Chapter 468: The Godslayer (Mistaken)
Siegel and Semiramis are both smart people, there's no doubt about it, and things tend to go worse when two people have the same idea and take the initiative to get the other person to step back.
Just like the current situation in the Baltic region, in the face of the advance of Atila's army, Siegel as the target is waiting for the messenger of Semiramis, waiting for her to weaken Atila's strength, on the other hand, Semiramis is also waiting for Siegel's envoy in the city of Rice, wanting to force the other party to take the initiative in this war through the situation.
For the two of them, even if it is an imminent crisis, this so-called initiative is something that must be in the hands of them, after all, Siegel and Semiramis are not open-minded and bold characters like Beowulf.
The side that holds the initiative and the command of the army will be able to let the other side complete some difficult tasks with a high casualty rate, no, with the characters of Siegel and Semiramis, they will do such a thing 100%, on the surface they look very good, but under the table they are holding daggers and waiting for each other to show their flaws, and then send the daggers into each other's hearts.
"Their disunity is the most favorable condition for our victory in this war. β
"In terms of strength alone, neither Siegel's Scandinavian Empire nor the Baltic Empire have the strength to compete with us, and even if they play some small tricks, it will be difficult to make up for the gap between us. β
Famine said earnestly to Attila, the back of the Beamon beast was very flat, and there was no bump caused by movement, not much different from standing on flat ground, so they chose to use this place as a tent to command the entire army.
Now Attila's army still hasn't left the Karelian region, and the long logistical supply lines and the lack of roads in this area have slowed down their march, but the slowness of the march has not hit their morale, but let the three knights take advantage of this time that has not yet reached the battlefield to train their motley army, so that when they are on the battlefield, they are no longer only relying on a bloody blood to carry out mad attacks.
It was still some time before the order was forbidden, but in the eyes of the three knights, it was very difficult for these loose, vulgar, and stupid fellows to learn how to do it on the battlefield, because they had already cut off the heads of a large number of disobedient fellows during training, but it didn't help.
Those gnolls will still desert in training, defecate or do some kind of reproduction, and it only takes a few minutes to leave the threat of death behind, and a group of people who are not afraid of death, whether it is their own people or enemies, will feel a headache.
If it weren't for the abundance of human and physical evidence to prove that these gnolls used a magical tactic on the frontal battlefield to defeat the berserker forces of the Yeats in the last battle, then they would not have wanted to believe that those difficult berserkers would actually die at the hands of such guys, and they would actually lose because of these guys.
It was a surprise, an accident, and an incredible surprise that a weak gnolla could defeat a group of berserkers on the battlefield with minimal losses of their own.
"Gnoll, Hogg. β
Attila's speech was as simple and concise as ever, but the three people present could still grasp her meaning from these five simple words, and it was a gnolla named Hogg who really played a decisive role in the battle against the Yaats.
And in the following period, he also succeeded in becoming the leader of the gnolls in the Karelian region, and in the two years under his leadership, the status of the gnolls in the army of Atila also rose rapidly, and in terms of status, he has surpassed those centaurs and humans, only below the mammoths and white bears.
Of course, other races, especially centaurs and the like, are not willing to accept such changes, but in the face of the gnolls led by Hogg, in the face of these guys who can win head-on even berserkers, they can only suppress their resentment and anger in their hearts and dare not show it, and more often only when talking about gnolls, they show a little contempt and contempt.
Attila meant to let the three knights delegate their power to the leader of the gnolls called Hogg, and let him manage the gnoll troops, that is, the gnoll troops were listed separately as a special case of the Attila army, and at the same time, Hogg's status was raised to the point where he was second only to the three knights and was only responsible to Attila.
This position allows Hogg to make independent judgments on the battlefield according to different situations, without the need for the consent of the three knights, and even he can refuse to accept orders from the three knights for the right reasons based on his own judgment.
Famine, Plague and Death The three knights were really stunned by Attila's words, and they admitted that Hogg was able to lead the gnolls to defeat the berserkers of the Yeats, and was able to make the status of the gnolls rise during this time, which was indeed an unusual ability, but they still didn't expect Attila to value each other so much and give such attention.
However, he quickly accepted Attila's orders, after all, the three knights are not the kind of people who fight for power, and the reason why they gathered under Attila is not for power, if Hogg can show his value on the battlefield, as he did last time, command the gnolls to defeat the powerful Scandinavian berserker forces and win for them, then it is not harmful to give him a little power, if Hogg has the ability to change the trend of normal warfare, then it is not impossible to give him a higher status as a rewardγ
"This is the end of the matter in the Ross steppe, all the evidence points to Alice's Baltic Empire, originally I thought that only Siegel would do such a thing, but I didn't expect that even that one would lose the honor of a warrior, and would only play these little tricks that couldn't get on the stage. β
The white-clad knight coldly changed the subject, and talked about the problem he had discovered in the Rus's steppes, where the merchants from across the sea had provoked the greed of the nobles and shamans with a few goods, and because of greed, they began to fight each other, plundering the wealth of others to enrich themselves and satisfy their own desires.
