Pale Emblem

Chapter 186 The test of will

Victor made a decision and planned to fight against the elite private soldiers of Silver Plate Corner at the east gate of Echo Town with his followers, which was tantamount to using himself as a chip and putting himself on the gambling table.

This was by no means a rational decision. Victor even suspected that he was a little impulsive. The strange thing was that none of his followers objected, as if this was the right thing to do.

Last night, Victor and his followers wiped out more than thirty elite dragoons from Silver Plate Corner and more professional private soldiers at the Brown Town stronghold. The battle was like a crushing defeat and they encountered almost no effective resistance.

This does not mean that the private soldiers of Yinpanjiao are bad, or that Victor and his men are so powerful that they are invincible. The fact is that those private soldiers were completely unprepared for Victor's lightning night attack, and the terrain inside the hotel restricted their ability to form a formation for defense, so they were unlucky and were swept away by a group of extraordinary people.

In fact, the skills of Victor and his followers are more suitable for flexible tactics such as guerrilla warfare, raids, ambushes and assassinations, while position attack and defense are their weaknesses, which are the strengths of regular legions.

Can their limited manpower hold off the wave after wave of attacks from Yinpanjiao's private soldiers?

To be honest, Victor himself had no idea, but he knew that people with wind affinity had changeable temperaments and were easily impulsive, so he blinked, and his pure ice-blue eyes turned into crystal amber.

"Haha, Master Wiltok is back... Salute to you, the resistance fighter on the city wall, the benefactor of the residents of Brown Town." When Harvey saw the most familiar amber-eyed Victor, he saluted him with his hand on his chest and said half-jokingly.

At the beginning, the defense of the city wall of Brown Town was actually commanded by Victor. Not only that, the evacuation plan he formulated provided a chance for escape for most of the townspeople, including the adventurers who participated in the battle.

"I like Viktor the most." Jessica walked forward and hugged Viktor tightly, her face full of joy.

She and Ruth were also witnesses of the defense of the town wall of Braun, but the memory of that time is now far away.

Jessica just wanted to act like a spoiled child to Victor. She felt that Victor with amber eyes was more tolerant and patient, and he wouldn't get angry even if she hung on him. If it was Victor with ice blue eyes, she would definitely be thrown off by her master if she dared to act so presumptuous.

Amber eyes symbolize affinity with the earth element. Victor's personality is stable at this time. He will think carefully before making decisions and has more leadership style.

Switching to amber eyes is also to re-examine the decision to defend the east gate.

Victor let Jessica rub against him, and turned to the shield guard and said, "Harvey, if we must stop Clark's elite private soldiers at the East Gate, considering your career path, you are most likely to die in battle, so I want to hear your opinion first."

Harvey scratched his hair and said in confusion, "Sir, I have no opinion. I will listen to you."

"Uh...are you scared?" Victor asked again.

"Scared?" Harvey thought for a moment and shook his head. "I should be scared, but not too scared... Maybe I'm strong enough now, and it won't be that easy for Clark's private soldiers to kill me."

After he was transformed by the Demigod, his body became more violent and the fire of his soul was ignited. He was then implanted with alchemical snake tentacles. Harvey is now much stronger than most dragoons.

Because of his strength, Harvey is confident, and his confidence makes him fearless. At least he is not afraid of fighting, even if it is a dangerous and cruel positional battle.

Victor smiled and patted his broad shoulders. "Okay, I understand... Then, what about the others? Anyone of you who has different opinions can raise them."

He looked around and saw that everyone was shaking their heads at him, indicating that they had no different opinions.

"Since no one has any objections, I can only consider it more carefully." Victor nodded and continued, "Time is very tight, and there are many things you need to do as soon as possible."

Then, Victor began to make deployments. He first instructed the vampire banshee, "The main force of the Clark Legion is stationed in the military camp outside the town, but there are still many private soldiers of wealthy families in Huiyin Town. These private soldiers are a powerful force. I hope you can transfer as many of these wealthy families as possible."

Then, he recounted the story of the two heirs of Golden Claw and Golden Sunflower tracking down Chimera.

After listening to this, Christine nodded and said, "No problem, I just need to guide them a little bit, and those noble families will not be able to restrain their greed, and run out one after another to search for the second generation dragon blood... Hehe, I know very well that greed is their instinct."

The vampire was full of confidence, and Victor chose to believe her.

"Harvey, Ruth, go to Jinsha Town and talk to Maddie, Toddlin, and Doctor Cole. I don't care what method you use, but you must deal with the mayor and his wife of Jinsha Town within two days."

Victor's eyes were firm, revealing a coldness and toughness that made Harvey's heart contract violently. He tried to ask, "Sir, can you tell me how you want us to solve the problem?"

