Chapter 1501 Worry

Fighting demons is everyone’s consensus. But no one wants to be commanded by a mediocre person and lose his life for no reason.

Everyone thinks that they are tactical geniuses who can lead others to achieve unparalleled military exploits. It is their unswerving duty to command everyone and achieve victory. Therefore, every battle for command, large or small, is an internal wrestling among human beings.

It can only be said that the human side is full of hope before experiencing the real battle with the devil. The previous failure in the first battle was all the result of the empire's selfish and blind command. It was not that everyone was incapable of fighting.

This idea is the most common perception. This makes people who have faced demons, including Ezio, uneasy. Some people will worry and warn their companions, but they will only be ridiculed as cowards.

It's just that these people who can escape from the devil's hands alive, whether they win or escape, are at a higher level than ordinary warriors. So whether they are ridiculed or not, there is still a group of people following such people.

Ezio's approach is smarter. He neither warned nor even mentioned to the officer who received them that he had fought demons. The big demon's head that was submitted to the Adventurer's Guild was also chopped off by him.

Life in a primary school is a group of children of similar age. To put it bluntly, no one is convinced by anyone.

To convince others, it’s useless to rely on words, you have to show real results. Or you can bribe people with benefits, not necessarily money, but maybe an extra piece of bread when you're hungry, or an extra piece of candy when you're usually hungry. That would be enough for a group of kids.

Besides, a certain magician who is burdened by fame is also a good negative role model for Ezio. It didn't look like that guy had all his abilities, but he was hampered and guarded against at every turn. Although there are some people who support him, generally speaking, most people are unhappy with him.

By the same token, instead of being in the limelight and turning yourself into a target, it is better to operate silently among the grassroots soldiers.

Regardless of how happy everyone is now to share command power, in fact everyone knows that when a war actually breaks out, except for the regular armies of big and small countries, whoever gives quick and correct instructions and who is popular will be able to mobilize more people. People cooperate with his actions. To put it bluntly, everyone still behaves like a team of adventurers, follow whoever is smart, and stay away from the idiots.

This is why Ezio did not choose to let the brothers of the Brotherhood gather together, form a team on his own, and then gather some stragglers. Instead, they chose to break everyone up and integrate them into the already existing team.

A certain magician may not know it himself, but most of the children who have left elementary school and are adventuring in the Lost Land know one thing, that is, the education in the primary school is an elite education that only a few people in the Lost Land have the opportunity to get. There may be a lack of courses such as 'how to govern a territory', but all the things learned are rare knowledge that few people outside teach.

Most adventurers who venture out leave home when they have some strength and ambition. If you are lucky, you can meet soldiers who teach you some simple chopping skills when you are young, or you can meet hunters who teach you some archery tips. Apart from enthusiasm, most people have no knowledge and do not even know the written language.

This is why magicians or magic apprentices can easily take the leadership position in a team of adventurers. Because they are rare 'intellectuals' among adventurers.

However, knowledge that was painful to learn but found to be useful everywhere after graduation has become the only way for children from elementary schools to quickly integrate into the group of adventurers.

In addition, they originally lived in a group. Under the guidance of someone's intentional or unintentional curriculum arrangements, all children were accustomed to the role of commanding or being commanded.

Not only is it simple cooperation, but we also know how to cooperate and help each other. Because if we don’t help each other, we may sometimes be disgusted by a certain magician’s unintentional malice. This allows Brotherhood members who are dispersed among various teams to quickly become the center of the team.

If they were not late members, perhaps in the early stages of the struggle for command, these brotherhood members could quickly occupy all captains, squad leaders, etc., and directly lead the soldiers' military positions.

But even if not, as long as they go to the battlefield and those captains who talk loudly make mistakes, I am afraid that the soldiers will quickly change their minds and follow those young people who can take responsibility for their actions.

This result was what Ezio had expected, and even the brothers in the brotherhood accomplished it better than expected.

He will not forget his most important task, which is to gain a certain say in the coalition forces. Then at the appropriate time, the World Tree and the elves are introduced, including their different requirements.

Unlike most people who would choose to directly take the high-level route and rely on the names of some elders to convince other noble lords. Ezio believes more in the power of the majority and the willpower of unity.

’ Those noble lords only relied on their own power to make the soldiers obey their will. If that's the case, then why don't I just win over the soldiers. ’

This was Ezio's idea, and he did it, convincing the brothers in the fraternity to follow his routine. Although everyone is scattered among various teams, there is still a forum to communicate with each other, which couldn't be more convenient.

