Chapter 269: The Wind
Ryo credits his survival to God's blessing, but Nicole doesn't. Personal experience and insight determine many things and affect everyone's judgment. The hardships at the bottom have given Ryo many valuable qualities, such as tenacity and forbearance. But the circumstances that created all of this also determined that he could not have much knowledge.
A lot of hearsay is just a fresh embellishment in Ryo's boring life. These things sound fun, interesting, and worthless. So, he's not trying to connect some of the information, trying to think about the impact that these things might have.
In recent decades, the coastal zone of the demons has been constantly attacked, and the situation has become more and more serious.
As a consortium, although the members of the demon race are complex and look weird, they always have some human-like characteristics to a greater or lesser extent, and they will always find some similarities with each other. But the creatures that invaded from the coast completely subverted their cognition, and they were a group of outright monsters.
Coastal harassment was initially not taken seriously. It is not incomprehensible that a few monsters occasionally appear in this world, causing some commotion. There are many things that don't need to be dealt with, and most of them will disappear after a few years. So as long as it doesn't intrude on densely populated towns, no one cares.
Until one day, a monster went deep into the interior, and then someone noticed a strange camp by the sea.
For this camp with a shallow foundation, the demon army easily wiped it out. After the war, nothing of value was found, and they suddenly appeared there, as if they had come out of the sea.
The victory was too easy for everyone to slacken, but the consequences were severe. After a period of indulgence, when the demons wanted to clean up again, they found that such camps could be found everywhere along the long coastline.
A large-scale cleanup was launched, and the army still encountered little resistance, and it seemed that these monsters had come to die. Maybe it's really here to send him to death, and the endless stream is the situation that the demons have been facing for a long time.
The change came very suddenly, and one team encountered stubborn resistance during a routine clean-up operation. After that encounter, the demons made a new discovery. They saw fairly sophisticated weapons and armor on their opponents, and found several small wooden boats on the beach.
At that time, the demons had a rough judgment on the monsters that first appeared on the beach, vassals or domesticated.
Then things happened, and a white mist began to gather around the monster's camp. Only then did the demons realize that the surface buildings of those camps might just be a faΓ§ade, because even the destroyed camps were covered in thick fog.
The fog accumulates more and more, gradually extending towards the land and the sea. The army of the demons also fell into passivity, and the dense fog that gathered but did not disperse became the biggest enemy. In the thick fog they heard only their voices, but they did not see their people.
After several fruitless attempts, the army retreated in the face of a growing fog. The fog seemed to have to rely on the ocean to sustain it, so the land area obscured by the fog was very limited.
As the fog ceased to extend, the army settled on its edge and began a peaceful standoff. When the fog was accepted after a few years had passed, and the troops on duty had become more and more familiar, trouble really began. Soldiers on patrol disappeared one after another, and the remaining traces pointed to the direction of the culprit - dense fog.
The war broke out again, but the demons no longer had an absolute advantage, and the two sides actually fought back and forth.
Nicole understands this and has been involved in the war over there. Although that kind of participation was more like a bystander under heavy protection, it left a very deep impression on her.
Nicole sat in the study of the City Lord's Mansion, her fingers moving slowly on the spread map. According to the information provided by Ruiou, the demon army outside the mountain pass has retreated. If you give up there, it means giving up a hundred miles of land nearby.
Without any messenger or negotiation, if they suddenly retreat so inexplicably, then the demons must be in big trouble. And with Nicole's understanding, there is only one who can cause trouble.
This was a good opportunity, and Nicole quickly sent her analysis back to Wings, only to get a reply a few days later.
Lily sat in the tower, flipping through the messages in her hands. After receiving Nicole's report, she asked Khan to compile the relevant information into a book.
Siri stood behind her sister and looked at the booklet together. When the war was distilled into lines of short, clear information, it seemed so boring that she lost interest just by reading a few pages. She began to pick and choose descriptions of monsters to appease her little curiosity.
Lily was also impatient, and after a cursory scan, she tossed the book to Cire. There was nothing she was interested in here, just a school of small fish and shrimp that didn't make any sense.
If only I had been on the island at the time, at least I would have seriously fought with that blister to find out the real gap between the two sides. Bran, a coward, knows how to run, but now he doesn't know what to do.
Looking at my sister beside me, I just wanted to say that I should be braver in the future, face danger head-on, and have difficulties, but the words stopped when I came to my mouth.
"What do you want to say?" said Qianrui, looking up at her sister.
"Learn more from your fourth brother in the future, don't be too impulsive, just run if you can't beat it. β
Hearing this, Qian Rui took a deep breath, "I don't learn from him, stingy ghost!"
"He's not stingy with you. β
Qian Rui didn't bother to argue, she just snorted through her nose.
"Are you jealous of me?"
"Nope!"
"For a while, he wanted to give you the Northland. Just knowing that you won't take it, so I didn't mention it. As he spoke, he beckoned the little dragon that was coiled on Siri's shoulder into his hand, "This is the most precious gift he has ever given. β
Seria pouted, "This is mine." β
Lily pinched the dragon's tail and shook it around, "He has very high expectations for you, and even hid his newborn flesh here." β
Lily smiled at Siri, "He's so generous! I played a game with your fourth brother before, and when our magic comes together, some interesting changes happen. β
With the words, Lily lit a trace of golden light into the little dragon's body, and the little dragon instantly exuded vitality.