Chapter 542 Desperate Bet

Rody and Dasco in the manor didn't know about Akasha's astonishing move outside. They were sitting around the fire at the moment, thinking about how to answer each other's questions.

"Karen Kingdom has already prepared for the battle. We have assembled an army of more than 50,000 people, and have more than 18 fortresses on the border. What about Augustine? How many people can he prepare to fight us?"

Roddy spoke with a confidence that Dasco had never had before, and Dasco was actually very envious of this: the other party can be proud of fighting for the glory of the country, how about himself? Because he doesn't agree with the Tasman nobles at all, let alone human beings who are "lambs", Dasco is really a "lonely man" with no support.

But he obviously didn't know that there was no "national glory" behind Rody, and the Kingdom of Karen would not endorse his actions. What he has is the city of Elson, which he has beaten down with one punch, and Efta, which is resisting the orcs' offensive. If he knew these, Dasco would never ask for help in such a humble manner as he is now.

But the advantage of "information asymmetry" has long been mastered by Roddy. In terms of acting skills, Luo Di felt that it would be no problem for him to win a statuette.

"In the war in the big picture, I can't measure the gap between your country's and Tasman's forces, but right now their legion has begun to attack, and my men are resisting in front, but the situation is not optimistic."

Dasco glorified his own strength a little bit on this. After all, "the situation is not optimistic" sounds better than "can't beat at all", and in order not to make Roddy look down on himself, he added: "Augustine is in the Tasman Our forces are not monolithic, we have now contacted the elders of the council, and some of them will provide us with certain information and resources."

Roddy curled his lips secretly, thinking that there are guys who are holding back his legs everywhere. In the Kingdom of Karen, Charles II Milno and his ilk acted like this, and Rahiman was not surprised at all by a similar situation.

However, these words cannot be trusted at the political negotiating table. Rody knew that he had the initiative, so he didn't look moved, but continued to say with disdain: "Our Karen's army is already on the way to enter the Tasman, my team of 100 people is just Pathfinder Qingqi. His Majesty Charles II has planned this battle for a long time, and if he doesn't teach that old bone a lesson, does he really think we are easy to bully?"

He pointed to the two captains of Dragonlance Knights standing guard at the entrance of the conference hall: "In Karen Kingdom, knights like them are not ranked high. Just three earls can bring two or three thousand knights to level this place, so In principle, we don't need to cooperate with you."

How to achieve the goal after grasping the initiative of negotiation? Nothing more than "coercion and lure", Rody has already demonstrated his force through the battle just now, so no matter how much he brags, Dasco has to believe it.

Dasco, who nodded frequently, is not stupid,

What is "in principle, no cooperation is required"? That is to leave a way for myself!

"Baron Roddy's team is strong, and we 'Awakened' are ashamed to be inferior, but Augustine is your common enemy now, and more than 50,000 humans under my command are still on the front line of resistance. If we coordinate the battle, it must be helpful to both sides .”

"You still have humans under your command? Are they all under your control?"

What Rody said was completely pretending not to know. In fact, Nata had been investigating the outskirts of the castle where Kulka was located in the past few days. He even knew exactly how many soldiers there were in the city.

Dasco naturally boasted about his control over the "lamb": "Their leader Kulka is a puppet supported by me, and he is always at my disposal."

"Really? Speaking of which, our main force doesn't want to stay here for too long, after all, the logistics line is too heavy." Roddy glanced at Dasco, "So we hope to face Augustine's main force as soon as possible, and carry out decisive battle."

When Dasco heard this, he was immediately excited: don't care whether these humans can win, just quickly consume the undead brought by Augustine... so that the "awakened" can have more room to survive.

But he didn't dare to show the excitement in his heart. Dasco had to try his best to control his expression, and continued to ask: "At present, Augustine's main force is about to contact my subordinates, and the number may exceed 20,000... This number doesn't sound like much, but You may not know that the Tasman's total assembled strength is only 50,000."

"I understand this. Killing 20,000 people is enough for Augustine to reconsider his attitude towards the Karen Kingdom."

Rody had a confident look of "come and kill as much as you want": "Your Excellency Dasco, I am very interested in cooperating with you, and if this battle can achieve the expected result, Karen Kingdom may consider providing you with a suitable identity." .”

"Identity? You mean..."

"You also know that it is unrealistic to eradicate Augustine's influence in one go. We took the initiative this time just to teach Augustine a lesson. But after the lesson is over, we must leave something behind, right? For example... a more A powerful 'awakened' organization?"

Dasco swallowed, and he realized that this might be a huge turning point for his future status - without the resources and support of a huge country, it would be extremely easy for the parliament to destroy the "awakened". And if there is the support of Karen Kingdom, then absolutely "anything is possible"!

"Not to mention anything else in the Karen Kingdom, there are so many weapons, food, and armaments that I can't put it down, so...if you can let those guys go to the location I designated in five days, the future 'awakened' will definitely not be a group of basic companies. Rangers who don’t have all the armed forces.”

