Mage Veigar

Chapter 601 Loser

The oasis city, Antiachi.

This is the last important city in the northwest of the empire near the central region.

The city was built five thousand years ago. It is not equipped with crystal hubs and war colossi, but it has tall walls. In history, it has withstood up to twelve attacks from the United Kingdom without ever falling.

Now Vega is stationed here with his army.

In addition to Vega's army, there are 150 million imperial troops and 5 air corps commanded by Eskar.

The reason why there is still such a large army left is that the empire later increased its support to the northwest to ensure that the oasis city of Andiachi would not be captured by the Holy Dragon Kingdom in a short time.

Just as the name implies.

At the beginning, the empire might have fantasized about turning the tide by increasing its troops, but unfortunately, this fantasy was ruthlessly shattered later, because they sadly discovered that increasing the number of troops was of no use, and the empire's soldiers could not stop the first wave of the Holy Dragon Kingdom's outbreak.

Along the way.

Vega saw civilians with pale faces and dejected soldiers.

It can be seen that the whole city is now in pessimism, and the Oasis City is no longer as vibrant as before.

This is also a matter of course.

When soldiers and officers no longer believe that they can fight against the Holy Dragon Kingdom's army, why should they ask civilians to have confidence in the army? Civilians are not fools. When they know that the army cannot protect their safety, they can only wait for death in despair.

run away?

Where to escape to.

This city is their foundation, and most civilians do not have the ability and capital to leave here and live in other cities.

then……

Despair became the theme of this city.

Seeing this, Vega no longer had any sympathy for the empire's defeat.

Ask yourself, is a person who doesn’t even believe in himself worthy of winning this war?

The answer is obvious. For those who don’t believe in themselves, it’s not even worth their effort.

Weak people who have fought to the death for victory should be respected. At least they dare to face strong enemies. However, Vega does not think it is necessary to show mercy to those who just sit there and wait to die.

If one day we are slaughtered by the dragon species, it will be what we deserve.

At this moment, Vega also understood why the Empire had been defeated in successive battles. How could such a desperate army win?
"Welcome."

Eskar held Vega's hand.

When was the last time the two met? Although it has been more than a year, Vega feels like decades have passed, from the Seventh Army in the East, to the later clash on the West Coast of the Dynasty, to the current alliance.

Neither Eskar nor Vega had ever thought that they would meet again.

Because Eskar had rejected Vega's recruitment and was "forced" to retire early after returning to the empire. At that time, even Eskar thought he had bid farewell to the stage of war.

Unfortunately, life is unpredictable.

Eskar certainly could not have anticipated that the Empire would launch a plan that had been prepared for thousands of years. He therefore made great contributions in the battle against the Free Alliance in the southwest, and finally offered a strategy to fight against the Holy Dragon Kingdom and served as the commander-in-chief.

But if he could choose again, Eskar would definitely not choose to return to the battlefield again.

Because this time, his confidence was completely destroyed.

The Holy Dragon Kingdom's hellish army left him with an indelible fear, a fear even greater than that of Vega.

Because Vega only used conspiracy and trickery to defeat him, after each defeat, Eskar reflected and found that he was defeated because he made mistakes in the details. If he had paid attention to them, the situation of the battle would have been rewritten.

But the Holy Dragon Kingdom is different.

They defeated him head-on with real weapons and even sent out holy professionals to directly attack his headquarters. At that time, the sword was only a few centimeters away from his heart. If it weren't for the guard Ping who desperately tried to stop it, he would probably have died.

For the first time in his life, Eskar felt so powerless.

He is now at a loss, and there are rumors that if he had not considered it inappropriate to change generals during the war, he would have been held accountable by the empire. With such a huge defeat, he is doomed to die.

He doesn't want to die yet.

Eskar's face was pale, his eyes were sunken, and he looked very listless.

"It's been a long time since we last met. It's an honor to meet you again."

Vega sighed and made a casual greeting. If he hadn't wanted to understand the current battle situation, he wouldn't even think of talking to Eskar, because the Eskar now was no longer the same Eskar.

It was originally on the west coast of the dynasty.

Even though Eskar lost the war with him and was even captured by him, he did not lose his confidence and fighting spirit, which are the most valuable qualities for an officer and are definitely not found in ordinary generals.

In Vega's judgment criteria.

A true senior general can be called a 'Challenger'.

No matter how powerful the enemy is, they can remain confident and challenge it again and again.

During the challenge, they believed in their own judgment and sense of war. Once the enemy made even the slightest mistake, the challenger would definitely take advantage of it and pin the enemy to death on the battlefield.

That's what Foster Nolan did.

The same is true of Tanier Rheinberg of the United Kingdom.

The same was true of Eskar in the past.

Although they were defeated by Vega, and now agree that Vega's military talent is superior to theirs, they have never lost the desire to challenge Vega. They are confident that in the next fight, they can seize the mistake made by Vega and deliver a fatal blow, and then prove their talent to the world.

This is what Vega believes a senior general should have.

As for ordinary generals, Veigar calls them 'losers'.

Vega did not dare to entrust important tasks to such a general, because almost all the generals in the dynasty were like this.

They may have had the potential to become famous generals, but unfortunately they failed too many times in the subsequent wars and lost their confidence and spirit. As soon as they heard that the enemy commander was a famous general, they immediately became timid and even if they caught the enemy making a mistake, they did not have the confidence to take advantage of it and fight.

This is why the dynasty had no generals who could fight a miracle battle.

Ordinary generals like these would not have the courage to seize opportunities even if they were given them.

Eskar is now just like everyone else.

He lost the confident heart of a challenger and became a timid loser.

And Eskar's next words directly confirmed Vega's guess -

"Excuse me, sir, does your invitation still count?"

Eskar let the cold wind from the city wall make him shiver, his empty eyes staring at Vega beside him.

"But the trial system has not yet been eradicated. Your Excellency, are you not worried now?"

Although there were only him and Eskar on the city wall and there was no need to worry about eavesdropping, Vega did not expect that Eskar would ask to join the dynasty camp on the first day of his arrival.

"I still want to continue leading troops to fight!"

Eskar seemed a little excited: "But when the war is over, this defeat is enough to cost me my life. I will die anyway. As long as your original invitation still counts, I will join the dynasty and die for you on the battlefield."

Vega's eyes flashed with disappointment.

He would never accept a general who had lost confidence even if the general was given to him for free.

Finally, Vega shook his head and looked at Eskar, without a trace of pity in his eyes. He even said coldly, "I'm very sorry."

(End of this chapter)