Why did the lord rebel

Chapter 504 Chapter : Difficulty but Still Persistent

Considering the danger of causing trouble in the enemy's rear, it would be a bit too reckless for Xiahou Yan to not prepare some trump cards for this operation.

Even Sean Mountbatten, Knight Commander Cousins ​​and others did not know that although the lord said that he would "bravely break into the enemy camp alone", his greatest support was precisely Endric Thanatus, who had been guarding the Church of Death in the Hesse Swamp for hundreds of years.

——The only reason why this immortal Death Priest can still stay in the world against the laws of nature is that the Death Skull under the Swamp Church provides him with an inexhaustible supply of netherworld magic power;

In other words, once Xia Houyan took the Skull of Death away from the Hesse Swamp, if Endric Thanatus continued to stay in the church, he would disappear on the spot.

A master of necromancy that was unprecedented in history had passed away. This was certainly an outcome that neither Thanatus nor Xiahou Yan himself could accept.

So, after taking the Death's Skull out of the underground vault, Xiahou Yan and Endrick Thanatus, who had been waiting for a long time, hit it off and reached a perfect solution:

Endric Thanatus is willing to join Frost Maple Ridge as a "special historical consultant" and serve the lord to the best of his ability, but in exchange, Xiahou Yan must allow Thanatus to live in the Skull of Death and use the endless netherworld magic to prolong his life.

  Enderik Thanatus's words at the time made Xia Houyan ponder for a long time afterwards:

"I still can't believe that you are the new age god of death, but the return of the god of death is destined to fall on you... For this, I am willing to offer my loyalty to you."

——In Xiahou Yan’s understanding, the god of death is not a fucking fireless ashes. He has been dead for a long time and cannot be dead anymore. How can there be any talk of resurrection and return?

However, Thanatus's solemn promise and the vague words of the "evil" Golsa made him more cautious:

For some unknown reasons, Big Brother Hades has not appeared in front of him for a long time, and religious lunatics like the Inquisition on the continent have become particularly active these days... Xiahou Yan doesn't quite believe that all this is a coincidence, and Enderik Tanatus, as a cultist of the God of Death from hundreds of years ago, will definitely come in handy in solving certain problems related to the belief in the God of Death.

——In this sense, it is quite appropriate to give him the position of “historical consultant”.

The most important thing is that Endric Tanatus just fills the gap in top combat power that Frost Maple Ridge lacks: the iron torrent of Igor's pioneering army is enough to crush all invading enemies on the battlefield, but the only strong people in the family are Alice and Clement, two martial arts masters, and a few magicians. The only vengeful spirit Messi who can be relied on has to stay in the Soul-Splitting Land. The cutting-edge combat power of Frost Maple Ridge is seriously insufficient.

Frost Maple Ridge could not win in the mortal battlefield, but was at a disadvantage in the Huashan Sword Contest of the extremely powerful. Knowing this, Xiahou Yan had been issuing recruitment notices recently in order to attract a few real masters to dominate the scene.

And Endrick Thanatus fits the bill perfectly.

The former head priest of the Shallow Burial Sect was already a seventh-level powerful wizard with the cultivation level of a senior wizard when he was alive. After his death, he turned into a spirit body, and his affinity with the netherworld magic became more perfect. He has definitely reached the threshold of an eighth-level wizard. Unlike Clement, a tough undead man who wields a giant sword, Thanatus is closer to the concept of "lich" in the necromancy magic system. He is an elemental ruler who can control the battlefield situation with magic and spells.

Throughout the history of the continent, the only lich wizard more powerful than Thanatus is probably the second disciple of Master Simon Adrian, the "Master of Mysteries" Olsinki - the fierceness of this guy is that in order to advance to the eighth-level archmage, Olsinki even abandoned his life and body as a human being, and completely transformed himself into a terrifying lich wizard. In the end, Olsinki did succeed in advancing, but due to the disorder of elements, he was unable to maintain the lich state. He only struggled in pain for three days before he died at the peak of his life as the only eighth-level lich in history, leaving behind a magical "good story" that shows how bold a person is and how productive he is.

This time, Xiahou Yan brought Death's Skull and Endrik Thanatus to sneak into Thorn City, also intending to let this newcomer try his hand and see what he could do.

And Thanatus's performance made him quite satisfied:

Although Damian Wakema is strong and muscular, he is like a chicken held by the neck and unable to move in the hands of Thanatus: What Thanatus uses to control the orc general is not his few rotten bones, but the vast netherworld magic power that is almost condensed into substance.

This guy is definitely a good fighter - Xia Houyan made the final statement about Endrik Thanatus's role before swinging the crowbar at Damian Wakema.

……

Five days later.

General Siegfried twisted his neck while sitting behind his desk, and then couldn't help but groan because of the dull pain in his cervical vertebrae.

Coordinating the defense affairs of three divisions for half a month was an excessive workload that had already taken a toll on the body of the experienced "Desolation Watch" division commander.

Feeling the fatigue, General Siegfried reminded himself again: I, an old man, should have handed over my position to Damian long ago, and then returned home to enjoy my old age... Unfortunately, alas...

But no matter how exhausted he was, he still had to do his job.

Military intelligence waits for no one.

General Siegfried grumbled as he picked up a briefing from the table and took a quick glance at it through his monocle.

He noticed that there was no Damian Wakema's signature in the lower right corner of the brief.

"Didn't this briefing report get delivered to Deputy Division Commander Damian?" General Siegfried raised his head and looked at the clerk standing beside him.

