Chapter Ninety-Nine: The Price of Aggressiveness
The disintegration of the wall of flesh lasted even faster than Rob expected.
It had only been ten minutes before the corpses and scraps of flesh of those monsters had all fallen off, revealing the true face of the thing behind them.
It was a white softworm less than half a meter in length and the thickness of its forearms, with no bones, and more than 90% of its body was made of fat.
His Excellency the future Superior Magister reached out and lifted the white worm from the ground.
The latter struggled desperately in the palm of his hand, but it had no effect, losing the outer cloak of the wall of flesh, its own strength was only about the first order, and it was slow, one-on-one, even ordinary adventurers had the opportunity to kill it easily.
"Is that what made this valley like this?" Lolo raised an eyebrow.
Rob nodded, but then the words that came out of someone's mouth surprised the girl, "This bug is not a creature of the Abyss, but from the Dawn Continent. ”
"Our continent?!, but no one has ever seen anything like this. ”
The future Ultra Magister pointed to the bug's abdomen, which was smooth, "It has no reproductive organs on its body, and this is the best evidence, which means that it has no way to reproduce on its own, and can only be cultivated artificially." ”
Luo Luo thought of something, a little incredulous, "This thing...... The church created it?"
"Well, but compared to other creatures on the Dawn Continent, it can perfectly adapt and use the environment of the abyss, and this thing should have a lot of research value. Rob said as he took out the rope and tied it up, then threw it into his backpack.
After the flesh wall collapsed, the two of them easily found the abyssal crack inside.
Similar to what Rosita said, this rift is about 1.9 miles in diameter, and it is only one step away from evolving to a large size, and at that time, the most powerful monsters like the Abyss Lord can invade the Dawn Continent from the other side in droves.
Luo Luo took out the small wooden knife that someone gave her and took a deep breath, "You told me last time, how much time do we have left?"
"A month, or a month and a half if you're lucky. ”
"Then we'd better get started. The girl said this and walked into the crack.
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At the Palace of Benevolence, the attendant pushed open the door to the conference room for Elwood.
The room was very lively, almost all the high-ranking generals of the Faro Kingdom had gathered here this afternoon, and at the same time, some people were rushing to the place after receiving the urgent summoning order.
Long before His Majesty the Pope came in, there was already a lot of noise here, and the generals were so red-faced that no one could convince anyone, and a few even rolled up their sleeves and almost made a move.
Seeing this, Elwood snorted coldly, and the conference room suddenly fell silent.
The Holy Alliance is the most special of all nations, the monarchy and the divine right are combined, and the Pope has supreme power and prestige, and even in the midst of turmoil, Elwood is still firmly in control.
His Majesty the Pope felt a faint sense of satisfaction in the silent conference room, this is what it feels like to be in power, and why everyone wants to sit in this position.
Elwood glanced around, and finally stopped at the body of a bearded man, this is his own hand-drawn descendant, named Henson, who succeeded Rog, who had disappeared for four years, as the head of the First Holy Knights, and unlike what he appeared on the outside, he was actually quite a delicate person.
Henson nodded, and said, "I'll give you a brief introduction, it's been sixty-two days since the Holy Alliance's invaders set foot on our soil, and they were here the last time we got information about those bastards. ”
The commander of the First Holy Knights pointed to a city on the sand table, "The force led by Lehart VII himself cut straight through thirty miles north of the city of Morondo, and then entered the Grizzly Bear Forest, where they threw off our men. ”
"Is Captain Henson joking, it's only seven hundred miles from Santa Massa, and it only takes a few days for them to appear in front of us, but how could they have run so deep in two months. Before Henson's words fell, someone questioned.
"It sounds unbelievable, but it is true, as far as I know, after crossing the border, the imperials barely rested, and they went all the way to Santa Massa without sleeping. ”
"What about the garrisons along our way, even if we can't stop the harassment and slow down the other side, we can always do it. A general spoke.
"It's hard, because they never attack towns, they only gather supplies from nearby villages, their routes are erratic, they're so mobile, it's almost impossible to get stuck to them," Henson explained.
"Well, if you try your best to ignore the people who have fallen behind, it is theoretically possible to reach Morondo in two months, but what's the point?" said the leader of the Fourth Holy Knights, "Even if they can achieve this almost miraculous military goal, but in their current state, they are sleepy and have no combat strength at all, even if they can set foot on the land of Faro early tomorrow morning?"
General Van Bos, who had been sitting quietly and did not speak, bowed at this time and said, "According to your majesty's instructions, the 1st and 4th Holy Knights, the 3rd Infantry Regiment, the 1st Priesthood Regiment, and the Apologists, a total of 210,000 people, have been assembled and set up a defensive line one hundred and forty miles away from St. Massa, ready to meet the invaders of the Empire. ”
"The Second Holy Order has encountered another Imperial army on the banks of the Yenisel, and our men have demolished the bridge to cross the river ahead of time, and the two sides are currently in a stalemate. Henson then gave an account of the fighting on the other front.
"In this way, Lehart VII will have no reason to continue his hurry, and they should rest in the Grizzly Bear Forest, and the date of the decisive battle will be ten to fifteen days later. ”
The judgment of the head of the First Paladin Order was also approved by the vast majority of the people, and it was proposed to use this time to recruit another army from the nearby nobles, Elwood was noncommittal, now it is different from the past, after the events in Seta City were exposed, it is better not to persecute those nobles too much at this time, so as not to backfire, as long as there are two more weeks, the two troops stationed in the east can also come back, and then the church side will have an overwhelming advantage in strength.
Elwood could not find any chance that his side would fail, and Lehart VII was shooting himself in the foot this time, and he would soon pay the price for his rash advance.