Edge of the Apocalypse

Chapter 480: Patience

Ou Ban had less than a thousand troops in his hands. This army had always been captured by Ou Ban and was easily unwilling to move. As for the other mercenary groups, they had been employed by Ouban for many years, but they did not participate in the war between the Lords. Therefore, ever since Alan invaded his territory, Orban had only mobilized his troops to act as if they were trying to restrain Daniel's army, but had not conducted any real military operations.

But now that Allen's army had just defeated Daniel's garrison in the Blue Wilderness, another 800-strong army had appeared here. Oru naturally suspected that it was Ou Ban's army. However, when the army approached, Alan's Pack of Wolves was on the flag flying in the wind. Ao Lu was greatly shocked. Could it be that Alan had gathered some new recruits or slaves from anywhere and formed an army to attack him, wanting to use the Illusionary Armament strategy?

"My lord, how should we act?" Ao Lu's subordinate commander, Yi Xiu, asked.

"Stay where you are for now. Let's see what the situation is like." Oru had to wait for Daniel's reaction before deciding what to do next.

When the army arrived at the gates, they were not in a hurry to attack. Instead, they set up temporary camps and pretended that they would not leave easily. Leading the army was Roy and William. The army was the miscellaneous soldier in Allen's hands, but after a few transfers, the miscellaneous soldier had some fighting power, but it was still unsightly in Roy's eyes.

The strategy they had decided on was for Alan to lead the main force and defeat Daniel's garrison with absolute victory. One was to exert pressure on Bauhinia, and the other was to take advantage of this opportunity to eat Daniel's elite strength and increase the bargaining chip for Ou Ban's future negotiations. On the other hand, Roy led the miscellaneous soldiers around the Blue Wilderness battlefield and directly entered the Bauhinia Necklace, surrounding Oru and his city, causing them to feel mental pressure.

While the army was camping, Roy ordered his men to keep on shouting, persuading them to surrender and exert pressure on Oru and his men.

Oru carried out two probing attacks. The first was to send a cavalry squad of about 20 men to attack the camp, and the second was to send 500 main infantry out of the city. In the first operation, the cavalry squad collided with Wilick. Wilick punched the squad with both fists, causing the squad to turn upside down, their heads to bleed, and their noses to turn ashen. The second time Roy fought seriously and read out the human head reward just as Alan had said before, so the miscellaneous soldier rushed towards the infantry as if he had been beaten with chicken blood and shouted loudly.

After a short and intense exchange of blows, there were casualties on both sides. Oru took the initiative to retreat, and Roy did not intend to push too hard, so both sides retreated back to their respective positions with restraint. However, the regular army of the other side was actually unable to obtain any benefits from the other side's miscellaneous corps, which made Oru's expression extremely rare.

In this stalemate, at dusk, Oru discovered another army. The army came from the direction of the Blue Wilderness, their appearances calm, and their battle formations moved neatly. Ao Lu slowly pushed forward like a black cloud. Looking at the army, Ao Lu felt a great pressure. The air seemed to have solidified. An enormous pressure from the mountain rain caused Ao Lu's expression to become serious. The soldiers on the Bauhinia side also subconsciously tightened their grip on their weapons. Everyone became nervous.

In the end, Allen and his main force met up with Roy. As a result, the army of more than a thousand people had far surpassed the Bauhinia Collar in terms of quantity and quality. When he saw the valiant Mountain King warrior and the Inch Fire soldier holding the Fire Fighting Rifle, Oru's heart sank to the bottom. The aura emitted by the two soldiers of the special forces was already comparable to that of an elite division of the empire. Although their numbers were limited, a small Bauhinia collar was no match for them.

Looking at the pack of wolf banners flying in the opposite camp, Oru felt that it was not a good smell. Previously, he had joined forces with the Raffles to force Storm City, but in less than half a year, the situation had reversed and Allen had surrounded the city.

Oru could only hope for Daniel now, as if the viscount didn't send reinforcements, so he would only have to surrender. This was something he didn't want to happen, but he couldn't do anything about it.