The sieve-like confidentiality of the forum is of course clear to those who came from a primary school. But they think they are not involved in any illegal matters, so why should they avoid using forums that are extremely convenient? The parts that really involve taboos are still hidden in Ezio's heart.

But Ezio also knew very well that his inner plan worked, and the big reason was that the current army on the southern front was really a ragtag group! It is incredible that an officer has to worry about whether his soldiers will obey orders at any time.

If it were an ordinary army, even if they were not trained to the point where they could use their arms and fingers, the noble lords would still be able to control their soldiers. After all, these people all come from their own families. If one person can run away and be stubborn, how can a whole family do the same?

However, many of the soldiers gathered on the southern front were adventurers who volunteered to come here.

Mercenaries are paid to do things, but they still obey orders for the sake of money. In the face of these voluntary adventurers, there is really no way to force them to be obedient.

When the pressure is too great, they just lean into other people. Therefore, those who hope to command a team can only follow the wishes of these soldiers composed of adventurers and hope to induce everything in a good direction.

It is precisely this current situation that makes Ezio, who originally came with great ambitions and led his brothers from the Brotherhood, no longer have the original goal of defeating the demons. Whether the Gate of the Abyss can be closed is another matter. It is about preserving the vitality of the human side as much as possible.

Although he was disappointed, he had to admit that Ezio, who had personally experienced the power of demons, did not think that the humans on the southern front had a chance to defeat the coalition of demons and orcs.

They were too underprepared and too optimistic. It seems that as long as the human side attacks, the demon alliance will immediately fall apart. In fact, according to Ezio's assessment, the situation may be just the opposite.

The almost crazy fighting spirit and fighting spirit of the orc soldiers are the most likely to make ordinary people collapse. If you don't take away their lives, you can't stop the swords that are slashing at you. Even if their hands and feet are severed, they will butt them with their heads and bite them with their teeth!

Does the current human coalition have such a consciousness?

According to a certain magician, no matter how powerful the army is, no matter how courageous the soldiers are, their morale will reach a critical turning point. As for the turning point of the orcs, Ezio couldn't tell yet.

The person who made Ezio's scalp tingle even more was the demon he had had close contact with.

Growing up, Ezio had definitely come into contact with a lot of strong people. Moreover, these strong men are not the kind of people who can choose one out of a hundred or one out of a thousand, but the kind of people who can slay a dragon alone or destroy a country by one person. Ezio even sparred with such a person.

But sparring is not a life and death fight after all! Even after several fights with the Demon Prince Azad that once made him feel that his life was in danger, Ezio now seemed to have let him go.

What gave Ezio this level of understanding was the escape from the Gate of the Abyss, which almost became the final drama of his life.

At that time, even if he met the most powerful pursuer, the big demon whose head was chopped off by him, strictly speaking, he was not stronger than the big demon Starina who followed Azad. But these demons are serious about killing themselves, no matter the cost!

At first, relying on the surprise of the Dragon Fang Hidden Blade, the lives of the first two demons were actually taken away. Although he was not unscathed, the injuries suffered were within an acceptable range, at least there were no disabilities or lost limbs.

However, the endless stream of orcs and demons chasing after them turned this escape battle, which was like a picnic, into a life-and-death battle where one would not be surprised to lose one's life at any time.

At the end of the battle, Ezio couldn't remember how he returned to the gathering place of humans, handed the big devil's head to the counter of the Adventurer's Guild, or how he returned to the holy city of Estali.

Those things were all said by Rowan and Kish afterwards. Only then did Ezio learn from a third party's perspective what he had done.

The only memory I have is of fighting one devil after another to the death, and becoming the one who survives.

There is not enough time to deal with every demon. Just like on the battlefield, if you don't deal with the enemy in front of you as soon as possible, when the second or third one catches up, you will have to face multiple enemies at the same time.

Ezio can't say that he can't deal with opponents, and now as his companions, everyone in the army will definitely not be able to deal with them either. Perhaps after forming an army, the combat effectiveness of everyone's complementation will be different. After all, war is not a battle between individual soldiers.

But no matter how many reasons he gave, he couldn't convince Ezio himself. He said that the army he was in could really defeat the demons and drive the orcs back underground as everyone expected.

This is not a pessimistic mood, but a concern about the unknown state of the area occupied by demons and orcs.

It's not that Ezio didn't think about it, he once again went in personally to inquire. There are many adventurers who are not good at attacking difficulties head-on and choose such a mission. But these people failed to come back and talk about what they saw and what they encountered.

But now that they have entered a formal army establishment, it is not easy to run around. What's worse is that Ezio actually feels a little afraid of the land occupied by demons, as if there is some great terror inside. All this made him feel uneasy.