Chapter 499: Make amends
In the afternoon, the mercenaries of the Grand Alliance withdrew from Blackwater City in a mighty manner, although they fought all night and only rested for half a day, but most of the mercenaries were in good spirits, compared to plundering the wealth of the entire city, a little fatigue is nothing?!
On the grassland by the Blackwater River, An Fei personally presided over a solemn funeral, and in this siege battle, more than 1,100 mercenaries of the Grand Alliance were killed, and the number of light and serious wounded was close to 3,000, while the number of soldiers of the Shield of Light Legion handed over to the Grand Alliance by Beeri was more than 4,000. [Full text reading]
As the saying goes, what kind of people bring what kind of soldiers, Manjusley is lonely, stubborn, and ruthless, and the thousands of wolf druid elites he brought out are all very tenacious, although Manjusley did not expect An Fei to suddenly launch a general attack, so that he only has more than a hundred cronies around him, and the other druids are scattered elsewhere and can only fight on their own, but they still cause heavy casualties to the Grand Alliance. None of the druids gave up their resistance, even if they had broken arms, legs, or even disemboweled, and they continued to fight as long as they had a breath to live.
The performance of the Tiger Mercenary Regiment was slightly inferior to that of the Druids, and it goes without saying that the mercenaries that Muritao later recruited were all very brave, even after Muritao and Hodge Billie were shot by An Fei, they were still unwilling to put down their weapons and would rather die on the battlefield.
The so-called courage is composed of many aspects, the wolf druids and the mercenaries of the Tiger of Tao mercenary group can behave so fiercely, and it is inseparable from the propaganda and education they usually receive, Manjusli, Muritao and others describe An Fei as a brutal person, and they have repeatedly made hints that if Blackwater City falls, An Fei will kill all the people in the city! Use the threat of death to make those who are not strong-willed become firm, and make those who are determined to become more courageous. As for whether what they said was right or not, whether An Fei would embark on a retreat of more than 1,100 miles with a large number of captives, no one could say for sure. After all, there was no birth.
Of course. The ratio of casualties between the Grand Alliance and the Bright Shield Legion is a bit inconsistent, the former only killed 1,100 people, and the latter killed more than 4,000 people, in fact, thinking about it deeply, this is normal, the Grand Alliance was created by An Fei, and it is completely its own force. Even the mages who are divided into squads will give priority to protecting or supporting the mercenaries of the Grand Alliance, and then take care of the warriors of the Bright Shield Legion.
In a tricky battle, the fighters of the Shield of Light had to rush ahead, and it was difficult to get support and protection from long-range strikes, so their casualty ratio was indeed larger.
for this kind of thing. Anfei couldn't interfere. Otherwise, it may confuse the concept of mercenaries, he has been trying to make the big alliance into a very cohesive mercenary group, to put it bluntly, cohesion is to form a team selfish mentality, the big alliance is its own people, everyone must unite and unite externally, which is contradictory to the selflessness of the public.
The corpses of the fallen soldiers were neatly placed together, and more than 600 magicians unleashed the wall of fire spell together. A lake of fire up to a kilometer wide is formed in the steppe.
There are two kinds of funerals in this magical continent, one is burial and the other is cremation, and burial dominated a long time ago. But after the necromancer. The Church of Light issued a proclamation demanding that people all over the continent abolish burials. Switching to cremation was used to reduce the source of undead creatures as much as possible.
This proclamation was supported by some people, and some were opposed to their habit of respecting traditions, but it is ridiculous that the Holy See later changed the proclamation to adopt different policies for different groups of people, such as the nobility of various countries and the clergy and believers of the Church of Light were free to choose the way of funeral, and others had to use cremation.
The unfair distribution of society has formed a very serious contradiction, and now even the funeral has become unfair, which can be regarded as causing trouble, and even the original supporters of the local people have begun to oppose it. The Holy See also sensed the traditional resistance, and they originally wanted to use the new announcement to win over more believers, because becoming believers has the freedom to choose, and the resistance to help, who would think that it would backfire, and more people will begin to resent the Church of Light. Otherwise, with the prestige of defeating the necromancer, it will definitely take a few hundred years for the Church of Light to become the unified church on the continent! And their mistake also gave the believers of the goddess of nature a chance to breathe, and finally caused the current situation of the two powers.
