What a long day...
Griffith put on the clean and simply repaired armor and came to the conference room in the center of the town to sit down.
The night of March 31, 1444 in the Second Age fell. In the past day, he completed preliminary defense organization work in the Lower City, eliminated an undead nest, and then attacked the zombie tide and rescued a group of friendly troops.
Griffith sank deep into the sofa, feeling unreal about the day that had just passed.
According to the spirit of the twelve-person meeting held in Homemon Watts, the original plan for Operation Raven was to concentrate the garrison and Beyonders, spread the intelligence network, and deliver a quick and fatal blow to the exposed cult group. In order to avoid local non-cooperation in the operation, the Extraordinary Commandos took over the command, and Beyeland also sent a particularly reliable officer like Griffith to be the supervisor.
With so much preparation in advance and the concentration of powerful forces, the officials have been led by the cult group to beat them since March 30. The cult's actions were astonishingly fast. First, Griffith and Amber were attacked at the port. Then, as soon as the former enemy committee activated martial law, a large number of infected sewer homeless people began to appear in the city. On the morning of the 31st, the cult activated the sealed objects and resurrected corpses in the cemetery to create armies in the west and south directions of the city. The zombie tide quickly took over the suburbs in the west of the city.
Beyelan had just established a barrier and was about to concentrate its forces to attack the commander of the undead creature with all his strength. An earth-boring demonic insect suddenly appeared and tore a gap in the defense line. The death knight led an army to attack directly. The caster in the rear then unleashed an infection outbreak with unknown mechanisms on the entire city.
No one would believe such a sharp and efficient offensive without the cooperation of higher-level officials who had knowledge of Beyeran's intelligence, and without the command of an experienced commander who was familiar with Beyeran's tactical style.
At this time, Amber, Ophelia and some retreating Beyonders came to the conference room to prepare for a combat meeting. Ophelia said as soon as she entered the door: "Rihanna is stationed as a mage, and Saffirion is stationed as a knight. There may be a traitor among them, or both of them may be traitors."
Amber and others looked at her in surprise. This was a battle meeting for the Extraordinaries, and Miss Shutoral opened her mouth like a little girl in school telling anecdotes.
Griffith hummed and asked everyone to sit down.
Ophelia jumped in front of Amber and sat down on a seat next to Griffith: "Median Maier is reorganizing the troops, and my opinions are his. No need to wait for him."
The Beyonders present also included Uros, Hakan and Pella. They and several young Beyonders also received support from Griffith during the retreat just now, and they all expressed their gratitude.
"Thank you, Sir Knight! You are so fierce!" Pella ran over and grabbed Griffith's hand, "No wonder Amber is..."
"Crack!"
Suddenly a flash of lightning flashed across the conference room. Amber looked at Pella, clenched her fists wrapped with lightning, and smiled slightly with her chin drawn.
"No wonder Lord Amber wants to form a team with you! I'm done." Pera quickly came to her seat and sat down upright.
"Quasi Knight, what should we do next?" Uros asked, "We have ten Extraordinaries here. They are a vital fighting force and cannot be left idle."
Griffith turned his head and glanced at Ophelia, and found that she was sitting upright, looking at him intently, but not speaking.
"Let's talk about your opinions first," Griffith said to Uros and others. "Everyone can make suggestions individually and then discuss them collectively."
Everyone spoke one after another. Uros and other Extraordinaries have a unified opinion, which is to get in touch with the Extraordinaries as soon as possible, control the garrison mages and garrison knights for investigation, and then request Beyelan to send more reinforcements and Extraordinaries.
Considering that the psychic echo has been interrupted, everyone suggested releasing some more homing pigeons and ravens towards the direction of the mage tower to make contact.
Ophelia immediately said seriously: "I have no objection."
Amber hesitated and asked: "Griffith, what do you think?"
"Look~" Pera nudged Hakan with her elbow, and the latter rolled his eyes at her.
Griffith quickly wrote a few strokes on the paper, sorted out his thoughts and said: "The direction of the Mage Tower is in urgent need of support. The stationed Mage must be controlled and the teleportation array cannot be destroyed. For this reason, we must go there as soon as possible to detain him. Rihanna mage.
"However, in the event that the upper city is breached, we must defend the stable rear of the lower city. I plan to stay with Amber, Ophelia, and Midianmaia to form a militia, and then counterattack according to the situation."
"It is unrealistic to use militias to fight back," Uros said. "They will collapse in front of the zombie tide."
Griffith nodded: "The local militia is naturally at this level, but as long as there are qualified officers and non-commissioned officers and they form a square or vehicle formation, they can still fight."
As he spoke, he pointed to himself, Ophelia, and then stood up and pointed to Midianmaia, who was marshalling troops in the square outside the window.
"What should I do if I encounter a powerful enemy?" asked another Extraordinary.
Griffith respectfully extended his hand to Amber: "We invite Miss Amber to fight."
