Chapter XVIII
Nelson immediately reported the incident to the current commander-in-chief of Late Winter's Fortress, General Edwin Carr, who was also from the front line of Death Fortress.
This general has much more seniority and war experience than Nelson, and is a very powerful legendary barbarian himself.
After receiving Nielsen's report, he did not rush to act, but thought for a while before saying to Nelson with a wry smile: Your analysis is perfect, and I believe it too, but the key problem now is that we don't know each other's purpose, and we don't know where each other's nest is.
It would be a good idea to strengthen the protection of the lighthouse crystal mine convoy that will be transported to the three small towns, but isn't it a little too late to do it now?
Faced with General Edwin's question, Nelson was stunned at first, and then hung his head helplessly.
It's that he thinks too simply, those evil pacters like ground rats are very good at disguise and concealment.
In the First World, where humans dominate the world, there are still a large number of Evil Covenanters hidden in the middle, not to mention the Second World, where most of the region is still unknown?
In such a situation, if you want to find the other party's lair with the support of the current information, this difficulty... Hehe, I guess it's not much easier than looking for a needle in a haystack......
But what to do then?
You can't just sit at home and wait for the enemy to make your big move, right?
Those three towns that have been plundered by minecarts are very close to the teleportation point of the World Stone, especially the town of Pointe-Noire, which has just been plundered by a minecart recently, and is less than two days away from the Blackstone contact point!
If something goes wrong in these places, the consequences are unimaginable!
Nelson was a little anxious, and involuntarily stretched out his index finger to rub the stubble on his chin, and the word "Chuan" wrinkled between his eyebrows.
However, General Edwin was not in a hurry at all, and instead watched Nelson sweating there with a rather funny expression.
As soon as Nelson looked up and saw the old general's teasing expression, he couldn't help but roll his eyes, knowing that the old guy already knew it in his heart, and not telling him was just a little bit of bad taste.
So the silver-haired paladin uncle turned around very simply, and without saying a word, he was ready to pick his son and leave.
Anyway, his intelligence has already been reported, and he doesn't need to worry about what to do in the end, since this old man has already made a plan, let him play by himself.
He didn't want to stand here in a hurry and let him be a monkey......
Nelson's simple and decisive actions made Edwin's face show a few wisps of crying and laughing, now even Nelson knows his bad temperament, and he wants to tease these little guys in the future, but it is getting more and more difficult~
I think about how pure and kind Nelson was when he was first transferred here... At that time, bullying this little guy was really fun......
Ahem... Although the molestation plan failed, it was still a matter of course.
Edwin coughed dryly, and the seriousness in his voice successfully made Nelson, who had already walked to the door, turn around.
"Although we really don't know anything about the other party's purpose now, as the saying goes, as long as our Late Winter Fort is still here, and the defense line of the city wall is still strong, then no matter what kind of problems arise in the rear, we will eventually sweep it away."
Speaking of this, the old general's eyes suddenly turned sharp.
"Just relying on a few Evil Covenant stragglers, and a small group of demon troops can't shake our foundation at all, as long as there are no problems on the front line, no matter what kind of chaos happens in the rear, we can quickly extinguish it, so if they really have a big move, then this action will end up on the front line of our Late Winter Fort anyway, therefore, the most important thing now is that our fortress itself can't mess up first!"
"Do you mean that the other party's fuss behind us is still just a feint, a trick to attract our attention, and the real purpose is still on our front line, wanting to take advantage of the gap in our attention to attack our fortress group?!"
Nelson was worthy of being a general who had led an elite squad on the front lines of the Death Fortress, and Edwin only understood the true meaning of it at once.
"That's right, the reconnaissance sentry in front of me recently did find some unusual movements of the demon legions in the Doomsday Hollow, originally I thought they were preparing to test the defense of our fortress in the near future, but now combined with your intelligence analysis, those guys are indeed cooperating with each other!"
"That's... Do you just let the other party mess around? ”
"This won't work, like you said, those places in Pointe-Noire are too close to the World Stone teleportation point, and if you leave it alone, there may be big problems."
General Edwin paused, then continued.
"So my suggestion is to quietly draw out some professionals from other surrounding towns and let them strengthen the defense of the Blackstone Junction by issuing quests, so that it will not startle the opponent and make the opponent's dog jump over the wall, and it can greatly increase the difficulty of the opponent's Worldstone teleportation point.
Also, let your birds keep an eye on the fugitives, I suspect they were able to get such a detailed convoy of crystal mines, I'm afraid some unscrupulous guys acted as ghosts. ”
At the mention of this question, Nelson's face was also a little unpleasant, and at this point, his expectations simply coincided with the general.
Those fugitives who are as timid as rats and can't hold up the walls of mud are a great burden to human beings.
They hide in the rear to rob other newcomers of their quests, and there have even been recent reports that some of the fugitives have developed crooked tactics to rob newcomers who have just arrived in the Second World.
This unhealthy trend must not be promoted!
If it is found out that these guys have an affair with the forces of hell this time, then take this opportunity to clean up the rear!
A trace of killing intent flashed in Nelson's pale golden pupils, and even the aura around him became a little more solemn for a while.
"Oh yo~ Our little honeysuckle is angry... Not bad, very impressive~"
Just when Nelson's murderous intent rose to the peak, General Edwin's incoherent teasing instantly knocked his momentum to the bottom.
The silver-haired paladin rolled his eyes helplessly, feeling completely speechless at the old man behind the command table......
"If it's okay, I'll go down and set up the ...... first," Nelson muttered angrily, then turned around and walked away without hesitation.
He was afraid that if he stayed any longer, he couldn't help but want to go down......
Just as he was about to walk out of the door, Edwin suddenly threw him a parchment scroll as if he had thought of something, and said to him, "Let your flock of birds pay attention to this man in the report, and if you find him, send someone to protect him secretly." ”
Nelson was stunned for a moment, and picked up the parchment in his hand, and there was a portrait on the paper, and a name was written underneath the portrait.
"The Lord of the Swarm" - Xue Hua.