Goddess Wanhua Mirror

"Oh! What's your opinion, Priest Luther?"

"Hehe, it's not a high opinion, it's just a little life experience of the elderly."

Lude spoke slowly, the word "elderly" made him feel a little uncomfortable, but he couldn't refute it.Because just looking at his appearance, he is indeed Lude with white beard and hair, and he is older.

"I have three strategies here: upper, middle and lower. I don't know which one Mr. Narad wants to hear first?"

"Three strategies? Up and down. Let's talk about your best strategy first!"

"This is the best strategy! Naturally, we should retreat and return to the village..."

"Fleeing! You call this the best strategy?"

Hearing Lude say to retreat, Narad interrupted roughly with his deafening loud voice before he finished speaking.

Lude who was interrupted just smiled, and then continued.

"Although the Valiant Army has thousands of people, as an army, we are obviously not qualified. What can be called the elite is the twenty guardian knights and very few senior adventurers of the War God Sect. With such an improvised motley army, if we rashly attack the lizardman tribe, we may be able to win by relying on your buff magic, but the casualties will definitely be heavy. In fact, it is really better to retreat and wait for the Earl of Lumley Reinforcements are coming."

"No! You've come here, there's no reason to give up halfway."

Hearing Lude's explanation that the retreat was to wait for the reinforcements from the Earl of Lumley, Narad quickly shook his head and rejected it. The reason why he was in such a hurry to send troops was that he was afraid that when the army from the Earl's Land arrived, they would force them to pretend up.

Lude also seemed to know that the other party would definitely not agree, so he went on to talk about the second strategy.

"The best strategy is to fight steadily and wait for the reinforcements to arrive. To be honest, because of the Black Dragon incident before, this old man has some friendship with the Earl of Lumley, and has already sent someone to rescue the soldiers. And Priest Narad, you seem to have some Ask for help from Duke Ganmerin, no matter which family's reinforcements arrive first!"

"You, you sent a letter to the Earl of Lumley?"

"Yes! I'm afraid you forgot."

"you……"

Hearing that Lude actually delivered a letter to the Earl of Lumley, whom he least wanted to know about, behind his back, the expression on his face was suddenly a little cloudy with anger, but it was really hard to explode in front of so many people , can only take the risk of holding back internal injuries, and try not to show it.

"Tell me about your next move."

"The worst strategy is to take a risky approach. We can divide our troops into two groups, concentrate the elite forces of the brave army, first pretend to retreat, and then detour and continue to advance quickly to the ancient city occupied by the lizard people. A small number of elites can then be matched with Your Excellency It shouldn’t be a problem to travel fifty miles a day on the mountain road.”

"What about the rest?"

"The large group of people marched forward at a uniform speed with great fanfare. The lizardmen probably don't know the actual number of people on our side. Even if there are one or two hundred fewer in the group, I don't think they can tell. The large group tries to attract the attention of the other party. It is best It is able to lure out their main force. Our two teams cooperate with each other, and we can directly take their home, I call this move home change!"

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After listening to Lude's three strategies, Narad pondered for a moment, and his originally tense face suddenly eased, and there was a smile.

"Master Lude, forgive me for being rude before. The life experience of your elder is indeed useful. It's just that I think the three strategies are reversed. This third strategy is the best strategy, just press Come on this one!"

Ever since, Narad "adopted" Ludd's suggestion on the spot, and decided to split the troops into two groups to show off a wave of operations.The other people present looked at each other for a while, but since they didn't have to bite the bullet and travel fifty miles a day, they naturally had nothing to object to.

After the crowd dispersed, Lude took Hume back to the tent.

Seeing that there was no one around, Hume asked Lude in a low voice.

"Why are you advising that Narad?"

"Have I ever given him any good advice?"

Lude asked back with a smile, and Hume couldn't help frowning slightly.

"Just tell me what's wrong with you!"

"After getting in touch these days, I have already figured out what kind of temper this Narad has. Just one word...stubborn! I don't like others to dictate his decision-making. The more you don't let him do something, the more he wants to do it. , To put it bluntly, he is self-willed and has a strong rebellious mentality."

"But he still took your suggestion."

"Don't understand! Of my three strategies, the first two are not to persuade him, but to block him. We know exactly what he wants to do, so when I proposed, I specifically emphasized that we must wait for the reinforcements from the Earl of Lumley to arrive. , do you think he can agree once he hears this?"

"What about your third article?"

"Bad idea! But it was just in line with his intentions, so he went downhill. Let me tell you this, from our interests, I wish he could live a little longer after this expedition. In this way, he made a mistake and we Remedy, who do you think the masses will trust more in the end?"

Looking back at Narad's main account, Lude said with a smirk.

"Just watch! He might have to thank us in the end!"

