Just when Jean and his team were fighting a bloody battle with the dwarf army in the jungle, on the battlefield at the border of the jungle, Hodge, the leader of the demon slayer army, quickly realized that he should have been hit by his old opponent this time.
Counted.
Because not long after he sent his elite team into the jungle to perform the mission, the demon army suddenly mobilized all the elite sheep-headed demon army and Zakarum army to launch a full-scale attack on them from both sides of the battlefield.
Also launching the general attack were a total of four Legendary Evil Contractors and hundreds of high-level Evil Contractors. Seeing the appearance of these people, Huo Qi already knew that he had been fooled.
Because according to previous intelligence, the opponent's high-end combat power should be about the same as our own, and even our own side has to be slightly stronger than the opponent because of the reinforcements from the Amazon clan.
But now I have sent three legendary powerhouses into the rain forest at once. If the other party really has some secret plan there, they should at least arrange for no less than three legendary powerhouses to be stationed at the planned location.
But now there are four legendary evil contractors appearing on the battlefield alone. In addition, the opponent's commander has not taken action yet, which means that the opponent has no "secret location" in the jungle.
"Arrange anyone here!
That guy designed this scam based on his understanding of himself and himself, causing his inertial thinking to think that he wanted to secretly transport part of the legion to the rainforest base camp behind.
While Commander Hodge was standing in the tent looking at the military map in front of him with a wry smile, a small silver hurricane suddenly flew in quickly from outside the tent.
Hotch raised his head, reached out and grabbed the hurricane, and then listened carefully, the bitterness on his face suddenly became stronger.
"It's true! I didn't expect that after hunting geese all day long, I would still get pecked in the eyes by geese here... ugh...
Send the order and retreat ten military encampments. The Demon Slayer Legion cannot suffer heavy losses here..."
The paladin sighed and issued an order to the messenger beside him.
"Yes..." The messenger responded hesitantly, turned around and ran out of the command tent.
Soon, the retreat order was passed to the ears of every professional on the front line. Although they were a little confused as to why they were retreating, these outstanding professional legion soldiers still decisively chose to obey the order.
The entire professional army gathered together and began to set up camp in an orderly manner. Huo Qi, two other legendary powerhouses, and a group of high-level professionals personally took action to cut off the enemy. Seeing that the demon army and the evil contracters could not take advantage, they stopped.
There was no rash attack on the retreating Demon Slayer Legion.
However, although the Demon Slayer Legion did not suffer any losses, the border battle zone dozens of kilometers ahead was equivalent to being given away.
This is not the most terrible thing. The most terrible thing is that the commander of the Hell Legion is obviously also a capable person. His main purpose of acquiring these more than ten kilometers of fighting zone is not to embezzle land and expand the scope of control of the Hell Army, but to
To occupy the ruins of the city that once belonged to the Kingdom of Kejistan - Kuripu - located near the border of the rainforest.
Kuripu, like the former Kurast Mall, is a trading city that prospered due to the rainforest economy.
If Kurast Mall is the former rainforest trade center, then Kuripu is the trade hub between the desert areas and the rainforest of the Eastern Continent.
It is said that when Kurip was the most prosperous, there were even bone merchants from Uri who came here to trade. At that time, the city was filled with merchants from all walks of life traveling from north to south. You can buy goods from all regions of the entire Sanctuary World. All can be found in Kurip's thriving bazaar.
Especially after the Kurast Mall declined due to the turmoil of the dwarves, Kurip, who was on the border of the rainforest, became the "Lu Gaoyin" of the Eastern Continent.
The king of Kejistan even considered moving the capital to Kurip, because it was even more prosperous than the Cadian city located in the center of the wasteland.
But later, with the influx of large numbers of refugees and nobles from Kurast Mall, this prosperous and happy trading city began to become less simple.
When the fear caused by the dwarfs dissipated, the Kurast nobles who had enjoyed upper-class treatment in the Kurast Mall hoped to regain all their previous authority in this kind of city.
Of course, the local businessmen, nobles, and mage associations in Kurim would not let these "foreigners" take away their rights so easily, so a big battle involving power and the battle between mage factions took place in Kurim. The battle started in Reim City.
This war eventually destroyed half of the city of Kurim and also killed a large number of merchants from all over the world.
The Kingdom of Kejistan fell into a deep diplomatic whirlpool because of this incident, but the crisis was finally calmed down and eliminated by the superb Emperor Hakan I.
But Kurim's disaster did not end here. In the second year after the War of the Powers, the demonic invasion broke out.
The entire Kejistan and the rainforest were plunged into turmoil brought about by hell.
All transactions in Kurim City were interrupted, and people were struggling to survive in panic.
Later, the power of the three demon gods gradually weakened due to the interference of the world's will. Among them, the hated demon Mephisto was hunted down by the united mage sect in the Eastern Continent.
It fled all the way to the south of the wasteland, and the footprints of the King of Hatred passed over the already precarious walls of Kurim.
Finally, the city could no longer bear such multiple ravages. A large number of local residents and Kurast nobles were killed, and the few who were lucky enough to survive also fled out of Kurim.
As a result, this trading capital built on the border between the rain forest and the wasteland fell into ruins and has now become a decadent ruin.
However, although it has been reduced to ruins, it still has great strategic value in the military.
Judging from the map, the ruins of Kurim are stuck near the water vein in the southwest of the wasteland. It looks to the south of the rainforest border and to the north of Kadian, the capital of Kejistan. It flows downstream from the river vein and is directly connected to the river. Can enter the middle of the rainforest.
Apart from it, there is no danger to defend on the east and west sides of the rainforest boundary. The former military camp of the Demon Slayer Legion was stationed in this city.
But now, frightened by the powerful power of the two additional legendary evil contracters from the opponent, the commander of the Demon Slayer Legion, Hodge, had to give up this important strategic node.
After seizing this strategic node that is enough to contain the attack of the Demon Slayer Legion, the demon legion's worries have been alleviated a lot. Now, the commander of the demon legion can completely let some of the elite sheep-headed demon troops follow the Zuraka River. The tributaries of the river go southward to the hinterland of the rainforest to support Cui Fanke and Kurast Seaport.
This situation means that the initiative of the entire war has been completely transferred from the human side to the hands of the demon army. For the parliamentary guard army and Xue Hua who had just fought tooth and nail to seize the winning point in the rain forest, this news was absolutely terrible.
Hodge stood on the hillside outside the ruins of Kurim City, looking at the large group of sheep-headed demon guards appearing on the ruined city wall. The look on his face suddenly seemed to be more than ten years older, even the ferocious scar.
They all looked gray and dull.
He pondered for a while, then shook his head mockingly, turned to look at the clerk behind him and said.
"Send a report to the parliament. Just say that I believe that my command ability is insufficient and I have failed to live up to the support and expectations of all the adults. I now request to be demoted and ask the parliament to send another commander to take over my responsibilities... I am willing to
Remain on the front lines of the battlefield as a deputy and advisor, and ask for parliamentary approval as appropriate..."