My aunt tilted her head and said, “It sounds like it makes sense, but… well, you just have to have confidence.”

“Actually, I don’t have much confidence.” Sadhu’s smile slowly faded, and after a short silence he continued, “I have reported Lake’s detailed intelligence to the king, emphasizing where the danger is and how to deal with it. If Lake still succeeds…

What else can I do? “

Auntie was hugged by the armored arms: “That’s really… “

“Ok?”

Sadhu stared at his aunt in confusion, but she suddenly stopped talking, turned around and walked away, soon disappearing behind a tent.

“What’s going on…” Sadhu was confused. He lay back in the recliner and reached for the porcelain cup on the coffee table with his right hand.

“Report!” A soldier came running over from a distance, “The priests who were sent to reinforce us were attacked in the wild!”

“Pah–” Sadhu’s hand trembled, and the porcelain cup was knocked over by his stiff fingers. The dark red tea flowed along the table to the edge and dripped onto the ground.

Chapter 403 Preparing for the decisive battle

Sadhu’s original idea was beautiful.

Accompanied by a guard team of twenty high-level professionals, even if Lake dispatched more high-level professionals, they would be unable to kill the priest.

This is not Sadu’s mysterious confidence, but the magic mastered by the empire’s high-level professionals is far superior to that of the kingdom’s high-level professionals in both quantity and quality, even though Lake has the legacy of the Ice and Snow Empire.

After all, one is living off old capital, which has been greatly depreciated, while the other is accumulating foundation with the strength of the empire over thousands of years.

However, no matter how he improved his plan and considered the variables, he could not have imagined that there would be a professional like Zhang Mu in the Thor Continent – immortal.

After a long time, Sadhu came back to his senses from his slightly dazed state, took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down, then asked the adjutant in a calm voice, “What’s the specific situation?”

The adjutant lowered his head and said, “All the clergy have been killed, and the enemy has retreated.”

The anger that Sadhu had just suppressed showed signs of erupting again.

Trying hard to restrain himself, he asked, “How many Saints did Lake mobilize?”

“According to Lord Sky Knight, Lake did not seem to have used the Saint Level, but—”

“No?!” Sadhu finally couldn’t help being angry and raised his voice.

“Uh…” The adjutant was frightened and took a step back instinctively. After reacting, he returned to his original position and quickly said, “Yes.”

“No Saint-level troops were used. Even if it was that team that attacked, how could they…wait, you said it was the Sky Knight who contacted us?”

The adjutant was stunned, not understanding what was wrong with the leader being a Sky Knight: “That’s what he calls himself.”

All the anger in Sadhu’s heart suddenly disappeared, and his eyes were full of confusion.

After thinking for a while, he figured out a little clue, but it was still some distance from being solved, so he put it aside for the time being: “Did they say anything else?”

“Yes.” The adjutant responded, organizing the language in his mind, “Lord Sky Knight said that they all wore the same clothes as you instructed, and did not attack at the same time when they were attacked, but there was a professional who mastered invisibility magic among the enemies.

He kept casting magic at them, forcing everyone to resist, which is why his identity was exposed.”

“Can’t sense the enemy’s position?”

“Yes.”

Sadhu frowned: “Can’t find the Sky Knight either… Saint level?”

The adjutant shook his head: “No, the power of those magics is probably only at the division level.”

In fact, there was no need for him to emphasize it again. After Sadhu finished speaking, he rejected the guess in his heart.

The reason is very simple. If he is really at the Saint level, Zhang Mu’s team would not need to take action at all, and there would be no need to test his identity. He could destroy the entire team alone.

“I see, let’s go.”

“Yes, sir.” The adjutant turned and left.

“Aunt.” After the person walked away, Sadhu called out without moving.

There was no response from all around, so he sat up and said, “I know you can hear me.”

A slender figure wrapped in lavender armor slowly emerged beside him: “I’m very busy.”

She said something funny as usual, but Sadhu was not in the mood to respond and simply asked, “Why?”

As a divinely blessed being, just a little bit of her mighty mental power was enough to cover the entire camp, so the conversation just now naturally could not escape her perception.

My aunt raised her head slightly, looking at the shells raining down on the magic shield: “The king has his own plans.”

“Of course I understand this, but I don’t understand why. Why is it a priesthood? Is there any benefit?”

“As for benefits…you can ask them yourself when you return to the empire.”

Sadhu looked at her speechlessly: “How could the king tell me the answer?

I guess the selection of the guard team was entrusted to a minister by the king.”

As for the minister’s fate, there is no doubt that when the bishop of the Imperial Church brings Wang Xingshi to task, he will become the most suitable scapegoat.

“So?” Auntie spread her hands, “I just can’t say it.”

“Okay.” Sadhu suddenly lost interest and lay back on the recliner. “You can go and do your own thing.”

Halfway through his words, the figure next to him disappeared, as if he had never been there.