After a whole morning of preparation, the brave army officially divided into two groups.The brigade was led by a disciple of Narad who had the qualifications of a priest, and continued to move slowly at a speed of less than ten miles a day.

The elite squadron pretended to escort the wounded back. Not long after they left the ruins, they quickly changed direction, took a short detour, and took another route to the settlement of the lizardman tribe.

This elite unit includes 80 guard knights, [-] combat monks under Narad, [-] elite senior adventurers and mercenaries, [-] self-police militia who are familiar with the local terrain, and Lu Germany and his party.

It is worth mentioning that in this elite team, Erwin's hydrangea blade team is also there, and Narad has also arranged to protect Ludd.

Who the hell knows, is this out of sincerity, or deep malice?

It must be admitted that the speed of this elite Ranger team has been significantly improved after getting rid of a group of miscellaneous fish that can only make up for the number.

Relying on Narad's buff magic, they walked nearly [-] miles in the afternoon of the first day they left the main force, and bypassed another mountain depression on the east side.

In less than four days, the Rangers successfully arrived at the east side of the lizardman settlement, and found a high slope to observe first.

From the appearance alone, the ruins of the ancient city occupied by the lizard people are larger than the other one, and it is built against the mountain, with a sense of hierarchy.Sentinels can be seen walking back and forth on the broken city wall, but the exact number has not yet been determined.

Although Narad was arrogant and had a high opinion of himself, he was not a pure idiot after all. He knew that with the 150 people at hand alone, if he really went up directly from the front, there was a high probability that he would give away his head.

Although this ancient city has been in disrepair for a long time, it has not been well maintained under the hands of Lizard, but the city wall more than ten meters high has not completely collapsed.

As a race with a very low level of civilization, the lizardmen can't make iron tools and bows and arrows by themselves, but they are very good at using spears and slings.

In the previous surprise attack at night, the melee units of the lizardmen actually did not get any benefits. The human side killed three people on the spot, and the rest were also beaten and retreated in embarrassment.

But just when the brave army was about to take advantage of the victory and chase back to fight back, the opponent suddenly threw a bunch of sharp spears. Many people were accidentally hit, and they died before Lude came to save them.

After cleaning the battlefield, Lude found that the spears used by these lizardmen were all coated with poison, which had a strong anesthesia effect. As long as a little bit of skin was broken, most of the body could be plunged into it in just a few seconds. Complete paralysis, which leads to cardiac arrest.

So in order to prove that he is not only reckless, Narad expressed his intention to "outsmart"—wait for it to go up after dark!

Fortunately, at this time, Lude stood up again to dissuade Narad. He said that everyone in the ranger had already marched continuously and accumulated a certain degree of fatigue. , everyone's combat effectiveness will still be greatly reduced.

In addition, they'd better organize a close-range investigation first to find out the details of the Lizardman tribe in the city before making a move.

In the face of Lude's repeated interference along the way, although Narad intends to solicit the other party, his personality problems make him somewhat displeased with Lude, but what the other party said still makes sense.

So that night, the Rangers set up camp first.

In order not to let the lizardmen find out, everyone didn't even dare to light a bonfire, so they found a place to rest temporarily in the woods at the downwind, drank cold water and hard dry food to satisfy their hunger, and if they wanted to sleep, they had to lean together to report to the group to keep warm Otherwise, the cold wind at night can easily catch cold.

Narad recruited a group of professional fighters from the Rangers and organized a reconnaissance team, preparing to sneak into the ruins of the ancient city in the middle of the night to find out the situation and building layout of the lizardmen tribe in the city in advance.

Out of caution, Lude asked Hume to go with her. With her, the god of robbers, at least the reconnaissance team would not overturn.

According to Lude's plan, at least the Rangers cannot startle the snake because of some low-level mistakes, which will affect the normal performance of the next good show.

After Hume set off with the scouting team, there were only two nuns left beside Lu De.But Hydrangea Blade, who was supposed to be responsible for "protecting" them, made a small move at this time.

Erwin asked his subordinates to surround the three of Lude, then sat in front of Lude himself, and asked him with a malicious smile on his face.

"My lord, would you mind talking to me?"

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Lude's first impression of Erwin was poor.The other party is a typical second-generation nobleman, arrogant, domineering, vicious and vicious!

This guy was in Pine Tree Village before, and he harmed other adventurers a lot, and even once turned his mind on Lude's sect.He thought he could rely on the family power behind him to force a small sect like them to make a compromise.

So when this guy had a solid state again and wanted to chat with Lu De, Lu De's first reaction was that this grandson was going to try to scare him again.

But to Lude's surprise, Erwin's first words were to bow his head and apologize to Lude.

"My lord priest, my behavior was too rude before, I am here to apologize to you, and I hope you have a lot of lords, so that you can let go of the past."

"Master Erwin, which one are you acting in?"

