In the afternoon, the mercenaries of the Grand Alliance withdrew from Blackwater City in a mighty manner. Although they fought all night and only rested for half a day, most of the mercenaries were in high spirits. Compared with the wealth that had been plundered from the entire city, , a little tiredness is nothing!
On the grassland by the Blackwater River, An Fei personally presided over a grand funeral. In this siege, more than 1,100 mercenaries from the Major Alliance were killed, and nearly 3,000 were lightly and seriously injured, while Bei The number of soldiers of the Shield of Light Legion who were handed over to the Grand Alliance exceeded four thousand.
As the saying goes, what kind of people lead what kind of soldiers? Manchusili was aloof, stubborn and ruthless. Each of the thousands of elite wolf druids he brought out were very tenacious, even though Manchusli did not expect that beforehand. An Fei would suddenly launch a general attack, so that he only had more than a hundred cronies around him. The other druids were scattered elsewhere and could only fight on their own, but they still caused heavy casualties to the Grand Alliance. No druid gave up resistance, even if their arms and legs were broken, or even if they were disemboweled, they would continue to fight as long as they had a breath left.
The performance of Ta'ao's Tiger Mercenary Group was slightly inferior to that of the Druids. Needless to say, the mercenaries that Mulitao later recruited were very brave. After flying and killing, they still refused to put down their weapons and would rather die on the battlefield.
The so-called courage is composed of many aspects. The druids of the Wolf Clan and the mercenaries of the Tao Tiger Mercenary Group can be so strong, which is inseparable from the publicity and education they usually receive. Manzhisli, Mu Ritao and others described An Fei as an extremely cruel person. They repeatedly hinted that if Blackwater City fell, An Fei would kill everyone in the city! Use the threat of death to make those who are weak-willed become determined, and to make those who are determined-willed become braver. As for whether what they said was correct or not, no one could tell whether An Fei would take a large number of prisoners on a retreat journey of more than 1,100 miles. After all that didn't happen.
certainly. The casualty ratio between the Grand Alliance and the Shield of Light Legion is somewhat inconsistent. The former only suffered 1,100 casualties, while the latter suffered more than 4,000 casualties. In fact, if you think more deeply, this is normal. The Grand Alliance is An Fei An Fei created a force that was entirely his own. When faced with a tough battle, An Fei would only let his direct relatives fight to the death. But let the soldiers of the Shield of Light Legion watch? Even a fool knows the difference between closeness and distance! Even the magicians who are divided into small teams will give priority to protecting or supporting the mercenaries of the Grand Alliance, and then they will take care of the soldiers of the Shield of Light Legion.
When encountering difficult battles, the soldiers of the Shield of Light Legion had to rush to the front, and it was difficult to get support and protection from long-range strikes, so their casualty ratio was indeed higher.
to this kind of thing. An Fei couldn't interfere. Otherwise, it may confuse the concept of mercenaries. He has been working hard to turn the Grand Alliance into a highly cohesive mercenary group. To put it bluntly, cohesion is to form a team's selfish mentality. In the Grand Alliance, everyone is his own person. To unite and deal with the outside world is contradictory to selflessness.
The corpses of the fallen soldiers were neatly placed together, and more than 600 magicians released the fire wall technique together. A lake of fire up to a kilometer wide was formed on the grassland.
There are two types of funerals in this magical continent, one is burial and the other is cremation. A long time ago, burial took the dominant position. But after the Necromancer launched an attack. The Church of Light issued an announcement asking people across the continent to abolish burial. Use cremation instead, and use this method to reduce the source of undead creatures as much as possible.
This announcement once won the support of some people, and some people opposed it. They are accustomed to respecting tradition, but what is ridiculous is that the Holy See later changed the announcement and adopted different policies for different groups of people. For example, nobles from various countries Priests and believers of the Church of Light are free to choose their funeral method, while others must use cremation.
The unfair social distribution has caused serious conflicts. Now even the funeral has become unfair. Now it has caused trouble. Even the people who originally supported it have begun to oppose it. The Holy See is also aware of the traditional resistance. They originally wanted to use the new announcement to win over more believers, because becoming a believer gives you the right to make free choices, turning resistance into help. Who would have thought that it would backfire and make more people start to resent it? The Church of Light. Otherwise, with its illustrious reputation of defeating the Necromancer, it is absolutely possible for the Church of Light to become the Unified Church on the mainland in a few hundred years! Their mistakes also gave the believers in the Goddess of Nature a chance to breathe, which ultimately led to the current situation of division between the two powers.
