The battle plan submitted by the player's staff was approved, so the five pairs of wheels who temporarily replaced Lao Qin as the commander immediately took action, and began to mobilize the players to participate in this operation through the first batch of "trainees" who had been delegated to the defense line as commanders.

In order to "stabilize people's hearts" and refute the rumors that he had hung up and questioned the safety of "Real Otherworld", Lao Qin also made a general explanation for this operation in the video.

Why do you do this, and what's the point?

What is the logic of the bottom-level construction, and where is the key point of the top-level design, which is basically equivalent to breaking it up and crumpling it to explain clearly to the players who want to participate in the action.

This is no pointless death-defying operation.

If all goes well, with a little luck, this battle will be enough to inflict irreparable damage on the increasingly crazy gnolls, and greatly improve the strategic initiative of the defenders.

Above all, this time it will boost the morale of the Maginot Line, which is already in danger.

In a superstitious medieval environment, all epic wars are more or less associated with these gods and ghosts, not to mention that players are not promoting feudal superstitions, they can really be resurrected in three days.

Lao Qin's question is really classic, look at how much movement a person who can be resurrected in three days has made, and naturally you can know that as long as this thing is used, the wonderful reaction it can produce can definitely dominate the direction of a war.

However, even without Lao Qin's explanation, the players' enthusiasm for this counterattack is very high.

The players didn't think about it so much, their thinking was very simple, after all, everyone was a brother who ate in the trenches, and more than 500 people were killed by the jackals at one time, who could bear such a big grievance?

That is, the giant shark's group of war maniacs have been drawn to participate in the god-killing operation, or the fierce counterattack of the Watt brothers, who act faster than thinking, against the jackal artificial soldiers has already begun, and now that Lao Qin is willing to take this head, it is too late for everyone to be happy.

Now wait to make a wave of trouble with him!

Let Xu Gesen know what it means to be an "undead army"! Hey, in terms of being more ruthless, we players haven't been afraid of anyone!

While the player base began to prepare for the big operation four days later, the fight on the side of Translancia has not stopped.

The situation on the line was rapidly slipping in the direction that Commander Kudell feared most, and after the success of the insidious battle that reimbursed more than five hundred players at once, the Gnoll Overseers began to draw gourds, tying kobolds and explosives together with traditional meteorite magic in a wild way.

Not only will they send kobolds to dig traps and bury explosives, but even when the attack is not going well, they will send kobolds crazy sappers to blow up the roads.

Before, he could only eat bones, but now he can eat at least one piece of meat before being sent to death.

For kobolds, this life is no different from before, anyway, fighting with the master of the jackal in the past was also to die, after the explosives were decentralized, the number of dead kobolds became fewer, so the kobolds also liked this kind of big bang that would explode within a few days.

This dangerous thing even has a tendency to chase after the sacred spot of the candle in their minds.

It can only be said that this is an out-and-out black humor.

No one knows how many explosives Xu Gesen still has in his hands, but the point is that no one dares to gamble.

As a result, after paying the first wave of casualties, the entire Maginot Line went into passive defense mode overnight, and it became very risky to send large groups of soldiers and gnolls to melee combat unnecessarily.

Kudel, the commander-in-chief of the defensive line, realized that Murphy's concerns were becoming a reality.

Fortunately, the locals were determined to defend their homeland and country, and they dared to draw their swords when they encountered the gnolls, but the other armies who came to support were obviously hesitant, and even the Crimean fortress was in a state of flux.

The tribunes, who had doubts about the player's tactics, will instead want the battle to start as soon as possible, and if morale continues to slip, the situation will get worse.

At the same time, the Scarlet Archon Miriam also fulfilled Murphy's order for the militia to be drafted, and the call-up orders were sent to every administrative village in the Translancia region, stamped with the three seals of the Administration, the People's Army, and the Maginot Line Command.

The militia were assembled by the civil servants of the villages and led by the local militia captain to the assembly points, or transported by boat or car to the rear towns of the Maginot Line for training.

Of course, not everyone wants to participate in war, but unfortunately, fighting war has long been a part of life for the Translansians, and centuries of suffering have shaped their savage and upright character.

Those who evaded the conscription did not even need to be sent by the Ministry of Military Justice, and the elders of the same village would curse and organize people to arrest them and bring them back, first whipping them in front of the villagers, so that everyone could see the fate of cowards, and then tie their hands and send them to the front line like prisoners.

Such a fierce folk is not because of how much the Translancians like to fight.

It's just because they've spent many years living in a tragic life where they die if they don't fight, and when you get used to something, you won't resist it.

What's more, although the vampire lord this time has only ruled Transncia for more than eight months, he and his officials have shown that the establishment and maintenance of order is something that the previous lords would never bother to do.

