"What exactly is going on?"
In the central tent, the atmosphere in the air seemed rather solemn, the commander-in-chief Iron Axe stared at the map on the long table, and a deep furrow formed between his brows, "There is neither a red line nor an omen, are so many devils out of thin air? Did it change?"
Although the alarm was sounded for the first time and the combat units of the First Army were already in their positions, confusion and unease still pervaded everyone's heart.
You must know that this was an accident that happened under Sylvie's warning. If there were no witches, wouldn't this battle not have to be fought? If the enemy can suddenly appear eight kilometers away, will it appear directly in the camp next time
If this question is not clearly investigated, no one can rest assured.
Outside the tent, the fortress artillery, which had been silent for a long time, roared again and again, and the rate of fire had increased to its peak. Now there was no need to save artillery shells. The most important thing was to reduce the enemy's living strength as soon as possible.
"Even if it is changed, it is impossible," Agatha said firmly. "The red mist is a necessity for the devil to survive. This has not changed, otherwise they would have swept the whole world. Now the number of enemies is close to 10,000. , if there is no supply red line, let alone a battle, running over can kill them!"
"According to the previous information, the scale of this outpost can support the activities of more than a thousand devils at most," Iron Axe pondered for a moment, "According to you, there is a supply point near us, but the Eye of Magic has not found it. exist?"
"Just think so"
"No, there's another possibility," Edith interrupted. "Since we can make supply lines disappear from the surface, maybe the devil can think of that too."
"Dig a tunnel from the ruins of Taquila?" Agatha shook her head repeatedly, "Let's not say whether they have obtained a worm carrier, just a tunnel that can provide more than ten thousand devils' actions is not a small project, which is different from their first appearance. The time in Taquila was different. Not to mention such a big movement, Sylvie must be able to sense the difference."
"I'm not talking about starting from your hometown," Edith leaned over to point at the targets marked with a cross on the map, "what if they just started from outposts?"
"What do you mean?" Iron Axe asked in a deep voice.
"Don't you think... the location of the devil's appearance is really strange?" She rolled up her drooping hair, "Think about it, if we were a regular army, whether it was a human noble or an army of the Witch Empire, the current situation would be different. How is it?"
Following the Northland Pearl's question, everyone present turned their attention to the map.
Those who can enter the central tent are not staff officials, but also military commanders and representatives of the Allied Forces. None of them responded quickly, and everyone thought of a possibility.
Suddenly there was a sound of gasping for breath in the big tent.
However, this commotion was soon covered up by the rumble of artillery fire outside the tent and covered in the tremors of the earth, and all the participants saw the surprise in each other's eyes.
It wasn't until the sound of the shelling died down that dawn broke the silence and said, "You mean... the outpost is a bait set by the devil?"
According to the conventional army, if you want to destroy this outpost, you must approach the city and start a siege battle, which also means that they will hand over the back road to the devil. If the opponent reappears at this time, they will form a natural double-team formation with the ruins of Taquila. Under the attack from both sides, the fate of the First Army can be imagined.
The two-kilometer battlefield can just accommodate both sides of the battle. From the map, the battle is like a huge pocket.
"It's sure that we will come?" Iron Axe asked.
Edith did not answer, but looked at Zoe, the representative of the ancient witch.
Compared to most people, Zooey's expression has hardly changed, and there seems to be a permanent indifference on her face, "If it is the Federation, then it will definitely take action. Letting the devil build outposts is equal to indifference to the expansion of the bloodline. , for witches, it is suicide. The fall of a city always begins with the inability to stop the enemy's expansion." She paused, "It's just that they never did that."
"The times have changed," said Pearl of the North, "In this way, it can explain a lot of problems. The devil does not think that mortals can completely wipe out the terrifying beast squad that goes to threaten, so Neverwinter must be a city of witches. That's why this trap was set up. If you are lucky, you can even catch all the fighting witches out of the city. In order to let us enter the ambush circle, the devil not only gave up the halfway attack, but also took the initiative to shrink the scope of the investigation, just for the moment when the pockets are closed, what do you think? , what about this assumption?"
"Even if this is the case, how did the devil escape Miss Sylvie's detection?" Sir Sylt said puzzled.
"You may not know that her ability is not omniscient and omnipotent." Edith replied, "If I remember correctly, there is a considerable gap between her viewing distance and the perspective distance. In addition to the existence of fearful beasts, she usually Under the circumstance that the observation can only be initiated at the extreme distance, the magic eye may have overlooked a large area."
Hearing this, everyone has vaguely guessed the answer.
"Of course, I'm not blaming Miss Sylvie," Edith sighed softly, "but we are too dependent on her."
Magic power is always a problem that witches cannot ignore. In order to grasp the movements of the enemy as much as possible, Sylvie needs to be vigilant at all times and use every magic power carefully. And seeing through the strata consumes a lot of money, especially from a long-distance bird's-eye view from the sky, so it is obviously impossible to dig the entire fertile plain three feet into the ground.
According to the principle that the devil can only lurk in the red fog area, she should have only scanned the formation around the outpost and was limited by the sight distance, and the depth estimate would not be too deep.
Agatha frowned, "We can verify this now." Then she activated the Listening Sigil, "Silvi, can you see the situation under the ground of the Devil's army?"
"Underground?" Sylvie, who was guiding the artillery bombardment, was taken aback for a moment, "I can try, but the magic power..."
"It's ok."
"I see." The voice on the other side of Fuyin was quiet for a few seconds, and then everyone heard her exclaim, "Strange... I can't see anything because the magic eye's vision is blocked, and there is only darkness below!"
Everyone couldn't help being silent, this result was equivalent to confirming Edith's guess from the side.
The taste of being calculated by the enemy is obviously not very pleasant.
For a while, only the roar of artillery was left in the tent.
"Crack, crack, crack."
At this moment, Iron Axe suddenly clapped his hands.
"Sir?" Dawn morning said.
"That's it, so I can rest assured." He slowly grinned, "In the end, who is the prey, we have to rely on this tough battle to decide."
"You're right, commander-in-chief," Edith smiled. "Although they guessed the opponent wrong, the results coincided. It can only be said that the luck of both sides is not bad. In other words, our Wouldn't it be better to face the enemy head-on on the preset battlefield is not the battle we hoped for? The artillery fire in the evening prevented them from taking action at the first time, and now the devil has not only lost the bait, but also has to face the well-prepared Blocker, no matter how you look at it, it's a good start."
The Pearl of the North paused for a moment, "Actually, as I said at the beginning, we don't have to pay attention to the intentions of the enemy, no matter what they want to do, just kill all those who dare to show up, and this is the first What the First Army is good at, isn't it?"
At the same time, the piercing siren sounded again in the camp, but this time it was much more urgent.
"Air raid warning."
Everyone knew they were coming.
The terrifying beasts that were the vanguard had already entered the strike range of the First Army.