Chapter 379: 385. Chapter 385: Tacit Understanding

385. Chapter 385: Tacit Understanding

Hold fast awaiting aid, center blossoms, front and rear pincer attack!

One must admit, the commander of the Gods Civilization's frontline force executed this move very beautifully.

In terms of grasping and maneuvering battlefield psychology, it is exquisitely subtle.

The outstanding thing is just a case of overlooking what's right under one's nose.

However, Lin Ke believes that if the army headquarters intends to use the infiltrated Gods Civilization Fifth‑Rank Legion to cause trouble, it certainly would not lack preparation.

Sure enough, after the Gods Civilization Seventh‑Rank Legion, equivalent to a Seventh‑Rank Great Sage Legion of the wizard world, was suddenly transferred in large scale, they showed up but did not exert effort, and for a long time could not eliminate the infiltrated Gods Civilization Fifth‑Rank Legion; the three Fifth‑Rank Sage Legions retreated immediately, withdrawing far away.

The Seventh‑Rank Great Sage Legion of the Auspicious Fertile Seek-Think Academy Legion, under supreme commander Rodrigo Diomande, finally appeared, bringing three Sixth‑Rank Sage Legions to encircle the transferred Gods Civilization Seventh‑Rank Legion.

As swift as a rabbit rising and a falcon falling, the battlefield situation changes incredibly fast.

At the same time, the Auspicious Fertile Seek-Think Academy Legion launched a frontal assault.

Whether the frontal battlefield can be won, and how great the victory would be, are not the main point.

The key is that Rodrigo Diomande has made up his mind to completely annihilate this Gods Civilization Seventh‑Rank Legion.

After years of tug‑of‑war, the wizard civilization world and the Gods Civilization world have long formed a tacit understanding and the principle of equivalence.

The enemy faced by the Auspicious Fertile Seek-Think Academy Legion is similar in scale to the legion itself.

Even if there are differences, they are not significant.

Since the Gods Civilization world's commander, instead of acting as supreme commander, wants to play a risky stunt of personally infiltrating the enemy rear, Rodrigo Diomande doesn't mind first sending the opponent away, then securing victory in this battle.

The great battle is about to break out, and will immediately reach its climax.

The third reserve brigade incorporated into the Grand Sage Legion also received two firefighting missions.

Fortunately, these were merely assisting several legions needing rest to complete supplies, with no involvement in the frontal battlefield.

There were some small‑scale, low‑intensity skirmishes, but they produced no battle losses.

Moreover, the Grand Sage Legion suffered only partial damage to a single flagship warship, with no personnel losses.

However, according to the current war intensity, Lin Ke believes that the Grand Sage Legion will eventually have to undertake frontal battlefield combat missions.

After all, supreme commander Rodrigo Diomande is personally engaged in the fighting.

Even if Lin Ke Grand is special, can he be more special than Rodrigo Diomande?

Impossible.

In this regard, Lin Ke has no other recourse but to firmly grasp the Grand Sage Legion's spiritual construction, while closely monitoring the situation in the heartland, Rodrigo Diomande's battlefield situation.

With numerical superiority, plus Rodrigo Diomande, a Seventh‑Rank Great Sage, and the opposing main god's avatar, the Auspicious Fertile Seek-Think Academy Legion truly holds the upper hand.

The Gods Civilization Seventh‑Rank Legion has abandoned its original tactical objective, switched to focusing on the center and front‑rear pincer attacks, and is now fighting while retreating, making a strong breakout.

The more this happens, the less Rodrigo Diomande dares to let his guard down.

Even though the opposing main god, in order to look after his troops, has revealed several openings, Rodrigo Diomande remains steady and solid.

Perhaps this is not the opposing main god deliberately exposing a weakness; a risky strike could achieve quick merit.

But if steady, solid fighting can secure victory, even if the opposing main god is ultimately let go, why not?

After all, Rodrigo Diomande's purpose in planning this campaign is not to inflict great damage on the Gods Civilization world.

But rather to prove to the High Council that, in the frontline against the Gods Civilization world, the Auspicious Fertile Seek-Think Academy Legion has the capability to assume wartime and theater command authority.

In the ongoing confrontation, the opposing main god has sensed part of Rodrigo Diomande's intention.

After several failed breakout attempts, and the frontal battlefield suffering successive defeats, the opposing main god made a decision.

Thus, the battlefield situation changed again through an 'operation' that Lin Ke cannot comprehend.

On the frontal battlefield, the Gods Civilization's forward force successively 'cut off the tail to survive', painfully shedding troops, leaving enough 'results' and 'spoils' to satisfy the Auspicious Fertile Seek-Think Academy Legion, and withdrew the main force to a safe star sector.

After Rodrigo Diomande's Seventh‑Rank Great Sage Legion and three Sixth‑Rank Sage Legions tore a large chunk of flesh from the Gods Civilization Seventh‑Rank Legion, they also chose to let the opponent's 'breakout' succeed.

