"Saiya, you must remain calm and sober!" The Queen Mother said anxiously: "The matter has already been born, impulsiveness and recklessness will not help!"

"He's done so much for Erathia, can't Elasia do something for him?"

The Queen Mother held Seya in her arms and looked at Kendall with extreme dissatisfaction.

"Okay......" Kendall sighed: "If you insist on this, then I'll save him! I can't do internal affairs, but you can't fight! But let's be clear, even if I get lucky enough to save him, he may not be the same person!"

"Can't you say something nice?" said the Queen Mother angrily.

"Okay, okay!" Kendall nodded helplessly: "These days, how can you be so unpopular to tell the truth? Let me see how many soldiers can be drawn from the First and Second Corps!"

Cuthbert's brow furrowed. He was very worried about Gu Shiyu's safety, but he understood that Erathia really had no troops to adjust!

Kendall walked over to the large battle map and began to analyze the current situation between friend and foe.

"On our southern front is Fiona's army of 100,000 demons! Fortunately, now that heavy snow has blocked the road from Eli to Erathia, their logistical supplies are not available, and they are not yet able to launch a large-scale offensive.

In front of them was Catherine's Second Corps, but this girl actually sent another 20,000 troops to Dia to assist her husband, Prince Roland!

Seeing Kendall count his leader, Cuthbert was not happy: "Commander Kendall, you must know that if Dia is captured by Sandru's army of the undead, then we will face three fronts at the same time: east, south, and north! Dia is our ally, and we must hold the eastern front no matter what, this is the decision of the Royal Privy Council after joint study, and you also voted in favor at that time!"

"Well, even if you have a point!" Kendall snorted, "so that the Second Corps is left with only three legions, and I don't know how to carry out the plan of the spring offensive set by the Royal Privy Council!

"Aren't there still three legions under Adela?" the Queen Mother questioned.

"Adela's troops are not regular troops, they are only joined by some rebels and rogues, and a rabble! It is okay to fight guerrilla warfare to sneak attack the enemy, cut off the grain routes, and engage in some sabotage, but it is not good to fight regularly! If this unit wants to form combat effectiveness, it must go through a lot of regular military training!"

"Then you will send someone to train them!" the Queen Mother glared.

"I said you're stupid too! He's Catherine's man, will he be trained by me? Besides, we must also leave a force behind the enemy's flank to make some small moves to contain the enemy and cooperate with the frontal battle! I don't have time to train them!" Kendall's eyes widened wider than the Queen Mother's.

"Adela is a man of great potential, and I am sure that he and his troops will grow up in the midst of the war!" said Cuthbert.

"There won't be a lot of time left for him to grow up!" Kendall, a man who never admits defeat, also began to sigh: "My First Corps only has five legions of soldiers, but fortunately, they are all elite troops with strict training! They are stationed here, here, and here! Now there are only two legions left in our Iron Fist Castle, and these two legions will not only be responsible for the defense and security of the capital, but they will also be an important mobile force and strategic reserve after the spring offensive begins!"

"I ask you to send out the Royal First Legion defending the castle...... I don't need so many soldiers to protect me, I'm sure my people will protect me!" said Seya, wiping tears from her eyes.

"Yes, I wish my old bones and 10,000 soldiers were brave enough to defeat the 100,000 undead army of the Grim Reaper and rescue that stupid pig...... But he's no longer your husband, but an undead!

"But I'm sure he's not dead! he's alive and well, but his mind has been temporarily controlled by the curse of death, and I can hear him even in my dreams!"

"He's not dead?" Kendall snorted, "If he wasn't dead, would he have killed his benefactor and friend, High Priestess Eric?"

"We will not discuss the question of whether your son-in-law is dead or alive...... Kendal, let's talk about the form of the North! If you refuse to send troops, you will give up the entire North to the army of the undead!" The Queen Mother was still relatively sober, and she changed the focus in time.

