"Lord Simon, you can't wrongly accuse me. Although I have experienced so many battles and led the entire division from the Western Continent to the Eastern Continent, the troops I lost were only 2,000 soldiers who were killed by the enemy's super magician with forbidden magic and did not have time to retreat. It is not as terrible as you said. You actually said that I have lost all the soldiers in the battle. You must be responsible for this..."
"2,000 casualties? You said you ran all the way from the Empire to the heart of the East Continent, and only lost 2,000 people?" Looking up to confirm the number of soldiers around me and the faces of several senior officers, Simon almost jumped up from the ground like a cat whose tail was stepped on. From his expression, everyone could see that Simon felt that what I said was absolutely a fantasy.
"Yes, my total casualties should be around 2,100, and we killed and wounded over 100,000 enemy troops, including 5,000 magicians..." Looking at Simon's expression, I burst out again. As expected, Simon almost fainted after hearing what I said, and even his hands, which were just about to take off the backpack to relax, trembled involuntarily, and the backpack in his hands fell directly to the ground.
"What did you say? A division of 10,000 people, only lost 2,000 people, but it swallowed up 2 legions and 5 magician units? (The Kastark Empire has 1,000 people/one magician unit) How is this possible?" Simon jumped up from the ground without realizing his own loss of composure, staring at me and shouting loudly. Suddenly, Simon pulled over an officer standing relatively close, and asked loudly with an extremely suspicious tone: "Kid, tell me, is your division commander stupid? He can even tell such a lie... Or is he crazy!"
"Let go... Let go... You... Uh... Uh!" The officer who was suddenly pulled over by Simon was frightened by Simon's rough behavior and the suddenness of the incident. After realizing the huge gap in strength between the two sides, he immediately looked at me for help.
"Hey! Just tell Sir Simon what he wants to know. Otherwise, you will suffer..." I laughed bitterly. I knew that my soldiers did not have the strength to ensure that a true swordsman would stay, so I could only let my subordinates cooperate with Simon. But at least I knew that those officers knew what to say and what not to say.
"Lord Simon, what our division commander said is true. In addition to all this, we also led the resistance forces in the Andriel region and wiped out a local garrison corps leading to the Andriel region from the eastern continent. In addition... we also accidentally defeated the remnants of the Fire Phoenix Corps..." As he spoke, he carefully explained the process of some of the major battles we had experienced, as well as how we had misunderstandings with the Fire Phoenix Corps and the course of the battle.
In fact, I had no choice but to talk about the problems with the Fire Phoenix Army. Because from the prisoners of the Fire Phoenix Army, I already knew that after the battle with us, the remaining survivors did not all follow Feng Ya to the East Continent to retaliate against me, but split into two groups, one of which, led by Feng Ya's personal guard captain Sally, has already found an opportunity to return to the empire. In order to avoid leaving a bad impression on the other party, or even to achieve some ulterior motives, I still let my subordinates directly tell the story of the incident through hints.
"You and the Fire Phoenix Army killed someone by mistake? Damn it... But if it is really as you said, then the main responsibility is not on you. But I can't draw a conclusion about the specific situation yet. Everything will be determined after finding the members of the Fire Phoenix Army.
This time, in addition to coming to the East Continent to understand the specific situation of you and the Fire Phoenix Army on behalf of Duke Shalo (Sack's father) and the Minister of Education, another mission is to understand the combat deployment of the East Continent and their related purposes.
Now, I want to ask you, what are you going to do next? I don't think it's possible to go back with so many people. Only when the war situation changes or when peace is negotiated, can we get these 8,000 people back. "After being slightly stunned, Simon changed the subject and began to ask about my next plan.
But from his expression, I guessed something strange. That is, the other survivors of the Fire Phoenix Army did not return to the imperial capital before Simon set out for the East Continent. Or, they returned to the imperial capital but did not report everything to the higher-ups.
