Relying on the detailed information of the fortress provided by the lieutenant general, as well as the magic communication password, there were still many defenders and a large number of fortifications and weapons, and the extremely strong crossroads fortress was taken in less than half a day, and it was almost bloodless.

The rebels directly shouted through the corps' encrypted channel and the corps commander's password, saying that the main force of the corps had been completely annihilated, and that Lieutenant General Huntington had been captured, and those who laid down their arms would not be killed. This greatly shocked and completely disintegrated the will of the remnants of the defenders, and these ordinary soldiers of the corps did not agree with their previous participation in the suppression and massacre of the people;

Some soldiers tried to open the city gate at night to surrender, but were discovered and stopped by mid-level officers, and the two sides started to fight, which evolved into a large-scale mutiny. The rebels took the opportunity to attack and bombarded the city walls. In the end, except for some diehards who led the team out of the camp in a hurry and fled to the defense line of the Black Mountain Town Guard, the remaining soldiers opened the gate of the fortress and surrendered to the rebels.

This glorious victory greatly boosted the morale of the army and the people, since the Second World War, known as the most powerful Storm Kingdom in the alliance and even the eastern continent, except for the northern border when facing the Super Brain King, there has been no record of the regular army being completely annihilated.

After conquering the Crossroads Fortress, the town of Montenegro became an isolated city. The only Northern Visak knight leader who can support the county has never moved to send troops. It may be that seeing that the situation is not good, he has chosen to abandon his allies.

Oster thought of something, and said to Scal, "When Hunting was interrogated, he said that the mysterious mage had also bribed the three major serpents in the northeast of the wilderness and had them unite to rebel against the state capital. Huntington was given the rank of general, and the rank of first-class corps commander; Given to Mayor Ernest were the Governor of the West, as well as a stake in the directors of the Wizarding Federation. There was one man left, Marquis Garris Visak, who, given that he was already one of the Templars, was promised the title of Grand Lord of the West, in place of Grian Stallman. ”

Skar pondered for a moment and said, "However, each Templar Lord has an Ancient Relic granted by the Pope, and it is said that it is a purified Demon Legion artifact, giving them the ability to fight a thousand or more. That's why I'm so afraid of being an enemy of the kingdom and the church, after all, it's too close to Sentinel Ridge.

Although these three people did make some preparations, if we had not raised the banner of rebellion, they would have controlled a quarter of the population, land and resources of Xichen Prefecture. But IMHO, they still don't have the ability to confront the Great Lord head-on. Not to mention the strong forces of the Sentinel Ridge Prefecture, even Stallman himself could easily defeat the rebellion by relying on the power of the holy relics. ”

What Skar said is not alarmist, this is a magical world after all, and the weak hero units can defeat a hundred, and the strong legendary characters can destroy the country with a single sword, let alone reach the level of a demigod or a supergod. With just a breath of it, they can completely destroy or shape thousands of mortals and the world they live in.

Because of this, Sargeras's desire to create an order in which all races in the universe are equal is so unreasonable and difficult. So far, Oster didn't know if those Legion demons were on an unrealistic, delusional route.

"Actually," said Oster, "when I was in the West Mountains, I met a righteous woman sent by Garris Visak, but unfortunately she ran away in the end. I briefly captured her and interrogated her with some information: Visak had indeed received a third of the relics from the North, and that Stallman had inherited from the former High Lord was not a complete relic, only a third; And the last third, in the hands of the heirs of the Brotherhood of Defia. ”

He turned to Scarr and asked, "Aren't you a descendant of Van Cleef, and don't you know the whereabouts of this thing?" ”

Skar bowed his head and was silent for a moment, then replied, "I've never heard of it. But Chairman Van Cleef had a daughter who was also in the Mine Fortress when the chairman was assassinated. It is rumored that she survived in the end, and if the fragment you are talking about is in the possession of the Brotherhood, it is likely to be in the hands of the Chairman's daughter now. ”

As soon as Oster heard it, he understood that Vanessa Van Cleeff, the famous person in the game. When it first appeared, it had a few heroic spirits that overthrew the old world, but unfortunately after a few versions, with the attack of cerebral palsy of the Blizzard editor, he became a plaything in the Hall of Shadows.

