Robin held the candle and walked slowly along the aisle. He walked very slowly, so his steps were light and he made little noise. Of course, it didn't matter even if his steps attracted the guards. Everyone knew him and knew that he had the right to meet Belle alone.

After the vampire occupied the city, no large-scale changes were made, and the original lord's mansion was kept intact (although it was used for other purposes). Since occupying this small town, Belar naturally moved into the original lord's mansion. By the standards of an earl, this mansion was very shabby, but Robin felt that the road was long and there was a feeling that it seemed that it could never end.

Of course, it was just a feeling. He finally came to the door of Berel's room and knocked hard. It was already very late, but he had enough reason to think that Berel had not had a rest yet.

"Come in, the door is not locked." Beller's voice sounded. As Robin expected, Beller was not asleep yet.

Robin pushed open the door and immediately closed the door and locked it after entering. There was no light in the house. Then he saw Beller sitting on a chair, as if he wanted to blend himself into the darkness.

Although it was indeed Lord Berel, it was not the ordinary Berel in a sense. Robin knew that Berel had an ordinary face, not to mention the majesty of a soldier, the demeanor of a commander, and so on, there was not even any characteristic at all. It would never be noticed when thrown into the crowd. But at this moment, he felt that Berel's gaze was like a dagger, which made him feel inexplicably frightened.

"Robin, it's you. I think it should be you." Beller's voice was a little low. Before Robin came in, he should have been closing his eyes and meditating.

However, when he felt this abnormal atmosphere, Robin hesitated and didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Robin... do you want to ask me some questions?" Berel sighed long.

"Well, General... for dinner today..."

"I'm lying." Berel replied bluntly. "But this lie is more perfect than reality, so no one will expose it."

"Lie..."

"Well. Because the order Leto gave us was too unreasonable. He actually let us go deep into the enemy's territory and attract enemy troops... The Rangers only have three thousand people, and this level of force... In fact, it is impossible to perform such dangerous tasks at all. What's worse is that this order is an order that is limitless. To what extent can it be considered to be a task? No one knows the answer, and only Leto himself can make a ruling on this. He said that if you don't act effectively, you don't act effectively!"

"So, this order was specially ordered by His Highness Leto..."

"Yes, I'm here to suppress me." Belle replied. Before I knew it, the uneasy atmosphere that made Robin feel disappeared, and Belle became a normal Belle again. "It's probably because he thinks I've stolen the limelight, so I'll use this command to suppress me. Unless I can rely on the 3,000 troops of the Rangers to defeat the main vampire force, no matter what I do, he will be labeled as "unfinished mission", hahahaha..." He laughed, his laughter full of mockery.

"However, it is precisely because of the unreasonable and vagueness of this command that I can explain whatever I do. For example, today, I just talk about it casually and everyone accepted it. For others, they all know that executing the command seriously is almost like killing death. Since my lies are more in line with everyone's expectations than the truth, they all accepted my explanation smoothly without pursuing the details, right?"

But Robin became more and more confused as he listened. "Mr. Beller... I don't understand... what happened?"

"It's normal for you not to understand." Belle took the candlestick from Robin's hand and lit other candles on the table. Under the candlelight, you can see a map spreading on the table.

"Then let me explain what happened." Berel came to the side of the map, and Robin also walked over.

"Robin, first look here. This is the last section of the main road to Sivania. This section of the road has almost reached the exit of the valley, so the surrounding peaks are not particularly steep, but the terrain is still complex and bushes are growing. For human infantry wearing armor and holding weapons, this area is still unpassable, let alone cavalry and war machinery. However, in the undead legion of vampires, there are many monsters that can move on this terrain. For example, ghouls, dire wolves and even black knights may pass."

"This section of the road is the biggest reliance of vampires. If you fight on this section of the road, vampires can freely mobilize their troops, attack and encircle them from both wings as you wish, detour behind the enemy, and move forward and retreat freely. However, human soldiers can only be passively beaten. If you are not careful, you will be defeated. Before, there was a unit of the Bin tribe who was unprepared and was attacked by vampires here, and they were almost completely destroyed."

Robin nodded, he had known these things for a long time. But then again, unfavorable terrain does not mean that it cannot be fought. Among all the combat terrain in the world, the most unfavorable terrain is siege. Everyone knows that siege is the most difficult and dangerous battle, but it does not mean that it cannot be siege. At most, it is just "try to avoid siege when you can choose." For a situation like Sivania, gradually building a solid camp like the previous shore tribe is the best countermeasure.

"So, I guess the vampire's combat plan is arranged like this: the basic idea is to guard this area, engage in a tug-of-war with the Ryan army, rely on favorable terrain to delay time, and consume the Ryan army. By accumulating small victory to big victory, the Ryan people are forced to retreat. If the Ryan people do not retreat, instead adopt the fort tactics and step by step, then try to keep the war stalemate until the rainy season. In fact, when summer comes, the hot weather will weaken the human combat endurance, and once the rainy season comes, the vampire will take the initiative, because heavy rain will greatly weaken the combat capability of the human army, but will not weaken the combat power of the undead legion. An attack in heavy rain may cause the entire Ryan army to collapse... Do you understand?"

