Chapter 32: Return to Morvia (2)

After all, Morvia is the capital of the Duchy of Moore, the essence of a country, and in the face of the all-out attack of the fishmen, Stannis did not send reinforcements, but concentrated all the elites in Morvia, which is equivalent to giving up the rest of the Moorish principality, so that these areas quickly fell under the attack of the fishmen, but it also strengthened the defense of Morvia itself, plus Morvia is far away from the coastline, although the fishmen are amphibians, but there are still many inconveniences to go too far into the land, It is impossible to concentrate all the forces, so even if it is besieged by the fishmen, the situation in Morvia is not too dangerous, at least it is much better than that of Tanzan City.

However, the taste of being besieged was unpleasant after all, so the inhabitants of Morvia had a hard time for a few days, so when the fish-man retreated, everyone rejoiced, although the fish-man retreated inexplicably, and did not even know whether it was a ruse or not.

In the Grand Duke's Mansion of Morvia, Stannis stood in front of a large table, on which was a detailed map of Morvia, and there were exquisite wood carvings used for markers in some key parts, barracks, armory, granary, mage tower, etc., to help Stannis get an overview of the overall situation.

Some of his cronies and subordinates are talking nonsense, most of them are discussing the retreat of the fishmen, because there is really no reason, although the number of fishmen who died under the city is huge, but as far as the fishmen as a whole are concerned, they are just a drop in the bucket, and they are not hurt at all, and the siege has just begun, so this is the withdrawal?

"Your Royal Highness, most of the spies who have been scattered have returned, and the fish-men have indeed withdrawn, and it doesn't look like there are traps left."

The one who opened his mouth was a burly middle-aged man with a sturdy face, he was the leader of the famous mercenary group "Fury Regiment" in the south of the Thanris continent, and later the entire mercenary group was secretly bought by Stannis to become his secret army, which played a decisive role in Stannis's usurpation battle, and it was this "Fury Regiment" that ambushed Gwenleia and captured her in the first place.

After Stannis's successful usurpation, the "Order of Fury" became his Grand Duke's Guard, and its leader was also made a viscount under his reward, although the title was not high but the power was very heavy, this mercenary leader who was born as a commoner did not even have a surname, and in the following purge, he rushed to the front, and Stannis did not know how many opponents were eliminated.

Stannis nodded silently, his face was calm and cold as water, and the enthusiastic and even a little groveling Stannis that Lin Yang and the others had seen in the Light Grace Holy City were like two people, maybe this was his true face.

Another middle-aged man dressed as a spellcaster said: "A mage under my command who is good at changing spells has transformed into a fish-man and blended into the fish-man's army, but his strength is very weak except for the transformation technique, so the fish-man was wrapped up in a retreat and couldn't leave, but before that, he sent me a spell message, the message was very brief, that is, the fish-man seemed to have become extremely chaotic all of a sudden, but he could only mix in the periphery of the fish-man, and no further information could be obtained." ”

Speaking of this, the middle-aged man shook his head, he is the leader of the magic advisory group around Stannis, under the solicitation of Stannis at the expense of blood, he still gathered an advisory group with warlocks and mages as the main body, but the strength level is not very good, this leader himself is only an extraordinary mid-level, and there are even mage apprentices in the advisory group, but this is quite rare for the Moore principality, there is no way that the country is too small and weak, and the attraction is insufficient.

Just like the mage sent out to investigate, he is only level four, and he has just gotten rid of the identity of a mage's apprentice, and the spell he knows is just a transformation technique, so it is useless except for reconnaissance, and now I am afraid that the end is miserable, because his transformation technique has a time limit......

(Several fishmen who are eating a human corpse raise their heads)

In any case, the siege of the fish-men has always retreated, and the spies who went out from several places also reported that the fish-people retreated cleanly, and there were no small troops left, which is a good thing.

Stannis's grim gaze wandered around the map, and suddenly he seemed to think of something, and looked up and said, "Is there any news from the city of Tanzan?" The siege of the fish-men over there is much stronger than here in Morvia, could it be that the fish-men have also retreated? ”

Because the area of the Moore Principality is very limited, the distance between Tanzan City and Morvia is actually not far, the straight-line distance is only a few hundred miles, and if you have a good horse as a mount, you can run back and forth in a day, so the two sides are still very well informed, that is, the fishman has cut off the road recently.

"The personnel sent to the city of Tanzan have returned, but their report ......"

Syworth hesitated slightly, and said, "Their report is a bit unbelievable, I think it may be a rumor, so I didn't report it immediately." ”

"Unbelievable?"

Stannis stared at him and said, "What do you say?" ”

"The siege of the fishmen on the side of Tanzan City has also been lifted, but it is said that the fishmen did not retreat, but were completely defeated."

"It is rumored that the Marquis of Serga, favored by the gods, sent down the light of divine punishment from the sky, and completely wiped out all the fishmen in one fell swoop. ”

As soon as these words came out, the nobles present all laughed a little, the south of the Thanres continent can be called a desert of faith, even the belief of the human gods is not very widespread here, the sect is very weak, and the Marquis of Serga is a well-known unbeliever, such a person will be favored by the gods...... Are you kidding!

So it must be the people of Tanzan City who are talking nonsense, maybe they are frightened by the fishmen.

At that moment, someone shouted: "Who are you sending, Siworth, who can believe such rumors, and report them?" This has to be stupid, hum, after all, he is a mercenary with shallow knowledge, and he may not take the rumors seriously. ”

There was a burst of laughter all around, most of them were nobles who had taken refuge in Stannis, and they looked down on Seaworth, the leader of the mercenaries from a humble background, and they laughed at themselves when they got the opportunity.

Seaworth's face suddenly turned red, and he gritted his teeth and said, "The people I sent are all extremely experienced and sophisticated veterans, and I swear that they have personally gone to the beach and other places where the fishmen have landed, and it is indeed densely covered with traces of bombardment by powerful spells, and the range is extremely wide!" ”