Act XVII: Brando's Army
It's a different story than in the game, where the vast labyrinth in the heart of the Frost Forest remained silent until the time of Eternal Darkness, and the Kovar sisters died on the seventh expedition of the Silver Years, accomplished by the Wheel of Fantasy, the strongest player guild in Eruin at the time. The Year of the Forest, named after the rapid spread of the Black Forest on the border of Faenzan, in which Madara defeated the Wind Elves and headed for its heyday, and in the following five years, the Battle of the Slope Forest broke out in the Year of the Astrology, but another major event occurred in this year that took the player's eyes off the destruction of the small country of Eruin, the Autumn Twilight of the Year of Astrology, the Holy War that lasted intermittently for nearly half a century came to an end in the White Stone Field, and in Ansta, the first War Slate was excavated, after which the player discovered the Great Ruins of Agarst, only three months later, the symbol of the moon of the koto, the third daughter of Isis, Misa, was killed.
Brando suddenly remembered that the Moon of Jean and Lyra were symbols of fate and the source of power for the witches of the Destiny line, to which Roman and her aunt had once belonged.
He shook his head slightly.
The following year, in the Year of the Bright Moon, the gloomy Maya and the indifferent Atlas were killed, and in seven months it was the most powerful player guild in Cruz, the Bloodstreamers, who had done both. Five years later, the king of the mountains, Charliefinger, was crowned in the Grey Fortress, and in St. Osor, the inhabitants of the Cloud Mountains witnessed the wolves devouring the moon, and then five twilight wolves descended on St. Otol, and in the autumn twilight, the song of the nightingale struck the wise Trace, and the other four daughters of Isis, the whispering maiden Octavi, the beautiful Tadisha, the arrogant Agatha, and the hypocritical Castinia.
These achievements were completed by the Guardian of Devotion from St. Osor, the Oak Knights. Princess Dark's personal guard is the largest player organization in St. Osor, as for the name of the last guild, there is no doubt that Princess Ramona has always been a star-level figure in St. Osor, and there was also a relatively large player guild called Little Princess's underwear collection enthusiast organization, but the elf royal family couldn't bear it. directly declared it an illegal organization to send a forbidden army to exterminate it, thinking of these interesting things back then, Brando couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth.
A year later, in the year of the Dragon Shadow in the first period, the Golden Palace Ruins dungeon group was discovered, and in this dungeon there was a battle that was claimed to be the most epic battle ever, and the top 100 large player guilds of Vaynd in ten months were defeated here, because their enemy was the proud Golden Sea, the most powerful of the twelve daughters of Isis.
Until two years later. The legend was brought to an end, and in four hundred and thirty-six years, the year of the long night, the proud Jin Hai was killed, and the silent maiden Oedisus was killed.
In the year of the wolf, the youngest daughter of Isis, and the most popular boss among players. In the month of heresy, the flawless Timis was killed. Afterwards, Esis was in the southern border of the former Eruin. The White Mountains, the Great Glacier and the Elranta appear in many places, and the final battle begins, the Earth Sage Elranta is reborn, and after three years of hard fighting, the player finally kills the wolf of dusk in the Alkash Mountains.
Next year. In the year 440 of the First Age, eternal darkness fell, and the Second Age began, and the Slate War came to an end.
But at this moment, there was an inflection point in history at the end of the year of the sword in the three hundred and seventy-sixth year. Milos vanished himself, the labyrinth beneath the glaciers of the Dead Frost Forest was completely wiped out, and the Kohua sisters survived, and more importantly, the news from the north also unnerved Brando. The Lion's Torquinen Fortress, the Cruz Border City of Wallez, and the Wind Elves' Oskine Harbor were all hit by the destruction of Miรจ magic at the same time, and now the three parties are suspicious of each other who is the real murderer, although the upper echelons are still wondering, but the ashes of the three cities have intensified the contradictions at the lower levels, and now the power of the Earth Temple, the Fire Temple, and the Wind Queen Temple is basically equivalent to sitting on a powder keg, just waiting for a spark to detonate. The information revealed in this weighs on Brando, so it only represents the possibility that the holy war that really began in history in the year of the Holy White Griffon may be fought sooner.
