Chapter 705

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"You're going to let the whole world suffer for your own sake......?

"Nonsense, it's the world's business if the world is ruined, and it's my business if I'm dead. Edward shook his hand: "Isn't that what you guys are? Did the gods really think about completely destroying Pandorian Ryan? Can you guarantee that the gods are not getting by? For such a long time, this ancient evil creature has not been affected by the slightest change, the so-called gods, have been eating for tens of thousands of years? Intrigue and fight for power, anyway, every time something happens, someone will go to them to give them their lives, and then they will enjoy the so-called peace for hundreds of thousands of years at the expense of others? peace of mind? Huh?"

"This is simply your self-satisfaction! For the greed in your heart, you are quibbling, you are looking for unjustified excuses for yourself!"

"I want to say that I am evil, right? Human beings are a collection of self-satisfaction, and they pursue nothing more than their own ...... Poverty, hunger, some people can't bear it, some people are willing, long-lived, short-lived, some people are thirsty, some people abandon like a shoe, and a qiē is just the heart...... What is that? Manifestation of the mind, change of the mind?"

Taking a step back, Edward's body gradually blurred in the space, leaving only the voice echoing in the heart of the Blazing Divine Servant:

"I advise you, it's best to stay in the Star Boundary, otherwise, the next time I find you, it won't be so simple to let you go. ”

Staring at the black figure, it disappeared in the space like this, without a trace, Ariel has been standing still in the air, "only the mind appears, only the consciousness ......changes" The voice sounded in her ears as if it was repeated, and there was no language barrier in the language of the heart, but the meaning of these two sentences, she didn't seem to understand.

With the disappearance of that human. The invisible power in the space also retreated like a tide, the air shook, and two astral apostles, a man and a woman, walked out of the space door, noticing the figure of the Blazing Sky Divine Attendant, and each of them showed a look of surprise. "Mistress Aielel, you ......" "Your Excellency. ”

They each shouted, but they were stunned again. The blazing heavenly god in front of him spread his six wings, and the holy flames surrounded him, but there were no enemies around, and he seemed indifferent to their arrival, just whispered to himself, and his golden eyes had a special misty color.

"It's too dangerous. "Just stand still for a long time. Ariel finally raised her head in the gaze of her two companions and whispered to herself.

"Lord Iriel, should we gather some more companions?" the male Astral Apostle hesitated for a moment, then spoke, "It's just that the number of qualified ones is almost exhausted, do you require them to prepare a ritual and purify some suitable ones?"

"Julian, Heidi. What kind of enemy do you think are the most dangerous?"

The question made the two Astral Apostles look at each other and shake their heads, but they did not speak.

So Ariele asked herself:

"Powerful, extremely intelligent, and bold...... Such a person is very scary, but it is not the most terrifying, because the powerful can know the feelings, the cleverness can lure them to their advantage, and the bold can be good and seducing. As long as the method is right, it does not necessarily mean that it cannot be used as a helper for success. But it is moody and reckless, and it cannot be measured by common sense, let alone predicted...... Such an opponent is terrifying, and it can even be said that it is the most terrifying. ”

"Let's go. ”

This human mind, has been ...... It's hard to guess, and I don't know exactly when he'll be. What kind of things to do. And the power he possesses has even surpassed the angels who have descended, which makes his possible actions even more dangerous. Therefore, someone had to watch over him and stop him from making any more dangerous moves. ”

"But your body ......" said the Astral Apostle named Heidi urgently, "and ......"

"Don't worry, there will be no fight. It's just a matter of keeping an eye on the root of this scourge. As if comforted, Ariel said, "He'll take it." ”

The rest of the army of the Kingdom of Tuminis, on the Mango-Macinle line, has entered its tenth day.

Ten days is not a long time for a break after a major battle, especially now, when the three Imperial Elector Legions of the Empire are garrisoned on the edge of the Mango Basin, and the strength of the two sides is still unclear, and the kingdom's march does need to be slowed down.

Or in the eyes of those who know about the war, this war, so far is not unexpected - the failure of the teleportation spell is undoubtedly an important reason for the success of the Tumenes, the loss of the possibility of rapid reinforcements, as the defending side of the empire, the need for troops, must be several times that of the Tumenes, or even more than ten times, a point of failure, will lead to the collapse of the entire front.

So the empire was defeated.

But wars don't necessarily end when they are won or lost...... War has never been simply based on the victory or defeat of the bloody struggle between the soldiers and the fighters, and in the final analysis, it is always a contest of the comprehensive national strength of the two sides.