Although the lives of the people of this land are far from rich, at least after the chaos has been quelled, everyone feels that a good peace has arrived, and no one with a little brain will want to destroy it.

In the simplest example, the gangs of jackals and kobolds who used to wreak havoc in the wild have been cleared, which means that farmers don't always have to carry knives with them when they go out to work, it means that small traders dare to leave their villages to do some small business in neighboring villages, which means that parents don't have to lock their children in their homes at night, which means that raising livestock is no longer a risky thing.

In the past, the old men would only care if the people of Cadman City could eat enough, but now Lord Murphy will buy food from Her Majesty the Wolf Lady and send it to every village, although it is not enough for everyone to eat and drink, but at least it can ensure that no one will starve to death.

There are also the officials sent by Lord Miriam to the villages, and although they have problems of one kind or another, and although they occasionally show a domineering side, they are much better than the previous officials.

Well, in the past, there was only one type of official in the border villages of Translasia, and that was the tax collector with whips and torture instruments.

The current officials of Translancia are doing so well, it is said that there is something called "attendance" and "promotion mechanism" that restricts them, people think that it is an obscure magic, and they are all rumored to be a very powerful mage, he can summon 10,000 invisible eyes scattered in every village of Translancia every full moon night to monitor whether his officials are serious about their work.

He also had ears given by the gods to hear the whispers of each of his people in the wind.

But Lord Murphy is a benevolent vampire!

He never punished his own people, his targets were always the thieves who were stealing his money, the villains who were bullying his loyal people, and once he caught the pigtails, the misbehaving officials were in trouble.

There are also rumors with noses and eyes that there is a secret army called the "Sheriff" under the command of Master Murphy, which is made up of well-trained vampire executioners!

Whenever anyone made a mistake, they would immediately appear like ghosts, and under the guidance of the Gentiles who always liked to jump and run around, they would find the culprit, and then execute them in public and send them to the Maginot Line to serve hard labor.

Most of these rumors are nonsense.

The superstitious Transancians could not comprehend the efficient office system built up by the Arithmetic Orb, but this did not prevent them from seeing with their own eyes the changes in the land for more than eight months, and although the harsh wartime system had been in operation for more than three months, the locals miraculously did not complain too much.

Hehe, a harsh wartime system?

What are you kidding, it's so much easier than they've ever been!

This fully proves that as long as the starting point is low enough, anything can be called a great cause.

This is also another proof that Lord Murphy is a benevolent vampire that is rare in 10,000 years, and if there are still people who still believe that Lord Murphy is a good person, then the locals will give more vivid examples.

For example, you see, after ruling here for eight months, Lord Murphy actually only symbolically collected a little grain grown in the field as a tax, and only collected it once, isn't this benevolent act enough to prove that Lord Murphy is a good-hearted vampire?

Well, of course, Murphy has something to say about that, too.

It's not that he and Miriam don't want to collect taxes.

The main thing is that the land is too poor!

In that tax payment a few months ago, the taxes collected by several administrative villages in Translancia were not as much as the commercial taxes paid by Lao Huo's casinos and the black market of the Blood Rat Gang in two months, as well as the food aid sent by Her Majesty the Wolf Girl for almost nothing and the threat of a black plague hanging over his head, Murphy didn't bother to scrape oil on the stone even if he was idle.

What's more, he's really busy, and he doesn't have time to bully the people.

Murphy doesn't have a government system to assess whether his rule over Translancia is a success, but Miriam tells him that he is a very good ruler, so Murphy, who has basically not done anything, sees himself as such, and judging by the speed of this militia call-up, Murphy feels that he may or may indeed be a good ruler?

Hmm, what the hell is this!

If you think about it, you obviously didn't do anything, and the dirty work was all done by Miriam, the administrative players, and the civil servants, phew, this is probably the legendary "rule by inaction", right?

What a genius he's alike!

But the tens of thousands of call-up orders issued by Miriam under Murphy's orders were not only for the militia, but also for some people with special status, and even more outrageous, some of them offered to go to the defense line to help.

For example, Miriam's guard captain, Norman.

"Are you sure you want to go?"

In the office of the administration building of the Crimson Keep, Miriam looked at Norman in front of her very seriously, and she said:

"The situation is not bad enough to require the Archon's guards to also set foot on the battlefield, and this call-up is mainly to prepare for the upcoming 'Three-Day Miracle' operation by the Gentiles, and it is a pre-supplement to the upcoming counterattack of Lord Murphy's own defensive section.

Truth be told, militiamen don't necessarily need to go to war.

This is more like an armed march to stabilize people's hearts than actual actions. ”

"You haven't been on the battlefield, so your understanding of war is too idealistic, Your Excellency."

