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After a night of heavy rain and muddy ground, Link made a beeline for Gonzalez's tent, where the guard felt a gust of wind lift the tent's curtains.

Gonzalez, who was sorting through his belongings, suddenly felt someone behind him, and when he turned around, it was Link. The guards called outside the door and asked if he was okay. After saying yes, Gonzalez cast his gaze on Link's muddy bare feet.

"Why don't you wear shoes?"

"I just had a dream......"

I wanted to tease Link for being an adult and still afraid of nightmares, but then Gonzalez reacted, Link's identity!

"It's not ordinary rain, it's Andrea!"

The smile on Gonzalez's face vanished, and he grabbed Link's arm, "What the hell is going on?"

Link recounted his dream as it was, and re-emphasized that the rain was unusual, "You better send the civilians away first, fight the undead, and take them with you." ”

Gonzalez shook his head and said something that didn't tell Sù Link: "It's too late, the caravan is a few days late. Originally, we only thought that they had been robbed by underground creatures such as night elves or goblins, but five caravans had not arrived within the allotted time, which was unusual. The underground passages taken are all starting from different directions, and all of them should and cannot have accidents, and the underground passages in this area must have been invaded by the undead. ”

In order to prevent anyone from collaborating with the enemy, the camp will not live in each location for more than twenty days, and each movement uses pairs of communication stones to communicate the specific location of the camp. One of the Messenger Stones is in the possession of the caravan leader, and the other is Gonzalez himself, who informs the caravan of the latest camping sites. In this way, there can be a balance between the military and the nobility, and even if the caravan is in danger, there is no need to accuse the opposing side of having traitors.

"I need to inform Alex. The decision to withdraw to high ground was changed. Gonzalez told Link to hurry back and put on his shoes, and a large force was moving, and the scene was chaotic, and he didn't have time to pay attention to Link.

Returning to the yurt, Henry was directing the ordinary soldiers to disassemble the brackets and linoleum, and he asked Link to see what else he had to take with him. When the march begins, it will be impossible to take it again. Of course, you have to put your shoes on first.

Taking out moccasins from the half-dismantled yurt, Link looked around, only carrying the magic lamp. Who knows what else will happen, holding a magic lamp that will not be extinguished by the rain, it will always be used.

Link jumped into the carriage that had been prepared, and he had too many personal belongings to occupy a cart by himself. The other civilians were all large families or a dozen or twenty people crammed into a tent. There were a lot of horses in the camp, but the combat horses were deducted. Logistics and transportation, can be used for pulling tents are really a few, many tents rely on people's backs.

In fact, the camp had already begun to go on the road last night, and the nobles, logistics, and most of the army were still in full gear, and the homeless people with the fewest items and the civilians who had fled to the nearby villages had the least luggage, so they were arranged to go up first. Guided by dragoons scouting in the sky, the ground vanguard of five cavalry marched to the nearby Grey Heights, where the terrain was higher. The commander meant to wait there until the rain stopped, and then choose a new campsite.

In the tent that has not yet been demolished. Alex is debating the location of Camp Shinjuku with a group of officers.

This rain is a little strange, since the pillar of the earth and the pillar of water clashed, the sea water has stopped spreading, affected by the strong wind from the east, the whole central part rarely rains, even if there is only a drizzle, just hit the ground and stopped. But this time it's been the next night. There is no trend to stop.

Alex suspected that the area might be flooded again, but some of his younger officers believed that it was just a fluctuation caused by the battle between the two gods, and that the central part was safe until the Pillars of the Earth were completely corroded. Besides, retreat to Gray Heights first. Even if the rain doesn't stop, there is no need to worry about being flooded.

The disappearance of the caravan made Alex hesitate, if this was an attack by the undead against the Watchtower, Gray Heights would not be a suitable place to fight, there were many rocky formations in that area, and the dwarves bypassed it when they hit the passage, unable to get supplies from the caravan, and once trapped, they would be in danger of being surrounded and annihilated. But if we withdraw farther, we will not be able to supply so many people with the current food stockpile.

As everyone argued about where it would be safer to retreat, Gonzalez hurried in.

"Grandfather, there's something wrong with this rain!"

"We all know there's a problem. Alex, who was annoyed, replied casually.

Unable to tell Link's dream, Gonzalez was in a hurry, and took the foreknowledge on his shoulders.

"I received an oracle that this is a conspiracy of the undead. As soon as these words came out, the big tent suddenly fell silent.

"Oracle?" Alex slowly got up, guessing and implementing were two different things.

Gonzalez nodded, he played a word game here, and it was not a lie or disrespect to the gods without saying which god the oracle came from: "This is a conspiracy of the undead, the huge waves set off by the pillar of water will soon turn this area into a Ze country, Gray Heights can't go, we will be trapped there!"

"But some of the refugees have been evacuated to Gray Heights......"

"What to do? Send the dragoons to get them to withdraw?"

