Mage Veigar

Chapter 76 Surrender?

Vega realized something was wrong.

A cold feeling of uneasiness spread from the soles of my feet to my heart.

He quickly said to the battalion commander, Rones: "Captain Rones, please destroy the sentry tower and retreat as soon as possible."

"Lieutenant Vega, please be patient."

Roans chuckled: "Although we don't have much time left, we can still afford to waste a few hours. After we check the entire sentry tower, it won't be too late to retreat."

"Yes, Lieutenant Vega."

Larba echoed: "What if the Royal Army left behind some important intelligence?"

The 5th Battalion Commander ignored Vega's advice and said, "Retreat in half an hour. Now check the sentry tower. That's it."

The order had been given, and Vega could only sigh.

After all, Rones had been able to achieve victory with many ridiculous orders, so it was impossible for him to make a mistake in the last normal order. The mission had already reached its end...

"Report."

A soldier suddenly rushed in.

He saw that the battalion commander, Roanes, seemed to have found his backbone: "Battalion commander, something bad has happened..."

"What's the matter? Tell me slowly."

The soldier quickly steadied his breath and said, "We have discovered that a large number of Kingdom troops are approaching from all sides. There are about 1000 of them. They have now entered the alert distance and will arrive here in a few minutes."

"W-what?"

Roans' face turned pale. "How is this possible? How could they mobilize so many people to reinforce here in such a short time? It would take at least a day to mobilize 1000 troops to the rear."

Wow.

Rhodes hurriedly pushed everyone aside and walked out of the sentry tower gate first.

All people see is.

The 1000-strong Kingdom Army was divided into five groups and moved towards the sentry tower from all directions. They were well-armed, in high morale, and wearing combat uniforms that were only provided to the core troops. It was obvious that they had no good intentions.

"retreat!"

"Retreat immediately!"

Rhones almost roared, and even his voice became hoarse because of the roar.

Although the order was given, no one moved.

Like a crazy gambler, Reunion grabbed the collar of a soldier next to him and said, "Retreat! Didn't you hear my order? I told you to retreat immediately!"

"Battalion Commander, I, I..." The soldier was panicked and didn't know how to answer.

Zieglin stepped forward and said, "Captain, please calm down. Our retreat has been cut off by the Kingdom Army. We have no way out now. We are... surrounded."

Rhodes sat down on the ground.

He finally accepted the reality, muttering to himself, "Why did the Kingdom Army know our whereabouts? Why?"

"232 Company, prepare for battle."

Vega ignored Rones and gave orders to the company.

Why was his whereabouts known?
Is there any need to ask this question? If we had not followed the so-called principle of proximity and if we had followed his plan, with the mobility of the guerrilla forces, how could the Kingdom Army have caught hold of the law and set up an ambush here?

If Vega guessed correctly.

The Kingdom Army went through so much trouble, acting and abandoning buildings, simply to make them let down their guard. Their real target was not the guerrilla forces, but the three professionals here.

In other words.

Veigar has no way out.

All he can do now is prepare to break out.

As long as there aren't many professionals among the Kingdom's thousand-man army, he may still be able to break out...

Time passed in a flash. The Royal Army was already facing them from a distance of a hundred meters.

The leader was an ordinary officer with the rank of captain, and he was accompanied by a level 5 trainee professional. Vega had encountered this professional at the first mission target.

It was obvious that the ordinary officer was the commander of this unit.

"Cough cough cough..."

The commander coughed several times and seemed to be ill. "Nice to meet you all. I am Du Swell."

Vega and the others did not speak.

The entire battalion has raised their weapons and is on alert.

However, the soldiers of the 5th Battalion were shaking even with their hands holding their weapons, and they had no morale at all. If the battle started, they would be wiped out in a few minutes.

it's here.

The only soldiers who were still capable of fighting were probably those from the 232nd Company.

But 160 soldiers against 1000 soldiers seems a bit stretched, and the chance of a turnaround is less than one in ten thousand.

Come back?

Vega had never imagined such a thing.

He looked towards the Kingdom Army’s troops: “1, 2, 3…7.”

7 professionals.

One is level 5, one is level 4, two are level 3, and three are level 2.

This discovery made Vega gasp.

A level 5 apprentice professional is itself a big problem that cannot be solved, not to mention there are 6 more apprentice professionals. If they attack together, even with the Mage's Shield, I will probably be killed instantly.

It seems that he can't escape from here by himself.

Vega looked at Larba and Sieglin. As long as these two were working together, there might be a glimmer of hope. Although this hope might be so small that it could be ignored, the other party clearly wanted to kill the professional. Would he be waiting to die if he didn't struggle?

but.

At this time, Ziglin and Larba had no morale at all.

They were listless, as if they knew there was no hope for survival, and they didn't even have the thought of struggling.

It’s already this time. If I don’t struggle now, will I have to wait until I die before struggling?

Vega didn't understand why the people of the 5th Battalion had no fighting spirit. Logically speaking, being forced to this point, they should have burst out with the courage to fight to the death. Killing one would not be a loss, and killing two would be a profit.

bang bang bang-

As Vega finished his thought, he discovered that the soldiers of the 5th Battalion had dropped their weapons without permission.

Kneel down and surrender.

The soldiers of the 5th Battalion did something that he couldn't believe.

Vega didn't know that this was the 5th Battalion, a cannon fodder unit. Facing the threat of death, they were not prepared to die heroically. In guerrilla missions, once surrounded, the first thing they thought of was not how to resist, but to kneel down and surrender.

Even after being redeemed by the empire, the captive's mark will make them be treated differently for the rest of their lives, and even make them live under everyone's strange gazes all day long, but that is better than losing their lives, and no one wants to die.

Surrender before fighting.

The only ones still standing on the field were soldiers from the 232nd Company and the Royal Army.

At times like this, even cannon fodder can have a certain role. Vega looked at the commander of the 5th Battalion, Ronce. At this time, only he, as the commander, could regroup and rekindle the morale of all the soldiers in the 5th Battalion.

"Surrender, surrender, we surrender."

5. Battalion Commander Reuns slowly knelt down under Vega's surprised gaze.

Kneeling down with him were two other professionals, Larba and Zigrin.

(End of this chapter)