Mage Veigar

Chapter 436 No Survivors
Boom boom boom——

The explosion of magic kicked up clouds of dust.

In the hilly area outside the Yuexi Mountains, the 1st Division Commander Hume lay on the ground shivering. He did not dare to move a step and could only watch the soldiers around him die one by one.

The enemy's attack was too fierce.

Of course, this fierce attack did not come from the ground, but from the war airships falling from the sky. They didn't even have the strength to fight back.

"Commander, what should we do now?"

The adjutant crawled to the division commander's side, and said with a panicked expression on his face: "Our air cover force has not yet arrived. General, please order a withdrawal. If this continues, we are in danger of being wiped out."

1The commander had a hesitant expression on his face.

Generally speaking, it is absolutely forbidden to withdraw troops without Vega's order, and at this time the commander of the 1st Division cannot judge whether Vega intended them to attract a little attention. If they retreat at this time, there is no problem in escaping back, but they will be punished by Vega.

To stay or to withdraw?

Hume was in a dilemma.

He took out his pocket watch at this time and found that the agreed time had passed, but there was still no trace of his own air force in the sky, which made him completely confused.

"Could it be that Mott is seeking revenge for his personal gain?"

At this time, the 1st Division Commander Hume couldn't help but doubt, but quickly rejected it: "No, he definitely doesn't have the courage to disobey the commander's order..."

"in other words!"

Hume, the commander of the 1st Division, suddenly had an idea and seemed to have grasped something: "In other words! Apart from the commander-in-chief, no one else can command Mott. Does that mean..."

boom--

Just as he was about to grasp this fleeting inspiration, a flame exploded and landed beside him, making all his thoughts fly away.

"Retreat, retreat immediately."

Without paying attention to Vega's order, the 1st Division Commander finally chose to order a retreat. The feeling of life and death just now made him no longer care about anything else. Now he just wanted to save his life and return to the Holy City of Gangti to find out what happened.

The signal to retreat went up into the air.

After seeing the signal, the soldiers rushed to the rear in a swarm.

That's a total of 15,000 soldiers. If they were retreating in a swarm, even if the enemy sent out an entire air corps, it would be difficult to annihilate them all. It would be good enough if half of their bodies could be left behind.

So an hour later.

Under the leadership of the 1st Division Commander Hume, the remaining less than 8000 people retreated to the entrance of a canyon area.

As long as you enter here, you will be safe.

In general wars, ancient forests and canyons are common ways to shake off enemy air forces. The former also carries the risk of being burned to death by forest fires, while the latter can be said to be foolproof. After all, it is difficult for high-altitude airships to use magic to bomb soldiers inside the canyon.

But this is clearly no ordinary war.

When Hume and his soldiers entered the canyon, a rumbling sound was heard.

They saw huge rocks rolling down on both sides of the canyon and kerosene flying everywhere. In an instant, they were completely disoriented. The situation was even more tragic than the bombing they had just received from the Air Force Corps.

It was also when Hume was confused.

One in front and one behind, the two corps had blocked the exit and entrance of the canyon, surrounding the entire First Division in the canyon. In addition, there were complete defensive fortifications on both sides of the canyon and at the entrance and exit, making it almost impossible for them to escape.

"This is a premeditated ambush." ​​Hume, the commander of the 1st Division, was completely certain of this, because these extremely perfect fortifications and the ambushes hidden here did not seem to be a spur-of-the-moment plan at all, but rather it seemed as if they knew all their plans and had made adequate preparations.

"Damn it!! Someone must have leaked our plan."

The 1st Division Commander Hume roared angrily, "Don't let me go back alive, or I will investigate you thoroughly. You dare to do such a thing as collaborating with the enemy and selling out your country."

In Hume's view.

There is simply no other reason other than this.

You know, they didn't find any enemy ground reconnaissance forces or air reconnaissance forces on the way here, but it was precisely at this location that was least likely to be ambushed that the Dynasty army suddenly launched an attack from the air and land as if they had foreseen the future.

This only means that they were sold out.

So who would sell them?

Hume recalled all the officers of the Dynasty, and finally realized that the key node of this war was Mott's aviation corps. At this time, he found the inspiration that he had lost before -

No one dared to disobey the commander's orders.

"If you understand this sentence from a different perspective..."

Hume thought of a fact that he himself could not believe: "Could it be that the commander sold us out personally?"

"No! That's absolutely not the case!"

Hume's faith collapsed at this moment: "I want to go back. I must go back and meet the commander in person. I want to find out the truth of this matter. The soldiers of the empire cannot die in vain."

"Break through! Break through!"

Hume roared hysterically, but it was obvious that momentum alone could not change the situation of the battle.

Kaia Saint Laurent, standing on a high place, looked at the battle below and said slowly, "Be loyal to the trust of others. Order the elite group of senior mages to join the battle. Do not let a single imperial soldier go tonight."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

With the addition of an elite group of high-level mages, the war has turned into a massacre.

In the end, just as Kaeya's order had been given, no one survived the imperial army trapped in the canyon, and the entire canyon became a living hell. The smell of blood scared away all the beasts, and only a few crows hurried over.

"Hahaha!"

Facing this Shura scene, Kaia Saint Laurent laughed heartily: "I have always wanted to experience a front-line war, but I didn't expect that this front-line war is more exciting and interesting than I imagined. In the limited time that follows, I must enjoy it."

"Your Majesty, your body is worth a ton of gold. Please don't do such dangerous things again."

The new captain of the guard quickly suggested: "As the leader of the entire army, going to the front line in person may help boost morale, but if there is any mistake, it will probably cause a devastating blow to the entire army."

"You want to interfere with me too?"

Kaia Saint Laurent's cold voice echoed, "I'll forgive you for all this. When you go back, you'd better find out how the previous captain of the guard died, and then reorganize your future words."

"Your Majesty, please forgive me." Upon hearing this, the captain of the guards hurriedly said nothing more.

Also when this war came to an end.

The two shadow mages hiding in the darkness of the canyon looked at each other, gave the retreat signal unique to the Imperial Reconnaissance Department, and then disappeared together.

(End of this chapter)