The wrong transmigrator assigned by the system

Upon hearing this, Taffertiel smiled indifferently and said, "That guy is dead, so he's dead. He can only blame himself for not being careful enough with Rickart Wendersland and Medivh Arms!"

Hearing such heartless words, the adjutant paused for a moment, then said, "I understand."

After saying this, she left the room where Taftier was and went to gather the army.

Meanwhile, Duchess Taftier began to hang her sword at her waist, put on her hat, and prepared to lead the soldiers to Mordred Fortress after the army was assembled, intending to take it in one fell swoop.

But she didn't notice that her adjutant gave her a vicious look before leaving, as if she had some deep-seated grudge against her!

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Just as Duchess Taftier's personal guards were gathering soldiers there, her adjutant came to a secret room and found an elf.

He was the husband of the Duchess of Taftier, Heraton Bilal.

He was supposed to lead the army to attack Mordred, but because he didn't trust Ricardo and Medivh, he chose to let his double command the army while he hid in this secret room he discovered himself, waiting for news.

When his wife's adjutant came looking for him, he immediately went over and asked, "Is the situation at the front really as I described, just a feint?"

“Yes, the Miracaesars’ actions yesterday were indeed a feint. However, they also prepared some things, putting the army commanded by your double in a stalemate.” The adjutant picked up a glass of water from the table, took a small sip, and said.

Upon hearing this, Hilarton stepped forward, put his arm around the female adjutant who was embracing his wife, and asked, "Is that guy preparing to lead troops to support the front lines right now?"

“Yes. Now she’s sending her personal guards and me to gather the soldiers and prepare to go to the front lines to provide support.” The adjutant didn’t resist, instead letting Hilarton hold her. However, she quickly added with some concern, “That woman doesn’t care about you at all. We, her trusted confidants, are always on edge around her. So I’m afraid that if she suffers a defeat at Mordred Fortress, she’ll take it out on us!”

Suddenly, the adjutant turned around, looked at Hilarton, and suggested, "Let's run away! Let's run away to some small country and live in seclusion, so we won't get involved in the infighting among the nobles anymore, okay?"

Without a moment's hesitation, Hailarton nodded immediately and said, "Okay! We'll leave after she takes the army away!"

Twenty minutes later, Taftier led his army away from the small town and headed towards Mordred Fortress, intending to join forces with 'Heralton' and launch a full-scale attack on Mordred Fortress.

However, by the time they arrived, it was already close to evening. Both the army of 'Hailardton' and the garrison of Mordred Fortress, including Lu Ming, had been fighting for a long time and were already exhausted.

However, Taftier, who had just arrived, did not care whether his soldiers were tired or not, and ordered that all soldiers should continue to attack the city without rest.

Fortunately, she brought tens of thousands of soldiers, enough to take down the first city wall; otherwise, the soldiers might have mutinied.

Of course, she was a general who had fought her entire life; she couldn't possibly be unaware that her orders might cause a mutiny. Her reason for forcibly attacking the city was precisely because the enemy soldiers were exhausted! Take advantage of their fatigue and strike at their vitals! That was Duchess Tafertiel's plan!

Although the soldiers didn't understand the order at all, they didn't care if they died from exhaustion since they could capture the fortress!

However, neither they nor Taftier knew that Ricard and Medivh, whom Hylarton had always been wary of, were plotting their own schemes. The moment they captured the fortress, they would give Duchess Taftier and the Elven soldiers a surprise, letting them know that the Deep were not to be trifled with.

But before that, the fortress must be captured.

However, Lu Ming and the others would never give them that chance, because once the fortress was captured, their territory would be in grave danger, and their families might die under the swords of the elves.

Therefore, they will hold Mordred Fortress to the death until reinforcements arrive!

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Chapter Twenty - Variables

"Six of Mordred Fortress's magic cannons are currently overloaded with runes. If we launch a full-scale attack now, we might indeed be able to breach the first line of defenses. However! Our Deep Cursed Ones are also running out of manpower. If we force our way through the magic cannons' fire, we might end up in a mutually destructive battle with the Miracathians, ultimately preventing us from penetrating deeper into the Duchy of Erebus!"