"Gray Heights is the commanding height of this area, and with this rain, it is almost impossible to get to the west, and the muddy ground will greatly slow down the journey. ”

The officers, who had not been quiet for long, began to talk again, and Alex made a decision after a moment of silence: "Go south, go to Grantham." ”

"Your Excellency, this is the territory of Dawn. ”

"I know! This is the largest foreign station of the Avenger Army, and with the tens of thousands of people on our side, it will be no problem to last for ten days and a half months. Besides, Grantham has an underground passage that leads directly to the dwarven city, so you don't have to worry about supplies. As long as the first wave can be mitigated, there is hope for support until the arrival of reinforcements. ”

"What about the civilians who have already gone to the highlands?" Gonzalez vaguely knew Alex's decision, but he couldn't help but ask.

"Now even if you send troops to drive them back, you can't keep up with the big army. I can't have lost more people trying to save them. Alex replied with a blank face.

All that remained in the tent was the conversation between the grandfather and grandson.

"Are you trying to use them as bait?"

"Do you think I'm willing? It's not a matter of captives, it's about adding extra troops to the undead, which is a useless burden to us, but for the undead it's a soldier who can fight with a weapon. No more stupid questions to ask. Duke of Befast, when it comes to fighting, I am the commander!" Alex said quietly, but suppressed Gonzalez, who was much younger than him.

Knowing that there was no way to undo anything, Gonzalez turned and left.

"Commander, you can put it mildly. Doing so will only make the Grand Duke have more gaps with you......" Before the direct adjutant Hobbes could finish speaking, Alex raised his hand to stop it.

"His age is far more mature than his appearance, don't treat him as a child. Moreover, war is cruel, and I am telling the truth. There's no way I'm going to send more soldiers to my death after I already know it's a trap. As soon as Alex heard Gonzalez say the oracle, he knew that the rain was indeed the prelude to an undead attack, as he had suspected.

Washing his feet in the rain, Link had just put on his boots. Gonzalez came angrily. When I asked, I realized that the commander was using the civilians who had left for Gray Heights the previous night as bait.

After thinking about it calmly, Link felt that it was not that Alex was cold-blooded and would not save him when he saw death, and the commander also had his reasons for doing this, still knowing that it was a trap, how could he send more people to the trap. And...... There was not enough food, and the undead cut off the caravan first, in order to provoke infighting in the camp.

"I know all of that. But ......" clenched his fists, and Gonzalez sat in the carriage and watched the rain pour down. "After coming here, the more I felt that the reality was cruel, and my morals and values were forced to compromise again and again. This time, Alex actually had to give up hundreds of people, knowing that they had become undead. But it kills many times as many people. ”

"What is the commander's plan to drag the undead with civilians? The rain is so heavy that even if we throw away unnecessary baggage, we won't be able to run fast. From Gonzalez's tone, Link could tell that the Commander had decided on the next camping spot.

"Grantham. It was the base camp of the Avengers. In order to change his mood, Gonzalez told Link that after the north-central part of Big 6 was flooded by the sea, Dawn had to abandon the Great Church and temporarily move its headquarters to the new capital of Aiden. As for the avenging army that was once stationed in Longyan Fort, it was withdrawn to the Great Sanctuary after the orc invasion, and later due to the large number, it temporarily found a no-man's land in the territory assigned to Befast to establish a temporary stronghold, and the avenging army took a fancy to Grantham.

As an important frontier on the border of the princes, Grantham has been continuously repaired during the hundreds of years of coexistence of the twelve princes, and has become a fortress that is not inferior to Longyan Fort and can accommodate 10,000 people. Relying on the trade relations established with the dwarves, even after being besieged for half a year, there was no food. After the defeat of the Northern Campaign, large swathes of land were flooded by the sea, and the fortress that belonged to the Brenda Territory was flooded several times and became an isolated island. Due to the intervention of the Pillars of the Earth, the sea receded a lot, and the avenging army built higher and stronger walls to keep the undead out of the city walls, except for the mobile Watch Fortress, which is one of the few safe areas in the territory of Bafast that does not have to fear the undead.

"Why don't those displaced people think about Grantham without relocation, where the terrain is high and they don't have to worry about supplies, so why do they have to come here and suffer?" Link asked.

"The problem is with the Avengers, they are more extreme in character, extremely disgusted with the undead, unable to tolerate betrayal and evil, how many homeless homeless people are clean? Theft, robbery, these are relatively light, in order to survive, most of them have blood on their hands, they go there not only to be punished, but also to be forced to join the Avengers. You think, how many people will be willing to go there, saying that they hate the undead, but how many people will have the courage to face death, run away if they can, hide if they can. Our migrant camp doesn't have any requirements for refugees, so they all rush to us. Every month, Alex picks out some old and weak women and children to send to the relatively safe rear, leaving the young and strong ones as logistics and troop replenishment. ”

What is the difference between this and letting civilians be bait? Link meditated in his heart, just to comfort his heart, a village like the old town of the river valley, not to mention the undead, even if it encounters robbers composed of outcasts, can only be obediently killed.