"Bribe, coerce, defraud or just kill them. You decide which method to use. Anyway, Jinsha Town must not become an obstacle to us. It must help us escape from the Godore Mountains."

The town of Jinsha took in Dr. Cole and a group of defeated soldiers as friends, but it was this "friendship" relationship that was the most difficult to handle.

"Friends" will of course provide help, but the backstab from "friends" is also more deadly.

However, as the successor leader of the Adventurer's House in Brown Town, Victor has no relationship with Jinsha Town at all. He cut the Gordian knot to solve the problem of Jinsha Town to ensure that the mayor and his wife could not violate the morality of "friends".

"Understood, we'll set off now."

The female ranger Ruth was very smart. She knew that Jinsha Town was the rear support point of the rescue operation and could play a key role. Apart from anything else, Victor rescued all the people, with a total number of nearly a hundred people. The food and clothing of so many people along the way depended on a batch of supplies provided by Jinsha Town.

The orcs' siege is imminent, and Jinsha Town must not hinder its master.

With this belief in mind, Ruth pulled Harvey along and quickly left the room without any delay.

Victor was very satisfied. He withdrew his admiring gaze and looked at the alchemist Dili. He instructed: "Dili, you are responsible for contacting the orc representative Ingrid... I drew a map with the specific contact points marked on it. You go there tonight."

"Okay." Dili agreed obediently, and was then pulled aside by Jessica to listen to her explain the map drawn by Master Victor himself.

Dili's demon skin allows her to fly naturally. The towering mountains of Godore cannot hinder her freedom of movement, making her the best liaison and scout.

“The rest of you…” Victor clapped his hands and said to everyone, “Listen to Christine’s arrangements. Help her if you can, and walk around and collect some information if you can’t.”

Christine's eyes flickered slightly, and she asked with a sweet smile: "Master, what about you? Will you help me too?"

Victor shook his head and said seriously, "I'm going to walk around town and then come back to sleep."

He was really going to sleep, but he was going to explore the entire Echo Town in his dreams. Although it was not the first time he had done this, the situation in Echo Town might have changed a little in the past few days. For example, he could go and see if there were any new letters or secret letters in Clark's study or bedroom; the correspondence between the young men sent by the noble families to gild their names and their families also had intelligence value.

Victor needs to spend time interpreting and judging all this information.

In addition, there is an unknown underground passage in Huiyin Town, which is about 1.3 kilometers long and leads to the forest outside the city wall. It may have been built in the early days of Huiyin Town as an alternative escape route.

In fact, most small towns have similar escape passages, but the secret passage in Echo Town has never been used. In addition, due to the long time and personnel changes, it has been forgotten.

When Victor explored the secret passage in his dream, he did not find any signs of maintenance, but the overall structure of the secret passage was basically intact. As long as the obstacles inside were cleared, it could still be used. In the original plan, Victor intended to use this secret passage to transfer all the survivors out. As for the dangerous task of opening the city gate to let the orcs in, it was given to Christine's puppet to do.

They didn't need to defend the East Gate, nor did they have to fight a bloody battle with Clark's private soldiers.

Although the situation has changed, the secret passage is still important, and Victor must confirm again that there is no problem with the underground passage.

Victor's workload is actually very heavy, far more than any of his followers. Of course, he can complete his work by sleeping, which can only be said to be an incredible ability.

When night fell, Christine, who had been busy all day, returned to her nest eagerly to ask for favor from her master.

In the living room outside the bedroom, Gladiator Kent was guarding the door. When he saw Christine coming in, his stern expression did not change at all, he just nodded to her as a greeting.

"Master, have you woken up?" Christine took off her long cloak and waited for Kent to take it as usual.

Kent stared at her and said, "The master hasn't woken up yet, but the master has said that if anyone has something to report, they can go in and wake him up." After a pause, he asked, "Why did you give me the cloak?"

"Uh... forget it." Christine shook her head and threw her cloak onto the coat rack in the corner of the living room. She turned to Kent and said, "I'll report to the master first. When the others come back, you can ask them to wait in other rooms. Is that okay?"

"I'll tell the others. I can't control whether they listen to you or not." Kent shook his head.

“Hmph.” Christine raised her delicate chin with a smile on her lips, pushed the door open and entered the bedroom, then bolted the door from the inside.

She woke Victor up and saw his master open his deep emerald eyes.

Victor found the blonde Christine wearing a short purple silk nightgown, sitting on the bed and staring at him lovingly. He couldn't help but frown and asked, "Why did you change back to your original appearance?"

“Anyway, no one can see us here… except the master.” Christine curled up beside Victor, resting her fair face on his thighs, letting her long golden hair bloom like flowers. She looked like a soft, beautiful and elegant pet cat.