"I sent it to General Damian early in the morning, but the general said he was not well yet and didn't want to see it." The clerk replied with a bitter face, "So I brought it directly to you." General Siegfried cursed silently.

It was not known whether Damian Wakemar, the little bastard, was possessed by an evil spirit or something, but he said that he had suddenly developed a high fever a few days ago. He had been resting in bed with the wooden door of his office closed for the past few days, and had not been involved in any of the military affairs of the "Desolation Watch" Division - even his adjutant was elusive and could not be found at critical moments.

He fell ill and quit on the eve of a crucial siege - if General Siegfried had not been familiar with Damian Wakemar, he would have even thought that Ya Ting had betrayed the Federation and become a spy.

"I'll send it to the deputy division commander again after I finish reading it! You're sick in bed and can't even read the briefing?!" General Siegfried cursed and glared, then lowered his head to carefully read the contents of the briefing.

What he read hit him hard.

"Damn it..." Siegfried raised his head in astonishment, "Another secret base we set up on the plain outside the city has been destroyed?"

"After losing Jericho Canyon and Al Higgins, it's only a matter of time before these small strongholds fall." The division chief of staff came over to get a document. After hearing General Siegfried's complaint, he glanced at the briefing in the general's hand. "I received the news last night. It seems that the people who killed the third stronghold are from the Imperial Inquisition again."

General Siegfried muttered a curse word "Stupid pagan". The clerk saluted the chief of staff and left, leaving the two military leaders in the office.

"Damian hasn't recovered yet?" The Chief of Staff asked, looking at General Siegfried's miserable face.

"No. Go and pick up this little bastard." General Siegfried sighed, "Nemo, if he doesn't do some work, my old bones will fall apart..."

  Chief of Staff Nemo burst out laughing:

"Damian is a real Vekma! How dare I, a poor kid from a small clan, act so arrogant!"

General Siegfried rolled his eyes at his old partner's witticism:

"Speaking of which, weren't Damian's men investigating the explosion at the Seventh Brigade's arsenal a few days ago? Did they come up with any results?"

"The night before yesterday, his adjutant handed me the investigation report." The chief of staff shrugged and held up a thin cigar. "It said that the fire was caused by dereliction of duty. It was pure bad luck."

"God of War, such a disaster happened at this time!" General Siegfried wanted to bang his head against the wall. "An arsenal was blown up, not to mention the loss of a batch of equipment, even those demon tribe 'wave' merchants ran away!"

"Escaped?!" Chief of Staff Nemo's hand stopped in mid-air while he was lighting a cigarette. "Are you talking about Yulia Minetoska and her caravan? Weren't they staying well in the central city? Why did they run away?"

  General Siegfried opened his mouth:

"Don't you know about this? Yesterday afternoon, a staff officer reported to me that a group of people from the 'Wave' Chamber of Commerce under Minetosca ran to the west gate and demanded that the gate be opened to leave the city. They also took out the official passes issued by us! After the soldiers guarding the gate checked them and found that they were correct, they let them go! Nemo, I thought the pass was signed by you!"

"How could I possibly sign such a thing!" Chief of Staff Nemo slammed the table in frustration, "We are still planning to buy the equipment that Wave has! How can we let them leave the city at this time!"

General Siegfried was stunned and looked at Chief of Staff Nemo stupidly.

"So who signed the pass?!" the Chief of Staff asked through gritted teeth, "You? Me? Damian?"

"It couldn't be any of us. Neither of us signed. Damian has been sick and bedridden, and he is the one who wants to get the equipment the most and doesn't want Minetosca to leave the city. It's also possible that these demon scammers simply forged our documents and tricked the guards out of the city." General Siegfried said bitterly, "These stupid guards didn't even keep a copy of Minetosca's pass before letting them go..."

The chief of staff took a puff of his cigar in anger and grief: he felt that all he had heard recently was some terrible and bad news.

"God of War! Nemo, take a look at what's written here! The Fourth Armory was robbed, and a bunch of incendiary bombs were lost! A bunch of idiots in the lower city hung up a big portrait of Elliot Igor, shouting something like 'Death to the Federation, death to the Empire, long live peace, Frost Maple Ridge is heaven'! At the flag-raising ceremony in the middle city, someone was fucking singing the group song of those shitty virtual idols of Frost Maple Ridge!" General Siegfried slammed today's brief on the table and looked up in despair. "This city is like it's been possessed by a fucking evil spirit! If it keeps going like this, how can it resist the siege of the Empire?! I can't resist it!"

"Did someone really sing the regimental song 'Dark-Souls' at the flag-raising ceremony?!" The Chief of Staff was also shocked by the absurdity of the briefing. He snatched the briefing in front of General Siegfried and took a look.

Then his face was full of "What the hell am I looking at?"

"If you ask me, why don't we just send an envoy to Swan Castle to discuss surrender with the great Duke Elliot Igor?" General Siegfried pounded the table and cursed, "I can't fight this war anymore!"

"Don't make such jokes..." Chief of Staff Nemo gave General Siegfried a warning look. "Luckily Damian is recovering from his illness, otherwise if he heard this nonsense, he would definitely scold you for being disrespectful and shaking the morale of the army!"

  General Siegfried sneered:

"If you ask me, Damian is good in every way, except that he is not as friendly, flexible, and good at handling interpersonal relationships as his uncle Dalton, our former commander-in-chief! What a pity..."

"——It's a pity that our most respected Commander Dalton Wakemar is now being held in the hands of the damn Frost Maple Ridge, and is forced to listen to the group song of the virtual idol every day!" Chief of Staff Nemo pursed his lips seriously.

(End of this chapter)