Lord of War

"The situation of this war has dragged on for a long time."

In the combat conference room, William's face looked haggard, not as energetic as before.

Sitting around the conference table were the generals who were in charge of attacking the Taurus Fortress. Of course, there were not many humans, and they were basically all orcs, half-orcs, and elves. The barbarian chiefs dared to go into battle, but when it comes to discussing tactics with them, it is really a very ridiculous behavior. So William's way of dealing with these people is to tell them when to do what, and the result is surprisingly good.

The people present didn't quite understand William's words, so they didn't open their mouths to express any thoughts or opinions.

A few days ago, they tried to advance the front line, but they were stopped by Alexis before advancing one kilometer.

Alixis and Kozilek felt that powerful fluctuation of power from a long distance apart, and if they went any further, some less optimistic things might happen. In this regard, William had no choice but to choose to give up. After all, with the strength he has now, if he relies on death-death tactics to push forward, it may not be enough for the opponent to consume.

You know, the Chinese Empire also stopped at this fortress back then.

As for the plan of the underground passage, the current situation is quite difficult.

The Taurus Fortress has engraved a large-scale stabilizing magic, which strengthens the entire fortress and the surrounding kilometers of the ground and the depth of 500 meters underground. Although this point is not impossible to crack, it will take a very long time. It is far from a problem that can be overcome in a short period of time. At least it will take one or two months to dig out such a passage. But in this process, once it is discovered, the consequences can be imagined.

"According to the news from the Void Realm, the fascist kingdom seems to be completely unable to resist the pressing forces of the Chinas Empire. It is estimated that the whole line will collapse within three months at the most, and in the end only the Taurus Fortress will be left. The only line of defense has been laid out." William said in a deep voice, and then put the report in his hand on the conference table. Distribute it to others, even if only a small number of people can understand it. But we still have to do our best to respect William. "At that time, if we want to take the big profits, it will be completely impossible."

"That's not a big loss." Someone said, it was a half-orc, who came to the meeting on behalf of a large tribe of barbarians in the wild land, "Anyway, our loss is not big, and it is definitely impossible for this kingdom to continue. It exists. Now it is a victory for us."

William sighed helplessly.

Because the Taurus Fortress has been unable to approach, it can only carry out some sweeps and looting around this line of defense. As far as the results of the battle are concerned, the Void Principality’s harvest this time is not small, so it also made the wild tribes who participated in the war feel satisfied for a while, so naturally they have no intention to gnaw at Tolu Fortress this tough bone.

As for Alexis and Kozilek going into battle, they can only block the magic crystal cannon's bombardment once at most, but the next third cannon will definitely cause them to lose one of them. This loss was not something William could bear, because he knew very well that the most critical point for the Duchy of the Void to truly become an empire and gain a firm foothold lies in the three superpowers under Sean's command.

If not for these superpowers. Then even if you can accumulate enough foundation, it will not help. On the contrary, because the Void Principality is big enough, it will attract more wolves to look around.

The first to bear the brunt must be the Millennium Covenant Empire and the Chinas Empire—William is very clear about the mentality of these empires. The so-called cooperation now is only based on the unwillingness to bear too much loss, but once the Duchy of the Void has nothing to do Showing the unique strength of the empire, the Qinas Empire would definitely not mind taking a bite.

Even if Jason, the God of War, could be trusted, those high-level officials of the Eastern First Empire would definitely not let it go.

In addition to this, there is the most important point, William has no way to tell the people of these wild tribes.

That is the aura.

If the Principality of the Void wants to be directly upgraded to an empire, it needs a little bit less energy. And this. Only after breaking through the Taurus Fortress can we get a perfect supplement - if it wasn't for the Taurus Fortress to block William's way

. He didn't want to chew on this difficult bone at all. Unless he is given more troops or more time, he will be able to completely conquer this fortress.

But unfortunately. What he lacks most now are these two things.

Because of the opening of the four battlefields, the Void Principality is not only stretched in terms of military strength, but even the guarantee of logistics lines has become a major problem. William even felt that if he was a general of the Kingdom of Ryan, he would definitely lead his troops to raid the Void City at this time, and even occupy all the territory of the Void Principality outside the Fortress of the Gap, completely cutting off the forces of the various armies of the Void Principality. logistics.

