"You madman... To destroy the Broken Mountain Fortress?!"

Really......

The moment Drexis's angry roar echoed through the lab, Isaac, who rolled his eyes, immediately showed a "just like I thought" expression.

In a journal written to himself many years later, Isaac Grantham described his feelings at the time:

"For a person who has ideas and is willing to do things, even if he is not a genius, he is not doing great things - the most difficult and almost impossible thing to accomplish is not to get things done, because he has already been mentally prepared for that.

The hardest thing to do... It's to explain to other people what they're doing and why they're doing it.

You'll find that you don't understand why the other person is asking, and even if you do try to figure it out, you'll find that the other person can't figure out what you're explaining at all.

Having one mouth explain a problem to two ears is simply the scariest thing in the world... Because before you open your mouth, the other party already has the "expected" answer in their hearts.

So it turned out to be nothing more than two - the real one, and the one he wanted to hear.

The latter is basically tantamount to deception, and if you explain the problem seriously... Not to mention whether he can accept it, if he does, his first reaction is probably that you are fooling or lying to him.

It's like anyone who sees this journal at this moment except me probably can't understand my mood and feelings at that time.

And if you can understand, maybe because you have a similar experience, that is... I got the answer to the "what you want to hear" ......"

"I need an explanation——!"

Dresis' roar brings Isaac, who rolls his eyes, back to reality.

In the empty laboratory, there was a dead silence.

In the face of the angry Drexis, Isaac was surprisingly calm, and there was not the slightest hint of mockery or contempt in his gaze.

Replaced by him before he got married... I'm afraid that I would have pointed at the heads of these potatoes and ridiculed them, and then made a particularly profound remark about how "genius" I am.

"Dresis... Your Excellency, what kind of commander, you don't want any explanation. Isaac raised his gaze, his voice was small, but it was still loud enough for everyone present to hear:

"I was wrong, as long as I obey your orders, the Broken Mountain Fortress will definitely be able to hold... That's what you want to hear. ”

"You want me to say that the Broken Mountain Fortress can be defended. ”

"You ——?!"

Suddenly startled, Drexis instinctively grabbed Isaac's collar and lifted the sloppy and thin wizard up:

"Isaac Grantham, you, you......" The voice of the deputy commander of the fortress trembled violently, desperately suppressing the burning anger in his heart:

"You want to say Broken Mountain Fortress... Can't you hold it?!"

"I didn't say that. Isaac, who did not resist, sighed and looked at him in the eye: "I just calculated and came to the conclusion I needed." ”

"If you need us to hold the fortress, it is definitely not going to be defended, and if you don't think you need us... So why are you here, and what are we doing and what does it matter to the survival of the fortress?"

Frightened and angry, Drexis gritted his teeth, his right hand clutching Isaac's collar still trembling.

"You're... Who the hell is assertive of this self-righteous wizard who has given you such privileges?!"

"Say!Who gave you the power?!"

"I gave it to him. ”

The slight voice of words interrupted Drexis's questioning without warning.

The deputy commander of the fortress, who was still furious just now, suddenly froze as if he had been electrocuted, and stood motionless.

The knights and wizards in the laboratory looked at each other in surprise, turning their gaze in the direction from which the voice came.

Conrad de Salion, with a blank face, stood alone in front of the door, holding his hands.

"Your Majesty is here ——!"

In a hurried burst of cheers, the officers and wizards fell to their knees on one knee as Conod marched, like a split wave.

The stunned Drexis turned his head blankly, looking at the figure walking towards him at a loss.

"Your Majesty, I don't know ......"

"If you don't know what to do, let's put our Sir Isaac down. Conod, who was expressionless, glanced at the megalomaniac wizard with a red face struggling like a lobster: "If you're going to strangle him, then ......"

"Ah......h

Hurriedly letting go of Isaac, who was almost suffocated, Drexis quickly lowered his head, the corners of his mouth tightened.

After a period of panic, the surrounding wizards and knights finally mustered up their courage and stepped forward one after another.

"Ask whatever you want. Looking at his expression, Conrad said quietly, "As the first commander of the Broken Mountain Fortress, you are already qualified to know all the secrets. ”

Dresis, who clenched his fists tightly and didn't dare to look directly into Conod's eyes, said with difficulty: "Your Majesty, you just said that what Isaac Grantham did was what you allowed ......"

"That's right. ”

A faint sentence is like a bolt from the blue to Drex!

"Acquiescence, to be precise. Conod's eyes were down, always observing his expression: "I know what he's doing, and I haven't stopped him." ”

"Why?!"

This is the last thing that Drexis understands: "Could it be that in your opinion, Your Majesty, the Broken Mountain Fortress will definitely fall?!"

"Don't you believe that under your rule, the Empire... Can't even hold the Broken Boundary Mountain Fortress?!"

The unwilling questioning echoed in the laboratory, causing the expressions of those present to be somewhat stunned.

Conod, as if by default, did not say a word from beginning to end.

A minute later, Conod finally met Drex's unchanging gaze.

"Ernst Drexis, and all of you. Conod said in a deep voice, "What is our mission?"

Everyone's expressions were stunned.

"Is it to establish a feat in the Fortress of Broken Mountain, to kill the Azorean elves, to kill more Azorean elves, or to kill all the elves?" The Supreme Emperor of the Empire, his fiery red gaze swept majestically:

"Neither, we're here because we have to hold on to this place - because if we fail, the enemy will be able to go all the way in and destroy the foundations of the Empire, and we... There will be no room to fight back!"

"So for five days, we have been fighting the enemy to the end at all costs, and we have always persevered, refusing to give up even the slightest hope - because if we give up, no one will help us pick it up!"

