Mage Veigar

Chapter 778 Both sides suffer losses
"Kill out."

"We can survive!"

When these words echoed on the battlefield, the rebels in the eternal darkness finally saw the light.

For those who are in despair, these words are hope that points the way forward.

Just as Vega said, our retreat is not behind us, but in front of us. Now the only way out for them is indeed in front of us. As long as they can break through the Holy Dragon Army head-on, they can escape.

"soldiers!"

Veigar's last words echoed again: "I give the order. The entire army must break through. Break through their formation and fight our way out. We still have hope of survival. We will not die here."

To tempt a hungry man with food.

To tempt the poor with money.

To induce power to the lowly.

To induce hope in the desperate.

……

For a qualified commander, it is never about commanding soldiers, but about guiding them, making them willingly serve your purpose from the bottom of their hearts and regard you as a hero.

Veigar's words were like the devil's whispers, tempting the soldiers to fall into hell willingly.

Every soldier of the rebel army is a desperate person, like drowning people who will desperately grab the last straw to save their lives, even if they know that a small straw is not enough to support their weight, but what does it matter?

The desire to survive will make them abandon all rationality.

As long as no one sees the coffin, no one will shed tears; as long as there is a little hope, no one will give up.

The rebels showed extremely terrifying morale.

The morale derived from the desire to survive is higher than dignity, honor, loyalty, duty, belief... It is no exaggeration to say that the morale derived from this series of qualities is the highest.

The brave wins when we meet on a narrow road.

This statement, which had been proven to be a lie by the Holy Dragon Army, was finally disproven at this moment.

It turns out that courage can really improve the strength of every soldier to a higher level... No, it should be said that courage is enough to unleash one's potential by 100% or even 200%, forcing the rebels to stand on the same level as the Holy Dragon Army.

Boom boom boom——

There is no formation, no need for command, and no need for supervisor.

The rebel soldiers rushed forward in a swarm. The exit was right in front of them. As long as they fought their way out, they would survive.

With the blessing of this belief.

The war was no longer one-sided, but a three-way stalemate.

Veigar likes confrontation situations, because only when both sides believe they will win and kill each other in a war can they truly achieve the result of one life for one life, or one life for two lives.

The previous situation where the rebels were completely defeated simply caused the rebels to lose manpower, while the Holy Dragon Army, as the pursuing party, did not suffer any major losses at all.

Augustus did not understand Vega's intention.

He never thought that the reason why Vega created the rebel army was just to fight poison with poison, use the rebel army to consume his fighting power, and then let the Galan army come and take advantage of the situation.

After all, he is a sub-dragon.

As a sub-dragon, he could treat humans as pawns and livestock with peace of mind. As a human, how could Vega watch his own kind kill each other and sacrifice the lives of half a million people?
He thought that Vega, who was at his wit's end, wanted to break out.

Want to break through?

Of course he couldn't allow this.

I finally waited for Vega to make a mistake, how could I miss this opportunity?
"Dispatch the reserve troops to hold off the rebels' offensive!"

Augustus has already thrown everything into disregard, and has mobilized all the reserve troops in the rear, ready to encircle and suppress the rebels in this valley. It can be said that Augustus has now become truly angry.

bang bang bang-

Iron intersects.

One side launched one attack after another in order to grasp the last straw, while the other side was determined to win the war and vowed to defend the line to the death, resolutely not letting the other side advance a step. The war once again entered a white-hot stage in the seventh hour. "Forward! Forward!"

“Hope lies ahead!”

The battle lasted from early morning to late evening and was still not over. No side chose to slow down and rest because the rebels were pressing forward and had pushed the front line to the vicinity of the exit.

That's right.

After all, the morale derived from the desire to survive was superior. Under the enemy's wave after wave of attacks without any rest time, the Holy Dragon Army could only retreat step by step and finally retreated to this place.

Although the rebels achieved brilliant results.

But the officers present all saw clearly that every meter the rebels advanced was paved with the corpses of their soldiers, so by now, only 100,000 of the 500,000 rebels were left.

4/5 casualties.

This is absolutely unthinkable in any war.

Very few wars in history could last to this extent without a clear winner. Generally speaking, the outcome would be decided after the death of tens of thousands or at most hundreds of thousands of soldiers, because the soldiers would either flee in all directions or kneel down and surrender and become prisoners.

From this to that.

With 400,000 rebels killed, how could the Holy Dragon Army fare better?

The 400,000-strong Holy Dragon Army had lost more than 200,000 soldiers so far, leaving less than 200,000 soldiers. And because the high-level soldiers had almost exhausted their magic and mental power, they had already become a battlefield for ordinary soldiers a few hours ago.

This is fatal to the Holy Dragon Army.

The reason why the Holy Dragon Army has an absolute upper hand, in addition to the quality of the soldiers, is the high-level military force. Now that the high-level military force is unable to participate in the war, it will inevitably cause greater casualties.

If you look at it from a bystander's perspective.

The war has reached this point, and the Holy Dragon Army can now retreat.

Because the rebels have been defeated and will no longer pose any threat to Holy Dragon City, there is no need to force themselves to lose 800 and injure 1,000 enemies when high-level military forces are unable to participate in the battle.

If the fighting continues, even our high-level military forces will suffer losses, and high-level military forces are an extremely valuable resource.

But once the arrow is shot, there is no way back.

Defeating Veigar is the obsession of every general. The war has come to this point, how can we give up halfway? !
"Don't let any of them go!"

Augustus gave an unquestionable order.

As the order was given, the last ray of sunset light finally disappeared at the exit right in front of us.

The war has come to the present.

The rebels' will to survive could not make up for the huge gap in strength, and 500,000 of them died on the battlefield.

Until death.

The rebel soldiers then realized that there was no hope at all, and for the drowning people, there was only despair from beginning to end.

That so-called dawn of hope was nothing but a mirage fabricated by those in power.

"Victory! Victory! Victory!"

Stepping on the corpses of the rebels, the less than 100,000 remaining Holy Dragon Army raised their arms and shouted.

This battle is really too difficult.

But it doesn't matter, because the final result is——

"We won! We won?"

Augustus was overwhelmed with emotions for a moment, and tears almost burst out of his eyes.

He raised the cross sword in his hand and expressed the emotions that had been suppressed for who knows how long: "I won, we won! I defeated the undefeated god of war, I defeated Vega Saint Laurent! This war! I won! Hahaha——"

It was like overthrowing the invincible final boss.

As the first person on the continent to defeat the final BOSS, Augustus felt that it was worth it even if he died here at this moment.

(End of this chapter)