"Rod?"

By the time Legion Commander Venos arrived in the hall with Diego, Bogul, Yeskovich and others, the vampire lord was already lying on the ground, reduced to a bloody corpse. Its wings were broken, its arm was broken, and its body was covered with wounds, the largest of which was in its neck, and a deep cut ran through its throat, like a large open mouth, filled with dried blood clots. It's terrifying.

Venos's eyes widened, and his limited brain capacity obviously couldn't understand how a human could kill a vampire alone in a short period of time, or a lord-level vampire. And from Rod's face, he couldn't see the slightest tiredness, not even much respite. How did he do it? Venos was puzzled.

Bogul and Yeskovich, as well as the witch hunters, knew very well that the tomb they entered together had taken the soulbinding artifact that had been occupied by the necromancer. Now the weapon was on Rhodes, but no one else knew about it except for a few of them. It can be said that how big the risk is, how big the benefit will be in the end. At the beginning, the group risked their lives to sneak into the ancient tomb, steal the artifact, and then risk losing their minds to transport the artifact out of the ancient tomb, such a thing would not be done by normal people, but they did just that. Now, the strength of their boss has obviously reached a higher level. You know, half a month ago, they were tortured to death by this vampire lord. And now, Rhodes alone is enough to kill it alone.

A secret is a secret after all, and even Bogur, who has the biggest mouth, is silent in front of the generals sent by the queen. There is not a word about the Soul Binding Dagger. And Rod had already tucked the dagger into his cuff, replacing the original Hidden Blade.

"What are you going to do with this castle?"

Rod asked with a slight gasp.

"Burn it clean. Vampires must be burned clean in order to truly exterminate them. ”

Commander Venos replied solemnly.

"Well, I agree. ”

Rod replied calmly. It's just that I think of the fact that more than half a month ago this was a quiet town, and there were so many people living in the city, and half a month later, it became a dead city...... This change can't help but make Rod feel a little emotional. Moreover, there is actually a bit of responsibility for causing today's situation, if the vampire's strength had been measured clearly and he hadn't attacked rashly, maybe he wouldn't have caused today's situation. In a way, it was actually himself who harmed the civilians of this city......

Alas...... Rod sighed deeply inwardly.

When they left the Whisper Castle, the crowd saw the burning town again, almost exactly the same as the scene when they fled the Whisper Castle that day, except that instead of screaming and panicking the inhabitants, they quietly let the flames burn and consume the entire city...... The stench of carrion was in the air, and the gates were overwhelmed and finally collapsed......

When he returned to the northern camp, Rhodes got some news from Vinos again, some not very good news. The Broken Rock Fortress was breached by the Kislev Grizzly Legion, and 300 Archers took part in that battle, and the Broken Rock Fortress ended in the same way as the Secret Word Fortress, with the entire castle burned to fire overnight, and thousands of innocent civilians were slaughtered...... The queen's methods are the same, burning, robbing, killing, and for traitors, Caterina has never relented......

And the mercenary group hired by Erengrad is simply powerless. After two months of fighting, they began to lose and were at a disadvantage. After all, the Ice Queen had assembled all of Kislev's regular army corps, plus the griffin legions, and the mercenaries were overwhelmed.

Rhodes knew that the rebellion would be a huge blow to Kislev, and that the already not very wealthy kingdom would be even more impoverished. At least, many fled to the empire next door to escape the war...... It seems that Osterling and Ostermark have emigrated in large numbers in a short period of time......

Fortunately, the capital city of Kislev has not heard any rumors of an attack for the time being, which makes Rhodes somewhat glad that at least Dennis is still safe. Yes, I haven't seen her in a long time......

The storm at sea for days finally stopped, and in the rising sun, the Kislev fleet assembled in the old port, ready to march towards the port of Errengrad, according to the order of the Ice Queen, the newly formed fleet will arrive in the port of Erlengrad in three days, and completely crush the rebels' sea forces, and together with the three army corps on land, encircle the city of Erlengrad.

The commander-in-chief of this naval fleet was an admiral named Disma. In terms of blood relationship, he and Tsarina Catalina can be regarded as distant relatives. His grandfather was a brother who fought side by side, and served together in the Royal Regiment of Kislev, serving as captain of the Krem Forbidden Army and commander of the cavalry.

However, unlike Rice Bucket Cohen, this Admiral Disney does have his own skills, not completely relying on his connections to get to the top, but relying on military merits to climb up little by little. Of course, the support of his family forces behind it is also very important.

Since the incident with Grand Duke Cohen, Caterina has become very cautious in her use of personnel, and Disma has been selected after much deliberation. Others, although some of them have a higher status, are really incompetent. The Erlengrad War was at its most critical point, and Caterina didn't want any more of it. 90 look

"General, a dwarf outside the door asks to see you. ”

Old Port, inside the Admiral's base camp, the captain of the Guards reported to the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, Disma.

"Gnomes?"

"Well, it's Alves, the treasurer of Castle Ring. ”

"Oh...... I remember, Lord Aubrey's own brother. Invite him in. Also, don't call him a dwarf next time. ”

Disma said, casually packing up the books and letters on the table and putting them on the shelves.

"Your Excellency, you may be seated. ”

Disma said politely.

"Thank you. Alves took small steps, walked to the chair, climbed into the chair, and sat down with the admiral.

"Do you have anything to do with me?"

Disma asked. I poured Alves a bottle of wine. Although there was vogart and rum in the fleet, for the aristocracy, drinking wine was more often a status symbol. For example, most of the beer and ale drinkers in the taverns were commoners, while the wine drinkers were mostly nobles because the price of wine was relatively high.

"Well, yes. Alves took a sip of wine, "What I'm trying to say is, isn't it inappropriate for the Battle of Erlengrad to put these people of the North on board?"

"What's wrong?"

Disma asked.

"There is no sea in the north, not even a decent river, and the warriors of the north can be very fierce on land, but at sea, they are all landlubbers, and these people cannot fight at sea. ”

Alves said. His expression was very serious, but it seemed that Disma had already planned for it. He was unhurried, but continued to pour Alves a bottle of wine, and said—

"I don't expect them to fight at sea, the helmsman will drive the ship to the designated position, the gunner will fire in time to suppress the opponent's firepower, and the northern warriors only need to board the ship when the time comes, kill the enemy sailors, and occupy the ship. ”

"But they are afraid of the sea, and they can't stand on the deck......"

Alves retorted.

"The other side is not a professional seaman, do you think this battle is a professional army? Where does Kislev have so many navies? We are fighting, and so are the cattle of Errengrad. ”

Disma replied coldly.