In the headquarters of the mountain, Koster slowly opened his eyes, and in front of him were the anxious and concerned eyes of Feta, Jon, Rober, and Duncan.

"What's going on?" the injured Koster seemed to have a memory lapse, as if what had happened a short time ago had faded from his mind. Kerster, who struggled to get up, found himself with a thick bandage on his chest, and two medical officers from the Thirteenth Regiment standing at his feet, "What's wrong with me?"

"Do you really not remember anything?" asked Felda, "Walker, think again?"

Kerster, who rubbed his head, finally remembered, "Like, it seems that Rika is in charge of her? I ......" Before he finished speaking, Koster hurriedly touched the position of the bandage on his chest, "I remembered, Rika led her to assassinate me! Where is she!" Seeing that Kester remembered, the few people next to him finally breathed a sigh of relief, and Feida patted his chest with palpitations,

"It scares the hell out of me. Rika has been controlled by the Guards Battalion, and I will go and interrogate myself in a moment. Luckily, you're dead, and Rika's sword only pierced your right chest, stabbing you in the lungs, and some collateral damage to tissues and muscles. Fortunately, it's the right chest, if it's the left chest, you'll ......" Feida couldn't go on.

Koster woke up, and Feida let go of her hanging heart, so that she had time to tell everyone what had just happened at the mountain headquarters. Commander Rika didn't know why, so he suddenly attacked and assassinated Kerth, but fortunately he didn't hurt the vital point, and Feida came back to his senses and fought with her, and finally subdued her. At this time, the two medical officers were brought back by the guards and bandaged Koster to stop the bleeding, but fortunately no further damage was done.

"It's all my fault, I'm the commander of the personal guard battalion of Koster, and I didn't protect him well. "Feida was very guilty.

"Don't think so much, Miss Feida!" said Captain Duncan, who was the tallest of those present. "It's none of your business, no one here would have thought that Rika would make such a move, and I don't understand. Crying, Koster, reached out and pulled Ferda and gently patted her hand for comfort.

"By the way, how is the battle?" Kerst asked hurriedly after comforting Feida, his face was stunned.

It's up to Duncan.

Fortunately, the training of the 13th Regiment was quite harsh, and even when the dark curtain completely covered everyone, the soldiers were able to stay calm, and following the voice of Camp Commander Jon and those sharp whistles, all the soldiers slowly withdrew from the battlefield, including the rushing vehicles, most of them were intact. The troops of Rober's Battalion and Duncan, which were flanks, withdrew on their own after the truce on the main engagement front.

"Are the losses significant?" said Koester, who cared deeply about his soldiers.

Duncan glanced at Jon and motioned for you to speak. Jon took a step forward, his armor was still stained with all kinds of dirty blood, stumps, some of the armor was all slashed marks, the helmet had long been thrown aside, strands of hair were soaked with sweat and stuck together, he gasped, "It's not too big, the two main battalions suffered less than three hundred casualties, and the rush lost nine vehicles." It's just that that strange black fog is too deadly, otherwise, we would have broken the opponent's defenses. And now, we are basically back to where we were before the war. ”

"I don't blame you. Kerst sighed, "That's dark magic, and it's not something that humans can defend against. ”

"Dark magic?" everyone looked a little surprised.

"Yes, dark magic, it's not the first time we've encountered it. Caster didn't say anything more, and everyone waited quietly for his orders.

After a long while, Kerst seemed to come back to his senses and called Rober, "Charge the car for me at the mouth of the valley, your second battalion is responsible for the frontal defense, Rickon and Jon's men, go back to North Ridge to rest for the time being, Commander Duncan, South Ridge still wants to trouble you." Feida, quickly help me send a message to General Calvin to report the battle situation here to him, and at the same time, send a message to the Kaman royal capital, and ask them to pass on the information to the adventurer's guild on my behalf. Now, we can't take the initiative to attack. ”

"Why?" Rickon asked, "Why not, we have a big advantage, and the miner rebels are no match for us at all. ”

Kerst didn't speak, and Phaeda spoke for him, "Rickon, you're back from Manning City, don't you know about the Manning incident?"

Rickon's mouth was wide open, not knowing what to say, of course he had heard of the "Manning Incident!", an assassination incident carried out by a dark mage and a dark assassin, dozens of nobles and their guards, including Prince Ferdinand, the crown prince of Desik, all died in Manning, and there were also twenty elite warriors of the wasteland.

"Where's Rika?" asked Kerst suddenly.

Feida pointed to the tent not far away, where it was tied up and guarded by the Guards battalion.

"Help me up. Koster stretched out his hand, Feida hurriedly held it, and Jon and Rober next to him also hurriedly helped stabilize Koster's body, Koster grinned, although the medical officer said that it was fine, but there was still some mobility difficulties, "Do you want to rest?" Feida asked with concern.

