alien army

Chapter 540 Strategic Retreat
At night, in the desert.

Stretching and winding for several miles are the camps of Koslin's army.This is not a normal army, because in the camp area, there are no lights, no hustle and bustle, and no horses neighing.Dead silence and darkness enveloped this human army.

In the central area of ​​the camp, there is an empty sandy field.A group of short figures in black robes shuttled back and forth in the moonlight.They lowered their heads and used the bone sticks in their hands to write and draw on the ground. A giant magic pattern soon appeared in the sand.

"Hehe—" Beside the sand, a short figure shrouded in black mist looked at the magic circle in the sand, and let out a piercing laugh.He is Casey, the leader of the Dark Elf Legion.As the most impatient of several legion commanders, after receiving the order from the Demon Lord, he actually led a group of dark elves into the human world.

Hundreds of years of waiting had already made him impatient.He desperately hopes to return to this once-familiar land to slaughter, conquer all enemies, and become the new master of this land.More importantly, he is eager to find his former compatriots, and while satisfying his own desires, he can strengthen the strength of the Dark Elf Legion.What's more, the Demon Lord is about to wake up. Those who have made great contributions in this process will become the new favorites of the Demon Lord after the war, and share his supreme rights.

"The undead, the black dragon king, the half-orc, the shadow left by the goddess of nature in your hearts is too heavy! A broken seal has been placed for hundreds of years, and you don't even dare to touch it! I'm here, now Isn't it good?" Casey looked in the direction of the Far West and sighed contemptuously in his heart.

"Report to my lord, the preparation of the blood soul magic circle is complete." A dark elf mage quietly appeared beside him, reporting in a low voice.

"Okay. Sacrifice!" Casey nodded.

A group of Koslin soldiers, escorted by a group of skeletons, came to the side of the circle.

"Kneel down!" a dark elf mage softly shouted.

The terrified soldiers hurriedly fell to their knees on the ground.

Behind him, a bright knife flashed by, and heads fell to the ground one after another.

The dark elf mages walked to the corpse, each dragging a body, and walked towards the magic circle.They used the severed corpse as the pen, and the blood gushing from the neck as the ink, and smeared along the previously drawn pattern while singing.The moment the blood soaked into the pattern, those lines shone with a strange light, as if the eyes of the god of death blinked.

"Report, my lord, the ceremony is over." A moment later, the dark elf mage came to Casey again.

"Add mana!" Casey laughed sinisterly.

Dozens of dark elf mages walked to the middle of the magic circle, stood at the intersection of many lines, and chanted in a low voice.Streams of black air quietly sneaked into the center of the magic circle from under their feet.

"You are waiting, and I am waiting too, but the final victory is destined to belong to me. I have poured my heart and soul into this blood soul circle for hundreds of years! I want to take a look, on the land covered by blood souls , What can the six knights do to me? Lord Demon Lord, open your eyes and watch, I will cut off the arm of the goddess, greet your awakening with a big victory, use the blood of the enemy, on your way to rule the world Spread into a thick red carpet! Haha!"

On the sand, with the withdrawal of the dark elf mage, the magic circle disappeared.Casey's triumphant laughter echoed in the night sky.

In the afternoon sky, there are several vultures circling.These birds are like a group of dancers chasing death, dancing happily around the dead.The days of attrition caused the coalition forces on the western front to suffer huge losses. Nearly [-] coalition soldiers were buried in the Gobi outside Wumo City.The fierce battle situation forced the commander of the western front, Isana, to abandon the position outside Wumo City and lead the coalition forces to retreat to Wumo City.Due to the shortage of troops and the continuous harassment of the enemy, many dead soldiers could not be exposed in the wilderness.This is a helpless choice, because what they are facing is an enemy who does not abide by the rules of war.This is also the tragedy of the coalition forces, because everyone is ready to sacrifice and can no longer care about the dead comrades.

On the wall of Wumo City, floating clouds stood facing the wind, silently watching the distant battlefield.Isana and Mengyue stood quietly behind him, looking into the distance with him.

The war is going on in a way that Liuyun is never familiar with. Life is as cheap as grass on this battlefield, and the soldiers who died in the battle of both the enemy and the enemy do not get the respect they deserve.Many of the officers and soldiers of the Koslin Empire were already dead before the battle began, and the soldiers of the coalition army could not rest in peace even after they died.Liu Yun didn't expect that he would be able to watch all this happen in front of his eyes when his heart was as hard as iron.

"After the battle between gods and demons is over, I will take off my military uniform and stay away from the battlefield." A deep tiredness hit his heart.

I used to think that my military career was my final destination, and I used to think that passionate combat was the source of my vitality.With the hands of soldiers, choking the throat of war and restoring peace to the world is a beautiful dream that accompanied him through his youth.However, now, his throat is tightly strangled by gods and demons, and the power of life and death of all things in this world is in their hands.Even if he is the commander of the coalition army, he is just a tool used by God to deal with demons.Ming Luo, the opponent he once respected, has also become a tool used by the Demon King to control Koslin.In this power game, everyone is a plaything, and everyone's fate is controlled by others, so why not let him down.

