Pale Emblem

Chapter 185 Changes in Plans

"Master, I originally only wanted to control a few key figures, including Bill and his deputy commander, as well as their captains and professional guards. However, I found that both officers and soldiers were resistant to my charm ability."

Christine curled up her legs and sat down on the bed, her face showing expressions of grievance, anger, confusion, and a hint of uneasiness.

After listening to her explanation, Victor understood the cause and effect of the incident, but he had not yet fully understood the root cause of the repeated setbacks of the vampire and the slow progress of the mission.

First of all, Echo Town is located at the forefront of Godore's defense system and is the most vulnerable military town. The decision makers at the time spent a lot of thought on the defense function of Echo Town, spared no expense, built solid walls, set up crossbow turrets that supported each other, dug deep trenches, and accumulated rainwater to form a moat around Echo Town.

The average height of the town's walls was an astonishing 25 meters, enough to render most Orc invaders helpless. Even if a strong man like Quel'Ngra could climb the walls, he would be besieged by the half-elf army and would have little chance of doing anything.

It would be almost impossible for the Rocksplitting Clan and the Frostblade Clan to capture Echo Town on their own, but the situation would be different with Victor's help.

The shape of Huiyin Town on the map is like a date pit, with pointed ends and a long middle. Its only two city gates are the two ends of the date pit, one east gate and one west gate.

The west gate is close to the sloping road leading to Brown Town. It is the key point of defense and is usually heavily guarded. The east gate is relatively desolate and faces a steep and continuous ridge. It is a backup back gate.

Generally speaking, if the coalition forces of orcs and barbarians failed to break through the west gate and wanted to go around to the east gate, they would be subjected to continuous shooting from the city walls on their way in, resulting in heavy casualties. By the time they arrived at the east gate, the main garrison of Echo Town would have also been transferred to its position.

If the enemy leaders have any brains, they will not do such a thankless task.

Normally, the defense of the east gate of Echo Town is the weakest, and Clark's military staff will not pay special attention to the east gate.

Victor and his followers wanted to help the Rockbreakers capture Echo Town, and opening the city gates with internal and external cooperation was definitely a simple and effective method. The only place they could think of was the unimportant East Gate.

Currently, the intelligence they have shows that the one guarding the East Gate is a small regiment with about a hundred soldiers, including 27 professionals, 42 awakened ones, and the rest are ordinary soldiers who have received professional training. They cannot be considered elite, but their combat effectiveness is definitely stronger than the original garrison.

The commander of the regiment was named Bill, a fourth-level archer who was over fifty years old. He had served in the regular legion for more than 20 years. Later, due to his age and decline in personal strength, he had to retire from the legion. Then, through an introduction, he joined the famous Yinpanjiao family.

In the eyes of the Yinpanjiao clan, older professionals like Bill have rich military experience, but their potential has been exhausted. It is not worth spending a lot of effort to train and win them over, nor are they suitable for reuse.

The marginalized Commander Bill came into Christine's sight and became the target of the vampire.

In fact, at the beginning, Christine's first choice target was Bill's superior, Moya, the garrison commander of Echo Town.

Through the arrangement of Vice President Berg, Christine contacted Moya and found that the target, as the commander of 500 garrison soldiers, was obviously protected by the power of destiny and had a high resistance to charm abilities.

Due to time constraints, Christine decisively gave up the attack on Commander Moya and turned her attention to Bill, the garrison commander at the east gate of Echo Town.

However, Commander Bill is also resistant to the charm power. Although he is not as resistant as General Clark and Commander Moya, he makes it possible for Christine's powerful charm to fail.

If powerful charm fails, then violent charm is the last resort.

Christine took a cautious attitude and did not rush to enslave Commander Bill. Instead, she used natural charm on him continuously to wear down his will.

Natural charm is a special aura of the bloodline of the devil. It does not consume Christine's energy, and there is no limit to the number of charms. However, the effect of charm is weak. It can only disintegrate hostility, win favor, gain trust, and wear down will, gradually increasing the success rate of powerful charm and violent charm.

