12. Planning

The Frost Legion is Angel's personal legion.

Although this legion is judged to be a fifth-level legion, its actual combat power is as high as a quasi-sixth-level legion - if Angel is personally in command, it can even break through to a real sixth-level legion. It's just like the standard judgment in the clan wars in this world, level six is the strongest level of combat power that the regular army can achieve, and if you want to become a level seven legion, you must have all the soldiers of the entire legion to be sublimated and improved.

Those seventh- and eighth-level legions in the major empires and super-first-class kingdoms were all finally formed after countless years of washing. This can be seen only from the fact that the reserve soldiers of these legions are selected from the fifth and sixth legions to join.

This is called the underworld.

And when the Frost Legion finally arrived at the Savage Fortress, it had been four days since Sean and the others entered the Savage Fortress, which was far longer than Angel's initial prediction of assistance. As a result, the trap war waged by the army of the undead in the Savage Fortress is almost coming to an end.

After solving the Touch of Cruise, although the remaining skeleton soldiers in the fortress are large, they basically do not pose much threat to Sean and others. Especially with the two veritable war machines of Kokire and Cecilia, it is even more difficult for these skeletons to exert their due combat power, and even lose the meaning of cannon fodder altogether. Of course, for those ordinary soldiers in the fortress, it is still a great threat.

Because of the instructions received from Angel before, the Frost Legion did not panic in the slightest after entering the Savage Fortress. Instead, he quickly entered the battle state, quickly unfolded the formation and began to advance little by little. Annihilates all skeletons in line of sight.

This steady and steady strategy, similar to positional warfare, is used in the attack and defense of the fortress at this time. It's a rare feeling that is just right.

Coupled with the extremely strong combat power of the Frost Legion, it was difficult for the skeletons in the fortress to cause any trouble to the soldiers of the Frost Legion, but they were constantly annihilated in this kind of layered advancement. From this point of view, it can be seen that the Frost Legion does have some genuine combat effectiveness and strategic awareness, and is not the kind of hard-hitting army that blindly relies on its own combat strength and ignores casualties.

Also an all-rounder that can adapt to all terrain and environments, Cecilea's Guards led by Clov are far inferior to the Frost Legion.

Because Clov's Cecilia Guardβ€”in the eyes of Shaun and William, might be more appropriately called death squadsβ€”had the highest casualty rate in the entire Void Duchy, even more outrageous than the Thunder Lion, who was good at gnawing hard bones and fighting to the death: after every battle. At least nearly three-quarters of them were killed. However, at the cost of such a high mortality rate, the soldiers of Cecilia's Guards who survived the war were able to get a great boost.

This is also the fundamental reason why Cecilia's guards have been able to maintain the level of fifth-level combat power, but William and Neil have to worry about the problem of troop sources every time.

After all, the Cecilia Guard is a pure Terran legion, not made up of barbarians like Iron Wings, or a few powerful legions like the Lion of Thunder and the Wings of Judgment, which are made up of multiple races. And the Cecilia Guards also have a special factor, that is, they require a fearless heart to die for Cecilia, based on the above, so the Cecilia Guards are the most difficult legion in the Void Duchy to get replenishment. Not to mention the expansion.

After the Frost Legion arrived at the Savage Fortress and joined up with Angel, Sean and others, the entire fortress was much easier to sweep and clean.

With Angel's order, the Frost Legion quickly split into several detachments. Instead, he adopted guerrilla tactics of encirclement and annihilation, and at the same time, he also set aside a part and began to loot the various materials and reserves remaining in the buildings. After all, because the Frost Legion did not let the logistics and reserve forces be dispatched at the same time in the battle plan this time, it naturally could only rely on the remnants of the barbarian fortress to replenish the food and grass. Hold out until Sean's Void Principality reinforcements arrive.

However, as the number of skeleton cannon fodder decreased sharply, many higher-level skeletons quickly disappeared from everyone's sight. After all, the scale of the Savage Fortress is not small, and the manpower of Sean and others is indeed limited. It is almost impossible to search the entire fortress thoroughly. In addition, Sean and the others did not find this trap at the beginning, so once these skeletons escaped completely, they could hide again and wait until they suddenly appeared to cause trouble for Sean and the others.

Originally, this was an almost unsolvable problem.

However, after Sean threw Gollum into the sky, this unsolvable problem was quickly resolved.

With Gollum's current strength, it is basically impossible to help Sean in battle. But carrying out similar activities such as reconnaissance and surveillance is not a problem, after all, there is a soul contract between Sean and Gollum, as long as Gollum can see and feel, it means that Sean can also see and feel.

And with the dual energy attributes of Gollum's divine and dark energy, it is basically impossible to conceal its perception unless it is Riker or a great witch of the same level. Under such tacit cooperation, he received a highly targeted order transfer, and these skeleton cannon fodder naturally had nothing to hide, and they were soon found out by Sean one by one, and then completely annihilated.

