Mage Veigar

Chapter 144 The Key to Victory

It was already noon when we returned to our hiding place.

Vega, who was in a dishevel, fell to the ground without even taking care of himself. He closed his eyes and forced himself to fall into a deep sleep, as he had not slept for nearly two days.

As for the plan to break out?
When you see the Word Spirit Mage, it means there is no hope.

The combination of the Word Mage and the Elemental Mage would not give anyone the chance to get close, and their firepower output could cover the entire army. Even professionals could not escape the Elemental Mage's attacks, which were accurate to centimeters, with the assistance of the Word Mage.

In less than 3 minutes, Vega fell asleep.

Confusion and despair had worn away his last bit of passion. Vega, who had been holding on for two days with the strength of a professional and a magician, was on the verge of collapse, so he slept until dark.

open one's eyes.

Vegaru had been seriously ill and had to support his weak body from just waking up.

According to the original plan, he had to mobilize the entire army tonight to participate in his breakout plan. Unfortunately, plans could not keep up with changes. Even he did not expect that the Kingdom Army's defense of the city gate would be so strong.

What to do now?
Don't know, absolutely don't know.

Vega, like all the soldiers and Captain Wolf, fell into great confusion.

There is no mission objective, no reinforcements, no supplies... and they can't even find an excuse to sacrifice themselves for the empire. The only thing they can do now is to wait for the Kingdom Army to completely take over Kareni, and then they will be killed one by one with nowhere to escape.

That's right, there is not even a chance to surrender.

The Kingdom Army might show leniency to ordinary soldiers, but it would never let go of magicians, professionals, and imperial officers.

“Captain Vega, Captain Vega?”

In the darkness, the voice of Captain Wolfe was heard. For fear of being discovered by the Kingdom Army, the entire army did not dare to light any lights, so Vega did not see Wolfe's figure at the first time.

But my eyes quickly adjusted to the darkness.

Vega stood up and looked at Wolfe and said, "Captain Wolfe, I'm here."

"Finally I can't find you."

Captain Wolf breathed a sigh of relief. Since Vega was small in stature, he couldn't find him after searching for a long time. He thought Vega had secretly left here, which scared him.

Even he himself might not believe it.

Unconsciously, he has completely regarded Vega as his backbone. If Vega suddenly disappeared, he would not even know how to go on. After such a long period of fermentation, the entire army has been confused to the extreme, and everyone's mentality is close to collapse.

After all, failure after hard work is not terrible.

What is really scary is wanting to fight hard but not even knowing what the meaning of fighting is.

"But what's the important matter?"

Vega and Wolf walked out of the door, and in the dim moonlight, Vega asked knowingly.

“Captain Vega, I wonder what your next plan is…”

Wolfe finally asked, his eyes fixed on Vega, expecting Vega to give a clear goal.

Even if it means dying, he doesn't want to continue being confused like this.

But Vega gave an answer that was even more terrifying than letting him die.

"do not know."

Vega's three brief words completely crushed Wolfe's confused heart. He looked up at the frosty moon. Vega could no longer tell whether Wolfe's face turned pale because of his words or because of the cold moonlight...

Endless silence.

It was not until 10 minutes later that Wolfe spoke with difficulty: "Captain Vega, tell me honestly, is Kareni City finished? Is the Empire really defeated? Do we still have hope of turning the tables?"

“Sorry.” Vega answered almost immediately. If there was hope of a breakout, Vega would have comforted Wolfe and even painted a rosy picture for him, but now even he himself was confused and desperate, so how could he care about Wolfe’s life or death?

There was another endless silence.

"I do not believe."

Wolfe spoke again.

According to common sense, this sentence must be full of self-deception.

But in fact it is not.

This is a rather bland, even cold statement.

It came out of Wolfe's mouth with unparalleled confidence and certainty, as if this sentence was the truth and theorem.

Vega looked at Wolfe, and Wolfe was looking down at him.

Eyes facing each other.

Confidence, that is a look of absolute confidence.

Wolf looked at Vega and said, "Captain Vega, I don't believe that Kaleini will fall, and I don't believe that the Empire's army will lose the war. I think we still have hope."

“Where does your confidence come from?” This was not a mockery from Vega, but a serious tone.

Wolfe said in an almost unreasonable tone: "Even if the Crystal Hub explodes, air superiority is lost, and only one in ten of the Imperial Army survives...but I have not heard or seen any news of the death of the commander-in-chief. As long as the commander-in-chief is still alive, victory in this battle will definitely belong to us."

It is indeed blind confidence.

He unconditionally believes in the Empire and unconditionally believes that the top brass of the military can bring back victory. He is completely a fanatical patriot who has been brainwashed by the Empire.

Not only is it unreasonable and without basis, it is even illogical...

But it was just this sentence that made Vega regain his confidence.

Yes, although the Kingdom Army's blitzkrieg and intelligence warfare behind enemy lines were indeed very successful and completely confused the Imperial Army, even so, as the Empire's super general, how could Foster, the commander-in-chief of the Third Army, be a pushover?

Even a small captain like him can bite off a piece of enemy flesh in desperate situations.

Well, as the commander-in-chief of hundreds of thousands of troops, how could he be inferior to him? Even if the final result of this battle was a loss, with Foster's ability, wouldn't it be more than enough to teach the enemy a lesson they would never forget?

But Kareni was too quiet.

It was so quiet that only his small force made a little discordant noise to the Kingdom Army, nothing else.

Even if the Imperial Army is completely wiped out, the recalled Shadow Mage Squadron will definitely teach the Kingdom Army a bloody lesson.

But nothing so far.

The city of Kareni seemed to have been too silent.

A gleam of light flashed in Vega's eyes. That's right, only a fist that has accumulated power can exert the most terrifying power. The quieter it is, the more it represents that the Imperial Army is planning something.

"Thank you, Captain Wolfe."

Vega saluted Wolfe and said, "I believe it too. No! I firmly believe that victory in this battle will belong to us."

Since there is no way to break out of the encirclement, then let's just fight -

Fight to win!

Under Wolfe's surprised gaze, Vega turned his attention to the Professional Guild. If he wanted to fight to the end, he needed to find Commander-in-Chief Foster first, because only he might hold the key to victory.

(End of this chapter)