Norman, who wore an iron mask to hide his face burned during the Ten Years' War, said in a dumb voice:

"If Lord Murphy decides to mobilize on such a large scale, it means that the situation on the Maginot Line is likely to deteriorate, and he may have given such a gentle explanation just to keep you focused on internal affairs, and believe me, the militia will come in handy!

That's why I took the initiative to apply to leave the back of security.

The battle that is going on there will determine the outcome of the war, and it will require every brave man to take up arms, and every defender to sacrifice his or her life.

I have been through so many wars that I have felt tired, helpless and hopeless, and I have not felt the slightest joy during the whole ten years of war, only pain.

That is the chastisement of my God.

But this war is different, and I have seen many changes in the months I have seen around you, and this change has convinced me that you and Governor Murphy have the ability to bring about a responsive rise to this long-suffering land.

I will set foot where I need to go as a real soldier and not a prisoner of war, and only now that we are fighting on the front lines can people like you better stay in the rear and work for the future of this land.

If even the servants go to war, then the little gains that Transncia has won so hard will be wiped out.

The most desperate thing is not that there is no hope, but that hope is ruthlessly extinguished when it is seen. ”

Norman sighed, took off the badge of the commander of the Archon Guard, which he had wiped cleanly, and placed it on Miriam's desk, and he said in a deep voice:

"I've seen it many times in the past, and I was powerless to stop it, but now I have at least one chance to fight, please don't refuse my request to fight, Your Excellency.

I am willing and eager to participate in this war of defense, which is what my God wants to see. ”

"But"

Miriam had already sensed Norman's determination.

However, she was still reluctant to let go, on the one hand, because Norman was indeed old and she was not very reassured, and on the other hand, she felt a determination from Norman's words that scared her.

She had a hunch that if she couldn't stop it, then she might be able to say goodbye to the veteran soldier who had protected her for more than half a year in another way.

The archon whispered:

"But if you're gone, what about my safety?

You know, while the Gnolls haven't taken action to send Assassins at the moment, there is still an eye of twilight in Translasia, and it's hard to say whether the cultists will take the plunge once the tide of the battle on the front lines turns in our favor. ”

"You don't have to worry about that at all."

Norman immediately replied:

"The Church of Avalon will send a Grand Druid to replace me as your Chief Guard, Lady Frilian has been in charge of the security of Greeney Island since her Old Church days, she is more professional and suitable than me, and with her natural sensitivity to Filthy Psionic Energy, it will be difficult for the Servants of Dusk to do you harm."

"Well, you've thought of everything, and arranged it so well that it's hard for me to say no."

Miriam stood up, walked around her desk to Norman, and said:

"It is said that no one can change the choice of a determined warrior, and I have seen this with my own eyes, well, I will approve your request to join the war, but please take care of yourself on the battlefield, Lord Norman.

I spoke to Mr. Raven, and he told me that a soldier like you, who has lived a long life in war, has some mental illness that is difficult to eradicate, and that self-destructive desires and mania are hidden in your heart, making it difficult for you to accept the future of living in peace.

But believe me, you have a part to say where Transcia is today.

You are more than entitled to enjoy it all. ”

With that, Miriam removed the vampire-style one-handed sword she was wearing, along with the black and red scabbard, and held it up with both hands and handed it to Norman, saying:

"This 'Scarlet Lady' is a treasure from Salokdal, and Governor Murphy said that I, as the Archon of Translencia, need such a weapon to show my status, but this powerful psionic weapon can only be a ceremonial sword, and only a good warrior like you can use its power.

For protection, for resistance, for the power of guarding!

Please accept it!

Just as I set out with you on the battlefield to defend my people. ”

"We will live up to your expectations!"

Norman muttered, and then took the ornate and mighty weapon.

He said goodbye to Miriam and then went to the Archon Guard's office to bid farewell to his colleagues, where the soldiers had given him a simple but heartfelt farewell, and he glanced back at Old Norman as he changed back into the Witch Hunter's armor and rode out of the administration building on his horse.

By the glass window, he could see Archon Miriam waving goodbye to him.

A smile flashed across Norman's face hidden under the mask, if his child hadn't died in the scourge on Greeney Island, he would have been as old as Miriam by now, and she might have shone like the Scarlet Archon, becoming an independent and prominent woman.

I must step on the battlefield at this time, and I also have a trace of obsession hidden deep in my heart.

The Raven was right that veterans always had some psychological problems, and Norman was afraid that if he stayed in this peaceful environment, he would lose the courage to fight and accept that he was getting old.

He'd protected Miriam for more than half a year, watched another child grow up without a parent, and now it's time to head to the land of destiny for a promise that has been missed for ten years.

His children are waiting for him in another world, and this reunion has been delayed for too long.

(End of chapter)