A bard has united in the Eastern Border.
This news forcefully pulled Lind back, who was testing the Tower’s response.
It’s hard to imagine that those bards would actually unite, especially in such an ordinary place as the Eastern Border.
This might sound a bit hurtful, but Lind has never regarded the Eastern Border as a rival; after all, those people in the Eastern Border can’t even beat Doug.
After receiving a detailed report from Lucanus, Lind lightly tapped on his desk in the study.
No news had been transmitted; the soul link suddenly broke off, as if being isolated, according to Lucanus.
The emergency plan for the border was activated; it’s likely that the decision-makers in Graywhite Territory never thought that the first plan activated would be targeting the Eastern Border.
“Send someone into the Eastern Border to investigate, without caring about the border defenses there.”
Lind added to Lucanus: “Remember to bring Holy Water. Since there has been an abnormal phenomenon in the Eastern Border that can isolate information, there’s no need to linger. As long as we can gather a bit of intelligence, we’ll retreat immediately.”
“Have Lauri and the others keep a close watch in the Snowbreak Territory; if there are any movements from the Demon Clan, report back immediately.”
Whatever has happened, it’s right to suspect the Demon Clan first. This isn’t discrimination from Lind; it’s just that those demons really have dirty hands. Intelligence has already indicated that the Demon Clan has been continuously sending personnel into the Eastern Border.
Are those demons really just merchants? Even Monroe probably doesn’t believe that.
As the communicator on Lind’s desk kept beeping, countless commands were swiftly dispatched, and the Northern Border once again entered a state of alert.
In the guest room, Deborah looked toward the Eastern Border, frowning. The flow of magic power had changed. Had someone used Supremacy Magic? It didn’t seem like ordinary Supremacy Magic.
“Contact headquarters. I request the use of the Holy Grail for divination.”
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At this moment, outside the Snowbreak Territory, Lauri was talking to Darsi as he looked at the distant Demon territory: “The recent movements of the Demon Clan are quite abnormal.”
Darsi nodded. The war between the Northern Border and the Demon Clan had not ended; it couldn’t even be called peace talks. Outside the Snowbreak Territory, both sides were still clashing fiercely. But calling it a clash, the Demon Clan was entirely being suppressed by the Northern Border.
Unable to endure, the Demon Clan eventually dispatched a false army composed of humans, trying to have humans deal with humans.
This initially troubled Lauri for a long time. After all, people in the Northern Border do not fight against each other. When facing these locals, although it wouldn’t be to the point of not being able to make a move, it indeed had a certain psychological impact on the soldiers.
Fortunately, Lind’s orders came down very quickly. Whenever the human troops outside Snowbreak Territory were deployed, Hammond would directly lead the fully armed Professional unit, pushing ahead and separating the vanguard human troops from the pursuing Demon supervision team.
Then, the First Army Group would escort those vanguard human troops into the Snowbreak Territory, and afterward, either those coerced by the Demon Clan or those genuinely loyal to the Demon Clan would be transported to the rear for unified processing.
Perhaps they were off to farm or maybe to mine.
This tactic could be effective only because their strength was superior, their equipment better, and their military supplies more abundant, allowing them to do as they please.
As for using people as meat shields, neither Lind nor Lauri held back when it came to that; just blow them up, and it was over. The more they played the saint in such matters and became hesitant, the more the Demon Clan would escalate their actions.
Sure enough, after initially using people as meat shields, hoping that the Demon Clan would be blown up alongside their human shields, they never attempted this idea again.
Not only would it not soften the enemy’s resolve, but it would also intensify their fury, leading them to strike harder.
Even during this period when both sides were somewhat weary, the Northern Border’s troops still took some of the Demon Clan’s strongholds outside Snowbreak Territory by storm and were continually advancing.
If it were not for the need to stabilize the strongholds and worry that the Demon Clan might suddenly act irrationally and continue using that Demon God Offspring in combat, causing the border troops to become deeply entangled, the current pace of advancement could be even faster.
Darsi opened the information and said to Lauri: “Indeed, there have been significantly fewer demons in the Sur德 Region recently. I’ve heard that even including the Sur德 Region, the defense there is quite empty, so we cannot rule out the possibility that the Demon Clan is setting a trap to lure us into attacking.”
“Who cares about their traps? Once that tank arrives, we’ll launch an offensive and seize the Northern Border’s territory, oh, and the Lord Governor’s home too!”
Although Lauri had never seen a tank, even just from Lind’s description, it had already stirred his excitement. A vehicle that could move on its own and fire its own cannon—how extravagant that must be on the battlefield.
Just thinking about it made Lauri impatient; he pulled Darsi and kept simulating on the sand table according to the parameters given by Lind, even coming up with many tactics involving the tank just through imagination. The mobility alone was a game changer.
Lauri even urged his soldiers to quickly learn technical skills during this time when there was no all-out offensive. A new war machine signified more avenues for advancement.
Just then, a subordinate brought the latest report; after receiving the latest message, Lauri again looked towards the distant Demon territory, saying to Darsi: “Report the prepared message for the next regular communication to the Lord Governor in advance. The Demon forces outside Snowbreak Territory are sparse and are very likely to have been pulled to other locations.”
On the other side, stationed in what was originally Doug’s territory, White quickly ordered his knights to mobilize after receiving the message.
A team of Lars Knights arrived at the junction between the Northern Border and the Eastern Border, bringing Holy Water and preparing to enter the Eastern Border for investigation.
The border guards of the Eastern Border saw the Lars Knights arriving and knew that the other side was serious. After exchanging glances, they still allowed the Lars Knights to pass unimpeded into the Eastern Border.
After all, even the demons could freely enter and exit the Eastern Border, and the people from the Northern Border had pounded Doug and the Demon Clan. The other side clearly could have charged past without saying anything, yet they still informed you; consider yourself fortunate.
Nobody shouted about seeking judgment from Her Majesty the Queen, as everyone knew the Northern Border had effectively become independent.
When this team of Lars Knights first stepped into the Eastern Border, they didn’t notice anything unusual, but it wasn’t long before they saw dark clouds continuously gathering in the distance, along with mist spreading at a visible speed.
“By the Goddess… what on earth is happening?”
The captain of the Lars Knights took out a telescope and carefully observed the distant dark clouds, which felt extremely familiar to him, just like on the battlefield of the Golden Ear Plains.
Before this Lars Knight captain could record the situation, a knight on guard ahead hurried over and said, “Captain, we’ve discovered a young noble of the Daolin Family.”
