a few experiences, they had to switch tactics and target the squads that were out hunting and the logistics units that were supplying, but both the former and the latter were very difficult enemies.

Those who can be sent out to hunt are elites, and even in such an unfamiliar environment, they can easily turn against the guests, give them a large number of casualties, and then calmly retreat with their prey.

Although the latter's logistics troops were relatively average in combat, they relied on those sturdy wagons for defense, which was as difficult to conquer as a rudimentary camp.

"Levi. ”

Goliath suddenly put her gaze from the map to Levi's face, which was very soft, as if it was the warm sun in spring, so that Levi couldn't help but look away, and lowered his head with a slightly red cheek.

"Levi, can I trust you?"

"Yes...... Yes, Goliath. ”

"Good. ”

Goliath nodded, her expression began to become solemn, as if she had changed to another person, from the warm spring sun to the cold winter wind, and the temperature of the whole tent was dropping.

"Well, what I'm going to do next, maybe you can't accept it. ”

"It's okay, Goliath, I'll support you, whatever you do, I'll support you. ”

Levi jerked his head up, then spoke quickly in a firm tone that surprised even himself.

"Levi...... No, Levi, it's not just support, I need your help. ”

Golia's eyes were as if they were covered with white mist, hazy and beautiful, with a slight coldness in tenderness, indicating that this once very pure girl had become cold because of a series of things that had happened before.

"Gloria, what do you want me to do, you say, I won't refuse. ”

Levi, like his determined expression, responded to Goliath's expectations.

He likes the girl in front of him, this is an undoubted thing, he has been liking it for a long time, otherwise he would not have worked hard to become strong and become her guard.

At the same time, he also longs for the girl in front of him, because Goliath looks at all races regardless of race, whether it is a powerful giant or a weak goblin, she is willing to obey her orders, and is willing to shed her last drop of blood on the battlefield.

"Levi, do you know why, we have not won a single battle until now, which can be boasted of?The army of the Baltic Empire, are those invaders really so strong that we are powerless and unable to do anything?"

Goliath asked earnestly, and she turned her face away from looking at Levi's gaze, which seemed to burn everything.

"Those of us who live in the Ural Mountains have also fought under His Majesty Atila, and have contributed to the establishment of the Attila Empire. ”

"Even the Scandinavian coalition led by Beowulf and the Scandinavian Empire established by Siegel could not make the Attila Empire truly despair, and every victory they won was only a disastrous victory, and they paid a great price for the victory. ”

Why is this the case, Levi put away the strange emotions in his heart that would affect his judgment, and began to think along Golia's train of thought.

The Baltic Empire's weaponry is indeed very advanced, and it is difficult for your own weapons to deal damage to the enemy, while the opposing weapons can easily penetrate the bone armor edited with animal bones and rattan on this side.

In terms of squad coordination, the Baltic Empire also has a great advantage, and there are almost no defeats in battles with more than three people, and it is difficult for them to win because of equipment problems.

It can be said that during this period of fighting, the more you fought, the more you failed, and the more you failed, the lower the morale of the fighters, and now you have almost begun to hate to fight.

None of this should be, they had encountered such an enemy when they had fought with Attila, and they had not experienced defeats, but they had not encountered such a situation either.

"It's a spy. ”

Without leaving Levi to dwell on it for too long, Goliath told him the answer.

"Do you know? In the past few years, the goblins who have come here to trade with us have been replaced by people of other races, and the goods they bring are more exquisite and cheaper. ”

"Because of them, conflicts began between the tribes of our Ural Mountains, in which a large number of small and medium-sized tribes perished, and those who did not die were taken prisoner and sold into slavery in the Baltic Empire. ”

"These slaves will leak information about the Ural Mountains, because they have a grudge against the victors who turned them into losers, and they can obtain the joy of revenge even if they take revenge by someone else's hands. ”

"In addition, I have heard that in the Baltic Empire, slaves can be relieved of their status as slaves as long as they are willing to sweat and work hard to earn money, or join the army and gain military exploits from the battlefield. ”

Levi put himself in his shoes and thought that if a person could hope to go from slave to freeman, then that person would be willing to give everything to make a change.

"Are you saying that the warriors who fought with us were the ones who were from our Ural Mountains, whose tribes and homes were destroyed and then sold as slaves?"

"No, no, no, as far as I know, it's not. ”

Gloria shook her head, rejecting the speculation from Levi.

Goliath didn't know that her actions at this time had made Levi suspicious, he was not a man who would be swayed by emotions, even if Goliath was the only one in his eyes, his heart could still calmly think and judge.