"We are not here to prove ourselves, not to be for glory and wealth and status, but because if we are not there, there will be no one to take our place. ”

Inside the lab, Conod's voice grew louder and higher. The fiery eyes stared at everyone who looked at him, or dared not look into his eyes:

"It is true that we will do everything in our power to keep the enemy out of the fortress of Broken Mountain, and I would like to believe that all of you under the command of Drexis will be able to do the best you can to complete impossible battles. ”

"I believe you... Ladies and gentlemen, if you need to prove it, I myself don't mind standing side by side with you at the height of the battle – many of you have fought alongside me, and you all know that I am right. ”

"But that's why, because what we're doing is so important, because we all know what happens if the enemy breaks through the fortress and goes south?"

"A million people in the imperial capital are counting on us, thousands of people in Sackland are counting on us, the whole empire... Thousands of ordinary people living on their own land are counting on our victory, but we must prepare for the worst!"

"If we fight to the death, who will be able to appear under the Broken Mountain Fortress at a critical moment?"

"If we repel the elves, the monsters have launched another invasion?"

"If the enemy of Eboden suddenly moves north, repulses our reinforcements, and flanks the fortress of Broken Mountain... And what?"

"Ladies and gentlemen, we have so many concerns, we... I really can't afford to lose, and I can't afford to lose once. Standing in place, Conrad said in a loud voice:

"Therefore... Connad de Salion beseeches you to bring me victory, if not, ......"

"Then please do a good job of going with Broken Mountain... Determination to burn it to the ground!"

Voices echoed through the hall.

Drexis, who was still with his head down, trembled in his hands and feet, and his face was hot.

Throughout the lab, almost everyone thought that His Majesty Conod's words were an opportunity to boost morale and rejuvenate the warriors who had fought for five days and nights, but ......

Only him... Only Drexis understands that this is not the case.

This is not Conod's style at all!

From the first day of his reign, His Majesty was extremely disgusted with any speech to the soldiers, and he preferred the implementation of orders and prohibitions, so that every soldier could understand his mission and the plan to be carried out as much as possible.

Conod was even more opposed to telling the soldiers from the very beginning of the battle to be determined to fight to the death - a battle against the odds can indeed have the effect of mourning the victory of the soldiers, but at the same time, it will also make more soldiers who have little courage even more depressed, and no longer have the confidence to fight for survival.

So, it's not that Your Majesty is boosting morale, it's covering up mistakes.

Cover him... Dresis's mistake.

From the moment he broke into the laboratory, His Majesty knew that he was not here to find the cause of the problem, but to find a scapegoat, a scapegoat who could take responsibility for his failure to complete his mission and defend the fortress of Broken Mountain in the event of a "just in case"!

For his own sake, His Majesty Connad had to go against the norm and preach this slogan of "fight to the death" in public!

....................................

It wasn't until Drexis, with a complicated expression, left the laboratory with the knightly officers that Conod turned around and looked at Isaac, who had been crouching next to him without saying a word:

"How's it going?"

"Do you mean the preparation of the magic array, or when will this system work?"

Isaac, who crossed Erlang's legs and had sloppy hair, shrugged his shoulders and asked very casually: "If it is the previous one, it will take at least a week - I have no experience at all in this kind of large magic array, let alone find someone with experience, so I can only grope for it little by little." ”

"Corona, the only one with experience in this area, also... Forget it, I won't mention the dead, anyway, it will take five or six days at the earliest to be fully prepared, but ......"

"But if you just want to meet our expectations, you don't need to complete the entire magic array. ”

Glancing at the complex patterns under his feet, Conod said coldly, "It's just... Isn't it too difficult for Sir Isaac Grantham to cause an earthquake and destroy the Broken Mountain fortress and bury it under a collapsed mountain, so that the enemies of the north can't pass through it?"

"It's so easy to say, and the tone is not small. ”

Slowly getting up, holding his shoulders, Isaac's face was not embarrassed: "But I like it!"

Conod's eyes narrowed.

"Isaac, you should understand, if it really comes to that point, the Broken Mountain Fortress has to be sealed... Loren Turin is equivalent to cutting off his only way back. ”

"You're doing this like killing your own friends with your own hands, or even leaving thousands of people in the ice fields with nowhere to escape. ”

That's right... If the Broken Mountain Fortress is destroyed, even if the defenders in the fortress can all evacuate in time, Loren Turin and the thousands of warriors who are still in the Valley of Bloody Bones will really not be able to leave this glacial wasteland!

"I know. Isaac nodded approvingly:

"It's better that that guy let me stay because he knew this, and he gave me the task of defending the Broken Mountain Fortress no matter what—since it was no matter what, it should be reasonable not to take his life into account, right?"

"Of course... As his senior, I trust his abilities, but I also care about his life and death, and after holding the fortress of Broken Mountain, I will leave here and go to the Valley of Bones to find him, no problem, right?"

Conod nodded, and didn't ask much nonsense like "how do you get there".

I see, did the wizard plan it all before leaving?

Putting aside your own safety for the sake of your goals and setting up a holistic plan, and in the worst case scenario, ensuring that the most basic plan is realized—so carefully, so meticulously.

is worthy of being a chess piece that is favored by his father......

"Well, then, Isaac, Isaac. Conod said softly, "I'll find a way to inform you when necessary." ”

"Well, leave it to me. Yawning, Isaac waved at him:

"It's so late, let's get some rest, big cousin. ”

Big cousin......

Connod's expression twitched, and he walked to the door of the laboratory without saying a word.

"Woo————————!!!!"

Before he could leave, a hurried trumpet sounded, and a pale-faced Drexis hurried back from outside:

"The Azorean elves raided the fortress, please go to the tower immediately to take refuge in ——!"

.。 m.