"You're right," Ash Rufate replied. "If it were you, I wouldn't have made such stupid plans... But, fortunately, it was not you who commanded Ryan's main force, but Leto."

"Prince Leto does not have military experience, but he did not do it alone. Even the supreme commander needs to listen to the opinions of his subordinates to make decisions. An inexperienced general may not necessarily..."

"No, he will!" Ash Rufate replied. In a sense, fortunately, the Rangers were led by Beller.

...

Robin stood at the highest point of the city, and the wind blew his face, bringing up the hair on his temples. A few strands of hair were pressed on his face, making him feel itchy, but very comfortable.

Time passes quickly, and now the wind has no longer the chill of early spring, but has become warm and energetic. Under the blowing of the spring breeze, the fields and forests have been dyed green and full of vitality.

"Robin, what are you looking at?" Beller came from behind. During this period, Beller was carefully preparing for Meno's defense, patrolling the city wall at least twice a day. Fortunately, Meno City was not a big city, and there were actually a batch of ready-made weapons and equipment in the city, allowing Beller to use the 3,000 troops at hand to organize a tight defensive force. If the vampire tried to use his superior forces to attack the Rangers, he would be surprised to find that this walnut was much harder to chew than expected.

"Sir Belle, I'm thinking. I think what measures will the vampires take?" Robin said excitedly. Anyone could see the situation in front of him that Ryan's army was sure to win.

"Haha, Robin. The key is not what measures he takes, but what preparations we are prepared." Berel replied with a smile. "Have the magician conveyed my letter?"

"Yes, General. But you are a little too long-winded. The same thing doesn't need to be repeatedly emphasized. Although His Highness Leto..." Robin said, suddenly he found that there were soldiers on duty not far away, so he quickly shut up. After all, these soldiers are all Ryans, and it is not a good thing to say that they are missing.

"Although His Highness Leto lacks military experience?" Berel shrugged and answered in an indifferent attitude, not caring whether the Ryan soldiers heard him. "Providing the Lord General with the right opinion is what I, as a deputy general, should do for sure."

"But..." Berel had too many reminders. In fact, in the past few days, it has been the third time that Berel has used magic to send Leto to send a message. Although the specific wording is different each time, the essence is that - remind Leto that they have already gained an absolute advantage. At this moment, they should avoid a decisive battle with the vampire, and use their strategic advantages to compress the vampire's activity space bit by bit, and truly transform the advantage into victory. Of course, it is best to send thousands of troops to reinforce Berel, so that the advantage can be further ensured.

Robin could understand Berel's feelings for writing letters to Leto - after all, everyone knew that Prince Leto had no military experience. But he was puzzled by the frequent writing letters.

"But what? Robin?"

"If His Highness Leto obeys your opinion, then writing a letter is enough. If he ignores your opinion, no matter how many letters you write, it is useless." Robin replied. "That's how you taught me in the past."

"You don't understand yet," replied Beller. Robin felt that the expression on his face seemed to be laughing when Beller spoke, and that kind of sarcastic smile. "But you will understand soon."

"Where does the vampire seem to be coming to attack us?" Robin paused for a moment and changed the topic.

"Of course, if he attacks us, he will really die. If it were Ashu Rufate, he would never do such a stupid thing."

"Then why are you still working so hard to strengthen your defense..." Robin curled his lips, but did not say this.

"Actually, I'm just doing this in case. After all, no matter how smart a person is, he will be stupid." Berel seemed to have read Robin's question. "At present, it is an extremely dangerous environment for Asu Ruffat. On the one hand, he is attacked from the front and back, but on the other hand, he is betrayed. Under high pressure, he may be confused."

What Beller talked about Meno. Before, the Rangers had only two or three days to completely control most of the villages on Meno's land. This was not so much a threat by force, but people were very welcome to the arrival of Ryan's regular army. Bayer quickly solved the most urgent food and fodder problem and obtained the capital to stick to Meno City.

Actually, it is really strange. Everyone knows that the Meno area was originally where vampires started. It is said that all the villages surrendered to the vampires and received the protection of vampires. It was with the support of the Meno area that the vampires eventually grew and captured the entire Sivania in one fell swoop. However, it was this area that first supported vampires, but now it abandoned its loyalty to vampires like a pair of broken shoes, and instead fully supported the arrival of Ryan's regular army. It is understandable that those officials who were loyal to the original lords but were forced to serve vampires to open the city gate, then dozens of villages on the entire land defected to Berel and provided him with manpower and material support.

"Robin, are you very surprised that the people in this place support us so easily and provide us with food and corresponding supplies?" Beller saw through Robin's doubts at a glance and asked. Robin nodded.

