Volume 1 - Showers Chapter 67: Old Griffinhardt's Choice (2)

Giver Wolf sent a courier to the logging fortress to report on the work:

Dear Ms. Claire, the forest trail has been cleared. The results are as follows:

killed 130 cat lizards, refined 175 kilograms of fat and oil, and obtained 85 hides;

Capture 3 Blue Temposaurus (two females and one male) and obtain 7 Blue Temposaurus eggs;

hunted a number of wild boars, fungus pigs, long-haired beasts, and coogu chickens, and pickled them on the spot, and obtained 1,600 kilograms of cured meat;

Beasts and Warcraft hard bones have obtained a total of 3 plate cars;

92 figurines were cleaned, and no traces of manipulation were found, and they were burned;

A total of 18 checkpoints were built, each with 7 guards.

The troop losses were as follows:

Minor wounded: 170 (77 regular soldiers, 38 servants, 53 attendants, 1 midshipman, 1 knight);

Seriously wounded: 16 (1 regular soldier, 7 servants, 7 attendants, 1 probationary knight);

Deaths: 43 (3 regular soldiers, 22 servants, 18 attendants);

Whereabouts unknown: 11 (7 attendants, 4 attendants).

Armament losses:

112 wooden shields (62 completely destroyed);

2 fine iron triangular shields;

tower shield (1 side);

wooden spear 92 handles;

bony spear 12 handles;

73 leather armors;

18 pieces of chain mail (completely destroyed);

2 sets of fine iron cast armor for the whole body;

3 board cars;

about 1,100 arrows (about 400 recovered);

3 pack horses, 1 southern herbivore, 2 war horses, 1 good breed Zanmir red horse;

There are 12 wolf-blooded hounds, 8 wolf-runs, and 1 peregrine falcon.

Conclusion Debriefing:

The forest trail has been cleared, the permanent guard post has been established, and the safety of transportation and personnel passage has been guaranteed within 6 months.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Elpala Claire's reply to Giver Wolf:

Do not look for those whose whereabouts are unknown, and hand them over to the sentry for inspection; The deceased brought back the tokens, and the bodies were burned and buried on the spot; The rest of the people quickly returned to the fortress to rectify; The logging team has gained a lot and is about to be transported to all parts of Zanmir, and you are in charge of escorting the route to the pass of the Terror Mountains.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

"Your Excellency." Babud saluted old Griffinhardt and sat down at the latter's motion.

He still wears his majestic armor today: a shiny set of polished armor that wraps around his entire body. It clearly bears the scars of some kind of massive blunt object on its shoulder - a large pit on its left shoulder. The hat and helmet of the armor were not worn, except for the silk collar made of silk from the Qin'a Empire sewn with a griffin sewn into it. Iron bubble nails are placed on the neck guard on the outer edge of the armor.

Babud walked to the seat in front of him, sat down cautiously, and stole at his lord, his armor rubbing against his bib making an unpleasant 'stabbing' sound, and the cloak with a red background on a yellow background was well tucked away in the stool.

"Babde, don't be so serious, oh come on, you better be serious, your face relaxed as if someone owes you hundreds of Imperial Golden Eagles." Old Griffinhardt waved his hand and said casually.

"My lord! I came here to hear that you are not in good health, so I came to visit. However, Babud changed his words and immediately added: "But now that it has been confirmed, that you are still in good health, and that this is a ploy by you to confuse the enemy." The second is for the sake of war. ”

"Enemies? Babde, don't test my bottom line, let's get straight to the point, just say what you think, I know, you are also a person with an upright character, otherwise you would not be my most trusted general - to tell you the truth, I still trust you more - the same trust as Funa, more trust than other people. Old Griffin Hart put his hands on his chin and stared at Babud's expression.

"Uh... Okay, my lord, I'll get straight to the point. Babud opened his mouth and asked with a slight hesitation.

"But it doesn't hurt to say it."

"My lord, we need this war!"

