Chapter 34 Thats naturally because Griffith is weak
It’s been such a long day...
Griffith put on his clean and simply repaired armor and came to the conference room in the center of the town to sit down.
The night of March 31, 1444 in the Second Age fell. In the past day, he completed the preliminary defense organization work in the Lower City, eliminated an undead nest, and then attacked the zombie tide and rescued a group of friendly troops.
Griffith sank deep into the sofa, feeling unreal about the day that had just passed.
According to the spirit of the twelve-person meeting held in Homemon Watts, the original plan for the Raven operation was to concentrate the garrison and the Beyonders, spread the intelligence network, and deal a quick and fatal blow to the exposed cult group. In order to avoid local dissatisfaction.
In order to cooperate with the operation, the Extraordinary Commandos took over the command, and Beyeland also sent a particularly reliable officer like Griffith to be the supervisor.
With so many preparations in advance and the concentration of powerful forces, the officialdom has been led by the cult group since March 30th. The cult group's actions were astonishingly fast. First, Griffith and Amber met at the port.
After the attack, the former enemy committee had just activated martial law, and a large number of infected sewer homeless people began to appear in the city. On the morning of the 31st, the cult activated the sealed artifacts and resurrected the dead corpses in the cemeteries in the west and south directions of the city to create armies. The tide of corpses was rapid.
The suburbs to the west of the city were captured.
Beyelan had just established a barrier and was about to concentrate its forces to attack the commander of the undead creature with all his strength. An earth-boring demonic insect suddenly appeared and tore a gap in the defense line. The death knight led an army to attack directly.
The caster in the rear then unleashed an infection outbreak with unknown mechanisms on the entire city.
Such a fierce and efficient offensive, no one would believe it without the cooperation of higher-level officials who had knowledge of Beyeran's intelligence, and without the command of an experienced commander who was familiar with Beyeran's tactical style.
At this time, Amber, Ophelia and some of the retreating Extraordinaries came to the conference room to prepare for a combat meeting. As soon as Ophelia entered the door, she said: "Rihanna is stationed at the mage, and Safirion is stationed among the knights.
There may be traitors, or both of them may be traitors.”
Amber and others looked at her in surprise. This was a war meeting of Extraordinary people, and Miss Shutoral opened her mouth like a little girl in school telling anecdotes.
Griffith hummed and asked everyone to sit down.
Ophelia jumped ahead of Amber and sat down on a seat next to Griffith: "Median Maier is reorganizing the army, and my opinion is his opinion. There is no need to wait for him."
The Extraordinaries present also included Uros, Hakan and Pella. They and several young Extraordinaries also received support from Griffith in the retreat just now, and they all expressed their gratitude.
"Thank you, Sir Knight! You are so fierce!" Pella ran over and grabbed Griffith's hand, "No wonder Amber is..."
“Click!”
A flash of lightning suddenly flashed across the conference room. Amber looked at Pella, clenched his fist wrapped in lightning, and smiled with his chin drawn.
"No wonder Lord Amber wants to form a team with you! I'm done." Pella quickly came to her seat and sat down upright.
"Quasi Knight, what should we do next?" Uros asked, "We have ten Extraordinaries here. They are a vital fighting force and cannot be left idle."
Griffith turned his head and glanced at Ophelia, and found that she was sitting upright, looking at him intently, but not speaking.
“Let’s talk about your opinions first,” Griffith said to Uros and others. “Everyone can make suggestions individually and then discuss them collectively.”
Everyone spoke one after another. The opinions of the Extraordinaries such as Uros were relatively unified, which was to get in touch with the Extraordinaries as soon as possible, control the garrison mages and garrison knights for investigation, and then request Beyelan to send more reinforcements and Extraordinaries.
who.
Considering that the psychic echo has been interrupted, everyone suggested sending out some more homing pigeons and ravens to make contact in the direction of the mage tower.
Ophelia immediately said seriously: "I have no objection."
Amber hesitated and asked: "Griffith, what do you think?"
“Look~” Pella poked Hakan with her elbow, and the latter rolled his eyes at her.
Griffith quickly wrote a few strokes on the paper, sorted out his thoughts and said: "The direction of the Mage Tower is in urgent need of support. We must control the stationed Mage and not let the teleportation array be destroyed. For this reason, we must go there as soon as possible to detain them.
Rihanna mage.
“However, if the upper city is captured, we must hold the stable rear of the lower city. I am going to stay with Amber, Ophelia, and Midea to form a militia, and then counterattack according to the situation.”
“It is unrealistic to use militiamen to fight back,” Uros said. “They will collapse in front of the zombie wave.”
Griffith nodded: "The local militia is naturally at this level, but as long as there are qualified officers and non-commissioned officers, and they form a square or vehicle formation, they can still fight."
As he spoke, he pointed to himself, Ophelia, and then stood up and pointed to Medea, who was marshalling troops in the square outside the window.
“What should I do if I encounter a powerful enemy?” asked another Extraordinary.
