The Amber Sword - 876. Chapter 876 Act Thirty-Four Opportunities in the Kingdom

After the year of the wolves, Shagriffin, the most outstanding military strategist in the history of the wind elves, and the king of Grey Mountain, who had not yet served as the marshal at the time, said in his book: The corpse witch formed an effective kill, then it would not be able to truly defeat an army of undead. ‘But when this black rose of Bromanto was truly defeated, the bone rack that was ruined in the river valley was not much different from a human army fleeing in all directions. After commanding, the corpse witches took the skeletons they summoned to fight each, like a disc of loose sand. Although the undead lords from the Sea of Dead Moon could restrain their subordinates, they only wanted to escape. Fighting spirit, the current army of blood rods can no longer be called an army in fact. From top to bottom, they have lost their purpose and will to fight. They only struggled to save themselves, and the northern nobles who were defeated in Ampersel. The army is the same.

However, if you look closely, there are still some subtle differences. Humans fleeing under the defeat of the army are often due to the panic and surrender in their hearts. The undead’s feelings do not have these two factors. They preserve themselves only out of reason. Choose, it will not happen because of panic and trampling on oneself, or being killed like a duck and not daring to turn back and resist. If they are caught up, they will stop and fight back, just because of the selfish nature of the dark creatures, they will never help nearby colleagues under attack-even if they do it may be more beneficial to them.

Count Jacques and Brando were riding side by side in the river valley. They were very emotional when they saw this scene: “It turns out that the army of the undead is nothing more than this, they will make mistakes.”

“Undead are not natural things. No one understands the mystery between life and death better than them, so they eliminate the anxiety of mortals about unknown death from the root. There is no attachment to life, so they will not feel impulsive. , There will be no fanaticism, but impulse and fear are just one of all negative emotions. Greed, arrogance, vain, and selfishness will make them make mistakes.” Brando looked at the river valley on horseback. The progress of the battle was explained to the close minister next to Grand Duke Vieiro.

Count Jacques nodded silently. He glanced at this too young lord who was also an earl in a profound way: “Mr. Earl seems to know that dark country very well?”

“I always try to understand my enemy, the enemy of the kingdom,” Brando looked at the Lord Earl from the Jacques-Jangin region, he knew this man; Jacques-Jangin was in the province of Vieiro. On the border of Karasu Province, this Lord Earl was also a person who had dealt with Madara in history. Although the other side had some common problems in the southern part of the Eruin nobles of this era, he was very concerned about the Bromanto. The understanding of Black Rose is still much deeper than that of other aristocrats who have no merit. What is rare is that this person has won the trust of Grand Duke Vieiro in history.

“Mr. Moberto,” he continued, “I suggest that you don’t underestimate the black rose opposite us just because of the scene you see today.”

“Naturally, I dare not look down anymore. When I was young, I saw my fathers bring back prey such as bears and wolves in winter hunting. I always thought that these beasts in the forest were nothing but this. Later, I was fortunate to have a cunning guy on me. Leave a mark, that scar still remains on my back, and since then it has made me understand that I must never underestimate any of my opponents.” Count Jacques made a metaphor to let Brando understand that what he was talking about was actually today. It means that he will never forget everything that happened today.

Brando also believes that this battle will leave a deep impression on the opponent. This is also one of his original goals: if these nobles are not taught lessons, they will not understand what kind of enemy they are facing. Only by letting these people understand the real threat, under the persecution of external forces, can the kingdom embark on the path he wants as soon as possible. He smiled and shook his head, and continued to expose Madara’s old bottom: “But what Mr. Moberto is thinking now must be that he has mastered the weaknesses of these bones. If you think so, it would be a big mistake. NS.”

Count Jacques looked a little stunned: “Why do you say that? I think Mr. Earl’s description of them is very reasonable. Those bones do have such weaknesses.”

“That is the nature of the undead, just like human nature, Mr. Moberto, humans are afraid, but the Tonigel, Vieiro and Lantonilans do not fall into the army when facing the undead. Humans will be impulsive. Will be greedy, human nature is also arrogant and selfish, but our kingdom, civilization and order have not collapsed because of this. That is because we still have the second attribute of sociality, and the Madaras are the same. They It used to be a plate of loose sand, but the blood rod we defeated today is far different from the past. I think you must have a deep understanding of this, my lord.”

