When she turned from a troublemaker to a great hero in an instant and successfully rescued the old priest, the old man of the Crete family, of course, Erica, who should have been blamed or punished by everyone, suddenly became arrogant. It got so loud that it even swaggered when walking on weekdays, and even its little tail was almost raised.
Of course, that's assuming Erica has a tail?
However, I won’t say much about Erica’s mood for the time being. Anyway, Gus, Farnese, Serpico, Bald Yasan and others in the City of Holy Light are not very happy at the moment, even though It's the same thing if they don't have to worry about exchanging hostages anymore.
Because, what a bad little girl encouraged Erica and Isidoro to do did not come without any price, and the price that can be seen coming is: Falconia City and the so-called The attack and revenge of the 'New Eagle Group' on their City of Holy Light may come at any time!
Ever since!
On the third day after Isidoro successfully rescued the old priest, Gus, Farnese, Legion Witch Shirji and other generals and senior officials of the City of Holy Light gathered in a large barracks in the military camp outside the city. He was having a meeting with a sad face.
At this time, what they were meeting and discussing was of course about some of the follow-up issues caused by the rescue plan that Erica, Isidoro and others had carried out secretly without their knowledge.
"Ahem..."
"OK OK."
"Everyone, please relax. Everyone is back anyway. Now the initiative is on our side. There is no point in worrying anymore."
"Let's think about the next steps!"
"No matter what, the Holy Light will protect us!"
After everyone discussed in low voices for a while, they found that there was no result for the time being, and then, after looking at each other with everyone again, finally, the legion secretary Serpico spoke.
"Dear colleagues!"
"You must all know the general happenings in Falconia City right now, right?"
"Although they have not made any big movements yet, and they have no intention of using large-scale troops against us immediately. They are still busy recruiting refugees and consolidating the other side's defense circle, but..."
"There is no doubt that they will take action against us. It is just a matter of time!"
"before that……"
"I guess, next, those monsters in Falconia, that is, those war demon soldiers of the 'New Eagle Group' who don't know where they are lurking at the moment, will definitely become angry, and then attack them recklessly. And those who attack us, don’t you deny this?”
"fortunately!"
"They are currently unlikely to launch a large-scale and frontal attack on us, but secretly carrying out sneak attacks and sabotage is definitely inevitable!"
"We must be more vigilant about this!"
Having said this, Serpico stopped, and then looked around the meeting site. After seeing that the officers and generals sitting around had nothing to add and were all listening carefully, he thought for a while and then He continued:
"We have already sent the flying dragon troops to investigate the border cave that Isidoro told us before."
"But it's a pity that the opponent's demon soldier is no longer there now."
"Count the time..."
"We have enough reasons to believe that those war demon soldiers and those apostle monsters that can transform have probably lurked and marched around our City of Holy Light, and are probably dormant outside our control area at this time. Are you ready to attack us at any time?"
"so!"
"Let's talk about it, how should we deal with it?"
After roughly stating some of the insights and analysis he could draw based on the current situation, Serpico sat down again with a wry smile and looked at the dozen senior generals and Gus who were present at the meeting. I want to see if anyone here has anything to add.
"snort!"
"In a head-on confrontation, as long as Falconia doesn't send out a large force, just hundreds or thousands of demon-fighting soldiers, our Holy Knights of the Silver Hand will definitely not be afraid of them!"
"Our holy light has a restraining effect on those monsters, which has been proven!"
Look at the people present, you look at me, I look at you, and they all have sad expressions on their faces, but no one said anything, so Farnese couldn't help it, he slapped the table, stood up with a groan, and said loudly He expressed her own opinions and at the same time did not forget to encourage the somewhat low morale.
"but……"
"Farnese, the problem now is: if their war demon soldiers can't hide, we can't do anything with them either!"
"If we divide our forces to defend... we will definitely not be able to defend it!"
"You also know that we don't have enough troops, so we can't cover everything. In addition, those monsters can also transform. Ordinary soldiers can't deal with them at all. But there are paladins who have mastered the Holy Light who have the means to fight against those monsters. There are too few, and they are not very skilled in skills. They may not be able to defeat them in small-scale battles, and they need more time to train!"
"In fact, even the rest of us do!"
"As you all know, even Commander Gus has not been able to fully master the Holy Light, let alone those of us. It's okay if everyone swarms up, but if it's one-on-one, even I can't defeat that kind of monster. I am sure of victory!"
At this time, the bald Yasang didn't get up. He just sat in his seat and complained and talked nonsense before sighing in annoyance.
"It would be great if we could know where those monsters are lurking, then find them and concentrate our forces to eliminate them in one fell swoop."
"Fighting head-on, we are absolutely sure that we can defeat them in one fell swoop!"
"Then, at least one or even two years of valuable time can be bought before Falconia completely frees up his hands?"
