Chapter 647: Tacit Understanding
The future of accidental chaos always flows over time and collapses into the inevitable and unique present. When the army of the human kingdom was about to flank the Sidon centaurs from the front and rear, they found that there was a powerful orc lord to the east of the centaur territory. If the allied forces do not resolve this uncertain factor in advance, the more than 100,000 cavalry in the Great Stone Fortress theater will face huge military risks if they leave the fortifications and enter the northern wilderness.
With his barren military command experience, Victor also knew that the news of the Goblin King had changed the entire battle situation, and the strength of humans to fight the centaurs was reduced by one-third, and the Boulder Fortress could only send more than a thousand war beast cavalry to sweep the rear of the centaurs. Unless the human coalition first dismantles the Goblin Lord's threat, the strategy of flanking the centaurs in front and behind will basically fail.
Of course, this does not mean that the Eastern Pioneer Territory watched the Centaur tribe retreat into the vast wilderness. The centaurs lack food and have no intention of fighting, and the 300,000 elites in the Eastern Pioneer Territory still have the advantage, and when most of the female centaurs retreat to the tribal lair first, the Radiant Knights, the Templar Army, and the Lord's coalition army must take the initiative to attack the Centaurs' northern camp. It's just that the coalition forces will have to fight a tough battle with the centaurs to completely defeat them.
The core interests of the Kingdom of Gombis are in the southern continent, and as the guardian of Gombis, Victor asked the main reinforcements of Gombis to hold the eastern defense line and not participate in the field war between the Sassanian Empire and the centaurs. With the status of the Earl of Golden-Eye, Tystiel and Friedes still have to give him this little face.
Now, time is of the essence, the church will kill the goblin lord as soon as possible, and let the orc tribes that threaten the war zone of the megalith fortress fall into chaos, and the war will be much easier to fight in the future.
Sylvia doesn't make a move, Victor can be said to be the strongest among the secular lords, with him involved in the operation, the chance of success in beheading the goblin lord is very high, and there is no need for Clement to cast a prophetic spell to cover the aura of the three tempest paladins.
For Victor, Tystiel, and Tournans, the quickest way to get to the Boulder Fortress was on foot, as the Alien Warbeasts didn't run as fast as them and needed plenty of food along the way. Victor bringing Randall's personal guard will only be slower, and this kind of infiltration and decapitation, too many people is a bad thing. Victor eventually chooses Caligula, Nelson, and 8 alchemy soldiers to act as his entourage.
Caligula helps Victor thwart the Mystery's assassination attempt in the Giant Wood Forest. It turns out that the stupid big man's psychic perception can make up for the shortcomings of Victor's way of perceiving. Nelson's psychic strength was a little worse, but he had already touched the edge of his psychic touch.
Randall led more than 100,000 people to regard Nelson as the first general under the lord's command and the second strongest in the family. In particular, the soldiers of the mercenary legion admired Lord Nelson, who was born at the bottom, and his reputation spread throughout the Centaur Hills, and even the lords of the kingdoms heard of the name of the bear of the Northland, and tacitly regarded him as the top fierce warrior in the human realm.
The minds of all beings are blessed with the power of faith, giving him great motivation to climb upwards, but also bringing him heavy pressure, thus stimulating his spiritual growth. After Nelson slew Count Kinley, his reputation grew, and he became more and more hardworking, and his strength grew by leaps and bounds. But Caligula was still pressing on his head, which made his mentality become anxious, and he wanted to find a gold-level centaur to win the battle and break through.
Nelson's change of mentality has both internal and external factors, and Victor knows that his persuasion has little effect on him, so he simply takes him with him so that he does not seek death.
The lord and the two fierce warriors are leaving, and Randall's personal guards are not fit to continue the battle. Victor wrote two letters, one to Sylvia and one to Sophia, and in the name of sending letters, he asked two squads of Rose Knights to withdraw from the battle, one to return to the Centaur Hills, and the other to meet Sophia first, and then reinforce the mercenary corps at the Wraith Forest Frontier. And Charlotte took the fierce warriors and small probationary knight squires of Silvermoon Manor to Duncan Fortress to assist Gillian in managing logistics, and by the way, wait for Victor to return.