Moreover, this spatial anomaly is actually a double-edged sword, weakening the Empire's defensive capabilities while also cutting off the vitality of Tumenis' advance. After occupying a half-county province of the Empire, the elongated supply lines also slowed the pace of Tumenes' advance. The wisest thing for a good general to do is to let the war end in this place and let the two sides enter into a new round of confrontation.

Unfortunately, this war obviously would not have ended so 'wisely', because from the very beginning, it was not intended to expand territory.

Plundering souls is the goal that the person behind the manipulation of Qiē wants to pursue.

"Four hundred and three. ”

The strength of more than 20,000 troops is not a surprising number, but that large camp still needs a considerable area, and the several cities on the edge of the Mango Basin are not large, and most of them are built near the hills, which is not suitable for hoarding large armies, so as the leader of the national mage, Mage Rose Black still sits in the main tent of the military camp in Tumenis, in the ornate royal tabernacle.

"Four hundred and three. Very good efficiency, it should be said. ”

Caressing a huge crystal ball in front of her, the female mage murmured softly, then raised her gaze and stopped at the young man in front of her: "Or, should I thank you properly, His Royal Highness Prince Strand?"

Her voice was hoarse. But it was a little sharp, so when she heard it, she couldn't help but shrink her brows, but the young man she was looking at only smiled slightly, and there was a faint aristocratic atmosphere in her gentle voice. He didn't seem to notice the sarcasm in the other party's voice.

His gaze froze for a moment on the crystal.

At first glance, the crystal ball is used by ordinary mages for divination. Or the crystal ball that watched in the distance was no different—about eight inches in diameter, smooth and round in appearance, except for the somewhat unusual light purple hue, but if you really looked at it carefully, you could notice that there was a writhing white smoke flowing from time to time. The flickering colors will look like one, with two or more eyes peeking out from the depths of the purple.

"We are just implementers, and this qiē is still your credit. ”

Rose Black gave a rare compliment, but unfortunately the tone was quite sharp, and even if it was a beautiful word, it still didn't sound very comfortable. What's more, she still had that cold expression on her face, and she couldn't see any compliments at all.

"There. I just remembered a little bit of what I had heard before. Prince Strand smiled reservedly, his tone was flat, and he seemed to be completely unimpressed: "Well, in short, there are still more than half of the patrols sent out, and they should be able to return with the other half or so of the harvest by tomorrow afternoon." The preliminary estimate should be around 8,000 to 10,000. ”

"For the sake of the master's plan. Such an outcome is acceptable. However, this kind of small means can not be repeated," Rudolph on the other side of the table said at this time, raising his eyes to stare at the prince, "What are you going to do next?" The master's request is at least 100,000 souls. ”

The young general of Tuminis, apparently not very good at hiding his feelings. Especially at this time of age.

From the very beginning, Rudolph's attitude towards the involvement of His Royal Highness the prince in this plan was opposed. He didn't know the details of the 'master's plan' very well, but he knew it well. The problems that may be caused by this prince's substitute - before the identity is revealed, most of the rights exclusive to the prince are in the hands of this unreliable person, and if he loses his vigilance, then the possible consequences in special circumstances may be very strict.

Because of the role, he spent the most time with this impersonator, so he was well aware that there was some kind of madness in the little guy's heart,

The problem was that the prince had permission from his superiors - Rudolph didn't know where he had heard about their need for souls, but the prince had an opportunity to talk to Thomas and come up with the plan, which Thomas apparently didn't care about, so he casually accepted it.

Or should I say that the main reason is that His Royal Highness the Prince's idea is very simple, but very effective.

Attack those scattered subordinate collars.

The vast size of the empire and the large population gave him a large and complex aristocratic class, a fief that fell into the hands of a third-class baron, often the rank of a village.

The most insignificant people in the vast aristocratic class of these empires, although they are called nobles, are actually the heads of a small village of more than 100 people and hundreds of people, barely having some farmland and some power to collect taxes from the villagers.

So, the fact that the Tumenians had taken over the land of the empire didn't seem to be a big deal in such a small village, and everyone would get together and listen to the traders talk about the war, and then it was just that, and there was not much backlash.

In fact, for these small places such as barony domains, it is not a big deal to belong to any country, and they can't even see the face of war, it is nothing more than a small group of knights passing by here, shouting to the baron, and then the baron will replace the Jin Jin chess at the entrance of the village with tulips, and if there is no flag, then just a few words on a plain flag, that's it.

