Mage Veigar

Chapter 277 The golden cicada escapes from its shell
Rope Forest, bandit's nest.

Dandre Grimm sat in a chair expressionlessly, listening to the deputy commander's report on the final battle situation.

"Commander-in-chief, let's break through."

The deputy commander looked a little anxious. He spoke quickly, "Although the fire cannot spread here, in another 24 hours, the enemy's front line will be pushed directly to the gate of our Dazhai. If we don't prepare to break out, it will be too late."

"You mean... I'm going to lose?" Dandari's voice was no longer filled with any emotion.

The deputy commander trembled upon hearing this, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "Commander-in-chief, with your wisdom and bravery, you should know that we are not a regular army after all. If we rely on the forest as a geographical advantage, we may still be able to fight, but fighting a head-on battle with the imperial army is like hitting a rock with an egg. The chance of winning is less than 10%."

boom!
Dandeli slapped the table and broke it. "It's so ridiculous that I lost to a young man who just graduated from a military academy. I even lost the war without putting my overall plan into practice."

"What a joke!"

After venting his anger, Dandali regained his composure. Although he was the kind of officer who was easily overwhelmed by anger, he was also the kind of officer who would quickly regain his composure as long as he vented his anger in some simple way.

"You guys break out."

Dandeli waved his hand and said, "When the fire gets smaller, you can lead your troops to break out. As many people as you can escape are the best. If you can really escape alive, you can temporarily stay in the largest bandit nest near Shelantu City. That place is also under my control."

"Commander-in-chief, what are you going to do?"

"Don't worry about my affairs. Just follow my orders."

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief."

Upon hearing this, the deputy commander immediately walked out of the room. At this point, he had no choice but to give it a try.

After watching the deputy commander disappear, Dandali frowned and thought about the next strategy.

First of all, it is absolutely impossible for him to break through, because the target of the law enforcement team and Vega is him. If he breaks through, everyone will definitely pounce on him in an instant, and then he will be unable to escape even if he has wings.

Since there is no way to escape, the only option is to hide it from the world.

Dandali turned the mechanism on the table, and an entrance to a secret room appeared in front of him. He walked in without hesitation.

Da da da--

The sound of footsteps echoed. Although this was called a secret room, it was actually an underground prison. However, there were no prisoners in the cell. There was no other figure here except him.

"There are still 24 hours left, which is plenty of time."

Dendari muttered to himself, took out a bottle of red ancient magic potion from the secret cabinet, and walked out of the secret room while summoning members of the wizard team.

In less than 10 minutes, the entire Shadow Mage team was in place.

However, the place where the mage team gathered was not in the secret room, but in the restaurant of the bandit's nest.

Since the breakout happened 24 hours later, the cook here had not left yet, and a sumptuous dinner was placed on the table.

"I believe you already know that we will break out in 24 hours."

Dandeli raised his glass and said, "Each of you is my confidant, but I don't know how many of you will be able to survive after this battle. I would like to thank you all for being willing to follow me, a useless commander."

"Mr. Brigadier General, you are too kind."

No. 1 said quickly: "We are the subordinates of the brigade commander, and we should fight for the brigade commander until the last moment."

"There is indeed one last thing I need you to do."

"Please give your orders, Brigade Commander." Everyone responded in unison.

Dandali nodded, but did not give any direct orders. Instead, he raised his glass and said, "Please drink this cup of wine with me. I will tell you the specific orders. Everything is for victory."

"For victory" everyone did not doubt him and drank the glass of wine.

boom--

The wine glasses fell one after another, and everyone, including No. 1, covered their throats and looked at Dendari, but they could not say a word and could only make grunting sounds.

"W-why?"

No. 1 uttered a few syllables with difficulty, and then fell to the ground with the other nine shadow mages.

"This ancient magic potion is truly extraordinary. It can kill even a magician who is immune to all poisons."

Dandeli shook the untouched red wine in his hand, and then suddenly realized, "I forgot to tell you that my last order was for you to die for me. I think you have already agreed, right?"

Bang. At this moment, another crisp sound was heard.

Dandari turned his head and found that the chef who was holding the last dish had dropped it on the ground in fright.

"Great, Great Commander, I'm sorry..."

The cook knelt on the ground, trembling with fear.

Dandali was not angry. He took the glass of red wine and came to the cook: "It doesn't matter. There is a table of dishes over there. I am very satisfied with your dishes. This glass of wine is a reward for you."

Can't help but explain.

Dandari held the cook's mouth and made him drink the glass of wine.

uuuuu-

A few seconds later, the cook fell to the ground dead.

Dandeli locked the door, took off his large cloak and mask, put them on the cook, and placed the cook in the main seat of the restaurant. Finally, he cleaned up the scene, and the following scene appeared in the restaurant:

Ten shadow mages and the "Commander-in-Chief" at the main seat were lying on the oval dining table, all without breath.

From the side, it looked like the leader of the bandit nest could not bear the blow of defeat and committed suicide by taking poison.

"Sorry everyone."

Dandali looked at the ten shadow mages with pity and said, "You are the only ones in this bandit nest who know my true identity. And to clear my suspicion, you will have to sacrifice your lives. Don't blame me for being ruthless. I just don't want to die."

After saying this, Dandari returned to the secret room.

He walked into a cell forged from magic iron, which even the magic power of the professionals could not break.

click-

With a turn of the key, Dandali locked himself in the cell. At the same time, he threw the key in his hand through the small window of the cell directly onto the table in the distance. Then, Dandali, wearing tattered clothes, lay down on the moldy bed and waited for "rescue".

10 hours later.

Vega led his troops to attack the bandit's lair. The mob, who had lost the advantage of terrain, were no match for the regular army. The bandits' bodies almost covered the charred land, but Vega did not get any trace of the assassin from the captives.

The only gain is probably this.

It was confirmed that the commander-in-chief here was dressed the same as the mastermind described by the law enforcement team, and this mastermind and the 10 shadow mages might still be in the bandit nest and had not come out. Because Vega's war airship was still in the air watching the whole time, and the airship was even equipped with a Word Spirit Mage.

Not to mention the Shadow Mage, even a fly can't fly out.

Vega ordered a search of the entire bandit nest, and finally arrived at the restaurant under the leadership of his subordinates.

The wide cloak, the quaint masks, and 10 shadow mages, everything was exactly the same as described by the law enforcement team, except that these people had all stopped breathing.

Da da da--

Vega walked towards the main seat step by step, and his hand touched the mask.

Although the facts were in front of him, Vega still felt a little strange. Was the psychological quality of this Deputy Brigadier General Dandri, whom he had never met, really so poor? He actually committed suicide out of fear of crime without even putting up a bit of resistance.

Open the mask.

What Vega saw was a very ordinary face, without any trace of the temperament that a soldier should have.

"Do you know this person?"

Vega turned his head and asked the officers around him subtly, but they all shook their heads.

As the head of the brigade, it was impossible for him not to know the former acting brigade commander. Vega quickly realized that this person was not Dandari.

"Do you know the others?"

Veigar pointed to the 10 corpses dressed as Shadow Mages.

One of the captains took a look and said, "Master Brigadier, these people seem to be members of the first shadow mage team in our regiment. It's strange why they died here with a gang leader."

Vega narrowed his eyes, revealing a dangerous look.

A few words popped out of his mouth: "Search everything, don't miss any corner, Deputy Brigade Commander Dandeli might still be alive."

(End of this chapter)