"Everyone, look at me! Smile!"
Ofina adjusted the angle and used a photo-taking device to take a "family photo" of the entire team. Then, while everyone was looking up, she quickly took away the largest piece of meat.
With good food and wine, as well as strong and reliable teammates, the team members chatted freely and their understanding of each other quickly deepened.
Fiennes jumped on the table and gave an impassioned speech. "Silly Bird" Renata took out her bagpipe and played a melodious and inspiring song.
The uneasiness and tension in the hearts of the team members slowly dissipated in the singing, and were replaced by the excitement of doing things behind millions of enemies and the passion of serving the country. They can't wait.
"Captain Rogge, when are we leaving? My hands are itchy!" Simmons seemed to have drunk a little too much, and he stretched out his arms to hug Melifa like a good brother.
Melifa kicked Simmons hard on the knee. Even though Simmons was a martial arts king, he was kicked to the ground without any defense. "Oh, Captain Rogge passed. When we set off, We will be notified, why are you so crazy here?”
"Haha, I'm happy to have so many new brothers! Cheers!" Simmons didn't care at all about this kick. He just knelt on the ground and poured himself a glass of wine with a wine bottle, then raised his head and drank it all.
"Captain Melifa is right. Don't worry, everyone, make the preparations you need to do and just wait." Lorria said.
"Roger, now that everyone is here and the atmosphere is so good, it's time to hit the target, right?" Kawaju asked with a toothpick in his mouth and raised his eyebrows.
"You will know after departure." Rogge said calmly.
"You!" Kawazu stood up, but was shocked by a sharp gaze. He felt as if he was locked by a giant dragon, unable to move.
Rogge stared at Kawaju expressionlessly and said word by word: "Captain Kawaju, what do you think?"
Kawaju struggled hard and finally broke away from the dragon's power. He wiped his cold sweat and sat down on the chair, gasping for air.
The second in command of the Revenge Flame Team, a newly promoted King of Martial Arts saw that his captain was in poor condition, and quickly stepped forward to apologize and said with a smile: "Captain Rogge, our captain just wants to know the target and make targeted preparations, nothing else. the meaning of."
"Well, Geraint, you have to be right." Rogge remembered this person's name when they first met a few years ago. "But the battlefield is changing rapidly. The war has not started yet. How to determine the target? And I have to prepare. It’s already been done for you.”
Rogge took out the remaining space rings containing supplies and handed them to the three captains. "Distribute them to the team members. The supplies inside are the same. Warriors and magicians can exchange potions."
Geraint accepted the space ring instead of Kawaju.
"Captain Kawaju, do you have any more questions?"
Kawaju was silent.
Rogge killed them all without a trace." He rubbed Cui Yu's head, who was standing on his shoulder, and closed his eyes in deep thought.
Whispers gradually came from the quiet tavern, and the people of Roosoma gathered together and discussed loudly.
"Avar, have you seen it? Captain Rogge's eyes are really scary. Is he really only a senior person?" Fiennes said.
"That's right, the leader is so awesome. I have only heard of his passing before but never seen him take action. Now it seems that he is even better than passing." Renata said, patting her chest.
Alvarez pressed his trembling arm and said harshly: "Humph, it's not bad, not very scary."
Alva was very proud of the strength of his captain: "Oh, there is a gap between senior levels. Believe it or not, he can defeat us all by himself! I can even step on a flame mage like Kawaju. You’re not even worthy of carrying the leader’s shoes!”
"Shhh, be louder. If people hear it, it will affect the harmony of the team." Fiennes smiled, "The leader is really extraordinary. Even the pet bird is so cute, but it looks so melancholy..."
This time, Roger did not receive any communication from Thea.
…
A few days have passed since Charles issued the summons order. Large troops have arrived from all over the country, and more will follow.
Under the careful planning of Filia and other generals, the troops were stationed in an orderly and efficient manner, and were all in the most suitable position for them.
Holk City has become the largest logistics base on the front line, like a second heart, constantly delivering fresh blood to the northwest front line.
The first heart is undoubtedly Odens, the capital of the empire. Countless troops gathered here and then headed for the northwest border.
The empire has mobilized all its blood, except...the Eagle Family in the Northeast. The Eagle family is like a dead piece of flesh and blood. The main knights only sent a team symbolically, and the others were all conscripts.
Rogge missed Filia and when he was walking around the city, he could hear Charles's curse coming from the conference room.
As the saying goes, before you fight against foreign forces, you must first make peace at home. No one knows why the Eagle family or the Grand Duke of Lanster would do this.
But the "inner family" of the Eagle family is too big, and the orc vanguard is about to attack the city, and there is no time to settle down.
As long as he doesn't stab you in the back.
Charles just scolded and took no other action, which meant that he knew what he was doing and didn't need to worry about Rogge.