Sadhu closed his eyes and the sunlight fell on his face, but it did not bring a trace of warmth.

The sun gradually sets and darkness extends from the other side of the sky.

When the moonlight replaced the sunlight on his face, Sadhu finally opened his eyes and called over the two deputy commanders.

“Marshal.” They stood in front of the lounge chair.

“Remove the magic circle early tomorrow morning.”

The two were stunned for a moment, and one of them woke up first and said in surprise: “If the magic circle is removed, the enemy’s shells will… Marshal, are you ready to fight back?!”

His tone was very excited. It was obvious that he was fed up with the predicament of not fighting back and just getting beaten, especially since the enemies were just a group of ordinary people.

In previous wars, legions of ordinary soldiers would tremble all over if they were even a little bit closer to the Bauhinia Legion.

The other deputy legion commander was more rational and did not agree with him. He asked cautiously, “How should we deal with the enemy’s traps?

We already have over 4,000 wounded soldiers on our shoulders, if the number continues to increase…”

“I will order my adjutant to apply for another batch of priests from the capital later, so that the seriously injured soldiers will receive proper treatment after the war.”

The deputy commander still had some concerns: “What if Lake…”

“The war is over, why bother to attack the priesthood?”

He thought about it and nodded: “Yes, we will arrange it immediately.”

The two men walked side by side towards the tent, ready to gather officers to assign tasks.

Sadhu exhaled softly: “Let me see your true strength, even if… the price is the annihilation of the entire army.”

In the past two days, he not only thought about the weaknesses of the special operations team, but also reflected on his own weaknesses and shortcomings.

After the battle with the First Army, what impressed Sadhu the most was the enemy commander’s unique tactical thinking.

It was the first time that he realized that war was not just about gathering superior forces to defeat the enemy, but that war could be “played” in this way.

“Harass and provoke, lure the enemy into a trap, attack the logistics to weaken the combat effectiveness, attack head-on to attract attention, and use elite teams to attack reinforcements.”

Sadhu said this while looking up at the night sky. The silver moon was high in the sky and the stars were twinkling all over.

The church ban has been lifted, and large-scale wars have not yet broken out in the countries on the mainland. This is not because the countries have no intention of expanding their territory, but because the time is still short and they are still a little dazed. After all, the ban has been maintained for ten thousand years.

However, the nations will eventually come to their senses, and by then, the flames of war will have spread across the entire continent, and techniques that are conducive to warfare will be able to shine.

Sadhu stood up and said, “It’s just a failure. I can still accept it.”

Having said that, he strode towards the tent.

…………

In an open space somewhere in the forest, the First Army Artillery Regiment paused its shelling and was enjoying a sumptuous dinner.

The soldiers gathered in groups of three or five, gathered under trees or sat cross-legged on the grass, taking a mouthful of rice and a bite of vegetables, chewing them casually and swallowing them. While they were scooping up rice with a spoon again, they would chat with their companions next to them. If they were interested in the topic their companion was talking about, they would turn their heads and say a few words.

The company commander walked back and forth in the open space with his hands behind his back, observing the physical condition of the soldiers, and the commando captain Mandy followed behind him.

“Captain, how long will our artillery bombardment last?” Mandy couldn’t help but ask.

At first, Mandy was shocked and intrigued by the loud noise of the shells rushing out of the barrel and the shaking of the ground. She ignored the tinnitus and watched the artillery firing from a safe distance. But after a while, the novelty wore off and she became a little bored.

So he shifted his attention back to what he cared about most – the military admission assessment.

He thought that the bombardment would probably end and the next step would be taken.

The company commander probably saw through his thoughts, so he stopped and turned around: “Don’t worry.”

Mandy was a little embarrassed: “I’m not in a hurry to take the exam…uh…”

A few soldiers who were having a meal not far away heard it and laughed, which made him even more embarrassed.

The company commander patted him on the shoulder and said, “Patience.”

“I understand.”

The two continued to wander around the open space.

After a while, the communicator on the company commander’s chest suddenly rang.

Glancing at the call channel, the company commander stood up and answered the call: “Captain of the Second Company of the Third Regiment of the First Army, Commander Domit, please give your instructions!”

“Clear the place.”

“Yes!”

There was a crackling sound coming from the communicator, indicating that the person on the other end had hung up.

The company commander put the communicator back into his chest pocket and shouted an order to the surrounding soldiers: “Clear the area!”

When the soldiers heard this, they immediately put down their lunch boxes, stood up, rushed to the howitzers, and quickly dismantled them one by one according to the steps they had learned in training.

Mandy seemed to have not reacted until several soldiers passed by with a howitzer. Then he hurriedly chased after the company commander: “What happened?”

While directing the work, the company commander explained: “The enemy is about to attack. The corps commander has deployed heavy weapons. We have to clear enough space for action in advance.”

“Is that so…” Mandy looked around at the busy but not chaotic soldiers, “Is there anything I can do to help?”