After that, the future of this world will be in chaos, his advantage over the future will be gone, and history will finally return to square one at this moment, as if pulling all its participants back to the same starting line. Because of this, Brando has a deep sense of urgency, the advantages that Eruin has accumulated over this time are far from enough, in fact, this ancient kingdom has no advantages at all, but only reversed some of the previous disadvantages.
But it's still small, it's still weak, and although it has connections with the dragons and the Bugas, and the domestic form is much better than the Eruin in the game, it's not enough.
"There's a lot going on in the Dead Frost Forest, and it's true that it's not the same history as we remember, but Esis is still far away, and I'm more worried about the present. Korva manipulated the will of Milos to attack Wallez, Torquinen and Oskine, and now the border of Torquinine, Cruz and St. Ossol is in turmoil, and I don't let Korva, especially the dark Korva, leave, because I am afraid that she will reveal the events of the day. Brando replied.
"I'm afraid that's not all, do you think they are the key to the turning point in the future, according to us - in that 'game' - I still remember some details in the dream, such as characters like Kou Hua, according to the dream called NPCs, in such a large plot, they must be the key plot nodes. Brando, do you think you can get a good out of it? Nimesis asked in a low voice, and after the exchange in the Dead Frost Forest, she gradually became less repulsive to the memories of her past dreams.
Brando was startled, he suddenly realized that he might have such a plan, purely because of his subconscious habits in the past, but not necessarily for the sake of benefit, he just wanted to make this change within the scope of his control. He had a vague sense of insecurity in his heart, a feeling that had become more pronounced since he had come into this world, and he sometimes wondered why he had returned to the end of the year of the three hundred and seventy-fifth year of flowers and summer leaves, and whether it was just to save Eruin. So what about that shadowy prophecy about the dark dragon?
He subconsciously glanced at the corner of the hall, where the witches were sitting. Whispering, they seem to have learned Roman's identity lately, and thus have become more respectful of him.
"You're upset." Nimesis replied, "Actually, there is no need, just do the same as before, do it to the best of your ability, I believe you can do it well." โ
Brando turned around. looked at her with some surprise, this sentence didn't sound like it came from the mouth of a female knight, and he almost thought that he heard Senior Sister Bai Jia preaching to him. He looked at the other party for a moment, but was glared at by the other party, Nimesis turned her head and asked again as if she didn't care, "So, what you care about is actually the situation of the holy war in the future?" โ
Brando nodded, indeed, and asked, "Who do you think will make the first move?" He pretended to be listening to the others arguing about how to attack Jean Denel's plan. But in fact, his mind was not on this at all, and he had already drifted to the border between Cruz and the steppe. Nimesis looked down at the map on the table, which did not show the territory of the Cruz Empire, but only a partial topographic map of the Silman region, but she also seemed to see the rolling hills southwest of Cruz, and whispered: "The Toquinine Fortress is very symbolic to the Golden-Maned Lionmen, I guess they will be the first to resist and attack the Alstom region." Just like in history. โ
Brando's mind was full of Veronica's words, and he had been thinking about how credible the Imperial military's words were. But Nimesis's words shocked him to realize that she also knew about the plans of the Cruz army, on the one hand, she also wanted to stay in Valhalla, and bow her head to Prince Lenarita and the others without looking up, and on the other hand, she was the person in charge of Her Royal Highness the princess's stay with him, since he had communicated with the princess. Then there is no need to hide from this female knight. The point is that Nimesis has a very special place in his heart at the moment, and although she doesn't want to admit it herself, Brando still sees her as a senior sister, at least half of her soul does. Same with him. And if Nimesis knew how crazy the Empress of the Cruz was now, why did she come to the same conclusions as history?
"Do you know anything, senior sister?" He asked in a low voice, Brando knew that in the game, Nimesis and her team had a relationship with the Eruin nobles very early on, so in this day and age, she probably knew some insider information before he did. And these insiders are precisely what he lacks in this history, just like his judgment of Eruin is actually based on the analysis of the forum, rather than his own personal experience.
