In a fur tent in the center of the Centaur camp, Porta, the new patriarch of the Whitetail Clan, and his spouse Alita lay affectionately on a beautifully crafted woolen blanket with their strong limbs bent.

It was the booty that goblin slaves had scavenged from human territory, soft and comfortable, thick and warm, many times better than the grass carpet woven by goblins.

Alita liked the blanket so much that she was pregnant.

The young centaur patriarch is excited, this is the first foal he and Alita have bred together. He is Queglo, and Alita is also Queglo, and their cubs will be blessed by Mother Earth.

The goblin sacrificed Hajin himself. It was short, ugly, and lowly green, but the centaurs believed in its prophecies.

Two years ago, Porta and Alita's horns did not take on the yellowish-brown color favored by Mother Earth as they do now. The centaurs of the other tribes did not recognize them as horses carried by the earth, and even the commanders of the Whitetail tribe were skeptical. It was Hakin who awakened Mother Earth in the presence of all the centaur chiefs, centurions, and commanders. He awoke from the earth, rose up as a great avatar of earth, spoke the ancient language, and through the mouth of Hakin, recognized Porta and Alita as his favored offspring.

The incarnation of Mother Earth existed for only a few breaths before turning back into dirt and returning to the earth. The centaurs henceforth admit that the two young centaurs of the Whitetail tribe are Queglos, and that their slave Hajin is a sacrifice of Mother Earth.

"The Great Mother Earth gave Hajin a revelation, last night...... The centaurs are going home, back to the east....... Queglopolta to the west, the human territory, the power of the Earth Mother awaits Porta...... Take back the power, Porta is the Great Khan, the Great Khan of the Centaurs. ”

Goblins dance, complementing their own expressions with body language and stumbling centaur language. Dressed in colorful human silk, and behind it stood four exceptionally strong bear goblin bodyguards, not at all cowering, even arrogant.

Mother Earth also prompted Alita. ”

Alita the centaur stood up from the comfortable wool blanket, walked lightly, walked in front of the goblin witch doctor, reached out with her left forepaw on the shoulder of the goblin, and said softly, "Mother Earth told me to send Hajin into His arms, Alita is the sacrifice of Mother Earth." ”

"...... no...... Yes. ”

The goblin witch doctor let out only half a scream, and the sheer force crushed its diminutive body to pieces, and blood gushed like a broken water bag, and was trampled directly into the dirt of the camp by the golden centaur into a meatloaf.

"Mother Earth buries everything. ”

Only then did the sluggish bear goblin react, his eyes filled with blood, his strong body muscles bulged, and he opened his mouth with sharp teeth and rushed towards the female centaur who had trampled the leader to death.

Porta jumped in front of his spouse and pinched the frenzied bear goblins to death one by one like a mouse. Dropping the corpse of the last bear goblin, he asked, a little puzzled and a little frightened, "Alita, why did you trample on Hajin? Its prophecies have always been accurate...... Great Mother Earth, did she really prompt you last night to send the witch doctor into the bosom of the earth?"

"Hajin's prophecy is only accurate in the first one, we are the handsome horses of the earth...... It's useless now. ”

Alita released her forepaw and touched Porta's horn with her own horn. Their horns were smooth and unveiled, glowing with a yellowish-brown glow in the dimly lit tent. This is the mark that distinguishes the Queglo Centaur from the average Centaur.

Taking two steps back, the female centaur lay down lazily, wiped the blood from her forepaws with a fine woollen blanket, and said, "The earth bears everything, buries everything, and He is silent." Mother Earth would not instruct Hajin to bury the Goblin slave of her father. In the name of Mother Earth, Hajinneng buried the former goblin leader and took all of his mates. It can do worse things. ”

Porta flicked his tail, returned to his mate's side, lay down and said, "Hajin's prophecy of the emptiness behind the human race, and its prediction that we should stop here and let the slaves go and raid the human nest is an accurate prediction. You kill it, and I'm afraid Mother Earth will be wrathed. ”

