readx;?‘ It can't be that something is going on in the country of Nohan, right? What means did the Lucians use to bring this news to the front, which led to the chaos in our position? Barrett didn't think much of that, and then the expression on his face was like he was biting a lemon. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

And Barrett's undisguised expression naturally fell into the eyes of the Ovaltine Knights. Just by looking at Barrett's face, the knight knew that he must have overthought it in his head. Then he slapped Barrett on the shoulder: "Listen to me first, don't be alone there." ”

"Okay! Mr. Ovaltine, just say it! What the hell is going on? We at Nohan have never had a tradition of refusing to admit defeat. As Barrett said this, he also met the gaze of the Ovaltine Knight.

"Viscount Brent's heir died in the attack, and even the corpse was attacked by the 'Feast of the Dogs' scroll that had been prepared in advance. Seeing this scene, Viscount Brent lost control of his emotions, and then the Lucia knight who targeted him fought to defeat both sides. All this was great and sudden, resulting in the army of the Viscount of Brent being routed by the Lucians. The Ovaltine Knight didn't continue, but Barrett understood what was going on.

The Supreme Commander first lost his mind, and then was severely injured. Coupled with the sudden death of the heir to the territory, it was indeed a serious blow to the morale of the army of Viscount Brent. If it was in the face of an ordinary army, the impact would not be enough to collapse, but now it was Lucia's soldiers who had sacrificed their lives and forgotten their lives, and it was finally difficult to support under the avalanche-like attack.

The devil is in the details, and even more so on the battlefield. The collapse of Viscount Brent's army immediately tore a very obvious breach in the originally tight front of the Norhan Kingdom. If they did not choose to retreat, even the kingdom of Norhan, which had achieved an advantage in knightly warfare, would probably not be able to prevent the huge losses in the field - although the knights won, their consumption was also not small. At this time, the power that can be exerted cannot completely control the situation of the battle.

A war of attrition is the last thing the Norhan Kingdom wants to be dragged into when it clashes with the Lucian Kingdom. After all, in terms of population, the huge numerical superiority of the Lucia Kingdom is indelible. In exchange for a temporary defeat and a large amount of preservation of living forces, it can be regarded as a good deal for the Norhan Kingdom.

Believing that their armies would not suffer heavy losses when retreating on the battlefield, the confidence that the Norhan monarch had in his army was indeed a shame for most people. You must know that no matter what era it is, it is difficult for a defeated army to survive the pursuit of the enemy - the one who can fight the retreat battle well is the famous general among the famous generals.

However, the confidence of the Nohan royal family was based on the victory after victory of the Nohan army, one miracle after another, and this time the army did not live up to the expectations of the royal family, and did not take advantage of the Lucia kingdom in the retreat. Instead, they took advantage of the Lucia's greed and ate one of their thousand-man team. I have to say that the choice at that time was indeed very correct.

Barrett, who had roughly sorted out the cause and effect, suddenly thought of something, and then his voice became higher: "Wait, Knight Aovaltine, are you not mistaken?" Are you sure it's a feast of dogs and demons? What the hell are those Lucia bastards doing? ”

The spell of the Feast of the Dog Demon has no other use, it is to kill a soul completely.

The diamond in the caster's hand turned back into carbon, then turned into dust and scattered on the corpse. At the moment of contact, the black flames ignited, leaving no bones left of the corpse's burned corpses, not even ashes. The black flames burned and swirled on the corpse, and completely wiped him out.

The caster destroys the creature's remaining corpse, making it impossible for him to return in any way to respawn. Under this spell, using "Miracles" and "Wishes" to resurrect a destroyed target will have a 50% failure rate, and each destroyed creature can only be checked once. If the verification fails, the creature can no longer be resurrected with mortal spells. To put it simply, it's dead.

This Priest's 6-Ring Spell, Mage's 7-Ring Spell casting material is a diamond worth 5000 gold coins. If it's only made into a scroll, the cost is probably more than 0 gold. What's more important is that this kind of soul-destroying behavior completely offended the existing nobles of the Western Continent for the first time.

This is not only because it destroys the vast majority of the possibility of resurrection of the deceased, but also because it involves a red line drawn by all the gods - the soul destroyer will be permanently nailed to the evil side, and no amount of magic or supernatural abilities can change their side.

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"Now is not the time to talk about this! Since the past has passed, what is the point of mentioning him. It's better to solve the problem at hand! I don't think Zeta, you don't want to create such a bad image in the entire Principality of Nohan, which may be said to be afraid of war due to excessive losses! So the quality of the soldiers is a little worse! But the soldiers of that faction must be lined up, and it is better to move quickly. Otherwise, it will make people think that you are cowering and unable to make up your mind on this issue. "The Vaal Knight now seized the opportunity to get the conversation back on track that had gone off the beaten track.

'Thanks to the Vaal Knights, you were able to be so calm when you returned. You're much better at this than I am......' Zeta complained in his heart as he replied to the Vaal Knight's question with the ability to speed up his mind: "But I really don't want to take those civilians in the territory like this as consumables and pull them down on the battlefield." Vaal Knight, don't think that I think this is a woman's kindness, this is indeed related to the development and stability of our territory itself. After all, in the current situation, the number of adult men in the territory can no longer keep up with the demand of the industry. ”

The Vaal Knight was puzzled by Zeta's statement: "What's the big deal, what realm doesn't need to go through in a war. ”

"But if it were possible, I wouldn't want that to happen in our territory. At the very least, it is necessary to delay the occurrence of this situation as far back as possible and reduce its impact. I have little influence over the Duchy as a whole, but I hope that the other lords of the Duchy will agree to my approach. Zeta paused slightly, then changed his tone and continued, "Vaal Knight, do you remember when we said why we were supporting the small nations that Lucia had invaded? ”

"You've said this more than once in front of you! My ears are calloused, how can I still remember! "The Vaal Knight's face immediately showed a look of 'Father and son, but Zeta, don't compare me to Hiren'.