During this period, Lin Ke had no time to ponder the cause of these changes, and consecutively led the Grand Sage Legion together with the third reserve brigade in carrying out several interception missions.

The Gods Civilization's forward force units that were cut off did not have the mentality of desperate troops bound to win, yet they would not let themselves be slaughtered.

The Grand Sage Legion truly fought three hard battles, only two of which were easy victories.

Having fought hard battles, battle losses naturally occur.

The defense system of the fourth‑rank star‑fortress was paralyzed, several main star‑warships were written off, and these are secondary.

As long as the seized 'results' and 'spoils' are sufficient, they can easily be replenished.

What troubles Lin Ke most and pains his heart is still personnel losses.

Not mentioning the servant corps, losses exceed half; without replenishment and prolonged training, combat effectiveness will be completely lost.

The death in battle of thirteen wizards from the three main corps and the guard corps is the greatest and most painful loss.

Among these thirteen wizards, there are three second‑rank wizards and ten first‑rank wizards.

All died unfortunately while employing the Gods Civilization's 'discard‑pawn, fight‑to‑the‑death' tactic.

According to the regulations of the High Council and the Auspicious Fertile Seek-Think Academy Legion, Lin Ke, as legion commander, shall bear one‑third of the compensation.

This is nothing; it's just magic stones, which Lin Ke can afford.

The key is that the legion's morale has suffered a considerable impact.

If it weren't for this campaign starting and ending quickly, Lin Ke would doubt that continuing to fight for another ten days or half a month would cause the Grand Sage Legion, in its much‑low morale state, to suffer heavily.

After the campaign ended, the Auspicious Fertile Seek-Think Academy Legion immediately recalled this legion that had achieved great merit.

A legion led by Wotes, Seventh‑Rank Great Sage, came to replace it.

After a period of navigation, Rodrigo Diomande's legion returned to the star sector near the headquarters world of the Auspicious Fertile Seek-Think Academy Legion to rest and reorganize.

Having achieved notable results, and also helping the Auspicious Fertile Seek-Think Academy Legion retrieve wartime and theater command authority from the High Council, a celebration ceremony is indispensable.

In the headquarters world of the Auspicious Fertile Seek-Think Academy Legion, a grand celebration attended in person by the Riwo Great Sage and the Si Great Sage, open to all wizards of Rodrigo Diomande's legion, was successfully held.

Ordinary wizards who rarely have the chance to see the faces of the Riwo Great Sage and the Si Great Sage were all excited.

The pain of fallen comrades vanished completely.

Every wizard's heart held only joy and glory.

"Mm… To personally witness the glory of the Grand Sages of Ruiwo and Sisu!"

People's joys and sorrows are not mutually understandable.

Lin Ke held a cup of wine and found a secluded, empty spot to be alone.

"What's wrong? You're alone here?"

However secluded it may be, at the crowded, noisy victory celebration, as long as someone is paying attention, they will always be found.

Dean Friesst, already a seventh‑rank Grand Sage, easily found Lin Ke and asked:

"Nothing much, just thinking about how to make up for the legion's losses."

Lin Ke naturally wouldn't bluntly say something that would spoil the mood at the victory banquet; he casually picked a topic to brush over. Dean Friesst could of course tell whether Lin Ke was speaking sincerely.

But he didn't dwell on it.

After all, Lin Ke was still experiencing his first real battlefield, and feeling some emotions was completely normal.

For so many years, he, Friesst Diomande, has remained in the academy, reluctant to go to the battlefield—surely there must be a reason.

Skipping the topic, Dean Friesst said on his own: "I've already sent people to make contact; they are very willing to continue maintaining good relations with us."

Lin Ke understood as soon as he heard it.

This is his cheap younger brother planning to enter the Ruiwo Sisu Academy to get through the weak period before his strength recovers!

"What do you need me to do?"

Lin Ke naturally took up the cue and voiced his question.

Dean Friesst was very pleased with Lin Ke's "tact".

Speaking with smart people saves effort; a slight hint is enough for them to grasp the meaning.

"The envoy of the parallel universe's immortal‑god civilization has already returned, so you no longer need to avoid them. How about this: you come to the advanced academy to serve as a teacher?"

"I have no objection."

The Ruiwo Sisu Academy's education system is divided into three parts: elementary institute, advanced institute, and main institute.

Teachers at the elementary institute are second‑rank and third‑rank wizards;

teachers at the advanced institute are third‑rank wizards and fourth‑rank sages;

teachers at the main institute are fourth‑rank and fifth‑rank sages.

Dean Friesst arranged for Lin Ke to become a teacher at the advanced institute, which was most appropriate.

This way, while Lin Ke's cheap younger brother, Noerstlo Grand, successively enters the elementary and advanced institutes, it can provide reasonable "protection".

