Noble Emblem

Under the moonlight, the room where Santa Cruz was located became quiet again.

The body of the Succubus pretending to be Crodo had disappeared, and even the blood stains had been cleaned up by the two men.

He even couldn't believe that he could actually get a strange power.

When the man said the 'inferior knight contract', he thought it would be a slave contract from the devil. As long as he signed his name, he would be the slave of the other party for life.

But unexpectedly, the person who contracted him was actually that rare paladin girl, Tina. Moreover, he also gained a physique that fully comprehends his own power, and even gained a strange power called the mission system.

The other party even taught himself how to use this power.

He didn't know what a 'task system' was. This word was very profound to him, but he understood that as long as he completed it according to the content above, he would be able to grow quickly without boundaries.

A place as a lesser knight, a future lord.

Such investments are rare, but since Beta has hit it, of course it cannot let it go.

The next day, the lord discovered that his 'second son' had disappeared. He sent people everywhere to look for him.

Santa Cruz is naturally also a target of suspicion, but the suspicion is not serious. After all, he has little strength and is still under house arrest.

What's more, what frightens the lord is that the troops he sent out last night have not returned yet.

The reason why he held a banquet last night was because he thought he could kill the paladin woman secretly or bring her back.

Just when he was restless, the scouts sent out came back to report that they found a large number of corpses at the designated location, all of which were their soldiers.

Upon hearing this, the lord sat down on his chair.

After a while, he said bitterly: "Be prepared for war and purchase large quantities of food, weapons, and armor."

At this time, Beta and Tina had left at night, taking the seriously injured of the Holy Guard to the territory of the lord they believed in.

After resting for a day and using magic to heal most of the injured, they continued on the road and spent another two days reaching the front line.

Because they were a seven-party coalition, even after arriving at the front line, they were still subject to several rounds of interrogations before they entered the camp of the Temple of Light army.

The commander-in-chief was Langas, a cardinal.

When he saw Tina and Beta, he smiled towards Tina to show his friendliness.

But when facing Beta, his expression was quite cold.

"I heard that you know swordsmanship?"

Beta nodded: "Indeed."

"Teach our soldiers," Langas said in a commanding tone.

Beta shook his head: "It's not that I don't want to teach, but that most people can't learn it."

"Joke!" Langas sneered: "You are a magician who can learn it. There is no reason that real warriors can't learn it. If they can't learn it, then they are too stupid."

Beta smiled: "Can't it be that I'm too smart?"

Hearing such boastful words, Langas was stunned for a moment, and then his expression finally improved: "It's not bad, I'm a little confident. I heard that you and Tina have a relationship, and I wasn't very happy at first. After all, Tina is the same." Even if the talents we focus on cultivating in the Holy Land are to be married, they must be from our own family, so how can we take advantage of outsiders? "

"But I see you have some momentum and ability, and paired with our Tina, it's not too bad." He nodded: "Well, you've passed the test."

Tina was on the side, blushing a little.

Beta looked helpless. But I don't want to refute it. Since I want to use Tina's reputation in the sanctuary to achieve something for myself, of course I can tolerate this little gossip.

In addition to the three of them, there were other generals in the big tent, most of whom were from the Holy Guard.

After all, the light priests have been practicing and have their hearts set on the goddess of light. Of course, they don't know much about fighting.

Most of these Holy Guards came from the Sanctuary, and of course they knew Tina. When they saw the latter's cute and blushing expression, they became extremely unhappy.

After coming out of the camp, Beta received several challenges from the Holy Guards. Then Beta agreed.

He doesn't like things like jealousy. But in the military camp, the prestige that a formal duel can bring is not small. He couldn't ask for it.

These people also know that they can't defeat Beta. The opponent is a man who can defeat the paladin. They are definitely no match. But no matter how you say it, many times when you get angry, you don’t care about so much.

After dueling six times in one day and defeating six Holy Guard generals, Beta gained a lot of reputation.

The most important thing is that Beta didn't use magic at all. He was just a wooden sword. He was beaten by a wheel and still defeated six powerful generals.

Tina watched with excitement. Any woman likes to see her lover being 'jealous' for her. They think this is because men care about them.

Beta, on the other hand, is just for gaining reputation.

Now, almost everyone in the army of the Temple of Light knows that there is a magician beside Sanctuary Tina, who is ridiculously strong in close combat.