Lake Portilli shone brightly as the sun leapt into the western horizon. As if a gem had been hidden in a box, thousands of colors of light disappeared without a trace. Daniel's mood was as deep as the night when the lake was completely gone. When the news of the battle in the Blue Wilderness reached his ears, the viscount doubted whether he had heard it wrongly. In his plan, even if Tucker was defeated, he would still be able to drag it out for three or two days by relying on his military strength.

If there were three or two days, he could carry out certain activities, such as attacking the first and second level of the Earl's territory, forcing Orban to order Allen to withdraw. But Tucker's defeat was too fast for Daniel to react. What made him even more heartbroken was that a cavalry unit that he had carefully nurtured had been buried in the Blue Wilderness just like that. In the description of the battlefield, Daniel saw that the battlefield seemed to have been bombarded with fireballs by hundreds of magicians, or shot at by a built-up artillery formation, turning the plains into hell.

Daniel could not imagine how Ellen would operate to have the destructive power described in the report. The destructive power that could devour a troop of five to six hundred cavalry in an extremely short period of time, even with the wealth of the Andrei family, they might not be able to come up with such a configuration.

A glass was shattered in Daniel's hand. The glass shard did not scratch the viscount's palm, but the scarlet wine flowed out from between his fingers, just like fresh blood.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door.

"Come in." Daniel's voice was like that of an old man in his twilight years.

The old butler pushed open the door and entered. "Sir Daniel, Guild Leader Barre has sent someone to report. He has just received a request for help from the Bauhinia Collars. They have been besieged. Guild Leader Barre requests your instructions."

"Oru" Daniel took out a silk silk from his jacket pocket and wiped the liquor off his hand. "Tell Barry to ignore it. The other party is obviously waiting for us to arrive. I've lost a Tucker, and I don't want to lose him too."

"Do you mean to give up the Bauhinia?" After the butler finished speaking, he felt that he had made a mistake.

Fortunately, Daniel didn't care. He said indifferently, "There are gains and losses in everything, be it Alan or Ou Ban." If they think that they have won the bauhinia flower, then I will give them a pleasant surprise. The current patience was for an even more violent outbreak soon. "Wait, my revenge will be as fierce as a storm. I, Daniel, will definitely not lose to a small baron!"

He waved his hand and signaled for the old butler to step down. After Daniel was left alone in the study, he took out a post from the drawer. The post was pure black, surrounded by a gold rim, with a picture of a castle on the cover. The castle was uncolored, only marked with dark lines, leaving silver spots in some places. It looked like a reflection of some kind of metal. It was a castle made of iron.

In the post, there is a short paragraph. The general meaning was that he was willing to join Daniel as long as the viscount gave them room to develop. At the bottom of the post was a signature, and Haggers' name was deeply embedded at the bottom of the post.

This was the intention of Blackiron Castle, who had contacted Daniel a few months ago. As far as Daniel knew, this Haggers was not the lord of the Black Iron Fort, but only the commander of the knights. Daniel ignored this post. After all, a captain of a knight did not have the qualifications to express his will to him.

Until Allen attacked and his territory was repeatedly damaged, Daniel carefully considered whether he should accept new subordinates in order to use their power to expel the foreign enemies. At this time, he paid attention to this post again and secretly sent people to Black Iron Castle to get in touch with Haggers. Judging from the reports he received, Haggers was not a lacking person. He and the lord of Black Iron Fort, Sharon, seemed to be on good terms. Black Iron Fort was very powerful, and this knight commander had at least four points.

The messenger's message was very simple. If Daniel helped him take the position of Lord, he was willing to do anything for Daniel.

Just over a month ago, Hagrid had successfully advanced to Level 19, and his strength was quite outstanding. If it was supplemented by something like the Blood Boiling Demon Crystal, Haggers' combat strength could reach Level 20 in a short period of time, or even more. Such a knight commander could indeed help Daniel with many things.

Daniel spat out a mouthful of gloom, took out a piece of paper from the drawer, dipped it in ink with a quill, and wrote a short letter under it. The content of the letter was that he could accept Hagrid's request, but before that, he needed Hagrid to cut off a strong opponent for him to show his sincerity.

