Mage Veigar

Chapter 136 Seizing Power
The battle soon began.

Wolfe led his soldiers in a charge towards the Kingdom Army.

The Kingdom Army blocked the street with a battalion-level force, but this battalion-level force was equipped with five professionals, and there was even a magician on a tall building in the distance to provide magical support.

Although the Imperial Army has more than three times the strength of the Royal Army.

However, without the professional troops and the magicians to provide fire support, this battle had lost any suspense from the very beginning.

In the 3rd minute, the Imperial Army and the Kingdom Army came into close combat.

In the 5th minute, the professionals intervened in the battle. Five professionals rushed forward like rampaging armored vehicles, carrying Wolf to the rear of the troops. Almost no one could stop their offensive, so they simply used their large numbers to block the professionals' attack.

Due to the large number of imperial troops, the professionals did not dare to consume too much magic power, and the battle temporarily came to a stalemate.

But at the 8th minute, the Kingdom Army's magicians arrived and provided fire support.

Time froze at the 9th minute. As soon as the magician's fire support was launched, the imperial army began to collapse across the board.

At this point, Wolfe was finally forced to issue an order to retreat, but he lost a large number of troops during the retreat. By the time he returned to a safe place, there were less than 1500 people left out of the entire 800-man army.

The Imperial Army was defeated.

The entire process, from launching the charge to retreating after defeat, took less than 10 minutes.

Vega had anticipated this outcome. It was too easy for 500 people to hold back a thousand people for a few minutes. As long as the enemy's mage support arrived in time, the Imperial Army would not have a chance of winning.

“Captain Vega, I’m sorry, we were unable to break through the blockade.”

Wolf, who was covered in dust, looked a little depressed. The previous battle was too much of a blow to him. Since he could not break through the blockade, it was only a matter of time before he was found and killed by the Kingdom Army.

"Captain Wolfe, you have done your best."

Although Vega was quite disdainful of Wolff's plan in his heart, he still had to comfort him a little.

Wolf sighed, and then looked at Vega with a somewhat resentful look: "Captain Vega, in fact, the magicians of the Kingdom Army just arrived in the 8th minute. If your professional troops had joined, maybe they could have broken through the defense line in less than 5 minutes."

Wolfe did not continue speaking.

But even a fool could tell that Wolf was blaming Vega for the loss of this battle, and even took it for granted that as long as Vega's professional team participated in the battle, it would be easy to break through the blockade.

Where does this confidence come from?
The enemy has 500 people. It may be difficult to defeat an army of 500 people with 1500 people, but it is easy to hold you back for 10 minutes. Even if you break through the defense line, all your efforts will be wasted once the elemental mage arrives.

Vega wanted to curse out loud, but he didn’t answer directly.

He just tried to keep his tone as calm as possible: "Captain Wolfe, things have come to this point. It seems impossible to break through the defense line. I think it would be better to let me command the troops. Maybe there is still a glimmer of hope?"

“Captain Vega, are you planning to use your guerrilla tactics again?”

Wolfe shook his head and said, "If you rashly apply tactics that have not been tested in actual combat to the battlefield, you are simply playing with the lives of soldiers. Please allow me to reject your request. I need to be responsible for the lives of my subordinates."

Ah!
A flash of anger flashed across Vega's face.

They acted under the pretext of being responsible for the soldiers, but it was obvious who was actually playing with the soldiers' lives. That was why Vega hated those guys who kept talking about justice but actually trampled on it unscrupulously.

“Captain Vega.” Wolfe didn’t notice Vega’s expression at all. He continued, “It’s almost dawn. I think we should find a hiding place first and search for supplies. The troops don’t have much supplies anymore. Probably only enough for today.”

Vega glanced behind him.

The soldiers had been fighting for nearly 20 hours, and were almost at their limits both mentally and physically. Vega agreed with Wolfe's opinion and began to look for another hiding place.

It's easy to find a hiding spot in the city.

Some huge buildings serve as natural shelters, and Vega and Wolfe come to a theater.

There is a large enough area here, and this type of building is not a key bombing area for the Kingdom Army. As for food supply, it is not difficult as there are enough food stores nearby. Most of the residents here have fled to the air-raid shelters.

Everything is going smooth.

The Kingdom's army was also busy setting up blockades and seizing important buildings such as air-raid shelters and government buildings. Unless they actively provoked others, they did not have the extra manpower to conduct a large-scale carpet search.

So the imperial army got a chance to catch its breath.

After everyone started to repair, Vega invited Wolfe to an empty workshop.

"Captain Vega, I heard you were looking for me?"

Wolfe sat in a chair and took out a cigarette irritably: "Excuse me, is there anything important?"

"Yes, there is indeed an important matter that requires your consent."

Vega smiled brilliantly at Wolfe. If someone who was familiar with Vega saw this brilliant smile, they would definitely stay away from him immediately. Unfortunately, Wolfe had only heard of Vega's name and deeds.

Vega then said in a calm and even friendly tone: "Captain Wolfe, I will say this one last time. Please hand over the command. I believe I will not let you down."

"Cough cough..."

Wolfe still shook his head. “Captain Vega, marching and fighting is no joke. Excuse me, you haven’t been to a military academy yet, you don’t have any historical achievements, and you’re still a child… Ahem, um, sorry.”

Vega suddenly realized.

It was not until then that he realized that although Wolfe seemed polite on the surface, he actually did not look down on him, and even treated him as a willful child from beginning to end.

"In that case, I can only apologize."

Vega shook his head regretfully, then walked out of the room and said to the two professional subordinates at the door: "Captain Wolf has been working day and night, and he needs to rest well. You must keep an eye on him and don't let anyone disturb his rest."

"Yes, Captain."

"Captain Vega, what do you mean?"

Upon hearing this, Wolfe wanted to follow out, but was stopped inside the door by two professionals.

“Captain Vega? Captain Vega! Vega!!”

Ignoring Wolfe's angry calls from behind, Vega walked straight towards the hall of the theater without looking back.

(End of this chapter)