Elden: Ring of Calamity

Chapter 429 Careful work
Six hundred miles north of Lord is the southern expeditionary camp.

Three days ago, the Southern Expeditionary Army, which had escaped the encirclement of the enemy on the eastern front, suddenly counterattacked on Moserlo on the western front. The Third Legion was caught off guard and suffered a head-on blow. What the Third Ancestor did not expect was that Lucia Shanks, who had just fought a bloody battle with His Majesty and should have been seriously injured, actually personally organized a hunt for him.

On that day, Lucia and three generals surrounded and killed Mocero, who fought and fled for two thousand miles until all the surrounding giant troops reacted and quickly gathered in the northwest area. The southern expeditionary army then slowly gave up the pursuit and turned to press southward to press the Lord's defense line.

For a time, the large encirclement that the Giant King's Court had carefully prepared for more than a month in the southern part of the Northern Territory was basically declared bankrupt. Including the 6th and 8th Legions in the southernmost part, half of the existing 170,000 troops gathered around the northwest defense zone where the 3rd Legion was located, and half were still scattered on the way to the northwest. The closest ones were three days and nights away from the southern expeditionary army.

At the same time, the news that the Giant King Calleleus was seriously injured covered the Giant army like a thick haze. Instead, the news that Lucia was fighting on the Western Front spread, making many Giants terrified.

At this moment, the mentality and morale of the soldiers of the Southern Expedition were no longer the same as they were half a month ago. A series of victories in local battles greatly inspired people's hearts. Not only did they regain the initiative in the war, they also plundered a large amount of supplies from the Ninth and Third Corps, completely getting rid of the previous predicament of material shortages.

After arranging the surrounding security, the generals specially planned a day of rest today. The soldiers roasted the beef around the campfire until it turned golden, and sang majestic war songs accompanied by strong liquor. The erosion, torture and destruction of the will by the war were swept away at this moment.

Near Lucia's tent, a scout was wandering around, sometimes looking towards the big tent, sometimes looking away guiltily, veins bulging on his clenched fists, his nails had unknowingly embedded into his palms.

"Lucius!" The captain of the personal guard Terrence suddenly shouted from a distance, "Why are you hanging around here instead of going to the camp to rest?"

Taking two steps closer and seeing the expression on the scout's face, Terrence suddenly became suspicious, "What's the matter with you, kid?"

Lucius suddenly raised his head and looked at Terrence. A trace of struggle flashed in his bloodshot pupils. He suddenly stretched out his hand and slapped himself. With red eyes, he said, "I am a spy arranged by the New Party in your Highness' army. Now I have urgent military information to report to your Highness!"

A minute later, after a thorough body search, Terrence carried Lucius, who had been stripped of his armor, into the commander's tent. As soon as he let go, the latter knelt in front of Lucia, his forehead pressed firmly to the ground, and said in a trembling voice: "Your Highness, I am guilty."

"Raise your head." Lucia said lightly.

"As my soldiers, you should never show an ugly look of panic-stricken dogs."

Lucius was shocked, not only because His Highness did not deprive him of his identity, but also because he heard a hint of weakness in His Highness's voice that he had never heard before.

Every member of this southern expeditionary army is the best elite in the world in this era. Even if he is just a scout, he is extremely sensitive to strength and breath.

Lucius was certain that His Highness was not only injured, but seriously injured!
Sure enough, when he raised his head tremblingly, he saw the prince's pale face. If the prince used to be like a blazing sun in the sky, now he was like a desolate day when the rain was about to come. Although the light was still bright, it had lost its surging heat.

The three generals were sitting on either side of His Highness's sickbed, looking at him with a calm expression. Lucius understood that this was a sign of extreme disappointment. He felt a sharp pain in his heart. It must have been that time - His Highness personally covered their rear, and the sound of Calerius's blow shook thousands of miles away. Even they saw the black flames that covered half of the sky. How could His Highness, who bore all the attacks, be unscathed?

Even if His Highness acted as if nothing had happened and launched a siege on the third ancestor, Mocero, at his peak, if he was really His Highness in his prime, why would he need the help of three generals to hunt down Mocero?
An intense feeling of self-blame filled Lucius' heart, and the pain that ate into his bones and marrow almost drove him crazy.

He had already prepared himself to die before entering this big tent, but at this moment, he hated his identity as a spy more than before.

In the face of betrayal, death seems insignificant.

"If you have something to say, just say it," Lucia frowned and took a breath, "Can't you see that I'm seriously injured now? Now go back and do what you need to do!"

"Your Highness, I am a spy arranged by Duke Kelliel of the New Party. Before joining the Blazing Sun Legion, I was originally affiliated with the 16th Battalion of the 4th Legion of the Rodel Knights. After reporting the military intelligence, you should order my execution according to military law!"

"You fucking idiot..." Lucia stood up from the bed. He usually never cursed in the army, but at this moment he was really angry. "You have to take your little thing seriously. Do you think I'm an idiot, or are the three legion commanders all idiots?"

"The 30,000 Northern Expedition Army was selected from the 70,000 Blazing Sun Army and the 40,000 Storm Knights. Even the Storm Knights have countless spies from the New Party, so how could there be none in the Blazing Sun Army? Is it strange that some of them were selected into the Northern Expedition Army and then selected into the Southern Expedition Army?"

"Now that you are under my command, who cares what you did before? Haven't you seen the star beasts that disturbed the giant's defense line before? Forget about the new party, even if the followers of Scarlet Corruption and Mother of Truth come, they have to obey my orders! As for the insignificant intelligence you sent back, it was originally part of the Northern Expedition. Without you, how can I let the South know the results of the battle in the North as I need?"

"Now open your dog eyes and see clearly. I need to recover from my injuries and I don't have time to listen to your nonsense! I'll give you five minutes. Get out of here immediately after you finish speaking. If you really feel uncomfortable, go find a military judge and punish you to sweep the stables for a month. Just say it's my military order!"

Lucius' eyes widened, his immature worldview seemed to be severely damaged, and his young face was full of disbelief.

When he looked at the three generals again, their expressions were no longer expressionless. Generals Hilbert and Leville looked at him with sympathy, while General Serin turned her face away and covered her lips lightly, unable to help laughing.

"Yes." Lucius was dejected, and then he remembered the order from His Highness not to let him droop his head, so he could only try to straighten up and put on a straight face, and reported: "Yesterday when I was exploring the northern part of Lorde, I received news from there. I originally thought that if they asked me to spy on the military, I would just pretend I didn't receive it, just like before. But this time they wanted me to spread a message to the army. After thinking it over, I still think I should tell His Highness."

"Two days ago, His Majesty Radagon used the Mad Fire incident to start a battle with the Fulshanks priest in the Golden Temple. The Ancient Dragon Temple had been evacuated in advance under the arrangement of Ful priest and His Majesty Lakad, but His Majesty Radagon immediately mobilized the Rodel Knights to hunt them down across the entire Asia Altar. In addition, the Southern Border Legion also took synchronous action. His Majesty Greg has personally led a 100,000-strong army to approach Galid."

(End of this chapter)