"I can feel Mother Earth blessing our foals. ”

Alita's delicate face showed a maternal glow, and she said softly: "We are going to watch her grow up, watch him gallop across the land, watch him rule over the centaurs...... Porta, it's time for us to go home. Hakin told you to go to the land of men, and you would die on that land. I trampled it to death, and I was afraid that I would never be able to run with you again, and that our foal would lose the protection of our father Khan. ”

Porta snorted and said disdainfully, "Weak humans can't stop my horses' hooves." ”

"The weak humans killed Orogal, are you now as strong as the Blackhoof Khan?" asked the female centaur, blinking.

Porta had just mastered the talent of the armor of the earth, and there was still a gap between him and the blackhoof Khan Orogal, and he said unconvinced: "When Orogal was running wildly on all fours, I knelt on the ground and drank milk. But he doesn't have Queglos' horns, we are blessed by the earth, and my strength is growing, and if I am tested again, and take back the power of Mother Earth, I will be stronger than him, and the centaurs will submit to my hooves. ”

Alita smiled and tweeted, "Mother Earth cares for my spouse and foal, the land is vast, and there is no need to go to the western human territory. The first few sunsets, we felt a strange and powerful enemy, which roamed around the periphery of the camp, like a biting wind, icy water, and a scorching sun. ”

"The earth bears everything, and I am not afraid of it!"

"Its companions killed the mighty Orogar. Alita continued: "I suspect that Hajin wants to borrow a human hand and bury my spouse. ”

Polta was surprised and asked, "Why do lowly slaves dare to bury me?"

"Goblins have no hooves and are as cunning as humans, centaurs enslave them, but never trust goblins. Hajin may be a spy of the Goblin King in the east of his homeland. We fear that humans in the west threaten our homeland, and that the goblin king in the east is worried about the hooves of centaurs stepping on its land. ”

"Hajin instructed us to use slaves against two-legged humans, we have lost too many slaves, and when we return home, we will go to the east to capture the Goblin King's men as slaves. ”

"The goblin king is afraid of the horse Porta, and he has tricked the spyman Hajin into going to the lair of the man, trying to kill my Porta, my foal's father Khan. ”

Porta said angrily: "Damn Hajin, damned spy, may Mother Earth let its flesh and blood never spit out new sprouts!"

Alita looked at the hero's spouse and said, "Let's go home to the garden and go to the east to catch slaves." ”

"Good!" Porta nodded, seeing the flesh and blood remains of the goblins, and said hesitantly, "The centaurs of the various tribes have not yet recognized me as the Great Khan, and they believe that Hajin is the sacrifice of the Earth Mother. Hajin is dead, will they listen to us?"

"Mother Earth reminded me that Hajin was a spy and that Mother Earth buried Hajin. I am the new sacrifice chosen by Mother Earth, and the khans and commanders of the tribes will listen to me. Alita said confidently.

Porta was overjoyed and asked, "My Alita, can you evoke the earth incarnation of Mother Earth in front of the centaur?"

"No, you can't. Alita shook her head lightly and said, "The khans of all races feel the threat of the human race, and the commanders of the various tribes do not want to fight each other anymore. Now, the weather is getting colder, the camp is running out of food, many of the fillies are pregnant, and the centaurs want to go home. I told the centaurs to go home to the garden and go east to catch the slaves of the Goblin King, and they believed that I was the new sacrifice of Mother Earth. ”

"My steed tramples the servants of the goblin king with your hooves, and leads the centaurs to plunder the slaves and seize the lands to the east. I'll tell the centaurs that Quéglopolta is the Great Khan of the Centaurs chosen by Mother Earth!"

Porta hissed happily and asked, "When are we going home?" ”

Alita thought for a moment and said, "Send the white-tailed hunters to the camp in the north, and tell the patriarchs there that the new sacrifice Alita has received a revelation from the Earth Mother, that Hajin has betrayed the centaurs, and that the new sacrifice will let their female horses return to the garden first." When they listened to me, they acknowledged me as the new sacrifice. When the tribes in the north have evacuated first, we will tell the chiefs here that we are going home and going to the east to take the slaves. ”

"Alita is a wise, beautiful mare, I listen to you. Porta said as he flicked his tail.

