Blood Dragon

Section 170 VII Introduction

Although it has been many years since she became a queen, this is indeed the first time that the little girl has spoken face-to-face with the High Priest of Falcon City.In fact, this is the first time that the priests of the Church have offered to see the Queen.As it is known, the Little Queen was equated to a human-shaped seal during Byron's previous reign.It is normal to meet in public places such as religious ceremonies, but it has never happened to be in the same room and talk in secret.

The priest was a middle-aged man with no distinctive appearance, with a square face, at first glance he was no different from a street vendor selling barbecue.At this moment, the priest's face was frowning, full of worry.

"Sure enough...is that so?"

"According to the intelligence, it should be so. This attack by the evil god believers... is by no means a purposeless attack, but a truly large-scale invasion. It is a well-prepared, premeditated, and purposeful all-out war."

The church has much more knowledge than the little queen.On the one hand, this is because the church has long been aware of the movement on the northern border, and has also sent a lot of manpower to join in.

At least the church has figured out Rafa's movements, or what happened to Rafa during this period of time.In the south, Byron launched a coup, and then confronted the little queen, and the cold war, hot war and spy war were in full swing.But in the north, Rafa, one of the eligible contenders, was completely silent—even a fool could detect something wrong.

The matter is very simple and not simple: the followers of the evil god have infiltrated Rafa's side.These heretics used sorcery to confuse the minds of the veteran and several of his main subordinates, making him confused and distracted.According to the High Priest, it is also thanks to General Rafa who is a man of firm mind, otherwise his body and mind would have been reduced to a puppet manipulated by others.Finally, when the army of evil gods began to officially invade, the priests of the church finally managed to meet Rafa—the evil wizards who tried to control Rafa gave up this effort.Of course, it's too late now.

There is no doubt that the best outcome for these people is to manipulate and control Rafa.Although they did not achieve the ideal goal, they also succeeded in making the defense line in the north of Gruney dull and weak. The troops fought independently, and they were at an overwhelming disadvantage in front of the invaders.In the end, it had to rely on the defense of the strong city.

In fact, it's better to just do it alone.Before the barbarians invaded, it was no news that they used all kinds of evil witchcraft to influence the lords or generals.Although it is said that Rafa is the most senior general affected so far, the matter itself has not reached the point of being out of hand.

In the north of Gruene, there are at least three lines of defense, which are a line of defense composed of steel, magic, guns, and cold and strong castles.Although the first line of defense, White Castle, which is also the most solid and front line, has been occupied by Chaos and has become the frontline base for Chaos forces to invade, it is still very difficult to break through the remaining two lines of defense.Sturdy walls and towering fortresses protect the southern kingdom and stop the barbarians from invading.To capture these castles and open gaps in the defense line, one must either pay huge casualties or consume enough time.And both of these are the intruder's weaknesses.Huge casualties will make their next invasion weak, and time will allow the southerners who believe in the gods of the star field to form a powerful coalition counterattack.

The last invasion was a typical example.In the last invasion, although the believers of the evil god captured White Castle and killed King Gruni on the battlefield.But they still wasted too much time trying to break through the defense line, allowing the seven nations to form a powerful coalition force and defeat the invaders with superior forces.

In other words, as long as those Chaos Wizards didn't make Rafa turn against him, the whole situation wouldn't be worse than the last invasion.And if Rafa could turn against him, it would be beyond the ability of several evil wizards.Even if Rafa was restrained to do so, his subordinates would not obey.

But this time, in addition to using magic to control Rafa, the invading army of evil gods has a trick, a real trick.

"...that rumor...is it true?" the little girl asked.

"Although it is unbelievable, it is indeed true." The priest replied. "The followers of the evil god have mastered a filthy and evil power that can spread diseases in a short period of time. These diseases are induced by magic at first, but they can quickly break away from the category of 'magic' and become real diseases. The only solution at present is to use magic to expel it when it is still in the state of 'magic'. But this is very inefficient. A magician can't expel a hundred people in a day. Once the magic curse becomes a real diseases...then it can only be treated with ordinary treatment methods."

"What is the effect? ​​I mean the power of that sorcery?"

"It's very scary. The disease itself is not a dangerous and fatal terminal disease, but when the disease is combined with the enemy... it will become uncontrollable. There has already been an example of a small castle being captured. The Although the castle is small, it is a strong fortress that has survived the last major invasion. This time, it even failed to survive the vanguard of the cultists. According to the information obtained, it was completely one-sided Slaughter. The enemy easily climbed up the city wall with a hook and rope, and then easily slaughtered the defenders who were unable to move due to fever."

