Outside of Karn Village, a group of masked men in gray robes hid in the forest. They quietly observed the situation in the village, trying to avoid being discovered by the people in the village in advance.

Unfortunately, the gray-robed masked men don't seem to be very good at ambushing. Just within three hundred meters of the village, they had already been spotted by the scouts patrolling the village. The scout on his horse immediately blew his horn and galloped towards the village.

A masked man who could run asked a middle-aged man who was not wearing any mask, "Lord Negan, we have been discovered, what should we do?" ”

The middle-aged man didn't have any panicked expression on his face, but on the contrary, he was very excited, "Don't worry, the object we want to hunt must stay in the village." Now that it's been discovered, there's no need to hide it! Everyone obeyed the order and tightened the encirclement, and this time it was absolutely impossible to let the prey escape from the cage again. ”

"Dedicate your faith to the gods!! All the gray-robed masked men shouted and rose from the grass and rushed towards the village. It wasn't just the gray masked men who rushed out, but also a group of knights dressed in Imperial armor. There were more than 500 knights, and more than 500 horses rushed towards the village with roaring iron hooves, and the formation raised by the billowing smoke gave people a sense of power like a landslide.

Before that, the cavalry had hidden behind a hill a kilometer outside the village, relying on the hill to prevent the knights in the village from discovering themselves. As soon as Captain Negan in the village gave the order to attack, they collectively rushed to the village and killed all the lives inside.

This group of cavalry was recruited by the soldiers who fled, unlike the few who were likely to be killed by the Warcraft Knights in the original books. Because of the butterfly effect, the last remaining knight was lucky enough to arrive at the meeting place designated by the Sunshine Codex, and conveyed the news of the appearance of mysterious magicians and terrifying monsters to Captain Negan.

After receiving the unexpected news, Captain Negan decides to gather all the knights and go to deal with this mysterious group of magicians. Although I don't know if there is any prey that I want to destroy, but since that group of people dares to destroy the army of the Sect, I definitely can't let it go!

In just a few breaths, all the knights completely surrounded the entire village. However, they did not immediately attack the village, but kept circling around the entire village. As soon as Captain Negan gave the order, he immediately charged.

In the entire encirclement, the group of gray-robed masked people at the head were naturally at the head. They stood outside the village in the open, carefully surveying the situation inside the village.

One of the six colors of the Holy Scriptures of the Special Intelligence Force directly under the Priest of the Sunshine Sacred Codex. The basic task is to be responsible for the annihilation of the subhuman village, and the entire Sunshine Sacred Text is the existence with the largest number of battles in the Cult. On the contrary, the number of troops as a whole was not very large, and the total number, including the reserves, was less than a hundred.

In order to enter the Sunshine Tome, one must first be able to use at least Level 3 Faith Magic, the highest level of magic that a normal magic chant can learn. In addition, it is necessary to have superior physical fitness, a strong spirit, and a deep faith.

For this operation, the Church ordered an additional 600 cavalry troops to assist them, in order to eliminate the strongest warrior captain in the entire kingdom, Gurdjiev Storonov.

They are not good at stealth and field operations, and as a result, they have missed four chances. Every time he tracked down the Kingdom troops, he was very careful to avoid detection. If this opportunity is missed, the days of tracking will continue.

When Negan, the captain of the Sunshine Codex, discovered that the number of troops in the village was only one-tenth of his own, a sense of peace of mind rose in his heart.

Although the surviving knight said that there was a monster in the village that could easily destroy an entire group of knights, as well as four magic chanters of unknown origin. But Negan was not worried at all, because there were more than thirty magic chanters who could unleash third-order faith magic and five hundred carefully selected elite knights around him.

Such a force could easily capture a well-defended border military fortress, not to mention the dozens of poorly equipped kingdom knights in the village.

In fact, the danger of this operation has been greatly weakened, in order to be able to eliminate Gerjieff, the nobles in the kingdom of the Church and the Kingdom have detained Gerjief's equipment, so that he cannot exert his most powerful power.

There are four pieces of equipment that have been detained, one of which is the five treasures of the kingdom that have been passed down from generation to generation. Although he only knew four treasures now, he was able to equip them all: the Vitality Gauntlet that would not get tired, the Indestructible Charm that could heal continuously, the Guardian Armor that could avoid a fatal blow, and the razorblade that sharpened iron like clay.

Whether it is YGGDRASIL or this world, the strength of equipment often directly determines the outcome of a war. In the author's setting, the god's desperate life has the ability to kill LV100 Shatia, which shows how important the strength of the equipment is. In fact, not only in YGGDRASIL, but almost all games have a strong emphasis on equipment. For example, in the dungeon, a lv90-level ghost swordsman fights a level 40 ice dragon with a kitchen knife from the novice village, and it is estimated that there is a possibility of being tortured to death.

