"...In short, the fire attack in Florent Canyon was effective. This battle not only wiped out more than 100,000 monsters, but also slowed down the march of the Demon King's army to a great extent."
"Well, I already understand the specific situation. You did a good job. You can go down."
"Yes, legion commander!" Seeing the soldier stand up and leave, Neruvana turned her head, with both joy and surprise, and cast her gaze not far away to Barong, who was leaning against the shade of a dead tree and reading ancient books.
Three days have passed since the departure from Leighton Manhari. The arrival at the front line early yesterday morning was originally delayed by an unexpected "blocker". The beasts living in the forest are more sensitive than humans. They sense that the devil's forces are gradually approaching here. Knowing that their living space will be deprived, the beasts start migrating at this time. Unfortunately, they bump into where everyone is. This Imperial Army detachment.
Although there were not many casualties, after a day and night of fighting, the soldiers had more or less lost most of their energy, so Neruvana asked to stop and rest on the side of the road near the next village.
Gallius went to a nearby village to negotiate, allowing the army to settle in for one night. However, it seemed that the negotiation did not go smoothly. Nerubana originally planned to go to communicate with the village chief in person, but as soon as she took the front step, her back step Then I received good news from the front line.
Obviously this is due to Baron's plan. At his request, before the Demon King's army attacked the Second Canyon, the wolf cavalry scouts were sent into the canyon first, laying fuel and a large amount of combustibles along the way, and then asking the soldiers to evacuate the nearby people. The houses were dismantled and transported to the end of the canyon where they were piled up and blocked the exit of the canyon.
After leading the Demon King's army into the canyon, he ordered the magician who had been arranged on the top of the cliff early in the morning to cast flames to ignite the combustible materials, and then used wind magic to spread the fire quickly and raise it high.
On top of this, if the Demon King's army chooses to carry out the invasion to the end, there are only two options: forcefully breaking through or climbing over the canyon exit blockage, and no matter which of these two options you choose, you will pay a huge price, and the result will be exactly.
In this battle of trapped beasts, although the Demon King's army finally broke through the canyon's defense line, it was considered to have suffered heavy casualties.
"The strategy of trapping the beast is not clever. I just made a few improvements compared to your previous strategy. For monsters without intelligence, this strategy should have been tried and tested many times, and the current results are reasonable. It should be. But Neruvana, while you are lucky, did you pay attention to what the soldier said?"
Compared to Neluvana who only focused on the immediate situation, Baron took a longer-term view and did not have excessive expectations for a foreseeable victory.
"Explanation?" After hearing what Baron said, the joy on Neluvana's face quickly dissipated, replaced by confusion.
"Didn't you notice? I asked the soldiers to truthfully report the battle situation on the front line, but the other party's description only mentioned monsters."
"Pretenders, and... trolls?" After being reminded, Nervana immediately understood the meaning of Barong's words, and her expression immediately became solemn.
"Are you saying that the reason why you were able to gain such a huge advantage was because only monsters entered the canyon this time? In this case, the reason why the combat strategy of using the terrain in the first battle in the Isauria Canyon failed, It was precisely because of the neglect of considering the influence of war weapons such as magicians and trolls among the Pretenders. It had already been proved at that time that using terrain to fight would not have much effect on those guys. And This time, they could have been the same as before, but why..."
"Have you ever heard of recharging your energy?" Barong said calmly, turning the pages of the book with his thumb.
"Recharge your batteries? Why do you come to this conclusion? I think this word is unreasonable to apply to a group of tireless and fearless demon kings. They are just like the group of beasts they encountered yesterday who only attack blindly. .”
"Ha, are you just attacking?" After hearing what he said, the man shook his head with a half-smile.
"Neruvana, don't think too simply about the enemy. We might as well change our thinking and assume that the enemy is not the Demon King's army, but enemies from outside the continent who have the same civilization as the Kotgama Empire. They have led an extremely large force. They vowed to level this land. They used advanced war equipment to defuse the empire's first wave of ambush. Now their trump card has been exposed. Next, they will cross two identical terrains and try to take over the role of the enemy commander. You How will you make a judgment?”
"If it were me, I would definitely ask the army to move forward cautiously. After all, the opponent will definitely adopt targeted strategies after knowing our army's trump card. Therefore, if there are more manpower, a group of vanguard troops will be sent to explore first... and so on. …?!”
"What, did you realize it?" Baron closed the book and turned his gaze to Nirvana.
"As mentioned earlier, the Demon King's Army does not possess intelligence as individuals, and their actions are all succumbing to the invasion orders issued by the Demon King. Because of this, the fearless Demon King's Army has no reason to slow down its marching speed. In order to achieve the purpose of invasion They can be sacrificed from top to bottom. But that would be rather inefficient, just like if I were the Demon King, I would definitely not leave the most critical group of troops to conquer the empire to them to act independently."
"A person will be chosen to take over this position and command this army for him!" Neruvana's eyes widened as she suddenly realized, and at the same time, her body and mind fell into a moment of panic.
"It's just that there is an additional commander role under the original judgment. There is no need to be so nervous." Compared to Nervana, Barong laughed nonchalantly.
"Even the strategy you can think of is enough to show that the opponent's command ability is not very superb. The tactics of using fire attack assume this of the opponent. If it is replaced by those pretenders and trolls, the battle in Florent Canyon Ideas will not be of much use.”
"But if the other side adopts the same strategy as they did in the Isauria Valley, then wouldn't there be nothing we can do against them?"
"That can't be called a strategy. The result is that the opponent does not have the character of a commander. That would be better. As long as I take precautions in the final canyon, I can get the maximum benefit."
"Can't it be that the other party's commander predicted that you predicted the decision made based on his prediction?" Finally, Neruvana raised a key question.
"Even if he was that smart, he would never be able to put the strategy in the present where he can see it. You might as well do some simple empathy. I can infer from the existing information that I have such a fellow commander. The official's opponent, what about the other party? Where can he get my information?" Barong said, casting his gaze casually into the distance. At the end of his field of vision, an all-too-familiar blond girl was leading the way. A stooped old woman approached and waved to them.
Barong put the classic at his feet and raised his hand in response. He stared straight ahead without thinking of looking back, but in an indifferent tone he said to the dull-looking Neruvana: "From the moment I took over the command, the enemy was overt and we were in the dark, because This game is not fair, but you should be happy, after all, the balance of victory is tilted towards your side for the time being."
"You are such a monster!"
Even though there are thousands of words in my heart, there is only one sentence left on my lips. Standing next to the man and looking into the distance with his gaze, Neruvana showed a little relief on her face. The fact was that it was not until this moment that she was sure that her judgment was correct and that the person in front of her was indeed worth relying on.