Griffith respectfully extended his hand to Amber: "We invite Miss Amber to fight."
The Extraordinaries began to hesitate, thinking whether to go to the Mage Tower to support or stay and fight with the militia. It would undoubtedly be safer to join the Extraordinaries, but if the situation in the lower city is stable, it looks good.
At this time, Medianmaea came to the conference room. He brought a raven and a letter and said to everyone:
"I just received the contact. The good news is that the Death Knight temporarily retreated after a fierce battle with the extraordinary people. The bad news is that the infection is spreading in the upper city. The former enemy committee has imprisoned the resident mage Ms. Rihanna and is summoning more extraordinary people through the teleportation array.
Come to support.
"The teleportation array will take no less than 24 hours to complete charging. The Former Enemy Committee ordered all Extraordinaries in the area to concentrate on the Mage Tower and participate in defensive operations. All Extraordinaries participating in the Mage Tower defense battle will receive a reward of 5 merit points.
, Extraordinaries who do not participate in the battle in this area will have 5 points of merit deducted."
“Hiss~” A sound of inhalation came to mind in the conference room. Merit points are not only important to Extraordinaries in the military system, but are also the basis for promotions and salary increases in many Extraordinary organizations and associations such as the Spellcaster Administration and the Investigation Bureau.
Uros turned to Griffith and said: "Your Excellency Quasi-Knight, I think there is nothing to discuss or hesitate about now. Going to the Mage Tower to fight is the only reasonable choice."
"That's right, 10 points of merit each time!" Pella said, "Let's set off quickly. The infection in the upper city is spreading. If we move slowly, we will be blocked by the monsters in the streets."
Griffith took out a map, marked a route and gave it to them: "After crossing the river, take a detour to the east city wall. Although the distance there is far, it will not be hindered by living corpses. You can reach the mage tower as soon as possible."
“We?” Several Beyonders who were already preparing to leave asked together, “Aren’t you going?”
“We don’t want to go. The three of us, Shutoral, can’t abandon the army.” Griffith said. Ophelia nodded frequently.
"Amber isn't going either," Griffith continued, then turned his head and looked at the blonde girl with sincere eyes, "I need you to stay, okay?"
Ophelia leaned back with an "Oh~" expression.
“Well, then, okay,” Amber hesitated, probably because she was heartbroken about the merit points, but her eyes quickly became firm, “I’ll stay.”
“Look~” Pella patted Uros, “Give up!”
Some Beyonders were obviously unhappy with this result. They knew the strength of Griffith and several others, and also knew that the next battle would be much smoother if they were with them.
"You can't do this," Uros stepped forward with some annoyance, looking directly at Griffith with his eyes like flashing swords. "You are disobeying orders and distracting precious combat power."
"No, I can do this. I am a special investigator. Lordes and the others can't command me. I can do whatever I want." Griffith stood up and looked down at the assassin who was half a head shorter than himself. "Besides,
, when you talk to me, you have to call me, Your Excellency, Quasi-Knight, or Sir, do you understand?"
The meeting room suddenly became quiet. Everyone looked at the conflicting partner in surprise.
Uros took half a step back bitterly, turned around and asked: "10 merit points, don't you care?"
"Merits are worth nothing, I obey Griffith!" Ophelia immediately expressed her position loudly, "Miss Amber should be more obedient than me, you know the reason."
…”
The meeting broke up unhappily. Uros, Pella and some Beyonders immediately packed up their equipment and crossed the Raven River to the north.
After they left, Griffith closed the door of the conference room and asked everyone to sit down again.
"Then, let's start the second round of meetings," Griffith said. "The topic of the meeting is how to attack the great tomb in Raven Cemetery."
Amber hesitated for a moment, then suddenly reacted. She looked at Ophelia and asked: "From the beginning, you planned to attack the rear of the undead creatures, and you didn't plan to bring other Beyonders with you?"
"Yes, this will be an arduous battle. We have to show our trump cards. Only comrades who can trust each other can be qualified for this mission. I originally wanted to guide others to leave voluntarily, but I didn't expect the official to give the order directly, which saved a lot
"It's a good thing," Ophelia said, "Moreover, the gains from this battle will be considerable, so there is no need to share the profit with the oil bottle."
“Do you really not care about those 10 merit points?” Amber asked, “Or do you not care about the safety of the Mage Tower?”
"It doesn't matter," Midian Maier answered for everyone, "If it is really a battle that will collapse without us, then the order is not to deduct or reward merit points, but to strictly order us to support immediately. The current arrangement means that the superiors
It gives us room for discretion and allows us to attack and contain on other fronts. If we have enough power to weaken the enemy, the gains from the battle can naturally make up for the losses.
“Of course, for me personally, repaying Griffith for his previous rescue is more meaningful than 10 merit points.”
"Me too, 10 merit points are nothing," Ophelia said seriously, and then looked at Amber with a smile, "Amber, why did you stay?"
"Ah, I, this..." Amber blushed and immediately regained her composure, "Of course it's because Griffith can't do it without me!"