Lord of War

The environment of the sighing forest has always seemed unusually monotonous.

Although this place is called a forest, there is no canopy that is dense enough to cover the sky and the sun. Basically, all the trees are completely withered or in a withered state. Occasionally, a few trees with a little greenness are rare. But what is incomprehensible is that the density of trees in this forest is very high, which seems a bit counterintuitive. But no matter when, where, and in what position, if you look up at the sky from the Forest of Sighs, you will only see a gray area, as if there is a huge enchantment covering the forest.

There is a simple camp by a river in the eastern part of the Forest of Moans.

The location of the camp was not bad, the ground level was slightly higher than the surrounding terrain, and it was far away from the wet grassland, mud, and sewage with heavy moisture. This was considered a rare piece of pure land in the Forest of Sighs.

There are almost no fortifications in this camp—not to mention wooden fences or log walls built around the camp, not even a sentry tower. Although there is a lot of wood in the Sighing Forest, which can be seen almost everywhere, the dead wood itself becomes very brittle, and it is basically impossible to use it as a raw material for fortifications. Moreover, the entire forest is eroded and desecrated by the magic power of the undead. It is extremely serious, even if the defense function is ignored, it is very likely to affect and infect the people in the camp.

After weighing the pros and cons of many parties, the leader of the camp finally decided to abandon the construction of fortifications, but to adopt more tiring multi-position and multi-shift shifts.

In fact, it's not that these people are brave enough to play the survival challenge in the Forest of Sighs, but that they have to rest here. Because within a week or so of entering the Forest of Sighing, their losses have completely exceeded their imagination and the limit they can bear, which is seriously inconsistent with their initial assumptions. It's a pity that when they realized the critical situation, they had already lost the chance to leave the Forest of Sighs, and could only continue to choose to cross the forest.

However, as the attacks of the undead army became more and more violent in the past two days, this special operations force finally reached the state where it had to stop and rest.

In a tent in this camp, a young man in armor slammed the ground fiercely with his hand. Even though he didn't use the power of grudge, it was purely a venting action, but the young man still punched a fist on the ground, one can imagine how powerful this young man is.

The armor on the young man's body was covered with traces of sword slashing, besides, there were a lot of black bloodstains and scorched marks. Judging from these traces, it is not difficult to guess what kind of brutal battle this young man has experienced, but what is really shocking is that the bloody aura emanating from this young man is enough to show that this is a trampling A strong man who has entered the legendary realm, so what kind of battle and enemy can leave these battle marks on a fully armed legendary strong man?

Looking at the angry look of this young man, another middle-aged man who was also a legendary powerhouse said in a deep voice, "Please restrain your emotions, Marquis Eugenlis."

"Hmph!" The young man named Eugene Lis snorted coldly, obviously not showing much respect for the middle-aged man, "When we first encountered those powerful undead knights, you You should listen to my advice and give up continuing to cross the Forest of Sighing, otherwise you won’t be in the situation you are in today.... More than four hundred brothers were buried here! And even after death, their souls and Neither can the corpse rest in peace!... Magellan, you will pay for this!"

"Of course I will pay the price for it." The middle-aged man said in a deep voice,

The expression on his face was as serious as a knife was cut, "If we can still leave this forest alive, I will resign from Your Majesty and resign as the head of the Dark Curtain Army."

"Hmph!" Eugenis snorted coldly, still dissatisfied.

"But before that!" The middle-aged legendary powerhouse named Magellan glanced at Eugene Riss, and then said coldly, "You were sent by His Majesty the Emperor to assist me, so after I step down as regiment leader Before, you had to obey my orders and command, Marquis Eugenlis... In addition, if you hadn’t underestimated the enemy during the second battle, combining our strengths would not allow those undead knights to break through the line of defense , Start fighting in our own formation."

Magellan didn't know that those formations that could break through the two of them's defenses and go straight into the Dark Mantle Legion were not powerful undead knights, but abyssal death knights. If he had known from the beginning that these powerful undead creatures were up to the eleventh rank, Magellan would never have chosen to continue advancing in the Forest of Sighs. It's just that knowing and knowing are no longer important, because they have no turning back.