William mentioned concerns about this in his letter to Neil, but he only raised it slightly. Because apart from Sean and William, no one knows that Neil is not only good at internal affairs, but also has a terrifying talent and vision in military affairs. After all, William can be regarded as an apprentice taught by Neil.

But now, these are not things he should be concerned about. The most important thing for him now is to take down the Taurus Fortress as soon as possible.

So soon, William began to issue new combat orders during this temporary combat meeting.

In fact, these combat orders are still just a simple old formula: implement a military blockade on several main roads around the Taurus Fortress to ensure that no supplies can be transported into the Taurus Fortress. Then they still plundered the surrounding cities and villages, and stopped all killings before the lives of soldiers of their own troops were endangered. After all, after the establishment of the Void Empire, a large labor population was needed, and these prisoners of war would be the source of labor for the Void Empire in the future.

Although Xiao En banned slave trade and slavery, the punishment for prisoners of war was no different from that of other countries on the mainland. It only canceled the slave treatment of captives, but the point of non-free people remained unchanged. It's just that if these prisoners of war work hard enough, they can still regain their status as free citizens by virtue of their own abilities, and once they change from prisoners of war to free citizens, they can also get some preferential treatment in policies.

Since the start of the war against the Fascist Kingdom. Apart from the massacre tactics that were carried out in order to involve the defense network at the beginning, the Duchy of the Void has already looted millions of people in more than a dozen territories of the Fascist Kingdom. These people were continuously transported into the barren land through logistics routes, and were used as labor force to participate in the construction of various cities, fortresses, and defensive strongholds in the barren land.

This is the strategic plan constructed by Hela, Neil, and William: to accelerate the growth of the Void Empire through war.

Although this requires a considerable part of the manpower to take care of the prisoners of war and prevent rebellion. But now that this plan is gradually on track, the construction speed of the Void Empire has obviously accelerated a lot. In particular, the source of soldiers has also been supplemented to a considerable extent. Although there is still a long way to go to become a real soldier and an elite force, a complete reserve force mechanism has been completely established.

As long as this series of wars is settled, the Principality of the Void will only need a short period of time to develop, and it will be able to become a truly powerful empire comparable to the five ancient empires.

No matter who it is, they know that the Principality of the Void must not be allowed to pass this time. However, under the conspiracy tactics of William, Hela and others, no one can stop it at all, because the two empires that are closest to the Duchy of the Void and most threatening to the Duchy of the Void are having their own troubles at this time, and the surrounding small At most, the country can only make the current Void Principality feel a little troublesome. But this level of trouble is not even tricky.

It can even be said that the reason for the trouble is purely because the timing of these jumping clowns to find trouble is too good. If it weren't for the fact that the three main forces of the Void Principality were held back by the Fascist Kingdom, the Army of the Undead, and the Southern Allied Forces, there would be no reason for the Kingdom of Ryan, the United Nations of the Karosa Tribes, and the Kingdom of Robin Knights to come out and make trouble.

Just as William issued a new strategic planning order, the curtain of the combat meeting room was suddenly and violently opened.

A gloomy cold wind hit from outside the tent, and the temperature inside the tent suddenly dropped by more than ten degrees.

This low temperature is not a normal seasonal temperature, but almost turned into a murderous aura.

Several guards hiding the protective tent immediately appeared from everywhere, including a former peace council executive who was tamed by Xiao En.

But when these people saw that the intruder was Alexis, they were immediately stunned.

"You all leave first." William frowned.

He knew the identity of Alexis. Even he must maintain enough respect for this super strong man. However, he was very clear that Alexis would never interfere in any of his military operations, on the contrary, if it was his own request. Alexis and Kozilek will also cooperate as much as possible. At this moment, knowing that they were holding a combat meeting and breaking in here without any notification, it proved that Alexis must have something urgent.

After hearing William's words, everyone in the camp stood up and saluted, and then left one by one.

After everyone left, Alexis said, "I'm going to leave for a while."

"Leave?" William was really stunned this time, "Has Sean encountered any trouble?"

