Night.

Soma Alliance's southern capital Char, in a nondescript courtyard room in the city.

The bright lights were shining, and an old man with a black face was sitting behind his desk, squinting at a map on the table, which was the distribution of the border troops of the Sika Kingdom and the Soma Alliance.

Looking at it, the map is densely covered with red and blue dots, and the strongholds of the two sides are intertwined, and the situation is complicated.

One of the locations is marked with a large black cross, around which many red and blue dots are gradually approaching, like a powder keg that has ignited the war.

The black-faced old man looked at it for a long time, slowly raised his head, as if he heard something, and looked out of the door.

There was a sound of "click" footsteps, accompanied by a "squeak", the door was pushed open, and a middle-aged man in a blue robe and blue eyes walked in.

The middle-aged man first glanced at the black-faced old man respectfully, and then said in a loud voice: "Lord Oscar, the situation has been clarified. ”

"Figuring it out?" the black-faced old man's eyebrows moved, "So what's going on, let's talk about it." ”。

"Yes. The middle-aged man's expression was straight, and he said quickly.

"According to the information investigated by the people below, today's incident is indeed the first move of the Sika Kingdom. They tried to pull out a garrison on our border near Newburgh, but we discovered it in the process, and a battle broke out.

At the beginning of the battle, because we were defenseless, we were defeated, and one army wizard was killed in battle, and the soldiers and knights in the outpost and surrounding outposts suffered heavy casualties. However, our rear was not slow to react, and a large force was soon dispatched to support. And the Sika Kingdom, on the other hand, also sent a follow-up force and broke out a medium-sized battle with us near the stronghold.

The fighting was fierce, with no small casualties on both sides, so there was a chain reaction. Both the kingdom of Sika and we have more troops stimulated to try to engage in large-scale battles that cover almost half of the line. Fortunately, the middle-level officers on both sides did not lose their heads, and the top brass also responded in a timely manner, limiting the scale of the battle, which did not produce more serious consequences.

In the end, the Sika did not take advantage of anything, although they destroyed the three reconnaissance posts on our border, but the garrison stronghold was supported, so the impact on the defense line was not great, and it would not take long to restore the previous state, and even strengthen it.

In the process, although we killed an army wizard and killed many soldiers and knights, the army wizard who attacked the other side was also killed by the two wizards we supported, leaving behind hundreds of soldiers' corpses.

On the whole, the Sika people did not get any favors, and even suffered losses. After all, it was a battle that took place on our turf, so their corpses could only remain. We won't give them back easily, and we will have to give them some blood, maybe in exchange for a batch of our captured scouts. Our defensive line, in this sneak attack, can be regarded as standing the test, as long as the Sika people are not stupid, they will not carry out the same operation again in the short term. ”

"Whew, that's it, my lord. At the end, the middle-aged man exhaled lightly and looked at the black-faced old man with an inquiring gaze, "My lord, what do you think about this?"

After listening to a long paragraph, the black-faced old man did not rush to speak, as if he was thinking about the information in the words. After pacing in the room for more than ten seconds, he looked at the middle-aged man and said slowly: "As far as today's incident is concerned, the people of the Sika Kingdom, like us, should not be ready for a full-scale war. They are not stupid and know that neither of our countries is an ordinary country, and no matter what purpose they want to start a war for, in addition to the mobilization of military forces, logistics are more important.

In this respect, we have an advantage over the kingdom of Sika. On the one hand, our territory is larger than that of the other side, and we have more spare energy to prepare for war. On the other hand, a large part of the opponent's territory is an uninhabited desert, which has additional difficulties in transportation, as well as in other categories.

Of course, some unstable elements in our country are a huge hidden danger on our side, but on the whole, we have an advantage over the Sika Kingdom - time is on our side, and we can afford to drag it out better than Sika. ”

While listening to the black-faced old man, the middle-aged man nodded, his face showing a teachable look.

The black-faced old man thought for a moment, looked at the middle-aged man and asked, "By the way, how is Your Majesty's side?" Your Majesty should have also received news from the front, what is his attitude?"

"If you go back to your lordship, Your Majesty's statement is similar to yours, and Your Majesty also thinks that we have an advantage over the Sika Kingdom. The middle-aged man replied, "Your Majesty thinks that since today's matter has not been expanded, it is better to proceed according to the previous plan. ”

"Good. The black-faced old man nodded his head in agreement, pondered for a moment, and then said, "However, then again, the Sika Kingdom can sneak attack and provoke today, and it is inevitable that it will not do this in the future, we still have to minimize some variables." You inform the people in the south and ask them to speed up the progress as much as possible without affecting the plan. ”

"Would you like to ask Your Majesty?" the middle-aged man asked.

"No, I'll tell Your Majesty personally. The black-faced old man said.

"Yes. The middle-aged man didn't ask any more questions, bent over, turned around and walked out.

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South.

Char's South.

The Southern Free Federation, a remote village surrounded by forests.

The night was like a heavy black cloth hanging in the air, obscuring people's eyes. The night was already deep, and the whole village was left without light, and fell into absolute darkness, motionless and silent in the wind, like a group sculpture.

In the forest outside the village, many straight trees are similar, standing like sculptures.

The whole area was dead silent.

I don't know how long it took, but suddenly there was a slight "rustling" sound that grew from the forest around the village.

Dozens of figures emerged from the darkness and approached the village from the forest.

However, they did not go out of the forest, but stopped near the edge of the forest, and pulled out carrot-like cones carved from crystal out of nowhere.

The surface of the cone is engraved with intricate magic patterns, apparently a spell item, which is held in the hand by the human figure and then activated.

Mana poured out of his body and poured into the crystal cone, and a faint fluorescence of light blue appeared.

"Gram...... Nash...... Rose!"

The figure recited an obscure incantation, followed by the last byte exit, bent down and stabbed the crystal cone into the ground.

"Poof!"

The crystal cone seemed to have life, and the moment it touched the ground, its shape changed, and it quickly burrowed into the ground and disappeared.

The figure's body shook, and at this moment they instantly formed a mysterious connection with the large area under their feet, allowing them to sense the subtle movements of the vast area below.

To put it simply, they cast a spell en masse and sealed off the underground space in this area.

With that done, a figure turned its head to look deeper into the forest, and opened its mouth to let out a high-pitched sound.