Chapter 255: Mercy

"Even if Lord Blood Tooth makes a request, Luo Jin may not agree." Marvin knew his opponent very well. "He is a perfectionist... All believers of Nurgre are like this. Especially for this kind of thing, as long as he feels that it is not perfect enough, he will not accept the orders of Lord Blood Tooth... Even if Lord Blood Tooth is the supreme commander."

Another reason is that Luo Jin controls a terrifying Chaos Egg in his hands. Luo Jin is a smart man, and he will never appear in front of the Blood Tooth Lord with this thing. Of course, on the other hand, he will not easily give up such a useful guard.

But this reason doesn't need to be said.

"Master, but maybe we can take this opportunity to know where Luo Jin is." The servant advised. "We only need some clever...guiding skills."

"Okay." Ma Wen smiled. "I'll leave this matter to you. Please ask the Lord of Blood Tooth in my name. If this matter is done, it will be your credit."

...

Countess Marian sat upright in front of her easel, holding paint in one hand and brush in the other.

She was facing a painting that had almost been completed, which was a portrait of a man. The man stood on the street, wearing armor, holding a helmet in one hand, a shield in the other, and a sword hanging around his waist. Beside the man were facilities on the battlefield such as cannons and horses, and the city gate could be seen further away.

This painting is now almost complete. All the details that need to be drawn are almost depicted, including some dents and blood on the armor and shield, all of which are extremely detailed. If you want to say something is missing, it is that the man's face has never been drawn.

The brush in Aunt Mary's hand pointed to the blank face of the man in the painting, and it was obvious that she planned to draw the character's face. But for some reason, her brush was always hanging in the air but could not fall. In fact, if someone could observe her face carefully, she would find that her eyes were not focused on the canvas.

When did things start... become out of control?

By the way, it seems that there were some signs a long time ago, and maybe this day will come sooner or later. After all, the other party is the queen. The will of the royal power cannot be fought with just a little trick or trick. And all this does not even require the queen to come forward by herself. In fact, the queen only needs a hint, and there will naturally be someone to deal with everything for her - you must know that those who are eager to please the little queen may easily form a legion.

Moreover, there were enough signs that hint at this situation long before Scadra came to her. Not to mention anything else, the one in the palace gave her obvious hints. Not only that, Aunt Mary had already received enough information from some of her "old friends". Many people's attitudes had changed significantly. Her original plan might have become meaningless. Sure enough, she still couldn't handle this matter well. What went wrong? Did she choose the wrong method? Avoid the little queen who was difficult to deal with and attack the wider aristocratic social circle... was it wrong? When did it become like this?

No, I can't say that wrong, everything is... I started by asking him to go to Eagle City to earn a knight title. Sure enough, am I too stupid? At that time, there were obviously other choices... No, lies should be lies. Facts will always rise to the world, and even if you use the soil of the whole world to suppress it, it will be in vain.

Aunt Mary's heart was surging, and the brush in her hand trembled slightly. At this moment, a knock on the door came from outside.

The old woman stood up and opened the door. It was one of her servants. Today was the day when the Queen and Berel formally negotiated. She specially sent the servants to inquire about the news. The results of this discussion were not deliberately kept confidential, so it only took a little patience and skill (and perhaps a little money) to find out.

"How is the situation? Has the agreement been successfully concluded?" Aunt Mary returned to her normal expression in front of the servant.

The servant told the truth. Things were even smoother than expected. In fact, before he came back, Berell had signed an agreement on behalf of Tiberius in black and white. Asu Ruffat was elected as the commander of the coalition, and Berell was the deputy general. In addition, both sides also reached an agreement in other aspects. Although some details (such as military pay, subsidies, pensions) were a bit surprising, but overall, there was nothing unexpected.

In a word: The troubles of the Chaos believers did not affect the friendship between the two countries. Now, the two countries will form a coalition force to jointly fight against the invading Chaos Legion. According to ordinary people's understanding, the two countries united to have an army of 100,000, and the number of Chaos Legion is only 60,000 to 70,000, and it has consumed huge strength in the siege. In addition, there are also the famous generals of the contemporary commendable Berel. According to normal logic, this war is sure to win.

"Well... Ashu Rufate has become a general." The old woman didn't know whether she should be happy or disappointed. With this identity, the previous public opinion storm could no longer hurt him, but on the other hand, he became even further away.

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"Well, has Eshu Rufate become a general of the coalition?" Essin sighed slightly. He picked up the bottle from the table, "Another glass?" The wine they are drinking now is not the kind of popular goods in the tavern. The dates on the bottles record an ancient vintage, which can only come from a private cellar - Essin obtained from a certain noble castle cellar.