But before Zeta could say anything more, the Vaal Knight's face changed, as if suddenly Zeta had thought of something in his words. With a hesitant expression, he asked in a vacant tone, "Zeta, are you worried about this competition that drains the war potential of the Lucia Kingdom. We, the Principality of Nohan, have worked too our own, so much of our potential has been consumed. On the contrary, it makes what you get worse than what you give. ”

Zeta shook her head and said, "Not really, after all, we are not the only ones involved in this operation. In terms of losses, it is impossible for our Duchy of Norkhan to be more than the Kingdom of Lucia. ”

"Then what are you worried about......" Before the Vaal Knight could finish his words, Zeta's next words choked him back down his throat.

"But it is not enough to consume the war potential of other countries. After all, over time, a country's war potential will continue to recover. If the speed of our own recovery and development of the Principality of Nohan itself cannot exceed that of the Kingdom of Lucia. What is being done now is nothing more than delaying the other side to start a war. It is impossible to add much leverage to our own victory in a possible war in the future. After finally pouring out the words that had been held in her heart for a long time, Zeta felt like a heavy burden had been lifted from her body. Both my body and my mind feel a different kind of lightness.

"The kingdom of Lucia, which needs to recover and develop faster than the limit? If that's the case, it's a big problem! "The Vaal Knight is also a wise man, so I don't know what Zeta's words mean! But it is precisely because of this that after knowing these contents, he will have the same troubles as Zeta that belong to smart people.

"The kingdom of Lucia is a vast territory, a large support, and a large population. This makes its recovery base far from being comparable to that of our Nohan principality. In the same way, the losses they can afford are not comparable to those of our Nohan principality. Zeta jumped up from his position and waved his fist and shouted, "But we can't give up on this, if we can completely hurt the Kingdom of Lucia in this war, thus damaging its hematopoietic function." Then we will definitely be able to win in the next possible war. However, there is another factor in this, which is that we cannot afford to lose much of our own strength. Otherwise, everything you have done before will not be meaningful. ”

After thinking for a while, the Vaal Knight was quite conflicted: "Alright! You have a point in that, but the traditions of the Principality of Nohan cannot be ignored either. You must know that the reason why Norhan is now feared by the Kingdom of Lucia is the power that tradition brings to us. Although the losses this time are very large, it can be regarded as a great gain to completely eliminate a heavy cavalry regiment of the Lucia Kingdom! After all, if the other party wants to reorganize a heavy cavalry regiment, even if the backbone is drawn from other front armies, it will take nearly ten years to recover its original combat effectiveness. In this respect, it can be regarded as achieving the purpose of affecting the enemy's blood-making ability as you mentioned by Zeta! ”

"That's right. But Mr. Val, you should know how much risk you have to take to win this battle! Zeta asked in an accentuated tone, "The reason why we were able to win this time is eighty percent because of the influence of the knights' great strength on the enemy!" What if Lucia also sent a knight? Even if they can't defeat the knights of our Boram Territory, as long as they can contain them for a certain period of time, those ordinary expeditionary soldiers will be wiped out! ”

Even the Vaal Knights, who deliberately wanted to favor the commanders of the front, partially agreed with Zeta's remarks: "The risk this time is indeed too great. However, this can't be all blamed on the old man, who didn't know that they would directly encounter the opponent's ace troops when they lured the enemy. The ace troops should have been in the barracks waiting to attack, and I don't know what happened to Lucia's Ninth Front Army being so different here. ”

Since the results of the battle were satisfactory, Zeta was certainly not prepared to delve into this matter: "Send someone to inform the front line tomorrow, and this kind of high-risk combat plan will not be allowed in the future." As I said before, we don't have to work hard for others. However, the fact that the knights on Lucia's side did not go with the army is also a happy thing! It seems that the contradiction between the knights and the non-knight nobles in their country seems to be far more serious than what is displayed in front of the world. ”

For Zeta's conjecture, the Val Knight nodded: "Zeta, your idea should be right. At the beginning, no knights were sent, and it can be said that the opponent was too weak to be necessary. Later, when we sent out knights because of our reinforcements, those knights actually acted separately from the army, and there was definitely something wrong with that. But thanks to this, otherwise our Principality of Norhan would not have achieved such a good result! ”

However, verbal complaints are complaints, but the actual things that need to be done still have to be done. Sometimes, between ideals and reality, people often have to give in to reality in order to find a way out.

Zeta, who had completed the Chinese paperwork, finally made up her mind and gave the order: "Yves Barnett will send a notice to the barracks, and tomorrow the group of former solo adventurers in the territory who have been recruited into the army for less than a year will find a way to pull them out and form a separate team." ”

Yves Barnett, who understood what his immediate boss had been bothering lately, immediately figured out Zeta's intention for making this decision. As a subordinate, Yves Barnett did not agree with Zeta's approach. (To be continued.) )