Rody and Dasco in the manor did not know Akasha's amazing behavior outside. They were sitting in front of the stove, thinking about how to answer each other's questions.

"The Kingdom of Karen has already prepared for the battle. The army we have assembled has exceeded 50,000, and the fortresses deployed on the border have exceeded 18. Where is Augustine? Can he prepare tens of thousands of people to waste with us?"

Roddy was in conversation with the confidence that Dasco had never had before, and Dasco was actually very envious of this: the other party could be proud of the battle of national glory. What about himself? Because he did not agree with the Tasman nobles at all, and he looked down on humans who were "lambs", Dasco was really a "lone person" who was helpless.

But he obviously didn't know that Roddy had no "national glory" behind him, and the Kingdom of Karen would not endorse his actions. What he had was Elson City, who was hit by himself with one punch and Everta, who was resisting the orc offensive. If he knew this, Dasco would never ask for help as humble as he is now.

But the advantage of "information asymmetry" has long been played by Roddy. In terms of acting skills, Roddy feels that he is no problem to take on a little golden man.

"In the war in the overall situation, I cannot measure the gap between your country and the Tasman army, but their army has begun to attack now, and my subordinates are resisting, but the situation is not optimistic."

Dasco slightly beautified his strength on this. "The situation is not optimistic" sounds better than "not able to beat him at all." In order not to let Roddy look down on him, he added: "Augustin's power in Tasman is not a solid piece of cake. We have now contacted the elders of the parliament, and some of them will provide us with certain intelligence and resources."

Roddy secretly curled his lips, thinking that there are guys who pull their legs everywhere. In Karen Kingdom, Charles II and Milno were just like this. Rassieman had a similar situation, and he was not surprised at all.

However, these words on the political negotiating table should not be believed. Roddy knew that he had the initiative, so he did not look moved, but continued to say disdain: "Our Karen's army is already on the way to Tasman. My squad of 100 people is just a light cavalry. This battle has been planned for a long time and he will not teach that old bone a lesson. Do he really think we are easy to bully?"

He pointed to the two Dragon Spear Knight Captains standing guard at the entrance of the conference hall: "In the Kingdom of Karen, knights like them cannot be ranked. Any three counts can bring two or three thousand knights to flatten here, so in principle, we do not need to cooperate with you."

How to achieve the goal after seizing the initiative in negotiations? It is nothing more than the four words "coercion and inducement". Roddy has demonstrated his force through the battle just now, so no matter how bragging he is, Dasco must believe it if he doesn't believe it.

Dasco, who nodded frequently, is not stupid either. What does it mean to "in principle, no cooperation is required"? That means leaving a way for himself!

"Baron Roddy's team is strong, and we, the Awakened One, are ashamed of ourselves. However, Augustine is now the common enemy of you and me, and more than 50,000 humans under my command are still on the front line of resistance. If we coordinate the battle, it will surely help both sides."

"You have humans under your command? Do they all obey your control?"

Roddy's words were completely unaware of them. In fact, Nata has been investigating outside the castle where Kurka is located these days, and he even knew how many soldiers there were in the city.

Dasco naturally boasted about his control over the "Lamb": "Their leader Kurka is a puppet I have built, and he will obey my orders at any time."

"Is that right? Speaking of which, our main force doesn't want to delay here for too long, after all, the logistics line burden is too heavy." Roddy glanced at Dasco, "so we hope to face Augustine's main force as soon as possible and fight to the decisive battle."

When Dasco heard this, he was very excited: No matter whether these humans can win or not, just use up the undead brought by Augustine... In this way, the "awakened people" can have more room for survival.

But he didn't dare to show his inner excitement. Dasco had to try hard to control his expression and continued to ask: "At present, Augustine's main corps is about to contact my subordinates, and the number may exceed 20,000... This number doesn't sound like a lot, but you may not know that Tasman has gathered only 50,000 troops in total."

"I understand this. Killing these 20,000 people is enough for Augustine to reconsider his attitude towards the Kingdom of Karen."

Roddy looked confident in "slaughter as much as he came": "Of course, I am very willing to cooperate with you, and if this battle can achieve expectations, the Kingdom of Karen can consider providing you with a suitable identity."

"Identity? You mean..."

"You also know that it is unrealistic to eliminate Augustine's power in one go. We took the initiative this time just to teach Augustine a lesson. But after the lesson is finished, we must leave something, right? For example... a more powerful 'Awakener' organization?"

Dasco swallowed, and realized that this might be a huge turning point in his future status - without the resources of a huge country, it would be easier for the parliament to destroy the "Awakener". And if there is support from the Kingdom of Karen, it would definitely be "everything is possible"!