If it was the former, then it was very likely that they had been annihilated while crossing the empire territory controlled by the East Continental Alliance. As for the latter, the situation was complicated. Was it the Education Minister's faction that was suppressed by Sack and his men? Or was there some other conspiracy? This was beyond my guess.
"In fact, I am now with Andriel's resistance army. In addition to training soldiers to keep them fighting, we are also looking for opportunities to stab the East Continental Army in the back from time to time. Although we also expect that we can't go back for the time being, the situation has changed a lot now. I estimate that the war between the Empire and the East Continental Army is likely to be stopped in the short term..."
"Stop the war? How is that possible? Those East Continent coalition forces have been coveting the Empire's territory for a long time. This has been their delusion for hundreds of years... Not to mention, they have not only occupied Andriel, but also directly occupied nearly ten provinces of the Empire. The Empire, on the other hand, will not accept the fact that its territory is now occupied. Unless the lost territory can be completely recovered, there will be no peace. Do you think the two countries in the East Continent will spit out the meat they have got?" Simon was very disapproving of what I said, as if I was still dreaming.
"Haha! It's very possible... Don't look at me like that. If, um! If a disaster happened in the East Continent, a disaster that could cause the entire East Continent to fall into an irreparable situation, do you think they would take the initiative to show goodwill to the Empire and withdraw their troops?" With a face full of mystery, I squinted my eyes and said with a smile.
"A great disaster... the entire East Continent... Could it be, could it be an orc invasion!" Simon silently repeated the important words I said several times, and slowly, his eyes lit up, and finally he suddenly jumped up and asked loudly.
"What if it's an orc invasion, and the Undead Army reappears? What do you think will happen to the Eastern Continent? Will the country be destroyed? Will the race be wiped out? Or..."
"What? Orcs and the Undead Army? How is that possible? I, I, I... What the hell is this world..." After hearing what I said, Simon almost jumped up, his face full of disbelief and horror. After I nodded vigorously again, Simon's face turned as pale as pig liver.
"This... What should I do? Damn it... The empire is still in such a mess now. If the East Continent can't resist, the empire will probably be doomed as well... No, I have to go back immediately, otherwise I will be in big trouble!" Simon said, and began to put on the bag he had just untied, looking like he couldn't wait even a moment. But soon, he stopped and looked sideways with a questioning look on his face.
"Boy, you are not lying to an old man like me, are you? Let's not talk about how they both happened to show up at the same time. Even if they showed up together, it stands to reason that those hairy creatures can't mix with those undead. If they run into each other, they will have to fight first. And I have never heard of this news in nearly two months since I came to the East Continent..."
"Lord Simon, this news has only been known to the upper echelons of the two countries in the East Continent so far. Now they are just constantly mobilizing troops. In just half a month, I think most of the continent will know this news. In addition, if those necromancers were transformed by those long-haired sacred beast priests, what do you think..."
"Sacrifice of the holy beast... Sacrifice of the holy beast..." After hearing what I said, Simon muttered to himself and began to pace in the open space, with his head down, waving his right hand vigorously, as if he wanted to crush someone to death.
"How many people are there? I mean, how many priests of the holy beasts are there? Damn it, I'm going to kill them at the risk of my life..." Suddenly, Simon stopped, stomped his feet, and then asked me about the situation of the necromancer.
"Uh! Lord Simon, you wouldn't be that serious, would you? You should know that those long-haired priests don't have much magic power. They rely on their large numbers to control such a large army of undead. If you go, you will probably be overwhelmed by those skeletons before you kill dozens of them. In my opinion, you'd better pass this news back to the imperial capital first, so that His Majesty can be prepared, and by the way, let the empire take the opportunity to blackmail the East Continent to gain the greatest benefits for the empire." Although I seemed to be persuading Simon verbally, I was actually worried to death at this time. I have only been away from Sichaya City for a few days. If a woman has not left, and is lucky enough not to be assimilated by those skeletons... If she and Simon meet, the consequences... I dare not imagine it. It seems that I want her to experience greater suffering, but I didn't kill her immediately, which is a big mistake.