Two days later, soldiers from the Caronde Territory arrived on time under the leadership of Mellaud, along with an elite light cavalry from the Red Flame Knights.
At the front of the team is the Frostwind Knights. This knightly group created by Filia for Rogge is already quite impressive, and is not much weaker than the Red Flame Knights not far away.
Behind the Frostwind Knights is the 50,000 standing army led by Caronde. Their military appearance is neat and disciplined, but they do not carry a murderous aura like the defenders who defend the northwest border all year round.
At the end are 80,000 conscripts. They are armed with brand-new weapons and equipment. They obviously vary in age, but they all exude "vigor".
But vigor cannot make them live longer on the battlefield. They cannot transform until they truly experience the baptism of war.
And this one seems to be coming soon.
…
Thea's missing twelfth.
"Woo..."
The sharp sound of the horn resounded through the sky, adding a bit of happiness to the hot afternoon air.
Rogge used the flying technique to fly up into the air and look into the distance. He saw a black shadow appearing on the horizon on the side of the Orc Alliance, slowly rushing towards the defense line of the fortress group.
In the sky, large groups of giant vultures, wyverns, and manticores were hovering. Although they were not as large as the sun, their numbers were still staggering.
The Orc Vanguard Army finally arrived.
"Fiennes, inform all captains to be ready to go at any time." Rogge said to Fiennes who was beside him.
"Copy that!" Fiennes flew away like a gust of wind.
…
The head of Hofra Castle.
Rogge fell down and found Filia who was giving orders.
Filia temporarily handed over the command to the adjutant and gave him a smile, "Are you leaving?"
"Not yet, soon, wait until the fight starts before leaving. I'm afraid I won't have time to see you if the fight starts, so..."
Filia took two steps forward and hugged Rogge in full view of everyone.
Ignoring other people's gazes, Rogge held up the face of his beloved girl and pressed his lips to hers.
After a painful kiss, Filia gently bit Rogge's lips at the end, pressed her soft tongue heavily on it, and then pushed him away.
"Let's go and take care of Nana." The girl smiled softly.
"Um."
The two of them didn't talk much. Peter already knew what he was thinking, so there was no need for more.
After taking a final deep look at the heroic and beautiful girl, Rogge flew down the city and headed straight for the team's meeting point.
Philiya watched her lover leave and turned to look outside the city.
"How many enemies are there?" Filia asked.
"At least two hundred thousand!" the adjutant reported.
"Two hundred thousand... isn't too much. Let's practice swordsmanship with them first."
…
The empire's northwest defense line, its full name is the northwest fortress group defense line.
The so-called fortress group is centered on three super-large main castles, namely Hofra, Hosilan, and Hojiaka. There are high and thick city walls between the main castles, and large castles are distributed inside and outside the city walls.
After the orc vanguard advanced to the outermost castle at a constant speed, without stopping for a moment, the vanguard suddenly accelerated and launched an attack with a roar.
The war cry of the beasts was so loud, and at such a long distance, the imperial conscripts unconsciously clenched their weapons, feeling excessive mental stress.
However, when the trebuchets of the fortress group roared and started throwing stones, the mental tension was relieved.
The sound of heavy trebuchets operating and the "whooshing" sound of boulders whizzing out suddenly became the main theme of each fortress. The boulders fell and shattered, and the large group of orcs were smashed into a pulp before they could scream.
The activation of the trebuchet brought a full sense of security to the soldiers, except for the outermost fortress.
Because the orcs also have trebuchets and giants that can throw stones.
"boom!"
Rough boulders hit the wall of the outer fortress, and the seemingly solid wall instantly cracked several gaps.
The captain of the fortress guard yelled and ordered the soldiers to adjust the angle of the trebuchets and give priority to attacking the enemy's trebuchets and giants.
But before the soldiers could do anything, the orc army crawled into the city through the gap opened by the boulder, carrying rolling stones, rain of arrows and hot oil.
"Kill! I swear to live and die with the fortress!" The captain had no time to issue any orders and took the lead in charging towards the orcs.
The size of the outer fortresses is not large, and the largest one can only accommodate 500 people.
Their existence is to consume the enemy's vitality with a high combat loss ratio, and at the same time gain more output time for the fortress in the rear.
Their fate was determined from the moment the war broke out, only destruction.
The defenders in the fortress also know this very well. They are the bravest warriors in the entire empire. They are not afraid of death and use their lives to defend the sacred territory of the empire and their country.
The outermost fortress was quickly destroyed, and the large bodies of corpses on the land between the fortresses and in the ruins proved the determination of the orcs to invade.
The orcs still did not stop and continued to attack the second level of fortress.
The strong smell of blood filled the air and would probably not dissipate for a long time.
