Chapter 608

If this speculation were spoken out, it would very likely make the military morale unstable.

At the same time, this was also a huge gamble for Lord Xuan Lord Xuan Wuji. What exactly was the enemy's method? With 100,000 Evernight Legion soldiers guarding Colin Fortress, it would be difficult to overturn it without a super method. He dared not imagine, and even less wanted to imagine, whether this method could wipe out the garrison in Colin Fortress all at once.

Those were all comrades he had once fought side by side with!

But he knew the importance of Colin Fortress was beyond doubt. Once Colin Fortress was overturned by the enemy in an instant, it meant that the coalition's retreat route being cut off had turned into their own rear being flanked.

There was no need to count on the Chilperi Kingdom; they had already been beaten to a pulp, and their combat strength was limited.

It was already the limit for the Chilperi Kingdom to provide them with follow-up food. The goal of the coalition and the newly arrived unknown army must be them!

"The Western kingdoms want to destroy our Emperor Tianwu Empire; their thieving hearts haven't died for a hundred years!"

When Lord Xuan Lord Xuan Wuji sighed, the flash of sorrow in his eyes was noticed by the Third Imperial Prince, Li Chun.

He faintly guessed that Lord Xuan Lord Xuan Wuji seemed to know more, but he couldn't think of it now; instead, he felt somewhat flustered in his heart.

The Chilperi Kingdom matter had far exceeded his expectations. Retreating at this time would inevitably make his father and other contenders look down on him. If he wanted to climb to that position, he had to fight.

"Ming Ji!"

Gritting his teeth, Li Chun looked at the woman beside him.

She was wrapped in a black dress, with a long skirt on the lower half, a pair of black dress shoes, and a long black veil on her face, which covered her face and also shielded her neck. From head to toe, she only revealed a pair of pitch-black, shining eyes.

"This subordinate is here..."

"Except for Xiong Ba, take the others to support Colin Fortress, as fast as you can! If necessary, you can use that!"

The woman named Ming Ji had a flash of shock in her eyes and nodded quickly.

"As you command, Your Highness!"

Afterward, Ming Ji took three people and rode away quickly.

Watching them leave, Li Chun felt slightly relieved. With the support of that group of people, even if they were completely exposed, it wouldn't matter. As long as the merit outweighed the guilt, there would be no problem at all.

"Legion Commander Lord Xuan, Ming Ji is a rare summoner Class Mage. She can summon some exotic beasts. With her in Colin Fortress, I believe it should be able to help defend for a period of time."

"Your Highness is thoughtful." Lord Xuan Lord Xuan Wuji squeezed a smile onto his bitter face, not paying much attention.

In the face of large-scale war, individual strength is very limited.

Seeing the smile on Lord Xuan Lord Xuan Wuji's face, the Third Imperial Prince, Li Chun, also echoed with a smile, but his heart was truly aching. Those so-called exotic beasts were just an excuse. In reality, it was the beast-transformation experiments he and Tang Li had conducted in Beast Orchid City. Naturally, there was more than one experimental site. Subsequent experiments were forced to stop because of Li Jian's suicide, but the personnel and experimental products left over from the experiments were still a batch of precious wealth, still capable of maintaining and manufacturing beast-transformation potions and beast-transformation warriors.

So far, there were 3,000 controllable beast-transformation warriors and nearly 10,000 uncontrollable orc warriors. He had originally planned to use these uncontrollable orcs to create chaos in the country, and he would then be the hero who quelled the chaos.

Now that things had changed suddenly, he couldn't care about the follow-up plan; he had to get through the current difficulty first.

Colin Fortress, another new day, but this day was not beautiful for Yan Liu, because 15 ten-thousand-man phalanxes were neatly lined up in front of the Colin Fortress he was guarding.

In the distance, kingdom flags were flying. He remembered which kingdom that flag belonged to—it was the Holy Kingdom, the strongest among the Western kingdoms! It was said that the Holy Kingdom was also the leader of the Western kingdoms, a kingdom of faith!

The entire Western region believed in a god of the Holy King, who seemed to be the first-generation king of the Holy Kingdom! Yan Liu didn't understand what was worth believing in a dead person. Worshiping was one thing, but believing in a dead person? Could that person be resurrected because of it?

Of course, this was something he had always wanted to ask, but he never had the chance.

"General Yan, it seems someone from the other side is coming over."

"I know... continue to be on alert!"

Yan Liu could naturally see what his subordinate reported.

Only one fat, pot-bellied fellow was riding a horse, wearing a high hat and luxurious dress, slowly driving from the center of the command formation toward the fortress. If nothing unexpected happened, it should be some kind of envoy here to persuade them to surrender.

But they were relying on Colin Fortress here, and they had 100,000 elite soldiers! They might not be a match! Watching the enemy envoy approach Colin Fortress, Yan Liu couldn't help but twitch. In fact, he wanted to laugh, because the other side didn't carry any large siege equipment at all.

