The Empire's Black Watch Legion has drawn almost all attention from the nezumen.

And the scattered forces have also encountered sporadic nezumi. Annan, who was closest to Blackwatch, encountered the largest wave of rats, but with the sound of magic muskets, the battle ended in half a day, and Annan fell into an eerie calm around him.

At most, there are scattered sporadic rat people in the grassland, running to the outskirts of the "forest" and stealing corpses.

The soldiers of the Hellfire Legion woke up one after another in the evening. They only slept for three or four hours before waking up one after another.

The physical exhaustion is gone, but the mental is not.

Annan showed magical images over the camp to relax the spirits of the soldiers and let the goblins cook their food.

Blom has returned, bringing good and bad news: the coalition forces of the Duchy of Seck are besieged by the nezumi.

They didn't escape the rat tide, but they didn't disappear into the black waves.

"Blom, Held, you went to support the Duchy of Sek and set up anchors. Fermi, inform the soldiers, prepare to rescue the allies. ”

Fermi turned around and shouted, "Kids, we have another nezumi to kill!" ”

The languishing Hellfire soldiers instantly perked up, wiping their magic muskets and praying softly.

Thirty minutes later, Annan punctually opened the portal in front of the soldiers in the array.

"Thank you...... I thought you wouldn't care. The Duchy Earl, whose face was full of exhaustion and nervousness, finally breathed a sigh of relief and said gratefully.

"We treat our friends as warmly as spring." Annan motioned to him, "My soldiers will go over and cover you and let all your men withdraw." ”

Looking at the group of ordinary soldiers behind Annan, the Count of the Duchy hesitated: "But ......"

"I don't have to put myself in danger."

Motioning for the hellfire to go, it wasn't long before gunshots rang out on the other side of the portal.

Not long after, the Earl's subordinates of the Duchy came running over and whispered something, and the Count was dumbfounded.

Annan's voice sounded at the right time: "Do you want it?" Cheap and fine. ”

……

Annan only promised a 20% discount to make the count of the Principality of Seke his solid follower.

The Duchy of Seck retreated to camp, and now they had gathered two forces.

Annan was suddenly not satisfied.

There are still more than 20 forces scattered in this woodland, why not rescue them all, let them understand their own feelings, and let them listen to themselves?

As soon as he thought of it, Annan scattered the white dragons and vampires, and the night gave them the opportunity to discover other forces in the long land.

Hellfire strikes again and again, rescuing the forces that are being besieged by the nezumi, and the snowballing camp makes their rescue easier.

As for those forces that have already solved the rat infestation, Annan also used the excuse to invite them over.

Late at night, Annan sat at a round table in the camp with the leaders of the nineteen factions.

There are still nine forces that have not yet been found, and the white dragons and vampires are searching outside.

"I invited you here because I had an idea." Annan projected the footage taken in the distance of the Philosopher's Stone to them, "The rat people outside are nothing, the real rat tide is around Black Watch...... We're going to take some of the pressure off the Imperial Legion. ”

"We?"

"Share?"

"Pressure?"

The leaders stared at the black waves in the magical image, and talked about Annan's whimsy.

"Don't be presumptuous. Black Watch is strong, but we're not weak either. Even if we can't fight the rat tide head-on, as long as we can attract the attention of some nezumi and reduce the pressure on Blackwatch, will we still worry about not having any combat achievements? ”

The nobles were silent.

"As you all know, I have an ambiguous relationship with the Empire...... Very good. ”

Annan continued.

"I know you're more or less reluctant to come to the Great Wall of the North...... Truth be told, so do I. But don't you wonder why I'm here? Don't forget, the Empire says it will count our exploits......"

The nobles present were all old foxes, and a battle exploit without a specific reward did not make them desperate for it.

To convince them, Annan had to say something substantial.

"In addition, after the success of the hunt, news of the Great Wall of the North will reach home, and my Voice of Liberty and the Imperial newspaper of Montreal Hills will spread your reputation."

The aristocrats finally showed some interest.

Those sent to join the coalition are either marginalized and feared as important players. They do need fame, something that can't be seen or touched, but it does exist.

"I am loyal to the King!" One of the generals shouted.

Annan looked at him, his face was full of beard, and his rugged image looked like the image of "who put the crown on my head, you are hurting me".

Annan suddenly lowered his voice: "The next thing to tell you is the secret of the empire, don't leak it, unless you want to be caught...... Logb 'enjoys' torture. ”

"What is Logb?"

I made it up - Annan, of course, could not say that, but told them: "This is a special janissary subordinate to the emperor, and they are responsible for monitoring all the wrongdoing of the empire......"

Boom –

Someone swallowed at Annan's rendering.

"The nephew of my friend in the Montreal Mountains secretly told me that the hunt would be rewarded according to merit. Reward...... Very generous. ”

Annan waited for them to ask, "How rich", and then replied by the way, "I can't resist the temptation to send troops to the war even with an income of millions of gold coins a year, what do you say?" As a result, everyone was inexplicably silent......

What's wrong with them?

Annan wondered.

The leaders of the gang thought that Annan's connections in Montreal were no secrets: his friend was Orin, his friend's elder was his ancestor, and his elder's nephew was ...... The Emperor?

Even the emperor was moved out, and they were convinced of what Annan said and chose to join one after another.

"Since we are acting together, there must always be a commander-in-chief......" said the military minister of the Principality of Windmills, who was mixed in the crowd.

"I propose that Annan be the commander-in-chief."

The others hesitated, they didn't want to entrust their fate and army to a boy, even if he was more famous in Middle-earth than they all combined.

The military minister stated his reasons: "Annan and the empire are good to wear a pair of pants, he is the commander-in-chief, and he can bring us more benefits." And whose country of you does not have a theater in Annam? ”

No one contradicted his words.

"I agree."

At this time, the count of the Duchy of Saike spoke up.

The rest of the people also cooperated and agreed to Annan as commander-in-chief.

Annan thus gained command of the coalition forces except for Black Watch.

"I'm just a city lord, how did I suddenly become the commander of the coalition forces......"

Annan said humbly, looking around at the crowd: "Since you believe me, then I want to explain one thing first. ”

"There can only be one voice here for the next action...... Of course, you can make suggestions, but I hope that when it comes to critical decisions, you will not be like politicians in parliament who are stumbling blocks. ”

(End of chapter)