"The lowly Hajin is not worthy to be buried in the earth. The female pointed to the unidentified remains of the goblin and said to her mate, "Throw them out to feed the crows outside the tent, and tell the other centaurs that the spy Hajin has escaped and let the centaur hunters hunt him in the camp." ”

Porta stood up, took two steps forward, mixed the flesh and blood corpses of the goblin and the bear goblin with his forepaw, kicked out of the tent, and hissed to the white-tailed centaurs not far away: "Hajin is a spy of the goblin king, he and the bear goblin wanted to hurt my Alita, I trampled the stupid bear goblin to death, Hajin escaped from the tent." Go find Hajin and bring it to me. These bear goblins are thrown into the clearing, feed the crows!"

The centaurs around him are all close confidants of Porta, and witnessing him and Alita kill other centaur monsters that can't be killed, is favored by Mother Earth, and it only takes a few years to become a centaur captain from a centaur captain.

Convinced of Polta's words, they took the goblin flesh and blood mixed together, and called on his men to search the camp for the renegade spy Hakin.

A flock of black crows perched on the tent were frightened and rose into the air, hovering in the air a few times and flying off into the distance.

Alchemical crows can mimic the sounds of most creatures, but piecing together fragments of crows is tedious and time-consuming.

If the alchemy crow learns human language, Victor can easily spell out complete confidence according to the logical relationship of language. But he couldn't understand the language of the centaurs, and the alchemy crow didn't have the ability to distinguish between the useful sounds and the meaningless neighing of the centaurs, like snoring, sneezing, grinding teeth and farting.

This significantly increases the difficulty of Victor and the Beast Whisperer's job.

Alchemy Crows' tongue-learning skills are very useful, and Victor doesn't want anyone else to shoot them to death when they see them in the future. In order to keep the secret that the Dust Falcon would spy on information through the Tongue Learner, Victor did not let the Beast Wizard directly listen to the Alchemy Crow's Tongue Centaur language.

All of the alchemist crow's tongues were relayed by Victor to the beast whisperer.

However, Victor's vocal cords could not make the same sound as a centaur, and the noble Count Golden-Eyed was too embarrassed to learn to neigh. But these problems are not difficult for him, and he can imitate the barking of horses by vibrating the air with his talent for wind walking.

Alchemy Crow's words, Victor imitated them to the beast wizard piece by piece. Wizards can translate the interpreters, and if they don't understand, torture the centaur captives. In order to ensure the accuracy of the intelligence, he had to torture more than just a centaur captive.

After more than 20 busy days, Victor finally figured out a few things:

A lot of female centaurs are pregnant.

The centaurs are leaving.

The "Earth Mother Darlings" are not as powerful as Orogal, and their strength is on par with the Golden Rank Centaur Centaurs.

Due to the fact that the alchemy crow's tongue itself is out of tune, coupled with noises such as farting and hiccups, Victor is unable to obtain more accurate and detailed information. But the strange factors of "Earth Mother Darling" and "Goblin Sacrifice" all reveal very obvious traces of extraordinary interference, otherwise how could two gold-level centaurs and one goblin command an army of 400,000 centaurs from seven tribes?

Victor is more suspicious that one or more otherworldly beings are secretly manipulating the centaurs to raid the Eastern Frontier, but now that the centaurs are going home, he or they are just like that? Or are they no longer able to command the centaurs?

Perhaps, the "goblin sacrifice" is over?

This is the greatest possible. The weak use deception to appoint the strong is like dancing on a fine twine on fire, with sharp blades underneath, and sooner or later something will happen. Unless it has the strength to protect itself, like a beast tamer who only uses a whip to play with a beast, the beast only wants to play a game with him, knock it over with one palm, and his weakness will be exposed, and the beast will be happy to bite him to death.

