On the fleet's way back to Kozan, Gryzlik sat on the captain's chair. His mood at the moment could be said to be one-third unwilling and one-third frightened.
The battle led by him can be said to be completely bankrupt. Loa, dragon, and these extraordinary forces made the fleet finally choose to retreat.
And on the way to retreat, the Kezan fleet also fought a battle with those sea giants who were chasing after them like wild dogs.
"Is that the power of the dragon... It's really terrifying... Our air defense force needs to be strengthened."
The power of the superior dragon like Krasus made Gryzlik truly realize how arrogant he was in the past. If you ignore those extraordinary powers today, you will definitely not be able to win the war.
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Turning the perspective back to the Vast Sea Protector, after the Kezan fleet retreated, everyone looked at each other and celebrated with an expression of surviving a disaster.
This battle was too difficult, and it was a one-for-one fight. Kezan's battleship was sunk, and Hanhai Protector was also sunk, including the Raptor and Zhenhai.
"Protector, please slow down."
Willy helped Li De get off the boat. At this time, the enemies attacking Port of Hope had been eliminated by the heroes who came to help.
"Thank you everyone."
Li De reluctantly bowed to thank everyone, while Krasus spoke humbly on behalf of everyone.
"The Protector does not need to be so polite. We are comrades in the same camp. It is what we should do to assist the Protector of Hanhai in attacking the enemy. On the contrary, I feel that we have not done enough because the response is too slow and we can only rush some high-end ones through the portal.
Combat strength.
If our army had been prepared, we would never have let go of Kezan's fleet today."
Hearing Krasus say this, Li De also sighed and shook his head.
"The responsibility for this lies with me. I misjudged the enemy. When I came back, I held a strategic analysis meeting because I believed that the goblins lacked the courage to take the initiative to attack. We could completely cut off their trade routes, limit their resources and other threats.
means to force them to surrender.
I didn't expect that there would be such decisive commanders among the goblins who dared to organize a large fleet to instantly destroy the Vast Sea Protector in order to break through the alliance's blockade against them.
I will review my mistakes later, because my mistakes caused such great losses to the fleet. But fortunately, the enemy's plot was foiled and they were not allowed to succeed."
Li De blamed himself and said that even if Kezan's goal was not achieved, Li De would not have the shame to say "they won". After all, he still has ethics. If this situation can be said to be a win,
That would be really annoying.
Crassus shook his head and said nothing. Could it be that there is a curse in the position of "Chief of the United Assembly"? Why is it that as soon as he takes this position, he will definitely make mistakes?
"Let's not talk about this for now. Your injuries must be treated."
Everyone was shocked to realize that a large pool of blood had oozed out of Li De's abdomen. They immediately swallowed everything they said and decided to talk about it later, urging Li De to receive treatment immediately.
There was an infirmary at the port, and Bishop Benedictus of the Holy Light was also present. Treatment for Li De and other wounded people began quickly.
When the doctor used tweezers to take out the grape-sized pellet from Li De's abdomen, his expression froze. Perhaps because of the shock in the past, he could not hold it steady in his hand, and the pellet fell directly into the tray, making a loud noise.
the sound of.
Li De turned his head to look at the doctor with his lips turning pale, and gave him a comforting smile.
"Don't worry, my opponent is much worse than me. One of his arms is left on the battlefield."
"You should stop talking at this time."
Benedictus said helplessly, and at the same time stretched out his hand to press on his wound. With the injection of holy light, Li De felt that the wound was warm, and the bleeding soon stopped.
"Thank you, Bishop."
Li De expressed his sincere gratitude. He believed that Benedictus had not fallen yet. From now on, he was a respectable person. At the same time, Li De also hoped that he could stay in Hanhai Protector for a while and help
The establishment of the Path of Holy Light here can be regarded as making up for the regret of Faao not being able to come to the Hanhai Protector due to his death.
As the wounds scabbed over, the doctor and Benedictus were ready to leave, leaving Li De to rest alone.
"Archbishop, please tell the outside world for me. The fact that I was injured cannot be entirely blamed on Willy and the others. It is not easy to survive such a fierce battle."
