Mage Veigar

Chapter 274 Everyone has their own agenda
"Captain Dahl?"

“Commodore Vega?”

In the bleak autumn wind, Vega and Dal met on the national highway.

Dejected yet high-spirited, neither Vega nor Dal had ever imagined that they would meet in such a place after parting half a month ago.

"Captain Dahl, what are you doing..."

Vega asked curiously, but then realized that exposing someone's scars was not very moral, so he kept his mouth shut.

But when Dar saw Vega, he seemed to have found his backbone, because in his impression, although Vega was a little special in age, he was indeed a friendly and responsible general: "General, I have an unwelcome request. I hope you can agree to it?"

"But it doesn't matter."

"Here's the thing."

Dahl said with anger flashing in his eyes, "We didn't expect that the assassin who assassinated you was so rampant that he had the guts to sneak into the Law Enforcement Bureau to destroy the body and the autopsy report, and even spared no one who had only accessed the information. Fortunately, when the other party retreated, they were discovered in time by our Word Spirit Mage, so we tracked them down for 5 days and arrived here."

“Where are these people now?” Vega was worried.

Dahl said in an apologetic tone, "I didn't expect that this group of assassins was actually related to the bandit nest in Rope Forest. We tracked them here and encountered a crazy attack by the bandits. We suffered heavy losses and had to retreat."

"So what is your Excellency's request?"

"I request the general to lead the troops to destroy the Luopu bandit nest."

Dahl gnashed his teeth and said, "I am sure this group of assassins must be hiding in the bandit's nest. As long as we destroy the bandit's nest, they will have nowhere to escape."

"I agreed to this."

Veigar said affirmatively: "Please share the information about the assassins you have with us. After conquering the bandit nest, I will capture these assassins alive to vent my hatred."

Dahl pulled out some papers.

He glanced at the document and said, "According to the intelligence we have obtained after so many days of pursuit, there are 11 assassins in this group, including 10 shadow mages and 1 low-level professional."

"10 shadow mages and 1 professional."

A fierce look flashed in Vega's eyes. He was now completely sure that the one who wanted to kill him was the former acting commander of the Independent Heavy Armored Brigade and the current deputy commander of the Independent Heavy Armored Brigade, Colonel Dandri Grimm, whom he had never met before.

The reason for being able to draw a conclusion is simple.

The troops that Dandeli led out to suppress the bandits were a squadron of professionals and a team of shadow mages. Plus, the bandit nest here was safe and sound, and they were even able to defeat the law enforcement team, so all doubts could be explained.

"Colonel Dandelli, you can only blame yourself for this time."

Vega showed a gloating expression towards Rop Forest: "I'm afraid you didn't expect that our commander-in-chief is such a caring leader. He would mobilize the army for a deputy brigade officer."

Vega drew out the magnificent general's sword.

He waved his hand forward and said, "Go at full speed. I want you to reach the outskirts of Rope Forest and set up a defense line before dark. Don't let any of the bandits in the forest escape."

slam-la-

More than 4000 people advanced at full speed. Vega also ordered two war airships to take charge of the reconnaissance mission, first rushing to the outskirts of the Rop Forest for alert. If anyone escaped from the forest, they would directly attack them.

While sending out the airship.

Vega ordered the professionals and magician troops to separate from the main force and first block the main entrances and exits of the forest. He then used this method of cooperation between heaven and earth to try not to let any suspicious targets escape.

"It's indeed a professional army."

When Dal heard Vega's series of orderly commands, a hint of admiration flashed in his eyes. Compared with a professionally trained general like Vega, his command was completely chaotic. No wonder he was beaten by a group of bandits without any chance of fighting back.

"Captain Dahl, don't underestimate yourself."

Vega smiled at Dar in a friendly manner and said, "When it comes to marching and fighting, the law enforcement team may be slightly inferior to the army, but everyone has their own expertise. When it comes to investigating cases, even if there are ten of me, I am no match for you."

“General, you are joking.” Dal smiled brightly after being praised by Veigar. The shadow of his previous failure seemed to disappear quietly, and his respect for Veigar grew stronger. However, what he didn’t know was that Veigar had already labeled him as “simple” and “exploitable”.

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Rope Forest, bandit's nest.

The masked deputy brigade commander Dandari sat in the main seat, with 10 shadow mages standing beside him.

Opposite him stood a middle-aged man respectfully. His ears were pointed, similar to those of the elves in biographical novels, but not so long and exaggerated. One could not tell the difference unless one looked closely from a close distance.

Obviously, this is a characteristic of the people of the Holy Dynasty.

"Commander-in-chief, I just received news that the enemy's reinforcements are coming."

This man is the deputy commander of the bandit nest. When Dandeli is not around, he is usually responsible for managing daily affairs.

"Reinforcements?"

Dandali looked at the deputy commander in confusion and said, "Where did the law enforcement team get reinforcements? The best they can do is to spare a regiment to pursue us. How could they possibly have the spare strength to regroup the troops?"

Dandelli was particularly certain about this.

The network of relationships he secretly maintained throughout the East spanned three systems. This time, he was able to destroy the evidence thanks to an official in the government system, so he knew the situation of the law enforcement team very well.

A few days ago, he had wiped out a regiment that was being pursued by the law enforcement team.

According to common sense, it is absolutely impossible to reorganize a new regimental-level unit.

"Commander-in-chief, the reinforcements are not from the law enforcement team."

The deputy commander quickly reported: "From their uniforms, we can tell that they are from the Seventh Army. The one in charge of the troops seems to be a child. There is also the commander of the law enforcement team that attacked us a few days ago."

boom!
Dendari's magic suddenly exploded, and he broke one of the armrests of the chair with one punch.

He took a deep breath to calm himself down, then asked, "How strong are the other troops?"

"About 3 standard regiments, about 4800 people."

The deputy commander paused, then continued, "There are two transport-type war airships in the sky, which the high-level forces have failed to detect, and they have blocked the main and secondary roads in and out of the forest."

Tick ​​tick tick——

Dandari suddenly fell silent.

Sometimes he frowned, sometimes he stood up and walked around, and sometimes he smiled.

After this state lasted for 5 minutes, Dandali sat back in his chair and said with a serious face: "Order everyone to prepare for battle. We are going to keep this unit here."

This was the order that Dandeli finally issued after hesitating for a long time.

Because the total force in the entire bandit nest exceeds 6 people, there are commercial magic airships, a professional brigade, and a shadow mage team. Such a force is not completely powerless.

And they are extremely familiar with the forest.

As long as Vega dares to lead his troops into the forest, he will be able to annihilate the entire army, causing Vega's reputation in the army to drop to the freezing point. By then, even if the Seventh Army really destroys the entire bandit nest here, he will not suffer any loss at all.

Because the bandit's nest is just a pawn of his.

By then, he could just say that he was captured by the bandits to clear himself of suspicion, but the damage Vega caused to the Seventh Army could never be erased, and he might even be transferred and hidden by the commander-in-chief.

"Little devil, you are indeed a little better at conspiracy and subterfuge."

Dandari laughed sinisterly: "But victory in war is not achieved by clever tricks. My career as an officer is probably longer than your years. Let me teach you what real war is!"

(End of this chapter)