In any case, it is fortunate that there are no Legendary-level Centaurs among the Centaurs. The legendary orcs' formidable strength and terrifying talent are secondary. The centaur army does not have a core powerhouse, and the lack of cohesion is the key.

When Tystiel and Frederick learned that the centaur army was preparing to return home to give birth to their calves, they were overjoyed and praised Victor's talent for wind talk. After confirming this information by sending elite scouts deep into the northern wilderness, they unleashed the letter crows and invited the commanders of the eastern defense lines to the city of light to discuss a military plan to destroy the centaur army.

Two days later, Duke Usein Baselius, Princess Roland August of Cambys, King Friedrich of Dord, and Patriarch Friedes of Dordor each arrived in the city of light with their assistants, and sat down with Victor and others at the round table in the conference room on the fourth floor of the cathedral.

Grand Master Testiel, with black hair and blue eyes, stood at the table, smiling, and said, "The centaurs have been confronting us for nearly 12 months, and they have not been idle. Now, the centaurs are running low on food, and most of the females are pregnant. The Centaur army prepares to withdraw from the front line of the Eastern Frontier. ”

Usein said amusedly, "Are these 400,000 centaurs here to camp or to fight?"

Unlike humans, centaurs conceive in the season of the earth and give birth in the second year, and the gestation period is as long as one or two births at a time, and the fertility rate is low. Missed conception and female centaurs do not give birth for a year. In order to ensure the reproduction and growth of the population, the centaur has a particularly strong desire to reproduce in the Earth Season.

Humanity has never had a long-term confrontation with such a large centaur army, and the collective pregnancy of hundreds of thousands of centaur females is a spectacle that deserves to be added to the canon of monsterology.

Patriarch Friedes, with a rigid expression, coughed and said, "This group of filthy monsters, foolish beasts, we must seize the opportunity to annihilate them, otherwise the centaur race will grow again." ”

After a pause, he continued: "Centaurs are free and belligerent, and it is difficult to distinguish between their camping and fighting. However, this time the centaurs raided the front line of the Eastern Pioneer Territory, and besieged but not attacked, which was in line with our previous judgment. ”

"The northern wilderness becomes more barren the further southwest you go, and richer the further northeast you go. We want to fight back to the heart of the northern wilderness, and the Sidon Centaurs want to advance east. And the Sassan Empire has always threatened their rear, so the Sidon Centaurs have united to contain the main force of the Eastern Pioneer Alliance, and let millions of orc slaves infiltrate the human territory in order to use those orcs to prevent us from attacking the Sidon Centaur Khanate. ”

"Now that the larger orc forces in the Eastern Frontier have been wiped out by us, the centaurs plan to withdraw their troops in order to preserve their strength. If they still have to fight us, it will be called their own death. ”

Patriarch Friedes gives a plausible explanation for the centaur attack and retreat, but does not address the cause of the centaur clan's joint action.

Roland raised his delicate eyebrows and asked dissatisfiedly, "That's all?"

Although Princess August did not mention the King of Orcs, her question actually meant the same thing. Both Duke Baselius and King Friedrich turned their eyes to the Grand Master of the Radiant Knights, quietly awaiting his answer.

Testiel bowed slightly, and said, "At present, we have not found any Legendary-level leaders in the centaur army. The Great Stone Fortress war zone also did not find the army of the Orc King in the east of the Sidon Khanate. That's good news...... As for, why did the 7, no, to be exact, 6 centaur tribes suddenly ceased to unite and raid the front line of the Eastern Frontier?"

"According to what we know, the white-tailed centaurs on the easternmost side of the Sidon Khanate have annexed the Blackhoof Centaur tribe, and among them are two centaurs that the centaurs call 'Mother Earth'. These two peculiar centaurs and a big goblin slave don't know how to summon the leaders of the various tribes to reach a reconciliation and transfer the conflict to the head of the human alliance. ”

"They have a high status among centaurs, and they can be considered the leaders of the centaur army. However, we have all the means to believe that these two so-called 'darlings of Mother Earth' are not legendary centaurs like Orogar. They are young, growing at an astonishing rate, and are probably on par with a golden-tier centaur commander. If they are given more time to grow, I fear that they will be able to do what Orogar did not do – unify the Sidon Centaurs and become the Great Khan of the Centaurs. ”

"Now......"