The yurt was completely dismantled, and Henry, who had been temporarily transferred to Link's bodyguard, also sat in the carriage. He played the role of a coachman, driving the carriage along the logistics team and slowly moving south. Thankfully, because it rarely rains, the ground continues to absorb moisture and the heavy wagons don't sink into the mud.

Watching the horses struggle to pull the wagon forward, Link asked Gonzalez why he didn't use a pack beast with more stamina and strength, or was it just a creature made up from a fantasy?

"Yes, yes, but because of the pillars of the earth. The once docile pack beasts have become very manic, haven't you already seen the power of rabbits?"

When Gonzalez said this, Link suddenly understood.

Even rabbits are so powerful, don't talk about the original ...... Well, no, why don't horses mutate wildly, rabbits and pack beasts do?

"Domestic animals such as cats, dogs, pigs, and horses, which were domesticated very early, have not changed, rabbits and pack animals are pure wild, and pack animals are some relatively docile herbivores, in fact, there are many types. Changing the subject lightened Gonzalez's mood a little. In addition, Henry was sitting in the front, and it was inconvenient for him to talk about it anymore.

After being silent for a while, Link, whose ears were full of the sound of rain, felt a little bored, so he took the initiative to ask about the Dawn Sect, such as if the High Priest had been replaced?

"Oh, you've seen Blake?" Link's words piqued Gonzalez's curiosity, and the Avengers were in seclusion, especially their leader Blake. Except in wartime, it is rarely seen in front of people.

"I've seen it over there once, and I feel like a pretty gloomy person. "It's inconvenient to talk about the illusion when there are others. Link replaced it with 'over there'.

"Actually, I don't know him well, Alex hates the Avengers. The conversation turned to the commander again, and Gonzalez's mood finally turned cloudy again.

How bad is your relationship...... Link couldn't complain.

"The rain has become lighter. Henry interjected suddenly, turning their attention to the weather.

Gonzalez looked at Link, he shook his head, he only dreamed of the splash of water turning into a torrential rain and falling on the sea.

"Gotta speed up. Link lips to Gonzalez. After heavy rains, the sea rises.

Regardless of his mood, Gonzalez jumped out of the carriage and ran to the front of the line to give the order, all moving forward. Discard unnecessary items.

"Do you want to give up these?" Link patted the yurt stand at his feet and the furniture weighed in the room.

Henry was silent for a moment: "If necessary." ”

In addition to some necessary supplies, a large number of household utensils were abandoned on both sides of the marching procession, and everyone knew the trade-off, these things could be returned to pick up when it was safe, and now it was important to flee for their lives.

The progress of the team has really improved, and of course, this has a lot to do with the rain stopping.

Because the south was relatively safe, the logistics were escorted by a small number of cavalry at the forefront, the nobles and the few remaining civilians were in the center, and the main force of the army was at the end.

After walking for most of the day, a few crooked synthetic beasts suddenly flew from the sky, this kind of dragon called 'dragon' is not a real dragon, they are not related to dragons, they are only the descendants of large lizards and giant bats, and it is also one of the reasons why Befast was spurned by the League of Nature, as a former child of nature, mixing two completely unrelated species. Some scholars and historians believe that the synthesizer was responsible for Befast's early demise.

Before they could land, two of them fell headlong into the ground from mid-air, and the heavy impact stopped the team.

"Keep walking, don't stop!" Gonzalez shouted in front of him, and the team moved on again.

Link stood up from the carriage, noticing that the two synths were covered in arrows, and that one of them had frozen its feet in ice.

Elemental attack?

Jumping out of the carriage, Link ran towards the soldier who was trying to get up, and the young man was also not lightly injured, his entire back was a blur of flesh and blood, and he was angry.

Carefully bypassing his wounds, Link pressed his hand to his heart, concentrating his mind and shouting in his heart, natural healing. Hoping for a miracle that will heal the life in front of you.

Alex rode his horse and shouted in a commanding voice to Link, who was facing away from him, "Stand down." ”

Link glanced back, hesitating to let go, when the soldier heard Alex's voice turn his head and shouted, "Commander, we've been ambush......ed!"

Although he had already guessed it, Link still felt sorry for those who had been left behind when he heard the news. Alex made the right choice, it's just ...... He, like Gonzalez, had to succumb to reality. Even if he had all the abilities in the illusion, how could he deal with a large army of undead with his own strength.

The last synth beast was the least injured and was able to land safely, and the soldier on its back made a full report to Alex.

At first, nothing happened, except for the endless heavy rain, and just as everyone wondered why there was no follow-up force, the undead appeared, dense and boundless, like a sea of bones. They flocked to Grey Heights on rafts and battered ships along the rising waters, and the shoddy iron could not stop the undead attack, and many frightened civilians even gave up their resistance, and a few dragoons as scouts escaped under the cover of their ground companions to report to the large army.

"Fools, you have brought in the undead. For the soldier who risked his life to report the news, Alex not only did not commend him, but also reprimanded him. He rushed to the front of the group and ordered the whole group to move forward again. (To be continued!)