The Varla Empire had a somewhat similar legion to the Roman Empire.

Each regiment consisted of eight to ten brigades, each of which in turn consisted of six hundred-man brigades.

It is worth mentioning that the 'hundreds' of the Varla Empire's centurion does not mean that there are 100 soldiers, but that there are 100 people, including logistics and the like.

In fact, a hundred-man squad has a number of 60 to 70 soldiers, and there are 10 to 20 vacancies reserved for the Holy Cult Army, the mage team, the night walker or some other special profession for the supplementary group, and the logistics of the last twenty or so people.

Hernis is the commander of the Royal Third Legion of the Warla Empire, commanding more than 3,500 soldiers in total, and there are more than 300 Nightkin troops to command, and the combat effectiveness alone may not be as good as the First Legion and the Second Legion, but except for those two main forces, this force can basically run rampant in the Valla country.

"Let me lead the army to hunt down, encircle and suppress cultists or something, it's overkill! My emperor is good at everything, but he is too cautious. ”

Hernis couldn't help but grumble in the marching tent.

"Because the cultists brutally killed Lord Mephistopheles, and the ordinary garrison troops are no match for the cultists - Mr. Gordon, who was in charge of the matter before, not only failed to catch them, but was cut off by them sneaking into the barracks and cutting off their heads—that's why Your Majesty is so furious that he sent you, the general, to encircle and suppress them."

A staff officer in the tent, who at first glance could not help but be reminiscent of a kobold, leaned his back, sneered and comforted Elnes, saying, "Doesn't this just show that you are very important in your majesty's heart, General!" ”

"Hmph, Mephistopheles don't die so easily, and the death of their bodies is only a temporary defeat for them......" Hernis sneered and shook his head: "In addition, if General Ben is really so valued, in the war between the Empire and the Grand Duchy of Romero during the frost season, our emperor will not only take the first and second legions." ”

"That's because the mainland also needs to be guarded by the legion, and if Your Majesty really doesn't value the general, it is impossible to hand over the territory to you to guard with peace of mind, right?" The staff officer, who looked like a kobold, patted his ass and said, "As long as the general can perfectly complete His Majesty's task this time, maybe he can also fight for a legion name for the Third Legion." ”

"Come on, the name of the legion is not so easy to fight, the first legion only got the legion name of the 'Broken Lion' after defeating Tiera more than ten years ago, and the second legion also obtained the legion name of the 'Shield of Rock' after almost losing its establishment in the previous war, and it was impossible to win the legion name for the third legion by only encircling and suppressing a few cultists."

Elnis snorted coldly: "And it wasn't the Third Army that guarded the homeland before, we were just like the role of the reserve army and firefighters...... Forget it, there's nothing to say about this kind of thing with guys like you. Go and ask me how the encirclement and suppression situation is at the front. ”

"The general doesn't have to worry, there will be no problem with just three or four cultists who have slipped through the net."

The kobold-looking counselor nodded, and then pulled out a steel drill from behind and inserted it into his temple, and immediately his eyes rolled with a strange expression, and if he had to describe it, it would give people a feeling of 'broken'.

However, the strange thing is that there is not a single drop of blood or brain pulp coming out of the part where the steel drill is inserted, as if it has just been pierced into a piece of mud.

After a while, the kobold-looking staff officer pulled the steel drill out of his temple, allowing him to temporarily regain his ability to speak: "General, the progress is going well, those cultists have been forced to death by the army, and there is also an enchantment set up by the shadow mages around, they are already like slimes in the urn, and it is completely difficult to fly!" ”

"That's good...... But no matter how many times you watch this magic technique, you think it's weird. Hernis looked at the appearance of a steel drill in his staff officer's head, and couldn't help but complain.

"No way, this is the 'ritual' of our church, so that you can synchronize with the thinking of your companions on the other side......" The kobold-looking staff officer just said this, and his face suddenly changed: "Wait a minute, there is an emergency!" The barrier seems to have been broken by an alien force...... The shadow mages in the enchantment class began to foam at the mouth as if they had been hit by something! ”

"What!"

Shocked by hernis, she got up and wanted to ask the other party for clarification.

But at this time, the kobold-looking staff officer screamed: "Wait, what's that?" Arrow ......"

Before he could finish speaking, his whole head exploded like an overripe watermelon as if someone had shot an arrow from eight kilometers away.

The steel drill also exploded, and with a screech, it slashed through Hernis's cheek and finally pierced the wall of the tent behind him, flying out into nowhere.

"Damn it!"

Hernis immediately walked out of the tent and shouted, "It's an enemy attack!" The 4th and 5th Brigades hurried to the front line to prepare for support! The mage team went to make up for the lack of the enchantment class, and immediately pulled up the enchantment, don't be run away by those cultists! ”

As a result, the troops of the reserve units that were still stationed at the edge of the enchantment and were more leisurely were immediately mobilized and entered the enchantment to replenish their combat strength.

Then they saw a dazzling light explode in the sky above the barrier, and then turned into countless meteors and slid down, and finally marked a bright point of light on everyone's head, making the originally extremely dim shadow barrier feel like a flowing galaxy!

"It's the enemy's magic! Mage class, get rid of this mark! "As the general of the legion, Hernis still has this awareness, and immediately understands what will go wrong if he is marked by the enemy under this kind of vision, and immediately gives the order.

"I'm sorry General, but we can't remove this mark for the time being...... The caster is very high, and he is a 'Pope' or even a 'Holy Son' level existence! ”

After attempting the expulsion, the head of the mage team quickly reported back to Hernis: "Forcibly covering can only be carried out slowly by one person......

"Damn, did you contact the troops in front? How many reinforcements are there from the enemy? ”

Having lost the means to quickly contact the troops at the front, Hernis couldn't help but ask anxiously.

"Judging by the communication magic transmitted from the front line......" The leader of the rather old mage team was stunned for a moment after interpreting the signal of the communication magic, and then said: "It's four people, attacking the enemy reinforcements of our four-thousand-man legion...... There are only four people! ”

Hernis looked confused for a moment, but immediately realized something.

He seemed to struggle inwardly for a moment, and finally sighed.

"Order, the whole army—"

"Yes, sir!" The head of the mage team immediately began to prepare the communication magic.

"Retreat!"

"Yes, big ...... My lord? The leader of the mage team looked at Hernis in astonishment.

"With just four people attacking our legion, do you think they're the kind of crazy people with bad brains? Although I don't want to admit it, the cultists who were encircled and killed before did cause a lot of trouble to my soldiers, and the people who were reinforcements were definitely stronger than those cultists. ”

Elnis said coldly: "Those guys either have some hidden means of mass destruction, or they have combat effectiveness at the army level...... Didn't you also say that there were pope-level figures in it? This is no longer a war that ordinary people can meddle in! In that case, there is no need for the soldiers to continue to die, pass my order, and the whole army retreats! ”