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Chapter 228 Another Important Task
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My mind was still in a mess, and I didn't even know how I answered the questions from the queen and other ministers. When I woke up, I was already in a banquet. In addition to the high officials and a large number of high-level mages from the Kingdom of Yan, there were also many commanders of the troops who came to reinforce from the Mokast Empire, and Parker, who I was reluctant to meet.
I learned from several magicians around me that when I was retreating to the Valley of the Demise, the reinforcements from the Mocaster Empire that were called back on the way arrived only a few hours later than us.
After greeting the high-ranking officials and mages of the Kingdom of Yan, I then pretended to greet the officers of the Magicust Empire, led by Parker, one by one, to show superficial courtesy and friendship. Afterwards, after the Queen appeared, I followed everyone else to pay my respects to the Queen and then took our seats.
"My dear ministers and officers of Mokast, before you congratulate us on the safe withdrawal of our coalition forces, I would like to inform you of a piece of good news. That is, the necromancers who were transformed from orc sacred beast priests and caused great harm will no longer endanger us humans on a large scale after the previous battles.
From the nearly 1,000 necromancers at the beginning of the Undead Calamity to the battle outside the Canglang Line 2 days ago, those necromancers have been eliminated to less than 10. And from the battles some time ago, we know that the number of undead that those holy beast priests can control is much less than what we originally expected due to their limited magic power and mental strength.
According to another piece of intelligence, it is much more difficult for the orcs to train a holy beast priest than for our Kingdom of Yan to train a high-level mage. At the beginning of this war, we also learned that these nearly 1,000 holy beast priests are almost equal to the vast majority of the holy beast priests in the entire orc tribe.
Therefore, in subsequent wars, we can basically ignore the threat of the undead. Even if a small number of undead troops appear, our warriors and mages who have experienced the previous undead war can still eliminate them again.
And I think everyone knows that all of this was achieved under the leadership of Commander Shen and through the heroic fighting of the warriors from the Kingdom of Yan and the Mocast Empire.
Therefore, in the future wars, I will continue to appoint Commander Shen as the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces of the two countries until those evil orcs are driven out of our territory and those necromancers are completely eliminated. . . . . . "
The banquet had not yet begun, and Queen Yan had just sat down when she gave a long speech praising the war against the undead and orcs, and expressed the most optimistic attitude towards the harm of the undead. After commenting on the war, she immediately turned to the appointment of the chief general, and once again appointed me as the commander of the coalition forces of the two countries to resist the orcs and the undead in front of everyone.
What a remarkable woman! After hearing this, the only thing that came to my mind was this sentence. I think Queen Yan repeated this appointment, and in such a public place, it really has a deep meaning. In addition to the fact that I encountered a setback in the Canglang defense line, I think the bigger reason is that she wanted to leave a pretext for later investigation.
"This Shen is not qualified to be the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces. He has no power to command the army of the Mocaster Empire!" Just as the ministers and generals of the two countries were about to agree, a voice from the door of the banquet hall attracted the attention of everyone present. After saying this, the figure of the speaker also appeared in the hall.
"As the Marshal of the Mocaster Empire Army and the Commander of the Canglang Defense Line, I do not agree with this Shen commanding the Mocaster Empire's army. Just because he refused to support the Mocaster Empire Army on the Canglang Defense Line in order to protect himself, and millions of Mocaster Empire troops died at the hands of the orcs, I firmly disagree with this so-called appointment. I even want to ask for justice from you, Your Majesty, on how to compensate for the casualties of our army caused by Shen's reckless behavior!"
After entering the hall, Bout smashed the long sword in his hand, including the sheath, onto the dining table, causing the soup on the table to fly everywhere. Then, Bout roared at Queen Yann, who was sitting in the main seat, thinking he was righteous.
"Hahaha, this is really funny. This may be the funniest joke I have ever seen in my life... The so-called thief crying thief, maybe this is how it came about
Let me introduce myself. I am a light magician of the Kingdom of Yaen and the recorder of the Kingdom's court celebrations. Due to the urgency of the war, I, a half-baked magician, was also sent to the front line. Due to the habit of my job, I accidentally recorded the process of all the contacts between you, the Grand Marshal of the Mocast Empire, and the commander of this battle of the Kingdom of Yaen. I think no matter who it is, they can tell at a glance... "
Just as I was about to make an argument, a high-level magician who was with the army stood up and, after some mockery, poured his magic power into a white crystal ball. Then, a ray of light shone through the crystal ball, projecting a moving image onto a wall in the hall, and then an immersive sound came out of the crystal ball...
"What do you think after watching this? Hmm? You are indeed worthy of being a marshal! You can even ignore the orders of your emperor, and you can even turn black into white after the incident. Look at the scene at that time. Outside the entire Earth City, there were millions of (a little exaggerated) skeleton soldiers, tens of thousands of undead knights, and even more than ten ghost dragons. Tell me, with less than 100,000 magician troops, how can you draw troops to participate in the garrison of the Canglang Defense Line? Send troops to serve as snacks for the undead?" At this point, the magician casually replaced a crystal ball and handed the crystal ball to a magician next to him, while he walked in front of the projection. At the same time, the tone of his speech changed, and it became a purely scolding tone.
