The epic story of green monsters

Chapter 818 Growth
  "Your Highness, Seris Fortress has fallen!"

"Nearly all of the 200,000 soldiers in the city were wiped out, and three adults, Pierre, Modi, and Andrew, were killed in action!"

"Fool! Bastard!"

"Didn't you say that with the fortifications of Seris Fortress and the strength of the troops, there would be no problem in holding on for at least three months? Why did it fall just over a month ago?"

"What should we do now? Have you figured out a way?"

King Johnson of the Rose Principality was incompetent and furious. He turned his fear and worry into anger and vented it on these so-called important ministers.

Until now, this group of guys are still debating whether to abandon the three northern provinces, and have not yet come up with a feasible plan. The only thing that comforts Johnson and Liao may be that the troops recruited by nobles from other provinces are now in A line of defense has been built to the north of the royal capital, and at least for the time being, the safety of the royal capital is guaranteed.

At the same time, news of the fall of Seris Fortress reached the royal capital, which meant that the issues that had been debated by ministers from the two camps of the North, Central and South had no foundation, and the fall of the three northern provinces became an undisputed fact.

"Your Highness, for the current plan, we must first settle down the people who have evacuated from the three northern provinces. If the barbarians in the wilderness continue to move south, the royal capital may also become a battlefield!"

"Once a war breaks out here, these millions of refugees will inevitably become a hidden danger and burden. We should plan in advance before this happens."

Secretary of War Humphrey stepped forward and took the opportunity to express his opinions.

"Humphrey, you are taking advantage of the situation!"

After listening to the other party's suggestions, Commerce Secretary Gary stood up again. Judging from his attitude, he was afraid that he would have another heated argument with the other party.

This group of refugees who were demobilized from the north are the wealth of the northern nobles. Although there is no fiefdom for them to live temporarily, after the north is restored, they will still need to return to their homes to cultivate the land and pay taxes for the nobles. Endowed!

But now Humphrey's so-called proposal for the safety of the royal capital is just to take the opportunity to send these refugees to the southern manor, so that the southern nobles can grab the benefits first, so that even after the war is over, the southern nobles will have many options. shirk.

"These refugees are all subjects of my northern nobles. How to settle them is our business. You don't need to worry about them."

"What if they cause trouble?"

"There can be no problem. We have already sent personnel to deal with these matters. As long as the principality provides a little more support, these people will not only not cause trouble, but can also provide support when the wilderness army comes to kill them!"

Gary looked tough on the outside, but he was bleeding on the inside.

There is no problem in resettling millions of refugees in a day or two, but I don’t know how long this war will last. The situation is at least measured in months. Even if the nobles in the northern provinces are wealthy, they will not be able to withstand such a big war. The loss!

But now is not the time to worry about property. If you show weakness to guys like Humphrey, they will rush up like hyenas and bite off a few pieces of flesh from the bodies of the northern nobles.

Several other officials from northern aristocrats also spoke at this time to express their support for Gary.

"You can handle these matters by yourself, but let me tell you one thing clearly. The state treasury cannot provide extra money, food and grass, so you have to solve the problem of how to resettle the people yourself!"

Johnson waved his hands irritably, and at the same time, the next few words made Gary and several colleagues look even more miserable, but they could only bite the bullet and agree.

King Johnson is not a completely foolish king. He can roughly guess the reasons why these ministers are doing these things, but he has neither the intention nor the ability to deal with it. The property owned by the royal family is not enough for him to bear such a huge responsibility. burden.

The only thing Johnson can do is to support the ministers of the relatively weak party without giving the strong party a big chance. Only in this way can he maintain the balance of the court and facilitate his dominance of the king's power.

"The top priority now is to find a way to ask the Dawn Empire and the Alliance to send troops for reinforcements. Do you have any good suggestions?"

Although Johnson was distressed by the fall of the three northern provinces, what was more important at this time was the safety of the royal capital, which was the foundation of his royal family.

"Your Highness, I am willing to go to the Dawn Empire in person to intercede and state the critical situation of our country."

Finally, after the loss of profits became unbearable, Commerce Secretary Gary volunteered.

"So what are your chances of success on this mission? Are you prepared?"

Johnson was not very happy because Gary took the initiative to request the mission. He hoped that the other party could come up with a practical plan.

