Chapter 991: Battle for the Tower (Twenty-Five)

Although Batman felt that this must be another plan of Schiller, he still had to rescue Schiller, because it was General Rotheart who captured Schiller, and he would have to deal with General Rotheart sooner or later.

Moreover, Schiller's weak state before made him always have a shadow of doubt in his heart. He didn't know what was going on with Schiller's inexplicable state later, nor did he know whether this state would affect his performance when facing a powerful demon general.

Merkel immediately wanted to rush into the corridor and confront General Rotheart head-on, but Batman held him back. He said in a deep voice: "Now is not a good time to catch up. General Rotheart must not come alone. If we go over, we will be surrounded by the army."

"But...but..." Merkel stomped his feet anxiously, and he gritted his teeth and said: "It's all my fault. If I hadn't cut down the broccoli, Mr. Schiller's allergy wouldn't be so serious!"

"Do you really think that his current state is entirely due to allergies?" Batman asked as he pulled Merkel back.

Merkel opened her mouth, but still hesitated and said: "I can't disclose the privacy of my employer... Well, the situation is special now. Don't you think Mr. Schiller has become a little more... well, how should I put it? Crazier?"

Batman looked at him, and Merkel said to himself: "When I first met Mr. Schiller, I found that he was a bit old-fashioned, taciturn, but very reliable. I have met many such gentlemen in the UK."

"He is a detective literature enthusiast. He likes to set up various puzzles and then solve them himself. Occasionally, he needs me to solve them, but I always break through violently. I really didn't expect that he could tolerate me for so long."

"Although he looks a little serious, his temper is not weird. He gets along with everyone very well, but..." Merkel paused, as if he didn't know whether it was a bit bad to talk about his employer behind his back, but he still said: "Don't you notice? Mr. Schiller's mental state is becoming more and more unstable."

"This broccoli incident is just the fuse of the outbreak. Before that, there were many precursors." Merkel shook his head and said.

Batman recalled carefully and found that it was true. When he first started dealing with Schiller, although Schiller was a fairly responsible teacher, he was similar to most university teachers. He taught classes and left after class, and he hardly communicated with any students.

Batman remembered that in the first semester, he deliberately made his grades very bad, but Schiller didn't care. In the second semester, he deliberately completed all the credits in one subject to create a feeling of cheating and consolidate his playboy persona, but Schiller didn't say anything.

However, he was only happy for the past two years. Since the junior year, Schiller started to focus on grades for some reason. Not only Bruce Wayne's grades, but also other students were tortured to death by him.

Logically speaking, the first and second years of college are the most critical time to lay the foundation. It doesn't make sense to let students be lax at this time, and only remember to focus on GPA when they have almost finished all the classes and are about to start internships.

In the senior year, things became even more uncontrollable. Schiller had a mysterious obsession with the thesis. In the process of discussing the thesis with Schiller, Batman found that he seemed a little paranoid and often grabbed Batman to revise it for hours because of punctuation, paragraphs and wording.

At that time, Batman thought that Schiller did this because he didn't want him to be a street hero.

But later, he found out that Schiller not only caught him to cause trouble, but he almost used up his rest time to torture each student who could write a thesis.

This is indeed mutual torture, because not only Batman knows, but Schiller and the students themselves also know that they can't take such a professional path. They don't have this talent, and they are not willing to make more efforts for it. There is no way to achieve anything, but Schiller still has to take that ridiculously high professional level to ask them, which is actually meaningless.

Although Batman can't be sure that he is sick, he is very sure that Schiller is sick.

At present, it seems that there should be more manifestations of autism spectrum, but from time to time, there will be some compulsive manifestations of anxiety attacks.

Has Schiller's mental illness worsened? Batman walked back while thinking about this question. Although doctors cannot heal themselves, there should be no incident that will cause Schiller's mental state to continue to deteriorate.

However, he agreed with Merkel's point that it was not an accident that Schiller was so weak due to the broccoli incident.

It is very likely that the mental pressure accumulated over a long period of time broke out at one point, causing Schiller to have an extremely severe stress response, which led to such severe externalization.

Thinking of this, Batman quickened his pace and returned to the mine with Merkel to explain to Alfred what they had just seen.

Alfred nodded and said, "Indeed, we have to hurry up to deal with General Rottenheart. As long as he is in the mine, we cannot develop our power steadily."

"Now, the overall situation in Hell is changing rapidly. Belial did not adopt the strategy of forming alliances as we imagined, but declared war on several surrounding countries at the same time. Not all generals agree with this decision, and the internal situation is becoming more and more tense."

