"Hmph, someone presented a forged magic image to the emperor, and then falsely accused the marshal of secretly organizing a private army with the intention of rebelling. Hum hum... It's really ridiculous. If the marshal really wants to rebel, what's the use? For such trouble, we can just blow up the entire Black Mountain and bury all the pitiful and ridiculous ants into the underground abyss."
From Rhine's mouth, I can't tell how much respect he has for the empire and the supreme majesty. He doesn't even care that the family behind him is also in Montenegro. It seems that Letusus' status in his heart has long been It has transcended everything.
But Gron immediately noticed something was wrong. Since Retusus has the ability to crush all troubles, how could Rhine care about what a batch of prohibited heavy equipment might bring with his usual domineering style? He even took the trouble to personally escort her. Thinking of this, Goron immediately asked: "With Marshal... No, with my father's strength, since I don't have to care about these ridiculous and ridiculous frame-ups, then why do you have to..."
Rhine's eyebrows immediately locked together, and after a while he replied: "That's right, the Marshal laughed it off after hearing about it, and didn't care at all. He just thought it was another boring incident. 'Farce', but I know that this 'farce' is a little different... No, it is very different... "
Although Dragoon General Rhine's most eye-catching identity is that he is one of the commanders of the three dragoon regiments under the command of the Imperial Marshal, this identity is so dazzling that it almost covers up his distinguished and noble origin. What flows in his body is the empire's most important An ancient noble bloodline, a sacred and powerful bloodline inheritance from the Millennium Eagle family, one of the seven principal kingdoms of holy beasts.
The Millennium Eagle family is different from the Golden Bird family, which is closely attached to the imperial family. Although many important members of the Millennium Eagle family have settled in the imperial capital of Black Mountain, their true roots are still in the principality fiefdoms in the coastal areas. Although they are not as wealthy as the Kuxiong family. The soldiers respect themselves and dominate one side, but the actual influence of the imperial royal family on it must be discounted. Each of the seven principalities has a history as long as the empire, and its foundation cannot be underestimated.
"My family has ordered me to leave the Dragoons as soon as possible through a confidential channel that can only be used once. Return to the family territory, and the sooner the better." When Rhine said these words, his face was calm, as if he was stating something. It was a trivial matter, but Goron smelled a strong dark atmosphere from it. Just like the hot and humid smell before the storm tide that must come every year in Haishiwan Peninsula, it makes people feel chest tight and nauseated.
One of the three great commanders under Marshal Retusus. Strictly speaking, his status is not too far behind that of the seven great Dukes of Holy Beasts. This can be seen in Rhine's usual unscrupulous behavior. This identity can be something the entire Millennium Eagle family can be proud of, and it actually brings benefits. It is of immeasurable value in consolidating the family's power and status. No matter how you think about it, the Millennium Eagle should not take the initiative to cut off the connection between itself and Letusus. However, the order Rhine received was undoubtedly the Millennium Eagle's attempt to force himself and the Imperial Marshal into an irreversible confrontation. No matter how you think about it, it was an extremely stupid order.
However, precisely because this order was so stupid and unreasonable, it revealed a hint of shrewdness and... helplessness. If you think about it carefully, you can see the hidden fact behind this order, that is, the Millennium Eagle family is very optimistic about the future of this Imperial Marshal.
That's right, even though they knew that Retusus had absolute power, they still were not optimistic about the future of this greatest hero in the history of the empire...
"So what's your decision, Master Rhine?" Goron asked calmly, although he already knew the answer to this question.
"After you have experienced the vastness of the ocean, would you still give up the infinite magnificence for the comfort of a small mud pond?"
Although the ogre Goron, whose language art is simple and direct, doesn't like this roundabout description, he can still feel Rhine's mood when he said this.
"So what about the Millennium Falcon family's order? Didn't you tell Yuan... tell your father?"
"No, and I don't plan to tell the other two dragon knight generals."
"Why?" Goron was confused. However, Rhine obviously had no interest in solving his doubts, and immediately changed the subject and said, "I actually have another task for you to perform when I come to Snow Needle Camp this time."
"...What mission." Goron has limited interest in the intrigues of the human race. Since Rhine is unwilling to talk about it, he will not get to the bottom of it.
"I want you and your group of demi-human slaves to carry out a secret mission. I want you to light a fire..."
"Fire? Do you want me to burn down the Black Forest?"
"No, it's not that boring little flame. I want you to ignite a flame that should have been ignited long ago. I want you... to attack the eye-catching army of the Kuxiong family stationed in the black forest."
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Golon was born and grew up in the hot and humid coastal rainforest. Although the ogre's strong physique allows him to adapt well to various harsh environments, it does not mean that he likes snow and ice like the Black Forest. Thinking of this mission again, Goron's frown became even more difficult to relax.
No matter how short the time Gron has been in contact with humans, the consequences of doing this can be guessed...
Although everyone knows that the Empire and the Kuxiong Principality will inevitably have a battle in the end. However, due to the excessive complexity of the situation, the common enemies of the empire and the Kuxiong, the conflicts between the Holy See of Holy Light and other human empires, and the demi-human kingdoms eyeing the underground and western wilderness, this ultimately led to this imperial civil war. Maintaining the level of small-scale conflict and friction, both sides retained the lowest level of restraint. No formal act of aggression was committed.