"Opportunities on the battlefield are fleeting. We must seize this opportunity, otherwise, once their magic cannons are restored, we will have to pay many times more casualties if we want to take Mordred Fortress!"

"But such a strong offensive does not help our battle situation at all!"

“I don’t really think so! After all, time is everything on the battlefield. If we delay the capture of the fortress, the armies of the other duchies in Miracaissa will likely arrive here to support the defenders. At that point, all our efforts will have been in vain!”

Sitting in the makeshift command post at the front, Duchess Taftier coldly watched Medivh Arms and Licarte Wendersland arguing. However, their aim was not to capture Mordred Fortress; their argument was merely to give Duchess Taftier the illusion of their loyalty, ensuring the success of their scheme.

Of course, this point had already been pointed out by Hilarton, so no matter how much they argued, Tafertiel wouldn't trust either of them. Otherwise, he might have ended up being fed to Eldridge by them without even realizing it.

After listening to the two of them arguing for a long time, Tafertiel gradually grew annoyed. He slammed his hand on the table and said, "That's enough, you two! I want your loyalty to be with me, not to argue here!"

Instantly, Licarte and Medivh quieted down and stood respectfully to the side, as if they weren't the ones arguing just moments before.

Seeing this, Duchess Taftier became somewhat angry. Pointing at the two of them, she roared, "Now, you two, take your troops and go assist X'S Medigardis's forces in attacking Mordred Fortress!"

"Yes, Your Grace!" "As you command, Your Grace!"

Upon hearing Taftier's order, Ricard and his companion obediently saluted and then quickly left, leading their remaining troops and the Dark Cursed to join forces with Taftier's army to attack Mordred Fortress.

As they left, these two monsters, neither human nor Dark Curse Witches, both revealed mocking smiles. Clearly, they held Tafertiel, the elven duchess, in utter contempt and strongly disagreed with her commands.

However, they would still go through the motions of helping the elves, since their goal was not to defeat them.

The desired outcome of the Deep Hope is that the Elves, at the cost of heavy casualties, conquer the Kingdom of Miracaissa, allowing Eldridge to seize both kingdoms by consuming the Elven Queen. After all, one of the things Eldridge needs to survive the Deep Sea Age of his dreams is unique to the Kingdom of Miracaissa!

Therefore, Miracathar must be conquered by the Elves; otherwise, after the internal strife, it would be completely impossible for Eldridge to use the Elven army to attack Miracathar again.

In other words, the Deep need the Elves to conquer Miracathia, but on this premise, they also want the Elves' army to be weakened as much as possible so that they can later seize control of the Elven royal family over the Aifar Empire!

Of course, Licarte, Medivh, and others were not true followers of the Deep; they were opportunists who joined the Church of the Deep to fulfill their own ulterior motives.

Therefore, after they joined forces with the elven troops who were besieging the city and began their attack on Mordred, the two of them secretly approached the two field commanders of the elven army, namely the adjutants of Hylalton and Taftier.

Watching Hilaron and Taftier's adjutants directing their troops to erect ladders and scale the first layer of Mordred Fortress under the dwindling barrage of Miracath's magical cannons, Licarte and Medivh stealthily crept up to their sides. Under the cover of a cannon shot, they plunged daggers into Hilaron and Taftier's bodies. After killing several nearby officers, they used pre-prepared disguises to impersonate Hilaron and Taftier's adjutants.

However, when they burned the two corpses with a special powder, they were surprised to find that the two elves they had killed were not Hylalton and his lieutenant, but two decoys!

This startled the two of them, and they immediately handed over command of the troops to the elven officer who was unaware of what had happened. They then began searching the army for the two elves to avoid any unnecessary trouble caused by their sudden appearance.

However, after searching for a while, Ricard still couldn't find Tafertier's lieutenant. Standing on the edge of the battlefield, watching the elven soldiers attacking the city, he muttered to himself with some doubt: "Where did that female elf go? Could it be that she has already discovered my impersonation and reported it to Tafertier?"