Testil pulled a long voice and said in a relaxed tone: "They are not big centaurs like Orogal, and they don't have enough authority yet, so they can only choose to retreat according to the actual needs of the centaur tribe. We suspect that they may lead the centaur tribes to the east to plunder orc slaves, make up for the loss of goblins to the tribes, and establish authority by the way. ”

These views were shared with reservations by His Highness Randall. ”

The paladin hinted to everyone present that the City of Light had used shady sorcery to understand the enemy's situation, and that the Count of Golden-Eyed was involved.

"Is that so, Your Highness Randall?" the brown-haired and brown-eyed King of Dordor asked with a friendly smile as he turned to Victor.

The Knights of Radiance obviously want to take the initiative, and the allied forces of all countries must cooperate. The elite cavalry of the Kingdom of Dordor would certainly have to fight with the Knights of Radiance, and King Friedrich had to respond carefully, believing in Victor more now than the Sarsanians and the Knights of Radiance.

Victor pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "At least, Turnans and I didn't find a Legendary-level centaur. ”

"I believe in the means and vision of Cousin Victor and the First Paladin. Duke Baselius said with one hand on the table, smiling.

Turnans let out a faint "um", closed his mouth tightly, and said nothing.

"Ladies and gentlemen. "The Centaur army is running out of food, and we can't just let them go back without a strong leader," said Testiel. ”

"The centaur army is divided into two large battalions, the centaurs of the northern camp contain the defenders of Log City, about 15, and the centaurs of the southern camp are located between the city of light and the crystal city, no more than 250,000. Our scouts reported that the females of the Centaurs in the North Camp began to retreat eastward, and some of the females in the Centaurs of the South Camp also left. Obviously, the centaurs intended to withdraw from the northern camp first, and then the southern battalion. I drew up a military plan......."

"The defenders of Bright City and Crystal City pinned down the stronger South Camp Centaurs, mobilized the cavalry of the eastern defense line to converge with the defenders of Log City, and waited for most of the North Camp Centaurs to evacuate, and the Log City coalition army under the command of Pastor Duncan attacked the North Camp Centaurs. At the same time, His Majesty King Rex, the commander of the Boulder Fortress Theater, led 4,000 war beast cavalry deep into the hinterland of the Sidon Khanate, chasing down those female centaurs, and the main cavalry of the Boulder Fortress was responsible for attacking the lair of the tribes. The centaur warriors of the southern and northern battalions must hasten their flight, thus losing the will to fight us. ”

“...... At this point, we will lay the foundation for victory and clear the centaurs in the wilderness. ”

Centaurs are all soldiers, and females also have good combat effectiveness. The 400,000 centaur army, half of which were females, and as long as 100,000 female centaurs left the camp, the centaur army would basically collapse.

How can an army fight halfway through a war, and the soldiers run home en masse to give birth?

The Centaurs' lack of organization and unsuitability for large-scale protracted warfare are exposed.

This war doesn't have to be fought, it's all already won. Now the question is, if Testil wants to annihilate the Sidon Centaur, then the lords of the other kingdoms will have to ask, how to fight the next battle?

"Your Excellency plans to transfer the cavalry of the Eastern Frontier Defense, what about the lack of mobile forces on the Eastern Frontier?" asked King Dodor first.