The tribes in the Ural Mountains have information about the outside world from merchants and wanderers, and those merchants from the Baltic Empire will not tell information that is harmful to the interests of the Baltic Empire, and the wanderers will definitely not have access to this information.

From what channel and from what mouth, Levi is here to keep an eye on it, he is not surprised by Golia's changes, but is afraid that these changes in her are premeditated by others, step by step.

Gloria didn't notice that the man in front of her was looking at him wrong, and continued to recount the conclusions she had already drawn based on a series of news and intelligence.

"The spies I used before were not those guys, but some of them who are now hiding in our army, some of them may have been bought by the Baltic Empire and are willing to sell our intelligence for profit, and others may be directly from the Baltic Empire, and after destroying some tribes, they continue to operate as those tribes. ”

If according to Golia's current conclusion, then no matter when the attack was launched during this time, it was intercepted by the other party in a premeditated manner, and it made sense that it had been prepared in advance.

However, the situation has never been so complicated, and every move of Golia's army is under the scout detection of the Baltic Empire army, but to this extent, there is no need for assassins from those intelligence services.

Because assassins are most dangerous only when they are hidden, every time they use their power, no matter how hidden and careful, they will definitely leave traces and risk being exposed.

If, in the face of such an enemy, the Legion Commander had to use the power of the assassin several times, then these things would reach the ears of Semiramis and Alice, and the evaluation of him would definitely be lowered.

"What then? ”

If that's the case, Levi can't find any good way, spies have always been very difficult things to deal with, even if they have a kind of magic, there is no way to completely control a person's mind.

What's more, the power of the spellcaster in Golia's hands is very limited, and it is impossible to use the power of magic to investigate on a large scale, and it is also necessary to consider whether this investigation will cause distrust among the warriors and make the current situation worse.

"I want to have a fight, even if it's going to be a losing fight, I want to try it. ”

"I was not willing to fail like this, I didn't even fight once, and I was slowly pushed into the abyss of defeat step by step. ”

Goliath turned her back to Levi at this time, not letting him see the hideous and terrible expression on her face.

"Even if there are spies, even if the information on our side is clearly known by the other side, if the combat effectiveness is not good, then take the number and pile it up, we can still use our natural allies. ”

The temperature in the tent began to drop, and a cold wind lingered inside.

"Natural allies? Wait, Goliath, you can't be talking about those, are you?"

Levi's face changed for the first time, his eyes widened and his eyeballs bulged, and he looked at Golia's back in disbelief and asked loudly.

It was as if he had discovered something incredible that could subvert his three views

"Those things aren't ghosts, they're not undead. ”

Gloria was serious about correcting herself.

"But...... Those things that we can't control, those are calamities, natural disasters. ”

"We don't need to control it, do we, and even if we don't do it deliberately, they'll be drawn in, and the blood-smearing, corpse-strewn battlefield isn't their favorite place?"

Although Levi didn't see the expression on Golia's face at this time, there was no doubt that the woman he liked and longed for was sneering, and even the blood had turned cold.

“…… We're going to kill a lot of people, Goliath. ”

"So what does it matter? No matter how many deaths they have, it won't affect us or anything, or are you going to regret it now? Why do you regret this step when you just said that you want to support me and help me?"

Gloria's rhetorical question left Levi speechless, and he felt his heart ache, as if someone had taken a dagger and slashed it it.

"Having said that, this is not contrary to our purpose, Levi, all in order to be able to achieve victory, to expel these invaders from our land. ”

"They are the enemy, and whatever means are used to deal with the enemy, it is acceptable, Levi, hasn't the brutal battle in the Ural Mountains yet matured you?

"But, it's not such a pay, you are the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, they are your soldiers, they give their trust to you, you do this, are you worthy of your conscience?"

"Of course, of course, how can I be sorry? I am really, fighting for the tribes of the Ural Mountains, if we don't want to be conquered by an empire again, and lose our freedom and honor, then isn't it necessary to pay?"

"Where is there such a good thing in this world, and you want to get, but you don't want to give, you want to kill the enemy, and you don't want to fight with your life and sweat. ”

Unconsciously, the two began to quarrel, obviously one is the commander, the other is the knowledge and the other is the guard, but in terms of momentum, they are equal, no one admits defeat, and no one is willing to take a step back.

The two of them argued for a full three hours, and in the end they did not come to a conclusion, so they could only break up unhappily, and it was Levi who chose to leave in the end.

He ran back to his tent in a rage, completely oblivious to the duties of his position.