Thinking about this, Licat felt that Taftier's adjutant had very likely already discovered what he had done and had returned to the command post to report to Taftier.

“Since that’s the case, then Your Grace, you can’t blame me!” The thought of possibly dying at Taftier’s hands filled Ricard with fear, and once the fear reached a certain point, evil thoughts began to take hold of him!

Standing still and gritting his teeth, Likat rode his horse towards the command post without saying a word.

At the same time, Medivh Arms made the same decision and began heading towards the command post.

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As Liu Ming and his companions were locked in fierce combat with the elven army, just as the sun was about to completely sink below the horizon, they suddenly noticed that the elven offensive had become somewhat chaotic.

Tures and Ramanlas immediately realized that there was a problem with the Elven command; the lower-ranking officers were not issuing unified orders and could only rely on their own commands to lead their soldiers to continue the siege.

At this moment, the order of their siege can only be maintained by the tacit understanding among the lower-ranking officers. Once a problem occurs, it will cause a large area to fall into chaos, making it impossible to continue the siege for a long time.

After cutting down two elven soldiers from the city wall, Tures shouted to Liu Ming and the others, "The elven commander is in trouble! Now is our chance to counterattack!"

Upon hearing Tures's shout, Liu Ming and Lothric immediately replied, "That's right! Now is the time for us to counterattack!"

"Let's defeat these elves first, and then we can attack their command post!"

Upon hearing this, the commanders, including Edsor, who were already quite frustrated by the frustrating battle, immediately became excited. They roared loudly and, together with their soldiers, threw the increasingly fewer Elven soldiers who were able to reach the top of the city walls off the walls one by one, gradually restoring the safety of the city walls.

However, to Edsor and the others' dismay, even though the elven soldiers knew that they could no longer capture Mordred Fortress without unified command, they were still desperately climbing the ladders and attacking frantically like madmen, showing no signs of retreating.

Because of the elven soldiers' frenzy, Mirarhenes' puppet soldiers quickly collapsed after fighting the elven soldiers for several hours, becoming overwhelmed and turning into a pile of dragon scale powder and fine iron sand, which made the two of them feel heartbroken.

But at that moment, Liu Ming suddenly said to Ramanlas, "Ramanlas, let those two saintesses come out and use their miracles to heal us!"

Upon hearing this, Ramanlas immediately used the power of the contract to summon two saintesses whose bodies were twin-tailed snakes and whose heads were tentacled like octopuses from her shadow.

Upon seeing the two of them, many soldiers were startled, but since they were on their side, none of them attacked them.

"Your Excellencies, please heal us," Ramanlas said, letting the saintess's short tentacles touch the wounds on her four arms.

"Good!" On the city wall, many soldiers, like Ramanlas, had suffered injuries of varying degrees. The two saintesses, who had been transformed by the white dragon Hiss, immediately used Sun Nourishment and Sun Healing to treat Ramanlas and the soldiers.

Under the miraculous, warm light, all the injuries on the people in this area were healed. Wounds healed rapidly in the light, and even their strength gradually returned, which surprised many people.

After all, none of them expected that those two strange-looking things could perform such a powerful miracle.

However, in the eyes of Torres and others, this did not seem so unreasonable. After all, she was a saintess!

"These two weren't originally like this, were they?" Lothric asked with some doubt, frowning as he glanced at the two serpentine saintesses who were heading to other areas of the city wall to treat the soldiers.

"They were originally human, but were transformed into this form by the white dragon Seath." Liu Ming glanced at the wound on his arm that was healing rapidly thanks to the miracle, and then explained to Lothric.

"White Dragon Heath? That name sounds familiar!"

"Doesn't that sound familiar? What your father researched is exactly what White Dragon Heath researched back then!"

"What!?" Upon hearing this, Lothric was immediately startled and looked at Liu Ming with disbelief.

But before he could ask anything, he heard a shout from the elven soldiers below the city wall.

Because the elven soldiers spoke their own language, most people couldn't understand what they were shouting. However, Lu Ming and Lothric could understand what they were shouting.

