Chapter 449: Internal Killing Intent
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"Alright, Edward...... Your Excellency?" The Earl stopped his subordinates' narration and interrupted Edward's thoughts, and the old man reluctantly squeezed out a smile and arranged:
"I'll arrange comfortable accommodation for you, um, and your companions, so, please take a break for a while to relieve the fatigue of the journey, alas, this damn weather, I guess in two or three days, we won't be able to do anything else, but it doesn't matter, I noticed that you just mentioned, the academy will send us a wedge of assistance from a wedge master, I think, a qiē problem may be solved quickly, we will do our best to cooperate with you and your companions. It's just that the siege is a matter of importance, so I hope it's still your companion...... When the mages are here, let's decide......"
When the mages arrive, they don't think they're worth talking, are they?
This old guy is really a real aristocrat, at least, this pragmatism is genuine.
However, this reaction is not unexpected, after all, the means of communication in this era are extremely rudimentary, magic is a convenience that only a few elites at the top can enjoy, and relying on word of mouth, the so-called rumors about someone, the maximum range distance, I am afraid it will not be out of the range of twenty miles.
It's just that Edward didn't care about the other party's attitude, just bowed slightly and turned away with a waiter who came up...... It doesn't hurt for him to keep a low profile,
But that doesn't mean it, and the same goes for action.
"You should be able to talk to the trees or something, want to be aware of what's going on around you. Isn't it hard?" As he followed a squire through a long corridor of the castle, Edward's gaze swept over the hazy city in the rain and mist, and suddenly asked.
There was silence. The druids who followed behind them bowed their heads as if they had agreed, and no one spoke.
Meaning, not ready to sue sù I have something about druid magic?
The corners of the Psychic Warlock's mouth curled.
What is that? nonviolent non-cooperation?
"Ahem, my lord, trees do have their own language, but you know. Their language is really ......."
As the corridor drew to its end, the awkward silence was finally broken by Famini Rusiru, who coughed dryly and explained: "Generally speaking, even the relatively 'sensitive' tree people have no way to communicate with ordinary people, and as for the trees, from reacting to making a basic greeting. It usually takes about the time of an hourglass, and trees perceive the world differently than humans. It is even more difficult for them to determine what the so-called enemy is. ”
"What about the animals?"
"No animal wants to leave their burrow in such weather, and if it is to detect human activity rather than general vibrations and the like, then the animal sent out must have sufficient intelligence, a rabbit, a deer, or a raven. Owls and the like, but with the density of this rain, birds can't fly at all, and animals will get sick and die from the rain......" Famini smiled bitterly and said, "However, we can use magic to disperse the rain clouds." However, with the current manpower. It seems to take a few hourglasses, and a lot of magical power. ”
Seems to be a good building.
But Edward shook his head anyway.
"If they disperse, I'm afraid they'll immediately start attacking," he said.
He was not afraid of a big attack by the Empire. It's just that if things turn out like that, then it will inevitably become very troublesome - the soldiers in this city seem to have gathered only five or six thousand people, and if the enemy's two Diyang legions exceed two hundred, it will be enough to inflict at least half of the losses under one attack, and the army will be overwhelmed, and the people's hearts will be confused, then it will be very difficult to defend the city, let alone attack.
"In that case, it seems that I will have to bother you to go out and investigate. Actually, I suspect that the enemy has already started to move, and you can turn into animals, right? So, it shouldn't be difficult to search for safety?"
Several druids were stunned at the same time, and then turned their heads to the elf, but the latter could not help effectively at this time - she hesitated for a moment and gave up the idea of debating the order with the hateful human in front of her, whether the order was right or wrong, and only rolled her beautiful green eyes and glared at the human with hatred.
Of course, Edward didn't need to listen to them, and knew that they were protesting in their hearts, and the war of mankind had nothing to do with them, but they had to run around in this nasty weather, and it was conceivable that this was a kind of bullying in disguise...... However, the psychic warlock didn't want to modify his orders, and just smiled:
"I'll go with you. If you have any opinions, you can bring them up, and if you can convince me, I don't mind giving up this order. ”
"Is it necessary, my lord?" Famini was stunned: "Ah, I mean, this Cheng dù's rain doesn't seem to be very suitable for reconnaissance, if it's just a peripheral observation, the mage's prophecy spells should be enough, right?"
