Chapter 21: The Contract Is False
Miraya, the general of the guards, rode a crimson swift dragon, stood his sword in front of him in a heroic posture, and replied, "Your Royal Highness, not only me, but the Royal Guards Knights are already on their way. The Eagle of Mysteries air force led by General www.biquge.info Gunjin has also flown over the woodland, and the artillery units have also been put in place, so that our army can launch a powerful military strike if necessary. β
I saw the Sun Elf's Mysterious Eagle slowly coming from the sky, and outside the border fortress about a few miles from here, the Sun Elf Legion had already been prepared.
Kayl sneered, "Sun Elves, do you really want to provoke a war?"
Without hesitation, the General of the Guards replied, "Your Royal Highness Prince Kayir, I am afraid that you have made a mistake in the logical order. The Sun Elves are outside the fortress just to protect the border. Aren't you the one who wants to start a war?"
Kayl was silent.
With a wave of his long sword, the guard general pointed to the burned woodland, and said loudly: "Young Lord of the Moon Elves, please look back, there are such an astonishing number of Moon Elf troops in this bare land, it can't be that they just arrived together, right? This means that as early as a few days ago, there was a huge Moon Elf army secretly lurking in this dense jungle. Next, I would like to quote Article 5 of the Ludwig Peace Pact. β
The Princess's pointed ears twitched, and she suddenly remembered this clause, and recited it at the same time as the Guards General.
"In the natural buffer zone between the fortifications of the two countries, if one of the countries secretly stations a large number of troops on the size of an army group, it may be regarded as a premeditated provocation of war, and the other country has the right to take all forms of military action in the name of defending its territory. β
That is to say-
"Even if Her Royal Highness Princess Flora really killed your regular army before, it is still a legitimate act to defend the homeland. Because she has long been aware of your country's intention to launch a large-scale sneak attack on the Golden Dawn Forest. Virgy added.
An imperceptible smile appeared on the corner of Kayer's mouth.
Louis crossed his waist and said: "I didn't expect that this young master had a lot of bravery, and he was so stupid that he set fire to the woods and leaked the big secret, and the plan to create an incident and be the first to make trouble failed completely." β
Set fire to the woods yourself...... Revealing a big secret?
The princess raised her eyes in surprise and looked in disbelief at Kayl's cynical smirk.
In her originally gloomy heart, a beam of light suddenly shone brightly!
That's right, Kaier's fanfare pursuit is just to reveal to the Sun Elves the secrets of the Moon Elf army lurking here in the name of "chasing and killing the princess"!
He had no choice but to use this extremely brutal way to convey important information to the princess.
Because he must do his best to pretend that he is the one who hates the Sun Elves the most in the entire Moon Elf Nation, and is most eager to start a war.
If he didn't take this position, the Moon Elves, who had always been eager to launch a war of aggression, would "overthrow the cowardly young master" in minutes.
He did not fall, nor did he succumb, but until now, he is still on the darkest front, like a lone wolf, guarding his country and people in his own way!
The Guards General asked heroically, "Kayl, are you going to stay here and wait for the Sun Elves to bombard, or are you going to withdraw immediately?"
Silently, Kayl pulled out Tsukimi and stepped back into the chariot, glancing back at the boys, with a gentle and kind smile.
The princess watched as Kayl's back faded away, and as he was about to disappear into the sunset, he suddenly raised the broken fangs that had been holding in the palm of his hand, filling the princess with gratitude and reverence.
But the parting words she could send him could only be a fierce one: "Young Lord of the Moon Elves, don't come back! If you dare to have the ambition to annex our country, all that awaits you is cannons and long swords!"
Guarded by the Guards General and the Royal Knights, the boys were able to return to the border fortress. Before the generals had time to rejoice that a battle had vanished, the slowly retreating Moon Elf Legion stopped retreating, and instead stood in place staring at the Sun Elf Fortress.
Because they received an order from the regent, "not to retreat".
The clouds of war have still not really dissipated.
The regent himself came to the rock wall command post, and the black-clothed priest, who had been in charge of training the recruits, hurriedly knelt on the ground, trembling with trepidation and admitting his incompetence.