"If you don't talk about other things in the Karen Kingdom, there are many weapons, food, and armaments that can't be put away, so... If you can get those guys to my designated position in five days, the future "Awakener" will definitely not be a group of wandering soldiers who can't even get together with basic armed forces."

Roddy asked the knight next to him to bring a military map as if he was ready and pointed his hand on it.

Dasco did not dare to neglect it. After careful identification, he immediately realized that this was the threshold Roddy set for him. If he couldn't even do this, he obviously was not qualified to "support" the other party.

But he is not a real fool who is painted with a cake: "We will do everything we can to cooperate with you. Of course, please be sure to show enough sincerity."

"You have seen their battle with the undead heavy cavalry?"

Roddy was not surprised by his request, so he pointed to a dragon spear knight and asked a seemingly irrelevant topic.

Dasco nodded in confusion and said he could see clearly.

"Is that kind of charging cavalry that can kill heavy cavalry, thirty handles, and sixty crystals, enough?"

Dasco opened his mouth and was stunned for several seconds. The scene of the fifty heavy cavalrymen flashing in front of him. Then he nodded without hesitation and said, "No problem!"

The negotiations came to an end. Dasco stood up and took the people to say goodbye, but when he walked outside the manor, he saw Yugesa who was almost cured by Akasha. After Takris came up and spoke a few words, his face suddenly changed. He was even more affirming the strength of Roddy and Karen Kingdom, and hurriedly took his subordinates away.

Roddy only learned about Akasha's "feat" at the reminder of Melinthra. He was also shocked - can the Holy Light Priest heal the undead? This is not only a question of whether he can cast spells, but also involves the essential issues behind the spells.

But obviously Akasha is a "self-taught" type. Facing the surprise of Roddy and Melinthra, she seemed helpless: "I really did it in the laboratory..."

"I won't drag you to the referee." Roddy smiled and pinched Akasha's cheek. Seeing her shy look, she felt itchy, but with Yugesa tied her half-deadly, he knew that he was not here for vacation: "Since Akasha can be cured, let's ask together..."

Yugesa, who was blocked by the sound, almost shouted hoarsely in the next hour - the undead with a long lifespan was more afraid of death. With the repeated torture of Akasha, Yugesa wished he could even report the sewers in the imperial city "Oldmansius".

The information he provided did benefit Roddy a lot... The news about "capturing alien species" made him even more vigilant-

Yugesa was able to act alone from the army because she was ordered by Augustine.

The location of Tifflin was confirmed as a tracking lock conducted by Augustine himself.

These two points combined together made Roddy immediately realize a problem: this group of Tifflins, who were labeled as "devil subspecies", is far more important than he imagined!

"Where is Luther? Go and call him over!"

Roddy turned to the conference hall and pointed at Yugesa: "Augustin has too many methods to keep him alive, so I don't want to alarm the snake."

This is also the lesson learned by Augustine several times. Roddy is cautious every step now, and his thinking is even more active. He has realized a very serious problem: if Augustine attaches so much importance to Tifflin, then he may eventually go to the frontal battle with the undead leader!

Facing a strong man who has advanced to level 60, Roddy is much more terrifying than facing the undead army.

After conquering Tifflin himself, he really felt like he was "being guilty of possessing a treasure"... Roddy thought about this and felt that the pressure suddenly increased a lot.

But ask yourself, are you really willing to live in fear of Augustine for the rest of your life?

Roddy, sitting in the armchair, exhaled slowly, and when his eyes were raised, he was already calm and determined. He looked at the helpless elder Luther of Teflin and asked calmly: "I want to know... how the entire tribe became like this now."

"What kind of secret is hidden behind your mutation?"

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"Let everyone retreat there...it's exactly where Fort Track."

Dasco, who had already left on a horse, was thinking hard about the plans for the next five days, but the more he thought about it, the more he felt that Roddy had designated a decisive battle location that he could not understand.

The location of Fort Track is very special, just in the center of the current control area of ​​the "Awakener", and is the largest castle built by "Lamb". The foundation of this castle is a natural rock platform that is more than ten meters above the ground. It happened to be at the low level of the Tasman terrain. Judging from the terrain of nearly 100 square kilometers, it is similar to the center of a basin.

Because the rock platform bulges above the ground, the walls of this castle are much taller than other cities, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack. At the same time, the city is wide and tens of thousands of people will not be particularly crowded. But because of this, it is an isolated city with no way out - once you are trapped here, you either wait for the enemy to retreat or you have to defend to the end.

"Is it intentional...or by chance?"

Dasco couldn't think of the reason at all, but he understood that no matter what he thought, this matter must be done - if he didn't do it, then everyone would have no way to survive.

Whether the "Awakener" can continue to exist depends on this step!

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Chapter completed!