If the Dawn Empire and the Alliance can be persuaded by just speaking, then no matter how the talents of the Rose Principality dwindle, there will still be a few eloquent talents.

Even Johnson himself took the initiative to put down his position and begged Bishop Macaro of the Dawn Church to make peace with him. More than ten days passed without any reply, which finally made him feel a little chilled and frustrated.

"I think"

Here are some old-fashioned methods with no new ideas. After all, the capital of the principality is not as much as that of other kingdoms. In recent years, if it were not for the fact that it is adjacent to the Mansha Wilderness, human countries need a place as a buffer zone to reduce themselves some trouble and burden, otherwise this The Rose Principality has long been annexed by other kingdoms.

The futile court meeting was over, and the only thing that was confirmed was that Gary would serve as an envoy from the principality to the Dawn Empire, which was a little help better than nothing.

King Johnson returned to the cold harem under heavy pressure and was about to find a few singers to relax, but his mood was disrupted by a letter handed over by his royal steward.

"Your Highness, this is the letter sent by Bishop Macaro just now."

"Bishop Macaro? Show me quickly!!"

A look of surprise was brewing in Johnson's eyes, and he quickly called to the supervisor to hand over the letter. Holding the document in his hand, Johnson first read it roughly at a glance, with joy shining in his eyes, and then checked it carefully again, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Great!! The empire has finally not forgotten us!!"

"Come here, tell Baron Gary and Baron Humphrey to enter the palace!"

"Yes!!"

The Human Alliance finally sent troops to support the Principality of Rose, and this support was an army of 300,000, entering the Principality of Rose from the border of the Dawn Empire in the central plain.

The Wilderness Alliance, which finally learned this information, had reduced the Seris Fortress to ruins and completely wiped out the three northern provinces. All the towns marked on the map were now ruins, and the huge army was escorting a large number of human prisoners slowly. Go south and arrive at the first barrier of the Rose Princess's capital defense line.

In front of the wilderness coalition forces is a hilly mountain range that is not too high. There is a castle built on the mountain more than fifty miles apart on the left and right sides, forming an angle with each other, blocking the coalition forces from continuing to move south.

Another batch of additional soldiers, Shanshan, arrived late. The Wilderness Alliance now has less than 200,000 fighting warriors, which is not as large as the Centaur Legion.

And they have penetrated more than 500 miles into the Principality of Rose. It is extremely difficult to replenish the personnel and materials in the wilderness. Fortunately, the materials collected along the way not only made up for the consumption of more than a month before, but also connected the two. It is enough for three months.

Because they had never thought about occupying this land, there were basically no garrisons left in the three northern provinces. The Seris Fortress, including the destroyed cities along the way, left humans behind, except for a small number of professional craftsmen and alchemists. Escorted to the outside of the Centaur Grassland, most of the other prisoners were simply trapped and killed by the wilderness warriors and centaurs!
  It's not that they are cruel, but that the lone wilderness coalition forces don't have much energy to deal with this group of burdens. At the same time, it is impossible for the already hostile parties to drive them to the south of the Principality of Rose, making them possible enemies in the future.

The rear supply line was interrupted to the north of the Seris Fortress. From then on, when they continued to advance south, the coalition forces and the Centaurs consumed the supplies carried by the army, or simply scavenged along the way, and there was no surplus food to feed dozens of soldiers. Thousands of prisoners.

Of course, not all the prisoners will be slaughtered, but a small number of them will be kept as cannon fodder for the coalition's next attack on the city to see how the human garrison will treat their compatriots.

This group of human captives who were lucky enough to survive for a longer period of time does not mean that they are very lucky. Almost most of the human captives are women. They also play another role, which is that the wilderness warriors vent their negative emotions on a daily basis. The carrier has become the target of their ravages.

Allen had no intention of doing such a dirty thing, but he never thought about changing the situation. Things that seemed cruel in peacetime were the norm in war. The wilderness warriors who survived high-pressure and high-intensity fighting, they We need a channel to release our inner beast, so that we can continue the war with no retreat and avoid mental breakdown and madness.

For example, after the fall of Seris City, Aaron and the others allowed the Wilderness Warriors to roam freely in the city for three days and three nights. Except for important facilities in the city, any other place captured by the Wilderness Warriors belonged to them.