Simply put, influenced by his natural charm, Bill would often obey Christine's wishes on some unimportant matters, but once it came to issues of principle, he would most likely not give in.

If Christine asks Bill to open the gates to the orc invaders, Natural Charm will have no effect, but will not incur any additional hatred from Bill.

There is a flaw in the powerful charm, and failure to charm will attract hatred. This means that Christine can only succeed in charming Commander Bill, and failure is not allowed, otherwise she will be completely exposed. The only remedy is to use violent charm on Bill, either enslaving him or killing him.

It would be fine if the enslavement was successful, but if it failed, Bill would have no choice but to be killed, which would lead to uncontrollable consequences.

General Clark is sure to search the entire town and investigate the murderer, but the situation will only get worse.

After some consideration, the vampire decided to take it slow before dealing with Commander Bill.

She has limited energy. In addition to Bill, the garrison commander of the East Gate, dozens of heralds under General Clark are also on her seduction list.

The so-called heralds were actually Clark's trusted servants. They only needed to be smart, eloquent, and loyal to their master to be able to run errands and pass messages.

The Herald's strength was very average, and he had almost no ability to resist the powerful charm of the vampire. He soon fell under her spell, and his mind and will were distorted.

With the assistance of Vice President Berg, Christine quietly controlled 16 heralds in three days, accounting for a small half of the total number of heralds. They were fully capable of delivering false information and false orders, creating chaos in Echo Town and facilitating the rescue operation.

This made Christine regain her confidence, and she wanted to control all of Clark's heralds. Unfortunately, the more people she controlled with the powerful charm, the heavier her burden would be.

With her current ability, she can permanently enslave three sentient beings without any burden, provided that the life status of the enslaved cannot be much higher than that of the vampire. Secondly, there is a limit on the number and time of sentient beings that the vampire can control with powerful charm.

Taking Clark's Herald as an example, Christine can control up to 27 people at the same time, and the effective control time does not exceed 7 days on average, and the longest control time cannot exceed 12 days. Once it exceeds 12 days, these Heralds will recover their will and hate Christine, thus becoming immune to her powerful charm. Victor saw that Christine was overworked and had to restore her superpowers through hibernation, because she had charmed the 16 Heralds again in the past two days to prevent the control over them from weakening.

The problem now is that the soldiers or officers responsible for guarding the east gate can resist Christine's powerful charm, resulting in her being unable to control the east gate of Echo Town until now.

It should be said that we are still far from actually controlling the East Gate.

Christine was puzzled. Commander Bill resisted charm, the deputy commander, the captain, and the elite soldiers resisted charm, but the ordinary half-elves among the garrison soldiers were actually resistant to her powerful charm.

After listening to Christine's story, Victor had no idea why she was confused.

His silence made the followers present feel pressured. The person involved, Christine, was the saddest. Her pretty and delicate face lost color, and her pair of white slender hands twisted the edge of her nightgown and were still trembling slightly.

Victor noticed Christine's pitiful appearance, turned his head to look at the others, and said with a sense of realization: "Everyone, don't be so depressed... If you encounter a problem, let's work together to find a solution."

"Let me first talk about my opinion... Well, I have awakened a memory about the knowledge of psychics, but I have not been able to prove the authenticity of this knowledge... We regard the mind that can have spiritual life as a unique life form, called a mental body."

"...The mind body absorbs 'sunlight and water' like weeds, and then grows wantonly. Christine's charm ability is like a gardener's shears, which can trim the spreading mind body weeds and transform them into what you need, thereby achieving control over the target."

"The Charm Power can modify the minds of others, which means that the mind can be modified... For example, the military!"

"The military's discipline and reward and punishment system will transform every soldier into a qualified soldier. Those who are unqualified will be kicked out of the team. Those who remain will have similar mental bodies, form commonalities, and then build a complete collective consciousness that transcends the individual. They have the characteristics of mutual alignment, mutual supervision, and automatic correction... Well, there is a saying that it is the soul of the army."

