Chapter 672: The Gamble of the Century

Higg reluctantly agreed to Modoric's gamble, not primarily to get the Abyssal Hellclan army to withdraw, which was completely unrealistic. The Abyssal Hell Clan's march into the Ural Grand Canyon was so sudden that the three fortresses were almost not fully prepared, and the Jersey Fortress in the direction of Mizusawa Country was even directly attacked by the Abyss Hell Clan. Although the fortress of Kuba is still in Higg's own hands, it can barely hold on, and the main force of the Fifth Army is stationed in Bobo Huacheng and various parts of Orlando Province, and it will take time to redeploy reinforcements to the fortress. The enemy was so fierce that even the battle-hardened Habaisa and the 50,000 defenders of the Kuba fortress were almost unable to resist it.

Higg took advantage of Modolik's limited power in the army or clan and did not dare to make decisions too much, and threw out a mercury bottle for him to throw into the trap. If the Abyss Hell Clan wants to bet on the mercury bottle with himself, he must suspend the attack, and such a gamble will shake the whole world, the two sides will definitely bargain and negotiate on the details of the gambling game, and time will slowly wear out, and if it can't be carried out according to Higg's rules, Hig can completely refuse the gamble that he thinks is unfair, anyway, he has already won time, during this time, adjust the deployment of the army as soon as possible and find a way to deal with the Abyss Hell Clan's army, although it may not be found, But now it can only be one step at a time.

First of all, Higg needs to send the army of the Fifth Legion to strengthen the defense of the Kuba Fortress, and report to the royal palace of Crodina City to obtain the support of the Catherine royal family, because relying on the Fifth Legion alone to deal with the menacing Abyss Hell Clan army, for now, can only be passively defended and has no counter-attack countermeasures, that is to say, the Abyss Hell Clan is already invincible.

Secondly, Higg needs to secretly connect the army of the witch clan and the army of the barbarian country in Hengshui Ze country, and form a coalition of three sides to act in unison, no matter how strong the Abyss Hell Clan is, but it has an unstable foothold in the Ural Grand Canyon, and in the land of projectiles, can it still deal with the armies of the three kingdoms at the same time? In this way, the alliance of the Mizusawa Kingdom, the Barbarian Country, and the Erathia Kingdom was naturally formed, and the war in the Ural Grand Canyon for more than a hundred years will eventually bring the three kingdoms together because of the emergence of a new powerful enemy.

Then there is the need to make the Magic Guild and the Magic Mage Guild work as soon as possible. The regular power of Middle-earth is not suitable for entering the abyss passage to fight, but if the magic guild has formed an army, it will be different, the war cannot only burn on the ground of Middle-earth, if you want to gain the initiative or even win the war, you must also lead the war underground, let the army of the magic guild open up a new battlefield in the abyss hell passage, and strike and destroy the enemy's rear purgatory city.

In the end, Higg wants to use this gamble to let all the forces in Middle-earth see the true face of the Abyssal Hell Clan, and expand the influence of his Fifth Legion in order to gain more support from ground forces and connect more forces in Middle-earth.

All of this will take time to work, and Higg is very calmly aware of this, so he took the risk to agree to Modolik's gamble.

Three days later, as Marshal Aiden's emissary, Modolik arrived at the fortress of Kuba and began negotiations with Higg on the details of the gambling game.

The two sides of the gambling game are marshal vs. marshal, Marshal Higg vs. Marshal Aiden, such a level is really a bit delicate! How subtle is it? One is to participate in gambling as a marshal, and tens of thousands of people from the two armies are open to the decisive battle, which is enough to influence the whole world, and the second is that whether it is Emos, the great lord of the Abyss Hell Clan, or Catherine, the queen of Aracia, there is still room for maneuver, that is to say, this is just a game at the level of the group army, not a contest between countries! If the Abyssal Hell Clan loses, Amos can completely remove Aiden from his position as marshal and reappoint the marshal of the expeditionary force on the grounds that Marshal Aiden has advocated it without authorization, so that he can not fulfill the gambling contract; And vice versa, if Higg is defeated, Catherine can do the same and refuse to hand over the mercury bottle. In other words, this is just a game for those in power, in the face of huge interests, all the rules are like toilet paper that can be trampled on at will, as long as you find someone to cover up your ugliness for the dead!

Under the premise of Higg's deliberate delay, after several days of tug-of-war negotiations, the rules of the game were finally determined: each side set up a thousand badges of truth in the town of Savile, and the people on both sides needed to find the truth badge set by the other party in the array, and then take the seat to their base camp, of course, their own people could not take their badges back to the base camp, and within one day, whichever side got the other party's badge of truth that won more, whichever side won. The 30,000 men of Hig's Fifth Army were based on the fortress of Kuba, and Modolik's army was based on the town of Inglay in the Mizusawa country.