Old Griffin Hart nodded, then said, "Of course we need this war, keep talking. ”

"I think we should let the wolf and the executioner eat the dog. There are only two directions in which the Executioner can attack the Zamir Territory: the first is the town of Logs at the pass of the Terror Mountains, and the second is to move from the Blood Farm to the Mist Forest and directly open the Logging Fortress. ”

"Go on." Old Griffin Hart nodded as he rolled his eyeballs to reveal the whites of his eyes.

"My advice, my lord, is that if the executioner breaks the logging fortress, we will attack in two ways, one from the Golden Plains directly to the Blood Farm and its hinterland, and the other into the water mist forest, and when the executioner breaks through the logging fortress, we will follow the yellow finch and eat the wolf and the executioner. After that, we can get the four-leaf clover farm and Qingxi Town. If the executioners break down a few castles at the passes of the Terror Mountains, we will send a large force directly to attack the logging fortress and divide the Zanmir territory with the executioners until the Emperor's divine mediation decree arrives. Babud elaborated on his thoughts, then rose from his chair and looked at his lord expectantly.

"Oh, insatiable, insatiable, Babud. Do you want to eat both the wolf and the executioner, and by the way, use this war to calm the pressure on the vassal territory of the griffons? Old Griffinhardt's mouth curled slightly, and he raised his eyelids to look at his old general and asked.

"Yes! My lord, I think we have a big appetite and can eat. The old general replied with a firm attitude.

"Okay, okay. I have a few key questions for you that will affect the success of your project. Old Griffin Hart pouted.

"I guess you're asking the Guillotine Legion and the Blue Speed Dragoons. Don't worry, perhaps, that's one of the things I think Stanford did the right thing to do, well, two. Babud wanted to say one thing, but changed it halfway through.

"To deal with the Executioner's elite hoplite phalanx of the Guillotine Corps, Stanford improved the arrowhead of a crossbow arrow, which, according to testing, was fully capable of penetrating the heavy steel full-body armor; As for the Blue Speedy Dragoons, Stanford has invented a new potion that is effective in making athlon-like creatures dizzy and unable to balance when applied to their bodies. Its raw materials are very readily available and we can easily manufacture them. ”

"Okay, you go out first, I'll consider your proposal carefully, and of course, you know, after listening to everyone's statements, I'll call Violetta in." The owner of the Eagle's Nest waved his hand and motioned for him to go out first.

After the old general went out, a beautiful woman came in a short time.

The woman was about 40 years old, and her figure was neither fat nor thin. She wore a dim red dress with tawny and white lace in the folds of the skirt.

The dress was neither long nor short, just the right length; The neckline of the dress was neither deep nor shallow, revealing her smooth neck and, of course, the jeweled necklace that shimmered green; The back was neither high nor low, revealing less than half of her back.

"Violeta, sit down, how are the kids doing?" Old Griffin Hart made an inviting gesture and began to talk.

"Your Excellency." Violetta put her hands on her lap and replied with a smile, "The children are all healthy, and under my careful tutelage, all of them have clearly shown a talent for magic, and 47 of the 300 children have successfully activated their mana, but this group of children is almost adult, and it took them three years of study to achieve such an achievement, to be honest, this is not a great talent." There was a hint of regret in her words.

"Hey, Violetta, don't be so demanding, right? Our wizard training program is just getting started, after all, and you can't expect a cohort of kids to achieve great things, but let's celebrate, if nothing happens, we've got 47 would-be wizards, right? ”

"That's right, my master. However, there are times when I wonder about my abilities, and you know, my brother Michael Donavan is better at casting spells than I can on enlightened children, but unfortunately my brother is loyal to Master Slava. If I could, I'd really like this war to be allied with the Wolves against the Executioner, so that we can ask Michael Donavan to help us - you'll soon have a legion of elite spellcasters - Elsa is the second person in the world to use spellcasters as legion units, and you'll go down in history. ”