Chapter 454 One Month
"Teacher, thank you for teaching me, I will work hard to practice them."
Polaris calmed down from his excitement and said in a deep voice.
Snap!
Everyone just heard a snap of the fingers.
Cards flew out of Jack's hand, as if by magic. Amidst the continuous clattering sounds, dozens of cards flipped and spun, ejected into the air in the tent, and began to fly around him again.
Finally, like birds returning to their nests, the cards neatly piled up and landed in Jack's palm.
"The Western War will continue for a while. You can use this opportunity to hone your combat skills and become familiar with the abilities of [Magician]..."
Chen Lun put the poker in his palm into Polar Star's hand.
"Next, I'm looking forward to your performance."
"Yes, teacher."
Polaris held the poker tightly and said solemnly.
Although he knew it was just an ordinary deck of cards, it contained the teacher's expectations for him.
Polaris takes this expectation very seriously.
At this time, the curtain of the tent was opened, and in the astonished eyes of everyone, a dozen short figures walked in from the outside.
They are black cats that walk upright, wearing leather armor, carrying a series of tactical bags on their waists, and even carrying swords that obviously do not fit their body types.
The player couldn't bear the curiosity and abandoned the exploration, but what was displayed was a series of unknown horizontal lines. Only the bright red names indicated that they were not easy to mess with. The leader is a black cat with a brown leather eyepatch on its left eye and a giant ax on its back. There is a name hanging above its head——
[Captain of the Circus Black Cat Samurai Team-Nada]
The black cats ignored everyone and went straight to Jack's table. The black cats followed the example of humans and saluted the leader and said:
"Mr. Jack, Miss Floy and the others have completed their mission. Let us go back and report to you first."
“Well done.”
Chen Lun nodded and praised.
Na Da briefly stated what happened, how the circus cadres followed the plan, bypassed the defense of the bridgehead, found the underground passage prompted by the regiment leader in advance, and lurked there to wait, and finally intercepted Anlong's defeated army.
Some accidents occurred during this process, but Floy was very clever and easily solved the trouble.
As Nada spoke, a smile appeared on Chen Lun's face.
Although he had already secretly observed this through the [Pale Mark], hearing the process from his subordinates again was a completely different feeling.
At the same time, the players in the tent expressed surprise after hearing these contents. They did not expect that the enemy was so completely defeated in this battle because Mr. Jack had already arranged it.
"——No wonder I haven't seen the circus officials before. It turns out that they have been hiding in the bridgehead."
"——I would say it was too coincidental at that time. Anlong's army had just started to retreat, and we received the task of going to the underground passage to surround the enemy."
"——As expected of Mr. Jack, I'm afraid he has divined all this a long time ago, or is it the 'guide of fate'? Hahaha..."
Dongyang and others were communicating in the channel, and Su Keying spoke at this time:
"——By the way, have you ever read the game forum? Players from the Miracle Guild have posted some posts to share their camp's missions... One of the things has aroused a lot of discussion, saying that it is actually buried under the bridgehead. There was a large amount of explosives. The Anlong Army originally planned to detonate them when they evacuated, but for some reason they couldn't light the fuse, and even burning the gunpowder with an open flame at close range didn't work."
"——Huh? Is there still such a thing?!"
"——According to this, An Longfang still had a hand in hand. Fortunately, the explosive did not explode, otherwise the imperial army may have suffered heavy losses... We will probably die in the explosion once."
"——Those Anlong descendants are really ruthless..."
"——Hey, since Jack knows the enemy's retreat position, it's impossible that he doesn't know about the explosives... You guys said, is it his fault that the gunpowder cannot be detonated?"
"——Hey! It makes sense! Brother Beizi, you are Jack's student. Just ask, maybe you can trigger some tasks..."
Polaris glanced at the speeches on the channel, thoughtfully.
Are there still a lot of explosives under the bridgehead? !
Does the Imperial Army know about this?
So...
Where is the teacher?
He was silent for a few seconds, and finally decided to ask out loud, as a reminder if the teacher didn't know.
"Teacher, I have something to report to you."
Polaris raised his hand like a student asking a question in class.
Chen Lun sat on the chair, turned his eyes to look at him, and then smiled:
"Say it."
"It's about the Hercule Bridgehead... We got some information from other undead strangers through some special channels. Someone found a large amount of buried explosives under the bridgehead."