He heard that outside the infirmary, Justin and Madinley were angrily criticizing Willy. He was responsible for Li De's security, but Li De was injured. This was something that Justin and others had done before.
From the perspective of anyone who passed guard Li De, it was an unforgivable crime.
"You guys please keep your voices down, Protector Li De needs to rest."
After Benedictus walked out of the infirmary, he gently closed the door of the infirmary and looked at several people with reproach in his eyes.
Everyone immediately stopped talking, and then heard Benedictus speak again.
"The Protector asked me to tell you not to blame Wei Li for his injury."
Wei Li, who had been silently enduring the scoldings of several people, spoke at this time.
"Even if the Protector doesn't blame me, I no longer have the face to stay with the Protector. I'm too immature and need more training. I'm protected very well by being with the Protector."
When he said this, Li De thought of the incident on the Behemoth when he was scolded by Li De for yelling. He realized that he was far behind his predecessors in terms of ability and willpower.
In the infirmary, Li De felt relieved when he heard that the noise outside had calmed down. Only then did Li De notice that it seemed that he had not been lying on the bed so peacefully for a long time.
Not only during this battle, he had not had a good night's sleep since the war started last year. Now, taking this opportunity, he could rarely relax.
Even though he was lying on the bed, Li De's breathing became slow and long.
But while he was half asleep and half awake, Li De suddenly realized that he was not the only one breathing in the infirmary. When his breathing was rapid, it was difficult to notice other people's breathing. But when his breathing was slow,
When things are calm, this is much easier.
Li De noticed that several beds in the infirmary were separated by white cloth. There was a second person lying on another bed a few meters away from his own.
Having just experienced a fierce battle, there were naturally many wounded people. Li De asked himself that he was not a person who cared about hierarchy. The port infirmary was not his private ward, so it was normal to stay in the same infirmary with other wounded people.
But at this moment, Li De felt a strong urge to know who was in the same room with him. He stretched out half of his body and pulled open the white cloth in the middle.
On that hospital bed, there was a graceful person lying. And that face, Li De only took one glance and it was deeply engraved in his heart.
"Hazuki?"
Li De asked tentatively, even though he already had the answer in his heart.
Shandris Feathermoon was injured due to Mogul Razdunk's attack, and her arms and legs bled a lot. After greeting Talanji and others, she came down accompanied by the medic.
Get your wounds treated here.
After that, she stayed in the infirmary to rest. It was rare for her to be alone, so Yue Yue took off her mask.
When Li De was brought in for treatment, Shandis heard the whole process. After Benedictus and the others left, Shandis found that she and Li De were alone in the room, and something strange arose in her heart.
But she thought that she was also a wounded person. If she secretly left while Li De was sleeping, it would be too deliberate, and wouldn't it be more embarrassing if the other party noticed?
But she didn't expect that Li De would pull open the cloth in the middle at this time.
Hearing Li De's knowing question, Yu Yue felt a little funny, nodded calmly, and then glanced at Li De, who was also lying on the bed.
"You are hurt."
"Well, belly."
Li De answered stiffly, his eyes fixed on Shandis's face.
He had imagined what kind of face Shandris looked like several times, but when he saw Lushan's true face today, he felt that this face looked so suitable.
Shandis is not absolutely beautiful, but her tight and thin oval face makes people want to hold it in her hands. Her relaxed eyebrows are not delicate, and with lavender facial lines, she has a dignified and beautiful style.
What suited Li De the most was her straight but not too high bridge of nose, which was just like her own ability and freshness.
Seeing Shandris's true face, Li De actually felt happy, as if only such a face could match her. No matter how beautiful he imagined, he ultimately lacked this natural and harmonious spirituality.
Both of them sat up from the bed and noticed that Li De was staring at them. Shandis was not shy, but looked at Li De generously and asked with a smile.
"Why, my appearance disappoints you?"
Li De just shook his head and said it seriously after a while.
"Your beauty only belongs to you. Whose expectations do you have to cater to? As for me being impressed by your beauty, it is only my business."
Shandis' face felt a little hot, and Li De's unabashed gaze made her feel as if a hand was caressing her face carefully.