After carefully listening to what the elven saintesses were saying, Lu Ming and Lothric exchanged a glance and then shouted loudly to their commanders, "Everyone prepare to leave the city! There's been a civil war within the elven army!"

Upon hearing this, Edsor and the others immediately perked up and began to have their guards instruct the logistics personnel to prepare the warhorses.

Meanwhile, the elven soldiers began to show signs of retreat. A civil war had broken out in their rear, making it impossible for them to continue attacking Mordred Fortress. Therefore, continuing their desperate struggle would only be suicide. These elven soldiers now had only one thought: to rescue Duchess Taftier and quell the rebellion. Once everything was settled, they would continue their attack on Mordred Fortress.

However, Liu Ming and his men did not intend to give the elven army this opportunity. After the elven army began to retreat, they opened the city gates without hesitation and sent out heavy cavalry units, totaling 6, to attack the retreating remnants of the elven army.

Immediately, the Elven soldiers, who were already demoralized by problems in their rear, were thrown into disarray by the charge of these heavy cavalry. They scattered and fled, unable to mount any counterattack against the heavy cavalry of the Duchy of Erebus.

Upon seeing this scene, Liu Ming and his men, who had followed the heavy cavalry out of the city gate, immediately led the remaining cavalry to attack the defeated elf army. They slaughtered nearly 20,000 of the tens of thousands of elves and captured more than 10,000.

Then, Liu Ming and his men left 6 soldiers to guard Mordred Fortress, while they took all the other soldiers with them to give the elves who were engaged in civil war a surprise!

Soon, they reached the elven temporary command post and saw the elven army still fighting.

According to intelligence gathered by spies, the civil war among the elves was caused by a conflict between the commander-in-chief of the elven army, Duchess Tafertiel Kaslanka, and her husband, Commander Hellardon Bilal, who was assisting in the frontline command. This conflict escalated when Hellardon Bilal killed Duchess Tafertiel's double!

Although they didn't know if it was true, the scout still told Liu Ming and the others about a suspicious point.

"I don't know why, but Hilarton Bilal, who is currently engaged in a civil war with Tafertiel Caslanca, is different from before. Whether it's his command on the front lines or his attitude towards the Underdark, everything has changed completely, as if he has been replaced!"

Upon hearing this, Liu Ming couldn't help but recall the incident that occurred last year before he went to the capital.

"Licard Wendellslan?"

Chapter Twenty-One - The Trump Card

Duchess Taftier, leading a numerically superior elven army, relentlessly charged against the forces of 'Helalton'. Any creature that dared to stand in her and her army's way, even fellow elves, was mercilessly slaughtered!

She knew that the elf commanding the rebels to launch the counterattack was not Hyladon; someone had killed him and was impersonating him to attack her. And this person must be from the Deep, because no other elf could possibly command so many Deep cursed ones!

Although she didn't know whether the man was Medivh Arms or Licarte Wendersland, the fact that someone from the Deep dared to lay a hand on her husband showed that they didn't take her seriously! This was something she couldn't tolerate!

As usual, the arrogant Elven army could only unleash its full fighting power when led by an equally arrogant Elven commander. Therefore, under Duchess Taftier's leadership, the army of the imposter Hylalton was repeatedly routed.

This made Medivh Arms, who was disguised as Hylarton, extremely anxious. He kept issuing different orders to his troops, hoping to improve the situation. However, when people are panicked, the orders they give are often chaotic. Chaotic orders led to chaos in the army, which could only have a negative effect on the battle and could not help in the slightest.

Just then, the light and heavy cavalry of the Kingdom of Miracaisar suddenly attacked from a short distance, inflicting a heavy blow on Taftier Kaslanca and Medivh Wenderslan. Their armies were currently embroiled in internal strife and were simply unable to resist an external enemy.

So upon seeing the army of the Kingdom of Miracaiser, many elven soldiers cried out in terror, "Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

Gazing at the cavalry legion led by Lu Ming and other nobles of the Duchy of Erebus, Duchess Taftier gritted her teeth and ordered her 'adjutant' beside her, "Bokutil, have all the mages prepare their spells! We must annihilate as many of these Miracaesars as possible!!"