Chapter 413 - 339 The Beginning of the War’s End_2
Chapter 413: Chapter 339 The Beginning of the War’s End_2
After several days of continuous battle, the army was ready to regroup and train for a period of time, which was also a chance to assimilate the gains from before.
The previous encounters could hardly be called war; the resistance the Feis Army met was like a child wielding a longsword and charging at a heavy armor knight, dropping the sword before even making contact and accidentally stabbing himself.
This indeed caught the Feis Army off guard.
Not until they pushed the frontline to Luminous Stone City did they meet substantial resistance.
The Boditch Royal Mage Group and a considerable number of troops created significant trouble for the Feis Army. After attacking for a period without gains, and suffering considerable losses instead, it was no surprise they chose to temporarily retreat and regroup.
In the Viscount Castle at the center of Jin Sen Town, the previous owner was nowhere to be found; now it served as the command center for the Feis Kingdom Army.
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Duke Baird and Duke Rame stood before a map of Boditch Kingdom, discussing the recent situation.
As dukes on the eastern frontier of Feis Kingdom and the first nobles to launch attacks against Boditch Kingdom, they were naturally among the commanders of this invasion war.
Of course, the apparent excuse was still retaliation for Boditch Kingdom’s assassination of nobles during the Sacrificial Festival, but the Boditch Kingdom was nearly annihilated in this “minor” retaliation.
Although Duke Baird and Duke Rame held the highest titles, the real leaders on-site were no longer the two of them.
Bivis Milan, the commander of the Feis Kingdom’s Golden Lion Knights, sat in the main seat, his brow furrowed.
Duke Baird and Duke Rame had no objections; though they commanded more soldiers, they were in no position to match the kingdom’s strongest military force, the Golden Lion Knights, let alone the fact that Bivis’s presence meant he directly represented King Morton Fis in commanding the war.
Similarly, after finding out they hadn’t received any messages from Second Prince Yatean Fis whom they had conspired with, both felt somewhat guilty and dared not speak against him.
Once Bivis led the Golden Lion Knights to the frontline, the two dukes simply and neatly chose to follow his command.
Of course, Bivis treated the two dukes with respect, after all, their status and power were not insignificant.
“According to the intelligence we’ve gathered, the Boditch Kingdom is now mobilizing all its strength, continuously converging toward Luminous Stone City.”
Duke Baird said, frowning to Bivis.
He and Duke Rame, like before, had long prepared for the invasion of Boditch Kingdom, and naturally had arranged many spies in secret.
The movement of many Professionals and armies toward Luminous Stone City could not escape their notice.
“They’re preparing for a desperate fight!”
Duke Rame also had a headache. To be honest, the earlier part of the war was so easy, mostly due to problems within Boditch Kingdom itself. But as the kingdom neared collapse, even an obsolete state machinery would start to turn, attempting to flee the fate of extinction.
The Feis Kingdom and its allies now faced this situation, where their army still held superiority in organization, morale, and overall quality over Boditch Kingdom.
But since they were fighting within Boditch Kingdom’s territory, now that the enemy began relying purely on their numbers to wear down the Feis forces, it became somewhat unbearable for them.
It would have been bearable if that were the only issue, but now, the enemy’s Royal Mage Corps had appeared on the frontline, unleashing a barrage of attacks on the Feis Army.
Though their own mages desperately intercepted these attacks, and the army didn’t suffer great casualties, the impact on morale and the progress of the war was significant.
In warfare, unless you’re a Legend, an extraordinary profession couldn’t have a decisive impact on the course of the battle.
Extraordinary Professionals are stronger than ordinary people, but how many can they kill on the battlefield before possibly being taken out by a sneak arrow?
However, there are two exceptions, one of which is the Warrior profession.
The Warrior profession, due to its numbers, is the profession with the most extraordinary Professionals.
For this reason, warriors are the only extraordinary Professionals that could potentially form a legion, like Bivis’s Golden Lion Knights.
A regiment of extraordinary Professionals is indeed able to suppress the tide of war; this also underlined Bivis’s confidence.
The other exception is the Mage profession.
As an extraordinary professional, managing a small team of several individuals was feasible, but coordinating hundreds or thousands of professionals proved extremely difficult.
Apart from the Protecting Church Knights, which comprised warriors and other extraordinary professionals, other armies were basically just masses of people; once the battle started, it all became chaotic, and everyone fought independently.
However, mages were different; they were like artillery, able to unleash devastating firepower until their magic power was exhausted.
Gold Level mages were also the most terrifying influence on the battlefield among the extraordinary professionals!
Therefore, in every battle, mages were the primary target of the enemy; whoever could silence the opposing mages first gained a significant advantage.
Regrettably, the Royal Mage Corps of the Feis Kingdom needed to defend Bright City and deal with potential threats from other directions, so not many of them had come to the Boditch battlefield with Bivis.
Bivis was somewhat troubled, but it wasn’t like he was entirely without options; if all else failed, he could simply resort to a charge.
The mages’ magic power was limited, and though they could slaughter ordinary people quickly, extraordinary professionals were different.
But this was a last resort, and Bivis did not want to resort to such means against the Boditch Kingdom.
Since mages were always few in number, if he could find a way to eliminate this mage group, even the Boditch Royal Family would struggle to replenish their ranks from elsewhere.
“How about sending an assassin squad for a surprise attack?”
Duke Rame proposed a not-so-feasible solution, but it was quickly rejected by Bivis.
“It’s pointless. The number of troops the Boditch Kingdom has deployed on the battlefield already greatly exceeds ours, and though their strength is mediocre, setting aside a squad specifically not to engage in frontal combat, but to protect their mage group, should be no problem.”
“I think the Boditch people wouldn’t overlook something like this unless I really have to thank them then.”
Bivis shook his head, unwilling to rely on the incompetence of the enemy commanders for the initiative on the battlefield.
“We’ve been dragging this out here for so long, according to the previous plan, other areas have already been swept through once.”
“It’s indeed time to take down Luminous Stone City and keep pushing forward.”
Duke Baird spoke calmly but pointed out the dilemma facing the several people present.
The Feis Kingdom’s army had stayed outside Luminous Stone City for so long, not without activity.
While they were stalled there, they had dispatched a portion of their troops to sweep through the occupied regions of the Boditch Kingdom, suppressing any resistance and collecting various supplies and food.
This was a necessity since the advance had been overly smooth.
They knew the Boditch Kingdom was weak, but not to such a degree.
The welcoming attitude of the people of the Boditch Kingdom was almost as if they were rolling out the food and drink to welcome the conquering army!
Yes, it had been so smooth that the Feis Kingdom had not even had time to prepare for long-distance supply transportation.
Even though some space storage rings were urgently used to send some supplies, it was not enough to support the army’s continued advance.
Inevitably, since the Feis Kingdom’s aim was to completely control the territory of the Boditch Kingdom, they didn’t need to do much; with such an excellent predecessor as Boditch, showing even a slight performance superiority made conquering effortless.
So, unable to engage in extensive plundering and looting from civilians, the food obtained from the castles of the Boditch Kingdom’s nobles was pitifully insufficient; therefore, until the supply lines were established, the army could only remain stalled here.
The good news is that the first wave of supplies would be arriving in the next few days!
The bad news was that Bivis and his team could only watch as the Boditch Kingdom desperately moved troops from other regions of the kingdom.
While the three individuals remained silent on the scene, a messenger ran in, saluted, and said:
“General Bivis, there is an acquaintance outside the camp asking for you!”
“He claims to be Marquis Lis Kain!”