Victor couldn't help but reach out and touch her soft hair and smooth and delicate face.

Christine was so happy that she wished her master would caress her like this forever.

As a half-elf with the blood of a succubus, she does not have the emotional needs of ordinary people, nor does she ask for respect. The social status and social relationships of mortals have no appeal to her. She only pursues pure desire, especially the desire from her master Victor. It doesn't matter whether the master treats her as a slave, mistress, servant, or even as a pet like a kitten or puppy; she feels like drinking honey when the master favors or whips, praises or humiliates, cares or abuses her.

The only thing a vampire fears is being forgotten by her master.

She herself is no longer a half-elf, but Master Victor is a half-elf, so she must think like a half-elf in order to please Master Victor.

Christine could sense the emotional changes of spiritual beings. She noticed that her master was in a low mood, so she asked softly, "Master, are you worried about something?"

Victor sighed and shook his head, "I find that the hybrid survivors being held captive by Clarke are not worth the risk we are currently taking. I feel terrible just thinking about the possibility of some of you dying in battle."

From the perspective of interests, the Vice President Berg captured by Christine has power, status, wealth and connections, which can be of great help to Victor, more useful than dozens of mixed-race awakeners combined. However, Christine arranged for Berg to defend the East Gate, which was tantamount to sending him to his death.

It is not worth sacrificing such a useful slave as Vice President Berg in order to rescue the hybrid survivors.

Speaking of feelings, when Victor lived in Braun Town, he rarely interacted with the mixed-race children in the training camp. He couldn't even say their names. And the shield guard Harvey was loyal to him and followed him all the way. Victor also trusted Harvey very much. If Harvey died on the city gate just to rescue the mixed-race survivors, it would not be worth it.

In fact, every one of Victor's followers was more useful than the half-bloods, and Victor had a closer relationship with them. The death of any follower in battle was a major loss that was difficult to make up for.

This is what makes Victor conflicted and depressed.

"What do you think I should choose?" He gently pinched Christine's chin and asked.

Christine twisted her body and moved forward, her flawless face pressed against Victor's chest, as if she was listening to her master's thoughts, but in fact she was allowing her master's hand to reach into her nightgown.

"Master, your determination remains unchanged?" the banshee looked up and said.

That’s right, Victor did not change his original intention of rescuing the survivors. Although he hesitated, he finally stood the test.

The human mind is like a weed, absorbing "sunlight, water and nutrients" and growing wildly. The so-called "sunlight, water and nutrients" refer to various external disturbances, such as pressure, temptation and so on.

Victor is under pressure now, but if he gives up the rescue plan because of the pressure, his mind will be like weeds growing randomly.

One thing is certain, the mental body with the characteristics of weeds is weak and will be eaten up by the vampire.

Of course Victor didn't have to worry about Christine, he just couldn't stand the fact that he was a complete weakling.

A truly strong person should be able to carry out his own will and hold his future destiny firmly in his hands.

Then, he grabbed a handful of the plump and soft food in his hands and felt it felt very good.

"We are indeed facing some difficulties now, so we should find a way to solve them. We can't just give up casually, otherwise we won't be able to accomplish anything in the future."

"I've thought about it carefully. The key to solving the problem lies in the control of timing. As long as we can accurately grasp the time to open the city gate and prevent Clark from dispatching troops to suppress it, the risk of fighting will be small. However, after the orc army enters the city, it is very likely to attack us. Because Quellngra must control the city gate to feel at ease. There is no such thing as a peaceful handover for the orcs... Therefore, we must repeatedly deduce and must not fall into the dilemma of being attacked from both sides at that time."

Victor hugged the beautiful and boneless enchantress and told her several "door opening" plans that he had deduced in his dreams, and asked her for additional opinions.

"It's all my fault that I'm useless and unable to control a city gate. That's why the master is in such a difficult situation... Otherwise, master, please punish me severely." Christine bit her bright red lips, sincerely admitted her mistake to Victor and asked for punishment.

For some unknown reason, her thin silk nightgown had been removed, revealing a graceful body as white as snow. At this moment, she was entangled with Victor like an octopus.

The lust demon is definitely the best pet in the world. She can sense the emotional changes of her owner, guide him silently, and then reap the fruits of desire.

Victor pulled out his right hand and found a wet mark on the palm, and he couldn't help but frowned.

He thought his will had withstood the test of pressure and difficulties, but now it seems that there are still some shortcomings.

"Master, you 'punish' me so that I don't have to hibernate and can serve you better!"

"Dear Master, you can make your most obedient female demon slave stronger... Well, it is to increase the effectiveness of the group violent charm..."

"Well, let's discuss how to improve your abilities."