"No, there's no time to wait, we have to figure out what's going on right away. Kerst looked anxious.

A group of people helped Koster to the side of the tent. Military tents are constructed with a log pillar in the middle, and then stretched out with animal skins to form a small space that can shelter from the wind and rain.

And Rika, at this time, was firmly tied to the log pillar in the tent, her head lowered, the corners of her mouth were still dripping with blood because of Feida's punch, and her hair was blocking her eyes, looking a little pitiful. Probably because she was angry that she attacked the head of the group, the soldiers of the guard battalion moved their hands mercilessly, and the rope tightly strangled Rika's body, and blood was reflected in the place where the rope and the clothes touched.

"Heads up, Commander Rika!" Kerter asked in a deep voice. Rika didn't seem to hear, but still hung her head. Seeing that she didn't react, the guard next to her walked to the side and pulled Rika by the hair fiercely, pulling her back hard, forcing her to raise her head.

On Rika's beautiful face, two lines of tears are so conspicuous. "I'm sorry, Captain Koster, I can't help it. ”

A group of people walked out of the tent, Rika once again weakly lowered her head and knelt on the ground, the military uniform on her body was torn in many places in the fight with Feida, Kester looked back, a little unbearable, "Feida, you go and change her clothes, don't abuse her, lock her up first, she is the commander of the Mosat's native army after all, leave it to Christit." ”

Rika has just talked about how she met Tours and how she played for Tours. Just now on the battlefield, she recognized Tours' magic "Dark Veil", and she had to help him and attack Chester.

What's even more grim is that, according to Rika, even she can't tell how many people like her Tours control in Mosat, many people live like ordinary people in their daily lives, but secretly, they all have to help Tours.

"Dark Rising!" Kerst muttered the name of the so-called dark organization he heard from Rika, "I wonder what this dark rise is and if it has something to do with what happened to Manning (Note 1). No, I'll have to write to Green and ask. ”

After dealing with Rika's affairs, Caster still felt a little uncomfortable, so with the support of Feida, the group returned to Chester's headquarters, seeing that he was fine, Jon and Robb returned to their respective soldiers, although there are not many casualties today, but they are all things that need to deal with the aftermath, and this battle is the first battle since the establishment of the Thirteenth Regiment, and there are many problems that need to be summarized after the war, and several battalion commanders are busy. Of course, as a front-line commander, Rickon also has a lot to do.

Duncan also rushed back to Southridge, his 12th Regiment, although only flanked today, also had some soldiers wounded, most of them dying in confusion when the dark curtain came.

Seeing that everyone had left, and only Feida and Caster were left in the camp, Feida could no longer suppress his feelings, and suddenly threw herself into Chester's arms and hugged him tightly: "Scared me to death, Caster, scared me to death" Tears flowed uncontrollably. Kester let out a "ouch" in pain, and Feida hurriedly let go, "What's wrong? What's wrong? Did I hurt you?"

Raising his eyes, he saw Koster's evil smile, and Feida angrily patted Koster's chest again, "Let you be bad! Let you be bad!" Unexpectedly, this time, it really hit Koster's wound, and I saw blood oozing out of the bandage again.

"Medic, Medic!" said Feida's voice, echoing among the hills of Chaos Ridge.

This encounter on Chaos Ridge ended hastily. The losses of several main regiments of the miner rebels were heavy, and Prime Minister Tours was temporarily out of strength due to the dark magic beyond his ability, and Norris, who took over his command, had to take the remaining troops and retreat dozens of miles back to Nagano Town to re-establish in Nagano Town.

And the 13th Regiment of the New Sixth Army of Kaman also did not dare to attack again because of the attack on Koster. Feida immediately sent two teams of soldiers to escort Rika back to the coalition garrison on the banks of the Red River, where she would be handed over to Cristit, the commander of Mosat's native army. Jon's battalion rested on the North Ridge, with Rickon's third battalion at the front. For three days in a row, there was no more fighting in front of the Chaos Ridge, and the two sides maintained an even balance of power, and in the city of Mosat, more than a hundred miles away, Grand Duke Mossat and his nobles were waiting for reinforcements to arrive.

In the early morning of the fourth day, a portion of Duncan's 2nd Regiment took over Rickon's line, and at the same time, Duncan, with his men, also entered the North Ridge. "Have you really decided, Kerster?" asked Duncan sincerely.

Kerry nodded, "Yes." We're afraid of dark magic and don't let it go, but Mossat won't last long. My 13th Regiment has been trained for long journeys, and this trip must be made by my 13th Regiment. ”

Duncan nodded, "I know you're telling the truth, so be careful, Captain Koster!" Duncan gave Koster a Kaman military salute.

Note 1: What happened in the Desik Imperial Capital is only circulated within the Shang Alliance, and the specific details are not known to Khor, who is a low-ranking officer of Kaman, and their understanding of dark magic is still stuck in the Manning incident.

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