"Haha...it's very simple. Because the vampire is no longer useful." Although Beller was laughing, the cold smell in his voice was very strong.

"The residents here were originally Ryans. They had to join vampires because they were forced to live in poverty by the lord. Since this problem has been solved, the lord - which seems to be called Kasek or something - has been killed by the vampire and will never come back. In this way, the vampire will be useless."

"But...but...even because of gratitude..."

"Grateful? Haha...Grateful...Grateful!" Baylor laughed. "If that person is not a vampire, but a human, it is still a little trouble for people to convince themselves to give up gratitude. They must find an excuse to make themselves feel at ease. However, since that person is a vampire and the legendary evil monster, there is no need to find such an excuse. If they have any worries in their hearts, they may only be worried about being revenge by the vampire."

Belle's face twitched, and at that moment, Robin felt that his general became a little unreal. "Robin, you have to remember that all agreements, vows or covenants are for betrayal. This is true for people and for the country. The most reliable thing is only interests. For example, my existence has a very important significance to Tiberius, so I never have to worry about being betrayed."

Berel walked to the other side. Robin stood there stupidly, unable to recover for a long time.

While Robin was standing in a daze, Leto received a letter from Beller at a very far away from them. When the guards delivered the letter to him, Leto was holding an informal meeting. His staff, confidant, other deputy generals, and some more confidant middle-level officers were present.

Leto still attaches great importance to Beler's letter. He opened the letter and read it carefully before throwing it aside. Beler sent three letters in a row, but in fact he had the same meaning when he went back and forth. Leto really didn't know that Beler was such a person who liked to talk nonsense in the past.

"General Berel thinks," Leto said. "The vampires will likely look for us to fight to the death, to make a desperate bet and to live in death."

"This is just the last dying struggle of the vampire." Someone said happily. "We will definitely win this war."

After hearing this, there was no special joy on Leto's face. On the contrary, he seemed a little depressed.

"What would happen if we fought vampires head-on?" After a short while of silence, Leto suddenly asked this question.

"Defeating vampires is not a particularly big challenge for our army." A deputy general replied. He was a gray-haired old man, but he was in good spirits. He was the kind of experienced veteran who could be seen at a glance. This time Leto went on the battle and found some of the best generals for himself to serve as deputy generals.

"However, victory is meaningless. You can only invest five thousand in front of the valley - no more than seven thousand at most. Winning this medium-sized battle is not decisive. If you fail, it will shake morale." The veteran explained. "I suggest that you follow Lord Berel's opinion."

Leto frowned, but could only answer "Yes." Then he waved his hand and signaled the end of the meeting. Everyone else left, only a few of his trusted aides and officers stayed.

"Your Highness, I'm afraid that this time General Berel made the greatest contribution." said an aide.

"Yeah." Leto replied. This was already clear at a glance, and to encourage morale, the whole army had already known this news, and even if anyone wanted to hide it, it could not be concealed.

"Berale really said that he wanted a triumphal ceremony?" Leto suddenly asked an aide. If Robin was present, he would probably recognize that this person was the one who came to discuss with Berale before.

"Your Highness, I swear that it was a request made by General Berel himself." The staff member replied.

The triumphal ceremony was originally only qualified for the main general. Considering the special circumstances of Berel, especially because he made such a contribution, it was not outrageous to ask for a triumphal ceremony. The king is likely to agree. However, if a triumphal ceremony was held for a deputy general, where would Leto, as the main general, be there to put his face? Although he won the war, no one would think that it was Leto's credit, and it would only make him a laughing stock from then on.

"Triumph Ceremony..." Leto repeated. Now Bereal's light has completely covered him as the main general, so that he feels that he doesn't have to be the main general at all. If he had known this, why would he have to be troublesome? Perhaps his choice of Bereal to be the deputy general was a mistake in itself - the kind of mistake caused by one-sided thinking. He only considered Bereal's ability and the benefits it brought, but forgot that the more outstanding Bereal was, the more likely he would become an opponent to compete for honor.

Damn it! Such a result actually happened! There is no suspense about victory, but this is not the victory that Leto wants!

Worst of all, Leto found himself unable to change all this.

"Your Highness, unless you defeat the vampire on the battlefield now, I'm afraid you won't get any special reward after you go back." The aide picked up the letter that was thrown aside by Leto and looked at it for a moment. "And, I think General Berel may have some ambitions in this regard."

"What's the meaning?"

"He wrote to you repeatedly... In fact, the content is similar, but he sent you three times in a row. Of course, he was right - there is no doubt about this - but why did he repeatedly emphasize this matter? Or is this matter very important to him?"
Chapter completed!