113: Chapter 29 Startling Encounter during Hunt (Part 1)_1 113: Chapter 29 Startling Encounter during Hunt (Part 1)_1 I’m uploading the third chapter for today a bit earlier for everyone.
Xiao San is going out with his wife, his health hasn’t been great lately, six plasters were applied today.
Updating three chapters per day is already my limit.
I hope everyone enjoys.
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“You can’t be serious, we have to go on the road again.
This weather is frigid.” Xiang Luan adjusted her thick fur coat with a sigh.
She now regretted deciding to partake in this war.
Haiyang bumped her shoulder, whispering, “Since we are here already, we must bear it.” She looked much better than when she first met Ye Yinzhu, her face wound concealed beneath her long hair.
Over the past few days, Ye Yinzhu would treat her every ten days using the Divine Needle Puncture Therapy.
Up to yesterday, she had undergone treatment four times.
With the frequent treatment from the lifeforce-rich Zi Zhu Magic Needle, Haiyang’s previously numb face regained sensation.
She could distinctly feel the atrophied muscles on her face surprisingly starting to regenerate.
Xiang Luan plained, “But this is unbearable!
Yin Zhu, why don’t you play the zither for us, how is that?”
Ye Yinzhu helplessly replied, “The carriage is too bumpy, I can’t play!
Elder Sister Xiang Luan, please persevere a bit longer.”
Sura sighed softly, “It seems our trip to the frontlines was a wasted effort.”
Yin Zhu looked at her, puzzled, “Why do you say that?”
Sura explained, “Didn’t you hear the recent mand?
We’re being moved to Konya City.
I know that place.
It’s on the border of the Milan Empire and the Northernmost Wilderness.
But to the north of Konya City, there’s a mountain range with elevations of over two thousand meters.
Unless the Beastmen have gone mad, they wouldn’t choose to attack through there.
Our trip to the frontlines might end up being ceremonial, even seeing Beastmen is questionable.”
Xiang Luan replied, “Well that may not necessarily be the case, military mand has its considerations.
Amongst our group of students, there are many from the three major families of the Empire.
If anything were to happen on the battlefield, no one would be able to bear responsibility.
However, there should still be a chance to see Beastmen.
From what I know, when the annual autumnal defensive battles are nearing the end, the Academy will bring the students to witness a few of the final battles in Holy Heart City.
Under protection, the warriors might participate in some small scale charges and we mages might have a chance to cast few spells.”
Sura frowned, “And do you believe that counts as participating in war?”
Xiang Luan laughed, “The Academy’s goal is merely to let us have a taste of it.
Do you expect youngsters with an average age of around eighteen to risk their lives?
If you’re exceptional, maybe after ten years you’ll e back here to lead the army.
But you know quite a bit, Sura, even about a small obscure place like Konya City.”
Sura’s face slightly changed.
She lowered her head and didn’t say anything more.
Indeed, the most depressed was Okaful, as a Venus Dragon Knight, not only could he not participate in the battle, but he also had to babysit these noble students.
He was seriously depressed.
But the orders had e from his own grandfather, so even with his status, he had no choice but to follow them.
Two days later, under the protection of the dragon knights, a team of 1,100 people finally arrived at the location appointed by the military, Konya City.
There was no denying it, Konya City was a good place, at least it was in the North.
This small city didn’t even account for one percent of Milan City, and the population was only a pitiful twenty thousand people.
In this cold land that was already close to the Northernmost Wilderness, most of the people in the city of Kosa survived by hunting.
Just as Sura had said, the mountain range that was in the north part of the city was vast and over two thousand meters high, steep and almost served as an unguarded natural barrier.
Meanwhile, due to the existence of these high mountains, most of the cold currents from the North were blocked; hence, the climate in Konya City is much more fortable than other cities in the northern part of the Milan Empire.
Upon arrival, Okaful immediately took over the city’s defense.
The five hundred soldiers originally responsible for guarding the city were useless in his eyes.
After settling these students from the academy, the depressed Okaful immediately took the five hundred dragon knights to patrol around the surrounding mountains.
As an outstanding leader, he would not be negligent.
At the same time, going into the mountains was also a way for him to vent his depressed mood.
The sixty students from the Milan Magic Martial Academy were assigned to patrol the city’s defense along with the five hundred dragon knights left in the city.
On the other hand, Ye Yinzhu and the other mages had a much more fortable life.
They could do as they pleased each day in the warm military camp without any interference.
As the noble mages, even the dragon knights held them in high esteem.
After all, the power of mages is too vital in a war.
News, pouring in like snowflakes, continuously came from the front line, and the war began on the fifth day after Ye Yinzhu and the others arrived at Konya City.
“See here,” Oliveira stood in the large tent, pointing at the bat map and said, “The Beastman’s plundering for food is not the real launch of the war.
To gain more benefits and to keep us incapable of looking after everything, they usually divide their troops into small groups of a hundred, with the wolf riders, known for their speed, mainly responsible for the looting.
As soon as they seize the food, they retreat immediately.
They even retreat as soon as they encounter a large group of our troops, leaving us in a state of disarray.
For them, attaining enough food is a victory.”
In Konya City, even Oliveira could barely bear the loneliness.
Okaful hadn’t e back, and he suspected that his second brother took the five hundred dragon knights to the front line secretly.
Helplessly, he could only lecture about the autumn defense war to the other students in the military camp, using the bat map.
Most of those interested in Oliveira’s class were warriors, but Ye Yinzhu was an exception, as he had a keen interest in military affairs, especially the various battle examples given by Oliveira.
He stood beside Oliveira and asked, “So how should we cope with this?”
Oliveira said, “Our border with the Northernmost Wilderness extends for several thousand miles.
It’s impossible to defend this long battle line pletely.
Assemble thirty corps, which means three hundred thousand men.
Based on Holy Heart City, let one corps protect every hundred miles, forming a large net, waiting for the enemy to trap themselves.
Of course, we cannot defend it pletely.
Some food will always be seized by the Beastmen.
That can’t be helped.
Beastmen are too ferocious.
If they are indeed driven to desperation, who knows what they would do.
To guard against the possible offensive of a large Beastmen’s army, we also have two hundred thousand elite troops in Holy Heart City, including five thousand dragon knights.
Once the Beastmen launch a large-scale attack, our main force will give them a fierce counterattack.” As he spoke, he raised his fist forcefully, as if he were the mander of this war.
While others were either absorbed in his discourse or thinking about it, Ye Yinzhu asked, “Brother Oliveira, what’s the parison of the number of our troops and the Beastmen’s?”
Oliveira looked at him approvingly and said, “The Beastmen’s army is not unified.
There are several tribes within them, and among these, there are seven or eight powerful tribes.
Each tribe has its own sphere of influence.
Of them all, the Thunder God Tribe that owns the Thor Hammer Fort is the most powerful with about four hundred thousand troops.
The other tribes have fewer troops.
In total, the number of Beastmen’s troops will not be less than two million.
They are confronting us, Milan, and also the two kingdoms of Ascoli and Flore.
On our side, our country has a permanent border garrison of five hundred thousand men, Ascoli has two hundred thousand, and Flore Empire has three hundred thousand, totaling one million troops.”
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