Later, they can also enter the main institute together under the guise of a close brotherly relationship to provide escort.

To outsiders, this appears as Lin Ke considering his blood‑related brother, and it basically won't spark speculation that Noerstlo Grand is the reincarnation of the Noerstlo Dam Sage.

Of course, the name still needs to be changed.

Seeing Lin Ke understand and agree to his arrangement, Dean Friesst was very pleased.

After leaving a sentence, Dean Friesst walked away.

"At the victory banquet, don't stay alone and brooding—go chat with others and build connections. Future tough battles won't be few."

That remark makes perfect sense.

After all, a great upheaval unseen in thousands of years has arrived.

Leaving aside Lin Ke's mysterious origin, the mere fact that the Noerstlo Dam Sage has reincarnated as his blood‑related brother guarantees future turmoil.

"Indeed, one shouldn't be too aloof."

Holding this thought, Lin Ke left that secluded spot and actively merged into the victory banquet.

However, Lin Ke did not simply compromise; he didn't go up to everyone to curry favor.

Instead, he chatted for a while with his legion's second‑ and third‑rank wizards, and also cultivated relations with the third reserve unit and the legion sages who had fought side by side in several missions.

Everyone knew the score, so the atmosphere naturally remained pleasant and very harmonious.

The victory banquet, lasting a full ten hours, ended in a splendid atmosphere.

In the days that followed came the true awarding of merits.

The Ruiwo Sisu Academy was very generous.

All the starry‑sky fortresses and interstellar warships lost by the legions were borne by the academy.

It also replenished consumption supplies in one go, amounting to twice the base.

The same applied to the servant troops.

Each legion commander also received cultivation resource rewards commensurate with their merits.

As for compensation for fallen wizards, due to regulations the academy did not advance payment.

The legion commanders still had to pay out of their own pockets.

Lin Ke handled the compensation for the fallen wizards, brought the Grand Sage Legion to the academy‑assigned garrison for rest, arranged subsequent training, and then returned to the wizard world's mainland.

Not rushing to take up his post at the advanced institute, Lin Ke stayed at home for a solid week.

That week, Mo Li went all out, letting Lin Ke witness how terrifying a wife who is inept yet addicted to exertion can be.

Indeed, as long as one isn't killed by exhaustion, they will be worked to the bone.

If not for having a daughter to care for, Lin Ke probably wouldn't have had time to get out of bed.

After another fierce battle ended, Mo Li's face was radiant yet she was utterly exhausted, leaning against the headboard; seeing this, Lin Ke couldn't help but complain: "Didn't I say I'd be a teacher at the advanced institute and not go out for a long time?"

Mo Li wiped the sweat from her forehead, turned her head away, and said stubbornly: "I don't care! Who knows when you'll have to go out on a mission again—or take refuge!"

Lin Ke didn't say anything more.

For such matters, reasoning is futile.

As long as one engages in battle or even takes the initiative to attack, beating the enemy into disarray, forcing them to kneel and beg for mercy, that is the best strategy.

With a wave of his hand he set up a soundproof spell, Lin Ke once again stepped forward, wanting to let the little fairy see how formidable he is!

No matter how long the happy times last, they are ultimately fleeting.

Lin Ke had finished lecturing Mo Li, and had nearly drained himself, so he had to go report to the Senior Academy.

Because the new autumn semester had arrived once again.

The blood-related younger brother who temporarily changed his name to Luo Te Si Nuo. Gelande smoothly enrolled in the Primary Academy of the Ruowosisuo Academy.

Who knows if it's out of spite, but the wizard aptitude measured for Luo Te Si Nuo. Gelande is also in the middle of the third class.

Lin Ke quietly went to the Primary Academy to take a look, then asked around all of Luo Te Si Nuo. Gelande's instructors, putting on the performance expected of a blood-related older brother.

If one wants to avoid standing out, it's best to keep everything as usual.

Luo Te Si Nuo. Gelande obviously has plenty of "backup", never loudly proclaiming at the Primary Academy "My brother is Linke Grand", but merely spreading the news quietly within the small circle he carefully assembled.

Thus, Luo Te Si Nuo. Gelande's wonderful school life began, and he lived very comfortably.

Having a blood-related older brother who has recently been in the limelight, the treatment one can receive is just this plain and unadorned.

Lin Ke had no objections to this, and often even invited Luo Te Si Nuo. Gelande to his home for meals.

With openness and honesty, Mo Li also learned Luo Te Si Nuo. Gelande's true identity.

However, she did an excellent job, playing the role of a very qualified sister-in-law.

During this period, Dean Fu Li Si Te did not appear.

However, several people tacitly understood each other.

Lin Ke was representing the Ruowosisuo Academy, showing friendship to Luo Te Si Nuo. Gelande.

Luo Te Si Nuo. Gelande was also happy to accept.