Roland glanced at the Northland Pearl with some surprise.

After the ambush team was ambushed by Ersluk, there was a flurry of criticism among the top brass that the staff should be held responsible for the miscalculation, especially Edith Conde, who was the minister. In addition to the Executive Hall, the Sleeping Charm also spread voices of dissatisfaction and doubt, and if it weren't for Tilly's prestige, I'm afraid the impact would have been further expanded.

Even Edith herself asked him for punishment when she returned from the front to report on her work, and not only did he not agree, but also suppressed the aftermath of this cascade.

Just because it's not a human error.

Not to mention that victory and defeat are common in soldiers, Operation Torch was not even a failure, but a complete victory - at the cost of less than 500 people, nearly 20,000 demons were eliminated before and after, and the set mission was successfully completed, and the holy city that had been lost for hundreds of years was taken from the hands of the devils. If none of this can be called victory, what is a victory?

The contribution of the General Staff is obvious to all.

In fact, Roland has also discussed this issue privately with Tilly, Agatha, Elfin and others, and they also believe that the deviation in strategic judgment is due to some factors that cannot be understood, and in the era of the Federation, the devil will never give up the opportunity to annex the continent in one go because of a few witches, even if it is three seats.

But having said that, Edith will still be in the limelight for a while, and this "duel" is indeed her loss to Ersluk, Roland originally thought that she would be depressed for a while, or talk less and listen more, so as not to tell the truth again, but she didn't expect that she had no intention of backing down, and as soon as she opened her mouth, she had a different opinion from others.

“...... What's the problem?"

"First of all, these last two sentences," Edith took two steps with her head bowed, "if you succeed, you will increase your troops tenfold, and if you don't, you should go all out—that's strange, isn't it?Since the ultimate goal of the devil is still to destroy humanity, then the importance of Tachira should be as we expected, and no matter how great the pressure caused by the Heavenly Sea Realm is, we will not give up so hastily." After all, in this letter, the enemy has suggested that we should go back and do everything we can to destroy us. ”

Wendy was stunned, "Indeed...... Why didn't they do it early in the morning?"

"Because the red mist can't keep up?" said Nightingale with her fingers on her chin.

"It's impossible to move the nest, but with ten times the number of troops, as long as more transport troops are invested, it is not impossible, not to mention that they also have a new type of war equipment such as a giant skeleton. Agatha frowned, "It took us more than half a year to get from Tower One to Tower Ten, and that's enough for the devil to make a choice. ”

"The initial judgment of the staff came from Kabradabi, that is, this guy's 'confession': the devil was held back by the Heavenly Sea Realm, and the outcome of the war was a matter of life and death for them. Edith looked at the high-ranking devils who were glaring angrily on the interrogation table, "Judging from this letter, even if they lose to the Heavenly Sea Realm, they will not suffer a catastrophe, and they will even have a chance to turn defeat into victory." So why didn't the enemy reinforce Tachira in the first place? It doesn't make sense – the two are fundamentally contradictory in terms of intent and deed. ”

Everyone couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

"And this one—"I know it's going to be a big deal, but it's not going to affect your plans on the Western Front," she continued, after a moment's silence, "it doesn't sound like a problem, but when you think about it, you always feel like there's something wrong...... In order to deal with the infiltrating witches, throwing them into Tachira is a real thing, how can it have no impact on the plan?"

"Maybe Usluk is fooling its superiors?" Roland pondered, "The nobles do that as they do—"

"Your Majesty, please consider it the most difficult enemy!" said Edith, "if you can't imagine it, think of him as me of the devil - do you think I would do such a thing?"

Looking at her slightly clenched fists, Roland suddenly realized a lot in his heart, it turned out that she was not as calm as she seemed on the surface, nor was she completely undisturbed by the discussions behind her, but she breathed a sigh of relief in her heart.

- She doesn't want to lose to the Devil's Lord.

"Well, since it's not fooling, it means that Tachira can be replaced in the plan...... In this way, all I can think of is that the devil has found a way to attack the Four Kingdoms without relying on the red mist, without the need for an obelisk. ”

"This was discussed at the beginning of Operation Torch," Agatha sighed, "I still think it's impossible, otherwise why would they have to send troops to Tachira? ”

"Uh...... Why are you all talking about impact?"

While everyone was pondering, the nightingale wondered, "Isn't that 'western front' even stranger?

"Location is always relative, and the world is not a flat plate. Selene patiently explained, "The Devil comes from another continent, and if Usluk sees it as the center, then not to mention Tachira, even your four kingdoms, and even most of the Dawn Realm, can be regarded as the west. 」

"I see...... That means two Wests aren't the same thing, right?"

"Wait, what are you talking about?" Edith looked up suddenly.

"Two Wests...... Isn't it the same thing?" Nightingale said uncertainly.

Northland Pearl's eyes lit up, and she walked quickly to a long table stacked with maps, spread out the rolls of paper, glanced at them a few times, and tossed them aside, finally stopping at a very abstract drawing.

Roland looked at it for a long time before he recognized it as a map of the entire territory of the Eternal Winter Kingdom based on the handwriting on it.

She pointed to the empty space north of the Snowy Ridge, which was the northernmost point of Eternal Winter, and turned to Selene and asked, "What's up there?"

"Mountains, mountains that stretch for thousands of miles, are like the back of a hedgehog, from south to north, almost enveloping one side of the Dawning Realm—we also call it the spine of the continent. 」

"Has the Federation explored this area?"

"Of course, the Quest Society has mapped the entire Dawn Realm, including the continental spine. 」

"Did you just draw a map?" asked Edith eagerly, "no more specific records?"

"What the hell are you trying to say?" said Agatha, puzzled, "It's not easy to make a map, there are not only many mountains there, but they're wide—the Desperate Mountains can be seen as its tail at its end, and at its widest point, it's big enough to hold the entire Grey Keep. The peaks are extremely steep, and most of the area is covered with snow all year round, so what's the use of marking every peak?"

"I think we may have overlooked one place - the Firmament's plan for the Western Front may not refer to Tachira, but to the overall offensive against humanity, and the ruins of Taqira are just one of the options!" Ithine pointed his finger all the way up the Desperate Mountains, "The devil's goal is to keep the red mist out of this danger, if you are close enough to the four kingdoms, then whether you can build a city or not becomes less important, just find an opportunity to erect an obelisk!"

"What do you mean......" Agatha's face changed.

"In this area known as the spine of the continent, will there be a vein of divine stones that have not yet been discovered?" asked the Northland Pearl in a condensed voice.