Chapter 43: The dilemma of surrender
Touching his neck, the lord proposed this terrible idea to his personal magic advisor.
This possibility made the faces of everyone in the castle hall change dramatically.
The sorceress looked at the lord with a smile and a smile, quite helpless.
"My lord, I don't know what kind of magical knowledge that that lich has left you, and you can ask such a common sense question. It is impossible for a space-time gate to be built inside a building or in a densely populated place, if this is really possible, what is the use of building so many road checkpoints on the continent? Isn't it okay for everyone to use the space-time portal to pass through? The army also doesn't have to think about logistics, it's simply not going to happen! Even if it's magic, there's something impossible! Everything in the world has certain laws, and magic can't violate these laws! Otherwise, wouldn't the magician become an all-powerful god? ”
"Besides, the space-time gate also has a limit on the number of people who can pass, depending on the size of the space-time gate, the number of people who can pass through each time is limited, and after exceeding this limit, the space-time gate will forcibly close itself for a period of time, reabsorbing the surrounding magic elements to replenish the magic power needed to operate. With the current level of magic on the continent of Erathia, the largest space-time gate can only teleport about 5,000 people at a time, which is already the peak, and the larger the portal, the longer it will be closed. ”
"Legend has it that only magicians in the Age of Miracles can build super-large space-time gates that never close and do not limit the number of teleporters, but such ancient magic has been lost long after the end of the Age of Miracles, and it is impossible for any magicians to use it now, and it is said that such portals can even be established across planes, allowing people to teleport to another world in an instant."
The sorceress's words reassured everyone, and the lord's eyes lit up.
Spanning the plane to build? Teleport to another world in an instant? Does that sound like a time traveler?
Could it be that this ancient magic can make people travel through time and space? If so, isn't there real hope for my dream of going home?
For a moment, Chen Jian's heart fluctuated and he was excited, completely forgetting the crisis he was facing in front of him, and immersed himself in his beautiful blistering future.
Ancient magic, if you try to find it, you should be able to find it, right?
"Your Excellency? What's wrong with you? ”
Finding that the lord suddenly wandered into the world, everyone was a little surprised, and the old butler gently pulled Chen Jian's sleeve before Chen Jian came back to his senses.
Seeing that everyone was looking at him with strange eyes, Jian Chen's face was a little sneering, and he quickly changed the topic: "Then what do you think about whether the army of this elf kingdom will come in a short time?" ”
Robert, a former liar who is good at checking his face, promptly relieved the lord: "My lord, I think everything just now is Johnny's words, should we also interrogate that elf spy to see what he said." ”
The proposal was well received, and the elven spy was quickly carried into the castle hall by the soldiers.
That's right, it was lifted, and although the elf with bruises all over his body woke up at this time, he didn't even have the strength to move.
The big-eared monsters were extremely ruthless and powerful, and the cells on both sides were also close, but they were separated by a few iron fences, and the small stones thrown out were not small in size.
But this did not prevent the elves from continuing to put on a domineering posture in front of everyone.
Robert took the initiative to ask Ying to be in charge of the interrogation, and Chen Jian waved his hand and approved.
To everyone's surprise, the elves were unusually cooperative with Robert's questioning, and directly admitted the existence of this army.
But he refused to give details about this army.
"You filthy humans! And that damn bastard! Wait! As he said this, Elf Spitfire's eyes were fixed on the half-elf guard captain again, and he couldn't wait to swallow the other party's expression, "I have reported everything about you to the kingdom truthfully, and you will find that this is a powerful army that you cannot resist, even with the help of that powerful fire magician, you will not be able to fight back!" Wash your necks and wait for death! Hahahaha! ”
The elves' weak laughter echoed through the hall, and the faces of everyone in Hammondale turned grim.
Chen Jian was furious: "Believe it or not, I'll kill you now!" ”
But the elven spy did not show weakness: "You'd better kill me now, otherwise, when our army arrives, I will kill each and every one of you with my own hands!" And those damn big-eared monsters, I'm not going to let go of any of them! ”
The arrogant words made Jian Chen couldn't help but laugh angrily: "Okay, I want to see, how do you kill me then?" Take him down and shut him up! ”
was disturbed by this stubborn elf, and everyone's mood became even worse.
It seems that this army is coming, and it may be there at any time.
"What should I do?" Looking around at everyone, Jian Chen was annoyed and his face was full of anger, "Do you have any good solutions?" ”
Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, relatively speechless.
Looking at the fearless appearance of that elf just now, the strength of this army goes without saying, and the other party seems to have a very clear understanding of the strength of Hammondale and even the lord's subordinates, maybe there will be a special way to deal with it.
Coupled with the pitiful weakness of the current military strength of Hammondal, and the city's defense facilities are so bad, how can this battle be fought?
And even if you don't want to fight, you can't do it, now the snow is covering the mountains, the roads are impassable, and there is nowhere to run if you want to, and even if you run, you may not be able to outrun the elven army known for its marching speed.
You know, the lord and his subordinates are all horseless infantry, and the huge number of centaur soldiers in the elven army are all natural cavalry! If you want to outrun these four-legged guys on two legs, the difficulty is not ordinary.
But if you fight, you really have no chance of winning, and people are clearly prepared to come, and their side is in a hurry to respond to the battle, and they are strategically inferior.
And tactically, Hammondale is so manpowered, to put it mildly, just such a rabble, what tactics can be played? Not to mention that the lord's henchmen don't have a decent military talent, and they don't know what tactics are at all.
Can we only fight against the water? And then kill yourself? Lord Chen Jian was very sad and indignant, who did he provoke, didn't he want to be an unscrupulous lord with peace of mind, and by the way, see if he could find his way home, a small wish of harmony, how could it be so difficult and unattainable to realize it?
Just surrender and forget it.
Jian Chen gritted his teeth and thought, anyway, he was not originally from the Erathia Empire, so he couldn't talk about any loyalty to the empire, and he couldn't be considered treason.
Maybe the elf king will be happy and make himself a big official.
But what about the future? Even if the elves didn't bother themselves, would the Erathian Empire let them go? Will Empress Catherine let herself go?
To fight or not to fight, to surrender or not to surrender, Chen Jian was in a dilemma.
(The first update, currently ranked 19th on the newcomer list, do book friends think that Childe can be on a few more?) )