Chapter 78: The so-called Yanlong

When the atmosphere on the front line has tightened to its limit, the Icote Valley is also tense and depressed. In the past year, the scale of Hope Town has expanded again. A heavily armed soldier patrols back and forth. The scout hurried in and out of the town.
　　 In addition, the crossbow machines outside the town’s fence are enough to illustrate the urgency of the current situation.
　　The war has not broken out yet, but the entire Hope Town is already on the verge of an enemy-because everyone knows that what they are about to face is the army of Stasi who has been fighting for more than ten years.
　　Even if the lord of the Icot Valley is the Earl of Earl who supports the new king ascended to the throne, this is not annoying to reduce the tension in people's hearts.
　　 "One more confirmation! What is the enemy is on standby? Can they give us a reliable report... I want to know: the front line, what is going on!" General Igor looked at the map and exclaimed angrily.
As the commander-in-chief of the Yanlong Fortress, he is not in the fortress at the moment but in the Icote Valley, which is dozens of kilometers away. Yanlong Fortress!
　　 Just like the previous analysis, this war is definitely not a close battle. Falkenridge's army is inferior to Stasi in almost every aspect, and the result of the frontal confrontation is definitely a complete defeat.
　　The disadvantage is so great that it is difficult for a famous general like Tuttle to recover, not to mention Igor is just a general with a decent level.
　　 Therefore, General Igor did not set the goal to completely defeat the enemy, but to consume the opponent's strength as much as possible.
In addition to the Yanlong Fortress, Igor also laid out four lines of defense in front of the Icot Valley to weaken Stasi’s vigorously. In this case, waiting for work is probably Falkenridge’s only advantage. .
If the war can develop according to Igor's expectations, then Stasi may reconsider the plan to deepen and occupy Falkenridge because of excessive casualties, and that is where Falkenridge's vitality lies at that time. .
　　 Besides, as the highest commander, the things he needs to worry about are not limited to the strategic level.
　　 On the tactical level, the news just now made him almost scolded. In fact, if it is not for the fact that this is Ai Luo's site, many people around are also Ai Luo's men, Igor really wants to curse.
　　 Take a look, it is disgusting enough for him to face such a large strategic pressure. And now that Stasi was about to fully attack, suddenly there was no movement on the opposite side, which made Igor feel guilty.
　　 He suspected that Grand Duke Jon was doing little tricks, or even planning a big conspiracy. Driven by this thought, his irritable heart almost jumped out of his chest now.
"Damn it! Notify Earl Earl immediately and let him... know what we are facing!" He was silent for two seconds, and then ordered the messenger behind him to tell the mysterious Earl Earl first. .
　　 But before the messenger came out, a few people walked in at the door, all in black robes, with a badge painted with rose flowers on the chest.
　　 "General Igor, what happened, why are you so anxious?"
　　 Igor knew the head of the person, and that was the mayor of Hope Town, the goblin Raja.
　　 It is said that Raja had followed Earl Earl a long time ago, and he was considered a close friend of the latter. And recently he seems to have joined a small church founded by Earl Earl to believe in a called Yanlong.
　　 The black robe and the emblem are two of the iconic symbols of this church.
　　 Although I look down on flame dragons in my heart and don't like goblins very much, this is the territory of Earl Earl at any rate. Igor is not the Duke of Tuttle, he has all-important capital, and currently he does not want to make the relationship froze.
　　 So he had to tell Raja what he had encountered: "It just so happens. You have to know about this. It's better to tell the earl."
　　 "On my front, Stasi's army stopped in an inexplicable position. They were very close to us, but they did not attack immediately. This is unusual."
"Oh, my Lord General, Lord Earl has already anticipated that the enemy will not attack." Raja was obviously relieved, and turned to smile at the entourage composed of goblins, lizardmen, kobolds and orcs behind him. Laughed, "Looks like Lord Earl is really wise."
　　 "Yes, yes, the count knows everything!"
　　 "The one I admire most is the earl."
　　 The followers who are also members of the church nodded in agreement, not knowing whether it was true or false.
　　 Seeing this scene, Igor couldn't help but snorted in his heart, but he still didn't show it.
　　Look, then Yanlong Church is definitely a gathering place for dishonest people! It doesn't matter if you absorb goblins and orcs, how can even lizardmen and kobolds be believers?
　　 And after being in contact for the past few days, he found that some members of this church seemed to have an almost blind fanatical belief in the lead Earl.
　　 This reminds him of some churches in the dark camp that have appeared in history, and because of this, he believes in the God of Light even more displeased with Earl Earl, who has never met.
　　 Had it not been for the enemy's pressure now, he wouldn't want to stay here for another minute!
　　 "Maybe it's just that they want to encircle and eat our troops in one go." Igor tried to focus on the business, he thought about it, and said a less likely guess.