"It's not that simple. If the Imperials are ready to attack the city. ”
Edward smiled.
At the moment he heard about the city's situation, his instincts told him that something might have happened.
Since the Empire has already begun to attack, it should not be satisfied with conquering two frontier cities, even if they have only just begun to attack - if they have a chance to capture more cities on their own, why should they stop? Consolidating the front as much as possible before the arrival of enemy reinforcements is the most suitable thing for the superior side, and bad weather is never an excuse to stagnate the advance, knowing that many conditions in war are completely different from those in peacetime.
In fact, the opposite idea is more reasonable, heavy rain is enough to suppress the sentinel's perception and vigilance to a minimum, and it is also more suitable for sneak attacks.
"Your decision is correct, master, if I were them, I would also send someone to make preliminary preparations at this time. Unexpectedly, Claudia suddenly spoke at this time. After a slight hesitation, she added: "However, I don't think there is any need to annihilate their reconnaissance forces in particular, it will only make them vigilant and cause certain obstacles to the attacking troops attacking them." ”
"I'm not going to wait for them to come. Nowadays, it is better to fight a duel, if you look at the way the opponent is attacking, they should be ready to rely on these special forces of Isgandar to attack all the time, so. It's best to kill and wound as many of these special units as possible first. ”
Edward said, then raised his gaze: "If you have no objections, then, let's start now." ”
"It's just a dirty killing among humans...... How can you win or lose, and determine the scope of your territory?" A voice scoffed softly.
The telemancer's gaze turned to Miss Elf in her thick gray-green robes, but she only narrowed her eyes slightly, and did not speak—expecting her attitude to change a little as time passed...... But it seems that these self-proclaimed oak messengers, or even their brains are carved out of wood.
As a matter of fact. If you want to carry out an operation, the current people have some evil in their hands. However, the old guy also made it clear that he would only give him a one-month period, so he didn't plan to waste any time at this time, although the other party also promised to give him a few mages as support, but presumably those guys would never obey the orders of such a hairy boy as him, even if he was an apprentice of a ** master.
Of course, he wasn't interested in directing these mages to do anything, and it was thankful that the academic guys didn't cause trouble in the middle of the war.
It didn't take much effort to leave the castle, it was just the effect of a mastery technique. However, leaving the city's cordon is a little troublesome. The rain seemed to become heavier at this time, and a dense curtain seemed to be drawn between heaven and earth, and the sky, the ground, and the ravines were full of water, and even a rumbling sound could be heard in the distance.
In this case. The effect of stealth is undoubtedly greatly reduced, but fortunately, in this undeveloped plane, humans are far from being able to appear as the only master in the memory of the psychic man. Therefore, after passing through a clearing outside the castle, Yiqiē has already detached himself from human civilization......
The large dense woods in front of him made Edward frown.
Although he had no experience in commanding armies, he had also heard of some siege tactics of this era, and wood was the mainstream of them, although magic could build a bridge to the city in the blink of an eye, but when both sides had magical power, ladders and siege engines were usually the most affordable and efficient siege strategies.
Well, fireballs can burn ladders, rush cars, or dwarf trebuchets - or maybe it's the flourishing of magic that makes these 'primitive' methods less noticeable?
"Your Excellency the Earl, it doesn't seem like he's paying much attention to military betting, or maybe he never expected this to happen, right?" Claudia spoke, wondering if it was the atmosphere of the wilderness or war that touched some of her memories, and the female knight said a few words rarely: "Ill-prepared, and above all, without ideas, however, this surname does not seem to belong to the warlike families on the frontier, and it is not surprising that it has not received much training." ”
Edward nodded.
In this era, military academies have not really appeared in people's society, or even in their minds, and all the generals have the source of military knowledge, relying only on word of mouth in the military. Only a very small number of people have the opportunity to learn and integrate the experience of several veteran generals, but due to the secrecy of military power, these people often have to cherish themselves, and the books that are recorded have become a kind of 'secret book' like family heirlooms, and there is no circulation of printing and papermaking, and some existing military books are mostly simple and ordinary, or out of touch with the times.
