Princess Ruth continued: "In this case, almost half of the students ran away because of fear. Macbeth led the remaining half of us to rescue White Rock City after the aftermath of the meteorite impact dissipated. . After spending a lot of effort, a lot of people were dug out from the ruins, but most of them were ordinary people. There were really only a few wizards in the White Stone Tower alive.
Because the energy wave directed at mana mentioned before is really terrifying, unless there is a being like Macbeth who has no source of magic, or a being who has exhausted all his mana for some reason, he may survive, and the rest Basically all dead.
In the end, I remember that there were less than ten wizards gathered in the White Stone Tower, and adding up those who were seriously injured and on the verge of death, there were about twenty.
Then the wizards announced to our group of students who had been working tirelessly for many days on the ruins of the White Stone Tower complex: The White Stone Tower will cease to exist from today on, and let us go back to where we came from. go.
Damn it! If I had known it would be like this, I wouldn't have been able to work, and just dismissed us with just one sentence without even any compensation, then I could have just walked away. "
Princess Ruth couldn't help complaining, and ended her complaint by summing up: "The situation at White Stone Tower is almost like this: the students have dispersed, some went home like me, and some didn't know they were there. Somewhere, maybe he found a way to join other wizard organizations, maybe.
As for the wizards, I'm not sure. They don't seem to be scattered, but gathered together. I don't know what they want to do, but it has nothing to do with me. "
After hearing this, Richard nodded, having a relatively complete understanding of the development of the White Stone Tower after it was attacked by the meteorite. Thinking of Grotto, Nancy, Macbeth, Alex and others, Richard took a long breath and said in his heart: Maybe there will be better results.
At this time, Princess Ruth said: "Okay, I have told you everything you want to know, and I have helped you with what you want to help. Now, you might as well listen to what I want you to do. Bar."
"Huh?" Richard raised his eyebrows, "Help? You don't seem to have mentioned this before."
"Of course I haven't mentioned it." Princess Ruth said confidently, "If I told you and you refused directly, how shameless would I be?"
"But, I can still refuse now, right?"
"How dare you!" Princess Ruth's eyes widened, "You ate my food, I cut the pieces of bread for you myself, and you also listened to so many things related to the White Stone Tower that I told you. ! If you don’t promise me, then you still have to be shameless?”
"What do you think?" Richard asked.
"You always want to lose face, right?"
"It's a pity that you guessed wrong." Richard said expressionlessly, "What I want is my brain. You don't think that because of your few words, I will obediently do something that I don't understand at all, do you? "
"I-" Princess Ruth was speechless.
"Okay." Richard said, "Instead of you continuing to think of ideas to set a trap for me, why not first tell me what you want me to help with and let me listen. I generally like it. After I understand something clearly, Make a decision after considering all the circumstances of the matter.”
"Okay." Princess Ruth took a deep breath and said, "Actually, the favor I asked you to help is very simple. That is to help our Black Holy Mountain Kingdom win..."
"Well, wait a minute!" Richard interrupted Princess Ruth with a slightly weird expression, "You don't want me to lead your Black Holy Mountain Kingdom to win this ongoing war, do you? In other words, just From what I’ve learned so far, this seems to be really difficult.”
"Where are you thinking!" Princess Ruth stared and said, "You don't have to worry about the war between our Black Holy Mountain Kingdom and the Rob Kingdom. In fact, there is no difficulty for us to win, okay? We have the advantage now. Here! Aren’t you afraid to tell you that it won’t take long for us to force the Rob Kingdom to sue for peace?”
"Huh?" Richard raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at Princess Ruth seriously, "Could it be that the news we heard is different? I heard that your Black Holy Mountain Kingdom will be defeated in any battle, whether it is a land army or a sea fleet. They have all suffered heavy losses. Currently, several lines of defense have been breached on land, and the sea is tightly blocked by the Rob fleet."
"Is this—" Princess Ruth protracted her tone, and the next moment she said seriously, "This is actually our intention, okay?"
"on purpose?"
"Yes, on purpose!"
Soon, Richard heard another version of the description of the war from Princess Ruth.
According to Princess Ruth, although the Black Holy Mountain Kingdom is rich and powerful, and the neighboring Rob Kingdom is poor and weak, the Black Holy Mountain Kingdom has never bullied the Rob Kingdom. On the contrary, it has helped the Rob Kingdom overcome difficulties many times.
The so-called disputed plain territory on the border originally belonged to the Black Holy Mountain Kingdom. A long time ago, the Black Holy Mountain Kingdom saw that the Rob Kingdom had insufficient arable land and had difficulty producing food. Out of kindness, it leased it to the Rob Kingdom at a low price for cultivation.
Who would have known that after the loan period arrived, the Rob Kingdom not only refused to return the plain territory, but also insisted that it was its own territory. Naturally, the Black Holy Mountain Kingdom refused and began to use various methods to prove ownership and negotiate with the Rob Kingdom many times.
After many negotiations failed, the Black Holy Mountain Kingdom planned to use the rent provided by the Rob Kingdom to buy it back in order to avoid the disaster. This would be regarded as keeping the Rob Kingdom white for so many years.
Who would have known that the Rob Kingdom had a very bad conscience. After discovering that it could not occupy the territory, it directly launched an undeclared war and quickly attacked the Black Holy Mountain Kingdom with the troops assembled in advance. The Black Holy Mountain Kingdom was unprepared, resulting in defeat on both land and water.
But in the eyes of the top leaders of the Black Holy Mountain Kingdom, this is nothing. Yes, it doesn't count.
Why? Because I have money!
Although money can't settle everything, it can settle wars - wars are fought with money.
It doesn't matter if the army is disbanded. If you keep spending money, it can be reorganized and expanded soon. All kinds of pensions are paid in place to ensure that the families who sacrificed their loved ones will not have any complaints and support the Black Holy Mountain Kingdom 100%. There was a steady stream of soldiers, and everyone could kill the invading army of the Rob Kingdom.
If that doesn't work, you can still hire troops from other countries to join the war. After all, what's the point of money if you don't have to spend it
As for the fleet, yes, it is true that many ships were sunk by the Rob Kingdom, but they were all the most backward part of the fleet. They were all deliberately sent to the enemy, and most of them were even scuttled by themselves.
The ship is not valuable, but the many sailors on the ship are valuable. Before each shipwreck, the sailors transferred all their strength to the remaining intact ships. Since then, although water battles have always been defeated, the sailors have become more and more experienced. When the ships under construction continue to be launched, the fleet strength of the Black Holy Mountain Kingdom will not decrease but increase.
On the other hand, the Luobu people, in order to win, always put their most elite troops and ships at the front to charge into battle. As the war continued, these troops and ships suffered heavy losses, and could not be replenished at all in the territory of the Black Holy Mountain Kingdom. Even supplies were a problem, and they would only continue to weaken.
When it weakens to a certain level, many forces within the already conflicted Rob Kingdom will lose balance, and civil strife will explode. The Kingdom of Black Holy Mountain will win without actually fighting a battle. "