"Christine, it's no problem for you to mow the weeds, but it's difficult to mow other people's gardens. You just made some tampering, and the gardener will immediately notice the problem and automatically repair it. So, you are not charming a soldier, but a collective consciousness." Victor made his own summary and emphasized: "I don't know if what I said is right, but I think the problem you are facing should be like this."

For the vampire, the most important thing now is that the master does not seem to be disappointed in her, so she immediately became energetic, raised a slender hand to touch her full and upright breasts, and said in a delicate voice: "It turns out that it is not that my ability has failed, but that I chose the wrong opponent. I was scared to death... The master is really amazing. He found the root of the problem as soon as he came back."

The alchemical snake tentacles changed Christine's appearance, which actually lowered her appearance. However, her charm came from the characteristics of her lustful bloodline, and her every move revealed a feminine charm.

Christine acted coquettishly towards her master, and the ranger sisters beside her could only stare at her helplessly, as they could never learn her natural and charming style.

"So, your charm ability is ineffective on the army, leaders, and chiefs?" Jessica did not hide her jealousy towards the banshee.

Christine immediately puffed up her cheeks, glared at the female ranger, and defended herself: "It's not ineffective, it's just a little more difficult."

"The problem now is that you failed to control the East Gate, right?" Ruth raised her thin eyebrows and asked calmly.

This is a practical problem. If they cannot control the city gates, they will have no way of letting the orc invaders in. The orcs cannot get in, and they will have no chance to escape with nearly a hundred half-blood survivors.

The key to the rescue plan lies in controlling a city gate in Echo Town.

Christine said seriously, "I have a last resort. Now I go to the East Gate with Berg every day to visit Commander Bill. In fact, we go into their barracks and use natural charm on the soldiers and officers we meet."

"Continuous natural charm can gradually weaken their will to resist. On the last day, I will use violent charm on all members of the Bill Regiment!"

Victor looked incredulous and asked, "Violent Charm, targeting more than 100 soldiers at the same time? Are you sure you can do it?"

Christine sighed and shook her head, "Master, this is a helpless choice, because I have no other choice. Only when the orcs attack us, we won't be afraid of being exposed and can go all out... As for the confidence, I am not absolutely sure. In the best case, I can control fifty or sixty people on the spot. In the worst case, I can control more than 20 people, but I guarantee that the people under control will be the most elite professionals."

Upon hearing this, Shield Guard Harvey immediately asked, "What about those who are out of control? Should we kill them on the spot without leaving any alive?"

"They must be killed on the spot." Christine nodded and asked, "Why, do you sympathize with the innocent?"

"Innocents? Pah, they are lackeys of Silver Plate Corner. If I frown while killing them, I will be sorry for those guys they killed... What I want to say is that killing people is called mutiny. Clark, that bastard, will send troops to suppress it immediately."

"Can the people you control hold the city gates until the orcs and barbarians rush in?"

Christine was stunned for a moment. She didn't know enough about the military to completely ignore another consequence of this method.

Clark quickly sent troops to suppress the rebellion and closed the city gates in time, causing their rescue plan to fail.

"People who are under the spell of violent charm will not survive for more than two months. I can stimulate their potential and greatly improve their combat capabilities in a short period of time. In addition, I can also send Berg and his dumb slaves to the east gate to resist Clark's attack." Christine quickly made additional comments.

Harvey nodded and said, "I still want to remind you that if Clark was in the city at that time, he would definitely try to regain control of the East Gate at all costs... It would be a fierce battle, and the rescue plan might fail."

The room became quiet. Victor thought for a long time, stood up from the bed, and said slowly: "It seems that things will not always go as planned, and plans will not be smooth sailing... In this case, we can also have a bloody battle with the private soldiers of Silver Plate Corner at the east gate of Echo Town!"