“But Mr. Earl, you may not have thought about it. The Madara we saw today is still an illusion.” Before Earl Jacques nodded, Brando continued. The latter opened his mouth when he heard this. , Looked very surprised, but Brando did not give him a chance to speak: “The reason why we defeated the blood rod today is based on its ignorance of us, and also on the fact that it still maintains an old set of In terms of the command system. Mr. Earls should have heard of the kingdom’s military reforms, but such reforms began at Madara seven years ago. Before the Black Rose War, they had basically ended this historical mission. , Today’s Madara has at least more than a thousand imperial election regiments. These imperial election regiments are different from the army of blood rods that you and I have seen. The blood rods are rebellious, but they are not the supreme one of Madara. The direct line of, it was defeated by us here today, most likely because the Supreme Being of Madara needs us to help him clear out dissidents—”

He paused: “And the real Madara army, they have a complete system of middle and lower-level non-commissioned officers. They will never fall into a situation of scattered sand because of the collapse of the upper-level command system. Such an undead army can really fight to the point. Before the last corpse fell. Mr. Earl, you can imagine how Eruin would fight and win when faced with such an enemy.”

Count Jacques stared at the young lord with wide eyes. If Brando had told him all this for a long time in the morning, he would never believe it. This is simply absurd and nonsense. But at this moment, Brando’s demonstrated strength and knowledge of Madara made him unable to doubt easily, especially Brando’s mouth of the thousand emperor selection regiments was more like a thunder that shocked his mouth. , Suddenly there was a mess in my mind.

Brando had expected his sallow complexion and unconsciousness. Brando certainly wouldn’t tell him that although Madara’s expansion direction is Eruin, their main enemies are the wind elves of St. Osor and the Farnzan people farther north. Madara has more than a thousand. More than half of the emperor selection team will be used to guard against these two huge empires, it is good to scare this guy, so as not to make them still delusional.

In fact, this is not bad. How many troops Madara has at the moment does not make much sense to the small kingdom of Eruin, because in the future, even a black knight army, it may not be able to bear it. Today’s Eruin has only one chance to make the undead feel like a rat-injury. There are still a lot of principalities between them and Saint Osor and on the border between Faenzan. Anyway, the wind elves will meet with Madara sooner or later. Now that the undead feel that Eruin is more difficult to deal with than those principalities.

In history, Eru was awakened too late, the princess was powerless, and the Cruz people were overwhelmed and indulged, which led to the final tragedy of the kingdom.

This time, it may not be so.

But first, the kingdom still needs the courage and ability to fight.

He looked at Count Jacques, who turned pale, and wiped his forehead with his hand. He didn’t know whether he was wiping rain or sweat. His mind seemed to be immersed in what Brando had previously described. Amidst the fear brought by the Thousands of Emperors’ Selection Team, he asked in a low voice: “My Lord Earl, what you said is true?”

“Mr. Moberto, even if my information is only one-third accurate, assuming that there are only 300 regiments in Madara, what is the difference for the kingdom?” Brando absently looked at the undead who escaped in the rain. The army, while stroking the mane of the war horse with his hand, asked instead in a hurry. He was not in a hurry, but Count Jacques was in a cold sweat. He didn’t know whether Brando said it was true or false, but the other party didn’t seem to have any need to make him happy. Just like Brando said, even if his words are only three-thirds. One is accurate, or even one-quarter accurate, what difference does it make to the kingdom?

There is no difference at all.

What kind of virtue the kingdom is, these nobles know the best in their hearts. Since the Ansen era, the struggle between the local and the central government has greatly damaged the strength of the kingdom itself. After the Battle of Ampersel, the confrontation between the north and the south made it even weaker. On the other hand, the dark country to the east has always maintained a tradition of strong military and warfare, but in the past it was scattered and the lords of darkness were in their own hands and fighting against each other, so they could not pose a threat. Today, Madara is already there. Under the rule of the Supreme Being, the dark nobles gathered under the mercury rod that reappeared after a thousand years. Count Jacques suddenly realized that Brando may not lie, but the traditional thinking has always made them feel like This point has been neglected recklessly.

Madara originally had a huge army, and now they are integrated together, who is going to attack next?

Naturally, it is impossible to be the wind spirit and the Faenzan, and the rest is self-evident.

Some things are actually like a layer of window paper, which is hard to think of before being pierced, but once they are lifted up, the rest of them will suddenly see themselves. Count Jacques is almost in this mood at this moment, although he might rather not realize it, at least the fool can live happily, and now he just thinks of the three words Madara, he has to think of that one with fear. An army of undead waiting to go.

That is the undead, the existence that is absolutely incompatible with the living, except for death, you cannot surrender.

Count Jacques thought for a while with a cold sweat. He couldn’t think of a solution for a while. In today’s Eruin, it seems that there is only one way to go besides destruction. That dark country was already powerful and took the lead. What’s ridiculous is that the nobles of the kingdom are still living and dreaming. Facing such a country, he really doesn’t know how to resolve the immediate crisis.

Perhaps the only way to exile Cruz?

When Earl Jacques raised his head to look at Brando, his eyes were a little lost. Brando knew that he was already terrified. He sighed. In fact, the truth is very simple. These nobles may not have thought about it, but they always It is believed that Madara has not yet come to a step. In history, even until the eve of the Second Black Rose War, some people believed that Madara was still in a civil war. Today, he personally told the other party that Madara’s reunification process had already been advanced. Sure enough, the Lord Earl immediately realized what the kingdom was facing.

