Release that Witch - Chapter 1204

[Chapter 1176 “Vulnerabilities”]

Roland glanced at Pearl of the North in surprise.

After the ambush team was ambushed by Ersruk, there was a burst of complaints among the senior management, who believed that the staff should be responsible for the misjudgment, especially Edith Kant, who was the minister.

In addition to the administrative office, Maleficent also spread dissatisfaction and doubts. If Tilly’s prestige was not still there, I am afraid that the influence would be further expanded.

Even when Edith came back from the front line to report on her duties, she asked him for punishment, but he not only refused to agree, but also suppressed the series of aftermath.

Just because it wasn’t a human error.

Not to mention that victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs, Operation Torch is not even a failure, but a complete victory – at the cost of less than 500 people, nearly 20,000 devils have been wiped out, and the set tasks have been successfully completed. The holy city that had been lost for hundreds of years was taken by the devil.

If this can’t be called a victory, what else is a victory?

Among them, the contribution of the General Staff is obvious to all.

In fact, Roland also discussed this issue privately with Tilly, Agatha, Elsa, and others. They also believed that the deviation in strategic judgment was due to some unknowable factors. It is impossible to give up the opportunity to annex the mainland in one go because of a few witches, even if it is three seats.

But having said that, Edith will still be in the limelight for a period of time, and it is true that she lost to Ersruk in this “showdown”, Roland thought she would be depressed for a while, or say less Listen more, so as not to fall into the trap again, I didn’t expect that she had no intention of backing down, and she had a different opinion from others when she opened her mouth.

“……what is the problem?”

“First of all, the last two sentences.” Edith bowed her head and took two steps. “If it succeeds, increase the number of troops tenfold. If it fails, you should go all out—isn’t it too strange? Since the ultimate goal of the devil is still to destroy human beings, Then the importance of Taquila should be as we expected, no matter how great the pressure from the Sky Sea Territory is, it will not be so hasty to give up. After all, in this letter, the enemy suggested turning around and destroying us with all their strength.”

Wendy was stunned, “Indeed…why didn’t they do this earlier?”

“Because the Red Mist’s supplies can’t keep up?” Nightingale propped her chin with her fingers and asked.

“It’s impossible to move all over the nest, but with ten times the strength, it’s not impossible as long as more transport troops are invested, not to mention that they have new types of war equipment such as giant skeletons.” Agatha frowned, “From It took us more than half a year to get from Tower No. 1 site to Tower No. 10, which is enough for the devil to make a choice.”

“The initial judgment of the staff department came from Cabra Dabi—that is, this guy’s ‘confession’: the devil was dragged down by the Sky Sea Realm, and the outcome of the war is a matter of life and death for them.” Edith looked towards the interrogation platform The high-ranking devil glared at me, “But judging from this letter, even if they lose to the Sky Sea Realm, they won’t suffer catastrophe, and even have a chance to turn defeat into victory. Then why didn’t the enemy reinforce Taquila in the first place?” It doesn’t make sense — the intent and the behavior are fundamentally contradictory.”

Everyone couldn’t help but fell into deep thought.

“There is another sentence—” she continued after pondering for a moment, “it sounds like nothing wrong, but when I think about it carefully, I always feel that there is something wrong… In order to deal with the infiltrating witches, throwing it at Taquila is really How could it have no effect on the plan?”

“Maybe Ersruk is fooling his superior?” Roland thought, “That’s what nobles usually do—”

“Your Majesty, please consider it as the most difficult enemy!” Edith said sternly, “If you can’t imagine it, just think of him as me among the devils—do you think I will do something like this Is something coming?”

Looking at her slightly clenched fists, Roland suddenly realized a lot in his heart. It turned out that she was not as calm as she appeared on the surface, nor was she completely free from interference from the discussions behind her, but she held her breath in the bottom of her heart.

——She didn’t want to lose to the Demon Lord.

“Well, since it’s not fooling around, it means that Taquila can be replaced in the plan… In this way, all I can think of is that the devil has found a way not to rely on the red mist, and can send a message to the four major forces without the obelisk. The kingdom is attacking.”

“This point was discussed at the beginning of Operation Torch,” Agatha sighed, “I still think it is absolutely impossible, otherwise why would they send troops to Taquila? If the red mist can’t restrain the devil, they should have It’s scattered all over the place.”

“Uh…why are you all talking about influence?”

While everyone was deep in thought, Nightingale asked puzzled, “Isn’t that even more strange? If the devils are facing us, the west of Neverwinter should be their east, right?”

Celine patiently explained,

“So that’s how it is…that is to say, the two things are not the same thing, right?”

“Wait, what are you talking about?” Edith suddenly raised her head.

“Two things… aren’t the same thing?” Nightingale asked uncertainly.

Pearl of the Northland’s eyes shone brightly. She walked quickly to a long table piled with many maps, spread out the rolls of paper, glanced at them for a few times, and then threw them aside. Finally, her eyes stopped on one extremely abstract drawings.

Roland looked at it for a while, and then recognized from the handwriting on it that it was a map of the entire territory of the Kingdom of Eternal Winter.

She pointed to the blank area to the north of Manxue Ridge—that was the northernmost point of Eternal Winter, and turned to Celine and asked, “What’s on it?”

“Has the Federation ever explored this area?”

“Did you just draw a map?” Edith asked eagerly, “There is no more specific record?”

“What exactly are you trying to say?” Agatha wondered, “Just making a map is already a very difficult task. There are not only many mountains there, but they are also vast – the Impassable Mountain Range can be regarded as its end. The tail, and its widest part, is enough to fit the entire Graycastle. The mountain peaks are extremely steep, and most of the area is covered with snow all year round, so what’s the use of marking every mountain peak?”

“I think we may have overlooked one point – the Western Front Plan of the Vault Lord may not refer to Taquila, but refers to the overall offensive against human beings. The Taquila ruins are just one of the options!” Yi Tess slid her fingers along the Impassable Mountain Range, “The devil’s goal is to let the red mist pass through this natural danger. If it is close enough to the Four Kingdoms, it will not be so important whether you can build a city. You just need to find an opportunity to erect it.” The obelisk will do!

“You mean…” Agatha’s expression changed.

“In this area called the spine of the continent, will there be undiscovered sacred stone veins?” Beidi Pearl asked in a condensed voice.

[End of this Chapter]