"The combat effectiveness of the Frost Legion really lives up to its reputation." Sean stood on a tall building, guiding a small group of soldiers of the Frost Legion to arrive at an escape point of skeleton cannon fodder in advance of the road, and then directly launched an ambush operation, which was easily victorious.

"You have such excellent 'eyes', I'm afraid that the name of the future god of war will fall on you." Angel stood beside Sean, glanced up at a little golden light in the sky, and then said in a deep voice, "Any ambush and trap, I'm afraid it won't be able to do anything for you." ”

"I don't dare to bear the name of the god of war, and Gollum is still more restricted." Sean said lightly, he didn't mind letting Angel know some of his methods and secrets. Because although Angel said that she was out of the royal family of the Millennium Covenant Empire, she actually had a high loyalty to the Millennium Covenant Empire. Only in this way can the "Millennium Covenant Empire" better recognize its own strength and avoid some fearless confrontations.

Sean least wanted it. It was at this time that he would start a confrontation with the Millennium Covenant Empire, and he still needed some time to plan, so he spoke: "This is the same effect as your Star Tower. ”

Hearing this, Angel's heart was helpless and bitterly smiled.

The Star Tower has already been damaged, otherwise it would not have been breached by the enemy. You must know that the Star Tower can monitor all areas within the territory of the Millennium Covenant Empire, which is also the real reason why the Millennium Covenant Empire has always been not afraid of any invaders, after all, under the protection of the Star Tower, the Millennium Covenant Empire is equivalent to having the three factors of time, place and people. Therefore, even if the god of war of the Chainas Empire personally led the army to attack, it would not be able to get any benefit.

However, at present, the damage to the Star Tower is only known to a few high-level leaders of the Millennium Covenant Empire, and no one else knows, let alone outsiders.

Hearing Sean's words, Angel knew that Sean still had some scruples about the Star Tower. It's just that Angel didn't expect that Sean had been carrying that golden ball of light, but he actually had such an outstanding ability, which was indeed equivalent to the role of the Star Tower in some respects, and could even play a stronger role than the Star Tower at some special moments. Because the Star Tower can only shine within the territory of the Millennium Covenant Empire after all, leaving the territory of the Millennium Covenant Empire will be completely useless.

Gollum, on the other hand, can be carried around and used directly anywhere. Similar monitoring and probing effects are formed. However, it is true that as Sean said, Gollum still has a big limitation: that is, once it encounters a legendary powerhouse, Gollum cannot be monitored and detected. Even if the legend of the powerhouse did not explicitly target Gollum. But just the blast of energy that came out of the battle was enough to make Gollum unable to eat and walk around.

"Reinforcements from the Void Principality. When will I arrive? Angel changed the subject, albeit slightly stiffly. But it's better than continuing to dwell on topics like the Star Tower, "The harvest of food is far less than we imagined, and the soldiers in the fortress have collected a lot before, but they are basically destroyed in the battle just now. …… And most of the remaining uncollected ones, more than half of them are contaminated and cannot be eaten at all. ”

Angel's implication was already very obvious, if the reinforcements of the Void Duchy could not arrive as soon as possible, then they would have to abandon the Savage Fortress.

"It's coming." Sean closed his eyes and made contact with Nolo, and then the corners of his mouth lifted slightly, "Ten days at most." ”

"Ten days?" Angel let out a low cry, "How could it be so fast......"

The energy consumption of the teleportation array is too expensive, so the current normal march is still a normal marching method, and because Sean's previous decapitation operation was too successful, now with the official launch of the teleportation magic array, there are also relevant means of defense. Therefore, under normal circumstances, even if the reinforcements from the Void Duchy were to march all the way and only reserve a minimum of rest, it would take more than twenty days to arrive.

Because Angel had just gotten the news from the Frost Legion, the plan to annihilate the rebels with William had been successful, and William had joined forces with the army after that. Judging from the time, it should have completely returned to the base camp of the Void Duchy. So at this moment, hearing Sean say that it would only take ten days of news to be so shocked, because if calculated from the distance, then the only evidence can only be that William did not lead the army back to the base camp of the Void Duchy.

But in this case, how to solve the problems of logistics and food and grass?

If this problem is not solved, it is pointless to continue to occupy the Barbarian Fortress, but will accelerate the consumption of food and grass due to the arrival of reinforcements from the Void Duchy.