Alexis, Kozilek, Ulamog, and Nolo are all Xiao En's attendants, William is very clear about this, although he doesn't know where Sean found these three superpowers , but this is not something he needs to consider. As the Principality of the Void. Even the future military commander of the Void Empire, what he has to do now is to take down the Taurus Fortress. Before that, Alexis and Kozilek would not leave.

But now, Alexis came to tell him. She has to leave here for a while, so William has already thought of the only answer.

Except that Sean is in trouble, there is no second possibility.

"I don't know." Alexis shook her head. "According to the news from Ulamog, Sean seems to have fought someone and then something happened. Ulamog was supposed to drive there, but now he There was an accident in the responsible matter, so he couldn't get out for the time being."

"What about the Chaos Portal?" William was also a little anxious.

"No." Alexis shook his head, "We can't contact Sean for the time being, so Ulamog can't pinpoint the exact location. Kozilek is not suitable for this mission, so I can only rush to the scene of the incident to check ...But you can rest assured that with Kozilek staying here, your plan can still be carried out. If the situation here is critical, you can send me a message through Kozilek, I have already told him."

"I don't need to worry here, you'd better set off to find Sean as soon as possible." William heard Alexis say that Sean could not be contacted for the time being. Only then did he realize the seriousness of the problem, "No matter what, Sean must be found."

Alexis glanced at William in surprise, but she nodded anyway: "I'll do the same without you telling me."

After finishing speaking, Alexis immediately turned around and left, directly flying towards the accident site that Ulamog sent the message from.

...

At the same time, Nolo also approached Hela at a mountain peak in the wild land.

However, unlike Alexis' slightly tactful way of expression, Nolo spoke straightforwardly: "Master Xiao En has an accident.

. Including me, everyone who signed a soul contract with Sean. I couldn't even get in touch with Mr. Xiao En, and I don't know the specific situation. "

"Has something happened to Sean?" Hela was originally looking at the terrain ahead, preparing to arrange the battlefield, but at this moment when she heard Nolo's blockbuster, she was also completely shocked, "What's going on? Why did I Haven't heard any news from William and Neil?"

"Because it happened not long ago." Nolo said in a deep voice, "This news was sent by Mr. Ulamog, and I really couldn't contact Mr. Sean. After I have repeatedly confirmed, I just came here to look for you. Miss Alexis has already set off to the place where the incident happened. I can only wait for Miss Alexis to notify you of the specific situation. As it is now, I don’t think it’s time to continue to launch War is the appropriate choice."

"No." Hela was silent for a while, and then shook her head, "Xiao En's situation is unclear now. We have to put on an offensive posture. If we shrink our troops or retreat now, then people will realize If there are problems within the principality, then the result will be even more troublesome. I believe William will definitely make the same choice, after all, the situation he needs to face will be more dangerous than ours."

"Then according to what you mean, we are going to end the war as soon as possible?" Nolo asked.

"Yes." Hela nodded, "Fortunately, the situation on my side has been well controlled, and the enemy is also stepping into the ambush circle as I expected, and I can close the net in half a month at the latest Yes. But it may take a month to a month and a half until the situation is completely stabilized. But during this period of time, I don’t need to do everything myself. In terms of military strength, I can also provide support to other battlefields. Quickly end wars elsewhere."

Nolo hesitated for a moment, then told him intuitively. The most appropriate method right now is not to continue the war to expand the territory of the Principality of the Void, nor even continue to implement the imperial plan, but to maintain the stability and cohesion within the Principality. Because what happened to Sean this time made him realize something very bad, and this feeling was something he had never experienced before, so he was so worried.

Unlike the abilities obtained by Alexis, Kozilek, Ulamog, etc. when they were promoted to legend, the ability Noro obtained when he was promoted to legend is legendary perception. This is a very mysterious and special legendary ability, which is somewhat similar to the sixth sense, or the ability to predict the future. Although the picture of the future cannot be clearly seen, this sixth sense can play Some very crucial roles.

It was precisely because of his ability that at his strong request, Alexis decided to go to the place where Sean's accident happened to check.

After all, Sean caused quite a lot of troubles, not once or twice when encountering a crisis, people like Alexis, Kozilek, Nolo and others have long been used to it. Only this time, Nolo felt really bad.

