"Your Majesty the Queen." Orlando's voice sounded in the distance: "Now that the orcs have been defeated, please go and take a rest."
Only then did everyone remember that there was a nominal ruler of the empire on this viewing platform, and Ryan's face was full of guilt. He, the Queen's bodyguard, had forgotten his responsibilities again. He was thinking about it just now. He shouldn't have just run away without saying a word, but when he saw Victor coming back, Ryan forgot about Catherine again.
"No need, our soldiers are still fighting." Catherine said decisively: "I will stand here until the whole war is over."
Ryan scratched his head, pulled Faras and walked towards Catherine, standing behind Catherine. Even if it was just a formality, he still had to persist until the end. Thomas looked at it for a long time and suddenly remembered his mission. He let go of his throat and shouted loudly: "Everyone from the Ryan Mercenary Group is here to gather."
After a while, all the members of the Lane Mercenary Group who could be assembled came to Thomas' side. The originally small number of mercenaries suffered heavy losses after experiencing a battle with the Beast King. Thomas counted them, and there were There are only more than sixty people left with fighting strength. Most of these people stayed with Catherine, and the mercenary group fighting the Beast King's Blood Guards has basically been wiped out.
After experiencing the Battle of Thunder God Fortress, these mercenaries who originally belonged to Jonas Legion have long been accustomed to this kind of life wandering on the edge of life and death. Even if they see their companions die on the battlefield, they will soon Sadness is buried in their hearts. For them, now is not the time to be sad. There are still many things waiting for them to do.
"Report to the leader." Thomas walked up to Lane and shouted loudly: "The Lane mercenary group should have 119 people, but 68 people actually arrived, including 48 people who were seriously injured and lost their combat effectiveness. Colin and three others are on a reconnaissance mission."
Even though Ryan was ready to accept the fact that his subordinates suffered heavy casualties, he couldn't help but feel a little sad when he heard Thomas's words. He lost consciousness slightly, and then quickly regained his consciousness. As the leader of the entire mercenary group, , Lane began to perform his duties. Under Lane's command, these surviving mercenaries once again deployed around Catherine and continued to perform their mission of surrounding the queen. Although this move was more symbolic,
Catherine didn't pay attention to Ryan's actions at all. After rejecting Orlando's proposal, she stood there. After Ryan's men finished setting up again, Catherine suddenly signaled the royal magician beside her to open the amplification transmission array. Catherine stood In the green light, he looked at the entire imperial capital with complicated expressions. In the distance, the human army had driven the orcs out of the imperial capital. It took those green guys several months to come in, but it only took a few hours to leave.
Due to the line of sight, it was impossible for Catherine to see the entire imperial capital even from the royal viewing platform at the highest point of the imperial capital. However, according to the imperial military regulations, signals can be transmitted using semaphores and other methods during combat, and Catherine experienced After fighting for such a long time, she had long understood what those simple flags meant. When Catherine saw countless green flags waving in the air, she knew that mankind had won the final victory.
During the period of silence of Catherine, the four royal magicians who were maintaining the operation of the amplified magic circle were the worst, because they had to constantly release mana. Although this magic circle did not consume a lot of energy, it could be maintained continuously. It was still a hard job for dozens of minutes. Fortunately, Catherine finally started her speech before they ran out of mana. This was also Catherine's last speech in the defense of the imperial capital.
When the war ended, someone compiled all the speeches during the defense of the Imperial Capital. Among them, Catherine's "Never Retreat" speech, Ryan's "Obey discipline and obey orders" speech, and Catherine's last speech were recognized as the three most famous. Catherine's last speech contained only one sentence:
"My people, we are victorious, cheer."
After Catherine's "victory" speech, which symbolized mankind's final victory in the battle to defend the Imperial City, was released, the surviving people in the entire Imperial City cheered sincerely: "Long live, long live, long live Her Majesty the Queen." The voices kept coming and going, In everyone's opinion, it was the persistence of this queen that led everyone to the final victory. Without this beautiful queen, perhaps the entire imperial capital would have been reduced to a slave camp for orcs. Those who were lucky enough to survive the war The people who survived inevitably became slaves of the orcs.