However, what Yasang said is obviously not an effective method, and the enemy will definitely not attack head-on or take the initiative to reveal flaws or traces as he said, so what he said is actually the same as nothing. Say something like that.
"Fighting?"
"I think so too..."
"But the area around the City of Holy Light is too big, and there are many dense forests. Everyone knows the current situation of the world, and there are so many monsters and lurking monsters. If we want to find them, it won't be easy. Woolen cloth."
"But it would be quite difficult to defend passively!"
At this time, Serpico stood up again and pointed at the new map of the terrain and monster distribution of the City of Holy Light to analyze:
"Look!"
"At present, apart from the city of Holy Light, we only have this one military camp within a few kilometers of control, a dozen peripheral sentries, military strongholds, several villages, and two mines. They guard against those monsters. The attacks are somewhat reluctant, and once you become the target of an enemy attack, there will be absolutely no reason to survive.”
"If we divide our forces to defend these places, we will no longer have any advantage in the face of hundreds or thousands of demon warriors, and will only give the enemy a chance to defeat them?"
"By then, I'm worried that we may not even be able to defend the city!"
"But if we don't divide the troops to guard..."
"Once our strongholds and villages are attacked and destroyed by the enemy, we will be left with only an isolated city, and we will be completely unable to produce food and minerals. In that case, in the end, we will also be unable to defend this city."
"That's the rub!"
"The enemy is in darkness and we are in the clear. This situation is too passive. Even if the old priest is rescued by Isidoro and Erica, our current situation has not improved at all."
Serpico pointed to the map hanging in the room and drew a big circle along the perimeter of the City of Holy Light before saying, with a bitter smile full of dilemmas on his face.
"..."
After listening to the words of his deputy and legion secretary, Farnese, who had looked high on fighting spirit just now, instantly succumbed.
Two days ago, before Isidoro successfully rescued the hostages, Farnese had been happy for a while, feeling that he no longer had to be coerced by the enemy, but no matter what, the problem seemed to have not been solved now. Although they have not been relieved or improved, they are still threatened by those evil enemies who are eyeing them?
Even sometimes Farnese still thinks that the situation would be better if Isidoro was not allowed to save people, because in that case, at least the enemy would appear on the surface instead of like now In this way, everyone can only sit here and look at the terrain map dumbfounded, helpless and helpless against the enemy lurking in the dark.
"!!"
"Shirji."
Finally, seeing that there was nothing anyone could do, Gus, who didn't want to waste time on such unnecessary discussions, suddenly opened his one eye and looked directly at the Legion Witch Shirji who had been silent next to him and asked softly. road:
"Do you have any good ideas?"
"Is there any kind of detection or protection magic, such as a barrier, that can issue an early warning once an enemy appears?"
"Didn't you also set up early warning barriers around our military camp and castle?"
"Can we set up something like that at the entire border of our territory?"
Since things are now beyond the capabilities of all of them, asking for help from witches and magic has naturally become one of Gus's few options at the moment.
After all, no matter what, it is obvious to all that Shirji's power and Shirji's magic helped them. If the other party has any good ideas, Gus believes that he will accept it with humility.
"..."
He looked up at Gus, who had an expectant look on his face, and then looked at the equally expectant eyes of everyone present. In the end, Shirji shook his head, opened his lips lightly and sighed:
"it's useless."
"That kind of super large magic barrier that can cover the entire City of Holy Light area is not simple!"
"Although I can do it, I need a large number of witches or mages to help me arrange and set up various magic runes. I also need a large magic source. Even if there is no tree like the one in Falconia, There is an endless source of magic power like the World Tree, but at least it needs to be at the level of a spiritual tree like the one in the Spirit Tree Forest?"
"And then..."
"Even if there are a large number of witches and the core that is the source of magic power, the process and materials required to set up such a large barrier are too many. With our manpower and material resources, it will be difficult to complete it within ten or eight years. "
"so……"
"I'm sorry, I can't help you."
For fear that Gus and others would misunderstand that he did not want to contribute, Shirji had no choice but to refute the other party's naive idea and at the same time, he also hurriedly stated roughly what kind of price he would have to pay.
"The most I can do is set up the same barrier at a few sentry points around our border, and it will take at least ten days to arrange it. As for whether it will be effective or whether it will be too late, I don't know. "
"That's as far as I can go, really."
After saying that, she once again gave Gus and Farnese, who were looking at her, a bitter smile. The shy legion witch Shirji lowered her head and sat quietly in her seat. Silenced.
"Yeah?"
Looking at Shirji's appearance, Gus, who knew that the other party had tried his best, did not dare to embarrass him. He just lowered his head and frowned and pondered.
At that moment, Gus subconsciously thought of a certain lawless little figure and felt that the other party must have a way. However, he quickly got rid of that unreliable idea.