　　 "I think it's impossible, General." Raja was confident in the soldiers on his side. "Although I am not very good at military affairs, I can see that they would be too arrogant."
　　 This is not Raja's nonsense, but the fact. Although Falkenridge’s army is inferior to Stasi, it is said that Kenridge is also one of the nine kingdoms. As the saying goes, "Sleeping lions are more terrible than barking dogs." There are no gaps between them.
　　 In other words, Stasi can now defeat Falkenrich even if they attack, but the losses that follow will make them unable to launch any more attacks.
　　 "It makes sense..."
　　 General Igor also had to admit that what Raja said was really right this time-but in this way, he couldn't figure out what Stasi wanted to do.
　　 Now it is not only him, but almost all middle-level and high-level officers in the Falkenridge Border Force finally understand a truth: sometimes, fighting is easier than waiting for this kind of dangerous and strange.
　　 Everyone is guessing what exactly the army of the Principality of Stasi is doing and what they are waiting for. Will he attack suddenly after waiting, or will he retreat quietly, as if nothing happened.
　　 "What do they want to do?" At this time, this question revolved around the heart of every commander and couldn't get rid of it.
　　 A moment ago, in the central castle in the Icote Valley, Ai Luo also sneered when he heard this question.
　　 "Raja, my faithful servant."
　　 The black dragon straightened up, and a large amount of gold and silver jewels rolled off his body, "Grand Duke Jon will not give an attack order."
　　 "Master, please forgive your foolish servant."
Raja leaned down with some trepidation-if it wasn't for the deadly substance on Ai Luo's body, he could even kiss Ai Luo's front paws now-taking a deep breath, as if it would be able to muster the courage. .
　　 One year later, Ai Luo's Longwei effect has become a bit stronger, and Raja passed his physical peak a year ago, and his ability to bear it is not so good. This increase and decrease made Raja even more in awe in front of Ailuo.
"Although Raja doesn't understand war, this is what the other adults mean..." Raja bowed deeply again, "If they attack, Yanlong Fortress will probably be difficult to prevent. At that time, the flames of war will be drawn. In the valley..."
　　 It's no wonder that he is so concerned about war, after all, his ethnic group has finally found such a place where they can develop with peace of mind. If the Icote Valley is affected, maybe everyone will leave their homes again.
　　 That kind of hard life, if it were changed five years ago, maybe Raja would have survived through gritted teeth. But for the past five years, he has lived in a situation where he almost has no worries about food and clothing, and he has long been unable to get used to the life of turmoil.
　　 Of course, ethnic group is more important.
　　 In the past five years, Raja has almost watched his ethnic group from less than one hundred at the beginning to close to one thousand now, and this is only the number of goblins. If we count the residents of Hope Town such as kobolds, lizardmen, orcs, half-orcs, and humans, there are more than two thousand people under him!
　　 This is not a small number. Even if two thousand people are only in his name, the huge sense of vanity can completely suffocate an intelligent creature that was originally innocent.
　　 On the other hand, once the war breaks out, there will be no idea how many people will be left in the end. This is naturally a huge blow to Raja.
　　 But before Raja could finish, Ai Luo let out a sneer again.
"Raja," he deliberately lowered his voice, but the growing vocal organs after he entered adolescence also made his voice very loud. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com "You are my most loyal servant and also the Yanlong Church. The only patriarch at the moment, you know what you should do."
"the host……"
　　 Raja suddenly burst into cold sweat on his forehead.
　　 Ai Lu has never avoided calling himself this way in front of outsiders, so all the residents of Icourt Valley know that he is the lord’s favor.
　　 And in recent years, in the church where Alona has just taken shape, he has also served as the head of the church. At this moment, the badge of black rose and four silver leaves on the chest shows the noble status of this identity.
　　 There are currently seven classes in the Yanlong Church, from bottom to top: ordinary believers, internal believers, high-level believers, core believers, patriarch, pope, and pope. Among the last two classes, because the current scale of the church is still too small, there is no actual person in charge—that is to say, Raja is already under one dragon to a certain extent and above ten thousand people!
　　Although Raja is nominally unlikely to be on the same level as Hilkat and the others, to other dragons, Raja is undoubtedly Ai Luo's private property, and they can't run him at the risk of turning his face with Ai Luo.
　　 However, how much power also means how much responsibility.
　　 As the actual leader of the church, he must follow and realize Ai Luo's will, just as the Pope of the Vatican in Dawn will never violate the God of Backlight.
　　 This is what Ailuo means.
　　 "Raja, don't let arrogance cover your eyes." Ai Luo said, looking at the trembling goblin, his eyes swept across the castle.
　　 He stood up while speaking, his tone was slow but with an unquestionable tone: "I have always chosen my rebels as food, but this does not mean...I will not choose my subjects as food."