"Liu Yun, no one wants war, except the devil. The goddess of nature has nurtured all things, but the dark devil wants to destroy everything, so there must be an end between us and the devil. The coalition needs a strong commander, you You must cheer up!" Mengyue persuaded softly.

"I'm not strong enough?" Liu Yun turned around angrily, pointing to the distance, "As a commander, I watched my soldiers die, and the corpses were pecked by vultures in front of me, but I didn't move! Thousands of living young people were sent to the battlefield, let them be chopped to pieces by those skeletons! Messenger of the Goddess, tell me, what else will I do?"

Mengyue was silent, just staring at him quietly.

"Commander, I have already said that my soldiers are ready to sacrifice. They know that if they lose, the world will be forever in darkness, and everyone will become slaves of the devil. No one has ever experienced such a war, You are no exception, so please don't mourn for them. The cruelty of the enemy is beyond our imagination, and this just proves that your decision is correct." Isana also comforted her.

"Mengyue, can you tell me when this war will end? What should I do to destroy the Demon King? If not, tell me how long we have to sacrifice before we can expect the goddess to appear ?Even if she cultivates all things, if she can watch everything being destroyed peacefully, how is it different from the Demon Lord?" Liu Yun said sadly.

"Liu Yun, I have no relatives, no friends, no experience of living in this world, and I don't even know where I came from. If you think you are a tool, then you are not alone, because I think I am too. But, you can't doubt the goddess, she almost sacrificed herself in order to protect this continent in the first battle between gods and demons. When she comes, she will come, don't worry!" Mengyue said sadly.

Her words made Liu Yun silent.

"I'm sorry, Miss Mengyue." He apologized to her with a wry smile, "I don't want to doubt the goddess, I'm just under too much pressure."

Mengyue smiled lightly and said: "You are troubled because you have not turned pressure into motivation. Subconsciously, you feel that this war is a war between gods and demons, and you pin all your hopes of victory on the goddess, but forget You are now the protagonist of the war. I think, maybe from this moment on, you should forget about the goddess and use your wisdom and ability to fight against the power of the demon king."

Her words, like a bell in the morning and a drum in the evening, hit Liu Yun's heart hard.She was quite right. Every time she took a step, she was thinking of stalling for time, waiting for the goddess to come back, always hoping that one day she would be able to get out of the chaos and let the gods and demons settle it by themselves.If there is no goddess, only the devil, then will I still fight this battle?

"How long can the supplies in the city last?" Liu Yun asked Isana.

"Up to ten days." Isana replied.The orcs have migrated, and the coalition forces have lost their logistical support.

"Okay. You go down and make preparations. The coalition forces will withdraw from the battlefield in five days." Liu Yun ordered.

"Withdraw?" Isana looked at him puzzled.

"Withdraw. We need a bigger battlefield!" Liu Yun nodded.

"What about the Far West?" Isana asked.

"Since they are going to come out, let them come out! Add a bottle of thicker ink and throw it into the lake, and it will eventually fade. The vast land of Standing, there is nowhere to fight!" Liu Yun said with emotion.

Before the Allied forces on the western front retreated, Lei Meng, Hai Lun, Zi Wencheng, and Xue Nu led their respective knights to Wumo City.According to Liu Yun's arrangement, except for the five major knight groups, the rest of the coalition soldiers, led by Isana, went south into the territory of the Sand Clan to rest and wait for orders.

In the early morning, Isana was about to lead the army south, and Luosang hurried to her tent.The baptism of endless war makes love more frenzied.Isana threw herself into Luosang's arms and burst into tears like a wronged little girl.

"Luo Sang, promise me that you must come back alive. I will keep looking at your figure in the desert until the wind blows me dry and the sand buries me!" The tremendous pressure I have endured for a long time finally got a short-lived relief at this moment. freed.

"Isana, you are the greatest patriarch in the history of the Sand Clan, and the woman Luosang loves most in this life. I haven't married you yet, and I won't enter even if the gate of hell is opened. I promise you, I will definitely come back ! If I can't return, then, whether it's heaven or hell, I would like to be a couple with you!" Luo Sang said confidently, stroking her hair gently.If I go, you have to live well, those are hypocritical words.The children of the desert live together and die together, that is their love.

On May 5, the coalition troops on the western front made a strategic retreat. Isana led more than 25 coalition troops and retreated into the territory of the Sha tribe.

On the same day, under the order of the coalition headquarters, the coalition troops on the two fronts in the northeast continued to launch a fierce attack on the Koslin Empire army.

In Wumo City, the five major knight groups gathered on the battlefield for the first time, waiting for Liuyun's order to attack.

(End of this chapter)