Because Gus knows that unless he takes the initiative to bow his head and admit defeat, there is a high probability that the troubled little girl will not take action, and even if she does, there is a high probability that she will solve a problem and cause a bigger mess in the end. !
In that case, why not think of a solution on his own? At least, the final result will definitely not be worse than the current one?
"never mind!"
"It seems..."
"I still have to find it on my own!"
Presumably, seeing that no one had any particularly good ideas, Gus suddenly gritted his teeth, then made up his mind and stood up resolutely and said loudly.
"??"
"Gus!"
"What can you do?"
Seeing this, Farnese and others naturally turned their heads and looked at Gus.
"Jie!"
"You should all know about the brand on the back of my neck, right?"
"That was given by Falconia's 'Eagle of Light'. Once it gets close to those apostle monsters, it will sting and bleed. The more powerful the apostle or the greater the number, the stronger its reaction will be. !”
"During this period, I have always thought that it might no longer be useful. After all, the world has become like this, and those monsters are less likely to continue to pester me, but now it seems..."
"It doesn't seem like that?"
Smiling evilly, while explaining to his friends, Gus thought for a moment and then reached out and pulled off the magic seal that Shirji had painted and put on the back of his neck.
"!!"
"Gus..."
"You don't want to..."
Seeing Gus's actions, Shirji frowned slightly, and then asked worriedly.
"from now on!"
"I will lead the flying dragon patrol to patrol around our territory day and night!"
"Don't think about it anymore, just stay here in the military camp and wait!"
"Anyway!"
"I must find those bastards and destroy them!"
"That's it."
Seeing that Shirji, Farnese and others seemed to have different opinions, Gus waved his hands impatiently, and then made a strong decision without waiting for anyone to say anything else.
Anyway, there is no other way. He can only try this, otherwise, the situation will be too passive for them.
"While I'm away, Captain Farnese will be solely responsible for everything!"
"that's all!"
"Everyone is tired, let's adjourn the meeting!"
After saying that, Gus dropped the magic seal that was originally attached to the back of his neck, then resolutely grabbed the black sword he put aside and took the lead to leave the venue with long strides.
"..."
"..."
"..."
Everyone looked at each other in confusion. Although they all knew that it was not a good idea for Gus, their great lord, to lead a team to patrol and search for enemies alone. However, the current situation was very passive and they had no better idea. I thought, so I had to acquiesce.
"That……"
"Then I'll go ask someone and see if there's any other way."
Seeing that Gus had left, and seeing that everyone present was still looking at each other with sad faces, Shirji felt that it was not an option to continue like this. After thinking about it, he also stood up, and then stood up and held her hand. A big wand walked outside.
"Find someone?"
"Who is she going to ask?"
Seeing Shirji's slender figure, the bald Yasang was a little at a loss. Then he scratched his big bald head and asked Serpico beside him.
"Who else could it be?"
"Isn't he the little guy who can cause trouble the most?"
After sighing, Serpico rolled his eyes at Yasang angrily.
"But that's okay!"
"If that guy in Falconia is really the kind of existence that we can't compete with, then at least we have a strong backing, even though she doesn't look very reliable?"
Then, Serpico joked like this to himself.
"??"
"what are you saying?"
Yasang obviously didn't understand what Serpico said just now, and he didn't seem to hear it very clearly, so he continued to ask strangely.
"without!"
Unfortunately, Serpico shook his head but did not explain.
"alright."
However, at this time Farnese was also a little impatient.
"I still have some things to do."
"You all should leave!"
She slapped the table again and stood up, then announced the end of the meeting and urged the frowning generals present to leave quickly and stop sitting here and affecting her work.
"Why……"
Soon, when the generals filed away, looking at the empty room and the map with a very serious defensive situation, Farnese could only mutter and sigh.
"I just hope Shirji or Gus can really do something about it, right?"
Gus was going to use the stupid method of using the mark on the back of his neck as an early warning to find the enemy who was currently lurking somewhere. Although Farnese didn't approve of that method, he didn't stop it either.
After all, they really have no better way.
"only……"
"Does that guy Annie really have any good ideas?"
"never mind!"
After muttering to himself for a while, Farnese finally shook his head again, and then stopped thinking about it. He just started racking his brains to look at the map and prepare some defenses and arrange for various units to be on standby around the clock. schedule.
"I still don't think about it so much..."
Now that Gus has patted her butt and ran out to serve as the patrol leader, of course, all the other party's original work fell on her head, and at this critical moment, she had to work hard and fulfill her duties, otherwise, God knows whether those apostles will take advantage of her negligence and suddenly jump out from somewhere and launch destruction and attacks on their City of Holy Light.
Although that kind of thing will definitely happen sooner or later, it is undoubtedly best if we can take precautions in advance and formulate plans to reduce losses as much as possible.
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(ω)Monthly ticket~.
(End of chapter)