So now Beta occasionally wanders around the camp, and many soldiers will show admiration when they see him.

During this day, Tina and Beta learned about the situation on both sides from Langas.

The seven-party coalition forces fought against the ten enemy lords.

On our side, among all the forces, the Temple of Light has the largest number of troops, with nearly 200,000 troops and a logistics supply line of about 100,000 people.

The other six lords each had between 50,000 and 70,000 people join the battle.

As for the enemy, the exact number is unknown, but it is estimated that there are about a million people.

In other words, nearly two million people from both sides are fighting against each other.

Two million people, on the left and right of the border line of the four territories, the battle line stretched for nearly 100 kilometers.

The Temple of Light is responsible for a nearly twenty-kilometer-long front, and on the opposite side are the enemies of the Gruul Territory.

"From the intelligence point of view, the opponent is very good at coordinated combat on foot and cavalry." Langas was showing the nearby terrain to his subordinates on the sand table and explaining the collected intelligence: "At the same time, they also have a lot of magic apprentices. As well as the magic elite. It is difficult for us to tear the opponent apart with magic, but the enemy has strong long-range attack capabilities. "

"The enemy's troop deployment is still not completed, and neither are we." Langas continued: "Judging from the intelligence we have collected before, we have an advantage in strength, but we lack reconnaissance methods."

"Use the numerical advantage to press forward." A Holy Guard general shouted: "We don't need intelligence, the enemy will definitely be defeated under our offensive."

Both Langas and Beta frowned.

These Holy Guard generals have never fought a real big battle, so they still think this is a small fight between hundreds or thousands of people?

There is no intelligence support for a war involving hundreds of thousands of people, and they do not understand the enemy's formation, how to fight, and how to defeat them.

But what is surprising is that more than half of the people in the camp think what this man said makes sense.

"Does anyone else have a different opinion?" Langas asked.

No one answered, and Langas looked a little disappointed.

He discovered a big problem...the generals of the Holy Guard seemed to have no education in orthodox war command.

"Ask the ten archers and ten thieves in the alien hall to me." Beta had to stand up and said, "I will take them to collect information."

"With only twenty-one of you, what effect can you have?" Some generals felt a little unhappy when they saw Beta.

"I can investigate clearly how many nightingales you (female) have had since childhood."

Beta said a little arrogantly. It's not that he wants to be like this, but he knows very well that in the army, no one looks up to a gentle man.

As a general, if there is a conflict with other generals, you must be strong and ruthless, otherwise you will not be able to suppress them at all.

"You..." The general looked extremely unhappy and was about to speak, but when he thought about being pushed to the ground and rubbed by Beta yesterday, he gave up his plan to continue to speak rudely.

Langas looked at Beta: "Are you sure you know how to sneak in and collect intelligence?"

"I'm a magician, and I've done a lot of similar things." Beta replied with a smile.

"But in two days, we may be about to launch the first exploratory attack."

"Two days? That's enough."

Looking at Beta who was full of confidence, Langas clicked and said: "I will have the manpower you need come out in a moment. Don't let me down."

Beta smiled, indicating that he did not issue a military order, nor did he appear to lack confidence.

When he first arrived at the military camp, it was impossible for him to lead an army directly. After all, he was an outsider and others were worried.

But if he achieved certain military exploits, then even Langas would have to assign some soldiers to him to command.

Beta felt that with the war command skills he had developed in the game, with only one or two thousand soldiers, especially cavalry, he would definitely be able to achieve a very exciting local victory.

After leaving the camp, Tina followed and stood beside him: "Be careful yourself."

Although she was very confident in Beta's strength, in any case, Beta was going to spy on the enemy's intelligence, which was a very dangerous matter in itself, and it was impossible for her not to worry at all.

"It's okay. If something goes wrong, I will hide in the mansion's magic space by myself."

"Well, that's best."

The two stood chatting for a while, and before long, ten archers and ten professionals came to Beta's side.

Then they immediately left the camp and advanced towards the enemy from the side of the front line.

Although it was daytime, it was difficult for the enemy to detect them at such a distance.

Besides, there is Joan of Arc in the sky, and Beta can completely see the movements of nearby enemies. He knew very well whether he could move forward.

Using trees and grass, they managed to reach about one kilometer from the front line of the enemy army.

Hiding in a small forest, they waited quietly for nightfall.

Now they are very close to the enemy. If they move again, they will be easily discovered and can only wait until night.