Chapter 167: The Ritual (I)
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After the battle, the corpses and horses of the dead had been cleaned up, leaving only the remains of weapons and armor scattered everywhere. Passing by a few soldiers with lifeless faces, interspersed with resources that could be recycled, the work was so numb that it didn't cause any mood swings, even though the bloody clothes they had just picked up were still on their comrades yesterday.
The autumn breeze is slightly cool, and the dust is flying to whitewash the residual sun like blood,
The mourning bird cries in the air, and the dead bones are not cold, and finally the yin and yang are separated.
There was still a faint smell of blood wafting in the air, smelling salty and disgusting, and Xiao Yi was accompanied only by Faeron and Jenkins, and the others had their own duties when they won the war after the war.
Looking at Xiao Yi's slightly silent back, Fei Lun sighed and said faintly: "General Wright sat in the vanguard of the left side of the front army, and broke the enemy all the way like a wolf into a flock, Mr.'s medicine worked wonders, and the various departments of our army advanced very smoothly, and the casualty ratio was less than eleven, but who knew that in the end, it was ......."
"Ben Lei Fa Holy ...... O'Brien!"
Xiao Yi sighed to himself, before coming here, he had heard that what he had been worried about before had indeed happened, O'Brien, the first mage of the Mainke Empire, had entered the war. Although it was only a flash in the air, he stopped the advance of the 200,000 army and the rout of his own side, although he did not have the opportunity to see it face to face, Xiao Yi was indeed able to deduce the strength of the other party in his mind at this time.
You must know that just the strength of the enhanced version of the eighth order of Birogri has already made him feel tricky, if it is replaced by the power of the holy order, he is really not sure that he can compete with it, fortunately, the other party put on a posture of just preventing Ai Xin's army from chasing into his own country and stopped it in time, otherwise the war with the participation of the holy order is often a death-bound ending.
“...... Wright's death is actually not a nest, leaving aside the guards and riding deep alone, and killing more than 100 enemy soldiers in a row, if it weren't for the chance to meet the Ben Lei Fa Holy ......"
Fei Lun's words flickered a little, because he had just won the battle, and the Western Front had a long-lost opportunity to breathe and recuperate, and the control of discipline in the army would naturally be looser than usual. And because of this, a small stream of bad rumors has begun to spread, saying that Wright's life was actually cut off by Xiao Yi, and you can't say that this statement has no truth at all.
It is true that the conflict between Xiao Yi and Wright has indeed always been Wright's picking and squeezing everywhere, and in the end, if it weren't for Xiao Yi's excellent skills, I am afraid he would have to be disgraced, and then Wright incurred the dissatisfaction of Lodivan and Vincent It can be said that he is completely to blame, who let you suppress dissidents in a weird way when the whole army is facing a crisis.
But in a large number of people and a well-structured group, there are more and more examples of three people becoming tigers, and the more classes crossed, the more they deviate from the truth, and compared with Xiao Yi, Wright has a more intimate advantage in the group of ordinary soldiers, and the conclusion on this matter has become 'the king's close ministers are arrogant and arrogant, and the generals of the military camp are humiliated for no reason'.
If the development of the hindsight stops there, there will be no problem, but the key is that the follow-up has really changed. Wright's death seems to have been due to his own recklessness and impulsiveness, but those who know him well know that his character is really not like this, otherwise he would not have survived from a small position on the battlefield to his current position.
Therefore, it is because of Xiao Yi that he was hit hard and confused his mind and died recklessly on the battlefield, in fact, it cannot be wrong.
As the saying goes, the dead are greater, even if there are thousands of mistakes, as long as they are not defective in character and cause anger and resentment, they will generally be treated with a tolerant attitude, and if they are replaced by comrades and brothers with many military merits and prestige, it is inevitable to vigorously defend and even be unreasonable, so the evaluation of Xiao Yi will naturally be even more unpleasant.
Fei Lun naturally knew the truth and truth of the matter, but he couldn't say anything, whether it was to Xiao Yi or the gossip. But he didn't say in his heart that he didn't care, and the person who spread the message could naturally experience the suffering in the barracks, but that could be a reason to go with the flow!
"If I can do the same as I did with Nolan, I'm afraid he can at least save his life!"
"Master Xiao, you can't be blamed for this, and you don't need to blame yourself!" Jenkins spoke, since he learned that Xiao Yi had dealt with another eighth-order necromancer, he was now more and more convinced of Xiao Yi.
"People should find their place and do what they have to do. And he didn't find the right one, so he paid the price, it has nothing to do with whether you saved his life or not, and besides, you care about more important things, hundreds of thousands of residents of Nurenfen City were rescued by you from the enslavement of the evil undead, one is more important than hundreds of thousands of people, it is not an exaggeration to say that even if His Majesty personally orders one of them, I am afraid that he will agree with your choice, you really don't need to think about it. ”
"No, I'm not guilty, it's just a little regretful that I knew that I had the opportunity to save one more life and didn't do my best. Captain Fei Lun, how many people have died in this battle?" Xiao Yi closed his eyes slightly, and threw a different question to Fei Lun.
"After a rough count last night, our army only lost more than 7,000 people, and the opponent retreated like a tide of ants, although it is difficult to count accurately, but the number of enemy troops destroyed and captured is by no means less than 100,000. ”
Speaking of the battle, Pheron's spirit was lifted again, after all, in the eyes of a pure soldier, there is nothing more joyful than a great victory in the war to defend the homeland, even if it is at the cost of blood. But he didn't seem to notice that Xiao Yi's face didn't show even a hint of a smile on his face.
"100,000 Souls...... Birogli is actually not wrong, people are really no different from ants in the face of war. Your Majesty said to me before he came that it is my 'mission' as a citizen to contribute to the country, but no matter what you think, I really don't want this kind of 'mission' in the face of such a result!"
Say it, Xiao Yi smiled sadly, turned around and walked in the direction of returning to the camp. Fei Lun and Jenkins naturally followed immediately, but their psychology felt a little painful at the moment, Xiao Yi just now actually made them feel melancholy, and this was something they had never seen in him before.
When he returned to the camp, he naturally had to report to Vincent and Lodivan, and Xiao Yi went straight to His Majesty the King after entering the command camp, and after standing still and saluting, Chen Sheng asked:
"Remember what you promised me!" (To be continued.) )