Seeing Erwin's attitude, he suddenly made a 180-degree turn, and Lu De suddenly laughed, while Aina and Shanis beside him were stunned, feeling that something was wrong Son.

As if knowing that this change in his attitude would inevitably make Lude and the others feel puzzled, Erwin waved at his subordinates, telling them to step aside before speaking.

"My lord, I am very clear about what image I was in your eyes before. But you also need to know that although I am the son of the Marquis of Masdak, I am the second child in my family. Unlike the third and fourth brothers born to my second mother who were born with extraordinary aptitude, one became a trainee priest of the God of War Sect, and the other entered the Three-person Tower to practice magic, so in order to make my father think that my son is still useful, I I have to play the role he asked me to play well."

"Oh! Your father made you a playboy?"

"To be precise, he needs such a son who is worthless in the eyes of others, but this son cannot be the eldest son who intends to inherit the title, so it can only be me."

"It seems that being a nobleman in the capital is quite hard work."

"You can understand."

Erwin smiled. At this time, his temperament was completely different from before. Although he was still a little cynical, there was obviously something more in his eyes, like an actor who retreated from the front stage to rest behind the scenes.

Or the actor with superb acting skills is playing another role.

Lude couldn't help being a little curious about the opponent's sudden showdown.

"So, young master, why did you suddenly tell me this?"

"It's nothing, I just hope to make more friends. I don't care if ordinary small characters hate me, but you are different!"

In front of Lude, Erwin confessed frankly Narad, who privately instructed him to trouble Lude as much as possible, and said that he was a complicated and dirty job, playing a bad guy to harm the local pioneers. , and then at the right time, he was kicked out by Priest Narad, who is "integrity and defying power".

And in this way, at least the Masdak family has a rift with the God of War Cult on the surface, so that they will not fall into the trap of colluding with each other.

The original plan was like this, but Lude has become a variable.

According to their original plan, Erwin and his Hydrangea Blade team would be responsible for playing the role of villains, and it would be best to drive out the small sect of Lude from the local area so as to make room for the God of War Cult.This kind of lowly act of bullying the weak is not suitable for Wei Guangzheng's God of War Cult to do it himself.

However, as the ability of the God of Medicine was picked up by Narad, the plan also changed a little bit.

So Erwin, behind Narad's back, took the initiative to showdown with Lude, and explained all the series of interests involved.

As for why Erwin wanted to dismantle Narad's platform... because Duke Ganmaling actually didn't want the God of War Cult to grow bigger in his own land.

Lude tried to figure out the relationship among them, but found that it was quite complicated.

The three parties secretly forming an alliance are the Marquis of Masdak, the Minister of Finance who is the central bureaucrat, the Duke of Ganmaling, a local tycoon and foreign relative, and the God of War Sect who wants to expand religious influence in the Kingdom of Duran.

These three have their own needs, so they joined forces driven by interests, but in fact they are guarding against each other, and they will definitely cheat each other when they catch the opportunity.

And Erwin, who was in it, was more interesting. On the one hand, he cooperated with Narad of the God of War Cult according to his father's order, but he pretended to inadvertently reveal an important message in his words just now.

He Erwin actually has a relationship with Duke Ganmaling.

Obviously this guy is not so obedient to the family's words, maybe he has already recognized a new godfather outside his own father's back.

"You want to be my friend?"

"Yes, but on the surface, we still don't get along. I think you should understand what I mean."

"Then why are these things so complicated?"

"Haha, I don't want to, but some big shots seem to think that if they don't make things a little more complicated, they won't be able to reflect their abilities well. I personally don't like this kind of gameplay very much."

"Coincidentally! I don't like it either."

The two looked at each other and smiled, Lude nodded silently, as if everything was in silence, Erwin immediately got up and saluted his chest, then turned and left with his subordinates.

Aina at the side was confused by the whole conversation between Lude and Erwin because of her lack of IQ, and couldn't help but ask.

"Master, what the hell is this man doing?"

"Not a good bird, but you can use it."

Irwin's active showdown, or the "backstab" of Narad, made Ludd somewhat understand the opponent's situation.

The enemy is not monolithic, which is undoubtedly good news!

That night, the reconnaissance team successfully brought back first-hand information about the Lizardmen tribe, and the situation can be said to be very favorable to them.

The tribe they were targeting was not small, with a total population of more than two thousand, but most of the tribe's warriors had already set out to meet the human army that was constantly approaching their gathering place.At present, there are not many people left behind in the ancient city, and most of them are women, children, old and young.

Although the Lizardmen are all soldiers, theoretically children over eight years old can carry sticks into battle, but their strength is definitely not comparable to that of the well-equipped human elite troops, so it is possible for them to steal their homes.

So Narad immediately decided to launch the attack at dawn before the sun rose, because this time is the coldest, and it is also the time when the lizard people are the weakest and most vigilant in a day.

There's never been a better time to launch a raid!

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