"No, Alice. β
Atira shook her head slightly, rejecting the white knight's speculation, her words were very firm, although there was no superfluous explanation, but it gave people the feeling that the truth should be like this.
"Yes, it can't be Alice. β
Famine, the only person who had dealt with Alice in the room, except for Attila, also added that according to the White Knight's account of the plague, he also felt that what happened in the Rose Meadows was slightly different from the way Alice had been acting, giving people the feeling of adding an inconspicuous poisonous needle to the fist on the surface.
"Don't forget, the current emperor of the Baltic Empire is a woman named Semiramis, and this time the affairs of the Rus steppe should also be her handiwork. β
The reason why the object of suspicion was not placed on Siegel was because everyone present knew the situation in the Baltic Sea, the Scandinavian Empire did not have so many merchants, nor did they have so many ships, and they did not have so many materials to provoke the ambitions of the people of the steppe, so that they asked for resources and engaged in cannibalism.
"Semiramis's? There's not a lot of information about her, and everything is unknown except for one name. β
Another knight dressed in green said lightly, for a long time before, the white plague and the green death were dealing with the affairs of the north of the territory, especially the matter of the northern frost giants and the centaur rebellion, all the information about Alice and Semiramis, they knew very little.
"Semiramis? It so happened that I had heard information about her, that Alice was said to have snatched a princess from the Assyrian Empire further south, and that she had defeated several other powerful suitors, including one of Egypt's strongest pharaohs (Tutankhamun: ???). β
There is no way, this information is still from the bard in the tavern, in order to increase the popularity, those guys will process each message to make it more in line with the audience's aesthetics, so the truth of the information is actually a thing worth considering.
"Never mind, front. β
Once again, Attila made a way to deal with it in concise and concise language, no matter what plan the other party had, and no matter what conspiracy the other party wanted to play, Atilla planned to lead the army to attack with dignity.
Perhaps, in Attila's opinion, as long as he can defeat the opponent on the battlefield, as long as he can kill all the enemies and cut off the heads of all opponents, then all the problems can be solved directly...... Violence can't solve all problems, but killing can.
"Ha, Lord Atila, if War hears this, it must be very happy. β
At this time, the plague couldn't help but smile with joy and confidence, and talked about his dead companion without the slightest sadness.
"War, it's a pity, with his strength he shouldn't have died in that battle. β
Death echoed on the other side, and there was no trace of sadness or anger in his tone, as if the dead war was not their companion for many years.
"War, lessons. β
Attila spoke again, her short words could easily lead the conversation into a dead end, maybe the Topic Terminator was talking about something like her.
"Lord Atila is right, the war guy, I hope that after this defeat, he can learn the lesson of defeat, but his war, whether it is defeat or victory, is essentially war. β
Speaking of this, Famine couldn't help but shake his head slightly, that stupid guy in red armor and red clothes, it is really a very difficult thing to make him reflect and grow, sometimes he really thinks, if the so-called war is like this, then why is this world not over until now.
"But he can't make it to this war, that red fool, I really want to see how crazy he looks. β
The plague next to him also interjected, he couldn't wait to see the war in a hurry, when everything was settled, and there was no war, that red fool would definitely be furious, clamoring to find the next target for the empire to start a war.
If you think about it carefully, it doesn't seem to be too much of a problem to use the red fool to describe the war guy, after all, the character of the war is very similar to the typical Scandinavians, and there are not so many fancy intestines when fighting.
"Well, I'd love to see that guy go crazy, it's called war, but the way of fighting is dignified fighting, where in the world there is a war. β
Death has also joined the ranks of complaining, because judging from the previous style of the war guy, there are really too many things to complain about.
"Sometimes I really wonder if Beowulf is his brother, after all, the two of them are so similar...... Well, maybe that's why he and Beowulf died together. β
"No, they all die. β
Atila strongly inserted into the topic, and then talked about the topic again, causing the scene to fall silent...... Two knights, you look at me, I look at you, but this is the first time I have heard such a statement.
The fact that the war was not due to the battle with Beowulf was a situation that could be of great news for both the Attila Empire and the Scandinavian Empire.
"Lord Atila...... Didn't the famine, the war, that red fool die with Beowulf? You were there at the time, didn't you see how he died?"
"Beowulf died at the hands of me and Master Attila, and the war fool...... She was used as a test subject by that Alice and died at the hands of a god who had been pulled down. β
To be precise, although the war ended with Sobek, who was pulled down by Alice, the culprit is still on Alice, but with the strength shown by Alice, there is no power that can kill the war with one blow. (Alice didn't use that blow to interrupt Alexander's lighthouse, and Famine was seen as a typical spellcaster.) οΌ
"Have you pulled the gods down from the main plane? hahaha, it's really funny, it seems that our red fool can get the title of a god killer in the future. β
The plague laughed loudly, although it was only Sobek's doppelganger who died with the war, but it was also a great thing to be able to die with the gods' doppelganger, and although the arrogant self-proclaimed godkiller would anger the gods, it was really not too much of a problem.