Chapter 1176 "Loophole"

Roland glanced at Northland Pearl in surprise.

After the ambush team was ambushed by Ersluk, there was a burst of criticism among the senior officials, believing that the staff should be responsible for this misjudgment, especially Edith Kant, who served as the minister. In addition to the Executive Office, there are also voices of dissatisfaction and doubts about Maleficent. If Tilly's prestige was not still there, I am afraid that the influence will be further expanded.

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

Simply because this was not a human error.

Not to mention that victory or defeat is a matter of military affairs, Operation Torch was not even a failure, but a complete victory - nearly 20,000 devils were eliminated at the cost of less than 500 people, and the set mission was successfully completed. The devil captured the holy city that had been lost for hundreds of years. If this cannot be called victory, what else is victory?

The contribution of the General Staff Department is obvious to all.

In fact, Roland also discussed this issue privately with Tilly, Agatha, Elfia and others. They also believed that the deviation in strategic judgment was due to some unknowable factors. In the Federation era, the devil would definitely It was impossible for a few witches to give up the opportunity to annex the continent in one fell swoop, even for three seats.

But having said that, Edith will still be in the spotlight for a period of time. In addition, she did lose to Ersluk in this "showdown". Roland originally thought that she would be depressed for a while, or say less. Listen more to avoid hearing the truth again. Unexpectedly, she had no intention of backing down, and she had a different view from others when she opened her mouth.

"……what is the problem?"

"First of all, the last two sentences," Edith lowered her head and took two steps. "If it succeeds, increase the number of troops tenfold. If it fails, we should go all out. It's so strange, isn't it? Since the devil's ultimate goal is still to eliminate human beings, Then the importance of Taquila should be as we expected. No matter how great the pressure caused by the Tianhai Realm, we will not give up so hastily. After all, in this letter, the enemy suggested turning around and annihilating us with all their strength."

Wendy was stunned, "Indeed...why didn't they do this earlier?"

"Because Hongmist's supplies can't keep up?" Nightingale said with her chin supported on her fingers.

"It's impossible to mobilize all the troops, but with ten times the strength, it's not impossible as long as more transportation troops are invested, not to mention they have new war equipment like giant skeletons." Agatha frowned, "From now on It took us more than half a year to get from Tower 1 to Tower 10, which was enough for the devil to make a choice."

"The initial judgment of the staff came from Kabradabi - this guy's 'confession': the devils were held back by the Sky and Sea Realm, and the outcome of the war was crucial to their life and death." Edith looked at the interrogation table The high-level devil glared angrily, "But judging from this letter, even if they lose to the Tianhai Realm, they will not suffer catastrophe, and they may even have a chance to turn defeat into victory. So why didn't the enemy reinforce Taqila from the beginning? It doesn’t make sense – it’s simply contradictory in terms of intent and behavior.”

Everyone couldn't help but fell into deep thought.

"And this sentence -" she continued after pondering for a moment, "it sounds like there is nothing wrong with it, but when you think about it carefully, you always feel that something is wrong... In order to deal with the infiltrated witch, throwing it into Taquila is a real thing How could things like this have no impact on the plan?"

"Perhaps Ersluk is fooling his superiors?" Roland thought, "Nobles often do this -"

"Your Majesty, please think of it as the most difficult enemy!" Edith said sternly, "If you can't imagine it, just think of it as me in the devil - do you think I will do 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 seemed on the surface, nor was she completely undisturbed by the comments behind her. Instead, she was holding a breath deep in her heart.

——She didn’t want to lose to the Devil King.

"Okay, since it's not a fool, 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 that does not rely on the red mist, and can attack the four major forces without an obelisk. The kingdom attacks.”

"This has been discussed at the beginning of Operation Torch," Agatha sighed. "I still think it is absolutely impossible. Otherwise, why would they have sent troops to Taquila? If the red mist can't restrain the devil, they should have done it long ago. It’s spread everywhere.”

"Uh...why are you all talking about the impact?"

While everyone was thinking hard, Nightingale asked in confusion, "Isn't that even weirder? If the devils are facing us, the west of Neverwinter should be their east, right?"

Celine explained patiently,

"So that's it...that means the two things are not the same thing, right?"

"Wait, what did you say?" Edith suddenly raised her head.

"Aren't the two things the same thing?" Nightingale asked uncertainly.

Pearl of the North's eyes shone brightly. She quickly walked to a long table where many maps were stacked, spread out the rolls of paper, glanced at them for a few times, and then threw them aside. Finally, her eyes stopped on a picture. On extremely abstract drawings.

Roland looked at it for a long time, and then he recognized from the writing on it that it was a map of the entire territory of the Kingdom of Eternal Winter.

She pointed to the blank area north of Manxue Ridge—the northernmost point of eternal winter. She turned to Celine and asked, "What's up here?"

"Has the Federation explored this area?"

"Did you just draw a map?" Edith asked eagerly, "Are there no more specific records?"

"What on earth do you want to say?" Agatha asked doubtfully, "Just making a map is already a very difficult task. There are not only many mountains there, but they are also wide - the Impasse 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 areas are covered with snow all year round. Even if every peak is marked, what's the use?"

"I think we may have overlooked one thing - the Lord of the Sky's Western Front Plan may not refer to Taquila, but the overall offensive against humanity, and the Taquila ruins are just one of the options!" Yi Tisi's fingers slid all the way along the Impasse Mountains, "The devil's goal is to let the red mist pass through this natural barrier. If it is close enough to the four kingdoms, then whether it can build a city becomes less important. As long as it finds an opportunity to erect a Just the obelisk!

"You mean..." Agatha's expression changed.

"Will there be undiscovered divine stone veins in this area called the spine of the continent?" Northland Pearl asked in a solemn voice.