All the players were watching Jack's expression, trying to find some clues. However, what surprised them was that Jack just nodded lightly.
The next second, the other person's eyes scanned everyone, and the pupils seemed to bloom with radioactive patterns, which was mesmerizing.
The players present received the prompts from the panel——
[You are affected by Jack Spate's ability! 】
Immediately, the scene in the tent in the player's sight changed and turned into a terrifying scene... Under the dim red sunset, the bridgehead standing on the other side of the Benavides River in the distance exploded in the gloomy environment. , countless soldiers did not even scream, and were instantly torn into pieces by the fire.
Several deafening loud noises were made in succession, and the bridgehead was shrouded in smoke and explosions, turning into a horrific fiery ruin!
Immediately.
Everyone recovered from their trance and found that they were still in the tent. Jack's voice came slowly:
"Well, according to the original fate line, the more than 20,000 soldiers of the Imperial Army will disappear together with the Hercule Bridgehead and be destroyed in a horrific explosion..."
The players looked shocked and looked up to see Jack with a calm face.
"But destiny has been changed."
Although he didn't say it explicitly, more than a dozen players already heard the subtext from his words...
"——Is it really Jack?! He was the one who eliminated the big explosion that originally happened!"
"——Fuck...it turns out there is such a hidden plot. If Su Keying hadn't mentioned the forum post, we wouldn't have known about it."
"——Do you think there are many major events in these two versions that have been changed by Jack a long time ago, but we don't know about it? Or are there other fate-based bosses hiding in the dark?"
"——His, it's scary to think about it..."
"——Brother Beizi, can you help me ask if Jack still accepts students? I can open an account again to practice the fate system... As long as I think about being able to reverse the world line like Jack in the future, I feel too So cool!”
"——Yes, this ability is so powerful! I also want to switch careers and play the destiny system!"
Polaris just rolled his eyes at this and pretended not to see it.
Not long after, Jack said to the players:
"Okay, the battle at the bridgehead has just ended. I'm a little tired and want to take a rest."
Everyone heard the subtext, looked at each other, and stood up to leave.
After the players left, Chen Lun asked the black cats some trivial matters. Nada took the lead and meowed twice before answering respectfully.
Until Chen Lun was the only one left in the tent.
"Huh..."
He let out a breath, leaned back in his chair and rubbed his temples.
The first battle of the Western War finally came to a perfect end. Through advance preparation, I gained a lot of benefits from it...the most important of which was experience points.
Chen Lun opened the panel to check and immediately smiled.
【Experience: 214W/45W】
'During this period, through the accumulation of reading books, plus the kill rewards in the Battle of Hercule Bridgehead, I have accumulated more than two million experience points... A considerable part of this comes from the efforts of the players, and they can also kill enemies. Share some experience with me. ’
Without hesitation, he directly added his experience points to his main profession [Juggler LV40], raising it to four levels. The remaining 200,000 experience points were no longer enough to continue improving, so Chen Lun had to give up.
[As the main career level increases, you feel that your body has been strengthened. The upper limit of life is +200, the upper limit of physical strength is +200, the upper limit of sanity is +2, the strength is +2, the endurance is +2, the dexterity is +4, and the intelligence is +4! 】
[You have gained 4 skill points and 4 attribute points! 】
Chen Lun looked at the panel and sighed to himself that it was getting harder and harder to upgrade.
‘I hope that through the next battle, both [Juggler] and [Inscriber] can be fully upgraded... Only in this way can the triggering conditions of the promotion mission be met. ’
He shook his head.
The next few days.
Chen Lun led his men and stayed at the Hercule bridgehead. After being cleaned, swept and repaired by the Imperial Army, it gradually became completely new.
Perhaps the rear area received the good news from General Vance and began to send advance supply troops from the cities on the border of the empire.
Chen Lun secretly guessed that perhaps, as General Vance said, the Imperial Army would pass through the Hercule Bridgehead and send troops continuously into the hinterland of the Principality of Yako, thereby greatly affecting the frontal battlefield.
On this day, he was chatting with Floy and other subordinates in his temporary residence when he suddenly received a prompt from the panel——
[Because of your actions in the "Battle of Hercule Bridgehead", your deeds are spread among the 14th Army of the Empire's Western Expeditionary Force...]