However, he was able to convince Alexis and Ulamoa that it was because they both had a common origin.

But Hela is different. She only knows that Nolo is an old minister of the Sean family, but she doesn't know Nolo's true identity.

This made Nolo very distressed, and he really didn't have enough reasons and evidence to convince Hela. In particular, Hela's strategic plan has entered the final stage. Now that this plan has reached the critical point of success, it is obviously unrealistic to ask Hela to give up.

...

At the same time, Ulamog also had a solemn expression in Garrod Fortress.

After he obeyed Sean's arrangement and came here to help Simi clean up the rebels, he has always been smiling and kind. Although his strength is very strong. In the Principality of Garrod, there is no opponent who can compete with him, but the enemy he wants to deal with is like a mouse, which makes him feel extremely annoying, because these rebels simply don't confront the army of the Principality of Garrod directly.

. Instead, they fired a single shot in the east and fired a shot in the west, making the army of the Principality of Garrod tired of coping.

In this situation. Even though Ulamog is powerful and terrifying, there is still a bit of helplessness that a clever woman can't live without.

Before Sean's accident, Ulamog had always maintained a nonchalant attitude, treating this mission as a rare leisure experience. At the same time, it also just allows him to quickly integrate into the system of this world, and understand the relevant information and history of the entire plane, etc.

However, after feeling the message from the Voidfang, Ulamog couldn't calm down. He tried to contact Sean immediately, but the result was that the soul connection channel was closed. He simply couldn't get in touch with Sean, let alone get precise coordinates.

Aware of the seriousness of the matter, Ulamog immediately contacted Alexis and Nolo, and after Nolo's strong request, Ulamog agreed to let Alexis immediately Rush to the scene of the incident to check the situation. He had already let the Fang of the Void wait for Alexis there, and it was also to protect Elizabeth who was in a weak state. After all, there are many people who still want Elizabeth's head.

However, after this kind of incident, Ulamog completely lost his relaxed state of mind.

At this time, in Garrod Fortress, Ulamog had asked someone to help clear a large area, and he carved a huge magic circle on the ground. Although there is only one magic circle. But for those who have received the knowledge of systematic high-level magic circles, they can see at a glance that it is composed of dozens of small and medium-sized magic circles, and this superposition not only does not interfere with each other and destroy each other. Instead, let these magic circles all be re-formed into a complete large magic circle.

Even if no magic power has been injected, the powerful momentum emanating from it is enough to shock countless people.

"Your Excellency Ulamog, this is..." Simi originally had a meeting in the combat conference room, but after feeling the powerful momentum fluctuation, she hurried out immediately.

And different from ordinary magicians, Simi recognized at a glance that the rune imprint depicted by this large magic circle occupying the entire vestibule square of Garrod Fortress obviously belonged to Chaos language. This is a language that does not belong to the order plane. This kind of text can only be seen outside the void or on the battlefield of another dimension.

"I don't have time to spend here anymore." Ulamog said in a deep voice, "I know that with your abilities, it is not easy for the enemy to break through the Garrod Fortress. It will take until the second wave of Void reinforcements Arriving is still possible. But now. I have no patience to spend with them, so even if it causes a shock change, I can only summon the Chaos Legion here."

"Chaos Legion!?" Simi was stunned for a moment, then his face turned pale, "Your Excellency Ulamog, I will not allow you to do this kind of behavior, this..."

"Don't worry." Ulamog said, although the voice was calm, but it revealed an unquestionable and resistive strength, "This is my Chaos Legion, not a bait randomly thrown from the void.  … …and I'll keep the size in check, not summoning a massive Chaos Legion."

Even if Ulamog wants to summon a large-scale chaos army, it is impossible for Ulamog to consume too much of the world's origin because Sean is the son of the plane. He can only summon the corresponding chaotic power to support within the scope allowed by the will of the world, and under the limitation of this power, he can't even summon the seven strongest monsters under his command at the same time. Ulamog's own helplessness.

"What the hell happened?" The sensitive Simi immediately realized that Ulamog had a kind of anxiety at the moment.

"Elizabeth has been rescued, but your Grand Duke Asuna's whereabouts are still unknown." Ulamog said in a deep voice, "And Sean... something happened too." (To be continued)