Testiel replied confidently: "It is enough to keep 30,000 cavalry on the eastern defense line, 5,000 for the Barcelius family, 20,000 for Gombis, and 5,000 for the Kingdom of Dodor." The Duchess of Barcelius, His Royal Highness Auguste, and His Majesty were in charge of remaining behind in the eastern defenses. The rest of the cavalry all went to Log City. In addition, the Knights of the Moon Bear, the Knights of the Gripen, the Knights of the Swift Dragon, and the Knights of the Iron Wall will all be in the battle. ”

The Female Knight of the Angry Waves is good at mobile infiltration combat, and if you want to talk about attacking fortifications, the Earth Knight is unmatched, even if Victor, Tystier and Turnans are not as effective as the Earth Golden Knight on the frontal battlefield. Gambis sent Roland to lead the army, and originally did not intend to go head-to-head with the Centaurs, and Testil's failure to mobilize Gombis's main reinforcements was also due to the influence of Victor and Sylvia.

The armies of Cambis and the Centaurs were separated by the kingdoms of Dordor and the Wharton Prairie, and the fighting spirit was the weakest. The kingdom of Dordor could not sit idly by and watch the centaurs infiltrate the Wharton prairies and approach the kingdom's northern plains.

Duke Turnkru Friedrich asked in a deep voice: "The centaurs are scattering and fleeing, who can guarantee that they will not storm the southern section of the eastern defense line?

Emperor Frederick glanced at the head of the Knights of the Iron Wall, turned to King Friedrich, and said with a smile: "Then the Kingdom of Duoduo will be responsible for clearing out the centaur bandits who have infiltrated the Wharton steppes. Doesn't my cousin still have 15,000 infantry on the eastern defense line? I'll give you 20,000 horses, and you can form them into cavalry, how about you?"

King Dodor was greatly moved, thought for a moment, and said tentatively, "We need the three holy cities in the Wharton Grassland, near the eastern defense line, as a foothold to pursue the centaur bandits. ”

Patriarch Friedus said without hesitation: "Okay, the defense of the Holy Helmet City, the Holy Wing City, and the Holy Shield City will be handed over to the Kingdom of Duoduo. ”

The Sassan Empire is preparing to take the territory of the Sidon Centaurs, and it doesn't matter if the Wharton Prairie is divided among the Duoduos. King Dodor was very satisfied with this result, exchanged glances with the Kingdom Guardian, and said, "Okay, on behalf of the Kingdom of Dodor, I agree to the arrangement of the Church, and the Dodor Cavalry and the Knights of the Iron Wall will cooperate with the Sassan Empire to annihilate the centaur invaders. ”

Testier nodded with satisfaction, looked at Victor, turned his gaze to Princess Roland with a bored expression, and asked elegantly, "Your Royal Highness August, what is your opinion?"

"I have no opinion, it's good. Roland said lightly, she wanted to lead the army to fight the centaurs, and the lords of Gombis would not agree.

Testiel smiled: "Actually, the centaur commanders of the golden rank don't have any special talents, they are generally not the opponents of the golden knights, but they have a sharp mind, are mobile and flexible, and it is difficult to catch up. Legendary centaurs are different......"

As he was talking, Turnans, who had not spoken, suddenly stood up and said, "I feel it...... Dimatt is here. ”

Dimat, a knight of the first rank, a sixth-rank paladin, and the deputy commander of the Templars, is the right-hand man of the Pope Clement, along with Tournans. He once accompanied Victor to survey the terrain in the mountains of the Kingdom of Duoduo for almost a year, and he was considered an old friend of Victor.

Tournans stays in the City of Light to deal with the centaurs, while Dietma guards Pope Clemente. There was only one possibility for him to drive Bright City from the Boulder Fortress war zone thousands of kilometers away:

The traces of the Orc King have been discovered in the Boulder Fortress War Zone, and Dietmar has summoned His Royal Highness the Legend of the Eastern Pioneer Territory to the Boulder Fortress with the Pope's Edict.

The lively atmosphere of the meeting instantly condensed, and everyone's eyes flickered, each thinking about the follow-up changes and countermeasures.

Victor slowly stood up, a smile of unknown meaning appeared on the corner of his mouth, and said, "Let's go meet His Excellency Dimatt and listen to what he has to say." ”