"Don't worry about food and grass, everything is ready, maybe it will arrive before the reinforcements." Sean seemed to see Angel's doubts, so he smiled and replied, "If the Savage Fortress is lost, it will not be a good thing for those tribes in the Savage Land, so they will naturally help as well." …… The problem with the grain and grass is that they will be responsible for the transportation first, and then William will arrive at the Wild Fortress with the coalition forces of the Barbarian Tribes, and the subsequent fortifications and related matters can be carried out smoothly as scheduled, at least ...... The Savage Fortress will never fall into the hands of the undead again. ”

Angel's brow furrowed slightly. Her instincts tell her that this matter is definitely not as simple as Sean seems to be on the surface.

But now. Sean was clearly evasive in answering questions, with something that he clearly didn't want to tell himself. With Angel's ingenuity. Naturally, it is not difficult to find some details of the problem, but because of the lack of sufficient intelligence information, she has no way to analyze the specific situation, so she can only acquiesce to Sean's statement.

In fact, Sean was indeed evasive in answering Angel's question.

The truth is not as simple as Sean suggests.

According to the information that Nolo had just fed back, after feeling Tiny's death, both William and ShephaΓ±o were furious.

These two, one is ten generals, and the other is a divine envoy. The consequences of launching an angry attack can definitely be imagined, plus at this time, William has a series of strong men and generals such as Nolo, Alfred, Clov, Dwight, etc., as well as powerful legions such as Wings of Judgment, Black Wings, Steel Wings, Thunder Lion, Scarlet Knights, Cecilia Guard, etc., which can be called strong and powerful.

Therefore, in the face of the sudden anger and preemptive strike of these two big men, the alliance of the barbarian tribes was not prepared at all, and several generals sent by the tribes who were dissatisfied with the Void Principality before were killed by Nolo on the spot, which naturally caused a mutiny among the tribal alliances. But the mutiny lasted less than three hours before it was completely suppressed by William with extreme force, in addition to the terrifying assault of the legions led by Alfred and Clov, and the successive attacks of Shephaneo and Nolo. The choice of other tribes who had already secretly signed the imperial contract to sit idly by was also an important factor.

And with such bad news from the coalition forces in front, Neil and Hela, who were sitting in the rear, simply launched the final stage of the Void Empire's plan without doing anything, completely taking down the entire barbarian tribe. In this process, in addition to the rapid maneuver battle plan of Orianna and the Silver Sideburns Legion. Sheena's strength and performance were also an extremely important factor - the Crypt Spider Queen had grown up for so many years, and it was not just a decoration.

At this point, the early stage of the Void Empire's plan has been completely completed. Some of the remaining issues will not be resolved quickly in a moment.

This is especially true in terms of the distribution of benefits.

After all, the current "Void Empire" can't be regarded as Sean's word. At the very least, after completely integrating the power and voice of the barbarian tribes, it can be called a true Void Empire. Otherwise. It was just a half-federal and half-parliamentary empire that didn't really help Sean - even if it couldn't become a dictatorship, but at least it would make these wild tribes unable to resist or betray them.

In a sense, the outbreak of the undead disaster this time actually bought Sean a lot of time.

Because of this, the strategic value of the Savage Fortress has been unprecedentedly raised - only by completely controlling this fortress can Sean be able to buy more time for himself. And only enough time can he completely recover those wild tribes one by one, and this naturally requires stability ahead.

After the adjustment and arrangement of things were over, Sean and Angel parted ways: Angel also had to deal with military affairs such as the Frost Legion and the defenders and civilians in the fortress, after all, this is the affairs of the Millennium Covenant Empire, even if the nominal commander of the fortress is Sean now, it is inconvenient for him to meddle in these things.

Seeing Sean and Angel go their separate ways, Cecilia, who had a few more stains on her delicate face, greeted her with Kokire.

However, at this time, the space near Sean suddenly had a twist.

A shadow Shi Ran stepped out of it.

"How?" Sean turned his head to look at Alexis stepping out of the void.

"Let him run." Alexis's tone was full of regret, "If it weren't for the Touch of Cruise to block it, it would have been impossible for Rucas's strength to escape from me. ”

"The second Cruise touch?" Sean was a little surprised, "It's only been a few days, how can they possibly summon a second Cruise Touch...... This is not an ordinary sacrifice, at least a blood sacrifice of a sufficient scale. …… What is the Millennium Covenant Empire doing, with the monitoring of the Star Tower. Not only did the undead conquer the Savage Fortress to complete the first sacrifice, but now even the second Cruise Touch was summoned. ”

"Perhaps...... What's wrong with the Star Tower? Cecilia said with some uncertainty. Didn't the Millennial Covenant Empire almost win before? Instead, the rebels achieved an important reversal victory...... I suspect that this time was because of the problem with the Star Tower, otherwise it would be impossible for the Millennial Covenant Empire, which occupies the right time, place and three important elements, to be unable to take down the rebels. ”

"Quite possibly." Sean nodded. Then he turned his head back to look at Alexis, "Is your injury okay?" ”

He knew that the Lucas that Alexis spoke of was the Knight of Death, one of the Thirteen Kings of the Undead. Lucas, commonly known as Big Lucas in the Bone Plane, is the older brother of Little Lucas. Although Alexis said it was an understatement, from the beginning, Alexis didn't have time to give Sean a detailed reminder in sufficient detail, just to let him be careful about himself, that Great Lucas was not an enemy that could be easily dealt with.