"Dozens... All right! I think I should go back to the imperial capital to report the news first, so that the empire can make corresponding preparations. I'll leave those things to those bastards in the East Continent. Well, by the way, since you helped me today, and you're a military general, but you don't even know martial arts, it's really not going to be easy for you..." Unexpectedly, Simon became depressed when he heard what I said.
After a while of thought, Simon suddenly slapped me on the back, and then a pain like burning fire started from my spine and burned all over my body. For a moment, it seemed as if my whole body was scalded.
"Boy, I'll give you some fire, I hope you can take care of yourself. You can practice martial arts with half the effort in the future!" Just when I wanted to cry out loudly, Simon's words made me laugh and cry. I'm a magician, and I don't want to suffer any hardship to learn martial arts. What's the use of his fire? If I wanted to learn martial arts, wouldn't I have asked Jerry for advice a long time ago? Isn't this considered raping public opinion
"Lord Simon, can't you see that I'm a magician? And do you think, with such a weak body like me, I can learn martial arts and achieve something? Maybe after learning martial arts, I won't be as good as a stronger ordinary soldier. You say... This..." I really have nothing to say to old man Simon.
"Boy, I used up my own divine source to improve your physique, and you actually blamed me... What the hell is that? I know you are a magician, but I also see your potential in martial arts, so I gave you a huge benefit. You actually don't appreciate it... You..." After complaining for a while, Simon actually drove away everyone around him, and then said:
"Hey! It's my bad luck, I'll just do it for you. Let me tell you, practicing martial arts is just like practicing magic. It's not just about a person's magic power or fighting spirit. The most important thing is the instantaneous explosive power of mental strength and fighting spirit.
Almost everyone in this world is on the wrong path. They are madly cultivating the content of fighting spirit and magic power, and completely ignore the cultivation of mental power and the instantaneous explosive power of fighting spirit. They think that as long as the magic power is high and the content of fighting spirit is sufficient, their mental power and explosive power will be improved accordingly. . . . . .
Bullshit, this is all ****! Although it will increase, but the speed is so slow that it is abnormal. Here, I have summarized the secrets to improve the explosive power of fighting spirit. You should read it immediately, and you will come again after reading it. . . . . .
Boy, don't glare at me like that. Let me tell you, if you learn this from me, you might become a swordsman... Well, let me give you an example. If you make a small gap in a big river, it might only be able to irrigate farmland, but if the gap is big, it can directly destroy a family or a country. Similarly, if your fighting spirit is strong, anything is possible... "
"But, but my own strength is so poor. Even if I practice your secret, how many times can I release my fighting spirit?" After listening to Simon's words, I did feel that it made sense, but in fact, it was not very feasible. A river, what if there is only one water tank? It can be used to irrigate a few acres of land, but if it rushes out at once, haha, at most it can only knock over a dog.
"How many times? As long as you can defeat the enemy and achieve your goal, once is enough. Do you think you have several lives? Do you think 1,000 fireballs can be compared with a Flame God's Skyfall (a forbidden fire spell)? Boy, you are still naive! Hurry up, I'm waiting to go back and report! Return it to me after you've read it..."
Looking at Simon cursing, I felt confused. Was my previous concept wrong? Back then, I thought I won by quantity and surpassed the current trend on the mainland. Now, I am really confused.
At this time, the troops that went to kill the swordsmen of the Mocaster Empire came back, and the bodies of the killed were dragged back by my subordinates. Looking at the hundreds of bodies, I suddenly understood. My concept was correct, and the people on this continent were also right, including what Simon said, which was also an excellent method. But they were all mutually restraining. Only by including everything can we be successful. The arms I will develop in the future should never be developed in a single way, otherwise, the fate of those swordsmen and the situation where Simon was chased all over the sky will definitely reappear.
Thinking about what Simon said just now, and the way Simon was killed by a hundred swordsmen, and then thinking back to how Simon behaved when he heard that there were dozens of necromancers, it shows that this guy is just like Cheng Yaojin, relying only on the three axes at the beginning... (To be continued)