Devil's Journey

Chapter 174
With the destruction of the crusading army, the city-states of the Verol Merchant Alliance fell into panic, and various rumors made people panic.

The most widely spread is despicable and shameless. As many as [-] demon troops have bypassed the Maginot Line, crossed the South Tyrell Mountains, and are about to break out from the tranquil forest. Those daemons still infighting north of the Maginot Line were deceived.

"This is a well-planned strategic deception. Our parliament is played by demons like a clown in the applause. The business alliance is facing an unprecedented crisis, but can we really trust our speaker?"

The Daily Mail, the largest newspaper in Verrol, made such a question, pointing the finger at the parliament that made the decision to crusade against the peaceful forest.

It's not that it's wrong to crusade against the half-elves, those despicable and ungrateful half-elves have indeed colluded with the devil, and naturally they deserve death and deserve what they deserve.

But shouldn't the gentlemen of the council have thought in advance that since the half-elves have colluded with the demons, wouldn't it be possible to sneak up and ambush the crusade army despicably?
Why did it happen that first they rashly divided their troops into ambush, and then joined forces and continued to rush forward to die? All Verolians need an explanation.

"Explanation? Oh, what explanation?" The old speaker smiled contemptuously, his cold and stern expression was no longer the mild and old one in the parliament.

"Do you want me to explain that there were no half-elves who took refuge in the devil, and the council just wanted to give the nobles and refugees in the north an excuse to divert their anger, and add a little slaves by the way? I just didn't expect to be used by the devil, and it turned into the current mess. ?”

The Minister of Administration, who was sitting opposite the old speaker, showed embarrassment when he heard the words, and said in a low voice: "Ke Ke, my lord, the public opinion is raging now, if the parliament...if it can...can have a passable statement."

"No, the parliament doesn't have the confession you want, public opinion? Huh, they're just clowns hiding behind, and they can only play some ridiculous tricks." A disdainful sneer appeared on the old speaker's face.

Then he stared at the fidgeting executive minister for a while, and then the old speaker said quietly: "Don't think about double-sidedness, let alone have any illusions, the legendary demon in the tranquil forest is real, and It’s still a mutated Balrog, there may not be [-] demons, but [-] to [-] are possible, if you include the same number of servants, [-] to [-] troops, hehe, this is the explanation of the council.”

The minister of administration turned pale when he heard the words, swallowed in panic, stared at the old speaker and asked with difficulty: "Your Excellency, is what you said true?"

"Who knows? Maybe not." The old speaker said indifferently, but his expression was full of dignity, which made people shudder.

"Ah, this...yes, sir, I understand. I will fully cooperate with the parliament to get through this catastrophe together." After a difficult decision, the executive minister finally chose to stand in the camp of the speaker.

"Just those rumors and...and public opinion."

Looking at the executive minister who was still a little hesitant, the old speaker hated iron and steel and said: "Rumors, don't you try to appease them with other rumors, such as saying that the Mage Union is planning to send reinforcements to help the war, or that the Griffin Kingdom in the north You have already defeated the army of demons entrenched outside the Maginot Line, or the demons in the quiet forest are fighting again, use your brains,

As for public opinion, the parliament has already prepared medals and pensions, and will hold a grand funeral in a few days. You ask those obedient newspapers to publish more knights who died in heroic battles,
In addition, there is Rhodean. Bishop Perot has already told me about Rhodean's experience of bravely going to death. Elves, all the mistakes are caused by them, please make up the specific mistakes. "

The Minister of Administration suddenly realized when he heard the words, and expressed his admiration to the old speaker again and again with a respectful expression. He did not regain his composure until he walked out of the old speaker's office. He touched the ruby ​​ring on his finger, and the corner of the minister's lips curled up. , sneered sarcastically, then lowered his head and continued to walk out pretending to be uneasy.

"Walk your army, you must swing your army. Right now, the Verol Merchant Alliance on the opposite side of the Tyron River is like a soft and defenseless belly. This is a fleeting opportunity!" Julian stood on the big hanging map with great interest. In front of him, he narrated his battle plan in a domineering manner.

"Sarna stayed to continue integrating the half-elves, and Liya stayed to assist. One month later, I will see no less than [-] half-elves. By the way, remember to use the newly researched magic array to transform them all. , um, Alice you."

Julian, who was about to order, saw Alice looking at him pitifully. Julian's heart softened slightly, thinking that Alice served him very attentively all night yesterday, so Julian changed his words and said, "Then Alice Shirley stay and assist Sharna."

"Eh? Yes, it's the master." Shirley, who was standing next to her, quickly responded when she heard the words.

However, Liya and Sharna frowned a little, Alice was cheating, but Alice didn't care about their resentment, but happily prepared to accompany Darling to go out together.

The pointer tapped the palm of his hand, and Julian then continued to point: "Leyla led the magic knight to go out with the army, as the vanguard in the front, don't worry about other things, the goal is directly at the capital of Verrol."

"Yes, master." Leila and Liya were both wearing tight military uniforms, so Julian couldn't help but take another look.

Well, even playing uniform temptation or something, Layla also turned bad.

Julian withdrew his gaze and continued to assign tasks: "Senia and Sylvia lead the demon army. The demons will take some geniuses to complete the transfer to the east. You are responsible for temporarily impersonating the demon army."

Julian, a member of the demon army, hadn't planned to be dispatched so early, but after torturing the captives and learning about the reality of the Verol Merchant Alliance, he realized that the Western Front of the Merchant Alliance was true.

Opportunities come and go, and if you lose them, Julian doesn't intend to waste this opportunity. He must seize the gap when the Merchant Alliance fails to deploy troops to deploy defenses, disrupt the Merchant Alliance, and kill the Merchant Alliance directly.

Julian has ordered the demon army to move east quickly, but it still takes time, and the most important thing now is time, Julian decided not to wait.

Following Julian's emergency deployment, the army, which had just rested for a few days, began to move again to remove the casualties. There were still tens of thousands of demons who could fight. The wild monsters suffered the most casualties, but there were still [-] available.

As for the half-elves, although there are still thousands of them capable of combat, Julian still let them stay, accept the demonization and at the same time integrate other half-elves. Presumably at this time, most of those half-elves dare not wait and see.

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