Chapter 266: Space-Time Matrix
A violent saloon appeared behind Palofodi, and with a violent tremor, it seemed that thousands of troops were rushing towards this side under the cover of that saloon, and even the scorching sunlight was completely engulfed after falling into the obscuring sand, except for the occasional flash of red light in the sandstorm, like blood flowing from the sun's death.
At this time, the battlefield in front of Palofodi was full of blood, and the three thousand soldiers were left with less than a thousand men at this time, and all of them were wounded and their ammunition was about to run out, but in the face of such a fierce surprise attack, not only did everyone not have any fear, but they all showed a relieved expression.
This kind of shock was too familiar to them, even the swarm charge of ghost beasts could not achieve this effect, and in everyone's cognition, there was only one creature that could cause such a devastating shock with the charge alone - the crystal dragon of Spartacus.
The sandstorm came to a halt behind Palofodi, and then a black dot flew out of the smoke and quickly made its way through the dilapidated Palofodi Academy.
A few minutes later, the black dot landed in front of Mrak.
"Your Excellency!"
Mrak knelt in front of him with his sword in one hand, and his body immediately fell to his knees in black pressure.
"What's going on?"
Lear frowned and looked around, he could smell the thick and almost foggy bloody aura of this battlefield several kilometers ago, and there was no need to think that everyone must have experienced a brutal battle.
But among the nearly 2,000 corpses lying on the battlefield, apart from the warrior sea eagles of Spartacus, there were only about a hundred ogres and thunderbirds, and he did not think that his warriors and the weapons in their hands would be weak enough to produce such a casualty ratio.
And most importantly, he knew that Palofodi was in ruins, and it was unlikely that there would be a formed army nearby, otherwise he would not have been relieved to let Mlak and his men wait for him here.
But now it seemed that something unexpected had happened that dragged Mrak and the others into a sudden battle, and after looking around, he realized that there was one person missing.
"Where's Haag?" Before Mlak could reply, Lear asked in a deep voice again.
"Returning to my lordship, that's ......"
By the time Mlak had completely reported the cause and effect of the incident and the battle damage, the sun overhead had entered the most tyrannical state of the day, and the rays of sunlight shone on the warriors' bodies and faces like knives, frantically sucking the water from the bodies of all living beings, as if they were going to drain everyone into corpses.
"Let's go back first. ”
After listening to Mrak's report, Lear did not say a word, and then saw his right hand wave slightly, and a grand blue light suddenly bloomed in his hand and quickly covered all the fighters within a radius of five hundred meters.
He saw that these people were suffering from minor or serious injuries, and without a priest, he could only do his best to do it himself.
The sudden appearance of the barbarian completely disrupted his steps, even though he had arrived from Nireel as soon as possible, after burning Vest to death and taking care of Tartaglia's internal affairs.
Originally, he had intended to depose Queen Talos and replace Tuze, first, the cowardly queen was not in his political interests, and second, he needed someone more capable of being more loyal to him to run the barren country as a springboard for him to return to Antaglisi.
However, this idea of his was met with the desperate opposition of a group of former courtiers led by Valenque the Elder and Tuzer himself.
The former's opposition didn't mean anything to him at all, and he wouldn't hesitate to kill them all as a gift to clear the obstacles for Tuze.
Doing extraordinary things in extraordinary times, not to mention that these pedantic restoration nobles are not good birds, and Lear does not have half a psychological burden to kill, but he has to carefully consider the latter's opinion.
According to Tuze himself, Queen Talos had the grace of knowing him, and he must not do such a rebellious thing, otherwise he would have no shame to face the ancestors in the temple after the horse leather shroud in the future.
More importantly, after seeing the prosperity of Spartacus, he saw a whole new world, and the mode and method of war had been changed, just like a horse that no longer wants to be bound by low fences and railings after seeing the vast grassland.