The situation of the kingdom was very unstable, and it was divided into two factions, the king and the nobles, which were constantly vying for power. Therefore, as long as Gerjieff, who was important in the king's faction, could be eliminated, the aristocratic faction would be able to gain power and completely overwhelm the king's faction.

As a hierarchical state, the nobility of the kingdom was very repulsive to knights who climbed up from the bottom. Because Gurdjief was originally a commoner, he climbed to the position of the commander of the kingdom warrior by relying on his swordsmanship, so he was collectively disgusted by the nobles. You must know that the kingdom is the commander of the Janissaries, but the commander of the king's Praetorian Guard can be said to be the most important core military force in the entire country.

To sacrifice the head of the strongest ace of the entire kingdom to the enemy just because the other party is on the opposite side of him is, in Negan's opinion, the most stupid act. Although they also have six factions, they are absolutely unanimous in the face of threats.

One reason is that everyone respects each other's gods, and the other reason is that everyone knows that there are many races and monsters in this world that are not humans. There is danger if we do not work together.

"Damn, there are more than five hundred knights and thirty magic chanters outside. The only way to get such a number of magic trodders is the Slen Sect. Damn, what is the Slen Sect for? Such a force is already equivalent to declaring war on the kingdom! Gurdjieff gritted his teeth and struck the wall with his fist, and his powerful arm force directly pierced the entire wall.

Ainz watched the vast army outside the village with great calm. If you were in the past, then I would believe that I would be scared and tremble, but now my internal breath can't make any waves.

"Your Excellency, your country doesn't look like it's at war or conflict with the Cult, right?"

"That's right, three years ago, the kingdom signed a five-year peace agreement with the Church."

"So are they tearing up the agreement? This situation is generally common between countries, right? ”

"No, in our West, before the term of the agreement has expired, there are generally very few people who will take the initiative to break the treaty. Because this will greatly affect the country's diplomatic environment, the country's credibility is very important in the West. Otherwise, they would not have disguised their army as Imperial Knights. ”

"In the history of our country's warring states, treaties do not have much value to be kept. As long as the tide of war is in their favor, military treaties can be torn up so to speak. The lords and daimyo can sit together today and raise a glass to peace, or they can draw their swords against each other tomorrow. ”

"As things stand, there are only two scenarios in which they can mobilize such a large number of troops: one is to create friction between the empire and the kingdom in order to force the two countries to break out into war early. But then there is no need to muster a huge army of magic trodders......"

Before Gurdjieff could finish speaking, Ainz spoke, "The other situation is that they want to attack and kill you, right?" It's just that they didn't expect you to come to the rescue of the village with such a small number of troops, am I right? ”

"Yes, the kingdom was initially reported by a handful of imperial knights bloodbathing villages along the border. Therefore, after consulting with the nobles, the kingdom only sent me a small number of troops to clear the border of the Imperial Knights. Of course, as the warlord of the kingdom, I also have the power to mobilize the garrisons of the surrounding towns in the name of the king. It's just that even I didn't expect that there would be so many knights attacking villages and towns in the border area. Acting rashly without being able to find out the strength of the other side is a major dereliction of duty as a soldier. ”

Anz still didn't have any expression, "So what do you decide to do next?" ”

"Lord Oroboros, Lord Ainz, would you like to accept my employment? When the war is over, I will give the king a solid report on the achievements of the two men. With the strength of the two, whether it is the commission or the title, it should not disappoint the two. ”

Auroboros and Ainz glanced at each other, and then discussed it on a private channel.

"Oroboros, do you think you should agree to the hire of this warrior leader in front of you?"

"If the army that comes here is on the same level as the knights before us, then it will be possible for us to fight. In the same way, the commissions and titles offered by the Warrior Commander may not mean anything to us, but they can give us an easy-to-move legal status in this world. It's just that accepting a knighthood means submitting to the kingdom, which is impossible for us to accept! ”

"Then we can only choose to refuse!"

"No, I have something else in mind."

Gurdjieff looked at Oroboros and Ainz expectantly, hoping to be helped by the two in front of him. As the warrior chief of the kingdom, he was confident that he could kill seven out of five hundred knights, but he was not confident enough to deal with the thirty magic troubadours. If a warrior excels in hand-to-hand combat, the chant of magic excels in long-range bombing. Perhaps before his soldiers rushed in front of the enemy, they would be blasted to death by the chanters of magic.

"Well, have you two decided if you want to help?"

Oroboros shook his head, "I'm sorry we refused to help at this time. ”

As soon as Olobross said this, not only Gurdjieff was disappointed, but even the villagers were in mourning, and everyone's eyes were full of despair.