However, after Li De made his bold confession, he thought of the identity of the injured Shandis.
"Thank you for what you have done for the Protector of Hanhai."
"There is no need to talk about this between us, I am just doing what I think is right."
But when he said this, Li De noticed that Yu Yue stopped talking and there was a look of pain in his eyes.
"What's wrong?"
Li De quickly asked with concern. At the same time, he stood up and walked over, sitting down on Shandis's hospital bed.
"Venture capital companies... drive those slaves to their deaths... They are all innocent lives!"
Recalling the lives that were wiped out by her large-scale spell not long ago, Shandris felt a sense of guilt in her heart.
As the Sentinel General of Kaldoreidu, Shandris had made the decision to deprive the enemy of his enemies' lives in war as early as 10,000 years ago.
But after all, she was a Kaldorei who loved life. Those slaves were just innocents in the war. In an emergency, she could only eliminate them, but she was so uneasy afterwards.
She couldn't pretend to be nonchalant after taking away many innocent lives. Wouldn't that be no different from the Burning Legion?
Li De hugged Shandis Yuyue's shoulders. At this moment, he swore that he didn't have any distracting thoughts in his heart and was comforting Shandis with gentle words.
"I am as sad as you are about the loss of innocent lives, but don't blame yourself for this.
It was the Venture Capital Corporation that caused their tragedy, and the blame lies with Mogul Razdunk, not you."
Perhaps it was Li De's arms that gave Shandris strength. The Sentinel General did not refuse Li De's embrace, but held his hand tightly.
"The night elves don't like war, but now it seems that you are right. For such a race that puts interests first and disregards life, I really can't think of how to wash away their sins except punishing them with war."
Hearing Shandis say this, Li De felt relieved, and he hugged Shandis tighter.
"It's great that you think so. I really don't want you to misunderstand me."
If the previous situation was still in the name of a friend fighting side by side, I would give Shandris a comforting hug.
So now this is a hug that contains his passionate emotions.
Yuyue saw through this guy's tricks, and after hesitating for a while, she didn't resist, but just followed Li De's words.
"I hope I just misunderstood you, but I'm still not sure what you are thinking.
Are you launching the war to bring justice to the sins, or are you simply trying to snatch benefits?"
This question is not easy to answer. It seems that the beauty is in my arms at the moment, but if I say the wrong word by mistake, I may be tempted to draw water from a bamboo basket.
Li De did not answer directly, but sighed first.
"Oh, there are some things that you immortals won't understand.
You have eternal life, live in the rich forest, and do not have to worry about birth, old age, illness, death, and material things.
But in the society of mortal races, people must obtain materials through labor to maintain life, and struggle to resist birth, old age, illness, and death.
Therefore, for our mortal race, labor is extremely important. In the process of growth, people need to accept the transformation of labor.
However, not everyone is willing to participate in labor. Some people and some races are born to rob other people and exploit other people's labor.
Just like goblins, they maintain their prosperity by exploiting each race.
The exploited race could have lived a self-sufficient life with the output of their labor. However, they were smart enough not to work, but they still wanted to steal a large part of the labor income of the exploited.
Goblins are worms and vampires, and their social form and lifestyle are backward.
What I want to do is to deprive the moths of their benefits and return them to their original owners.
So the answer I can give you is to replace backward civilization with advanced civilization and give freedom to the vast majority of people."
Shandis was stunned for a while by what Li De said, and then she smiled and said it for a while.
"Your ambition is really great. Could it be that you want all races in the world to become immortal species?"
Li De snickered in his heart. After a long discussion, Shandis even forgot what the original question was and got used to being held in Li De's arms.
But in response to Shandis's statement, Li De still pretended to shake his head and smile bitterly.
"How is this possible? All races have become immortal species... That massive amount of life energy will probably drain Azeroth dry.
What I pursue is fairness, not unrealistic demands. That’s why I say that there are some things that Immortals will not understand..."
This time, Shandis interrupted Li De and drew circles on Li De's chest with her slender fingers.
"Don't forget, you have also received the blessing from the Red Dragon Queen, so now you are an immortal species like me."
Shandis' actions and words made Li De tremble all over, and he immediately understood the subtext.