"Unexpectedly, the plan to use the Moon Elf paupers to cause tragedy failed, and those border outcasts actually fled back to the fortress town with the help of Princess Flora. Originally, the death of the war demon soldier could also be used as an excuse for our army to attack, but I didn't expect Prince Kayl to be so stupid as to burn the woods and expose the number of our army, and his subordinates were really ineffective, so I implore His Royal Highness the Prince Regent to punish him. β
The regent leaned against the edge of the sand table in a black robe, his eyes were as dark as vultures, and he said hoarsely, "It's okay. The so-called peace pact is nothing more than a child's talk. What really determines the direction of a war is never the terms on paper, but the contrast between the strengths and weaknesses of the two countries' militaries. β
The Regent's face was dark, and his withered lips showed an evil smile: "Only two boxers of equal strength talk about the rules when they are matching, and the hunter who goes hunting in the forest with a longbow and a crossbow never has to tell the prey any rules." β
At the same time, at the Sun Elf Frontier Fortress Command.
"The so-called peace is the result of the balance of power on both sides, both sides are holding knives, although it feels great if you can hack each other to death, but if you are unfortunate enough to be stabbed ten times during the battle, this is also unbearable, so the two swordsmen can consciously maintain the peace. And if one of them suddenly picks up a firearm, the peace is broken, and even if there was a contract at one time, it is useless. β
Virgi stared at the war clouds rising above the Moon Elf Legion in the distance and said worriedly.
Dressed in a dark green general uniform with many glittering medals on his chest, the god of war asked, "What does Virgi mean by ......?"
"Now that the forces of the two armies are not equal, there is no way to talk about checks and balances. I guess the Regent's idea is to rely on a much stronger military force than we do, and to ignore the peace treaty and run it over. β
The General of the War God frowned: "Does Virgy think that the strength of the Moon Elf's army has far surpassed our defenders?"
"Originally, the combat power of the Sun Elves and the Moon Elves was equal. And now, there are many ominous and inhuman things in the opposing army, and it is these things that are tainted with darkness that upset the balance of power. β
Akured also said worriedly, "That's right, Demon Warrior, I mean the Pretender with a vain life is not an enemy that the Sun Elf garrison can easily annihilate. What's more, the other party also has an existence with extraordinary strength like the Seven Deadly Sins. β
The Guards General said gloomily: "In other words, the other side will attack even if it violates morality, and this war cannot be avoided?"
Yuri clenched his fists, "But I don't think morality is a completely useless thing. Even if the Righteous Division is weak, it has a chance to gain the support of its allies. Sooner or later, the unrighteous will fall into a situation of isolation and helplessness. β
Virgy also nodded excitedly: "Yuri is right. Since the other side has dark creatures as reinforcements, as long as we also have reinforcements, we can regain the state of balance. β
"Our reinforcements?" said the General of the Army God.
"For example, the Karenitz Academy of Magic. The corners of Virgi's mouth lifted and he said confidently.
"Karenitz...... Academy of Magic?" the senior officers of the Sun Elves asked in surprise.
Miss Louis mused, "I remember that the Ludwig Convention was a peace treaty signed at the end of the Second Elven War, and in order to prevent the two countries from throwing their entire people into the war and leading to the extinction of the country, some of the insightful men of the Sun Elves and the Moon Elves joined forces other than the Elves to intervene in the war. Among the multi-ethnic coalition forces that prevented the expansion of the war, the magicians from the Karenitz Academy of Magic were a very prominent force. β
The Guards General nodded: "That's right, this is the essence of the peace treaty. Whoever dares to be the first to break the peace will be attacked by a joint attack by neutral forces. The Sun Elves are not enough to fight against the current Moon Elf army on their own, but with the help of a mage, they can rebalance the balance. β
The princess said excitedly and eagerly, "Virgy, have you asked the magicians of the Karenitz Academy for help beforehand?"
Virgi shook his head and said, "No." At first, everyone thought that the Moon Elves would start with a bloodshed and then start a war of aggression. Even I didn't expect that when the Moon Elves had already taken the lead in violating the peace treaty, they would still prefer to bear the infamy and attack with great force and ignore everything. β
The princess stomped her foot angrily: "But the regent won't give us a chance to ask the magician for help! But according to the confession of the Moon Elf soldiers captured by the General of the Guards, the siege force is less than three days away from here!
"Don't worry, princess. The powerful reinforcements of the Karenitz Lyceum are here. β
"Right here?"
Virgy put his hand on his chest and smiled proudly, "Don't look at me as a wandering knight, I used to be a high-ranking disciple of Karenitz." β
And at the Moon Elf's front-line command post, the Lord Regent secretly ventilated the officers.
"We all know what happened today. The Lord Regent's eyes were as fierce as that of a wolf, and he lifted his cloak and sat down on the main seat, and said to the officers, "My nephew Khail, who has set fire to the forest with great fanfare today, just to reveal to the Sun Elves the army of our ambush. Our young master is probably the only pacifist left in the country, hehehe. β