They don't want me to try anymore.

By the way, I'll stop you from desecrating my remains!

You transformed back into human form and accepted Veronica's embrace.

That night, Veronica drank more than just your blood...

[Your mood has improved]

The next morning, when you awoke, she had already left with her original group of followers.

That end.

Although she eventually succeeded, Veronica was not happy.

Watching her simulated self leave the mountain stronghold, she felt conflicted.

Once again, this man is about to make a sacrifice for himself, his fate uncertain...

From the perspective of military commanders, this is indeed a rational choice...

But as expected, she couldn't accept it.

fortunately.

It's just a simulation, just like last time, it's just a simulation.

In reality, she absolutely, positively wants to change all of this!

No ambition? Ha.

This captain has big ambitions! Little Richard, you just wait and see!

And at this time.

Richard, who was left behind, didn't have time to reminisce about their "breakup sex"...

The advance team of the Highland Legion has officially entered the mountains.

...After all, he still has a tough battle to fight!

Another day of poor performance or 2

I spent money on Taobao and Xianyu to find someone to help me analyze the data, and I also tried to learn various methods on my own. I finally got the first experiment significant today, but my brain is already fried. I really don't have a drop of intelligence left; I'm completely an idiot...

Take a day off, I'll resume tomorrow...

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Chapter 113 Hehe, you can't catch me!

You summoned a group of the lowest-level skeleton soldiers, disguised them as your own troops, and sent them westward.

[You, on the other hand, will lead the main force, taking the trails known only to the mountain people, flanking and infiltrating, approaching the troops stationed on the outer perimeter who are helping to seal off the mountain.]

Since the goal is to cover Veronica's escape from the east, Richard certainly can't simply lure the enemy in as before; otherwise, the Empire's encirclement will tighten, making it harder for the vampire to escape.

He has to take the initiative to mobilize the Imperial Army.

In terms of methods, besides using skeletons to dazzle the eyes, it also includes launching attacks—of course, it certainly can't be a head-on confrontation with the highland legion.

Instead, the old, universal solution is: pick the softest persimmons to squeeze!

No matter where your Highland Legion goes, I'll just attack the local garrison!

Because of your formidable reputation around Abarania, whenever you lead your army, the local forces, from soldiers to generals, are thrown into disarray and often collapse after a few days of resistance.

You have achieved considerable success.

The Highland Legion was forced to divert troops to intercept your undead dummies and support local allies, while you often managed to retreat back into the mountains before they arrived.

Through repeated maneuvers, Richard successfully kept the main force of the Imperial Army firmly by his side, and soon received news that Veronica had escaped.

However, in the meantime, the Imperial Army's encirclement network has been completely perfected.

Furthermore, the Empire brought in a high-ranking Gold and several Silver Order priests to oversee the operation, effectively eliminating Richard's possibility of solo assaults and undead tactics.

On the surface, he has become a sitting duck.

Next, as long as the Highland Legion advances steadily, relying on the absolute difference in numbers and superhuman strength, they can ignore the mountain people's local advantages and completely annihilate them.

But in fact……

"Take this, Old Beijing's strategic retreat!"

You awakened the burrowing worms, which dug through several coal mine pits at the foot of the Abarania Mountains, creating a tunnel that connects directly to the outside of the mountains.

The large burrowing worm, also a creature described in the magic book given by Sophia, looks like a worm with fangs. It consumes a lot of mana and is not very useful in small-scale battles. Its only advantage is that it can burrow underground.

In reality, Richard doesn't need it, but in the simulation, he summons it as soon as he arrives in Abarania.

This is just the right time to use it!

Unfortunately, this thing is too noisy and can only be used once...

[You organized a volunteer recruitment drive, and in the end, led three thousand people who were willing to follow you and fight the Empire to the end, leaving Abarania through the tunnel and breaking out of the encirclement.]

[Due to the obvious earthquake, the Imperial mages quickly detected your escape, and the Highland Legion immediately broke camp to give chase, but they were still several days behind you.]

