Chapter 793: Talking on Paper (22)
Dead? Who is dead?
High Priest Carter was immediately stunned and looked at Lamorlock with a mocking smile on his lips.
“Don’t worry, I’ll just say it casually and keep reading.”
The latter didn’t seem to mean to explain, he just stretched out his index finger and lightly crossed it on the table. An unknown force twisted it into a topographic map.
A terrain map that is exactly the same as the sand table in the command room on the main peak of Sumir, except that the distribution of troops on the Sumir side is not marked, and the level of detail is even better!
"Yes, my lord."
High-ranking priest Carter composed himself, and then continued to read: "According to reliable information, the leader of the mountain attacking force, Lucius Rai Strange's high priest discovered an unknown fluctuation at about 9:30 this morning. The source was on the mountainside on the east side of Sumir's main peak. According to feedback from a scout with aerial reconnaissance capabilities, a highly suspicious force seemed to be stationed there. The Holy Religion United Expeditionary Force has about a thousand people, mainly composed of paladins and chaplains."
Lamorlock closed his eyes and seemed to be sleeping, nodded slightly, and confirmed softly: " About a thousand people?”
“Yes, sir, at least it says about a thousand people.”
Carter glanced at the parchment in his hand again and said seriously: "And it has been confirmed by High Bishop Lucius that there are at least people from the Sun and Dawn sects in that team, and they also include at least one epic priest. "
Lamorlock had just added a touch of gold to the logo with 'Sumir Main Peak' in cursive letters in the upper left corner of the desktop. Hearing this, he narrowed his eyes thoughtfully: "This How to get this message "
"Hmm"
Carter glanced down at the information in his hand, and after searching for a while he said slowly: "It seems because the scout was nowhere near a hundred meters away. He was shot down by a [Condensing Light Arrow] without any resistance, so according to the judgment of Senior Bishop Lucius, the one who can achieve this level must be at least an epic level priest."
"Condensing Light Arrow. ”
Lamorlock flexed his fingers and raised his glasses. It only took him a second to remember all the information about this skill, and then he mused: "You can accurately lock and shoot down a high-level person through this lowest level of basic magic. Knight, and there is still a distance of hundreds of meters in the middle. If he could really achieve this, why didn't he just kill the scout with an instant move [Holy Word: Light Waterfall] or [Sword of Holy Judgment]? ?”
Carter did not answer. He knew very well that what Lamorlock just said that seemed to be a question actually had nothing to do with him. It was just something the latter murmured to himself subconsciously while thinking. It's just talking to yourself. It would be bad if you were smart enough to give an answer that you don't know what to say.
Sure enough, after a few short seconds, Lamorlock suddenly laughed, raised his head and winked at Carter: "I have thought of the answer, what about you?"
"Subordinate "Stupid."
Carter gave a pertinent answer without thinking. After all, in the strategic field, standing in front of Lamorlock, he could bear the word "stupid".
"In fact, as long as we think from another angle and change 'The person who can shoot down the scout in this way must be an epic priest' to 'Why did the epic priest spare the life of the scout', this question will immediately become simple and clear."
Lamorlock taps gently He knocked on the place that represented the 'Main Peak of Sumir' in the upper left corner of the table and chuckled: "There are three possibilities. First of all, the person who shot down our scout was not an epic level, or even a priest of the Dawn Sect. Or, that unfortunate plane crash was just an accident. , accounting for 20%; secondly, the epic priest of the Dawn Sect wanted to save the scout's life for some reason, so he deliberately showed mercy, accounting for 70%, as for the third place."
He After giving it up, he looked up at Carter with a smile: "You What do you think? "
Carter did not directly say that he was stupid this time, but after pondering for a moment, he said uncertainly: "Is the scout's information wrong? "
" Very beautiful answer.”
Lamorlock nodded slightly and looked at the other person with a half-smile: "You are very smart, Carter, and you also know how to use this smartness to please others. This has nothing to do with the word 'stupid'.'"< br>
Carter immediately shook his head with some fear: "You are exaggerating, my lord."
"Oh, you said "That's right."