Although Aaron and Aocong knew very well that it could be said that such a lone army that penetrated deep into the hinterland of mankind and finally had the chance to return to the wilderness was rare, but this did not prevent them from giving this group of warriors a wonderful life. Hopefully, this will also allow them to show stronger fighting spirit and crazier animality in the subsequent fights.

The army was stationed more than 30 miles north of the Twin Castles for rest and recuperation. As soon as night fell, there was a sound of human females wailing in pain and despair, and wilderness warriors moaning excitedly. Allen frowned slightly, and from the dimension After taking out a Silence Technique scroll from his bag and tearing it into pieces, he established a peaceful space in his felt tent.

Along the way south, Allen's focus was on the exploration of divine power. After countless attempts, Allen finally succeeded in resonating with the new stars several times and inspiring the power of faith.

During these several explorations of divine power, Allen was asked to figure out something. For example, divine power is composed of three forces. Unless Allen uses divine grace to grant believers, the total amount of his own mental power and anger will generally not be consumed. It disappears and will be restored after time-consuming meditation.

The only thing that will disappear is the power of faith generated by believers. This may be one of the reasons why gods value their believers so much. After all, without the power of faith, gods are actually just following the saints. It just exists and is not invincible.

After understanding this, Allen's worries were reduced by more than half. Although he still didn't know how much faith the new stars closely related to him in the distant starry sky had accumulated, but to support his current strength The combat consumption is absolutely no problem.

As for the consumption of divine grace, since it permanently consumes his anger and mental power, it means that it is slowing down his promotion to a saint, so Allen rationally believes that it is better to try to reduce the amount of divine grace now. .

It's a pity that I haven't mastered the method of entering resonance yet. Otherwise, the fight with the human demigod mage Suo Zayi on the battlefield might have had another outcome. The strong human beings left.

Although Allen regretted that he could not record a significant sum in his merit book, he felt relieved as long as he thought about the bright prospects in the future.

Continue to polish your anger and mental power, and continue to become familiar with the operation of controlling the seeds of belief and the illusion of the flame planet to change the frequency of mental power with the blessing of the mental power model. I only hope to apply this method to the battlefield as soon as possible, so that I can He can truly be regarded as the top powerhouse in the world of Faerûn.

Only then did Allen finally have the confidence to allow the God of Cookery to take greater action and attract more believers without worrying too much about the conflict between various church forces caused by the exposure.

Nowadays, the attitudes of various churches in the Temple of Nature towards the God of Eater Society have always been ambiguous, making it impossible for Allen to judge how much they can tolerate the preaching behavior of their believers.

As the Society of God of Cookery grows larger and larger, even if all the believers it develops are carefully selected, it is impossible to guarantee that there will be no duplicitous people with ulterior motives among them.

This also means that the secret of the God of Cookery can no longer be hidden in the darkness. It will continue to grow and develop slowly. Sooner or later, its existence will be exposed to the light.

Now in Green Lake Town, there are already signs of this. For example, in front of the statue of Allen erected on the summit square, gnomes have been coming to pay homage for a long time. The specifications are not much different from the Maple Leaf Chapel at the foot of the mountain.

These goblins had heard some news about the God of Cookery Society, but they did not know the relationship between the God of Cookery Society, so they used the large sculpture of the image of Patriarch Allen as a primer to try to attract the attention of other believers.

But these goblins don't know that there is a big difference between the image of Allen's patriarch and the image of the God of Cookery established by the God of Cookery Association. When they visit and pray like this, they unintentionally see Allen himself and the God of Cookery as one.

Although the original owner of the two is the same bugbear, the fact that the statues are different actually means that the objects of prayer are different, and it is very likely that no great power of faith will be generated.

Of course, the biggest trouble is that the probability of the God of Cookery being exposed increases. After all, whoever sees a group of people praying loudly to the statue of Allen on the top of the mountain will probably not think it is just pure worship.

If Allen can raise his strength to that of a Saint as soon as possible, and with the Saint's rudimentary domain power, coupled with the divine power system he masters, I am afraid that in the material world of Faerun, there may be only one person who can really challenge Allen. Those gods were incarnated.

However, the constraints faced by the incarnation of gods in the material world are extremely great. As long as they are discovered by the will of the world of Faerun, the power of the entire world will inevitably be mobilized to expel this existence that harms Faerun.

On the contrary, Allen, a native bugbear, has not yet ascended to the throne of God, so he is still considered a part of the native world and will definitely not be restrained by Faerun's will.

(End of this chapter)