Chapter 58: A Turning Point
"I heard that the head of Naxi was once in Yefaran?" Kakulos asked about Naxi's king in Yefaran.
These days, in order to cooperate with the Patriotic Army in the future, he also spent a lot of effort to get to know the big people in Probetz. Except for Prince Harold, who has a slight relationship, the head of the magic group in front of him is the most famous war hero of Probets. Although he hadn't seen Nashi in person, he was still very interested in the past of the defender of Probets.
Naxi didn't intend to hide it, because it was already an open secret: "Yes, living in Yefaran for a while is quite an unforgettable experience. ”
The plain language contains all of Naxi's feelings for Ye Farran.
Although it had been less than a year since he left Yefaran, it seemed as long ago to Naxi. Ever since he joined the war, he has been in the company of death. The brutality of the war greatly stimulated Naxi, and there were now very few of his companions left who had joined the army.
The loneliness of the rest of his life made him a little reticent, and whenever he thought of the past, he would always miss the people and things he had experienced in Yefaran.
Recalling his original intention when he first arrived at Yefaran, Naxi hoped to gain more knowledge in the study of magic. Unexpectedly, he became a war mage by mistake, and was even implicated in a series of major events. Fortunately, he finally met Bazok and others, otherwise his life would have been ruined in Ye Faran.
Seeing Naxi's trance-like appearance, Kakulos was a little amused, which reminded him of a joke about a magician.
"There is a saying among the mercenaries of Monaris that the magicians of Yefaran have no homeland! I have always believed in this, until I met you, and it turns out that what is passed down by word of mouth can sometimes be wrong. ”
The indifference of a magician is as annoying as the forgetfulness of a mercenary. If it weren't for the needs of the mission, few mercenary teams would hire these magicians from Yefaran.
"Yes, none of Yefaran's magicians have a homeland. That's because most of them will abandon everything in the past in pursuit of the mystery of the arcane. Naxi also sighed, "But I can't just watch my father go to battle in my place, after all, I'm just a half-mage." ”
Needless to say, Kakulos also knew that there were many mages in Yefran who were even more advanced than the people in front of him, but these people did not return to serve like Naxi. They had been fighting in Yepharan for many years, and everything in their homeland had long been overwhelmed by the vast magical knowledge and the status they had gained in Yefaran. Everything in Bohemia didn't matter to them anymore.
Naxi, on the other hand, has not been away from his hometown for a long time. In Bohemia, Naxi not only has his parents who he misses, but also the town where he has lived for more than 20 years. Even if his father hadn't been called up urgently, he would have stepped up to protect this peaceful home.
When one's country is in the face of annihilation, anyone with a conscience will stand up for it and resolutely defend the homeland that gave birth to them. This was true not only of Naxi, but also of Prince Harold, who had already planned to abandon his royal succession and become a knight of Patternia.
It's just that compared to Prince Harold's imitation, Naxi is even more confused.
From the beginning of the war against the soldiers of the Kingdom of Bavaria to now against the countless undead. Naxi found that as time went on, the war became more and more brutal and difficult. Just now I figured out some of Christine's hole cards, but I didn't expect the enemy to be replaced by a more difficult army of undead.
"Can we win this war, Mr. Kakulos. Naxi said with some concern. Having escaped death at the hands of the Blood Mage, he knew that the coming war would be even more difficult. Having never seen an army of the undead, he had little confidence in the victory of the war.
He knew very well that he had survived this year. A large part of this is due to luck.
The god of fate will not always protect him.
"It's a bit slim, but it's not hopeless. Kakulos said with a smile. "But if this is a losing war, do you think I'll come to help Prince Harold?"
Kakulos deliberately sold out, and Naxi didn't know for a moment what the veteran mercenary thought was the only hope.
"You and I both know how difficult it is to rely solely on Probetz's defense of less than 10,000 people to defeat the Sea of the Undead. Kakulos said.
Although all the physical qualities of human beings are far superior to those of the dead. But the unconscious skeleton has an advantage over humans, and that is that it has no mind.
No matter how great a commander is, he can't completely dispel the fear of death in the hearts of his soldiers, but the thousands of undead can carry out any necromancer's orders without hesitation. In Kakulos's opinion, if the necromancer can use this unparalleled advantage to the limit, then there is a high probability that the entire Probetz will be devoured by the undead in just a few days.
"If we want to win this war. In addition to doing everything you can to hold on here, you need more foreign help. "The longer we can hold out, the better the chances of survival!"
Nashi didn't understand what Kakulos knew: "More foreign aid?
Kakulos stood up, patted off the slag and said, "When fear is transmitted, people see hope." But when the hesitant nations saw that Probetz had survived the siege of the undead Scourge they put aside their fears and turned to a united front against the undead who could bring destruction. ”
Although there were many countries bordering Bohemia and Bavaria, for various reasons they did not send troops to directly assist Bohemia in the fight against the undead. This schadenfreude short-sightedness helped the undead army division to expand rapidly to some extent.
However, the current situation has completely exceeded the expectations of these countries. A country like Bohemia was devoured by countless spirits of the dead in just a few days. The terrifying proliferation ability that snowballs is simply just that
These days, Kakulos is also gathering more information about Bohemia, and the severity of the undead disaster has exceeded his estimates. Judging from the information he had gathered before, most of the necromancers who had been on the wanted blacklist had gathered in Bohemia. He believed that in addition to the money-hungry mercenaries, there were also many people who were very interested in these renegade necromancers.
After all, it was not easy to gather so many unstable factors together, and if they could be eliminated in one fell swoop, it would save a lot of effort.
"You mean, the more we can hold out until the end, the more hope we have of defeating the undead?" Naxi slightly understood what Kakulos was trying to say, but he still had concerns, "So how long will we have to hold out before these reinforcements in your mouth appear." ”
"As long as you can hold on for a week. "As far as I know, a number of neighboring countries have already begun to prepare reinforcements, and the Light Covenant is discussing organizing a holy war against the undead entrenched in Bavaria. ”
Although it will only take a week, this is also Kakulos's most optimistic estimate. Judging from the information obtained so far, the bishopric meeting of the Holy Light Covenant has not yet ended, and if you really want those old-fashioned God of Light believers to take action, I am afraid it will take a while.
The undead army would arrive in Probetz in about three days, and the Nasi would have to hold on for four days before they could make the turn of events as Kakulos had mentioned. (To be continued......)