[You know that time is everything right now. You used your unique hero traits to keep the mountain people in high spirits even after they left their homeland, and they marched south.]

The Imperial Army's elite forces on the roads have been largely mobilized; as long as you don't attack major cities, you can move freely.

You have captured many small towns, seized a great deal of spoils from local nobles, and defeated and captured many imperial local troops, the largest number being as many as five thousand.

Since you were unable to manage so many prisoners, you simply divided half of the looted noble property among them and then released them.

The Imperial army pursuing you had to divert some of its forces to capture deserters and help local nobles reclaim their property, slowing down their march even further.

Your string of victories has shocked the world; your face is on the front page of every newspaper; the Empire hates you with a passion, while the anti-Empire hailes you as a hero.

Richard knew that he had actually taken advantage of a loophole.

Because of the continued pressure from Vander Alice, most of the elite troops in the southeast of the empire were actually sent to the south to confront them, while the remaining small number were abandoned by him at the foot of Mount Abarania.

That's why this region is so empty, allowing him to rampage through the Imperial Army like a fool, and even turn back to dart around.

But Richard also knew that there was no future in continuing like this.

For guerrilla warfare to be successful, it must be able to establish a base, or at least recruit manpower from the places it passes through. But a foreigner and a group of mountain people who have left the mountains cannot do this.

So his current plan is to do as much as he can while he still has the energy to increase his simulation score.

When they could no longer hold on, they would find another opportunity to lead their brothers away from the empire.

How do I get there?

Richard was looking back at the map when he suddenly remembered a few places.

In this simulation, since he wasn't operating within the Empire, it seems Wilt's whistleblowing attempt failed? That means...

You head straight for the Rock Fortress, the headquarters of the Highland Legion.

All available Imperial troops in the vicinity are rushing towards you.

There were only a thousand defenders inside the Giant Rock Fortress at the moment, and they were frantically pleading for reinforcements. The Imperial high command replied to them: Hold on, and there will be a way.

In reality, the Empire believes that the fortress itself is ancient, extremely sturdy, and protected by many permanent magic arrays. Even if the number of defenders is small, nothing will happen. They think you made a mistake this time and intend to surround and annihilate you there.

However, in the following days, the surrounding area was shrouded in dense fog...

When the fog cleared, the Imperial army was astonished to find that you were already standing on the fortress walls and had even captured a nearby town.

The people of the Empire could not believe this fact, and many newspapers proclaimed on their front pages: "This is not magic!" and "Magic no longer exists!"

Richard admitted that he had used a little underhanded tactic.

For example, using the [Fate Writer] trait to make the Imperial garrison inside the fortress forget to close a small door that could change their fate; or using the [Masked Man] and [Newspaper Tycoon] to disguise oneself as an Imperial general.

But a small opening doesn't count as opening~

Ultimately, it was because there were too few troops garrisoned inside the fortress that he was able to launch a surprise attack!

And then...

[You thoroughly searched the fortress and found many of the Legion's secret documents—due to the incompetence and negligence of the responsible civil servants, who disregarded confidentiality rules, these documents were frequently accessed at will and were easily unearthed.]

You have found the Highland Legion's secret laboratory.

[You opened those laboratories to the public, and even placed these documents directly in the square of a nearby town for everyone to see, and invited the pastors of the local neutral Earth Church and Wisdom Church to be your witnesses.]

The Highland Legion's scandal was revealed to the world, causing a public outcry.

Brother Wilt, with your fiery temper, I haven't heard of you in this simulation. It seems you are probably really dead.

It's alright, I've fulfilled your last wish!

Well, there's a price to pay...

[Because your actions took some time, the Imperial Army, which had been constantly inhaling your exhaust fumes, finally caught up.]

At the same time, you suddenly realize that someone has been teleported into the fortress.

The visitor claimed to be a messenger from Queen Vanderni...

Huh?