At noon the next day, White, Hadrow, Lord Sember and others took the Dayun, which returned overnight, to Sosk. Immediately, Moriarty held a high-level meeting in a well-preserved chamber of commerce property in the town.
However, just when everyone gathered in the small conference room, suddenly, White raised the "Atonement of Carmon Dotlivos" in his hand, and at the same time, the "Shield of Thorns" appeared under his feet, heading straight towards Moriarty.
Claudia on the side rushed over.
Seeing White suddenly attacking without saying a word, the Blood Earl, who was accustomed to fighting, just sneered. At the same time, his body flashed and disappeared in front of everyone. The air immediately became filled with a sharpness that made people's skin red.
A faint trace of blood mixed with a dazzling silver light began to flash in every corner of the room.
Seeing this scene, Lord Senbo, who was the last one to enter the conference room, stood blankly at the door, at a loss.
"Stop it all!"
Unexpectedly, White's reaction would be so violent. Moriarty couldn't help but feel shocked and shouted loudly at the same time. Guderian and Tchaikov on both sides also immediately sandwiched the angry White with their eyes, for fear that he would react again.
Act impulsively.
"Morty! Why is there a vampire here!? Why not kill it!?"
Being blocked, White struggled for a while but was unable to match the natural strength of the dwarf and naga. He had to turn around and yelled at Moriarty. This was also a rare occasion for White to use such a tone and shout to the opponent so excitedly.
Shouting. On the other side, Hadro and Sir Sembot couldn't help but trembled when they heard the word "vampire".
"She is Claudia, the Blood Earl. She is also my new familiar. She has sworn to surrender to me for a hundred years." Looking at White's angry eyes, Moriarty said as calmly as possible.
"Magic pet!? Are you crazy for letting a high-level vampire be your magic pet!? Don't you know that the undead of Dega are the mortal enemies of us humans!?" After hearing the other party's explanation, White seemed to be even more excited.
, almost roaring.
"White, calm down first."
"I can't calm down, and I can't calm down!" White gritted his teeth and couldn't listen to any words at all: "Do you know how many soldiers are killed by the evil undead in the Dawn Fortress every year, every month, and every day?
Do you know how many innocent children had their blood sucked by vampires and had to be nailed through the heart? Do you know how many times I watched my comrades fall under the butcher knife of evil spirits and was helpless? You told me to calm down, what should I do?
Maybe calm down!”
Having said this, White actually tried to rush towards the new Blood Count who appeared at the other end of the conference room, but fortunately, he was blocked by Tchaikov again.
"You guys go out first. Leave me and White to talk alone."
Looking at the angry followers, Moriarty nodded to the others. Immediately, Clausewitz took the lead and led everyone out of the conference room, leaving only Guderian and Tchaikov looking at White. As for White,
The Blood Earl also snorted and disappeared.
"White, I know that you have served in the Dawn Fortress for many years, have been fighting against the undead, and have a life-and-death feud with them." Until everyone else left, the door of the room was closed, leaving only Moriarty and three of his closest followers.
, he spoke again.
"Then why did you accept that vampire as your familiar!?" At this time, White seemed to have calmed down a little, but he was still slightly angry.
"It's true that vampires are the undead of Dega, but they don't have to be killed." Moriarty let go of White when the dwarf and Naga came to him, and took a step forward to come to him: "If it can be used by us, it can also be restrained.
No matter how evil you do, why not have a good sword in your hand?"
In fact, these words are very heart-wrenching, utilitarian and ruthless. Only a life and death partner like White can say it so directly.
"What's the use of such a filthy knife, no matter how sharp it is?" However, White did not agree with this statement and immediately retorted: "I absolutely cannot accept fighting side by side with an undead species!"
"White, I won't put her in Olympus, and I won't even let her appear in public on weekdays. The reason why I accept Claudia as a familiar is to make up for our lack of secret power. Level 10
The shadow assassin can work wonders at many critical moments and key points."
"This cannot hide the fact that it is a vampire. No matter what the reason is, the undead are undead, and it is always their evil nature to harm human beings! I demand to 'purify' it immediately!" Moriarty's explanation still failed to convince White, and he again
shouted.
Purify?
Hearing this word, Moriarty's eyes suddenly twitched, but he remained calm and continued to persuade her gently: "As I said just now, Claudia made a blood-core oath and will surrender to me for a hundred years.
Demon pet. So even if her inner nature is evil, cruel, and vicious, as long as I am around, I can completely restrain her. In turn, we can use her power to save the people of the kingdom and fight against the demonic invasion. What's wrong with that?
?”