The pro-guard team was split up by Victor, and the surviving 32 ordinary elites were placed beside the commanders of each legion, nominally acting as the liaison officer of the Earl of Goldeneye, but in fact separated from the battle sequence, responsible for observing and recording the battle process of each legion, enriching the military command experience of the Randall family. The alchemy humans were all incorporated into the cavalry team of the Swift Dragon Knights and directly participated in the battle.
Victor intends to update the alchemy creatures, so the 380 alchemy humans in the Centaur Hills reinforcements, plus the 80 alchemy militia in the personal guard, are consumables for this war.
Only by returning to the Alchemy Tower can their soul fire reload their skills and turn them into a powerful third-level source blood militia.
Also worrying about Victor is Roland, who is also on the verge of being promoted to the legendary rank, and knows better than Nelson that he can gain the favor of the power of fate by killing the head of the centaur, and may take a crucial step.
How could the deities of Mother Earth be killed by someone so simply?
Victor would rather flee to the east of the wilderness with the remnants of the Centaurs than confront them. For he had glimpsed some of the mysteries behind the veil of the world, the outbreak of eternal war between the ancient behemoths was enough to explain it all, and their will to fight was passed on to all kinds of bloodline descendants, all in order to seize the favor of the creator Tyron Riel and gain supreme power.
Victor fully suspects that the Knights of Radiance's use of the Great Prophecy to kill Orogar is the cause of the centaurs' appearance of the Divine Favor, and deduces from this that once the "darlings of Mother Earth" are oppressed, their counterattack will be particularly violent.
Patriarch Friedes and Grand Master Testil may have been alarmed by this, and their battle plan was to storm the Centaur North Camp, since the two Centaur Divine Favorites were in the South Camp.
Once the entire centaur army in the northern camp collapsed, the centaur god could only lead the tribal members to migrate eastward to seize the living space of other orcs, and the Sassan Empire and the Neville Kingdom successfully seized the centaur's original territory.
Roland is afraid that he will ignore the overall strategic situation of Sarterstil and wait for the opportunity to kill the centaur god. She had secretly attacked the Elemental Sea without telling the Augustan royal family, so what else could she not do?
Victor can keep Nelson with him, but he certainly can't control Roland. In order to prevent the most potential eldest princess of Cambes from encountering accidents, before leaving, he urgently summoned the high-ranking knight commanders of the various families of Cambys, and in the name of the guardian of the kingdom, asked the reinforcements of Cambes, except for the Knights of the Swift Dragon, to hold the defense line of Duncan's fortress and not to fight without authorization, and also keep an eye on Her Royal Highness Princess Roland August and prevent her from sneaking out.
is also the guardian of the kingdom, Roland also has the status of a monarch, and it stands to reason that Victor has no right to restrain the behavior of His Royal Highness, let alone order the high-ranking knights to keep an eye on the princess. The knights of the House of Augustus should uphold the dignity of the lord and righteously refuse the unreasonable demands of the Earl of Golden-Eye. However, everyone, including Count Fort August, the deputy head of the Knights of the Swift Dragon, happily accepted Randall's orders. It was unanimously decided that the knights of the wrathed of the various families would temporarily serve Princess Roland Auguste until the return of the Cambes reinforcements.
Roland rolled her eyes in anger to no avail, Wellington, Joshua, and the Knightesses of the Nimes were both her subordinates and relatives. They now have orders from His Highness Randall as a shield, and they can ignore the gap between the status of the lord and the lord, and follow Roland every day.
Victor's first exercise of the authority of Guardian of the Kingdom was on Roland, and he asked the old Patriarch of Friedus, who was known for his rigidity and seriousness, to bring up the "Great Troublemaker" of Gombis when he returned to the rear.
The Count of Golden-Eye's maneuver was misleading, and everyone would think that he was seeing His Royal Highness Roland August as a potential partner.
Victor has a lot of debts, and before Roland asks him to settle accounts, he has patted his ass and gone away.
