As soon as the tunnel work began, the elves continued to send troops to harass them. It's just that the other party relied on the advantage of the city wall, and the elves didn't get any benefits.

Although Philip did not know the purpose of digging the tunnel on the other side, it would not be wrong to stop what the enemy wanted to do. At first, he didn't get any favors, and as soon as he sent his own troops, the Imperial Army immediately eliminated the harassment of the army.

Fortunately, he had consolidated his defense line earlier and did not cause much damage.

But every day I watched the tunnel stretch forward, and I became more and more uneasy. What's worse is that they don't stop working at night, lighting an unknown number of torches to illuminate the tunnel.

And he also has to constantly divide his troops to strengthen the rear supply lines.

In the past few days, there has been little good news except for the recovery of the magician.

At this time, the herald urgently brought news to Philip that some of the generals had made new discoveries.

Philip hurried out of the tent and into the command room.

The generals on the spot were like stagnant water, silent.

When Philip was done, a general who had prepared the draft came out to speak.

"Elder Philips, the tunnel on Wasser's side is almost out of the protective area of the city wall. ”

Philip wondered.

"That's not good news, so that our soldiers can harass them with impunity. ”

The general hesitated for a moment and continued.

"We sent troops to harass us, but~"

Philip was stunned and hurriedly asked.

"But what?"

"Bows and arrows don't seem to do much, the tunnels are too small, and there aren't many bows and arrows that can be shot in. And they can cover the surface with planks, and the bow and arrow can't penetrate such thick planks. ”

Philip certainly understood the meaning of the sentence.

retorted.

"What about the cavalry!"

"Unless the cavalry dismounts, it is difficult to inflict damage on the people in the tunnel. ”

Philip sat down in his chair with a dead face. He also knew what that meant, and he had to make a decision as soon as possible. Fight a decisive battle at the risk of unlikeliable victory, or retreat. Maybe that reel was wrong.

The scroll didn't have those special markings, and the handwriting was sloppy, more like someone's essay, maybe a fake.

But those descriptions are so true that they even have the date of prophecy, is it possible to write an essay?

Philip was lost at the moment.

Some people's eyes are full of regret, and some people implicitly mock ....

Philip felt like a father at the moment, reading through everyone's mind. But he didn't care, and his soul continued to drift to the deepest part of his heart.

He was the only "non-professional" elder in Stuyard, and his mission was to study the ancient texts that had been piled up one by one.

Therefore, he is also known as the most knowledgeable person among the elves.

But as long as there is a human being, there will be a teacher, and he is also a human being.

"Teacher, I don't want to read anymore, I want to learn martial arts like Kashuman, I want to be a general. ”

The man, who was hailed as the most learned by the elves at the time, did not reason with him. Directly picked up the stick and beat it violently. Kneel at the door and let yourself cry.

"Teacher, do you know Safari, from the Miranda family. I don't know why I'm so happy with her, I just think, I just think. Well, I just want to be with her every day. Teacher, really, I'm having a lot of fun with her. ”

The next day he was told that Safarish had been betrothed to Gomis.

Of course Philip knew who did it, but what could he do, take a knife and kill the old immortal, would he dare?

Philip did not return to the Academy of Antiquities that day, as he had done for the usual twenty years, and he wandered around penniless. If you are hungry, you want food, and if you don't get it, you will steal it, and you will rob it.

He also suffered from the white eyes of many elves, after all, which elf was as messy as he was, and his body exuded a sour smell. Until he was taken away by a detachment of guards.

He was stripped naked, and the men came to scrub himself with the same brushes that they usually used to brush horsehair. I still remember the stinging pain of those hard brushes across my skin.

He just stayed in the Ancient Books Academy so honestly, he didn't dare to leave, he really didn't want to live that day of eating and sleeping in the open, but he hated the teacher in his heart, he didn't dare to resist, he was too cowardly. So much so that he still had to study hard to keep the teacher from disliking his learning progress.

He also unconsciously forgot about Safari.

He remembered the teacher waiting for him to meet the wings of the legendary dragons with hideous faces, incomparably hard scales, so large that they could obscure the sky.

He also knew that the teacher taught him the language to communicate with this group of big guys.

The teacher also asked him to communicate with one of them, he was very nervous, and he stammered, he didn't know what he was talking about, but the big guys who were taller than ten of himself listened carefully, and they didn't mean to slack off at all. At that time, Philip knew that the most inconspicuous elder had the greatest power.

He remembered that night even more.

"Federigo, do you really want to go to that place for a broken scroll, once you go, you can't come back. You can't come back alive either. ”

At that time, the twelve elven elders gathered in the Ancient Books Academy to persuade their teacher to go further north for an unknown scroll.

Philip had read a lot of Gusin's cheats over the years, and of course he knew what that place was, and he also looked at the scroll, and felt that the scroll was only three points credible.

In the end, despite the persuasion of the other eleven elders, the teacher decided to go without hesitation.

"Philip, you said that I have my life to verify that this is only a thirty percent true scroll, do you have to. ”

Philip bowed his head and said nothing, full of resentment and fear towards the teacher.

The teacher seems to know, too.

"You will face such a choice in the future, remember my choice today. ”

From then on, Philip was Stuyard's elder.

He continued to study ancient books and spend time among mountains of piles of books. He also gradually understood his mission and meaning.

He also took the land, he was not reasonable, he was more than a teacher. He did the same as the teacher did back then, and even surpassed it.

Because this position requires a heart that is indifferent, sees life like an ant, wants your heart to be disillusioned, and then let the ashes rekindle.

Now he has also decided to make the choice of the teacher back then.

The generals saw Philip slowly raise their eyes, knowing that Philip was about to decide what to do.

Philip is as good as a mosquito, but unquestionable.

"Every day we start the general attack. ”

These generals thought it was incredible, but it was reasonable.

Philip would have gambled on that forty percent chance, but it seemed that he had not done the right thing since the beginning of the war.

Philip was still a little trembling in his heart, the teacher was wrong back then, they were different. He had to bear hundreds of thousands of lives, not just himself.

Do you have the courage to take these lives?

This man, who has been a little cowardly since childhood, made a decision today that he thought he was very brave.