What did you do with the dice?

When Rusalka heard the horn sounding the retreat, he also ordered the soldiers nearby to retreat back to the base camp.

Although it is a good thing to gain experience, is the combat effectiveness of this team really reasonable?

What he wanted to complain about most was that at the evening combat meeting, the two sons of the marquis, who had obviously rarely seen the battlefield, seemed quite satisfied with the battle situation. When several infantry commanders were just about to boast about the remarkable results and how the enemy was only barely surviving, making a last-ditch effort, they made the following summary speech:

"Well, our army has a huge advantage. It looks like we can take the city wall within three days."

Three days? !

Rusalka, who was cracking peanuts with Phoenix at the time, almost ate the peanut shells. Are you two really here to fight instead of traveling?

It took the El Empire more than a week to break through the walls of Mingyue City, which was heavily armed and heavily guarded, with complete and intact city defense facilities. After they retreated, it was unknown how long they attacked before turning to street fighting, but it was definitely no more than two weeks.

You gathered a large number of troops to attack a city whose defenses were almost useless, whose defenders were all battle-wounded and tired soldiers, and whose number was not even enough to cover the entire defense line. It took you three days?

To be honest, what you two did is no more outrageous than a programmer spending a week coding a "hello world". Are you commanding human infantry or goblins in a cave?

If Rusalka hadn't felt that it wasn't worth it for his army to sacrifice their lives for these good-for-nothings, he would have slammed the table and said, "Give me one day, and I can plant the Pearl Tears flag on the city wall."

Marquis Momola's son, Momola Mora, feigned deep contemplation, appearing experienced. He turned to Rusalka for her opinion, "Lord Pearl Tear, you've fought against the Aiel Empire's army before. What do you think of their resistance? Is this a trick?"

He clearly knew nothing, but he pretended to be very good at giving orders, which made Rusalka almost unable to control her expression and burst out laughing.

What he was thinking was: I think if the enemy's entire army is deployed on the city wall, and there are only more than a thousand wolf cavalry troops left, your rotten troops will not be able to attack the city, and it is not impossible for them to be chased out of the city and beaten.

Rusalka unnoticeably pushed the empty plate in her arms to the center of the table, then naturally took out a bowl of peanuts and placed it in front of her. She then said, "I don't know much about war, I only know how to fight. What do you think, Chief of Staff Sanita?"

Sanitta asked, "Have the magic cannons in the city been fired?"

A group of non-commissioned officers shook their heads.

Sanitta sighed, pushed aside the war chess pieces that had been arranged ostentatiously on the table, and placed a few around the Marquis's Mansion in the center of the city map. "It seems the City Lord's Mansion is in danger. At least the Filin Assassin has regained control of the clock tower. If you want to save Marquis Banner, you must speed up your attack."

The two marquis' sons exchanged a glance and simply replied, "We are also concerned about his safety, but as you can see, the resistance of the war-mongering Aiel Empire, where everyone is a soldier, is quite fierce. Of course, our troops will do their utmost to attack the city. I believe that the enemy defenders are already at the end of their strength and may collapse tomorrow."

The implication is actually to ask Rusalka not to interfere.

After the meeting, Sanitta told Rusalka about his suspicions: (If only the stupidest good-for-nothing in the world could be reborn as the Marquis's son, then the two of them must have other motives and are deliberately delaying the attack.

I have been observing the reserve troops in the rear these days, and I found that the reserve troops are much more elite than the front-line troops. There are even a large number of heavy armored infantry who have not been deployed to the front line. This is incredible. The heavy armored troops have the worst mobility. In theory, they should be the first troops to be deployed to the battlefield to attract firepower. There is no reason for them to be arranged on standby in the rear.

You can't say they both treat war like a game, fearing the loss of elite troops and the high cost of recruiting new ones, so they keep them hidden like a trump card, without using them?)

Rusalka nodded. He never had any objections. Although he said almost nothing and had no say in this combat meeting, at least he gained a lot - under his cover, Phoenix secretly hid a lot of peanuts in the shadow plane.

The more I ate this thing, the more delicious it became. When I got home, I called Phoenix to divide the spoils. It had to be at least 64:10.

After hearing Rusalka's report, Sanitta was almost fainted by anger, but then he thought that he was just stealing peanuts with Phoenix, and he didn't do anything outrageous on his own initiative, nor did he make outrageous remarks at the military meeting. Instead, it was a huge... improvement?

So your moral integrity has reached rock bottom, and no matter how you go forward it will be upward, is that what you mean?