[Regional popularity increased by 3 points! It is currently 140 points! (Another: Epic singing level 4 points)]
"What's wrong?"
Floy asked doubtfully as she refilled his black tea.
Chen Lun came back to his senses, smiled slightly, and shook his head.
"Nothing..."
But I secretly thought:
‘We are not far from the 5 points of epic singing required for promotion...’
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The smoke of war in the West continues to fill the air.
Although residents in cities far away in the empire could not see the specific process, many dedicated war reporters accompanied the army and recorded many details on the front line.
After being verified by the military's audit department, the written news passed through the operations of each media company, was printed from the factory, and sold to every household.
"Victory for the Empire!"
"The radiance of the sun fills the entire continent!"
"Rebellious children will eventually return to their father's arms!"
"Three hundred and twenty years, the lost territory is back!"
All kinds of exciting headlines fill the daily news of various newspapers. Countless upper-class nobles and wealthy businessmen talked about the war in public, and no one felt disgusted by it. On the contrary, pride and superiority filled the hearts of every imperial citizen.
Time flies, and nearly a month has passed since Chen Lun went on an expedition with the army.
The imperial army was divided into multiple army groups and moved towards the Anlong United Kingdom to fully suppress the border.
Chen Lun's Fourteenth Army relied on the Hercule bridgehead to continuously compress the scope of activities of the Principality of Yako, occupying one town after another.
Through this, he can also get a glimpse of the situation on other battlefields... The situation of the Anlong United Kingdom has probably reached a critical point.
Perhaps in less than half a month, the opponent will be defeated and surrender.
This was not a fair duel in the first place. Looking at the entire continent, even the three kingdoms of Beelzebub, Byron and Shuoli are just vassals of the Cuisul Empire, not to mention Anlong, who lives in the cracks. of the United Kingdom.
The Trisur Empire is recognized as the strongest country and almost unified the continent four thousand years ago. It's amazing that Anlong can sustain it for more than a month.
On this day, Chen Lun followed the imperial army, which had increased its troops to more than 50,000 people, and came to a forest that looked like a primitive land.
This area is already the hinterland of the Principality of Yaco. Sixty kilometers further, you will reach the Nabil Forest Castle, which is the largest city besides the capital of the Principality of Yaco.
"Captain, we have received news from the military. The capital of the Principality of Sherrol was captured by the Imperial Army yesterday evening, and it announced its surrender overnight... The Principality of Tsbolleba is being surrounded by four army groups, and I am afraid that it will also support It won’t take long. The other small countries were easily swept away by the imperial army. Now as long as we win here, the war should be almost over, right?”
Councilor Frey raised his wine glass in the carriage, took a sip, and asked Chen Lun respectfully.
"Well...if nothing else, that's probably the case."
Chen Lun nodded slightly.
He turned to look out the window. Although this was a forest, the trees were not lush. Instead, they looked short and sparse... He didn't know whether it was due to the species or the geographical environment.
Densely packed soldiers marched silently in sight, followed closely by countless giant carriages. The animals in the forest seemed to sense the danger and did not dare to make any calls. There was silence all around.
Recalling his experiences during this period, Chen Lun took a sip of milk with some boredom.
He led his team and participated in several large and small battles with the army, but nothing special happened. Mainly because he was fighting with the wind and there was not much he could do.
At most, it is to continuously release some enemy-killing tasks to players through the panel to encourage them to gain experience points for themselves. The harvest was pretty good, and millions of experience points were gained.
Chen Lun stuck his head out of the car window and looked ahead.
Beyond the swarming figures of the army, only trees blocking the view and some crooked gravel roads could be seen.
It is now mid-to-late June, the temperature is gradually rising, and the environment is filled with muggy heat.
Through the forest, Chen Lun seemed to see the castle in the distance, and thought to himself:
‘This should be the last battle I can participate in, but it’s probably not that simple...’
The reason why he had such an idea came from the reminder of spiritual intuition and the foretelling of last night's dream.
In the dream, roses bloomed all over the walls of the forest castle, and bright red flowers bloomed on the corpses of countless soldiers, which was so beautiful.
'Behind the Anlong United Kingdom, there is the support of the Beelzebub Kingdom... The Rose Royal Family will not sit back and watch them lose easily. ’
Chen Lun's eyes were deep. (End of chapter)