Enraged, Roland failed to find Victor and took his silver unicorn mount, which he named Silver Wool.
Howard, Clark, Turnans, and Dimatt all did not bring their retinues, plus Victor's retinue and Priest Carlomon, the entire team totaled 16 people, including four Legendary Rank combat power, Priest Carlomon is also a senior knight, and the weakest member seems to be Victor's alchemy soldiers.
Grand Master Testiel was originally worried that these arcane warriors would not be able to keep up with the team, and Victor's cousin's face was not good-looking, so he deliberately reduced his walking speed. However, everyone soon found that the Count of Golden-Eye's footsteps were light and his physical strength was bottomless, and he walked more than 200 kilometers in the wilderness without red face or panting, just like no one else. Testil was interested in testing how strong the arcane warriors were, and gradually quickened his pace, surpassing the speed of the horned wolves, but the alchemy soldiers did not show any difficulty.
From dusk to dawn the next day, the procession marched more than 700 kilometers, and Pastor Carlomon's face was almost uncontrollable. He found that the balance of speed and physical strength was close to the limit, and the Earl of Golden-Eye's arcane guardian still had the strength to spare.
Howard stopped, brushed the dew from his leather armor, and said to Victor, "Cousin, let's stop and rest, drink some water, eat something, and then hurry." ”
Victor smiled and nodded, and Caligula immediately cheered, and while untying the supplies on his back, he shouted, "Eat, eat, Aka is hungry." ”
The stupid big man had a pure heart and was harmless to people, he knew that he was too timid to fight, and he always rushed to do some chores, and the supplies of the team were brought to him, and he carried it on a special rack, which weighed more than three hundred pounds.
Caligula lit the charcoal in the marching stove, poured the cured jerky and barley into the pot, poured it with water, and then crouched on the ground, staring at the pot to bubble.
The host said that porridge must be bubbling before it can be eaten...... Aka remembered the words of his master.
Everyone likes such a stupid big man, especially the high clergy of the Church, who has heard that he was once near death, and it was the Pope who used his magic to revive him, so that he was reborn, enlightened with wisdom, and learned to pray. This was undoubtedly a miracle performed by the Supreme Lord, so the clergy had a natural affinity for Acre.
Testiel walked over, looked at the meat porridge that was not yet steaming, and said with a smile: "Brother Aka, have you ever eaten jerboa meat in the northern wilderness?"
Meat?jerboa meat?
Caligula immediately pricked up his ears, first raised his big face, then shook his head again and again, and said in a humble voice: "Aka has never eaten jerboa meat...... Jerboa meat, can Acre eat it?"
Turnans squeezed over, pointed at Caligula and said, "Stupid, you should ask, 'Is jerboa meat delicious?'!"
Caligula touched the back of her head and asked Nelson for help with an innocent expression.
Nelson stepped forward and explained, "Teacher, Aka means that everything you can eat must be tasted. ”
Turnans was stunned for a moment, and suddenly said: "So that's what it means, the stupid idea is really unreasonable." ”
The big guys were all happy, and Pastor Carlomon walked over and patted the stupid big man on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Brother Aka, jerboa is a rare game in the northern wilderness, especially in this season, jerboa is full of wild ripe green barley, ready for winter, the body is round and fat, the meat is tender, and it is particularly delicious to catch and barbecue, as long as you sprinkle a little salt." ”
Caligula's love of food comes from the heart, he doesn't snore when he sleeps, but he drools when he eats, so he swallows his saliva violently right now, gurgling in his throat.
"Let's go, I'll take you to catch it. Pastor Carlomon laughed.
"Jerboa is not easy to catch, count me in. Paladin Dimatt said with great interest.
In February, when the wind season is blowing, the wild barley grows to more than half a man's height, and the wheat leaves are golden and boundless. Victor retracted his gaze and said to Nelson, "You take Aka to catch a few jerboa and come back for dinner." ”
Nelson didn't think much of it, nodding in agreement.
"Turnans, come together and see who catches more. "Dimatt extended an invitation to the bald paladin.
