Chapter 581 - v3c349 (2/2)

“I know, Oberwei. I made a mistake.” Makarov was suddenly aware of the mistake he had made. Although he had intended to sacrifice the Northern Coalition Army, he realized that he had misjudged the Devils’ capability. It was clear that if the two sides did not join forces, neither of them could fight against the army of the Devils. The truth was that even if they joined forces, there would only be a faint hope of success.

“We must look for a way to support the Northerners immediately.” Makarov gritted his teeth, “After the spell, the Devils will definitely launch a ground attack. Those Northern men and the Kirrlutz would certainly not be able to withstand it. As soon as they retreat, the whole of Aouine would be doomed.”

Oberwei nodded but there was anger in his heart at the same time. It’s all because of the Kirrlutz and Holy Cathedral of Fire. Now he finally understood why Brendel was originally so angry to the point that he did not compromise or give way to the Holy Cathedral.

Thinking about it now, he thought that what Brendel did was totally acceptable.

“What about the Lord and the Princess?” Amandina asked suddenly, “They are still surrounded by the Devils.”

Oberwei and Makarov instantly froze as if they had forgotten about this matter. “Where are they now, and did Brendel say anything?” Oberwei asked.

“According to the Lord, they should be in the midst of the mountains around the west of the Marchenko Mountains. The Eagle Demons had blocked their retreat so they were forced to retreat towards the north. The Lord told us to send a royal fleet to meet the Princess and open a path for them,” Ciel answered.

“I’ve said long ago that they shouldn’t risk their lives.” Makarov grunted, “The Princess has been doing things her own way and she should have predicted the current situation long ago. Great, we can’t even withstand the Devils that are about to attack us now and yet we still have to figure out how to rescue them?”

“But except for Brendel, who else do we have here who is familiar with Jorgendy Ridge? The Princess was willing to risk her life as a n.o.ble act. Makarov, I thought that you were just brainless, but it turns out you’ve also given up the honor of n.o.bility.” The kingdom’s Lone Wolf sneered.

“What did you just say?”

“Enough, stop arguing!” Amandina frowned, standing up to interrupt them. “What else did the Lord say?” She asked Ciel as Brendel was not someone who would give out orders hastily.

“Actually, the Lord has another plan. He wants us to inform Archbishop Wood to have the Kirrlutz cooperate with us,” Ciel said.

“What is he trying to do?” Makarov raised his eyebrows, looking sharply at the young wizard.

What is he trying to do.

Wood wanted to know too. The Devils had already launched an attack at the Bunuo area. To put it nicely, the Northern Coalition was retreating, but it was actually nothing more than a precursor to defeat. This was an army that had been defeated in the first place and had long lost its morale. It was the Holy Cathedral of Fire that was holding their ground, but they were also suffering greatly under the attack of the Doomsday Spell.

The Konolia fleet was nearly wiped out almost immediately and Naval Admiral Sir Robbins had sunk along with Perlan while the White Winged Cavalry suffered a loss of half their men. A large number of high-ranking Devils had appeared in the camp, and what was even worse was that the army of Jorgendy Ridge had joined forces with the Devils.

The earliest discovery of this information was a stone statue of a group of the Northern Coalition Army mountain infantry recovered by a scout cavalry from the battlefield. It was clearly not a sculpture but a masterpiece of Medusa.

“The Kirrlutz can last three hours at most. After a while, we will lose our last fighter. And you should know what the Northern Coalition Army is like.” A Paladin said to the young wizard in front of him, “We need back up.”

Wood actually knew that the other party was Ciel, the genius young wizard of the Peloche family.

“We can back you up, in fact our army is already on its way. But even with that, we still would not be able to withstand the Devils’ attack. You know our situation,” Ciel answered.

The Paladin fell silent.

“So how much longer can we hold on?” Wood asked.

“A day at most.”

“Can we still open another Door of Flame and ask the Holy Cathedral of Fire for support?” Ciel asked.

“It is impossible, we don’t have enough materials.” A Paladin reb.u.t.ted, “Constructing a portal is not an easy thing to do.”

Wood was silent for a moment, “So what does your Lord have to say about that?”

Ciel nodded, “In that case, we may have one more opportunity.”

“An opportunity?”

……

Brendel struggled and finally led the remaining twelve knights of Anthony out of the dark fog. By the time they got a better view of their surroundings, they found themselves in a valley in the north. The valley was foggy and rain drizzled. Ahead was a forest clearing where a group of Arreck horses grazed. If they were not mistaken, these were the battle horses they had previously lost.

Count Audine and the Princess who were beside him were surprised by this strange scene.

“Heavens, what is going on here?” The knights marveled.

Although the princess did not ask, she looked at Brendel, puzzled. Since Brendel was able to lead them in getting rid of those Eagle Demons and out of the dark fog, she felt that he should know the answers to every mystery.

Brendel was actually also looking around carefully. The entire valley was shrouded with the sound of falling rain, and the surroundings did not look a lot different from the rest of the Arreck Mountains, but a feeling rose in his heart.

“May I ask who was the one who offered to help?” He asked.

Everyone saw a crooked old lady in black robes walking out of the forest. She saw Brendel and bowed respectfully, her trembling movement made everyone think that she might fall at any second.

Brendel however was shocked. “Ah, it’s you!” He recognized this old woman with wrinkles as the same old witch he had blackmailed in Fortress Riedon before, Babasha. He had never thought that they would run into each other here.

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