"You may need to rest for a few days, and the power used this time is a bit big, if you step into the legend. Then there won't be so much trouble. Alexis said softly, and naturally expressed some disdain for Sean in his words, "Your strength has improved too slowly, I have never seen a guy as wasted as you." …… Lake's guy said you were, and he wasn't wrong. ”

"Sean has worked hard!" Hearing Alexis belittle Sean like this, Cecilia was not happy, "He doesn't have the power of bloodline at all, and it's not easy to hit the legend." To be able to have the strength he is now in just a few years, Sean ...... Sean is already amazing! ”

Alexis glanced at Cecilia. Although there was no hostility or malice in that look, as a powerhouse as high as the eighteenth order, it was enough to make Cecilia feel trembling from her soul. Only, even so. Cecilia didn't have the slightest intention of backing down, just gritted her teeth so stubbornly and stared at Alexis. It wasn't until Kokire suddenly took a step towards the intersection of the two of them, blocking Cecilia behind him.

This move. However, Alexis was slightly stunned for a moment, and then showed an expression that seemed to be smiling but not smiling.

And so it goes. Instead, Kokire's face immediately changed, and he stepped back in a panic.

For this killer Wu Ji, not only is the foreign domain loud, but also a "guard" like Kou Jilei is not inferior.

"Ahem." At this point, Sean finally spoke, "I have something to deliver to you." Only you can do it, and I don't feel at ease with the others. …… You can just recuperate and solve these troubles at the same time. ”

"What's the matter?" Alexis raised an eyebrow, "You should know my temperament. ”

"I promise, it's definitely to your liking." Sean smiled, of course he knew what Alexis' interests were, "The only thing that can't be sure is whether those guys have the ** that can make you fight with all your might." ”

Hearing Sean's words, Alexis' eyes lit up, but they glowed with an extremely charming brilliance: "There is a fight? ”

"Yes." Sean nodded, and then explained a little about what Nolo said before and the situation on the side of the wild tribe now, "...... That's probably the case, and there will definitely be a lot of people over there who are not convinced. Maybe they don't dare to make trouble directly, but they will definitely not break if they make some small moves in secret. I don't have time to clean them up right now, so I'll have to let you go over there and give them some deterrent. …… As for the big picture, with Hela and Neil in charge, you don't have to think about it, you just have to do it to your liking. ”

"Can I kill someone?" Alexis laughed.

"Even if you don't say it, I'll ask for it, and I always have to deal with a few of the more prickly guys to make those guys submissive." The corners of Sean's mouth raised slightly, and his voice seemed light, but the killing intent in his words was particularly awe-inspiring, "Moreover, I believe that there will always be some guys who don't have a sense of crisis trying to stir up trouble...... After all, some places are indeed too far away from the battlefield here. ”

"I see what you mean." Alexis nodded, "No limits?" ”

"As long as it's not a massacre, it doesn't matter if it's a river of blood." Sean replied, "Hela has already filled out a list of several tribes that are destined to be removed. …… However, for other tribes that are not on the list, it is best not to be ruthless, otherwise the situation in the rear may get out of control, which is not what I want. ”

"It's kind of interesting." Alexis smiled with murderous intent, "Then I'll go back on vacation." …… With me here, you can rest assured. ”

After that, Alexis didn't wait for Sean's reply, and directly through the induction in the soul contract, he forcibly tore open the void barrier with a single step, and escaped into it and disappeared completely.

Looking at Alexis who was hurrying back and forth, Sean sighed helplessly: "It's because you're here, I'm not at ease." ”

Killing Wu Ji is no joke.

Sean was really afraid that Alexis would kill too much, so he turned on the slaughter mode completely regardless of it. If it weren't for the fact that Kokire was too dull to communicate with others, Sean really didn't want Alexis to go back to help Hela with the "Surgical Plan" - this is the first phase of the Void Empire's later strategic deployment plan, which means that all the tumor tribes that are disobedient, rebellious, and hateful to humans and non-savages are eliminated.

Only in this way can the Void Principality be truly sublimated into an empire, instead of changing the fundamental position of the original state. (To be continued.) )

PS: I'm back, 6K+ big chapter sent ...... Although my hand is good, my face is swollen, and I suspect that it is mumps or lymphitis, so I will go to the hospital tomorrow for a check-up. Finally, I'm sorry that I've been interrupted for so long, and I won't say anything superfluous, because I really don't have the face to say it...... Anyway, thank you for your trust and support.