"Don't call me that," Nimesis glared at him fiercely, "I'm not sure, I'm waiting for news, and if that news comes as scheduled, then the Holy War will begin soon, and it will start as I said." If not, then it's hard to say, but in any case, you have to be prepared for all-out war. โ
Brando glanced at her with a wry smile: "Total war doesn't seem to have anything to do with me as a local lord. โ
"I know your heart," replied Nimesis faintly, "that all of us are now focused on you alone, and we don't have to beat around the bush with me. โ
Brando retracted his thoughts, and the dispute in the hall seemed to come back to his ears, in fact, the main dispute was now between the White Lion Guards and the Knights of the Broken Sword, not so much to discuss the way to attack, but to the battle between the Cruz and the Eruin, which made him a little disappointed. Fortunately, Charles and Medissa did not participate in this children's quarrel, and even the mercenary captains who were the first to follow him, Leto, who came all the way from Mintai, seemed much calmer, and Kuran was even more silent, and the old swordsman was tasting a kind of tree wine that was a specialty of Valhalla, and the old man was the old man, although he may not be as sharp as the young man, but he was more or less able to figure out his temperament.
In fact, he did have a plan, but he just wanted to test these young people of Toniger, but unfortunately the result made him a little disappointed, these young lions of the White Lion Legion had the same idea as most of the Eruin people of this era, thinking that the focus of this war was to make Count Denel instead of Madara, and in this regard, even the young non-commissioned officers of the original White Lion Legion were more radical than the young people of the White Lion Guards under him, and those young people from the north still paid a little more attention to Madara, And the natives of Tonigel don't seem to take the black rose of the Bromanda seriously at all, but Brando knows that they are not to blame. After all, the only thing they remember about those skeletons is the confrontation half a year ago.
This has nothing to do with excellent ability, it is purely a difference in knowledge.
But Brando was still a little disappointed, because compared to them, the young people of Cruz were indeed much better, especially the second son of Lord Losson, Pelo, Jr., and the knight Brende next to him. They are not inferior to Loka, it would be nice if all the outstanding non-commissioned officers and students of the Royal Knight Academy were here, but it is a pity that they still have to go to the north to complete the takeover of the White Lion Legion, this idea is completely unrealistic.
"From what direction to attack, and how to attack, depends on the purpose of the war," said little Pelo, whose voice was not high, and when he took off his bearskin coat, he looked extremely thin, as if a gust of wind could blow it down. "Isn't the purpose of this war to clear up the civil strife and restore stability to the southern borders of Eruin?" Someone interrupted him very rudely, "So your argument is that we should start with Jean Denel in the back, attack Magitan first, and cut off the old fellow's back road." Little Pelo didn't seem to mind the rude interruption, and calmly replied: "For us, attacking Magitan is indeed cutting off Jean Denel's back route, but for that Earl, I am afraid that it may not be, so that Denel will either fail to retreat after being ambushed, or win and join forces with the Blood Staff." In the end, Magitan was insignificant to his purpose, and it was the road to Vieiro that they had to open. And even if it fails, it will only return to Madara. โ
"I don't think it's possible for Denel to fall back into Magitan after the defeat and trap himself in the dead, so it's pure nonsense to say that he will be cut off." After little Pelo finished speaking, he glanced at everyone. and he spoke no more.
"How do you know that Jean Denel will attack Vieiro?"
Brando couldn't help but shake his head when he heard this question, these young people under his command still failed to pay attention to Madara, in fact, it was not Jean Denel who wanted to attack Viero, but Madara's bone frame, which was the inevitable choice of the blood staff. He listened for a while. I couldn't help but be a little bored, the young non-commissioned officers of the White Lion Legion still didn't realize who their real enemies were, but he didn't bother to repeat them over and over again, the reality would tell them a qiฤ, and after this battle, they would understand who their real opponents were.
And little Pelo had almost guessed his idea, Tonigel's army would pass through Chablis, bypassing the Silman region and cutting off the back of the Blood Staff, who knew that there was a rebel army there that was extremely hostile to the nobles of Eruin, and it would definitely not enter the barren hilly area to find trouble with those mountain people, but it must not have imagined that the King of Silman was actually Brando's old acquaintance.