"Only in troubled times can you become king. We must seize this opportunity." Alfred looked at Batman and said, "This may be the only time you can personally participate in a regular large-scale group army operation. This is an opportunity that anyone who needs to study military theory can only encounter and not seek."

Batman nodded, obviously knowing the importance of this war. The three people present knew very well that the devils had nothing to do with humans. No matter how big their holy hearts were, they wanted to liberate all mankind, not all hell or all heaven.

But the reason why they want to participate in this war is, on the one hand, to practice their ideals. Since some things are no longer possible in the real world, changing a way to verify the correctness of their theories is also an excellent opportunity for them to study this theory more deeply and improve their own ideas.

On the other hand, it is also to provide Batman with an opportunity to exercise. Although Batman's previous idea is a bit like paranoia, after learning about the existence of a wider world and mysterious magic, Batman has a hunch that sooner or later, he must devote himself to a wider world and experience the magnificent war epic in person.

It will be too late to practice by then. Once such a disaster befalls mankind, every minute and every second is a critical moment of survival. He must have the ability to make the final decision.

Once Batman makes up his mind, almost no one can stop him. He is responsible for strategic planning and tactical arrangements, equivalent to the commander-in-chief of the mining troops, while Merkel is responsible for ideological guidance and training, equivalent to the political commissar of the mining troops.

Batman wanted Alfred to be in charge of ideological guidance, but Alfred shook his head and gave the opportunity to Merkel. He explained: "No matter what, I am a spy. For a long time, my thinking has been more inclined to intelligence warfare."

"It's not that I can't change my thinking direction, but I am worried that there are still unfinished business in the real world that requires my efforts. Once my way of thinking changes and affects the decision-making of a key decision, it may lead to disastrous consequences."

"On the contrary, Merkel has not achieved any outstanding results in intelligence. He prefers to fight alone, but this makes him a blank sheet of paper. If he can have the ability to unite people in large-scale operations, it will not affect his current work and lay a good foundation for the future."

Batman nodded to show his understanding. The old butler was also glorious in the past. He was able to compete with Philby on the same stage. His spy warfare skills must have been perfect. After doing this for half a lifetime, there must be some solidified thinking patterns, but this is not a completely bad thing.

Long-term intelligence work will train sharp intuition and conditioned reflexes. Sometimes, these inadvertent intuitions can save lives.

But if you force yourself to change your thinking mode in a very urgent situation, you may wear out this precious intuition. If you need it in the future, it will be troublesome.

Although Batman doesn't want Alfred to participate in those dangerous jobs again, he also knows that he can't stop such people.

Whether it's Merkel or Alfred, after understanding their ideals, Batman knows that he has no chance to convince them.

So Alfred was responsible for logistics. Although demons don't need to eat, drink, defecate, or urinate, equipment manufacturing, trap making, and intelligence exploration are also very important. Alfred is also quite proficient in this.

After determining the basic division of labor, the three of them got busy in an orderly manner. Among the three, Batman didn't have much practical experience in strategy and tactics, but his theory and wisdom were top-notch. Alfred was responsible for logistics, and no one knew logistics better than Batman's butler.

The only one who was a little unfamiliar was Merkel. He had no practical experience in ideological guidance and was not proficient in training troops, but fortunately, he learned quickly.

Moreover, his good skills and professional knowledge he had learned allowed him to train his own vanguard team, which was quite effective whether used for reconnaissance or combat.

The central mine had collapsed completely, but the second, third and fifth mountains were now all connected. The fifth mountain was the second largest mine, with a very large mine cave that could be used for garrisoning and training.

The three mountains combined together, and there was also a greater defensive depth. Batman's tunnel warfare tactics played a greater role after more sufficient cooperation and drills. Not long after, the fourth mountain, which was stationed with a small number of demon soldiers, was also captured.

However, since the Sixth and Seventh Mountains were closer to General Rotten Heart's garrison, the army directly occupied the Sixth and Seventh Mountains after the Central Mine incident. Among them, the Sixth Mountain still had room for easing, but the Seventh Mountain was the hardest bone to chew.

That was where General Rotten Heart's castle and the big eyeball were located. After Schiller was taken away by General Rotten Heart, the tunnel they had dug before was completely destroyed. General Rotten Heart also arranged a magic circle underground to defend against tunnel warfare, and sent heavy troops to guard it, and built a large defense camp next to it.

If you attack the mountain from the ground, you will encounter the same situation as the Central Mine before. Batman stood in front of the sand table, staring at the location of the Seventh Mountain. After thinking about all the tactics in his mind, he found that there was no shortcut to take the Seventh Mountain.

Then, there will be a tough battle next.

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