Lich Bard roared angrily: "My proposal is perfect, but you are too radical! You are using your influence to seduce Lady Gloria!"
Bai Xiaowen shook his head and said, "Mr. Bud, you are too conservative, okay?"
In fact, to be fair, Bard's plan of first occupying the village to build up strength, and finally fighting against Silver Star City is very feasible, and the winning rate is also very high for the Death Kingdom camp. It can be said to be a "experienced strategy for the country".
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However, this strategy still follows the old path of killing all civilians and using them as cannon fodder, which is contrary to the purpose of Bai Xiaowen's founding of the Curse Sect.
Another point is that Bai Xiaowen's time for the "Battle of Silver Star Island" mission is very limited. The White Phoenix team only has about a week left in the world of Aaron's plane! This mission must be within a week.
Completed within!
If we adopt Lich Bard's proposal and slowly build up the strength of the undead army, we may not be able to complete the mission in a month, let alone a week.
Of course, Bai Xiaowen would not explain these reasons explicitly.
Bud sneered: "I'm conservative? Dio Skelboom, how long have you lived, and how long have I lived? Don't mistake ignorance for courage, and stability for cowardice. Young man, you still have a lot to learn.
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Bai Xiaowen curled his lips:
"Mr. Bard, you have basically been a prisoner in the past few hundred years, right? You are surrounded by unintelligent undead. Your intelligence has obviously degraded. You don't understand the way of thinking and vision of living beings at all.
Too short-sighted.”
"The plan to storm Silver Star City is indeed difficult for an old guy like you with poor imagination to succeed. But under my command, capturing Silver Star City is easy! Remember, this is between you and me.
We will not accept any refutation of the gap between commander's ability and command art."
Lich Bard was so angry that he said: "This is simply unreasonable! I will accuse you to Lord Gloria, arrogant human being!"
…
When Bai Xiaowen and Lich Bard went to the hut at the entrance of the village to see Gloria, suddenly a small figure came out like a frightened deer. It was the little girl Sonia. She almost hit Bard's skeleton.
above the body.
Originally, with Lich Bard's mental sensing ability, he would have discovered this little girl long ago, but in front of him was Gloria's room. Out of respect for the owner, he did not dare to release the mental scan, so he was so embarrassed.
"Huh," Bard, who was already very angry, looked at the little girl's two balls of soul fire that fluctuated slightly, and the skull's jaw opened and closed: "You don't know whether to live or die, little girl." He was holding a ball on the bone claw of his right hand.
A skeleton staff faintly glowed with icy energy, and an energy-absorbing spell was cast.
Bai Xiaowen reacted very quickly. With a wave of his hand, the Butcher blocked the path of the energy-absorbing spell. He ate this basic spell, and then swung the giant snake scepter at the head of the Lich Bard.
"You're crazy!"
Lich Bard was startled, and quickly retreated to avoid it. Then he became furious, "You actually attacked your colleagues for a little human girl?"
Bai Xiaowen crossed his arms and glanced sideways at Bud: "Be honest, Lich. I have killed more than one guy with your strength... Marcus still remembers it? Well, there is also a guy named Kyle.
, they are all your 'inmates'."
"You..." Bard was like a balloon punctured by a needle, and his momentum instantly dropped. He once saw the White Phoenix team fighting against the dragon-born monsters in the Tomb of the Dragon, and he felt sorry for this young human in his heart.
In fact, it was very scary. Otherwise, if a lich was constantly being ridiculed like this, Bard would have taken action long ago.
"Thank you... Archbishop Dio!" The little girl Sonia was obviously frightened. After saluting Bai Xiaowen, she ran away. In front of Gloria's door, only the White Phoenix Team and Lich Bard, who were at war with each other, were left.
Fortunately, Gloria's voice rang out at this time:
"Come in."
Bud found the steps and quickly opened the door and entered. Bai Xiaowen and three others followed behind.
Gloria was sitting on an old wooden bench, holding a bouquet of garlands on her fingertips. There were only scattered small petals on the garland, which was obviously woven from small wild flowers on the roadside.
The small wild flowers that had just been picked were still very fresh, but under the influence of Gloria's ubiquitous death energy, the small wild flowers were slowly withering at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Hearing the sound of the door, Gloria gently twisted her fingers, and the withered garland broke like ashes and fell down.
"It seems that you have already discussed the results." Gloria's cold voice sounded.
"Sorry, Lady Gloria. Our plans are very different, and neither of us can convince the other party." Bai Xiaowen shrugged.