People in the mercenary country have never been like the Church of Light, but they still very much agree with the cremation reform. The mercenaries make a living by hunting monsters, and death is a common occurrence. Even if their companions are safe, they just bring the corpses. It's so troublesome to bring them there. Sometimes the mercenaries go deep into the Death Forest and Wild Grassland, and it takes months or even two or three months to get in and out, and the bodies are rotting! It is very convenient to switch to cremation. You can just take the ashes out when the time comes. The companions can easily complete their obligations and satisfy the wishes of the family of the deceased.
The flames extinguished little by little. When the temperature cooled down, Ozguch led his mercenaries to collect the ashes, sprinkled them into the Blackwater River, burned them one by one, and then sorted out the ashes and took them back. That was very unpleasant. The reality is not that the workload is too heavy, but that time is limited. Sejialan has already led the army south to pursue Beeri. If he is targeted by the Griffin Knight, it will be tantamount to annihilation for the mercenaries of the major alliance. Disaster!
In fact, An Fei also knew that he could not delay any longer. After the last assassination of Sejialan, the great electric magician Doge Mingzhe had attracted his great attention! An Fei asked Susanna how it felt after being attacked by the Lightning Guardian. Susanna told An Fei that the attack power of the Lightning Guardian was not terrible, but the paralysis effect was terrible, and the attack speed of the Lightning Guardian was too fast. Susanna recalled Said that in that short moment, the paralysis effect she felt had been superimposed dozens of times, which meant that once she was hit by the lightning guardian, she would no longer be able to fight back, and in the end she could only sit and wait for death. An Fei knew in his heart that his magic defense was definitely stronger than Susanna's, but not much stronger. If he was hit by the lightning guardian, the end would be miserable. Before he could figure out a proper way, he had to avoid Doge. Mingzhe, this has nothing to do with whether you are brave or not, but whether you are rational or not, and whether you can understand yourself correctly.
"An Fei, it's time for us to set off." Chris Ding said slowly.
"I know." An Fei stared at the Blackwater River below: "Chris Ding, please take the others and leave first."
"An Fei, what do you... mean?" Chris Ding was stunned.
"I personally told Beeri that Sejialan was killed by me, and I am responsible for everything that happened today." An Fei smiled, but there was a bit of bitterness in his smile.
"An Fei, haven't we already talked about it? Sejialan must have been resurrected through some method, and it has nothing to do with you!" Chris Ding said anxiously.
"But I can't accept this result." An Fei paused: "So I have to do something now."
"You...you're not going to assassinate Se Jialan again, are you?" Chris Ding was worried: "You're crazy! The last assassination must have made Se Jialan more alert. If you take risks again, you may die. Is there a difference? "I'm not that stupid. "An Fei smiled.
"and you…"
"Edward VIII of the Shansha Empire has sent out the Iron Guard Knights and six Griffin flying squadrons, trying to occupy the Hengduan Valley first and cut off Mr. Beeri's retreat." An Fei said softly: "Now, we must We need to face up to and acknowledge Sejialan's ability. She has already planned to launch an attack on the front line and at the same time request domestic reinforcements. She has already expected everything that will happen next. I feel... the Knights of the Iron Guard will definitely take the lead. Arrive at Hengduan Valley.”
"Are you going to deal with the Knights of the Iron Guard? There are six squadrons of gryphons?" Chris Ding's face turned pale. He, who had always been gentle and elegant, rarely lost his temper like this.
"I'm just going to slow them down." An Fei said softly: "Chris Ding, don't worry, we have been together for so long, have you ever seen me do anything stupid?"
"Delay them? How to delay them?"
"It's not easy to say, you have to act according to circumstances."
Chris Ding pondered for a long time, feeling helpless in his heart. This time Beeri fell into the trap. They wouldn't blame An Fei, and Beeri wouldn't blame An Fei, but what would the courtiers in the Holy City say? What's more, they are very jealous of An Fei, who has been promoted very quickly, and Saul is not in the Holy City. They have less scruples. Maybe now the official documents to impeach An Fei are flying all over the sky. At this time, An Fei has to do it. Something is right.
He understands An Fei. In terms of character, An Fei has a strong self-esteem. Now he is determined to use actions to make up for the mistakes that are not mistakes. No one can stop him.
"Are you going to take Susanna with you?" Chris Ding whispered.
"No, I'll go by myself." Adhering to the tradition of another world, An Fei is actually a male chauvinist. In the past, he always led Susanna to fight everywhere. That was because the situation was stronger than human beings and he had to follow Susanna. Taking advantage, or using fake power to scare people, but today, his strength has surpassed Susanna, so he has to protect Susanna, not out of necessity, he does not want to see Susanna take risks, even though Susanna is also a peak power By.
"yourself?"
"Don't tell her." An Fei said softly, "Just find any reason."