"No matter what you say, I will never agree to you keeping a vampire around you!" It seemed that Moriarty's repeated explanations once again exhausted White's patience, and he couldn't help shouting again: "Before, you had to
I agreed to massively expand Krolod's wolf cavalry within Olympus; later, you appointed Hadro, the 'ogre', as the general manager, and I acquiesced. But now, you want to
There is no way I can accept using an undead as a familiar!"
"White..."
"Do you agree to kill that vampire!?" No longer allowing the other party to say any more, White interrupted directly and asked.
"White, you can even think of Claudia as a bottle of poison. As long as it can poison our enemies, why should we waste it..."
"Okay! I know what you mean! You don't have to say any more!" White looked at Moriarty and shook his head, his eyes full of disappointment and frustration: "Since you must keep the vampire, then only I will leave.
Already."
"Whitey!"
Upon hearing this, Guderian and Tchaikov on the side immediately became anxious.
This seems to be the rhythm of the group breaking up! Even though he is usually abused by the other party, the dwarf really regards White as a brother, and he can't help but immediately panic and grab his arm.
"Guderian..."
Being held tightly by the dwarf and looking at his new right arm, White, who was so impulsive, finally sighed secretly.
"I will return to Rheinburg right away. Anyway, someone needs to be in charge there. You can take care of things here yourself."
Looking at Moriarty again, White turned around and walked out of the conference room quickly without saying anything. Seeing this, the dwarf and Naga didn't know whether to stop him or not. Only Moriarty looked at the other person's leaving back,
He also sighed softly.
"Let's continue the meeting."
After a moment of silence, Moriarty reconvened the meeting. Only then did he see White boarding the goblin airship and leaving alone, and saw Claudia, who looked like a little girl, sitting behind Moriarty and seemed to be watching intently.
In this large open book, all the Olympian generals felt that the atmosphere was oppressive and weird. And noble humans like Lord Sembo sat in a corner with fear, trying to stay as far away from the Blood Earl's "sphere of influence" as possible.
"Hadro, I will leave the inventory of materials in Sosk to you. I hope to get the exact number within two days. At the same time, pay attention to the classification work at the same time. Especially for the next step of strengthening Sosk, building
The materials needed for the town's defenses have been prioritized and stored in advance. We will then cooperate with the goblin craftsmen to make up for the missing parts from Rheinburg." Without letting the dull atmosphere continue, Moriarty first gave instructions to the old steward.
"Yes, sir."
"Henry, the Iron Fist Squadron suffered heavy losses in this war. You have to worry about repairing the damage and maintaining it." Then, Moriarty wanted to say to the goblin mage who came with him in the boat.
"Yes, Your Excellency. It's just that after many fierce battles, we don't have many spare parts anymore. Even if we remove the remaining parts of the scrapped puppets, it will only be a drop in the bucket. Moreover, the goblin pilots are often damaged. If we can't get new ones in the future,
I'm afraid that the downsizing of the War Iron Fist Company will be inevitable." He stood up and gave a mage salute to the opponent first, and then Henry said cautiously.
"I understand these, you should do your best to repair them first. News has come from the south that Brakada's coalition forces will officially send troops into Erathia to fight against the demon army in the near future. At that time, I will use my connections to get another group of bronze puppets
Come back." Moriarty nodded.
"This is the best." The goblin mage bowed again before sitting back.
"Staff officer, since we have captured Sosk, we must firmly occupy it. Next, the trainee soldiers will be converted into formal legionnaires, and the work of establishing the Sosk infantry brigade will be left to you."
Then, Moriarty said to Clausewitz: Originally, this work was planned to be handed over to White, but unfortunately the followers had returned to Rheinburg in frustration, so they had to work for the old werewolf.
"Yes, Your Excellency. The training of trainee warriors has not fallen behind. They have basically reached the level of first-level warriors, and the outstanding ones are close to second-level. As long as a certain number of veterans are built up and mixed together, combat effectiveness will soon be formed. Although
It is still incomparable with the main force of the legion, but it is capable of serving as a garrison." Clausewitz stroked his small round hat and said unhurriedly: "It's just that a brigade has a lot of weapons and equipment, and the Rhineland Army has a lot of weapons and equipment.
The fort appears to be understocked."
"In terms of equipment, I just found a batch in Sosk, which is just enough for the new brigade." Moriarty smiled slightly: "I also found seven sets of stainless steel armors, and some of our mid-level warriors also chose to change their armors.
.”
"In that case, there is no problem, Your Excellency." When he heard that the other party had found a large number of weapons and equipment and seven sets of heavy armor in the town, Clausewitz couldn't help but be startled, but then he bowed slightly and did not examine these arms in detail.