The rest, tax should be paid, grain should be paid, what else can be done?

However, since a few days ago, some people have started to 'pass' through these villages in a scattered manner.

They were dressed like the low-level adventurers, covered in dust and stubble. But if you look closely, you will see that they are all wearing a few pieces of equipment for regular soldiers of the empire without exception, or knightly swords, or military horses, or simple chain mail robes.

"Don't look at them treating you well now, but in reality it's all fake. Do you know that the army of the Empire is already on its way here, and the Tunies can't hold out for a few days, and if they leave, they will definitely take the army to burn everything here first, kill all the people, they are all a bunch of hungry wolves! Don't you know? They burned down ten cities and killed hundreds of thousands of people last time!"

As they 'passed' the villages, they would go into taverns, or wander around the squares, looking for an opportunity to reveal a little of the war to the 'closed fellows', and when the villagers were mostly frightened by his horrific description, they would 'enthusiastically' encourage:

"How? Do it, of course, with them! You're the people of the Empire. Can the descendants of the great Isgandar the Great be ruled by the barbarians of Tumenes? Last time, those fools just didn't resist and were burned to death by the barbarians...... Don't look at the Tunies, they seem to be very powerful, in fact, there are only a few of them, only 20,000 or 30,000 people, and although the lords have been defeated, the Tunies have also died a lot! They have already nested in those big cities and dare not come out! They all depend on the food of those boneless nobles and lords!"

And after that?

"With these dozens of people, of course, I can't do anything, but I'll tell you the truth. My brigade is assembled not far away, there are dozens of villages in this area, as long as there are ten enthusiastic Imperial people in each village, we have more than a thousand men, and thousands of villages in the entire county. We have a few, even a hundred thousand troops! This is our home, and we want people. If you want food, can the Tunies be more popular than we are? As long as the civilians help, they will beat the Tunies to death with one punch and one punch!"

"We don't really have weapons, but we can take them from Tonyke. Even if they are powerful, they always have to eat and sleep......, right? Moreover, the Imperial army will soon return from the counterattack, and when the time comes, the county will be restored, and every soldier of the Volunteer Army will receive the official title of cavalry, and I promise, everyone will be rewarded with one gold coin, and those who have killed Tuniesy will receive five!"

These words, not to mention those young people who yearn for the outside, even those middle-aged people in their thirties may be excited, in such a small village, a family's annual income is only one gold coin, five coins is of course a large enough attractive amount of money.

So naturally, it was okay to run away or leave openly, and soon a team of more than a dozen people would gather in each village, secretly follow the 'hero' and leave, running towards their dreams.

In the beginning, the actions of this 'volunteer army' were always very smooth...... Most of them quickly gathered more than 100 people from the three surrounding villages, and then under the leadership of those 'brave adults', relying on a few internal responses, on the second or third day, they robbed the food team sent by Lord Viscount Lin Zhen to the Tuminis people, and even won a 'small victory', beating away a group of Tumenis patrols who came to receive the food, and snatched some weapons and armor, and the morale was once as high as fire.

But this good times will never last...... Usually, when they set up camp in a ravine that night to celebrate their victory, a large group of men and horses would completely surround them like the wind.

The light cavalry of Tuminis carried out these tasks was only about fifty horsemen, but the light cavalry were all regular trained soldiers, how could these improvised armed villagers resist, let alone attack the camp at night...... And most importantly, when this group of volunteers panicked, there will be another thing, the 'Brave and his companions' will disappear at some point!

At this moment, the rest has no other way to go than to collapse. But how can a two-legged one outrun a four-legged one? After the national mage in the light cavalry performed a few illumination spells, the light cavalry often ended the battle with a few rounds of bows and arrows.

Several national mages in this team of soldiers are specifically responsible for collecting souls, and then the team is constantly going to 'collect' the next batch of targets, and a team of people can almost get two or three hundred high-quality souls in one night, which is far safer than fighting behind the team.

In addition, this action is tantamount to completely combing the land of the entire occupied area, even if there is really anyone on the imperial side to encourage the civilians, it is impossible for some blind guys to rise up and make trouble, although in the process of young adults will lose a batch, the tax income paid will definitely be reduced, but compared to the danger of large-scale riots, this income is not worth mentioning at all.

What's more, this round of 'confiscation' activities has brought in at least nearly 4,000 souls so far, which is not necessarily less than the previous war. Moreover, in terms of cavalry, only about 2,000 men and horses were used, which was far more than a series of battles