The high priest sighed. "I have already reported this situation to the holy city of Oren, but the archbishop...has not heard back yet. I am afraid there will be no way to solve this problem for a while."

"I want to ask, what if it was those big cities or castles...?"

"We must use the magic-breaking scroll to expel the magic effect." The high priest smiled, and the smile was a little stiff. "According to the current preliminary estimate, the time required for the enemy to cast a curse should only be one or two days. In other words, each magic-breaking scroll can buy one or two days. When the magic-breaking scroll is used up, then the situation... this It's just an estimate."

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"This violates our agreement!" Luo Jin's anger was almost uncontrollable when he spoke.Just a little bit, just a little bit.Such perfect experimental conditions were suddenly destroyed. "Sagas, you said Lord Bloodfang would wait for me!"

"I didn't say that, I just said that I will try my best to buy time." The Tzeentch wizards standing on the flying saucer carefully kept a distance from each other. "But obviously, I didn't buy enough time."

"The war has begun, and I..."

"Lord Bloodfang can't wait any longer." Sagas twirled his beard with his hand. "His thirst for blood has outstripped his prudence. Well, I admit, followers of Khorne may not even know how to write the word prudence... But anyway, the war has begun, and now you have no time Continue to test."

"I only need three days... Originally, this was the best place for the experiment. Then those Khorne lunatics killed all my experiment materials!" Luo Jin's face was swollen with anger, and there was a dark green liquid dripping from the corner of his clothes. "You told those madmen I was here?"

"You misunderstood..." The flying saucer under Sagas' feet retreated a short distance. "It's not my intention, but Lord Bloodfang is our boss, and I can't resist his orders. He asked me where you are, what are you doing, what do you want me to do? I can't lie, it's against my principles."

A Tzeentch wizard saying he doesn't lie is as absurd as a wolf announcing that he grew up vegetarian.But Luo Jin was helpless right now.If given the chance, he would be more than happy to turn Sagas into a mass of flesh and blood mixed with pus. The problem is to find the loophole of the Tzeentch wizard—any Tzeentch wizard...such an opportunity is really not good. many.At least not right now.

"I have a suggestion, do you want to listen to it?" Wizard Tzeentch said.

Tzeentch's suggestion has never been good, but now Luo Jin has no other choice, just listen to it.

"According to me, you'd better teach the Bloodfang Lord a lesson and let them know that your power is indispensable. For those lunatics of Khorne, otherwise they will break their heads and bleed. I guess they won't wake up This. You see, if you use new spells to help them fight now... it will only make them proud and even more defiant."

"Hmph, it's not you who are threading the needle in the middle!"

"Ah, you misunderstood me." Sagas said calmly. "As I said, I just fulfilled Lord Bloodfang's orders. If you want to get angry, you have chosen the wrong person to get angry."

"During this period of time, I have worked hard to research and experiment in big cities and small villages. Now when I am only one step away from success, I was interrupted by you..."

"Oh, you don't have to be so angry, I'm sure you will have many opportunities."

"There are not many opportunities like this at the beginning of the war! Such a closed and crowded castle without a magician guarding it... Is there such a good target?"

"That's true at the front...but, my dear Rogin, don't forget...there are plenty of such opportunities within enemy territory!"

"They will increase their vigilance. How can I come and go as freely as I am now. Unless you give me your flying saucer!"

"Oh, I hope so too." Sagas made an apologetic gesture. "Unfortunately, this is beyond my ability. But I would like to make a suggestion instead."

"What suggestion?" Luo Jin looked at the other side viciously.It's a pity that Tzeentch's wizards are very tightly defended. If the two sides fight with each other, even if Sagas can't win, at least he can retreat completely.

"A guard, how about it? A guard who is much stronger than your servants. Ah, I don't mean any insult. Although Nurgle's warriors are powerful, they are easily exposed if they are too many, and they cannot guarantee safety if they are few."

"Guards?" Luo Jin was outraged. "You asked me to take a lunatic of Khorne deep into the enemy's territory to conduct my experiments? Then you might as well just let me hang a big sign on my body and parade through the streets."

"Ah, you misunderstood." Sagas replied. "Ordinary Khorne berserkers, of course not. You need strong, loyal, and obedient guards, especially guards who can save their lives at critical moments. Do you think there will be such people under Lord Bloodfang? They are all addicts. The guy with blood like life, thinks of using blood to glorify their blood god every day."

"What do you mean?" Luo Jin thought at first that Sagas would recommend a team of Tzeentch fighters, but from the tone of his voice, it didn't seem to mean that. "Absolutely faithful?"

"I can just recommend one." Sagas giggled. "A guard that is absolutely reliable...and strong enough to fight a thousand against one. In particular, it can be...absolutely under your control."