"Okay." Clio was not at all against more tastes of wine, "I just learned."

"It's good to have a magician," Essin sighed softly. At least, relying on magic communication, he could easily understand the movements in Eagle Falcon City. Although Essin's location at this time was a bit far from Eagle Falcon City, he knew what happened in the afternoon at dusk.

There is no suspense about the outcome of the Civil War. Not only is Essim's army becoming larger and larger, but more importantly, there is a group of magicians provided by the church. At the beginning, the church chose to be neutral, and the troops of both sides of the Civil War lacked magical support, but now the situation is completely different. Essim has five or six magicians under his command, and he can even communicate with the Hawk City without any time. His enemies have nothing. The surrounded castle and the outside world are cut off from information.

"By the way, Essin, are you unwilling to launch an offensive?"

"Occurrence? I? Don't need it for the time being." Essin replied a little lazy. He turned his head and looked outside the tent, and then the sunset shone, and could see the castle in the distance. This was a fortress-shaped castle, firm and dangerous, with all kinds of guards and equipment. In addition, according to intelligence and battlefield observations, there were about 500 soldiers gathered in the castle, looking like they were fighting to the end.

You could vaguely hear the shouts from afar, which were loudly selected soldiers from Essin who were shouting, announcing the Queen's policies to the rebels in the city.

"Only kill the evil ones...the threat never takes charge...the resistance to the end...there is a dead end..."

"Catching the traitor... having merits and not guilty... bounty and title..."

"Essin, although I know nothing about military affairs, what exactly do you want to do?"

"It's nothing, I just want to avoid a meaningless battle." Essin replied. "Creo, you know, sometimes fighting is important, sometimes fighting is meaningless. For example, the situation is now." He pointed to the castle in the distance. "To be honest, you, me, the people in the city, or anyone else, are very clear about the outcome of the battle. They have no hope of victory. The suspense is not the outcome of the battle, but how much casualties they will cause to our army, right?"

"I don't object to this. But Count Lamas is planning to fight you to the end! He has already determined that surrender will not end well. Perhaps our means of dealing with Duke Adias is too cruel, so he is determined to rely on his family castle to fight back and forth." Clio paused. "This is the first resistance we have encountered since we defeated Duke Adias more than a month ago."

As Essin speculated, the battle was smooth as he used his traits to easily capture the city defended by the Duke of Adias a month ago. In fact, those who were no longer fighting were no longer fighting. Essin divided his troops and attacked, and the lords who were listed as rebellious by the Queen accepted the conditions proposed by Essin—that is, they were smart and flexible in promulgating the decree of the little queen—and handed over their castles, the army and the wealth that could not be taken away, and left with gold and silver. Rather than a war to fight against rebellion, it was just a great parade of armed forces.

Since defeating the Duke of Adias, Earl Ramas is the first person who is determined to resist with force. Of course, Essin immediately led all his troops to surround the Earl's castle. The latter obviously intends to rely on this solid castle to resist to the end.

After this series of battles or compromises, the troops of Essim were further expanded. This is also the benefit of the civil war. Once the outcome is decided, the losers rarely fight back. The soldiers captured or surrendered by the flag can be easily incorporated into the victor's troops, and the generals do not need to worry too much about their loyalty. If it is a foreign war, there will be no such good things.

The loud soldiers were still shouting, but there seemed to be no response in the city.

"Creo, are you familiar with this Earl of Lamas?"

"Essin, I'm not a good deal either. I don't know Earl Ramas, and I don't know much about his situation. The only thing I know is that he seems a little nervous."

"Nervous? He is indeed a little nervous." That's right, Essin slowly took out a document from his pocket. It was the decree issued by the little queen, with about eighty lists of rebellious nobles on it. A large part of them were hooked off by Essin - which means that the little queen's orders had been implemented. Some of them were hooked off and an additional fork was hit, which meant that the unfortunate lord adopted a wrong policy against Essin's crusade army, resulting in his life. "He only had five hundred men, and our army was nearly twenty thousand. No matter how strong the castle was... as long as he was prepared to attack the city and attack at any cost, he would never last for three days."

"What do you want to do?"

"If we can, I feel it is necessary to show kindness," Essin pondered. "After we defeated the Duke of Adias, we killed all his family, relatives and besties, and peeled off his skin and made it public... This may be a bit too cruel. It is necessary to show our kindness now."

"Didn't you say that only by using the most cruel means can you shock these ill-hearted nobles? Only in this way can they be scared. I remember what you said."

"Dear Cleo, you don't understand this aspect of war. Some things are too much or too little."
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