Lamorlock didn't insist on praising the other party. He just shifted his gaze to the terrain map beside him and chuckled: "By the way, I didn't say that. You guessed it right.”
Carter was stunned for a moment, and then he looked at Lamorlock respectfully, pretending to be attentive.
"In fact, I am personally more inclined to the conjecture that 'the scout's intelligence is wrong'."
Lamorlock gently knocked on the location of Sumir's main peak and said playfully. My third guess: "There is something wrong with the scout himself, a big, big problem. This possibility accounts for 10%."
"There is something wrong with the scout himself?!"
No matter Carter, who had never thought of this possibility, opened his eyes wide and looked at Lamorlock with dumbfounded eyes: "But how is this possible, sir."
"Of course it is possible, dear Carter."
Lamorlock interrupted him gently and said leisurely: "It is true that in most cases, everyone including you will unconditionally believe in our 'Lord' after the first 'baptism', no matter how much you cherish, He is selfish and will never commit any act of betrayal, and since that scout can be accepted into the main formation of Lucius Lestrange's mountain attacking force, at best he must be a baptized quasi-believer, so it stands to reason It is said that the possibility of him betraying our Lord is very low."
While listening to Lamorlock's explanation that could almost be called blasphemy, Carter whispered in a cold sweat: "Then why did you just say that? Said"
"Because the vast majority of situations are not 'all situations', and the possibility is very low is not 'zero possibility'."
Lamorlock shrugged, and then unexpectedly. He raised his finger and pointed at himself: "For example, people from other worlds like me will not be subject to any form of thinking interference. There are also some people who are born with a strong will and can resist this 'three-view tampering' to a certain extent. For example, Tom Lestrange, who even Archbishop Eden cannot control, I have enough reason to believe that 'the glory of our Lord' must be very low in his mind."
"Big, my lord."
High Bishop Carter, whose back was almost soaked with cold sweat, swallowed hard and said dryly: "What exactly are the 'outsiders' you call"
"Stop pretending."< br>
Lamorlock waved his hand impatiently and said nonchalantly: "I don't believe in sending you to assist. , The people who monitor and investigate me will hide this matter, so it is better to make this part clear so that everyone can relax, or..." He opened his eyes that were always narrowed into two crescent moons. , the unabashed sadistic desire in his eyes that made Carter's legs weak was as calm and violent as the bottom of the deep sea.
“Are you going to insist that you know nothing about my situation?”
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A few seconds later, Carter, who saw himself drowning in a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, suddenly woke up and said in a trembling voice: "I'm sorry, Lord Lamorlock."
< br>"You don't have to be sorry. After all, this level of deception doesn't make me unhappy."
Lamorlock waved his hand, indicating that Carter could relax a little, and said lightly: "Now let's Let’s continue the armchair game and analyze the speculation that I personally think is at least 70% likely, which is the reason why the epic-level powerhouse deliberately spared the life of the scout~”
Carter was a little confused. He looked at Lamorlock and couldn't help but ask more: "But my lord, didn't you just say that there might be something wrong with that scout?"
"Yes, there is a one-in-ten probability that there is something wrong."
Lamorlock raised his eyebrows indifferently, and said in a calm tone: "If I were the commander of the mountain attack force in Northeast Parish The officer will naturally take out all the information that the scout has investigated. Get rid of it, or use him to make some targeted arrangements, but the problem is that Lucius Lestrange is not Lamorlock, so we can put the whole issue aside for the time being and concentrate on considering those that are more likely. Speculation.”
Carter I shuddered, and couldn't help but think of the days when I was with the man in front of me in the northern border of the Griffin Dynasty
When this gentle-looking man appeared on the battlefield, no matter where he was, position, regardless of whether he holds a scholar The soldiers are still a legion, and everything will dance under his baton as sharp as a sword. The blood and screams will be carefully woven into vicious notes, composing a symphony called "Victory". The sound echoed across the land piled with mountains of corpses and seas of blood.
He may tepidly eat away at everything outside the enemy's sight, and show his fangs at an ordinary moment, sending those who have long been marked with death to where they should go. place.
He may push the rhythm to the extreme from the very beginning, chanting despair with cold orders one after another, crushing anything that dares to stand in front of him, until the last poor man who dares to raise a weapon to resist infiltrates into the earth.