Listening to Magellan's criticism, Eugenlis had an extremely angry expression on his face, which was a look of anger turned from embarrassment. It's just that in the end, he didn't open his mouth to refute. After all, to become a strong man in the legendary realm, he is stronger than others in terms of self-control and awareness, etc. At least they can still understand the mistakes and omissions they made. Those who face up to and admit it will not choose to deny or shirk responsibility like ordinary people.

"How long are we going to rest here?" Eugene asked in a deep voice.

"It will be tomorrow morning at the latest." Magellan hesitated for a moment, and then he said, "The soldiers are very tired from the day and night fighting. If we go on the road now, at least half of the people will be left behind .And we have only passed through half of the Forest of Sighs so far, if we continue to experience attrition..."

Magellan did not finish what he said later, but the meaning has been expressed very clearly.

"But if this is the case, our supplies are completely insufficient." Eugenlis hesitated for a moment, and then he said, his eyes looked particularly helpless, "I thought that if we were close to the stream, at least drinking water would be safe. But I didn't expect that the entire stream had been desecrated and corrupted. Moreover, there were no living things in the forest, and even the most basic self-sufficiency could not be achieved at all, and our remaining supplies could barely sustain us for five days... ..."

"That's why we decided to implement food control." Magellan said in a deep voice, "With the strength of the two of us, it doesn't matter if we don't eat for a day or two, but the soldiers can't do it. So I suggest that the two of us Human food is distributed to other soldiers to ensure that they can maintain a certain level of combat effectiveness."

"I have no objection." Eugenlis also knew that this is the only best way at the moment, "It's just that I really don't understand why you insisted on crossing the Forest of Sighing, Mr. Magellan. We have many choices. And if According to the original plan..."

Before Eugenlis finished speaking, Magellan had already spoken: "Because we are being targeted.... The Marquis of Antas intercepted our news from nowhere, so he prepared a big gift for us on the way. Do you know why the rebel army was defeated? That is because they put Baoquan here, which led to their empty defense line, and His Majesty seized the opportunity to counterattack. But, you have to know..."

"Once they successfully intercept our research results, even if the rebel army in the empire is completely defeated, they will be able to turn defeat into victory." Eugenis said in a deep voice, and took over the topic, "That damn poisonous snake! It is said that he is with the rebel party, but His Majesty the Emperor did not pursue his responsibility at all!"

"There is no evidence." Magellan sighed softly, "Even if we all know, how can we do it? Antas, the Marquis of the Demon Snake, is very shrewd, and the power under his command should not be underestimated, not to mention the three legendary strongmen under his command. Or, the Viper Legion and the Boa Constrictor Legion are not much inferior to the Imperial Ace Legion. If it weren't for His Majesty's deliberate suppression, he would have been awarded the title of Duke of Strength long ago.... So before there is insufficient evidence, His Majesty will not I don't want to tear myself apart with him."

"Hmph, is he just allowed to continue supporting the rebel army?"

"It won't be too long." Magellan said in a deep voice, "as long as all these rebels are dealt with, the old snake nesting in the cave will be dead. Of course, the old snake must be fully aware of its future. That's why we can't wait so much...It's also because of this that it's even more impossible for us to let them get this research report. Otherwise, it will be too late."

"I will do my best to cooperate with you, Earl Magellan." Eugenlis said in a deep voice, and at the same time stood up and performed an internal military salute that only belonged to the Dark Mantle Legion, "For Your Majesty! I am willing to use my flesh and blood to make Your Majesty eternal Albert! Shadows are immortal!"

"For Your Majesty! I am willing to use our flesh and blood to forge His Majesty's eternal greatness! The shadow is immortal!" Magellan also stood up and saluted Eugenlis.

As a special operations force directly under the Emperor of the Millennium Covenant Empire, Shadow Sanctions is divided into two parts.

One is the Dark Curtain Legion, the other is the Shadow Army, and the combination of the two is the Shadow. They are specially responsible for solving some special affairs that the emperor is inconvenient to come forward, or cannot dispatch troops from the military department, and some special affairs that cannot be announced. No one knows it exists.

The Dark Curtain Legion is a standard legion training and configuration mode, and its combat power standard is stronger than that of the general seventh-level legion, because these soldiers are selected from the elite legion of the empire, and they undergo more rigorous and cruel knight training , and finally be able to become a qualified dark curtain soldier, of course, it is also possible to call it a dark curtain knight. However, due to various factors and conditions, it is already the limit for this legion to reach this level.

