"Quite a formidable enemy. It's different from the enemies we've encountered before. Although his basic attributes are not too terrifying, his basic melee and pace levels must be very prominent, and his ability to control the battle situation is also quite strong. Galadia came to Xiao Yan's side, "Did you find it?" It's getting harder and harder to kill boss-level units with our stats. ”

"Well, the difficulty of the dimensional world is increasing." Xiao Yan nodded, "The period of being a novice has passed. Under the current mission difficulty, we may die if we make a slight mistake, and the punishment for failing the mission is obliteration. We have to be extra cautious. ”

……

Condé's soldiers suffered considerable losses in the encounter. The vassal knights were almost wiped out by a third, and the young count himself was wounded and carried out of the battlefield on stretchers by several people.

"Count Condé, well, I mean the elder Condé once commanded an elite cavalry of several hundred men." Xiao Yan looked at the down-and-out young earl, "In a frontal battle, we defeated the elite soldiers commanded by the leader of the troll tribe. ”

"Oh?!" Galadia raised her eyebrows, "So what?" It's a bit different from here! ”

"The old count is not here, and it is likely that he died in the last Battle of Odessa." Xiao Yan sighed, "Facing a high-level legendary creature like Beamon. The elite cavalry of humanity is like papier-mâché. After the death of the old earl, the elite of their family gradually withered. ”

"yes, yes." "I've just received word from Count Condé's herald that our team has been scattered across two locations on this mission, and that we need to return to Green Valley as soon as possible, where we can join up with Sonia and her Lamor family. ”

"Huh? So what were we just doing? Xiao Yan asked.

"I have here a copy of a letter from Sonia in which we have come as an emissary to persuade the Count of Condé to join the coalition and to help him exterminate the Masonic rebels that have appeared in Condé's domain. And then that's what happened. Galadia shrugged, "Look like this~ I don't think Count Condé and these militiamen can be of any use. ”

While the two were talking, a herald ran over: "Knight." Your Excellency, please come over. ”

Xiao Yan and Galadia immediately came to the poor little Count Condé. This brave young nobleman had injured his calf in the battle just now, and now he could not even ride a war horse.

"Thank you, Knight Brandon! Your prowess is well deserved. Condé was sweating in pain, but he insisted, "I'm sorry, I'm afraid I won't be able to go to Green Valley to meet Mademoiselle de la Morre. But I'll send our men to serve under the Count of Lamour's daughter, and I'll be sure to kill the damned Freemasons. ”

……

When Xiao Yan left the Count's side, he was followed by 300 Romanian auxiliaries from the Countdom of Condé and 5 feudal knights on foot without horses.

The morale of the infantry, armed with spears and wooden shields, was very dubious, and everyone was not armoured and could only rely on shields for a pitiful protection. The foot knights were well equipped and morale, but their meager numbers were not worth mentioning.

Condéling, who had been ravaged by the orcs a year ago and had recently been attacked by the Freemasons, was unable to provide more troops, or even adequate supplies.

In a few days, Xiao Yan will have to find a way to afford the military rations of these miscellaneous infantry.

Xiao Yan and Jialadiya, who were a little speechless, couldn't care less about being depressed, and rushed to Green Valley Town with this small team.

On the way, they met a messenger sent by the Lamor family. The messenger sent copies of two letters to Xiao Yan and Galadia, as well as a message from Sonya.

"The second letter from Prince Commodus.

August 4, 1072

daughter of the Count of Lamour,

Due to a sudden snowstorm, our arrival at Flint Town was delayed. By the time you receive this letter, we have set out from town and are on our way again. The place where the expedition of the Grand Duke of Tyulin disappeared is a few days east of here, and we will continue to pursue him.

Closer to Darsun, we were lucky enough to find some gnolls, the remnants of the orc tribe, and found hundreds of citizens, both adults and children, from their camp.

Had it not been for our timely arrival, these citizens would have been doomed to a very tragic end. Count's daughter, you can't imagine the hellish devastation I witnessed while patrolling the battlefield. The atrocities of the gnolls were so heinous that I and the enraged knights drove them into the river and drowned them without taking a single prisoner.

Do you know? A little boy named Amy thanked me by giving me his little tin soldier. I accepted Amy's gift and promised him in the name of the prince that I would protect him and his mother. This angelic little boy is a ray of light in hell.

After the crisis of the gnolls was resolved, the town of Darsun warmly welcomed our group. Once occupied by the undead, this beautiful place has now returned to the kingdom and the new settlers. The mayor and gentlemen told me that the undead and orcs still roam the wilderness. We routed and wiped out some the next day, but I personally didn't have time to organize another encirclement. To make up for it, I left a captain and 100 soldiers to train the local militia for defense.

The news of the undead faintly disturbs me. Although the event itself may not be complicated, and the number of remaining undead is very limited, I can't help but feel nervous when I read the local reports, which is a very strange feeling.

During this time, I was working on the investigation of the disappearance of the Grand Duke of Richelieu. Last night, at the tavern in Darsun, the nervous mayor handed me a letter from a mysterious stranger who claimed to be employed by a "lifeless" stranger. The mysterious man wrapped himself in a black cloak and couldn't see his face at all.

Inside the letter was a map of the area close to the last camp of the Grand Duke of Richelieu, and the inscription "Grand Duke of Richelieu" in red dye. It could be a clumsy trap, or it could be that some stranger is really trying to help us anonymously. Even though neither the intrigues of humans nor monsters can stop the armies I lead, I will let prudence lead us.

Thou faithful,

Commodus"

"Poof!" After reading it, Galadia laughed out loud, "Why do you want to circulate a copy of such a private letter, it's so embarrassing!" ”

It's really private...... What happened to Sonia and Prince in the setting in time we don't know? What's even more embarrassing is that I don't know what the relationship between Sonia and Xiao Yan is in terms of setting...... He even circulated his intimate letters with the prince to him.

The town of Darsun...... Xiao Yan remembered the experience of World Three. When the orc army broke through the Hearthfort and marched south to attack Odessa, Xiao Yan sent a group of Rangers to drop Suvant's hastily developed undead infection potion in Darson, Singleston, and Flint Town, and then quickly left. It didn't take long for the local inhabitants and civilians who had been captured by the orcs to become undead, destroying the orcs' forces and rushing straight to Odessa under the attraction of the catalyst.

However, what made him wonder was why there were still undead people near Darsun a year later? These undead, made from Suvot's primary elixir of the dead, are not powerful and have limited intelligence, and they can barely come in handy when it is to create chaos in Armageddon, and should be quickly wiped out in the face of encirclement by organized regular armies. This was proved by the reconstruction and resettlement of the towns of Darsun and Flint after that.

So, how did the new undead emerge? The man behind the first lure of Suvat on the path of the undead has never been found. There must be some connection between these things.

(End of chapter)