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"What a pity! From now on, the Kingdom of Snidi has lost another loyal wizard."

The six-tailed fox priestess put away the parchment in her hand and sighed slightly as she looked at Marquis Banner, who was surrounded by ten warlocks and had no choice but to detonate his own magic circuit and die heroically.

With the ten Fox sorcerers working together and her as the leader, their speed and strength, whether setting up formations or casting curses, far exceeded that of the lone Marquis Banner. Even if he detonated his own magic power, the moment the fox witch poured the half-burned pot of liquid over him, the fate was already determined.

It couldn't be Marquis Banner's fault for not being prepared. After all, Fox warlocks were as rare as mages. No one would have thought that in an army with only more than 20,000 of them, which looked more like a suicide squad, there were actually ten warlocks in total.

If he had known this information in advance, he would never have been able to guard the mansion and would have found a way to escape long ago.

The El Empire had its reasons for bringing so many precious strategic units - because they needed to set up a teleportation spell to take people away as soon as possible.

Similar to the mage opening a space gate, or Esdi's sacred teleportation array, the El Empire also has its own means of long-distance fixed-point teleportation, but each has its own advantages and disadvantages.

The mage's is faster and more convenient, and can be used by one person. The disadvantage is that it becomes unstable as the number of people increases and is often a one-time operation.

The advantage of Esdi's teleportation array is its stability and large capacity, but its disadvantage is that it takes an extremely long time to set up, often calculated in months, and it requires the cooperation of at least several priests and patriarchs to maintain it in the long term.

The teleportation array of the El Empire has no advantages. If you want it to be fast and stable, you need a lot of manpower. But for a country like the El Empire with an endless stream of war arms, this means of individual teleportation is already its biggest advantage.

"Sir, we've found the secret room, but it seems to be cursed. Any physical contact will result in a fatal lightning strike. I'm afraid you'll need to break it yourself."

The six-tailed fox signaled the surrounding Fox sorcerers to follow, and said, "That's not a curse, it's magic. Lead the way."

Soon, they arrived at an underground wine cellar. After the soldiers moved all the wine barrels hidden inside out of the cellar, they could see a secret door with runes and electric light flashing on the wall blocked by the wine barrels.

Warlock Fox did not understand the structure and cracking methods of the magic engraved runes, and this rune, which took several grades to arrange and strengthen, itself had strong durability and power.

But that doesn't prevent them from relying on their numbers and the materials they carry with them to use the simplest and crudest method of magic impact to violently destroy its structure, causing its magic to dissipate and eventually become ineffective.

However, since this rune has the function of automatic counterattack, some simple protective arrangements are required.

The six-tailed fox said, "It will take at least a day to crack it."

The Doug soldier who was reporting nodded and said, "Understood, sir. We will buy you some time."

She said she was buying time, but in fact the six-tailed fox girl was stunned by the performance of Rusalka's army. She mistakenly thought that all human armies were so powerful, so she was overly worried.

At this moment, the support troops have not even climbed the city wall.

At this moment, Rusalka was having breakfast leisurely.

The order issued by the two marquis' sons was to reward the soldiers for their hard work and to let everyone have a full stomach before continuing to attack the city.

As for Rusalka's troops, they will eat the food together. As long as Rusalka makes the army obedient, there will be enough food so that the soldiers will not want to go into the city to eat.

Okay, as long as you are happy.

Rusalka poured milk into the tea and added some sugar to drink it as milk tea. These two marquis's sons were not good in any way, except that the food provided by the military logistics was good. This was the only advantage of them that Rusalka recognized.

Chapter 108 The Second Prince

Although the coalition forces' war quality was appallingly poor, Rusalka, who had been commanding the neighboring Esdi Paladin Corps and was used to eating fine food, was a little uncomfortable with the coarse grains for a while, but fortunately, the two commanders of the legion were not useless, and they took one more day to take down the city wall.

With the advantage of the city walls and the archers deployed, the wolf cavalry's charge could only injure one thousand enemies and eight hundred of their own... well, okay, maybe five hundred or four hundred, but no matter what, judging from the trend, the enemy army really couldn't hold this military camp area.

But they did not flee. Instead, they faithfully carried out their orders to hold their ground, shouting "God of War Krampus is above" and charging forward without hesitation until the last man was left, which greatly boosted the morale of the coalition forces.

This fearless spirit and strength led to the tacit approval of the two marquis' sons when Rusalka volunteered to take his brothers with him.