The means by which both sides seize the Badge of Truth can be determined by themselves, you can let your army go all out to find it, you can also send someone to guard your Badge of Truth but not take it away, you can go to snatch the Badge of Truth that the other side has obtained, you can also send troops to cut off the opponent's way back to the base camp, prevent the enemy's soldiers from waiting for the Badge of Truth to the base camp, or even do without the badge, and destroy all the enemies. In short, there is only one criterion for judging the final victory or defeat, and whoever gets the other party's Truth Badge more is the winner. Even if one side annihilates the other side's army and there is no one left, if the annihilated side gets more Truth Badge than the other side, it is still a victory. This is like playing chess, even if one side has all the pieces still there, and the momentum is violent, but the opponent's only two remaining pawns will be checkmated, then the whole game will be lost.

This gamble seems to have no rules, it is completely like a chaotic war, but it can fully reflect the full quality of an army, including the combat effectiveness and morale of the army, the comprehensive ability of the soldiers, the strategic strategy of the leading generals, the ability to deal with emergencies, the fit of the formation and the terrain, etc., and even, luck is also an important winning factor! It's fair, it's open, it's fair.

But whether it is Higg or Modolik, they both believe that the other party must have an ulterior backhand, and they know very well in their hearts that behind any fairness and justice, there is a hidden dirt, which is a knife hidden in laughter.

The rules have been formulated, both sides have signed a life-and-death agreement, the army of the Abyss Hell Clan wins, Hig hands over the mercury bottle, Higg's Fifth Legion wins, and all the troops of the Abyss Hell Clan withdraw from the Ural Grand Canyon, including all the Abyss Hell Clan armies fighting against the Mizusawa Country and the Barbarian Country, must also completely retreat underground. Although the rules have been set, this gambling game still needs to have an audience, and the eyes of the whole world need to be focused here, which takes time to inform the forces around the world of this matter, and invite representatives of various countries to send people to observe, therefore, in order to build momentum, in order to be able to fulfill the bet after the end of the gambling game, the gambling time is one and a half months after the signing of the life and death certificate, a certain day in late autumn.

After the last fair battle with the Fourth Legion of the Arad camp, the eyes of the whole world will once again be attracted by this gamble of the century, and the Fifth Legion and Higg himself will once again become the center of the whirlpool of eyes.

The real gamble has not yet begun, and the camps of both sides seem to be calm, but in fact, there are undercurrents surging, and they are nervously preparing for the war. Mevo naturally took the initiative to ask, but this time Higg wanted to personally command this decisive battle, the combat effectiveness of the army of the Abyss Hell Clan, so that Higg did not dare to have any carelessness, without the existence of Swan Lake, a hole card in the alien space, he himself did not dare to guarantee that he could win in this decisive battle.

Although the gambling game has not been opened, the whole world seems to be boiling for this gamble of the century, and various power organizations led by the thieves' guild have begun to open markets underground, and people all over the world are almost indirectly involved in this gamble of the century. The last time Higg's Fifth Legion and the Fourth Legion of Curdes fought the handicap, these dealers lost more than 100 million gold coins to Fuxing City, but they made enough profits from many players, so they did not suffer a loss, and even made a small profit, this time, Higg gave them such an opportunity again, how could they let it go easily? But in view of the experience of the last time, no one dared to open a large disparity this time, they were all cautiously opened, no one dared to underestimate Higg's Fifth Legion, just the name of Fuxing Gong, famous in the world, is enough to make many gamblers flock to buy Higg's side to win, not to mention, from the personal emotions of gamblers, after all, they are all people from the surface forces of Middle-earth, the game between Higg's Fifth Legion and the Second Legion of Marshal Aiden of the Abyss Hell Clan is actually a game between the above-ground forces and the underground forces of Middle-earth, No one wants their own people to lose this gamble, and therefore no one wants Higg's Fifth Legion to lose, and most of these gamblers are emotional animals, or rather sensibility is greater than reason. Of course, there are also some speculators who burn cold stoves, seeing that there are too many people who buy the Fifth Legion to win, and the handicap is forced to start loosening, so they bet their chips on the Abyss Hell Clan's Marshal Aiden.

For the Fifth Legion, the most suitable leader for this gamble is naturally Higg himself, but it is a little regrettable that Lan Xian'er is unconscious, otherwise, with her as a military advisor, whether it is the adjustment of the army formation or the use and understanding of the alien space of Swan Lake, as well as the prestige in the Fifth Legion Army, its role is no less than that of Higg, the commander of the First Army.

The whole world is waiting with great anticipation and anxiety for the arrival of this gamble of the century......