Roland glanced at Beidi Pearl in surprise.
After the ambush team was designed by Ersruk, there was a lot of criticism from the senior management, thinking that the staff should be responsible for the misjudgment, especially Edith Kant, who was the minister. In addition to the Executive Office, there are also voices of dissatisfaction and doubt in the Sleeping Curse. If Tilly's prestige is not still there, I am afraid that the influence will be further expanded.
Even Edith herself asked him for punishment when she came back from the front line to report her work, and he not only did not agree, but also suppressed this series of aftermath.
Just because it wasn't a human error.
Not to mention victory or defeat is a matter of commonplace in military affairs. Operation Torch is not even a defeat, but a complete victory at the cost of less than 500 people. Nearly 20,000 devils were eliminated before and after, and the set task was successfully completed. Captured the holy city that had been lost for hundreds of years. If that's not a victory, what's a victory
The contribution of the staff is obvious to all.
In fact, Roland also discussed this issue privately with Tilly, Agatha, Erxia and others. They also believed that the deviation of strategic judgment was caused by some ununderstandable factors. It is impossible for a few witches to give up the opportunity to annex the continent in one go, not even three seats.
But having said that, Edith will still be in the limelight for a while, and it is true that she lost to Ersk in this "showdown", Roland thought she would be depressed for a while, or to say less Listen more, so as not to come to the truth again, I didn't expect that she had no intention of backing down, and when she opened her mouth, she had a different opinion from others.
"… what is the problem?"
"First of all, the last two sentences," Edith lowered her head and took two steps. "If you succeed, you should increase your troops tenfold. If not, you should go all out. It's too strange, isn't it? Since the ultimate goal of the devil is still to destroy human beings, then the tower The importance of Qiraji should be as we expected, even if the pressure caused by Tianhaijie is great, it will not give up so hastily. After all, in this letter, the enemy suggested to turn back and destroy us with all our strength.”
Wendy was startled, "Indeed... why didn't they do this early in the morning?"
"Because Red Mist can't keep up with the supplies?" Nightingale said while supporting her chin with her fingers.
"It's impossible to move all over the place, but if you have ten times the strength, as long as you invest more transport troops, it's not impossible, not to mention that they have new types of war equipment such as giant skeletons." Agatha frowned, "From It took us more than half a year to get from Tower 1 to Tower 10, which is enough for the devil to make a choice."
"The initial judgment of the staff came from Kabra Dabi's 'confession': the devils were held back by the Sky Sea Territory, and the outcome of the war was at stake for them." Edith looked at the interrogation platform and glared furiously. "But from this letter, even if they lose to Tianhaijie, they won't suffer annihilation, and there is even a chance to turn their defeat into victory. So why didn't the enemy reinforce Taquila at the beginning? This said The two are fundamentally contradictory in terms of intent and behavior."
Everyone could not help but fell into contemplation.
"And this sentence, 'I know this will bring criticism to you, but it won't affect your plans for the Western Front,'" she added after a moment's thought. "It sounds fine, but when you think about it, I always feel that something is wrong... In order to deal with the infiltrating witch, throwing it to Taquila is a real thing, how can it have no effect on the plan? "
"Maybe Ersruk is fooling his superior?" Roland thought, "Nobles often do this."
"Your Majesty, please consider it as the most difficult enemy to deal with!" Edith said sternly, "If you can't imagine it, treat the other party as me among the devils. You think I would do such a thing. ?"
Looking at her slightly clenched fists, Roland suddenly realized a lot in his heart. It turned out that she was not as calm as she seemed on the surface, nor was she completely immune to the interference of the discussions behind her, but took a deep breath in her heart.
She didn't want to lose to the Devil Lord.
"Well, since it's not a fool, it means that Taquila can be replaced in the plan... In this way, all I can think of is that the devil has found a way to not rely on the red mist, and can reach the four kingdoms without the obelisk. attacked."
"This was discussed at the beginning of Operation Torch," Agatha sighed, "I still think it's impossible, otherwise why would they send troops to Taquila? If the red mist couldn't restrain the devil, they should have long ago It's scattered all over the place."
"Uh...why are you all talking about influence?"
Just as everyone was thinking about it, Nightingale asked in confusion, "Isn't that "Western Front" even more strange? If the devils are opposite us, the west of Neverwinter should be their east, right? "
"Positions are always relative, and the world is not a flat plate." Celine explained patiently, "The devil comes from another continent. If Ersruk regards it as the center, then let alone Taquila, Even your four major kingdoms and even most of the Dawning Realm are considered the west."
"So it's like this... that means the two Wests are not the same thing, right?"
"Wait, what did you say?" Edith suddenly raised her head.
"Two West... Aren't they the same thing?" Nightingale asked uncertainly.
Beidi Pearl's eyes lit up, she walked quickly to a long table with many maps stacked, spread out the scrolls, glanced at them a few times, then threw them aside, and finally stopped at a picture. on extremely abstract drawings.
Roland looked at it for a while before recognizing that it was a map of the Kingdom of Eternal Winter based on the handwriting on it.
She pointed to the blank area north of Manxueling, which was the northernmost point of Eternal Winter, and turned to Celine and asked, "What's on it?"
"Mountains, the mountains that stretch for thousands of miles, are like the backs of hedgehogs. From south to north, they almost cover the side of the Dawn Realm. We also call it the spine of the continent."
"Has the Federation explored this area?"
"Of course, the Quest Club has drawn a map of the entire Dawning Realm, naturally including the continental spine."
"Did you just draw a map?" Edith asked eagerly, "No more specific records?"
"What are you trying to say?" Agatha wondered, "It's not easy to make a map. There are not only many mountains there, and the Guangjingjie Mountains can be regarded as its tail. And its widest point is enough to cover the entire Graycastle. The mountain peaks are extremely steep, and most of the area is covered with snow all year round. Even if every mountain peak is marked, what's the use?"
"I think we may have overlooked a place where the Vault of Heaven's western plan may not refer to Taquila, but to refer to the overall offensive against humanity. Taquila Ruins is just one of the choices!" Edith His fingers slid all the way along the Extremis Mountains, "The devil's goal is to keep the red mist from this natural danger. If it is close enough to the four kingdoms, it will become less important whether to build a city or not. Just find an opportunity to erect the obelisk. Tombstone can be!
"You mean..." Agatha's face changed.
"In this area called the Continental Spine, will there be an undiscovered Divine Stone mine?" Pearl of the North asked in a condensed voice.