Time passes quietly into night.
"They should be on the offensive tomorrow."
At the north gate of Coster, Benjamin and several mages stood on it, looking at the Royal Army's camp from a distance. There is no moon tonight, and as time goes by, the lights in the camp are extinguished little by little, quickly blending into the night. They could see soldiers patrolling around the camp, and the Royal Army looked extremely cautious.
However, the Black Nightmare Army was also prepared. Benjamin was fortunate that the enemy did not launch an attack today, otherwise, their battle would have been hasty.
"Always be prepared. The enemy may attack at any time." He said slowly, "We know nothing about the situation in the enemy camp. Who knows what kind of battle plan they will have."
Hearing this, Morris frowned: "Did the spies sent out this afternoon find anything?"
Benjamin shook his head and replied: "No, they can't get close to the Royal Army's camp at all."
This time when they faced the church, the intelligence they had was indeed much worse than last time. They didn't even know anything about the composition of the enemy's troops. But there is no other way. No one except Miles can sneak into the military camp where the Pope is sitting, and no one has the confidence to bring out the information alive.
They can only remain on high alert at all times.
"How about we take advantage of their unpreparedness and launch a surprise attack tonight?" Joanna suggested as she seemed to be unable to contain her excitement at the thought that the war would begin soon.
Morris immediately shook his head:
“…I don’t think that’s a good idea.”
Benjamin also echoed: "With Grant here, I'm afraid we won't be able to take advantage."
But after he finished speaking, he touched his chin and thought again. Suddenly something seemed to come to his mind and he spoke again: "But... By the way, I remember that the Rune Research Institute developed a failed product? That kind of thing Do we have pigs that blow themselves up?"
Hearing this, several mages were stunned for a moment.
"No one would bring this kind of thing here." Morris hesitated for a moment and asked, "Why do you ask?"
"I'm thinking about the night attack proposal." Benjamin explained, "The enemy is so vigilant, a sneak attack in the general sense will definitely not work. But if we have some self-sacrificial means, we may be able to attack Grant before he reacts. Blast them off guard."
He also wanted to defeat the enemy head-on, without all the bells and whistles. But both in terms of military strength and intelligence, they are lacking. Perhaps, they should really come up with some otherworldly things to improve their winning rate.
Of course, there are risks in a night attack. Grant is in charge, and those who go out for a sneak attack may not even come back, but if you think about it from another perspective... then just don't come back. Suicide attacks are profitable as long as they can exchange more losses for the enemy with less sacrifice in an instant.
"Most of the people from the Rune Research Institute are still in the academy and have not come over. But... if you really have this idea, there are two of them in the city. You can ask them." Several mages looked at each other for a while. , in the end, Morris could only say this.
Benjamin nodded.
It was getting late, and they should actually rest, but the war was about to begin, and Benjamin felt a little calmer at the moment, so... he might as well ask.
There is a hut near the city gate, and two mages from the Rune Research Institute stay inside. As non-combat mages, they are responsible for the rune defense array. Five minutes later, Benjamin pushed the door in from outside. They raised their heads and saw who it was, and immediately showed surprise.
"Master Dean? What's wrong?"
Benjamin walked in, smiled at them, and directly said what he wanted to ask without saying anything. The two heard "self-destructing pigs." His face twitched involuntarily, but after hearing this, he immediately returned to seriousness and nodded.
"There is such a thing, it should be the result of research a long time ago." One of the mages coughed a few times and said, "There are some surviving species in the academy, but due to their nature, they cannot be carried for long distances, so we I didn’t bring any.”
Benjamin suddenly looked disappointed.
"Okay... forget it."
The young mage waved his hand quickly to stop him who wanted to leave, and then said: "Wait a minute, Dean, although we can't bring it here, we have made some improvements to it and simplified the production steps. It can also be made here."
Benjamin's eyes lit up: "Can you make it now?"
"Yes." The young mage nodded, "As long as there are sufficient materials and pig... experimental subjects, five of them can basically be made within an hour."
"Then let's do it right away!"
"Understood."
Just like that, Benjamin added a new little branch to their battle plan. In fact, he just remembered that the college had developed this kind of biological bomb. It seemed... it seemed like it was a year ago, right? At that time, even the rules of rune meditation had not been studied, and the Rune Research Institute was not an "academy", it was just a group.
If it wasn't for Joanna's suggestion, he might not even have thought of it.
"You mages are really crazy." The system complained, "What's wrong with you? It's coming out every time you think about it. Why don't you have to deal with the pigs?"
Benjamin shrugged.
In just three minutes, enough Warcraft materials and five pigs were delivered to the cabin. No one knew what happened inside. Several residents in the west of the city didn't know why the Black Nightmare Army suddenly came to their door and were willing to trade several bags of grain for the pigs they were about to slaughter.
Anyway...an hour later, five unknown creatures with fiery red fur and dull eyes were quietly transported out of the cabin.
Benjamin also found five volunteers.
"There is no possibility of survival in this operation of yours. I hope you know this." He looked at the five soldiers who came out. "Whether it succeeds or fails, even if you can survive the explosion, the people of the church will never You will be spared, and you may even be tortured horribly."
The soldiers nodded with firm expressions.
"I think it's worth using the lives of a few of us in exchange for a little more hope of winning!"
When Benjamin heard this, he patted their shoulders and said nothing more.
The method of detonating self-destructing pigs is not difficult. The soldiers have been informed of specific magic power fluctuations or directly slashing them. So, under the dark night, a small opening of the Rune Defense Formation was quietly opened. Five people put the pig in a sack, carried it, and quietly climbed out from the west city gate.
—If you want to hit the enemy, you have to take a long detour.
Benjamin and the mages came to the city again, looking at the enemy camp, waiting for the coming loud noise. The soldiers have special magic props placed on them, which will emit weak magic fluctuations for easy positioning. On a disc in Morris's hand, they could see the location of the self-destruction team, moving bit by bit from the west city gate towards the camp to the north.
They can only watch from afar in this way.
About fifteen minutes later…
"Wait, why did they stop?"
Benjamin looked at the five small dots that suddenly stopped on the disk, frowned, and had a bad feeling.
The location of the small dot was approximately 600 meters northwest of Coster City, which was obviously still some distance away from the Royal Army's camp.
However, at this moment, a loud noise suddenly came from the west of them!
Everyone was shocked and turned to look. And the next second, they were shocked to find that an explosion occurred at the position represented by the small dot on the disk. With the highly active fire element, an extremely dazzling fire burst out from there instantly!
Why are you there...
First they were shocked, and then Benjamin and the others were stunned.
Because, under the illumination of the fire, they suddenly discovered a large group of soldiers in that direction. They were dressed in black and even their shields were blackened. They didn't know when they came over, and they seemed to be approaching the west gate secretly.