"Look here. You, Bout, are the Marshal of the Mocast Empire and the Commander-in-Chief of the Canglang Line. But in this final battle, look at your own performance... You were the first one to escape from the Canglang Line. When millions of soldiers were still fighting the orcs to the death, you, as a commander, not only did not encourage and support them on the front line, but abandoned your subordinates and compatriots and fled alone. What does this represent? Do you think you can still represent the soldiers of the Mocast Empire? Do you think you can still represent the Mocast Empire? No... You are nothing, you are even worse than a **** on the side of the road. Every Mocast person should be ashamed of you...
Look at our commander. What role did he play in this war? Not only did he formulate all the battle plans, but with his wisdom, he also helped us, the poor mages you expelled from the Wolf Line, find a place to stay. And with his wisdom, we won an incredible victory at the lowest cost.
During the subsequent retreat, after using the teleportation array to send away the infantry and the wounded, Commander Shen not only gave up the right to return to the rear safely and quickly, but also led an elite force to cover the rear of the main force. With such a commander, wouldn't his soldiers fight with all their might
And Marshal Bout of the Mocast Empire, what a shameful appearance you had at that time? After selfishly escaping from your subordinates, you actually ran to our Army Commander Shen and said that you wanted to retreat from the teleportation array, and you didn't care about the lives of other soldiers left in the Canglang Line, and wanted to escape alone with your trusted generals...
Are you, a person like you, qualified to take on such a position? If you think I am not qualified, then please give your opinion! Not only are there people from the Kingdom of Yan, but there are also many senior generals and ministers from the Mokast Empire. Everyone, please give your opinions!"
After a long talk, the magician showed various scenes including Bout's remarks and the bloody battles between the magicians of the Kingdom of Yan and the warriors of the remnant tribe, including the scene where we fought the bone dragon in the underground altar outside the canyon of the remnant tribe. The roars of the dragon and the bloody storm caused by several warriors and magicians being crushed by the bone dragon immediately made the ministers and generals present look at us with respect and admiration.
Everyone present then cast their eyes towards Bout and William beside him, and regardless of their nationality, they all showed extreme indifference and contempt towards them, causing Bout and William to step back several steps in embarrassment and almost fall out of the hall.
"Bout, I didn't expect you to be such a person. An officer would actually do such a thing that tarnishes the imperial military discipline and regulations. This is really a discredit on the entire imperial military. Now, on behalf of the empire, I suspend your military post, and wait on the spot for His Majesty the King to deal with you..." The atmosphere was silent for less than 2 minutes. Parker, who I had always disliked, suddenly stood up at this moment. After saying some righteous words, he actually dismissed Bout, who was higher than him in both title and military rank, on the spot. This was really beyond the expectations of me and everyone present.
"You...you...who do you think you are, Parker? Do you think you can remove me from my post? You are so bold...what do you dare to do to me..." After hearing Parker's words, Bout was not only shocked, but also very angry. Even his words in retaliation became slurred and he even stuttered a little.
"Humph! Who am I? Not to mention me, even an ordinary soldier of the Mocast Empire has the right to directly sweep scum like you out of the Mocast Empire army when encountering such a situation, let alone me. What can I do to you? I can't kill you or judge you. But I have the power to detain you, the cancer of the army, on the spot until the order of His Majesty the Emperor comes down... Come on, take this scum away, and take those around him away too..."
"Parker, you damn it, how dare you?"
"Come here, take him away... Think about the colleagues who were killed by this bastard, do you still want him to continue to harm them? Take him away... Take him away..."
"Parker, you bastard...you...you will die a horrible death...wu...wu..." In the end, two of Parker's cronies ran forward and, with the help of other officers and soldiers, even blocked Bout's mouth.
“Your Majesty and the other gentlemen, I am sorry to have such a scum in my country. He not only almost destroyed the friendship between our two countries, but also caused heavy losses to our troops. More importantly, due to his negligence, the Canglang Line of Defense was easily taken over by the enemy. This is really helpless.
But now everything will be over. From today on, my Mokast Empire Army, under the command of Parker, will do everything possible to cooperate with your army to resist the invasion of the orcs until those evil undead and orcs are driven out of the Canglang Defense Line. . . . . . "
Watching Bout, William and others being escorted away, Parker immediately walked to the Queen's throne and loudly expressed his position. He vowed to unite the troops of the two countries and completely drive the orcs out of the Canglang defense line.
At that moment, I also understood why Parker was so eager to convict Bott and even couldn't wait to get rid of him. Because in this way, Parker would be the highest military commander of all the Mokast Empire Army here, and as long as he could get along well with us, then after destroying the undead and defeating the orcs, the achievements of the Mokast Empire Army in this war would be comparable to that of the highest military commander. It would not be impossible for him to be promoted or even replace Bott.
"No, Lord Parker is so wise and righteous. This is really a blessing for the entire East Continent! In this case, this emperor will appoint Commander Shen Xiang as the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces. And Commander Parker will serve as the first deputy commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, effective immediately. I hope you two will cooperate sincerely and work hard to drive the aliens out of the human territory..." Seeing that the overall situation was settled, Queen Yaen immediately appointed the full authority of the coalition forces. This result not only satisfied the Yaen Kingdom, but also the Mokaster Empire led by Parker. On the surface, everything is in a state of balance. . . . . .
With my leading position in the coalition confirmed, the banquet became very clear. A large number of high-ranking officials from the Mokast Empire and the Kingdom of Yan enthusiastically surrounded me and Parker, and I was the protagonist. Of course, I was quite satisfied with this ending. If I can't gain a dominant position in such a war, then to be honest, I might as well run away now, or even take people to an uninhabited island overseas to retire and die...
``(To be continued)