Now, humans have achieved this precious victory and contained the orcs' offensive. However, the orcs in the north have consumed a large amount of their living forces in this war. As a result, the situation in the north of the entire continent has been reversed. , although humans have lost the northern fortress and are unable to stop the orcs from going south, the orcs have consumed too much power in this war, and the entire South Talon Prairie is vast, and it will take some time for the orcs to fully control it. This gives humans a chance to breathe,
In any case, humans blocked the orc attack at the cost of turning the imperial capital into ruins and gained valuable time for their own counterattack.
North of the imperial capital, at the southern end of the Nantalun Prairie,
The Beast King was covered with bandages and stood by the road. The few remaining Blood Guards, led by Ao, stood beside Andreas. A large number of wounded orcs withdrew in panic to the north. A long road The procession goes from south to north with no end in sight.
"Your Majesty, this victory or defeat is not important, so why should you care too much." Prophet Evan stood beside Andreas and persuaded the gloomy Beast King in a low voice: "The key now is how to recover as soon as possible. .”
"What a pity, it was just a little bit close." Andreas was still recalling the situation at that time in his mind: "If I could get rid of the entanglement of that holy knight as soon as possible, maybe I could directly cut off the head of the human queen. In that case , winning or losing will be different.”
"That's enough." Prophet Evan reprimanded loudly: "Don't think about what has happened. Only cowards will dwell on it."
Prophet Evan's words shocked everyone around him. This was the first time someone had reprimanded so loudly in front of the Beast King. Beast King Andreas's face was filled with anger at first, and he stared at Prophet Evan. Wen's eyes saw endless care in the other person's eyes. The Beast King's heart suddenly warmed up. He remembered how the old man in front of him helped him step by step to step into the supreme position of the beastmen.
"You're right, Evan." Beast King Andreas' voice sounded decades older: "Even if I kill the queen in advance, it will be of no avail. We can't compete with that magician, even if he is the only enemy. One, and we’d still lose the war.”
Seeing that the Beast King's will was a little decadent, Prophet Evan comforted him and said: "It is very important for you to realize this. In fact, the fight for this city is originally a means of buying time." At this point, Prophet Evan said He shouted loudly, and his voice was heard by all the orc warriors passing by.
"The number of us orcs is far less than that of humans. For many years, we have been suppressed by the Thunder God Fortress and have to live in the cold area of the north. Now, under the leadership of the Beast King, we have captured this fortress. Isn't this what we do? The greatest victory the orcs have ever had."
The Beast King was silent, while Prophet Evan continued to shout: "The number of humans far exceeds ours, so their war potential is far greater than ours. If we just defend the Thunder God Fortress, then maybe it will take less than 10 years." We will be driven north again by a huge human legion."
"So we have to occupy the Nantalun grassland that we depend on for survival. Only by firmly occupying this place can we thrive and rapidly expand our race. But it is obvious that humans cannot allow us to do this. We Orcs are good at offense but not good at defense, and our city-building technology cannot compare with humans. Our time for recuperation is very tight, so how can we spend huge manpower and material resources to build a city on the grassland to resist human attacks. "
"So, we have to take the initiative to attack and try our best to weaken the power of mankind. That's why we attack the imperial capital at all costs. Now that our goal has been achieved, mankind has been hit hard and they have to spend a long time to gather strength. Strength, and this is the opportunity for the Beast King to lead us orcs to rise again."
The words of the prophet Evan greatly boosted the morale of the orc warriors, and the beast king completely calmed down his heart that fluctuated due to the defeat. He returned to being the calm king who shoulders the fate of millions of orc members.
"Yes, my people." The Beast King shouted in an inciting tone: "Today's battle situation has long been expected by me, so I left enough warriors to station on our way back north. , all the supplies are complete, you don’t need to worry about anything. What we have to do now is to stay away from human control areas, and then migrate the tribesmen from the north as soon as possible. It is already autumn, and we must do it in just a few months. We will prepare for the winter within the next year, and by next year, we will truly become the rulers of this prairie, and our children and grandchildren will live on this fertile land forever."
"Ouch." Countless orc warriors let out earth-shattering cries. The decadent state caused by Victor's forbidden curse was wiped away. Every orc mustered up the courage to move towards the north. In their view, the path they are taking is not just a path, but also contains the hope for the survival of future generations.
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