In addition, the system of feudal lords is also a major reason for hindering military exhibitions, such as Blackhawk, Greenland and other dukedoms, usually do not start wars lightly, and the most friction with each other is often the lords of the earl level, the people of this kind of people are usually only 350,000 people, and they are reckless, and they cannot raise more than 10,000 troops, let alone raise a group of large-scale elites, when the military power is the guarantee of their own power and is firmly grasped by them, and they face the enemy. But it's just the bandits around the territory, or the peep of another lord, limited by productivity, most of the counties can only raise a few thousand soldiers, and this kind of battle that is not aimed at a decisive battle can put in a thousand or hundreds of people at a time is the limit......
How many excellent military theories can be produced on such a scale?
"Spread out, and if anything is out of the ordinary, let me know in the way you have in mind. Remember, your mission is not to fight. If you can, see all their actions clearly, but save your life first. You can escape by all means. In Edward's eyes, a silver light appeared, and the invisible tentacles of the soul connected to the body of each druid, and the voice that sounded in their hearts made them shake slightly.
After a moment's hesitation, the druids writhed and turned into small animals. Disappeared in the rain -
The cold wind occasionally poured into the crevices of the cloak, like an ice blade piercing into the vest. It was so cold that it made people shiver. The only consolation is that at least the clothes and cloak are dry and warm - this is one of the most admirable miracles of magic.
The rain washed over the red mudstone and made the road wet and slippery, but for the druids, it was not a problem at all, and the puddles and mud on the road they walked were as smooth as dry rock, leaving no footprints.
As he stared at the back of the human wrapped in a pitch-black robe, the qiē in front of him seemed to change......
The light writhed. Back in the dark night shrouded in flames, beside the human, there were the bodies of two people lying down, the faces of the half-human, half-eagle corpses facing her. Her neck hung limply at an abnormal angle, and the bulging eyes of a pale face stared at her.
The hallucinatory sight lasted only a moment, but the hatred. But it rose more and more, like a flame, scorching the thoughts of the elves.
Kill him, this damn fellow...... For the sake of their own dead companions.
This thought. The stirring in the heart of the female elf was like a tiny steel needle, slowly, but clearly, piercing into her heart, the softest place, so that the sharp sting little by little converged into a clearer thought in her mind.
She couldn't believe, couldn't tolerate, and couldn't understand, the elders' so-called orders...... What is that? To follow such a person? to pay any price? How ridiculous, to have all people embark on an unknown path for the sake of a contract that existed thousands of years ago? No, even if you know that the end of that path may be a bottomless dark abyss, you still have no hesitation?
It's murder!
Give those beings that have been familiar since birth, to a demonic drive, and ignore the terrible actions he may make...... What kind of pact would make such a disregard for life? Isn't this the behavior of those cults? Isn't this the practice of those demons?
What is this?
But the elders' determination is irreversible, at least, for their fellow human beings, who do not intend to question this strange act—either by human nature, or because it is so ingrained in their minds......
Therefore, I must stop him and stop the birth of this qiē stupid thing.
From the very beginning, she had already made up her mind from the moment she disobeyed the elders' order to invite this human, and the previous failure did not shake this decision in the slightest - she must destroy him, she must destroy this cunning and evil, ferocious and cruel human being, but who controls some kind of power, no, it is the existence of demons!
But it's hard.
The power of that human being, far beyond imagination, is really similar to what was described in those ancient sayings...... Although in those ancient poems, this so-called forbidden son almost has the power to destroy the world and can kill the so-called gods, and this person does not seem to have that kind of strength.
However, the scene of him facing Elder Calross head-on is still fresh in his mind, not to mention the failed hostage operation before, and now that the few remaining companions have been scattered, how can they be hostile to them with their own strength?
Or, by surprise?
Beneath the black robe, the human neck was so slender and fragile...... With the help of the sound of the rain, if you summon the power of the wild as quickly as you can, and turn into a bear, can you break the bones there with one palm, or tear open his throat in the form of a bird scratch or a wolf's kiss? (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point to vote for recommendation, monthly pass,