When we were the first to break the Rusalka non-proliferation agreement, the Wolf Riders met their nemesis. Without the support of warlocks, and without means against elite units like dragonborn and war weapons, Rusalka's only weakness was that they could not outrun them.

The huge weapon held in one hand or the aura emitted by his 20 points of charm made him stand out from the crowd. His iconicity was so strong that all enemies automatically avoided him when they saw him. As a result, he learned Zhao Zilong's seven ins and seven outs. Except for a few unlucky guys who bumped into his blade, the results of the battle were very bleak.

Rusalka: (Oh, God, these unsportsmanlike parasites, they are as disgusting as the lice on the homeless people who use the heaters in front of shops in winter, and they are as agile as Poland that suddenly disappears from the map every time there is a world war. If I were given a chance, I would definitely kiss their cute little heads with the tip of my sword.)

Sanita, who was surrounded by a large group of "bodyguards", was using the "mud swamp" magic remotely with the cooperation of his familiars, and the limbs of more than a dozen wolves were stuck in the soft mud and could not move.

The cavalry, having lost their agility, were quickly beheaded by the archers and the charging infantry as a trophy.

Since Sanita could create opportunities for everyone to easily gain military merit, more and more soldiers gathered around him and waited for him to cast magic to pick up heads.

The wolf riders certainly wanted to kill this annoying wizard, but the surrounding soldiers refused to retreat. They all stood still and hoped that the wolf riders would enter the casting range of the Sani Tower. After forming a human wall, the wolves would not be able to jump over them to deal with the Sani Tower.

As for archery or hidden weapons? Sani's Iron Tower was surrounded by three tower shield soldiers holding up their shields to block the attack. He also kept a small iron magic ball at his side, forming a perfect magic circle of protection. No matter where they were, anyone who could bring contribution to the team would be welcomed.

On the contrary, Rusalka's aggressive stance not only meant that there were no enemies around him, but even his friendly forces were afraid of getting hit by swords or boards if they got too close, so they didn't interact with him and made him play alone.

This made him even angrier, and he cursed, "I'm the flag bearer? Why is there 0 block when I use the skill?" "Why not just hold a blue, red and white flag?"

This outer city was captured at night, and the army officially entered this area in the early morning. Rusalka was not invited to attend the military meeting next door, so he did not take the initiative to go and cause trouble, and directly ordered a rest.

But he didn't sleep tonight. On the one hand, he didn't consume many resources in the battle, so he simply kept watch for Sanita who was taking a long rest; on the other hand, he was always ridiculed by Sanita for forgetting his wife when the battle started, so tonight he took the initiative to keep an eye on Phoenix and prevent her from running around.

Phoenix was also stared at by him and had no choice but to lie down on the bed and sleep in front of Rusalka since she couldn't run away.

The next day, when Sanitta woke up and opened the door of the lounge room where Rusalka and Phoenix were, the scene in front of him honestly shocked him a little.

There were peanut shells all over the floor, and Rusalka was staring at Phoenix motionlessly.

After briefly explaining the reason, Sanita frowned: (So, this is why you sat here motionless all night?)

Rusalka was still very proud: (Yes, I was worried that the wolf in front was feigning sleep to lure the enemy, so I directly chopped off the wolf's head with my knife.)

Sanita: (Speaking human language.)

(I was just afraid she'd pretend to be asleep and run away when I wasn't paying attention.) Rusalka thought for a moment and added: (Actually, I think she was just pretending to be asleep. When people fall asleep, their bodies usually move a few times unconsciously, but she didn't even move her tail all night.)

Sanita: (Then why don’t you ask her if she slept?)

Rusalka laughed: (Brother, is it possible that someone pretending to be asleep would reply to you that she is asleep? She must not have expected that I don’t need to sleep. I have been staring at her with my eyes open all night and can’t run away at all. She must be very uncomfortable. I will give her a small punishment for pretending to be asleep.)

Sanita: (You...are you trying to keep the eagle awake?)

Rusalka found Sanita's metaphor very vivid: (Phoenix has indeed been disobedient recently. She even lied about leaving the unit and acting alone, and was almost labeled a traitor. She should be given a hard time.)

Sanita wanted to say something, but couldn't find the right words. After thinking about it, he gave up and said, "Phoenix, wake up and get ready for action."

The black mist swallowed up Phoenix, and after half a minute, it "spit out" a fully armed Phoenix again, staring straight at Rusalka.

Rusalka, feeling a bit guilty, felt a bit embarrassed being stared at, so she turned her head and replied, "Why? Even though I know you're eager to seek revenge, the timing is not right now. You're not allowed to act alone today. We can talk about it at home, but we're at war now, so we can't relax. So this is a military order, please bear with it."