Being able to serve as the commander of a seventh-level legion, Magellan's strength is naturally beyond doubt. It can even be said that with his legendary strength as the head of this legion, he is considered a bit overqualified. However, as the exclusive secret private army of the emperor of the Millennium Covenant Empire, only this strength can be worthy of it.

As for the shadow force, this is a force responsible for intelligence collection and performing some other special tasks including assassination, diplomacy, and escort. The members of the army are basically retained after layers of screening and rigorous training. Although the composition of the members is extremely complicated, their strength is unquestionable. Even the lowest strength has the strength of high-ranking gold.

Eugenlis, even in the shadow army, can be regarded as a top-ranking powerhouse, especially his rich actual combat experience and skills, which makes him far more dangerous than his ranking in the ranking battle.

Leading the team by two legendary strong men who are extremely good at fighting, plus an escort team composed of seventh-level legionnaires from the strong combat unit, this lineup can no longer be called luxurious, but should be called terrifying. This is also the real reason why Magellan dared to take the Sighing Forest at first, because he knew that those rebel parties came with an attitude of breaking the boat, and it was completely impossible for them to reach their destination smoothly.

Although the Sighing Forest is dangerous, if it is only acting on the edge, then even if there is danger, it will not be dangerous. And if those large armies dare to pursue them, they can also use the terrain complexity of the Forest of Sighs to throw away all their opponents, and even use the undead creatures in the Forest of Sighs to avoid the enemy. And most importantly, their enemies don't know their destination, as long as they survive the most dangerous sections and cross the Forest of Sighs, they will be safe.

But I didn't expect that the itinerary was relatively smooth at the beginning, but I encountered a terrible blow on the third day. After that, as if the goddess of luck chose to leave them because she spurned this dark place, a large number of high-level undead that should only be encountered in the depths emerged one after another, killing their army in just four days. Completely maimed, although this made the remaining soldiers of the Dark Curtain Legion more elite and extraordinary to a large extent, but if they couldn't leave the forest alive, everything would be meaningless.

...

At the same time that Magellan and Eugene Reese ended the conversation, Cecilia and others also arrived near the legion.

In order to better ensure the combat effectiveness of the Dark Mantle Legion, Eugene Ris and Magellan both cut down all the dead trees near the camp, exposing a large open space. Although this provides great convenience for those abyssal death knights who are troublesome to them, it also provides enough fighting space for their own side. The fighting power of the army will not be weak, on the contrary, the fighting power of the dark mantle army has been forced to decline.

At this time, Cecilia and the others stood about five or six hundred meters away from the camp and observed.

Originally, both Cecilia and Angel advocated getting closer, but they were stopped by Kozilek. He is very clear that if he gets closer, he will definitely be discovered by the people in the opponent's camp, and in the current situation of lack of observation and intelligence, Cecilia does not want to act so quickly, so naturally he cannot let the opponent discover his side first This is why Kozilek stopped Cecilia and the others from approaching.

And after going through extremely difficult negotiations, Cecilia and the others finally understood what Kozilek meant.

However, if we observe at this distance, we can't get too much information and clues, and even the layout of the local camp defense line cannot be seen clearly. The only information that Cecilia and the others possessed was the information that Lake recorded on the bone fragments. It was only because of the previous relationship with Lake that Cecilia did not trust the information provided by Lake. She even He couldn't understand why Lake would tell himself this information.

And out of common sense understanding of liches, Cecilia thought that this must be a trap set by the old lich, Reike. If she and others rush in rashly, I'm afraid they will fall into the hands of Lake's conspiracy, so Cecilia decided to observe for a while before considering and planning.

It's just that she didn't know that the scene where she and others were so cautious also fell into the eyes of a crow standing on the treetop behind them.

And through the eyes of this crow, Lake, who was looking at the crystal ball, let out a strange laugh: "Sensible, alert, and a heart that will never trust others easily... Sure enough, you are the best!" Yes, but unfortunately..."

The old lich murmured, regretful emotions were revealed in the fluctuations of his soul, and he didn't know what he was regretting, what he was regretting. ╰╮Take Tianwang@ (to be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)