Turnans just wanted to express his disdain, when he caught a glimpse of Howard, Clark and Victor, he suddenly felt that he should be a little bit of a city, so he waved his hand and said with an indifferent expression: "You guys go and catch it, I'm waiting here." ”
The First Paladin entered the archbishop mode, and Dietma could only shake his head and smile, and walked away with Nelson and the others.
Clark Testier, who also had black hair and blue eyes and a handsome face, took the initiative to speak: "Cousin Victor, I have never seen such a powerful arcane guard. ”
Clark glanced at the alchemy soldiers who were on guard around him, and continued, "They all seem to be agile and violent warriors?"
Before leaving, the alchemy soldier adjusted his elemental attributes, his physique was reduced to 14 points, and his perception was increased to 21 points, and he was completely a ferocious human with extraordinary agility.
The vast majority of ferocious humans take the route of strength and physique, and the number of agile ferocious warriors is scarce, and 8 agile ferocious warriors suddenly appeared around Victor, and anyone can see the problem.
Remembering that he had hidden the alchemy militia in the past, for fear of arousing the suspicion of outsiders, Victor couldn't help but smile and said, "They all used some special means. ”
Howard nodded and said, "In recent decades, the speed of the development of the pharmacey in the Kite Castle is unmatched, the level of the pharmacists in the Kite Castle is still above the church and the silver and white tower, and the secret guardians cultivated in the Kite Castle are also the top. ”
Victor said unconcernedly, "Well, the scholars under Emperor Frederick also opened my eyes. ”
The Glorious Knights' Grand Tuan Masashi asked, "Does Your Highness find Emperor Frederick's scholars useful?"
"Very useful. ”
Victor replied in the affirmative, paused and said, "I am a pragmatic lord, and I look forward to receiving stronger support for this operation to behead the Goblin King." ”
Howard was silent for a moment, and then said slowly: "Since the collapse of the Iron Mountain Empire, the Radiant Knights and the Templar Army have guarded the eastern border of Sassan, preventing the orcs from advancing for thousands of years. During this period, more than 1.4 million warriors bravely sacrificed their lives for this purpose, and almost all of the high-ranking knights of the human kingdom chose to return in the battle against the orcs at the end of their lives. The patriarchs, great-grandfathers, and grandparents of the Paladins died in the Northern Wilderness, and they are determined to go east and reclaim their homeland. Their spiritual will is engraved in our veins. We uphold the Most High Lord's path of salvation and never fear hardship and sacrifice. However, the cruelty of war is always beyond our imagination...... Our original intention remains the same, but there are some things that we have to do. ”
Victor bowed, "I have always had a lot of respect for the Knights of Radiance and the Templars who protect human territory. ”
"Only unity can win. ”
Howard smiled, "We have to admit that some 'special' scholars have played an important role in the war against the orcs, such as a few years ago, when we sent troops to cut off the minions of the Great Khan of Blackhoof, we can always find their place in the vast wilderness, otherwise we may sacrifice more people." ”
I'm afraid that only a paladin would dare to talk to the High Lord about wizards in a cryptic way. Victor was almost elected by the Lord of Sassan as the world's strongest transcendent in the early stages of the war, and his influence increased as his popularity grew. Howard wants to use the wizards controlled by the Inquisition to deal with the Goblin Lord, but this kind of matter is too sensitive, and the Boulder Fortress is ahead, and he must first enlist Victor's support before deciding on the next plan of action.
The soul quality of alchemy creatures is extremely high, and they are immune to almost all spiritual witchcraft, and Victor brought 8 alchemy soldiers with him, not to get close to the wizards of the Inquisition?
That's what Victor was waiting for, and he stretched out his hand and said, "We have reached a tacit agreement on this operation. ”
"As you wish, Cousin Victor. ”
Howard reached out to shake Victor's hand, and Clark put his hand on it to show his attitude. Then, all three of them looked at the bald-headed paladin with a deep face.
Turnans didn't understand it, hesitated for a moment, and decided to go over and join hands first, and wait until he got to the megalith fortress to ask Pope Clement.