Chapter 28: The Northern Campaign (7)
The feud between Nature's Son Befast and the deputy head of the Knight of the Dawn Sect, Julian, is also well known in Brenda, and there have been many language conflicts since the day they arrived, if it weren't for Bernardo who almost got into a fight, and even the private rumors of the Dawn Sect's increase in members, the two would have looked at each other unpleasantly in the imperial capital. Although the Nature's children are superior in status and power, the commanders don't want them to fight for personal reasons at this juncture, and after looking at each other, no one answers.
The strange silence made Hull and Grand Duke Kolk frown at the same time, and it was definitely not an unknown little character to be specially asked by the children of nature, and it was too dereliction of duty not to be present on such an important occasion, no matter which side this 'Julian' belonged to.
Bernardo, another representative of the Dawn Sect, no longer liked Julian, and had to defend him for the sake of the reputation of the Dawn Sect - yesterday a group of cavalry could not resist the pressure and defected, and Julian, who was the deputy commander, went to kill him himself, and has not returned.
Link didn't ask any further.
The impartial Dawn has no room for sand in his eyes, and the strict and rigid dogma has made many sects convert to other gods, and the Inquisition Hall of Inquisition is a special institution that came into being, dedicated to punishing cultists who defect without permission, and is directly composed of the elite knights of the defeated Dawn Regiment, and is directly responsible for the deputy head of the group. After the fall of the Great Sanctuary, the Inquisition Hall was renamed the Avengers, and became independent from the Knights of the Dawn, and its direct subordinate was replaced by the High Priest.
Thinking that Julian, who later rebelled, had served as the commander of these two ranks, the good mood of seeing his old friend was immediately diluted a lot.
"Anyway, there's another representative of the Dawn Sect here, so let's start making a battle plan. "As the representative of the Imperial Army, Mario is also the nominal presiding officer of every combat meeting, after all, the alliance is reached under the leadership of the Silver Empire, and his command will not be transferred because his status is lower than that of the Grand Duke of Cork.
"This battle is tougher than anything we've ever experienced. β
Staying on the front line for many years. Mario, who was in his early forties, looked older than Archduke Kork, who was next to him, and he held a special wand and drew a few times in the air, and the magic stone the size of a grain of wheat at the tip of the wand revealed what he had written on the reality projection table: "Here, here, and here...... In addition to the original strategic points, we also divided our efforts to defend against enemies from the sky. β
The command of the Imperial Army circled the main entrance of the fortress. The mountain walls on both sides of the Valley of Life bordering the Emerald Forest, as well as the sewers deep underground, these three places have always been the top priority of defense, stationed in the three elites of humans, elves, and dwarves respectively, and no matter which one of them is captured by the undead, it is a big threat to the fortress.
And since the increase in the number of undead empires, it is not only vampire bats and ghosts hovering in the air, but the formation of gargoyles has given Mario a headache, although the Dawn Sect has reinforced the griffons with good combat strength, and the mage's spells can also effectively destroy the gargoyles. But there are so many of them that even if they are destroyed, they can be resurrected by the Lich's spells and immediately put into battle. The most terrible thing is the bone dragon, even if they die, they are still dragons, both physically and magically far superior to humans, and to compete with them requires a certain amount of sacrifice. No matter how powerful the children of nature are, they don't have time to take care of the entire battlefield. Moreover, now that the three major lords are in battle, it is difficult for him to spare extra energy to deal with the bone dragon, and when the time comes, it will be the imperial army that is mainly human, and when he thinks of the soldiers in the Valley of Life, there are only soldiers whose names are engraved on the death tablet. Mario's fingers twitched as he pinched his wand.
In order to prevent the dead soldiers from becoming the new force of the undead, all the corpses must be burned as soon as possible. The first priority when retreating was not to pick up the weapons and armor that were intact, but to set a fire and burn the corpses of the comrades. Although the fertility of human beings is higher than that of dwarves and elves, they cannot withstand the consumption of hundreds or thousands every time, when will this war be the end......
After a brief silence, the elf Romero brings a second wave of bad news.
"The edges of the Emerald Forest have been corroded by dead air. In some places, crystallization even occurred, and the barrier of the Life Valley weakened as a result, and it could only last for another half a year at most. As he spoke, he glanced deliberately at Nature's children. If it hadn't been for that one, the barrier would have been broken a month ago. That's why. Although the commanders were agitated, they did not dare to disturb the children of nature, who were mistaken for sleeping by the outside world.
Ortegar sat alone with his face down, and his application to be transferred back to Hohenheim was denied. The title and rank of archmage are not worth mentioning in front of such a large number of undead imperial troops, and dying in battle is an inevitable future, Hohenheim, like the Dawn Sect, has a special institution for dealing with smuggling mages, as long as there is still magic in the body, it is impossible to escape, and few mages who have enjoyed the extraordinary taste of magic are willing to give up their cultivation to become ordinary people.
"Can't the empire draw reinforcements?" Archduke Cork, who had been marching through the mountains for the last few months, had heard of the rebellion of the princes, but he thought it was just a small local riot, which could not endanger the front line and could not shake the empire.
