Mage Veigar

Chapter 415 Exploiting Weaknesses
boom!
A flame explosion broke the door of the underground warehouse.

Theon led the army to this spacious and huge underground warehouse.

Although this was just one of the warehouses, it was stockpiled with grain as huge as a hill. He pushed aside a group of soldiers and came to the front of the grain himself.

Holding the sword of command.

Theon used the blade of his sword to pry open one of the sacks, wanting to confirm for himself that this was indeed the supply he wanted to destroy.

But when the sword was struck, something happened that froze Theon's smile.

Generally speaking, in this situation, food would flow onto the ground through the gap he had opened, but now the situation was completely different from what he had imagined.

The flow is indeed flowing down.

But what flowed down was not grain, but a pile of sand.

Sand?

Theon seemed to have thought of something. His face changed drastically. He swung the sword of command in his hand repeatedly, piercing the sacks one by one, trying to find even a grain of food, but all he saw was sand.

Why are sand grains put into sacks as if they were food?
This situation was already very clear. Theon immediately turned around and shouted: "Retreat! Order the entire army to withdraw from the city immediately. We have been fooled. This is a trap."

What answered Theon was not the adjutant's affirmative reply, but a sound of shaking the earth.

Boom boom boom——

The roar of magic came from overhead, and clouds of dust fell through the ceiling of the underground warehouse, making everyone covered in dust. Theon even lost his balance due to the huge vibration and sat on the ground.

"Where does the sound of magic bombing come from?"

Theon asked knowingly, but he didn't care about it after asking. He shouted to everyone, "Get out, get out quickly. We are surrounded by the enemy. This must be the conspiracy of that little devil."

boom.

Breaking open the door, Theon and his group rushed out of the underground warehouse.

But what came into view was a sea of ​​fire. His 100,000 soldiers were being dazed by the overwhelming arrows and magic. With flames shooting up into the sky all around them, not only were they unable to organize an effective counterattack, they couldn't even identify the enemy's position.

It's over, it's over.

Theon couldn't even hold the sword of command steady.

He looked at everything in front of him and fell into a state of dementia.

In this state, failure has become a foregone conclusion, because they are like a tiger trapped in a trap. No matter how hard they struggle, they will never be able to get out of the trap.

"That's it, that's it!"

Theon's voice full of regret echoed, but it was of no use. It was not until this moment that he finally cleared the fog and saw clearly Veigar's entire plan and his brilliance.

There is no supply line, which is indeed Veigar's fatal weakness.

And he did find Vega's weakness and tried to use it to drag Vega to death.

Later, Vega's behavior of borrowing food from civilians was, in his opinion, a sign of seeking his own death.

It was because he saw this that he believed that Vega was doomed and that a final decisive battle could take place.

But now it seems that this is obviously relaxing his vigilance.

Next, Vega ordered that the food from the nine cities be transported to Nora City without any concealment. This might be a bait for him.

Then he ignored the public opinion in the Nine Cities and allowed his war spies to explore the intelligence in the city. Vega was probably deliberately exposing all his flaws to him, telling him that he would definitely not lose if he started a war now.

Finally, the joint letter from the merchants served as a reassurance.

It can be said that Vega was really worried about him this time, fearing that he would not attack. He even arranged for him the target locations that needed to be destroyed, detailed city intelligence, and the personnel responsible for the response.

Veigar gave him a nearly perfect battle plan. Coupled with the current situation in the City of Black Gold and the frequent urging of the Great Prince, he, a hungry wolf, finally couldn't control his impulse and jumped into the trap prepared by the enemy.

Therefore, the battle was lost.

When he saw the flames falling from the sky towards him, Theon slowly closed his eyes.

There is no need to struggle anymore.

The city's gate must have been sealed, and the ambushing army had cut off all their routes of retreat. Even if he had three heads and six arms, it would be impossible for him to break out of the siege, so there was no need to make such a futile struggle.

“I’ve spent my whole life managing my weaknesses.”

"I thought that if I could control my weaknesses, I would be invincible."

“But I didn’t understand it until now.”

“The truly strong never try to control weaknesses, they only exploit them.”

"Unfortunately... I found out too late."

boom--

The barrier of the earth mage was finally broken, and Theon completely disappeared from this world.

Just as Theon said.

Because of the situation in the City of Black Gold and the urging of the Crown Prince, he was eager to pacify the downstream as soon as possible. This was his fatal weakness, but Theon was trying hard to control his weakness, waiting for Veigar to reveal a flaw.

Now Veigar has indeed exposed his weakness.

These flaws are not fake.

Vega is indeed short of food, and the civilians do hate Vega's army. These are all well-documented and true facts!

However, Vega did not try to control these weaknesses like him, but exposed them to him openly, using these weaknesses to lure him into the trap step by step, and finally bury him here completely.

Vega on the tall building smiled.

He looked at the sea of ​​fire in front of him and muttered to himself: "Strong can be a weapon, weak can also be a weapon, the truth can even be a murder weapon, Xien, you should understand this."

Insufficient supplies.

This was his fatal weakness, and Vega knew it very well. He never deceived himself into thinking that his enemies didn't know it.

Therefore, it became reasonable for him to take advantage of this fact and plunder civilians. Even the most famous detective in the world could not find out that he did it on purpose.

Therefore, "losing the support of the people" and "disintegration of military morale" became his second fatal weakness.

Veigar once again took advantage of this second weakness and ordered the merchants to write a joint letter and send it to Theon. All of this was reasonable and there was no point in the middle that could be questioned because this was the truth.

Just as one lie requires countless lies to cover it up.

One weakness will also give rise to countless weaknesses.

At this stage, Veigar's body was full of flaws, and he prepared countless reasons for Theon to attack.

These real weaknesses and truths lured the eager Theon into a trap, and then turned into murderous weapons, ultimately allowing Veigar to win the war.

The so-called making the best use of everything.

After taking advantage of these weaknesses, Vega can also take the approach of doubling the amount of food returned to civilians to win over the hearts of the people. His behavior of borrowing and repaying with interest can not only eliminate the current negative impact, but also earn him a reputation as a trustworthy person.

Don't forget that Vega had laid the foreshadowing of the "IOU" before.

(End of this chapter)