"Don't tell me how to fight!I'm sure I know more than you!" Kendal finally couldn't help but rage: "Erathia doesn't have the strength to fight on both sides at the same time!

"And what about the North now?"

"Let's pray to the gods! Let's hope that my half-brother Leo can resist long enough, and that will create a little chance for us!" Kendal sat down wearily. This proud and conceited man even dared to take out the big bird under his crotch to pee on the idol in front of the world, what happened to him today?

"Although I fully believe in Uncle Leo's ability......" Seya said with tears in his eyes, "but he is fighting alone, if he does not get our timely assistance, the defense line will be breached sooner or later! At that time, the army of the undead will surely pour into the hinterland of Erathia like a rushing flood! Our people will be massacred, and the lucky survivors will be displaced...... As their king, I must do everything in my power to protect my people!"

"Sea, have you ever seen a flood that spreads everywhere, and the more they go, the more power it will weaken...... At the very least, they have to arrange some troops to garrison to ensure that their rear defense is solid! the more baggage they throw, the heavier their burden will be, and eventually it will gradually subside, and then we will have the opportunity to counterattack!"

"But your decision is at the cost of hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of lives! Don't you think it's a little too cruel?"

"War is inherently cruel! Sometimes we have to make the necessary sacrifices for the sake of final victory...... War doesn't stipulate that only soldiers can die, does it?"

"Father, I think you've become a devil!" Seya chirped, "Well, if you and your troops don't go, then I'll go alone!

"Nonsense! Lao Tzu is not thinking about you when he does something!" Kendall was furious.

"You don't have that!" said Seah's tears flowed again.

"His Majesty's concern is quite valid, but Commander Kendall is right," Cuthbert mused, "Well, Prince Regent's personal bodyguards, Gabriel and Lucifer, are now traveling through Elasia, escorting them to the Hatt's Legion, the elite troops of Princess Catherine...... I suggest that they terminate their current mission immediately and lead their troops to the city of Shiyan!"

"Yes! How could I have forgotten about this troop?" Kendall happily slapped his thigh and jumped up to kiss Cuthbert.

"Commander Kendall, can your First Corps still draw out soldiers, even if it's half a legion!" Cuthbert wiped his cheek in disgust.

"Don't fight my troops' ideas, Your Excellency!" Kendal shook his head and said, "The spring offensive is about to begin, I have to make sure that I have enough troops in my hands to mobilize, that's what we need to think about more at the moment!"

Everyone looked at the stubborn old man and shook their heads and sighed.

"Why don't I give command to any of you, and let you defeat the 100,000 enemies on the tip of your nose with 80,000 soldiers?"

"Alright then, you continue to prepare for your spring offensive!" Cuthbert cupped his glasses that had slipped to the bridge of his nose, and then said to Sea, "Your Majesty, I beg to ask for help in your name from the Witch Clan of Tytaria, the Savages of Bairders and Krurod, the Elemental Clan of Avili, and the Dwarves of Erie, whose leaders were all good friends of His Royal Highness!"

"You're going to ask them for help?" Kendall shouted, "I think it's more reliable for you to find a big rock for help!" The witches are the happiest to see our jokes, and the wildlings are shameless people who only need money! You even said that Eri, Ery's dwarven king Yoland, was overwhelmed by the demon army and was taking care of himself! As for Aveli, haven't those elementals been wiped out by Moriel's army of black dragons?"

"I am convinced of the deep friendship between His Royal Highness and them!

"I don't know if you're naïve or stupid!" Kendall sneered, "The most untrustworthy person in the world is regarded by you as a good friend who can be trusted!"

"Is it possible for the Holy Light Island to send reinforcements to help us?" said the Queen Mother suddenly.

"Don't even think about it! Don't you know that they practice a utopian system? Their powerful military is used to protect themselves, and they never care about the lives of others! They don't care whether the people who rule this land are human or undead, they only care about how to make war money! If you go to them for a loan, they will be happy, and of course, you will have to be prepared to spend a hundred years to repay the loan!"