Mario sighed: "The Grand Duke doesn't know that it is not only the Eastern Leader Krumberg who has rebelled, and the twelve princes who have formed an alliance have left the already declining empire to take care of itself, and there is no surplus force to be transferred to the north to fight against the undead. β
The faces of the commanders present became a little grim at the receptive reading of a territory, most of these princely realms were concentrated in the northeastern part, and the rest were directly bordered by Mount Horacio, almost sealing the possibility of imperial reinforcements. It's no wonder that the Dawn Sect sent griffon cavalry as reinforcements without warning this time, just in case the civil strife intensified......
"Is the situation so serious that there are no troops to deal with?" Archduke Cork still did not give up: "I have made a detour north, passing through Errasius and Gilardino normally, and there is no sign of rebellion at all. β
Mario shook his head repeatedly: "Why does the Grand Duke think those caravans are coming to Brenda, there is nowhere to go." If it weren't for the terrible fighting, they wouldn't have come to us, after all, the front line has been stable for months. β
Even Dante, who has always talked little about imperial politics, couldn't help but complain: "These nobles have been rebelled against by the undead......, right?
The command post fell silent again, all in distress for the great battle that would come at an unknown time.
"Instead of sitting and waiting, it's better to take the initiative. "Hull is right to 'Befast'.
We can't wait any longer, once the law regulates it, the Child of Nature who has been cut off from the pillar will lose most of its combat effectiveness, and he will be no different from ordinary people. Rather than this, it is better to take advantage of the divine power to destroy the main force of the undead first, and create a chance for victory for the allies.
Link just glanced at Hull with a faint expression, indicating that there was no follow-up when he heard it.
For him, what he is experiencing now is a past that has 'existed', and the third battle of the North in history ended in a crushing defeat and the alliance forged against the undead empire fell apart. Not only did the empire lose a large part of its territory in the north, but the glow elves also lost most of the emerald forests and retreated to the Horacio Mountains. Both time and history are important turning points, and indiscriminate actions may not only cause unpredictable changes in the future, but also make the law perceive him as an alien 'traverser' in advance. Once Dawn and Pillar are forced to sever their ties to Edgar by the law, as a child of nature, he will become a real waste, and he will no longer be able to play any role in this battle for survival that cannot be lost or retreated.
Seeing that Link didn't react to his words, Hull's temper couldn't be suppressed any longer, and an electric current visible to the naked eye exploded around his body, and the sophisticated magic instruments burned out in an instant, and the holographic battlefield image displayed in mid-air was also interrupted.
The mages who maintained the spell screamed incessantly, and even the absent-minded Ortega was dumbfounded by the sudden scene.
Not to mention how many mages were used in this magic transmission, how much magic power was wasted, the cost of manufacturing props alone is a lot of expenses, even if the town can still gather materials, time is also precious, who knows if there will be any action on the undead side during the rush to work, the living magic pets dare not use it, and the magic props constructed by pure magic power cannot guarantee that they will not be used by the undead, but it is the Great Druid of the Wind Pillar who broke the instrument, and even Hohenheim has to give some face, even if he has fire, he will not dare to send it.
A purple glow of lightning flickered across Hull's body, and the occasional sizzling sound made the commanders change color.
I didn't expect that the children of nature didn't fight with Julian, but had to fight with the great druid of the same door first.
"Everything I do is at the behest of the pillar, and it gives me maximum decision. Link replied unhurriedly to Hull's anger, but as he spoke, his forehead lit up with a white inscription on Isol, the symbol of the Pillar of Earth. In the eyes of others, this is nothing more than the Child of Nature showing his identity as the spokesperson of the Pillar of the Earth. But in Hull's eyes, it was he showing that he had the highest authority for a child of nature, the incarnation.
Words themselves have power, especially for those who possess divine powers, even the apostles of Malik, who were deceitful and liars. Link said that he had the permission of the pillar, which meant that his inaction at the moment was the permission of the pillar, and that Hull of the Great Druid had no right to interfere.
"You-" Hull was both shocked and angry, the child of nature of mankind, and the embodiment of supreme authority! Pillars of the Earth...... No...... What are the plans of the Four Pillars? to allow a human to be granted such permissions, and are they not afraid of the Grim Reaper's mistakes?
As everyone held their breath and waited for the Children of Nature and the Grand Druid to fight, the underground command post suddenly shook violently from side to side, and the tables, chairs, and the remaining magical instruments placed on them fell one after another.
"What's going on?"
"Earthquake!"
"No, no, it's ......"
The shock lasted only a short moment, and then there was a strange sound from the northeast, a continuous, dull, thunderous sound, booming and booming.
Hull turned his head as soon as he stabilized his body, as the Earth Pillar Apostle who controlled the Earth Element, there was no reason why he would not know the origin of this abnormal movement.
It wasn't until the shaking was over that Link opened his half-closed eyes, and the awe-inspiring look made everyone tremble.
"Shameless rebels. (To be continued.) )
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