After writing the letter, he put it in an exquisite envelope and dripped red wax on the seal. Finally, he took out the seal of the unicorn pattern and printed it heavily on the wax paste. Daniel rang the silver bell. A moment later, the butler came in. Daniel handed the letter to him and said, "Go and get it for Luo Mingwei. Tell him that this letter is addressed to the Black Iron Fort. He knows who to give it to."

"Yes, Your Excellency, I'll do it now."

After the old butler left, Daniel looked out the window at the dark lake and the viscount sighed. If it weren't for the fact that his subordinates didn't have any generals, how could they have made a deal with a knight captain from the border area?

Ellen, it was all that Ellen who had to condescend to accept Hagrid. This humiliation must be repaid with your blood! Unknowingly, Daniel shattered the quill in his hand.

When the sun rose, Oru's mood fell to the bottom. A day had passed on Daniel's side, but no news had been sent back. From the looks of it, the viscount was planning to give up on the bauhinia flower. After Oru had breakfast, someone reported that Alan had requested to meet Oru at the gate.

Oru sighed and nodded.

Half an hour later, he saw Alan outside the city. Alan stood alone outside the city without any followers, causing Oru's heart to jump. He finally gritted his teeth and pressed down on Alan's thoughts of capturing him. Oru knew that this was the last time he had rebelled against Alan.

"Sir Oru made the right choice. Otherwise, even if you attack with all your might, plus the people behind you, even if you want to keep me, I'm afraid you won't be able to do it," he smiled as he watched Oru's gaze change and finally became calm and clear.

Oru smiled bitterly. "Sir Allen didn't come here today just to test my reaction, did he?"

"Of course not. I want to make another suggestion to you." Alan said calmly.

Oru nodded and said, "I know what you want to say. If you don't mind, please give me some time. I need to hear from the people below."

"No problem, but I can only give you one day." Ellen paused for a moment, then added, "Sir Oru, I can accept your surrender alone. If you want, I will erase any objections from below."

This was undoubtedly a promise, which meant that Oru was willing to submit to Alan as long as he was willing. Allen would accept him and erase the opposition, regardless of whether or not anyone opposed his surrender. In this way, Oru would still be able to retain his title and power. Ao Lu couldn't tell that. He smiled bitterly and thanked her before returning to the city.

To Alan's surprise, Oru did not delay for long. At around 1 p.m., the city gate opened wide. Accompanied by Robin, Shawn and other important officials, Oru asked to see Allen and presented him with a thin sword with a bauhinia pattern engraved on its scabbard. This was the symbol of power of the Bauhinia flower. Handing it over to Alan meant that the Bauhinia flower collar was willing to surrender. Alan happily accepted it and returned it to Oru, completing the ceremony.

Next, Allen had the army stay outside, and he brought Roy, Regis, and the others into the city with Ao Ao, meeting with other officials. At this point, the passageway to the Viscount's territory was completely opened by Alan. From Sunset City onwards, there would be no obstruction to the passage between Bauhinia.

The news of Bauhinia's surrender quickly reached the ears of the remaining two knights. However, the two knights were even weaker than Sunset City, so Daniel naturally did not have any expectations for them. The two knights met frequently in private, but they could not come up with an idea. They went together to see Daniel, but they were shut out. Daniel randomly found an excuse to not see them, causing the two knights to feel even more uncertain in their hearts.

Fortunately, Alan wasn't interested in them, so they were happy to wait for the situation to develop day by day.

After Alan occupied the Bauhinia Collar, he did not continue his next move. He left the main force behind, and the miscellaneous army was sent back to Dawn Castle and left to Roy to take care of. Roy was also in charge of Dawn Castle. With him as the guardian, even if Daniel wanted to sneak attack, it would be very difficult to recover the lost ground.

According to the plan, Dawn Castle and Bauhinia were already in Alan's possession. Since the territory had been taken down, the next step was to stabilize its position and influence. As for how to deal with Daniel, Allen directly tossed the issue to Ouban, so he didn't take over and made any decisions for Ouban.