Mage Veigar

Chapter 700 Borrowing a Knife
East coast.

When the negotiations between Vega and the Empire ended, Foster also received orders from the Empire.

The order naturally required him to withdraw to the country immediately.

"Alas, Hausman has misled me!"

Foster said rather angrily.

If it weren't for Hausman's defeat and the fall of the eastern part of the empire, even with the existence of the divine wizard, he would not be able to attack the west coast. But at the very least, he could block Vega in the barren land of the west coast, further restricting the rise of the Galan Empire.

But all this is no longer possible.

His series of battle plans against the Divine Mages were reduced to waste paper before they were even implemented. He even failed to find out whether there were Divine Mages in the Jialan Empire.

This made Foster very upset.

At the same time, he hated and despised Hausman from the bottom of his heart.

"What's the point of a general who can't even simply delay time?"

As Foster rushed to the Holy Dragon Kingdom's headquarters, he said indignantly: "It would be better to hand over such a useless general to the Jialan Empire. It would be best if that kid could reuse Hausman and let this damn guy harm the Jialan Empire."

Talking to oneself.

Foster has arrived at the Holy Dragon Army’s base.

The purpose of this time was undoubtedly to say goodbye to Augustus, and at the same time to test the Holy Dragon Kingdom's next move after they left the east coast: whether to retreat or fight.

Foster learned from intelligence.

The Holy Dragon Kingdom is now being harassed by a branch of the Galan Empire led by Qilis. Although it does not pose any threat to the Holy Dragon Kingdom, the existence of flies just flying around is annoying enough.

"Mr. Foster, what can I do for you so early in the morning?"

Augustus, still with a sleepy look on his face, sat down opposite Foster in casual clothes.

Due to daily contact over the past few months, the two men became more and more casual, even omitting basic etiquette. In addition, Augustus' views on the war were already shared by Foster, and the two began to appreciate each other.

"I came here today mainly to say goodbye to the commander."

Foster took the initiative and pushed the brewed black tea in front of Augustus and said, "Our country has reached a deal with Vega Saint Laurent. The price is that I withdraw from the East Coast. So in three days, our army will return home."

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Augustus blew on the warm tea and didn't reply, just savoring it.

Once Foster left, he would be the only one left on the East Coast. When Veigar and his army and the Divine Mage attacked the East Coast, how would he resist? Or should he learn from Foster and ask the Holy Dragon King to withdraw his troops?

Foster seemed to see what Augustus was thinking.

He said in a rather seductive tone, "After I leave, I wonder if the Legion Commander is interested in taking over the other half of the East Coast?"

Now the entire East Coast is divided equally between the Empire and the Holy Dragon Kingdom.

Even the defense system of Saint Laurent is divided into half and half respectively, and the core city of Saint Laurent is jointly governed by the two countries. It can be said that Augustus has long coveted the complete control of Saint Laurent.

But Augustus also understood.

These cities are certainly attractive, but you have to be alive to enjoy them.

Once Vega attacks the East Coast, over-emphasizing these cities will only lead to people dying for money and birds dying for food. Foster seemed to understand Augustus's concerns.

He continued to tempt, "We have received intelligence that there does not seem to be any divine mages in the Jialan Empire."

"Is this information true? Is there any evidence?"

Augustus was a little excited, but he was no longer the experienced commander he once was. So before seeing the evidence, no matter how sure Foster's words were, he would never believe them.

"As for the evidence, there is no evidence at the moment."

Hearing Foster's words, Augustus showed a look of contempt.

Foster didn't care. He continued, "But I can give you all the plans I made to deal with the Divine Mage. Even if the enemy really has a Divine Mage, you can still defeat the army of the Jialan Empire."

"Are you kidding, sir?"

Augustus snorted and said, "I admit that the tug-of-war and guerrilla tactics you mentioned last time are indeed reasonable, but in the field of war, it is not enough to be reasonable, because war is never logical or reasonable. Even if you give me this strategy that has not been tested in actual combat, I dare not use it."

"Commander, please understand one thing."

Foster seemed determined to deceive Augustus today. "Whether there is a Divine Mage in the Jialan Empire is a matter of concern to my country, your country, and even the whole world. Although I cannot guarantee that you will be able to defeat the Divine Mage with this plan, at least at least you can find out the details of the Jialan Army with relatively low losses."

"This……"

Augustus seemed a little shaken.

Foster pushed the plan in front of Augustus and said, "This is the entire plan. Now I hand it over to you, Commander. Whether it will be used or not is entirely up to you. Please allow me to take my leave. I hope we can meet again next time."

After saying this, Foster left the Holy Dragon Army base.

There is a saying that goes "stop when it is appropriate". Over-promoting your ideas will backfire.

And Foster had already determined that Augustus would use this strategy.

Because Foster understood one thing very well——

If you want someone to close a window, then you should suggest closing the door and the window. In this way, the other person will most likely not close the door, but will compromise and close the window for you.

In the conversation just now.

Foster told Augustus that with his strategy, he could definitely win the war without fear of the divine wizard.

You can tell from the moment you hear this that it's completely unreliable.

Augustus didn't choose to believe it either.

But Foster changed his statement, This strategy of mine was formulated for victory. Even if we cannot win in the end, wouldn't it be easy to find out the enemy's details with low casualties and then retreat safely?
This is like using a butcher knife to kill a chicken.

Foster handed the butcher knife to Augustus. Although Augustus thought it was impossible to kill the cow, and even killing the chicken might be a problem, it was more than enough to tease the chicken.

Figured this out.

Augustus officially took over the entire East Coast.

While preparing to retreat, he also arranged several lines of defense as planned, intending to use this tug-of-war, guerrilla warfare method to compete with Vega on the east coast, in order to test whether there is a divine mage in Vega.

(End of this chapter)