Oster thought for a moment and said, "If Garris mistakenly thinks that you are in possession of the third fragment under the banner of Defiia, then it makes sense that they will unite to attack the rebels. As for the mysterious mage - there are still people who claim to be mysterious these days, and they are really dirty - they seem to know everything, and he is also the one behind the fire, and I don't know what the origin is. ”

Skar said, "Sentinel Ridge's reply has arrived, and given the identity of our rebels, further evidence of a joint rebellion by the Black Mountain Commandery, the 23rd Corps, and the Vyšak Knights must be obtained, or the true identity of the mysterious man must be determined, otherwise the state government will think that this is a rumor made up by the rebels to survive."

But Stallman also assured that Sentinel Ridge would not send troops to interfere in the affairs of Montenegro until the situation was confirmed. Judging from the attitude of the big lord, he must have heard some of the rumors, otherwise he would not have sat idly by and watched a large county closest to the state capital be overthrown by the people's army. Now, it's up to our intelligence agents to find more evidence......"

Speaking of the informant, the two of them thought at the same time that Marissa had not returned yet.

For so many days, because she insisted on refusing to withdraw, as the war became tighter, Skar had to put it on hold for the first time. After all, the key information that Marisa sent back one after another also played a crucial role in the operation of the Annihilation Corps.

Now, with the shift of the battle front, the rebels are about to launch a general assault on the town of Montenegro. The enemy at the end of the road is the most ferocious, and it is undoubtedly very dangerous to stay behind enemy lines at this time.

Oster hurriedly persuaded Skar once again that the righteous daughter of Visak he met in the West Mountain, a mage hunter by profession, was a senior engineer in Defiya, and knew the Brotherhood's magical engineering technology extremely well; They are especially adept at tracking down spellcasters, and Marissa may not be safe. Now that she's done with her mission, she should be allowed to return immediately.

Skar nodded palely, and at the same time called the escort and sent soldiers to the town of Black Mountain to meet the master of Marisa.

……

At this time in the town of Montenegro, there was chaos on the streets.

With the tragic news of the crossroads fortress, there were routs arriving in the town one after another, and robberies and killings occurred from time to time. The Guards had no time or intention to estimate that they were hurrying around to prepare for the attack, digging trenches and piling sandbags, bringing in artillery crossbows and spellcasting scrolls.

The towns' wealthy people loaded their valuables onto horse-drawn carts and magic stone carts, and scrambled across the roads to flee north. Because of the narrow roads of many cars, car accidents and quarrels frequently occur, and even hands-on. Many ordinary townspeople have long been demonized and propagandized by the government, describing the latter as vicious bandits who kill people and loot at will, and they also choose to flee with them, or close their doors and hide in the countryside. The shops on the originally prosperous streets were closed and withered.

Marissa sat on the roof, shaking her dirty feet, and watched with great pleasure. She likes to see these adults panic and mess up the most; can not only watch the play, but also facilitate one of her specialties to play a role.

Expertly navigating street corners and rooftops, and arranging magic eyeliner for spying on intelligence, Marissa blends in with the fleeing crowd; After a few moves from side to side, up and down her hands, there were several heavy money bags in her cloak, and the joy blossomed.

She looked left and right, and remembered that there was a candy store on the corner of the commercial street, ready to go over and open a meat store. When I arrived, I saw that the shop had long been closed, and even the doors and windows were nailed with wooden boards; And it's not just this one, there is not even a single open shop left on the entire commercial street.

Marisa paced along the wall in frustration, her stomach growling. She was figuring out where to steal her next meal when a church came into view.

In front of the door, a young nun was leaning down and handing out sweets and snacks to a large group of street children in front of her. Although she was wearing a robe and a black hat, she couldn't hide her tall figure and extremely beautiful face. Especially those purple eyes, they are simply breathtakingly beautiful.

Although Marissa didn't want to deal with the people of the church at all, she couldn't help but lick her lips when she saw the street children jumping happily and munching on colorful candy.

After all, taking advantage of people is not a dealing, right? Eventually, Marissa could not resist the temptation of sweets and crept towards the church door.

What she didn't notice was that the nun who was gently enchanting the top of a child's head, between the cuffs and the white gloves, was a metal arm.