In Tuze's eyes, the current Tartaglia is this fence, and helping the queen to restore the throne can be regarded as repaying the kindness of the previous acquaintance, but he himself does not want to be mired in this filthy and huge quagmire anymore.
After being persuaded by Tuze and the fact that Queen Talos had even vowed to be Spartacus's staunchest ally, and promised to provide Lear with all the facilities he needed to conquer the continent, Lear finally chose to compromise.
Although the matter did not end up according to his ideas, the result should be considered to be the same, and although Tataria, who had destroyed all his strategic forces, was his nominal ally, anyone with a discerning eye knew that it was a de facto vassal.
At least until the Swampmen regain their formidable power, they are not in any position to disobey Lear's orders, and it remains to be seen whether Lear will let them do so.
But what Lear didn't expect was that while he copied the barbarian logistics base, Tanan also gave him a big surprise by mistake.
Because of the limitation of carrying conditions, he returned to Tataglia this time with only 5,000 soldiers, and all of them were carefully selected elites, 3,000 people directly lost nearly two-thirds in this battle, and the remaining 2,000 were also indispensable fighters on the six warships.
Originally, according to his idea, during the period when he was solving the Tatalya problem, Mlak and the others could rush forward to occupy Palofodi as a temporary base, and then send out detectives to spy on the movements of the two countries of Krurod and Bracada and the current situation on the mainland, so as to facilitate his next decision.
However, man is not as good as heaven, and Tanan used only two ghost beasts to cripple his vanguard troops, and this was still when the enemy was paralyzed.
If, according to Mlak and the others, the enemy directly commanded the five ghost beasts to attack, he might only be left with a corpse when he arrived, but even then he would have suffered heavy losses.
Haag's departure did not surprise him and even touched him, not to mention the previous agreement, Lear was pleased that Haag had tried to stop the enemy commander from slaughtering his companions.
As for the betrayal that Ivo said, he didn't think so, saying that a thousand ways and ten thousand in this world are the final word of the fist, although the purpose of his trip is not to be an enemy of Tanan, but the two thousand lives and Haag's matter have been placed in the middle, and this hurdle cannot be overcome.
And from Tartaglia to Tiga, Krurod and Erathia are the only way to go, and now it seems that Tanan will not let him go easily, judging by the characteristics of the ghostly beasts described to him by Mrak, there is already a close connection between the barbarian and the necromancer.
Although it is not certain that it is Sandru, the birth of the ghost beast is related to necromancy is the first thing he determined after seeing the traces left at the scene.
"My lord, what do we do now?"
In Palofodi's makeshift barracks, Mlak asked solemnly, and coincidentally, the building he had chosen was the Miscellaneous Quarters where Lear had arrived at the Academy, one of the few buildings that had been relatively well preserved, perhaps because it was of little value, so that he had escaped the danger of being burned in the war.
Lear knew what Mlak was asking about - soldiers.
The troops he brought with him this time were not many, and then more than half of the battle was lost, and with the current strength, even with the crystal dragon, it was impossible to support a large-scale battle.
Even if their combat mode is already half out of the era of cold weapons, the disadvantage in numbers makes this strategic advantage impossible to highlight.
The most important thing is that the ammunition of the artillery has been exhausted in the battle last night, and Krurod is looking at the sea from the Gobi on all fronts, and it is very difficult to get supplies from the battleship.
Ilore couldn't be allowed to fly over thousands of miles of desert with hundreds of sea eagles and bring back boxes of heavy shells.
"Let's rest first, I'll fix this. ”
Lear patted Mrak on the shoulder and walked out.
The time and space gate can carry through each life energy and the magic power consumed is directly proportional, even if Spartacus can open the time and space gate without any scruples, but at the other end of the magic node if he does not have enough magic power to build an exit, then everyone will be lost in the endless void.
And even he can't use his magic to build a space-time gate that is enough for the army to pass through.
He needs some help and hopefully that place isn't gone yet.
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