This battle was actually doomed from the beginning, but how to rewrite the details still needs to be carefully scrutinized by him. He was concerned about how strong the army of Madara was in this era. There was good news on the magic letterhead from Calglis, they had saved a member of the garrison who had participated in the battle that night, it was said that there were already skeleton cavalry and dreadnosaurs in Madara's army, which meant that the terrible dark mercenaries of the Sea of the Dead Moon had joined the war, and the number of skeleton archers proved that he was worried about the number of corpse witches, but there were still some things that had not yet been revealed. The guard couldn't see the proportion of the general skeleton and skeleton warriors in the entire Madara's army, in fact, this is what Brando is most concerned about, in Madara's skeleton army, those skeletons and zombies that were temporarily aroused by the corpse witch and the skeleton warriors who have been magically tempered and can skillfully use equipment are completely two worlds of existence, and in history, after Tamar joined, Madala invented a psychic circle that directly evokes skeleton warriors from corpses, And in the early stages of the Second War of the Black Roses, which also brought improvements to the Advanced Skeleton Swordsman, Brando wanted to know how much he had changed history.
If history remains unchanged as expected, then Viero's army will also be in trouble.
Because the dark nobles of the Sea of the Dead Moon joined the battle earlier than in history.
What about Valhalla? Brando breathed a sigh of relief when he thought of the strength he had, and when he went to Ampesel to solve the crisis in Eruin, in addition to the hundreds of enthusiastic White Lion Guards, there were only a few high-end combat forces left, and the army available to Tonigel could almost be said to be none. But this is not the case, and when he fought against the demons and the Cruz in Ampesel, under Monica's arrangement, Valhalla's army finally began to emerge after that great battle.
First of all, the Wind Shooter, when he went to Ampesel, the part of the Tree Elves that the Wind Shooter could really put into battle was only about a hundred, and there were about three hundred recruits, and now, the Wind Shooter has formed an army, no more, no less, and it just has the strength of six hundred people in two brigades. You must know that after the completion of the advanced wind shooter camp, this wind shooter army has been completely reborn, they use longbows at range, and even surpass the White Lion Guards led by Freya in terms of class rank, Tonigel's new White Lion Guards can now barely be regarded as a third-order army, and the wind shooters are at least fourth-order ranged troops according to Metisa's estimates, and what is even more terrifying is that they also fight more than the ordinary army of the Black Iron Order when they use a pair of scimitars in close combat, This army is now placed on the frontal battlefield of Eruin, and it is a true elite army.
On the other hand, the White Lion Guard has also been greatly strengthened, but not in quality, but in quantity, although Brando cannot nominally take over the old White Lion Legion, but Her Royal Highness still pulls out a large number of people from the Old White Lion Legion, the Royal Knight Academy, and even the local garrison to enrich this nominally subordinate guard. In just half a year, the White Lion Guards have been enriched from the original empty shelves to the current size of nearly 1,500 people, which is still under Brando's restrictions, because Brando knows very well that the cannon fodder army is not worth mentioning in the future holy war, and he wants to build an elite army like the White Lion infantry led by the ancient sage Ek, not the old white lion army in the north of Eruin.
Not to mention that he now had the Knights of the Cruz Broken Sword in his hands, although Brando's original intention was to let these young Cruz heroes raise a real army for him, but that was a long-term solution, at least for now, he only intended to let these Cruz people fight independently. In fact, even so, this is a golden army of hundreds of men, and it is not surprising that this knight order is a bit overkill in Eruin, and the entire kingdom of Eruin now has to gather the strength of the whole country to come up with an army that can compete with them.
With these three armies, Tonigel had the strength to go on a foreign expedition for the first time.
And Brando knows very well that Valhalla's plan for the next generation of troops has actually begun at this time. He didn't even have to wait until after this war for Monica to hand him in an answer sheet, and thinking of this, Brando suddenly looked up with a feeling in his heart, just in time to see the little light spirit staggering in. She didn't care about the other people in the hall at all, and flew to him, hurriedly and with some surprise, she said, "Lord Lord, it's successful!" โ
โฆโฆ (To be continued......)