Alien Knights

He waved his hands to disperse the people in hell, and only Todd and Cumberland were left on the huge burning land.

The dragon lowered its head and said to Cumberland: "I heard that the war has reached a stalemate?"

Cumberland was still immersed in the shock of the scene just now, and he spoke a little awkwardly: "Ah... yes, that's right, Your Majesty..."

Todd looked around and sighed: "This is not a good place to talk. Let's go up."

After saying this, Todd waved his dragon wings and rose into the sky.

Cumberland's consciousness also began to move, slowly rising, and came to the ruins of a temple.

Strange flowers and plants that have never been seen before are like a carpet, covering the entire earth; the ruins of collapsed and damaged temples show the past glory of this place to the world; on the snowy peaks in the distance, rings made of clouds and mist are nested on the top of the mountain. , adding a bit of mystery and solemnity to the scenery in front of you.

In front of the old knight, Todd slowly transformed into a human form, picked up a blanket that had been prepared on the ground and put it on his body, sat on a big rock, and repeated his question again: "I heard that the war did not go smoothly. ."

From the terrifying hell full of fire and brimstone to the land where birds and flowers were fragrant, Cumberland finally breathed a sigh of relief and answered Todd: "Before this war started, I miscalculated two things."

"First, I didn't expect that the church would actually persuade Bromo Hesmond, the old general who had one foot in the coffin. I heard that he had been ill since the year before last and had no longer been involved in the military and military affairs. Politics. I never expected that he would be hired by the church as the commander-in-chief of the army this time..."

Todd asked: "Does this man have good military command skills?"

"Not only is he good at this level, he is the chief military instructor of the Knights Academy of the Church of Heaven and the dean of the Royal War College. He has led almost thousands of wars against the southern barbarians. The key is that he won every time ."

"The Emerson, Alfonso and I you know have all studied in his class. All in all, we are half of his students."

Todd pondered for a while and then said, "You just said that there is a second thing."

"Second, I didn't expect that the church would become so familiar with the tactics of using muskets and artillery in such a short period of time, and combine them with forest terrain and positional warfare."

"The west of the Papal State is a vast forest. The use of forest terrain can delay the impact of cavalry to the maximum extent, and can also effectively reduce the impact of air power. The combination of guns and bunker trenches can snipe our troops to the maximum extent. Minimize the Crusader’s individual strength advantage.”

Cumberland gave Todd a detailed introduction to enemy tactics, especially the positional application of muskets and artillery.

Todd frowned and asked: "You mean, those orcs with hardened skin and regeneration died under gunfire?"

"If hit in other parts, the orcs can continue to fight, but if they are hit in the heart or head, they will definitely die." Cumberland said helplessly: "Although the dragon bone parasite can withstand muskets, it will not be able to resist the muskets." The short-range shotgun is probably more dangerous than the other."

Todd asked again: "So, what about the bunker? In addition to close attacks, we should have many ways to attack from a distance, right?"

"I've seen the elves' fireballs and ice blades. At most, they just blew up some earth and rocks on the upper level of the bunker. As for the Valkyrie's spore bombing, first of all, the forest terrain obscures the target and reduces the hit rate. Secondly, I want to blow it up accurately. In the bunker, the bombing altitude needs to be lowered, and musket attacks will be the biggest threat to the Griffins."

Todd crossed his arms on his chest and looked up at the sky: "In this way, this war has indeed become a stalemate."

Cumberland said distressedly: "My original idea was to use the capabilities of the Crusaders' scouts to gradually figure out the enemy's defense situation. Then use the cover of the night to combine the three major forces of the Knights, Crusaders and Valkyries. The legion adopts a blitzkrieg method to remove all enemy strongholds at once and force them to leave the forest. But now that the orcs are making such a fuss, the enemy will definitely adjust their defenses and everything will start again."

As soon as Cumberland finished speaking, a clear childish voice appeared behind the two of them.

"Don't run! Come quickly and play with me!"

Cumberland turned to look, his eyes widening in surprise.

With a pair of dragon horns on her head and a small dragon tail hanging behind her, Aurora, wearing a pink dress, chased behind a panicked manticore, shouting happily.

"Why is Princess Aurora here?!"

Cumberland turned to look at Todd, only to see the helpless look on His Majesty's face.

Todd shouted to Aurora: "Don't bully the creatures here! If you are so naughty again, I won't bring you here next time!"

Aurora covered her lower eyelids with her fingers and made a face at Todd: "Father, I secretly followed you this time. Even if you don't bring me next time, I will remember the route here. "

Todd rubbed his temples and whispered to himself: "I have to let Leviathan find a way to hide the island..."

Cumberland asked Todd in shock: "Your Majesty, where on earth is this?!"

Todd said: "This is the location of heaven and hell, and this is the destination of the souls of all things."

Seeing Aurora running towards him happily, Cumberland looked doting on her face and wanted to reach out and touch the girl's head.

What Cumberland didn't expect was that his hand was like a burst of smoke, passed directly through Aurora's body.

Todd looked at the astonished old knight and explained: "This place is different from the soul space you visited in the past. This holy land exists beyond reality and spiritual bodies. You are just a soul now, so you can only feel They exist here, but they cannot be touched.”

Watching Aurora running further and further away, the old knight said with a frustrated look: "I'm a little confused."

"Sooner or later you will understand."

Todd stood up from the stone, patted the dust on his body, and said to Cumberland: "Regarding the stalemate in the battle situation, I will activate alternative plans for the battle..."

Cumberland asked confused: "Alternative? Why have I never heard of it?"

Todd smiled at the other party and said: "War is never a static thing. It undergoes unpredictable changes every moment. How to find victory from these changes is the talent that every good commander should have. "

Hearing Todd's words, Cumberland was stunned for a moment.

Then he grinned and laughed happily: "Your Majesty, this is just an unintentional remark I made in the past. I didn't expect you to remember it..."

Todd nodded: "Don't worry, reinforcements will arrive soon, and victory will eventually belong to us."