Mage Veigar

Chapter 752 Unknown Intention
Show the enemy weakness.

Lure the enemy deeper.

Surround and annihilate them.

If this strategy is used by a general who does not understand Vega or an officer of low level, he might have some unrealistic ideas and lead his army to attack the Galan Army, then fall into the Galan Army's trap and be wiped out.

But it was obviously impossible for him to make such a low-level mistake.

Augustus, who knew Vega very well, understood that the best way to deal with a being like Vega was to defend the city. He had suffered a great loss last time in Gasili City. How could he be tripped by the same stone twice?
"Is that brat looking down on me?"

After thinking it over, Augustus began to suspect that Vega underestimated him and put up this formation to lure him out of the city.

"Why not take advantage of their own tactic?"

As soon as this idea came into being, it was nipped in the bud by Augustus.

The cold feeling on his back reminded him of his last failure. In the last war, he had the idea of ​​defeating Vega in his mind, but ended up losing everything.

In other words.

As long as you don't have the mentality of winning the war and proving yourself, you may still have the strength to fight.

This is what Augustus has summarized from countless battles. He found that Vega's real brilliance lies in taking advantage of the officers' emotions and desires for gain and loss. As long as you abandon all of these and let them remain unmoved no matter which direction the wind blows, you may have more opportunities.

As he thought this, Augustus picked up a scripture and began to recite it silently.

This scripture was passed down from generation to generation by the sub-dragon species. It did not have the effect of enhancing strength. Its only effect was to enable people to remain calm and not have their reason dominated by their seven emotions and six desires. It was probably equivalent to the Buddhist scriptures on Earth.

obviously.

Augustus was ready to be a Buddhist commander, watching Vega jump up and down.

Looking at it from this absolutely calm perspective, Augustus suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of accomplishment. Vega's little trick of luring the enemy deep into his territory looked like a monkey show no matter from which angle he looked at it.

Besides being hilarious, it simply doesn't fool anyone.

However, Augustus guessed wrong this time. Vega certainly didn't think that this trick of showing weakness to the enemy and luring the enemy deep into the territory could deceive an officer who had been traumatized by... deception. After so many losses, he would still fall for this kind of trick. His IQ is probably not even as good as that of a farmer. Of course, such a person can't become a commander.

So why do it?
The first reason, of course, was to find an excuse for not being able to preside over the meeting and to disappear from everyone's sight.

The second reason for showing weakness to the enemy was to attract Augustus' attention, making him focus on the Galan Army and ignore the existence under his nose.

That's right.

In the city of Gasili, there are countless entities that are temporarily not being noticed by Augustus - rebel organizations.

Vega has already set his sights on these rebel organizations that claim "Humanity will never be enslaved". These rebel organizations, like a pile of loose sand, are certainly very weak and cannot cause even the slightest damage to the Holy Dragon Army. Augustus doesn't even have the desire to focus on them, but Vega regards them as treasures.

Gather the sand to form a tower, gather the armpits to form fur.

When a group of scattered sands gather together, it is definitely a terrifying force. The Nolan Empire, which ignored this force, has not been able to quell the rebels and escape the quagmire of civil war until now, and the Holy Dragon Kingdom does not seem to have learned any lesson.

A thousand-mile embankment collapses in an ant nest.

Victory in war is not achieved overnight. Vega knows very well that whether it is war or anything else, it is the accumulation of countless details that leads to great success.

Augustus should never, ever, have overlooked this detail.

Veigar had already grasped this detail. On the second day after he claimed to be ill, he led a team of elite shadow mages into the block at the north gate of the city of Gaxili.

This neighborhood is very far away from where the Holy Dragon Army is stationed. The Holy Dragon Army is in the south and he is in the north.

"Which is the largest rebel group around here?"

Vega asked the vice-captain beside him.

"Report to your Majesty...Captain."

The deputy captain replied nervously and excitedly: "It is a rebel organization called 'Silgaku'. The organization already has more than 5,000 members, and is the largest rebel organization in Area D."

"Has this rebel group made any major moves recently?"

Vega asked such a seemingly insignificant question intentionally or unintentionally.

The deputy captain compared the intelligence and said, "The Xierjiaku rebels have attacked two small granaries of the Holy Dragon Army in the past two months. Apart from that, there have been no other major movements."

"Besides these two main moves against the Holy Dragon Army, what about the rest?"

Vega didn’t seem to show any surprise, instead he continued asking in a tone that said “as expected”.

"The remaining……"

The deputy captain frowned and flipped through a thick stack of intelligence. "In addition to launching two small-scale attacks on the Holy Dragon Nation in the past two months, the organization has focused its main efforts on expanding its strength and territory. Compared to two months ago, the organization's members and territory have more than doubled, and correspondingly..."

"Correspondingly, the number of other rebel organizations in Area D has decreased by 99%, right?"

Vega interrupted the vice-captain with great certainty, a sarcastic sneer on his face.

"Captain, everything is as you said."

The vice-captain looked at Vega with admiration and said, "The Xiergaku organization is now the only one in the D area. They hold high the banner of justice and absorb fresh blood every minute and every second, expanding their territory and increasing their influence."

"I take that back."

Veigar said sarcastically: "I overestimated the existence of the human species. Even if they are enslaved by another species, individuals can sacrifice the group for their own interests and status. Humans are indeed a group of selfish beings."

Even at this time, the leaders of these rebel organizations are still busy fighting among themselves for their own interests. This is something Vega never expected.

“But if you think about it, this is to be expected.”

Veigar grinned and said, “Humanity has been able to develop to this day because of its greedy nature. When this rebel organization unites all the rebel organizations in the city, the Holy Dragon Army will become a stumbling block for them. Then this rebel organization will start to attack the Holy Dragon Army like the rebel organization led by Coverdale.”

But the difference is.

Coverdale wanted to be a hero, and the leader of this rebel group wanted to be a villain.

If the current trend continues, perhaps a new king will be born on the land of the old kingdom, and this king's style of doing things seems to be somewhat similar to his own.

But... there can't be two tigers in one mountain.

It would be fine if it didn't cause any trouble, but since it has now interfered with his plans, the only thing he can do is to nip it in the bud.

(End of this chapter)