Rody asked the knight next to him to bring a military map as if he was prepared, and pointed to it.

Dasco didn't dare to be negligent, and after careful identification, he immediately realized that this was the threshold set by Roddy for him-if he couldn't even do this, then he was obviously not qualified for the other party's "support".

But he is not an idiot who just takes it as a fool: "We will do everything we can to cooperate with you. Of course, please be sure to show enough sincerity."

"Did you see the battle between them and the undead heavy cavalry?"

Rody was not surprised by his request, so he pointed to a dragon gun knight and asked a seemingly unrelated topic.

Dasco nodded in confusion, saying that he saw it clearly.

"The kind of rechargeable lance that can kill heavy cavalry, 30 handles, and 60 crystals, is it enough?"

Dasco opened his mouth and was stunned for a few seconds. What flashed before his eyes was the scene of those fifty heavy cavalry being wiped out. Then he nodded without hesitation and said, "No problem!"

The negotiation came to an end here. Dasco got up and took the people to leave, but when he walked outside the manor, he saw Yugosa who was almost cured by Akasha. Changing, he was more sure of the strength of Roddy and the Karen Kingdom in his heart, and hurriedly left with his subordinates.

Rody only found out about Akasha's "feat" after being reminded by Melinsera, and he was equally astonished—can Priest Holy Light heal the undead? This is not just a question of whether to cast spells, but also involves the essence behind the spells.

But Akasha is obviously a "self-taught" type. Faced with the surprise of Roddy and Melinsera, she seemed a little helpless: "I really did my own research in the laboratory..."

"I won't drag you to the referee." Rody smiled and squeezed Akasha's cheeks. Seeing her shyness made her heart itch, but with Yugosa tied up half dead, he also Knowing that he is not here on vacation: "Since Akasha can be cured, let's ask questions together..."

Yugosa, who was unmasked from the sound, almost shouted hoarse in the next hour-the undead with a long lifespan are more afraid of death than each other, and with Akasha's repeated torture interrogation methods, Yugosa can't wait to keep going. Report truthfully how many sewers there are in the imperial city "Odysseus".

And the information he provided did benefit Rody a lot... Among them, the news about "capturing alien species" made him even more vigilant——

Yugesa was able to act independently from the army because of Augustine's order.

Confirming the tiefling's location was tracked and locked by Augustine himself.

The combination of these two things made Roddy immediately realize a problem: this group of tieflings labeled as "devil subspecies" is far more important than he imagined!

"Where's Luther? Go and call him over!"

Rody turned and walked towards the conference hall, pointing at Yugesa casually: "Let him live, Augustine has too many means, I don't want to startle the snake."

This is also a lesson he has learned from facing Augustine several times. Now Rody takes every step cautiously, and his thinking is more active-he has realized a very serious problem: if Augustine attaches so much importance to tiefling, then he may eventually I will go to the step of fighting head-on with this undead leader!

For Rody, facing a strong man who has advanced to level 60 is much more terrifying than facing an army of undead.

For subduing the tiefling, I really felt like "being guilty of being pregnant"... Thinking of this, Rody felt that the pressure suddenly increased a lot.

But ask yourself, do you really want to live in fear of Augustine for the rest of your life?

Rody, who was sitting in the armchair, exhaled slowly, and when he raised his eyes, he was already calm and determined like never before. He looked at the somewhat bewildered tiefling elder Luther, and asked calmly, "I want to know... how the whole ethnic group became what it is now."

"Behind your mutation, what kind of secret is hidden?"

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"Let everyone retreat there...it happens to be the location of Fort Trakk."

Dasco, who had already left on horseback, was thinking hard about his plan for the next five days, but the more he thought about it, the more he felt that Rody's designated location for the final battle was beyond his comprehension.

The location of Fort Trak is very special, it is just in the central part of the area currently controlled by the "Awakened", and it is the largest castle built by the "Lamb". The foundation of this castle is a natural rock platform that protrudes more than ten meters from the ground. It is just a coincidence that it is at the low position of the Tasman Terrain. Judging from the terrain of nearly 100 square kilometers, it is similar to the center of a basin.

Because the rock platform protrudes from the ground, the walls of this castle are much higher than other cities, which can be described as easy to defend and difficult to attack. At the same time, the city is open, and it will not be particularly crowded if tens of thousands of people squeeze in. But because of this, it is an isolated city with no retreat—once it is trapped here, it is either waiting for the enemy to retreat, or it has to stick to the end.

"Was it intentional... or just a coincidence?"

Dasco couldn't think of the reason at all, but he understood that no matter what he thought, this matter must be done—if he didn't do it, then everyone would die.

Whether the "awakened ones" can continue to exist depends on this step!

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I have something to go out tomorrow, so I will take a day off.