"However, there is still a problem of a path here." Beller pointed his finger at the path. "Because of the war with the Bin tribe, the secret of this path has been exposed. So the vampire simply took advantage of this and sent his half-beast servant to monitor the path. In his conception, the half-beast will definitely discover the movements of our army. Then he will lead the deadliest undead army - I think it should be the Black Knight, who will use the advantage of marching day and night to intercept the rangers under Menor. Although it is only a small victory, it can greatly damage the morale of Ryan's army and create a more favorable situation."

Belle paused. "I think this is almost the vampire's original overall strategic concept."

"But now, the vampire's situation is very bad. The ranger I led successfully captured Meno. This not only gave the vampire a threat from the rear, but also gave him a strong signal." Speaking of his record, Beller couldn't help but smile. "That is, if the Immortal Legion is not blocked, even the Ranger with a total of only 3,000 people can conquer the entire Sivania. Except for the Immortal Legion, other forces are not trustworthy."

"Of course, this signal is actually mixed with water. The vampire actually has some loyalty to him. But that doesn't matter. Anyway, as long as it can affect his judgment, it's enough. In short, the vampire is facing a difficult choice now. If he leads his troops to attack us, then Ryan's army will likely take the opportunity to break through this area. And because the Immortal Legion's ability to attack is not strong, he may not be able to conquer Meno - at least he cannot fight in one battle."

"He can try to bet." This time Robin spoke. "Go to see if he can destroy the Rangers before Ryan's main force breaks through."

"You are wrong. Asu Ruffatt can't afford to bet, nor will he bet. Because his winning range is pitiful, his income is equally small, but the price is very high. Even if he wins, he still has to face a difficult tug-of-war." Berel replied. "If he stays still and confronts Ryan's main force, then it doesn't make any sense, because the Ryans have another road to enter Sivania... They may send a larger army to detour at any time... In other words, both options are dead. His initial idea of ​​dragging the war into the rainy season is completely unrealized. There is only one choice to break the dilemma - a decisive battle!"

"But, but why did Lord Leto want..." Robin still didn't understand very well. The vampire was eager to fight to try his best. He could understand - even before Berel explained, he could understand roughly, but he couldn't be as clear as Berel said. But why did Leto choose to fight the vampire?

"As for Leto... his correct choice is of course to stand firm and avoid war, hold the vampire tightly, and then send a reinforcement to me. Once I get reinforcements... I will approach the Bin tribe and force them to surrender. The Bin tribe will not have the awareness of vampires to be buried alive, or even have no sense of loyalty at all. It just surrenders to the vampires' force. As long as I have eight thousand people, the Bin tribe will definitely surrender to us. Then I will sweep the entire Sivania. The final result is that Leto and I attacked from the front and back. In this case, we will become a vampire... and will definitely defeat." Under the light, Belle was smiling, but his smile revealed a bit of hideousness.

"But this kind of victory becomes my victory. It becomes the stage for me to perform alone, Leto can only become a supporting role. He did nothing, just stayed in a safe camp to hold up the vampire. When rewarding merit, Leto would not have any beautiful achievements. He tried every means to make himself the main general, not to make me famous, but to gain personal reputation, status and wealth for himself. He could not accept this strategy of winning. So he would choose to fight the vampires - in his opinion, the vampire's undead legion is not strong in combat, and Ryan's army has a great advantage in combat power, and the chances of winning against the front are very high... Then why should we adopt such a cautious strategy and give credit to outsiders?"

Robin had already felt something wrong from Berell's tone. Berell's voice was neither angry because of Leto's selfishness nor the calmness of ordinary narratives, but a joke, a very relaxed and pleasant tone. It was as if he was a thorough outsider about this matter, and the relaxation and happiness after the plan was successful.

"Letto will probably die." Berel suddenly added.

"General!" Robin was shocked.

"He despised the obsession of being suppressed by enemies in desperate situations. For hunters, the most dangerous beast is neither the strongest nor the fastest, but is forced into a desperate situation and intends to fight to the death. If Ashu Rufate is really Thomas's personal disciple, if he is really forced to fight to the death, Leto's winning chance is far less than he expected."

Beller looked up at Robin and smiled.

"But, no one else can blame him. At least I can't blame me. Everyone will prove that this is the consequence of his stubbornness."

"But sir, don't you have to do something? Otherwise..." Otherwise, once Leto is defeated, it will mean that it will be completely impossible to eliminate the vampire.

"Change? Robin, you don't seem to understand," Beller's expression was completely smiling. "This is the result of my actions. Why do you think I would come out to be the commander of this ranger? Of course, it's because when the army was destroyed, no one dares to say that he will definitely escape. Now, I can be a bystander with peace of mind."

Robin was completely stunned.
Chapter completed!