He also uses a technique called 'Ling Chi' to play with his opponents. With his calculations that are always completed one step ahead of the opponent, he pins the enemy to one place and then weaves vicious plots one by one. The trap, using hope as bait, has countless times made enemies who told themselves that they could escape alive if they persisted just a little longer, and issued a killing order without hesitation after the latter lost their will to fight and even knelt down and surrendered.
He is the last person in the world who should appear on the battlefield, and he is also the most suitable person in the world to appear on the battlefield.
Carter has heard many theories similar to 'kindness does not control soldiers' a long time ago, but he can swear on his own soul that the man named Lamorlock in front of him is definitely not 'unkind' So simple, in fact, those cruel orders that are enough to crush anyone's bottom line, those cold decisions that have no meaning at all except pain and despair, those simple, effective but unreasonable killings, are basically Lamorlock Results deliberately induced to please himself.
Whether it's an enemy or one of our own, the polite devil doesn't care at all. All he wants is the pain of his own kind.
Because his bottom line is 'victory', he has never failed, which is why the Theocracy values him so much.
But behind the series of miraculous and incredible victories, there are bloody answer sheets that are so dazzling that even Archbishop Moon Shadow dare not open them easily. It is also the reason why Lamorlock has rarely appeared in the front desk so far. core reasons.
For the core layer of the Southeast Diocese, every appointment of this God-favored person is a deal with the devil. It is completely impossible to measure whether it is a deal in which more is gained or more is lost. .
If the Griffin Dynasty really started a war as Lamorlock expected, a war that could sweep across the entire southeastern continent, would the Presbyterian Church headed by Archbishop Moon Shadow still be able to hold back as it is now? Use Lamorlock?
The answer is probably no
High Priest Carter, who fell into extreme panic just because of Ramolok's casual words, tensed up nervously, frightened by his crazy guess just now.
Lamorlock didn't seem to notice Carter's fear. Of course, it might be that he noticed it but didn't care. He just continued after a brief pause: "So, assuming the enemy deliberately stayed What was their purpose in killing the scout? This is not a complicated issue. Based on that report, I am 90% sure that what the other party wants to achieve is nothing more than 'deterrence'."
"Deterrence?"
Carter, who finally regained his consciousness, frowned and tried to keep up with Lamorlock's rhythm.
“Yes, it is a deterrent.”
The latter nodded slightly and smiled: "The content of the scout report is that a large number of warriors under the Holy Religion Alliance appeared on the main peak of Sumir. This is what they need to let Lord Lucius see, and this is undoubtedly a A kind of deterrence, especially for those who are cautious and afraid of losing money."
Carter thought about Lamorlock's words again and again, seeming to have some understanding, but not fully understanding them.
"Haha, what a good move. If this plan was formulated by the opponent's commander with reference to the Northeast Diocese's combat policy during this period, then this move is truly brilliant. But what about the opportunity? What is the opportunity?”
Lamorlock stood up excitedly. He came forward, put his hands on the table in front of him, stared at the map in front of him, and muttered words
"It is difficult for the Holy Religion Union to carry out a large-scale transfer of troops in a short period of time, even if it is a thousand people. , it is not easy to get around the main peak of Sumir through the monitoring range of Northeastern Parish.”
"Three dots, three dots. It's unrealistic. In other words, it's fake?"
"What's the reason? If it's intentional, what's the reason for them to do it."
"Wait a minute, this terrain, if a diagonal line is drawn. For example, through some clever means."
"Perfect segmentation, but this requires The premise is that that guy is definitely not a reckless person. He can't do something with such huge risks, so..."
"The key element is what prompted him to make up his mind, what made him suddenly confident , Holy Religion Alliance? No, no, they should be the party that is about to be involved, so it can only be"
"Oh, it's obvious."
Lamorlock's right hand gently pressed the position marked 'Blowing Snow Peak' on the topographic map. He suddenly looked up at Carter and smiled proudly: "This is it. ."
"What?"
"The reinforcements from the Northeast Parish were discovered!"
Chapter 786: End
(End of this chapter)