And what Rhine wants Gronn to do is to ignite this pile of dry firewood poured with kerosene, completely involving the empire and the Kuxiong in the endless flames of war, causing countless creatures to suffer, but he, Gronn, has nothing to do with it. Those who have doubts will bear the heavy historical charge of "initiating war".
Once the war is over, no matter what the final result is, who wins or loses, there are only a few endings waiting for him. He may be directly silenced, or he may be forced out and be responsible for countless lives lost due to the war. However, what Gronn is really upset about is not this. In other words, he is eager to increase the economic burden of the Kuxiong Principality earlier. Although he is wearing a human skin. But he is not a real human being, and he does not want to develop in the human empire for a long time. No matter how the situation will develop in the future, it has nothing to do with him as an ogre. This is also the reason why Gron will take on this terrible task that looks like Rhine is framing him.
Gronn's real headache was how to find the group of dwarves that Rhine was referring to in the vast sea of heavy snow and endless trees. Although everyone knew that Ku Xiong had already deployed a small but very elite force in the black forest. The Dwarf Legion is responsible for monitoring the movements of the Imperial Legion. Moreover, dwarves are not a demi-human race that likes the cold and is good at fighting in the snow, but the other talent of dwarves besides blacksmithing and fighting can be put into full play in this environment.
That's right, just drilling holes.
Under the thick snow and hard frozen soil, the dwarves were able to dig out a tunnel. No, the excavation is a warm and dry underground palace. No one knows the exact location of the dwarf fortress buried deep underground. However, it is not difficult to find the cave exits that extend in all directions and are almost everywhere in important locations in the Black Forest. However, even if they are found, they are of little use because these exits can be abandoned at any time. .
Of course, this is true for ordinary attackers, but Gronn's Black Hand Legion has "characteristics" that ordinary legions do not have. Gronn's men have a fighting team composed entirely of dwarves.
After a full day of searching, the Black Hand's scouts finally discovered an exit from a dwarf cave that was still in use recently. After confirmation. A team of dwarves wearing uniforms of soldiers from the Principality of Cool Bear was sent in. Their mission was to quickly find the warehouse or other important institutions inside the dwarf cave, and then ignite the flammable and smoking materials they carried.
This task may seem extremely difficult, but in fact the probability of successful completion is quite high. To put it bluntly, the reason is actually very simple, that is, the dwarves of the Kuxiong Principality have almost no experience in fighting with their own race. The caves they dug can only be walked through by a small number of demi-human races, and the empire has no other demi-human regiments except the cannon fodder legion, so it is quite safe for these cool bear dwarves to hide in the caves. I'm afraid I never dreamed that a fellow dwarf would sneak in and destroy it.
As Gron expected, a thick smoke came out of the hole soon. Immediately afterwards, a group of disgraced dwarves rushed out. It was the dwarf team sent by Gronn to perform the mission. Their remaining number was less than one-third of the number when they entered the cave, but the faces of the remaining dwarves were all unbearable. of ecstasy.
They were only a few seconds away from their own dwarf team. Then some cool bear dwarf warriors with shocked and furious faces began to rush out of the cave. They were breathing heavily, coughing crazily, and whimpering in pain. But what was even worse was that as soon as they rushed out, they were shot down by the elf archers ambushing the entrance of the cave. .
"Find all the smoking cave entrances and kill all the dwarves who come forward. Leave no one behind!"
The slave regiments under Gronn have long been dispersed nearby, and the thick black smoke is the most distinctive landmark. The good ventilation system of the dwarf cave makes the underground fire burn extremely vigorously, not to mention that it also contains special poison. cigarette. I am afraid that at least 70% of the dwarves will be smoked to death underground by the thick smoke, and those who are lucky enough to escape will have a hard time avoiding the ambush at the entrance of the cave.
Gronn stood on the top of the tallest tree nearby, and activated his second divine power with all his strength to ensure that no fish would slip through the net. When the last dwarf who had escaped far away was also caught up and killed by the Black Lake, this originally... Perhaps a key battle that should be recorded in history ended so tepidly.
"The first step of the plan is completed, we can send out our 'messenger'." As Goron's order was issued, several dwarves under Goron ran towards the other end of the black forest. They are not war slaves, but members of the Black City Guild, and they have only one mission, which is to pass carefully processed information to the Kuxiong Principality. Kuxiong is the main partner of Black City. Goron does not want to cause conflict between the two sides due to this kind of mission. At least Kuxiong cannot let Kuxiong know that the true identity of the attackers is a group of demi-humans.
This battle was unusually smooth. The war slaves had already begun to celebrate the victory. The corpses of the dwarves could also meet the needs of the banquet. But for some reason, Gronn could not calm down in his heart. Just when he was walking alone in the forest. , the snow beside him suddenly flew away, and a huge figure suddenly flew out. Before Gron could even react, he was hit hard by a giant palm and flew away... (~^~)