Laux calendar, December 12, 414.
In the war conference room in the capital of the Rose Empire, the current emperor Luo Hui. Qimia. Rose was listening to the progress of the war meeting.
He was wearing a red cape and had a neat beard. His red hair had turned slightly white with the passage of time, and his majestic and domineering face was full of unhappiness.
If you ask why, it's all because a series of inexplicable and incredible things happened during the period when they switched from offense to defense.
"The Second Eastern Army of Wansheng State launched a fierce attack on the damaged city wall.
Many magicians fought hard, but even though the orcs had crossed the icy river, they acted as if nothing had happened, ignoring the cold and launching a fierce attack.
Fortunately, the location they attacked was not far from where our troops were stationed, so we blocked them and it was quite effective. With a little support, we can drive them out of the gap." General Wayuan Jason said.
“At this point, there is no point in sending support. The Lakasile River is only one step away from freezing completely.
By that time, the Wansheng Kingdom will launch a powerful attack on the plain.
The pressure on the central front battlefield will be unprecedentedly great.
Even if there was a period of setbacks, it was within expectations.
When the orcs think they have achieved a preliminary victory and become complacent, we can turn defense into offense and completely shatter their dream of regaining the city.
Therefore, it is impossible for us to allocate troops to provide support.
Tell them to hold on tight."
The great general of the nation, Wall. Eden, gently stroked his white mustache and made a decision.
The generals present looked at each other in bewilderment, and had a heated discussion. In the end, they agreed with Wolshi Eden's proposal, and Emperor Luo Hui also nodded.
"Just do as General Volshi said. Volshi, how is the matter I asked you to confirm going?"
Walsh Eden hesitated for a moment and replied, "According to my daughter, there was nothing wrong with the reward she delivered.
The eldest prince examined him and said there was no problem, and then he was sent to the front line.
After confirmation, it was found that, except for the batch of supplies delivered to Long Boots, the rewards delivered to other places were intact, and no suspicious magic power was found on them.
It is impossible that something was done during transportation."
"Yeah?"
Luo Hui sighed heavily. It was obvious that the Rose Empire had plenty of opportunities to end the war, but every time when they executed key strategies, some accidents would happen, causing their tactics to be delayed.
What’s even more infuriating is that, up to now, the Rose Empire still hasn’t found any mastermind behind this, nor does it know what purpose the mastermind has or what methods he uses to escape everyone’s eyes and ears and make trouble behind their backs.
If the mastermind behind these mysterious events could really be found out, Luo Hui would want to tear him into pieces.
After all, this time, the masterminds have already taken action against their people. Who knows whether the mastermind will disrupt the battle at the critical moment.
"Regarding the sudden death of Team Sikakun, has the investigation team found anything?"
Luo Hui turned his gaze to a woman who was dressed noble and had elegant manners. She was not a general, but she was the head of the intelligence department and her name was Liuqi.
The investigation team is directly under her and is independent of all organizations.
In addition to being responsible for providing war intelligence, Liuqi's intelligence department is also responsible for collecting all important domestic intelligence. It can be said that she can provide whatever intelligence His Majesty the Emperor wants to know.
With the intelligence department she had cultivated in the past, she could be said to be invincible, but this time Liuqi was also in trouble.
“Your Majesty, to be honest, the situation this time is terrible. From what we know, Sikakun’s team can only be considered to have barely completed the mission.
Faced with a group of new recruits, they were unwilling to achieve just that kind of result.
So according to the intelligence we provided, after leaving the danger zone, they planned to cooperate with the people on the Qinghe Volcano Front to launch a joint attack from both inside and outside.
As a result, the situation turned out like that before the battle even started.
We examined their bodies and found no external injuries. They were all extremely skinny, as if they had not eaten for several days.
I organized an investigation team to dissect them and found that they had not eaten for several days, and...
As he spoke, Liu Qi seemed to find it difficult to speak.
“And what.”
"And, based on the known intelligence, they had done indecent things to each other."
As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked and the commotion continued. Luo Hui raised his hand to stop the commotion and asked seriously:
"Is everything you said true?"
Liu Qi nodded. "According to my preliminary judgment, they must have been under some kind of illusion and mistook each other for women."
Luo Hui fell into deep thought. Regardless of whether this kind of illusion that could cause hallucinations in a large area existed, Emperor Luo Hui could find two doubts.
"Wait a minute, I have two doubts about what you said.
First of all, why are they so skinny? Our troops are all strong and healthy, and they won’t become skinny even if they starve for a few days.
Also, why did they die the way they did in the end? Wouldn't it be more efficient to let the armies kill each other?"
"As His Majesty the Emperor said, this is also a point of doubt that I have been unable to figure out. I have consulted a lot of books and believe that there is only one possibility that could lead to this, but it is too absurd. I don't know whether I should report it to His Majesty."
Liu Qi hesitated, but Luo Hui said firmly:
"Tell me what it is. No matter what the possibility is, I want to know."
With the Emperor's permission, Liu Qi finally spoke out the possibility he had in mind, "According to the information I have found, there is only one kind of creature that can cause this result, and that is the succubus of the demon race.
They survive by sucking the energy of men, and after sucking too much, their bodies will indeed appear emaciated.
Only this guess can perfectly answer your Majesty's two questions."
Everyone present was surprised again.
They all knew the news conveyed by Sertis that the Demon King was about to come, so the top leaders decided to end this war as soon as possible.
Luo Hui frowned and asked, "Have the demons invaded in advance?"
"It's possible, but the predictions of the great sages of the past will never go wrong, and this time will be no exception. The Demon King should still come at the time predicted by the great sage."
Liu Qi said,
"So, your majesty, I have a wild guess.
It is possible that the Demon King is testing the performance of the gate to the demon world and is only sending low-level succubi into this world.
That Demon King's Castle should be some kind of teleportation point.
General teleportation magic requires setting up a teleportation point to avoid being teleported to other places. I have confirmed this with Her Highness Latisse.
Without the traditional foothold, the Demon King will certainly worry about whether the gate to the Demon Realm can be opened and operated normally. "
(End of this chapter)