Heroes of Might and Magic: Grand Consul

Chapter 101 Backstab
The situation in the southern part of the Marquisate is very bad. Eugen is busy training troops and setting up city defenses, and he has no time to find women.

Although Strongbow Town has been successfully defended for the time being, it is too close to Stream County, where Ivo's army is stationed and could launch an attack at any time.

He heard that the Amirka family had organized a siege, with hundreds of ships surrounding Stream County. He hoped the Buck family would win, so that Strongbow Town wouldn't have to live in constant fear.

Gain is an excellent general, and what's rare is his unwavering will. The Bucks family has a worthy successor.

Thinking of this, he suddenly walked to the mirror, looked at his full head of white hair, and intentionally tried to comb it. Then he put his hand down and smiled with relief.

"I'm getting old! I can't keep up with these young people anymore."

Since assuming an important position at Longletburg, he has changed his previous self-protective behavior, filling gaps everywhere and maneuvering among the nobles.

They didn't achieve anything particularly remarkable, but at least they managed to keep the situation afloat.

As for where the Marquisate will go in the future, he didn't know, but with the growth of Su Mu, Maggie and others, Eugen felt there was always hope.

The kingdom has been weak for a long time, and this cannot be changed overnight. Rebirth from the ashes requires the efforts of generations.

He admitted to being greedy and lustful, but he was never ambiguous about doing what he was supposed to do.

To say he was incredibly brave would be an overestimation of his abilities.

He simply did not want his children and the city's inhabitants to become slaves of Isildur, to be exploited and slaughtered at will.

Humanity has its own glory. Even if it falls into temporary darkness, it will eventually be revived. This is the revelation of Bai Yu's birth.

"Sir, there is an urgent message coming from Qiangnu Town."

"Bring it to me and see!"

Eugen opened the letter, his brow furrowing more and more as he read it.

"Quickly, muster the troops and follow me to Qiangnu Town!"

In his letter, Dean said that he went out of the city to sweep away the enemy scouts, but unexpectedly Kyle launched another sneak attack, this time with a large number of high-ranking soldiers. He was unable to defeat him and was forced to flee west, urgently needing support.

Eugen had nothing more to say about Dean, that idiot. Instead of properly defending the city, he went out and was hunted down.

Eugen was somewhat puzzled. Wasn't Stream County engaged in a major battle with the Bucks? Why were they attacking on all sides?

Besides, Kyle had just suffered a crushing defeat, and the city's spies had been completely wiped out. Wasn't Kyle afraid that Su Mu would scheme against him again?
However, the letter bore Dean's bloody handprint, which in Elton's tradition signifies an extremely urgent plea for help and could not be faked.

"The Griffin troops will go ahead with me; the scouts will go and investigate."

Currently, Qiangnu Town is still guarded by elite troops, so Kyle dares not make any rash moves for the time being.

However, this means we must rescue Dean and fight against Kyle's forces together to send Dean back to Strongbow Town for defense. Whether a city is defended by a hero or not makes a world of difference.

The griffin force marched at high speed and arrived at the grassland area in about half a day after leaving the Rocky Mountains.

As Eugen approached his destination, he gradually spotted fleeing soldiers.

"Go down and ask if they are soldiers from Qiangnu Town."

The scouts arrested several men for questioning and discovered they were soldiers from the valley. It turned out that Amirka had been killed in battle, and the valley had suffered a major defeat.

This news shocked Eugen. Logically, such military intelligence should have reached his ears long ago, so why did he only learn of it now, upon seeing the routed soldiers?

If the battle of Stream County is lost, where will Esildor go next? He thought of almost the same places as Sumu: Strongbow Town and Rock City.

Unfortunately, Dean is being chased by Kyle at this time, so it seems that Strongbow Town cannot be defended.

At this point, whether or not to save Dean was no longer important; the key was to report to Longlet Castle and have Miss Maggie return with her troops immediately.

Eugen intended to return to Rock City, but suddenly noticed a pursuing force in the distance, led by a disheveled Dean Richie. Judging from his tattered armor and blood-soaked body, he must have been chased very badly.

"Baron Eugen, save me!"

Having encountered the enemy, Eugen naturally had to lend a helping hand, so he led the griffon troops down. "The valley has suffered a crushing defeat! You can't return to Qiangnu Town. Quickly send your men to relay the order for the people of Qiangnu Town to flee northeast."

The moment Eugen met Dean, he offered the best option.

It was rare that Dean didn't do anything foolish this time; he was also afraid of being hunted down. He quickly sent his men to deliver a message.

"No, Baron, I'm exhausted from being chased and need to rest for a while."

After Dean finished speaking, he told the soldiers to unload their water bags and rest for a while.

He only had two types of troops left: halberdiers and griffins. Upon closer inspection, he noticed that the soldiers were covered in blood, but in relatively good condition, and did not appear to be injured.

Moreover, these soldiers kept their heads down drinking water, and their bodies were even trembling slightly.

Eugen was puzzled: "Did you leave someone behind to cover the rear? This unit didn't suffer too many losses."

Dean slowly approached, shaking his head and saying, "I've been chased so badly all this way, all because I discovered one of Kyle's secrets."

"Oh, what's wrong with Kyle?"

Dean placed his hand on Eugen's shoulder and whispered, "Kyle asked me to take your life!"

Suddenly, the true intentions were revealed: Dean pulled out a precious dagger from behind and thrust it straight at Eugen's back.

Years of combat experience made Eugen wary. He narrowly escaped a fatal blow, but was still stabbed in the back.

In situations like this where there is no preparation for war, heroes are actually the most vulnerable, as they are not affected by damage shared by different troop types.

The instant Dean made his move, his soldiers threw down their water bottles and raised their weapons to kill.

The griffons of Rock City were completely caught off guard by the sudden attack from their human companions and were somewhat stunned.

Dean had only led the griffins to scout ahead. The griffin force was small, numbering only seventy or eighty. A quarter of them died in the surprise attack, and some were seriously injured.

"Dean! You!"

Eugen clutched his wound, pointing at the other man, his anger barely contained.

At the same time, the sound of horses' hooves came from afar; it was Kyle arriving with his wolf riders and nomads.

"Quickly, the griffon troops surround and kill Eugen! We can't let him escape!"

The halberdiers and griffins charged desperately toward Eugen, while the soldiers of Rock City covered the wounded lord.

Dean's forces were insufficient to kill the flock of griffins, but they could hold off Eugen while waiting for Kyle's cavalry to arrive.

The griffins lifted their lord, intending to leave the area, and Dean naturally gave chase, ordering his flying units to follow Eugen closely.

Not only that, he also took out a magic scroll of the Slow spell and applied a debuff to all the soldiers of Rock City.

Seeing that the griffins were flying slower and slower, Ed, the captain of the personal guard who had come with them, organized a dozen or so griffins and gave up the escape.

"I'll stay behind to hold Dean off, and then I'll retreat after you've all left!"

"My lord, Rock City cannot do without you! Don't hesitate any longer!"

After saying that, he turned around and fought the pursuing troops head-on.

Seeing this, Eugen endured the pain and used an exorcism spell to temporarily remove the effects of the sluggishness, then led the remaining dozens of griffins into the clouds.

Once Eugen reached a safe position, he looked at Ed again and saw that the captain of the royal guards was already surrounded. He had been dragged to the ground by griffins and hacked to pieces by wolf riders, leaving no trace of his body.

Eugen fought back tears and rode his griffin back to Rock City, his hatred for the traitor reaching the heavens.

"Dean! Kyle! I'm going to kill you!"

(End of this chapter)