Having said that, Rusalka received an order from the Allied Forces but remained inactive.

This means that they don't need to participate in the street fighting that may happen next, and they can just stay where they are.

And the most amazing thing is that Rusalka didn't seem to be the first one to receive the news, but rather the last one. When the messenger told him this information, the soldiers were not in a state of combat readiness, but were handling their daily affairs freely, as if they were preparing to stay here for a few days.

It seems that someone had spread this information in Rusalka's army last night. That means they can have food to eat even without fighting. This is definitely good news for the soldiers, and everyone is happy to live a carefree life.

Even if Rusalka wanted to disobey orders and go to the front line, she had missed the best opportunity to assemble the troops.

As a result, I rested all day today, and until the evening, I didn't hear any orders requesting support from the front line.

Sanitieta frowned. "I don't understand what they're thinking. This doesn't seem reasonable to me. Are the nobles of the kingdom really that kind? They brought us along not only because they don't want us to be cannon fodder, but they don't even need us to contribute. They just want a share of the pie for the sake of status."

Rusalka didn't care. "That's good, it means there are still people in the world who understand my contribution value. Not all nobles are idiots. Besides, we have a meeting tonight. If you have any questions, just ask the all-knowing Theresa."

The meetings of the True God are always on time.

Every time I enter the conference room, I feel that this space is constantly improving itself. From the dark and gloomy hall at the beginning, it has now become an atmosphere similar to the boss room at the end of a dungeon. From the clean obsidian table, it is now decorated with flowers and various edible foods.

There were many elemental servants standing around, and you could ask them for anything you wanted - this was something Rusalka had tried out. He had only eaten while holding a meeting before, and at the end he asked, "Do you have any cookies?" Then the elemental servants brought him a bowl of steaming chocolate chips and baked cookies, which tasted similar to Cheez-Its.

This actually surprised Rusalka and Sanitta, because chocolate did not exist in the Kingdom of Snidi and the Kingdom of Esdi. However, when they thought about the fact that this was the realm of gods, and on the other hand, it did not mean that chocolate did not exist in other places, and they had eaten chocolate before, they were not too surprised.

Rusalka: It doesn’t taste as good as the one made by Phoenix.

Today's meeting was mainly about discussing recent major events and then executing some transactions. Rusalka had gradually mastered the art of trading from being a novice, and had frequently exchanged equipment dropped by opponents on the battlefield for a lot of spellcasting materials for Sanita. Today, he hoped to use some enchanted items and magic scrolls on hand to trade for an excellent weapon.

"Only heavy weapons will be considered, with greatswords being the priority."

Libra asked, "Where are the evil soldiers who come with their own curses?"

Considering the beliefs corresponding to Libra, a sentence popped up in Rusalka's mind: Are you looking for someone to take over the non-performing assets and foreclosed houses?

Rusalka decisively rejected this thing that sounded like a scam: "Forget it, something ordinary will do."

Capricorn: "I can forge you a high-quality weapon, but I have conditions."

Rusalka didn't want to trade with him, so she found an excuse: "Can you withstand the Dragon Heart Explosion?"

Capricorn: "That will cost more. Mr. Gemini, please reconsider the previous conditions."

You're truly a master craftsman, huh? Too bad Mr. Sa won't let me talk to you.

Rusalka shrugged in disbelief.

Theresa: "I know what Gemini wants. I have a replica of the Ash Blade in my room. I can trade it with you."

Rusalka was very happy: (My little wife still understands me.)

Sanita sighed: (The deal isn't even done yet, and you're already going crazy and popping champagne? Listen to the additional conditions.)

Rusalka snorted softly: (How can you be so confident that she has additional conditions? Are you a mistress or something?)

Theresa: "But I also have a condition."

Rusalka was shocked: (Brother, are you really that serious?)

Sanita: (You're crazy! If she didn't have the conditions, why didn't she just give you something in exchange?)

Rusalka: "Go ahead."

Theresa: "I don't want any of these things of yours. I want to buy your position once."

Rusalka: (Force field? What kind of force field? AT force field or force wall? Or the 1d4+1 force damage from magic missile?)

Sanita: (Silly dog, it’s a stance!)

Rusalka, not knowing how this thing sold, asked curiously, "Stand? How much does this cost?"

Theresa: "It's hard to say. For example, if you encounter a problem with me in the future and need to remain neutral, I will use this number of times to buy your help once."