"Cuthbert, just do what you suggested! we'll have to figure out something!" said Sea, looking at Cuthbert gratefully.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" said Cuthbert, "I must also inform Princess Catherine and Deputy Commander Eldred of the Second Corps that they have the right to know what is being born!"

"You can do it!" Seya looked at his face with trust. Now he is the person she trusts the most, and as for her father, she doesn't want to look at it again.

Countless scouts and ravens flew from Tekken Castle to the lands of Erathia. The first to arrive at Tekken Castle was Adridid, the deputy commander of the Second Corps stationed in Standwick, and she brought dozens of generals with her, all of whom were good friends Gu Shiyu had met in the Lost Lands.

Princess Catherine also arrived from distant Dia on a black dragon. They were all in the dust, but their nervousness was unspeakable.

Sea threw herself into the arms of her sister, Princess Catherine, and cried. Catherine's eyes were also red, and she didn't know what to say.

What could she say? To this day, she still couldn't forget Gu Shiyu, even when she shared the bed with Prince Roland.

She was no less frightened than Saiya. But she didn't dare to show her feelings, so she had to bury it deep in her heart, hoping that time would make it fade slowly.

Gu Shiyu's friends surrounded the two poor women in the middle, and they were silent.

"Your Highness, how is Dia's condition now?" Aledred finally wiped away his tears and asked softly.

"Oops! Dia's Dusosbandar has once again been captured by Sandru's army of the undead, and we can't stop it!"

"Oh my God, is Erathia really going to have to fight on three sides?"

"Very likely!" Catherine sighed, "Duke Elares' main force has been routed, and the remnants of me and Prince Roland's troops are stationed on the Dia border...... Sandru is terrifying! Any warrior will instantly lose their combat effectiveness under the vicious curse of his curse armor, and his Demon King Cloak will transform the dead into a terrifying Corpse Witch King!"

"Isn't the highest level of spiritualism just able to summon ghosts from piles of corpses?"

"That's the truly terrifying power of the Ghost King's Cloak! Sooner or later, he'll break through the Dia border and attack Erathia...... Now except for the gods in the sky, I'm afraid no one can stop him!"

Princess Catherine, like the Chosen One, was once the spiritual leader of the people. Now one of them has been caught and turned into a shameless lackey of the Grim Reaper Bellerion, while another brave and invincible warrior has gradually lost his confidence under the blow of successive defeats!

"I'm sorry, Saia!" Catherine had tears in her eyes: "I can't pull my troops north! Eldred must stop Fiona in the south, I must stop Sandru in the east, and your father must carefully plan a big spring offensive to defeat one of the enemies and turn the current situation completely unfavorable! If this is what we need to face, then let it come, we can only accept it helplessly!"

"Sister, this is not like you...... If you give up hope, then we ......."

"I'm not saying I've given up hope...... Catherine said comfortingly, patting her sister's trembling shoulder, "Hope is everywhere, I'm just saying that we're just accepting the status quo for the time being...... In fact, some of what your father said is still reasonable! There are some sacrifices that we cannot bear in our hearts, but for the sake of ultimate victory, we can only bear this pain, otherwise we will not be able to find hope, opportunity, and motivation to move forward from the predicament...... Although this sacrifice can disturb our conscience and even keep us in the shadow of guilt and pain for the rest of our lives. ”

"I see, sister!" Saya wiped away her tears, "Who told us to be descendants of House Einfast!, I know what to do...... I will become a strong person, or at least a strong woman!"

"You are wrong, my dear sister!" said Catherine, "I believe that no man can compare with a woman in terms of his ability to endure pain......! Alas, hopefully...... I hope that the pain can be like a woman's childbirth, and finally reap joy, laughter and happiness!"

"We will!" said Saya raised a small face, and there were still a few teardrops hanging from it.

Alas, silly girl, have you always lived in the court, do you know what the harshness of life and the cruelty of reality are? Catherine sighed and raised her hand to gently wipe the tears from Seya's face.