The Beyonders began to hesitate, thinking whether to go to the Mage Tower to support or stay to fight with the militia. It would undoubtedly be safer to join the Extraordinary, but the lower city area would look good if the situation was stable.
At this time, Midian Maier came to the conference room. He brought a raven and a letter and said to everyone:
"Just received the contact. The good news is that the death knights have temporarily retreated after a fierce battle with the extraordinary people. The bad news is that the infection is spreading in the upper city. The former enemy committee has imprisoned the resident mage Ms. Rihanna and is summoning more extraordinary people through the teleportation array. Come to support.
"The teleportation array will take no less than 24 hours to complete charging. The Former Enemy Committee ordered all Extraordinaries in the area to concentrate on the Mage Tower and participate in defensive operations. All Extraordinaries participating in the Mage Tower defense battle will receive a reward of 5 merit points. , Extraordinaries in this area who do not participate in the battle will have 5 merit points deducted."
"Hiss~" There was a sound of inhalation in the conference room. Merit points are not only important to Extraordinaries in the military system, but are also the basis for promotion to official ranks and higher benefits in many Extraordinary organizations and associations, such as the Spellcaster Administration and the Bureau of Investigation.
Uros turned to Griffith and said: "Your Excellency Quasi-Knight, I think there is nothing to discuss or hesitate now. Going to the Mage Tower to fight is the only reasonable choice."
"Yes, 10 merit points each time!" Pella said, "Let's set off quickly. The infection in the upper city is spreading. If we move slowly, we will be blocked by monsters all over the streets."
Griffith took out a map, marked a route and gave it to them: "After crossing the river, take a detour to the east city wall. Although the distance there is far, it will not be hindered by living corpses. You can reach the Mage Tower as soon as possible."
"We?" Several Beyonders who were already preparing to leave asked together, "Aren't you going?"
"If we don't go, we three Shutoral can't abandon the army." Griffith said. Ophelia nodded frequently.
"Amber isn't going either," Griffith continued, then turned to look at the blonde girl with sincere eyes, "I need you to stay, okay?"
Ophelia leaned back with an "Oh~" expression.
"Well, then, okay," Amber hesitated for a moment, probably because she was heartbroken about the merit points, but her eyes quickly became firm, "I'll stay."
"Look~" Pella patted Uros, "Give up!"
Some Beyonders were obviously unhappy with this result. They knew the strength of Griffith and several others, and also knew that the next battle would be much smoother if they were with them.
"You can't do this," Uros stepped forward with some annoyance and looked directly at Griffith with his eyes like flashing swords. "You are disobeying orders and distracting precious combat power."
"No, I can do this. I am a special investigator. Lordes and the others can't command me. I can do whatever I want." Griffith stood up and looked down at the assassin who was half a head shorter than himself. "Besides, , when you talk to me, you have to call me, Your Excellency, Quasi-Knight, or Sir, do you understand?"
The conference room suddenly became quiet. Everyone looked at the conflicting companions in surprise.
Uros took a half-step back bitterly, turned around and asked, "Don't you care about 10 merit points?"
"Merits are worth nothing. I obey Griffith's orders!" Ophelia immediately expressed her position loudly, "Miss Amber should be more obedient than me. You know the reason."
"..."
The meeting broke up unhappily. Uros, Pella and some Beyonders immediately packed up their equipment and crossed the Raven River to the north.
After they left, Griffith closed the door of the conference room and asked everyone to sit down again.
"Then, let's start the second round of meetings," Griffith said. "The topic of the meeting is how to attack the great tomb in Raven Cemetery."
Amber hesitated for a moment, then suddenly reacted. She looked at Ophelia and asked, "From the beginning, you planned to attack the undead from behind, and you didn't plan to bring other Beyonders with you?"
"Yes, this will be an arduous battle. We have to show our trump cards. Only comrades who can trust each other can be qualified for this mission. I originally wanted to guide others to leave voluntarily, but I didn't expect the official to give the order directly, which saved a lot "It's a good thing," Ophelia said, "Besides, the gains from this battle will be considerable, so there is no need to share the profit with the oil bottle."
"Do you really not care about those 10 merit points?" Amber asked, "Or do you not care about the safety of the Mage Tower?"
"It doesn't matter," Midian Maier answered for everyone, "If it is really a battle that will collapse without us, then the order is not to deduct or reward merit points, but to strictly order us to support immediately. The current arrangement means that the superiors It gives us room for discretion and allows us to attack and contain on other fronts. If we have enough power to weaken the enemy, the gains from the battle can naturally make up for the losses.
"Of course, for me personally, repaying Griffith for his previous rescue is much more meaningful than 10 merit points."
"Me too, 10 points of merit are nothing," Ophelia said sternly, and then looked at Amber with a smile, "Amber, why did you stay?"
"Ah, I, this..." Amber blushed and immediately regained her composure, "Of course it's because Griffith can't do it without me!"
