In less than twenty minutes, seventy men annihilated five hundred.

When this data came out of the adjutant's mouth, even the well-informed and lifelong Marshal Menno Kuhoun couldn't suppress the corner of his mouth.

His eyes showed consternation.

With his hands propped on the table, he looked down at the topographical map, and immediately found the makeshift military station that had been attacked.

His superb tactical skills were undoubtedly revealed, and he had already thought of nearly six or seven ways to break through the military station in his mind when he saw this position.

However, after all, that is only a way to 'break the station'.

At the end of the day, he still couldn't understand what was going on with the other party's terrifying killing efficiency.

Marshal Nilfgaard looked down at the map and asked without looking back.

"There's a trace of magic there? Are there wandering warlocks in that guerrilla detachment? ”

While the Nilfgaard army was trained to deal with how to fight warlocks, it was too superficial or even crude.

After all, even the Nilfgaard Empire could not guarantee that each of their soldiers would be of high quality enough to understand and use the tactical drills used against magic, so they had to keep it as simple as possible.

It would not be impossible if there was a warlock in that guerrilla force who was good at fighting

"I'm afraid not, Marshal." The adjutant whispered.

"We found no traces of fire, frost, electric shocks, or other magic in that makeshift station, and the trace specialist had a device to detect the remnants of chaos magic, but it was quiet throughout. Only swords, my lord. ”

"Only swords."

"Only swords? You want to tell me that it was seventy men who hacked to death five hundred of our trained and hardened soldiers?! ”

The eyes of the commanders, staff officers, clerks, and clerks at all levels present were attracted at the same time.

The adjutant pursed his lips, stretched out his hand holding the information and handed it to the marshal: "My lord, or you are still yourself."

"Read it out!"

Menno Kuhoun looked up, looked around at his colleagues, who were uneasy and panicked about the unknown in their eyes, and shouted at them.

"Read it out loud! Let all of us listen, and listen to what kind of enemy we have to concentrate on not only preparing for the general battle at this critical moment, but also facing the rear front! ”

The adjutant swallowed and withdrew the hand that had been handed out: "Yes. ”

"The following records are from the oral accounts of sporadic survivors at the scene."

"It was described that everything was normal in the first half of the night. The temporary military station serves as a rest and supply point on the patrol route, and it continues to come and go even at night. ”

"And in the second half of the night, suddenly a huge black shadow directly smashed the solid wooden gate of the temporary military station, and the sentries on the wall of the military station did not warn about it."

Immediately afterwards, more than 70 soldiers who had been scattered in the front yard of the military station were all killed in less than two minutes. The survivor's description of the scene is very vague, and I think he may have gone insane, and the description is of reference value."

"It's up to me to judge whether he's insane or not, you just have to keep reading!"

Field Marshal Nilfgaard's cold snort made the adjutant nod with difficulty.

"According to the survivors: everyone was like a pile of butter in front of the dark shadow, and the armor and weapons were fragile as if they were non-existent. As soon as the black shadow passed, the warriors' bodies would be sliced open, or they would be knocked away. There was also a larger, more terrifying black shadow extending from the black shadow's hand, and as long as it swept away, everyone in the range was scattered to the ground in an instant. ”

"Our trace experts have seen it at the scene and believe that the so-called 'bigger and more terrifying' black shadow should be a heavy sword-shaped piece of iron, and the scars it causes are very recognizable, with all the characteristics of crushing, crushing, and tearing."

"In other words, it's a 'man' with a weapon." Menno Kuhoun said coldly, "Then why use the vague 'dark shadow' to refer to him?" That's what the Intelligence Section of the Imperial Military Academy teaches? ”

"When we study, we are asked to be 'as objective as possible, without personal assumptions,' Marshal." The adjutant defended himself and his alma mater.

And that's exactly what I did. In this oral statement, maybe it was because the fire conditions were not good at that time, maybe it was because of the narrator's own mental problems, or maybe it was because . That 'thing' is just too fast. In short, the narrator is still reluctant to admit that the dark shadow is human. He himself couldn't describe the appearance of the dark shadow. ”

The marshal nodded, and accepted the statement.

"So based on what we know about the monsters of the north, is there anything that fits the description of this 'thing'?"

"Trolls have a history of working with humans to build bridges, but they are slow. Females, Sheephorns, and so on are in line with the power shown in the description, but they don't work with people, and they don't use sword-shaped iron."

That's no. At least not among the types of monsters known to man.

Menno Cuhoun and many of the commanders present had already decided that the 'Shadow' was a human, a human being so strong that it was beyond common sense.

Not only were the strength beyond the ordinary, but several survivors also pointed out that they had seen the black shadow jump back and forth on the two roofs of the makeshift station many times, nimble and swift. The soldiers' attempts to rely on the built terrain and use bows and crossbows to deal with him were thwarted. ”

Mennon Kuhoun said coldly: "Even ordinary soldiers have some ideas and countermeasures in desperate battles, what about the management of our temporary military station? What about the commander? Are they just stupid to stand and watch the play? ”

The adjutant turned the information back two pages: "The management of the temporary military station has proved their loyalty and bravery, Lord Marshal. ”

"The five commanders, in turn, wanted to establish a chain of command, improve the organization of the soldiers present, and respond to the enemy with calm and rational tactics. In fact, at that time, they were almost separating the sword and shield troops, the ranged troops, and the polearm troops, and each performing its own duties. ”

Hearing this, the marshal's tone calmed down a little: "In the chaos, that's not bad. The result? ”

"No effect, Marshal."

"Often, within a minute of the order, the current commander's position will be suddenly discovered by the enemy, and then the black shadow will surprise and kill him. It was not until all five officers were killed in the line of duty, and there were no more officers of sufficient rank present present, that the construction of the chain of command was abandoned. ”

"Afterwards, seventy warriors dressed in full-covered armor, relying on a tight formation and a small nimble battle formation, began to enter the field to encircle and suppress our warriors. The soldiers, who had lost their organization and command, had lost all their courage by this time. ”

"A great rout began, and the enemy, like a pig, drove our fighters to what they thought was 'easy to kill,' and then they began to move."

"They are well-trained and well-organized, and they don't give any chance to rout and skirmishers. The station was littered with desperate and panicked corpses, blood, wails and screams. ”

"The survivors were scattered within a five-kilometer radius of the makeshift station, and they were all frightened and jumped out of the wall of the station in armor to flee for their lives. When we found them, they generally broke a leg or arm. ”

"They dragged these broken limbs and fled across the border for a whole night."

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