Count Jacques did not speak any more, Brando no longer insisted, he patted the horse’s mane, so that the seated horse speeded up, so as to keep up with the white lion guards chasing in the valley. He knew in his heart that what he said today could only give these nobles a hint, and they would understand sooner or later how Eruin could survive. At that time, if there is still a stubborn generation, then don’t blame him for being ruthless.

The fate of the kingdom had already been given strong medicine in the battle of Ampersel, and then, it could only be slowly reversed.

Brando pursed his lips in silence. It was not in his heart that he did not want to make drastic reforms and gave the kingdom a new life, but the longer he came to this world, the more he understood the difficulties of this matter. The nobles have ruled the kingdom for too long, and the tradition has long been ingrained. What’s more, they do have their own good points. Although Eruin’s class has long been decayed in the long history, it still has the power to be underestimated. He may This power can be eradicated, but it will inevitably cause great harm to this ancient kingdom.

Most of his non-commissioned officers, such as Kaglisi, Antitina, Kuran, Merial, and even the White Lion Knight, are inextricably linked to the traditional nobles, whether they are from the royal party or Local faction, but they have more or less left the mark of conservativeness, and to completely eradicate all of this, it will inevitably hurt those around them. Even Princess Griffin might turn against him because of this. He knew in his heart that the Eruin that the princess wanted was not really a kingdom reborn in a ruin.

He didn’t want to–

“The opportunity has been handed over to you,” Brando said to himself: “As for whether you cherish it, it’s up to you.”

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Soon, the Lantonian knights came from the east of the river bank to join the White Lion Guard. The humans marched along the river valley and drove the undead army to flee south. By the evening, Vieiro and Lantonian The coalition with the Tonigels has actually completely wiped out most of the mercenaries of the undead lords from the Sea of Dead Moon. Most of the scattered corpses fled into the nearby forest. They will become a public security problem in this area in the next few months, but Brando and Kewen can no longer care about so much at this time. These problems are left to the Van Mill Legion to get a headache. The blood rod and its guards are mixed into the remaining half of the skeleton cavalry. At this time, the superiority of the undead begins to play a role again. The skeleton cavalry is not troubled by the force. In the long-distance march, the distance between the Lantonian cavalry and the Lantonian cavalry was gradually opened. Only the Ringsong Legion riding the Pegasus could catch up with these skeletal cavalry, but of course he could not do that.

Using a Tier 4 archer to deal with a skeleton warrior can also be said to be crushing, and using it to chase down a real cavalry is purely seeking death.

In this way, until night fell, the coalition finally lost the trace of the remaining undead cavalry. Ike jumped with anger, and Count Jacques’ subordinates also showed some pity, but it was the Vieiro’s. The commander had been utterly distracted throughout the day. Brando heard Cagliice say that he had sent a lot of messengers to the north, and suddenly understood in his heart that this Lord Earl had indeed sought advice from Grand Duke Viero. What he said during the day was not in vain. Next, let’s see what these nobles think. Although Madara’s information is hard to obtain, if they are really interested, it is not difficult to get the information he said. .

The nobles in history didn’t have this idea at all, but this time, they had a chance to react.

Brando was very indifferent to the escape of the blood rod. Let alone a knight of Cruz people waiting for it to hit it head-on, even if it was lucky to return to Madara, what good results would it have? Alvette, the banshee king, has been waiting for it a long time ago. As her majesty the emperor against Madara, she is a symbol of free will and self-esteem. The blood rod must die, and then how she will return to the mercury rod Below, that is another story.

Brando stood in the valley and admired the night in the Slovakian region. The sky became dark very quickly after entering early autumn. The day had not completely disappeared from the mountains, and there was a depression of night in the linden forest. This is the last period of time after the end of summer. The moon in the sky should be the proud sea of gold and the flawless Timis, but under rainy weather, only pitch black is left. The other side of the valley looks at the valley of the Silman area. Plain, he stared at the gurgling river in that direction, thinking that by this time the blood rod should have already encountered its last batch of enemies.

It’s just that Cruz’s young people will be like, he didn’t bother to take care of it. He privately arranged for Ke Wen to return to Silman Hills overnight to lead his people to replace the Knights of Folding Swords to clean the battlefield after the battle. He temporarily paid Don’t want to expose those Cruz people to the public’s sight, this time Tonigel exposed a lot of power in the battle, in order to let Madara temporarily rest for a while, but if you can hide it, try to hide it.

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(PS: Today I wrote this chapter from the idea to the writing. It took me almost 10 hours to write. I really don’t have the time and energy to write another chapter. I’ll let it go for the second update on Sunday. I’m really sorry. , And find time to make up, I hope you forgive me.)