It's been seven days since I returned to the city of Saint Laurent.

During these seven days, Vega did not disclose Alysia's identity to the whole country, but explained the situation to several core members and asked a guard to be sent to protect her safety.

At first, Vega was worried that Thea would have an opinion.

But later Vega found out that Thea didn't care about it, but liked this well-behaved and obedient sister quite a lot, and the two simple people became quite good in less than a few days.

Of course.

Vega didn't tell me about Meru ordering Alysia to marry him no matter what, otherwise it would be hard to say whether Thea, who was possessive, self-esteem and insecure, would be able to get along with each other so happily.

That's all the stuff done.

Vega can finally take out the rune page with confidence and start learning this newly acquired star shadow magic.

This magic is different from the past, it belongs to the dark magic branch of the three major branches of shadow mage.

This branch of magic mainly mimics elemental mages, using area-of-effect magic to attack, and looks more like traditional elemental magic used in frontal warfare.

But this branch is hardly studied.

The reason is very simple, there are too many constraints on this branch.

Shadow mages who major in dark arts are indeed stronger than fire elemental mages of the same level under certain conditions, but they have a hard requirement, that is, they must be in the night.

Once in the daytime.

The shadow magic of the dark magic branch will be greatly weakened, and its power is not as good as that of wind and earth mages, only reaching one-third of the destructive power, and most head-to-head battles take place during the day, which also causes most shadow mages to choose to major in trickery or shadow magic, rather than major in dark magic.

Of course, this is also related to the needs of the military.

The same two mages who are used in head-on combat stand here, instead of choosing a dark magic branch that can only exert its full strength in the dark, it is better to directly choose an elemental mage that is relatively stable and can play a role in any situation around the clock.

As a result, dark magic is generally very frustrating, and no shadow mage is willing to major in it.

Vega was a little disappointed when he first learned that it was a branch of magic from the dark arts.

But after understanding the effect of this magic, Vega was a little overjoyed.

It's true war magic.

The name of the magic is 'Fear Devouring'.

Magic, which inherits the mystery and weirdness of the Shadow Mage, can absorb the fear of allies on the battlefield and transfer that fear to the enemy, affecting their ability to fight.

It's just that......

This conversion rate is really low, about one percent.

But even that can't hide the horrors of this war magic.

In a war, once a soldier is afraid, he will flee and retreat without permission, and it is impossible to stop it by relying on the Overseers. But if you use this magic at that time, you can absorb all the fears of your allies, and make them move forward like brainwashed death squads.

Perhaps it is precisely because of this characteristic that this magic is qualified to be called a star position.

Need to know.

In the ancient period when magic was at its most glorious, mages in every system were working hard to develop magic applied to war, maybe a powerful magic had just been developed, and hostile mages developed magic to deal with it, thinking that at that time this magic must have had its own natural enemies, but now is the end of the law era.

This means:

This magic will be used to the fullest extent without worrying about the enemy's countermeasures.

As long as he uses this magic on the battlefield, even cannon fodder can turn it into an elite division.

That's true.

The so-called elite division, the overall strength is actually secondary, what really matters is the heart that is not afraid of death.

As long as you have that heart that is not afraid of death, no enemy is invincible.

Therefore, this magic is regarded as a treasure of war by Vega.

"Finally, I got another real hole card. ”

The moment he learned the magic, the pressure that had accumulated on Vega's body was finally relieved.

This magic alone is enough to increase the chance of winning against the World Alliance forces by three percent in the coming year.

That's three percent.

In Vega's previous prediction, the win rate was less than 0.01% when all means were counted.

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Frost falls.

Three months later, it was late autumn.

On the border, the Jialan Army is still building a defensive line repeatedly, turning the border line into an iron bucket.

Regarding the movements of the Jialan Army, the Imperial Army has changed from the initial fuss, to the vigilance later, and then to the current surprise, and it can be said that the attitude has completed a 180-degree change.

And rightfully so.

Habit is a rather scary existence.

Walking the same road 10,000 times, you will no longer pay attention to the scenery along the way, and you will not expect the taste of the dish after eating the same dish a thousand times.

The Imperial Army has long since ceased to be on guard against the Jialan Army.

Coupled with the fact that winter is coming, this is the most unsuitable season for marching and fighting.

All of this led Foster and Eldier to believe that the Blues were not going to attack, but to defend.

Emperor Immortal City.

Cautious to the point of nearing pathology, Eldir gave the order to Foster and Tilles to withdraw.

However, only 1.6 million reinforcements were withdrawn, and about 100,000 to 200,000 defenders were still maintained in the major cities.

In Erdil's opinion, with this group of defenders, even if there is an accident at that time, it will probably be able to drag until the reinforcements arrive.

After all, did they refuse to defend the city, or in such cold and freezing weather, how could the long-distance Jialan army defeat them in a short time and take the city from their hands?

But what he didn't know was.

Marching to fight is never a one-man affair, and if he does not do everything possible to convey his thoughts to the soldiers and officers, his almost pathological caution will not be taken seriously at all, and he will even be said to be timid.

Anyway, his order was quickly conveyed to the border.

Forster, who couldn't wait, officially announced the withdrawal of troops half a month before the arrival of early winter.

He stood on the tower of Kareni and looked into the distance: "Wait for me in the spring of the coming year, Jialan Empire." ”

Squeak –

The gates of the city were reopened.

The city of Kareni, which had been closed until now, declared that the state of war had been lifted, and the heavy smell of gunsmoke completely dissipated at this moment.

As soon as the empire withdrew, Hausman on the side of the City of Ice and Fire finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Ahem, ahem...... It's finally time to withdraw the troops. ”

Haussmann seemed to be a little unable to stand the cold weather, but he was surprisingly energetic: "Carefully avoid stealing from the master in the middle of the night, deliberately select a secluded alley where no one will be found to kill people, and send an army to attack unexpectedly? ”

In a tone of extreme confidence.

Haussmann Christian showed a rare cruel smile: "Foster Nolan, let me tell you what the real conspiracy is, and this is just the beginning to catch up with that little ghost!"