Chapter 814 The Just Man

"The evil beasts have escaped! They have all escaped!"

Cheers resounded in the battlefield, and the evil beasts that had gathered at the entrance of the passage dispersed like a tide, leaving only piles of corpses. The machine gunner released the trigger, only to find that his thumb joints were numb from the shock, and the gun barrel that was too late to replace was faintly revealing dark red. According to the shooting regulations, it was obviously scrapped.

"It looks scary, but it's not very good when you fight."

"It's not as terrifying as the God's Punishment Army of the church."

"It's just a bunch of beasts after all."

"What nonsense are you talking about, wild beast? You take a hunting bow to compare with them? Three years ago, this thing disturbed the entire western region. It was His Majesty who changed everything, understand!"

"Yes, yes, Captain!"

"It's time to celebrate, let's change the barrel first, really."

Edith stood behind the position, looking at the busy and orderly First Army soldiers, showing a thoughtful expression. Ever since she followed Roland's army to participate in the tooth extraction operation and the church blockade, she has been thinking about how to exert the highest power of firearms if she is in command.

There is no doubt that this is a brand new army. It is completely different from the fighting methods of knights and mercenary regiments. It is not easy to forget the glorious experience of leading the charge and winning victory with sophisticated weapons and personal bravery. However, when she realized that the knights were completely unable to compete with the new army, she resolutely abandoned the part of her experience that she was good at, and began to carefully observe His Majesty's every move. After today's actual combat verification, she found that her thinking was basically correct.

The most notable feature of firearms is that they can kill opponents with extremely high efficiency in places where the enemy cannot reach, and there is no need to consider the distance between one's own team and physical exertion. Therefore, the narrower the shooting surface, the denser its firepower. As long as the supplies can keep up, it can fight from morning to night without stopping.

There were only enough space for three or four knights to charge side by side, and two squads of soldiers were squeezed out. The arrangement of three machine guns was not because they couldn't hold more, but was limited by the number of machine guns and bullets. But even so, its turbulent firepower makes it difficult for the hybrid to take an inch-no aiming, no physical exertion, just pulling the trigger. When the enemies were too dense, she even saw thick blood mist rising from the entrance of the cave.

If it was replaced by His Majesty to command, it should not be able to do better.

The only thing that made her a little unpredictable was the behavior of the evil beast.

It is obvious that some enemies have the most basic intelligence. When they saw that it was difficult to break into the cave, many hybrids began to wander outside the cave, occasionally barking, but did not move forward, as if they were encouraging other evil beasts It's like dying. But since they have the ability to think, why do they obey the instructions of strange calls? Unlike the people who are loyal to the lord, there is a relationship of support and protection between the two, but the evil beast obviously does not need to maintain such a relationship, as long as it escapes into the wilderness, it can live alone, unlike humans, who cannot leave the group and exist.

Could it be that there is some kind of connection between the evil beast and the owner of that voice that she cannot understand, and this connection is even above survival?

It was really hard for her to imagine that.

Or wait until the exploration is over and ask Majesty Roland what he thinks, Edith thought.

Now Neverwinter City can still surprise her, or make her difficult to fathom, and only His Majesty is the only one. This kind of thinking does not refer to his character, but to his thoughts. Whenever she talked with him, she always couldn't help thinking about a question: How broad can a person's thinking be?

"Miss Edith, you really helped me a lot this time..." Brian's voice interrupted her thoughts, and when she turned around, she saw the young officer's face was full of gratitude, "Wait for the post-war report." At that time, I will definitely report your achievements to His Majesty in full!"

"It's just what I should do," Edith smiled, "and I wasn't sure it would work at the time, so you don't have to mention my suggestion in the report..."

"How can I do that!" Brian shook his head again and again, "Your Majesty said that the army is a place that only looks at the result, not the process. Victory is victory. If I conceal your achievements because of this, it is no different from a thief. It is also unfair to you!"

"Okay..." Beidi Pearl shrugged, "if you insist."

"Of course." Having said that, he paused for a while, then stood at attention and gave a military salute, "Also, I now understand a little bit about the trust you mentioned earlier. The First Army thank you for your suggestion, and I will continue to There's a lot to do, excuse me."

Watching the back of the Musketeer Battalion Commander leaving, Edith suddenly understood why His Majesty chose a patrol captain from a frontier place to take up an important post in the army. Military exploits are the basis for the knights to invite rewards from the lord, and it is also the last thing they want to share with others. As for forgery and false reports, there are countless, even her cronies can't put an end to this.

Although the details of the First Army are different, promotion and rewards are still linked to merit in general, and she is not a member of the army. Even if the other party completely conceals the matter, she cannot take the initiative to make a defense to His Majesty. Just to abide by the word of justice, he can calmly share the benefits at his fingertips with others. In fact, this former patrol captain is more like a knight than most knights.

Being loyal to His Majesty and being upright by nature is probably the reason why Roland entrusted him with this important task. Command ability and knowledge level can be cultivated, but character is difficult to reverse. Edith noticed this very early on. The spirit and aura displayed by His Majesty's First Army are completely different from those of the knights in the past, and it can be called a completely new look. Abandoning the power of the aristocracy and only choosing civilians to enlist in the army, coupled with the ideological education mixed in elementary textbooks, may be the key to forging this army.

And now, she can be regarded as leaving her name in the army.

...

It was half a day later that Roland received the information that the situation had eased. At this time, the first 100-member reinforcements dispatched urgently had boarded the ship and set off, and more reinforcements were also packing up and waiting for the order to leave. Even the newcomers to the Witch Union—Anne, Broken Sword, and others are ready to support. From the City Hall to the First Army, the entire Neverwinter City was facing an enemy, more nervous than being attacked by evil beasts, but in the end it turned out that it was a false alarm.

The sender was still Maggie. Looking at the latter's high head and slightly opened mouth, Roland was a little dumbfounded for a while. He fished out some strips of beef from a drawer and spilled them on the table, which immediately pecked at them happily.

However, considering morale issues, he finally did not order the vanguard to turn back halfway, but replaced Anne and his party who were originally planning to set off on a boat with Soraya and Asha, so as to better start a comprehensive exploration of the ruins.