150,000 people—besides a Class Mage regiment, four cavalry regiments, four heavy armor regiments, and two archer regiments, the rest were spearmen regiments.

These people didn't bring large siege equipment; did they expect him to obediently open the gate for them?

It was still early in the morning, and it was inevitable that some people hadn't woken up yet, Yan Liu thought, his contemptuous gaze slowly gathering on the envoy below the fortress.

The other side was, as expected, just going through the motions to persuade them to surrender.

"Listen, unidentified garrison in Colin Fortress, you have invaded the territory of the allied Chilperi Kingdom. The Holy Kingdom orders you to open the gates and surrender as soon as possible, otherwise, the iron feet of the Holy Knights will trample this fortress! Your sinful souls will also be burned to ashes by the Holy Flame!"

After the envoy finished speaking, the fat on both sides of his cheeks kept trembling because of his impassioned, righteous words, but the Evernight Legion soldiers on the city wall were almost laughing like crazy.

"These people from the Western region are really blind... haha."

Yan Liu was laughing so hard his stomach hurt, and tears were coming out.

"When it comes to being blind and talking nonsense... your Holy Kingdom definitely ranks first! Hahaha." A captain couldn't help but shout out, responding to the envoy's nonsense below.

"You... you... you!"

The envoy's face turned red, and he pointed angrily at the soldiers on the city wall, too angry to speak.

"Hmph! A bunch of poor wretches without faith, I hope you can still laugh later!"

Swish!

An arrow was accurately shot by Yan Liu in front of the envoy's horse's hooves, and at the same time, he shouted downward: "Get lost! Get lost immediately!!!"

"Screw your dead faith. It's been so many years, and I've never seen that bullshit Holy King crawl out of his grave to lead you."

Yan Liu unceremoniously raised his middle finger, showing disdain for the envoy below.

This time, the envoy's face turned purple with anger, his chest heaving, as if he couldn't suppress the anger in his body.

"You... you are simply a bunch of heretics! You just wait!"

The furious envoy turned his horse around and rode back to his own camp.

When he returned to the camp, he reported the humiliation he had received, with added embellishments, to the Holy Son and the Holy Kingdom's main general. The main general was furious on the spot and almost flipped the entire tent!

"Is that really what they said?"

"That's right! If I'm lying, I'm willing to accept the baptism of the Holy Fire!" The envoy's eyes were firm; he decided to go all the way.

"Very good... very good! These damn heretics, I will kill them and then burn them to ashes with the Holy Fire!"

The anger in his eyes almost erupted. The Holy Kingdom's main general was a loyal, fanatical believer. In his heart, the Holy King was not only the first-generation king of the kingdom but also his spiritual pillar for life. The people of the Emperor Tianwu Empire dared to humiliate their faith like this; it was simply denying his life! Denying the entirety of his existence.

"Unforgivable!"

He walked out of the camp angrily and began to shout, using the magic power in his body.

"Loyal believers of the Holy Kingdom, before us... the enemy humiliates our faith, insults our Holy King. They are a bunch of unadulterated heretics, demons without faith. Let us launch a holy war! Purify them!!!"

"Kill!"

The Holy Kingdom's main general held his battle halberd high, flames of anger burning in his eyes.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

All the soldiers in the phalanxes raised their weapons high, shouting forward with shared hatred. This massive momentum and visual impact were simply shocking to the Evernight Legion on the city wall, and they put away their previous contempt.

Playfulness had its limits. The previous humiliation was to defend their country's sovereignty. Since the enemy ignored their imperial flag hanging high, they naturally had to pay them back in kind.

Now that the enemy was united in hatred, they were naturally the same!

"Evernight Legion! All personnel on alert, prepare for battle!"

"Yes!"

The soldiers on the city wall, including the soldiers behind the city wall, also shouted in unison. Although the sound couldn't compare to the other side, the momentum didn't seem to lose to them!

"Very good!"

"I want to see what kind of confidence these Westerners have to dare to invade Colin Fortress without siege equipment!"

Yan Liu kept Lord Xuan Lord Xuan Wuji's oral instruction in mind: if the enemy only wanted to rely on their numerical advantage, then they would swear to defend Colin Fortress to the death! However, since the enemy dared not bring large siege equipment, it meant that they might have attack equipment of a similar level to siege equipment. He had to be careful and adapt to circumstances!

"Holy Son, when shall we launch the attack! Wipe out those damn heretics!" After boosting morale, the Holy Kingdom's main general returned to the tent and asked very respectfully to the handsome young man with white robes and golden hair sitting on the chair.

Don't underestimate the other side just because he was still young; he was an unadulterated Holy Son of the church and also the youngest bishop.

In the eyes of the main general, the Holy Son of the church was already a symbol of the Holy King's representative in the human world, and the bishop was even more of a loyal person who kept the Holy King's teachings in mind. With the two identities superimposed, he naturally earned his respect.

It was no exaggeration to say that the status of the Holy Son was only lower than a small group of people in the Holy Kingdom, but he held the solemn power to decide over ten thousand people!