The people of the mercenary country have never eaten the Church of Light, but they are very much in favor of the reform of cremation, and the mercenaries hunt monsters for a living, and death is commonplace, even if the companions are safe, but it is really troublesome to bring the corpses with them, sometimes the mercenaries go deep into the interior of the dead forest and the wild grasslands, and it takes a month or even two or three months to enter and exit, and the corpses are rotten! It is very convenient to use cremation instead, and when the time comes, you can bring the ashes out, and the companions are very convenient to complete the obligation, and also meet the wishes of the victims' families.
The flames were extinguished little by little, and when the temperature cooled down, Ozgucci took his mercenaries to pack up the ashes and sprinkle them into the Blackwater River, burning them one by one, and then sorting out the ashes and bringing them back, it was very unrealistic, not that the workload was too large, but the time was limited, and Se Jialan had already led the army south to pursue BΓ©eri, in case he was targeted by the griffin knights, it would be tantamount to a catastrophe for the mercenaries of the Grand Alliance!
In fact, An Fei also knew that he couldn't delay any longer, after the last assassination of Sejialan, the great magician of the electric system, Dogge Mingzhe, had already attracted his great attention! An Fei asked Suzanne what it was like to be attacked by the Lightning Guardian, and Suzanne told An Fei that the attack power of the Lightning Guardian was not terrible, what was terrible was the paralyzing effect, and the attack degree of the Lightning Guardian was too fast, Suzanne recalled that in that short moment, the paralyzing effect she felt had been superimposed dozens of times, which was equivalent to once she was hit by the Lightning Guardian, she would no longer have the power to fight back, and in the end she could only sit and wait for death. An Fei knew in his heart that his magic defense was definitely stronger than Susanna, but not much stronger, if he was hit by the lightning guardian, the end would be extremely miserable, before he came up with a proper way, he had to avoid Dogger Mingzhe, this has nothing to do with being brave or not, but whether he is rational or irrational, whether he can correctly understand himself.
"Anfei, it's time for us to get out. Chris said slowly.
"I know. An Fei stared at the Blackwater River below: "Christing, you take someone and go first." β
"Ann Fei...... What do you mean?"
"I told me that I had killed Beelli and that I was responsible for everything that had been born today. An Fei smiled, but there was a bit of bitterness in his smile.
"Anfei, haven't we already talked about it?Sejialan must have been resurrected by some means, and it has nothing to do with you!"
"But I can't accept that outcome. An Fei paused: "So I have to do something now." β
"You...... You're not going to assassinate Segaran again, are you?" Kristin was anxious: "You're crazy! The last assassination must have made Segaran more vigilant, if you risk it again, is there a difference between sending her to death?" An Fei laughed.
"Then you ......"
"Edward VIII of the Sandsland Empire has sent the Iron Guard Knights and six griffon flying squadrons to try to capture the Hengduan Valley and cut off Lord Beeri's retreat. An Fei said softly: "By now, we must face up to and admit Sejialan's ability, she has already thought about everything that will happen after the first-line heavenly attack and the request for reinforcements from the country, she has already expected it, I feel...... The Iron Guard Knights will definitely reach the Hengduan Valley first. β
"You're going to deal with the Iron Guard Knights?, and six griffon flying squadrons?," Christing's face turned white, and he had rarely been so taave.
"I'm just going to delay them. An Fei said softly: "Chrisling, don't worry, we've been together for so long, have you seen me do stupid things?"
"How do you delay them?"
"It's not good to act on the opportunistic. β
Chris Ling pondered for a long time, feeling very helpless in his heart, this time Beeri was tricked, they would not blame An Fei, and Beeri would not blame An Fei, but what would those courtiers in the Holy City say? What's more, they were already very jealous of An Fei, who had been promoted very quickly, and Thor was not in the Holy City, they had a little less scruples, maybe now that the official document of impeaching An Fei was flying all over the sky, what was right for An Fei to do at this time.
He understands that An Fei has a strong self-esteem in terms of personality, and now he is determined to make up for it with actions, and no one can stop him from misestimating.
"Are you going to take Suzanne with you?" Chrisshire whispered.
"No, I'll go by myself. "Adhering to the tradition of another world, in fact, An Fei is a machismo, he used to take Suzanne around to fight, that is because the situation is stronger than people, he has to follow Susanna to take advantage, or scare people with a fox and a fake tiger, but today his strength is above Susanna, so he has to protect Susanna, it is not a last resort, he does not want to see Susanna to take risks, although Susanna is also a peak powerhouse.
"You...... Yourself?"
"Don't talk to her. An Fei said softly: "You can find a reason for it." β