Bard muffledly stated their opinions. Of course, he described Bai Xiaowen's proposal in a derogatory tone as much as possible. However, Bai Xiaowen was very calm. To be precise, he was confident about his ability to deceive.
With such confidence, even if Gloria believed in Bard at first, he would still be sure to win her back.
Gloria listened quietly, and after Bard finished speaking, she spoke:
"Dio, how confident are you in attacking Silver Star City?"
"I need to understand the situation of Silver Star City first. The information collected so far is not enough. I can only confirm the power of Silver Star City on the surface." Bai Xiaowen did not brag and told the truth, "Those strong men hidden among the civilians are not very
It’s easy to confirm, but if the total number of leader-level experts does not exceed eight, I have more than 90% chance of winning.”
On the surface, the standing army of Silver Star City is about 2,000 people. In terms of strong men, there are Lord Aldington, Chief Mage Moro, and City Guard Commander Murat. This information was collected from the villagers of Glauber's Village.
Come on, Gloria and others all know it.
"Humph, anyone can brag nonsense." Bard the Lich muttered.
Gloria nodded slightly: "Then make combat preparations according to Dio's plan. After directly occupying Silver Star City, we will then attack the surrounding villages and towns. Bard!"
The lich is so excited.
"From now on, Dio has the command of the Undead Army, and you must fully cooperate with his actions! If necessary, I will personally take part. In addition... you are not allowed to interfere with Dio's actions to establish the Curse Sect."
Lich Bard was silent for a few seconds: "Yes, Master."
Bai Xiaowen took the opportunity and said: "Then please first of all, Mr. Bader, promise not to kill any human being intentionally without my consent."
Bai Xiaowen immediately told Gloria about the scene at the door with added embarrassment, and finally made an impassioned speech:
"The little girl named Sonia, she and her family were the first batch of believers to actively join the religion. She is of great significance to the sect and is equivalent to a weather vane for other villagers! If Mr. Bader is really allowed to kill her,
A newly established sect can easily fall apart, and no one wants to stay in a sect that may kill him at any time."
Bard said angrily: "We are the undead and they are life! The two sides are naturally hostile!"
"Bard, you are not allowed to kill civilians indiscriminately without my order. This is an order. Disobeying my will means the end of your soul." Gloria said simply.
"Yes." Bud lowered his head and said.
Gloria's threat was domineering and effective. She stood up:
"Alright, Dio prepares a battle plan to attack Silver Star City. Bard will assist you."
"Yes." Bai Xiaowen agreed, and exited the hut with Qiao Rui and Li Shuyi.
But Bud refused to leave immediately.
"What's wrong?" Gloria glanced at the Lich.
"Master, I have some ideas that I want to report to you."
"Tell me, keep it short."
"Master, doesn't he think that Dio Skelboom, a human being, is not trustworthy?" Bard said sinisterly, "After all, he is a human being, and he is not the same as us undead creatures. Judging from the strategies he formulated and his treatment of
This can be seen in the protection of humans. I think he will betray us sooner or later, so it is better to get rid of him as soon as possible to maintain the purity of the kingdom of death."
"Finished?" Gloria glanced sideways at Lich Bard.
"Yeah." Bud was a little uneasy, not sure what Gloria was thinking.
"I understand. Please step back." Gloria waved her hand.
Bud couldn't figure out what Gloria was thinking, so he could only retreat quietly.
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Silver Star City.
This ancient city has a history of hundreds of years. It existed before the Lionheart Empire unified the Aaron Continent. Later, the knight lord Kevin Des captured the north and enfeoffed Silver Star Island to the lonely knight Aldington.
So far, the Aldington family has ruled Silver Star Island for more than three hundred years.
This generation of Lord Aldington is an out-and-out lunatic. Bai Xiaowen suspects that he has a high degree of persecution paranoia. Living in this Silver Star Island with a strait as a natural barrier, he actually still
The main city was built into a war fortress.
On the majestic city wall that is ten meters high, there are crossbows lined up on the battlements on both sides of the gate. An arrow tower pops up every ten steps. There are also armor-clad soldiers of the Cross Army patrolling the city wall.
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This battle is much tighter than the defense in Beijun City.
However, just because the lord himself is a war lunatic, it does not mean that all his subordinate soldiers are lunatics. There has been no war in Silver Star City for decades, and it is impossible for the soldiers of the Crossflower Legion to maintain their vigilance consistently.
Take the patrol team as an example. Their inspections are basically about errands, similar to the leisurely mentality of clocking in at work, reading a newspaper and having a cup of tea.