Chapter 110: The Calm in the Eye of the Storm (Part 1)

  "So we just wait like this?" Ivan frowned, seemingly dissatisfied with this passive approach.

  "Hmm, the more fake the movements of the Fano Empire are now, the more terrifying their true attack will be. I think that when the Imperial Guard and the massive Direct Military Unit really come to attack us, our pressure will be huge. Ivan! We may all die in battle!" As he said this, Liu Yu stretched out one hand, looking at the golden hairs on the back of his hand with a hint of solemnity.

  Since his rebirth, Liu Yu had been under the continuous education of the Bi Mon tribe for over a decade. He found that his fear of death was getting smaller and smaller. During the blood refining process, he was injured by the ghost wolf and still felt some fear in his heart, but as the battles and fights increased, Liu Yu discovered that he became more and more adapted to and fond of this life of war and uncertainty. The more difficult the battle, the more it ignited his passion for fighting, and after several fierce battles, he even felt a sense of exhilaration throughout his body.

  It seems that the golden blood flowing through his body is more suitable for fighting and killing than Mong Blood's innate talent, and sometimes he will come up with a strange idea, a good man, dying on the battlefield, wrapping his corpse in horse leather, is not necessarily a bad ending.

  "Alright, I'd like to see what kind of battle can get us all killed! In that summer battle last year, Grie and Digel and the others used even their teeth and foreheads. I remember it clearly, I bit off a Fanonian soldier's ear and nose, and that little devil also bit off a big chunk of flesh from my shoulder, but I still didn't die."

  "If it's really as you say, they'll be very strong when they come to attack. I'm actually looking forward to it." Ivan clenched his fists, and a hint of excitement could be heard in his low voice, clearly he was also a standard golden-ratio Bimon who yearned for battle.

  "So what we can do, apart from completing the tasks assigned to us with all our might, is to seize every opportunity to cultivate our skills and make a breakthrough. If we can break through before the battle, it will naturally add another layer of hope."

  "A glimmer of hope" was whether it was the hope for the entire legion to win, or the hope for himself to survive. Liu Yu did not elaborate, because he could not fully clarify the relationship between them either.

  "Alright, it's settled!" Ivan said with a serious face, stretching out his right hand in front of him as he looked at Liu Yu.

  "It's settled!" Liu Yu stretched out his hand without hesitation and grasped it in mid-air, as if they were clasping wrists, both of them feeling trust and encouragement from each other's hands.

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  In the following days, Liu Yu clearly felt that the entire Emal Fortress was becoming increasingly heavily guarded. Not only were there always a few warriors on fire watching the situation in front of the fortress wall, but Kayn also selected several experienced and powerful warriors from the Bimon tribe and the Wolf tribe to serve as scouts to gather information.

  Five days later, when the day had completely darkened, on the black stone walls of Emal Bomen Fortress, two teams of robust Beimon warriors stood in two rows. One row held a torch for each warrior, while the other row only wore long swords at their waists, held iron shields in their hands, and carried longbows on their backs, with nothing else on them.

  Two rows in front of the Bamun warriors, a Bamun officer with a black sword hanging from his waist and two black spear badges on his chest is giving orders.

  "Turn around, all units prepare to change shifts. First battalion, third fire on the upper watchtower, fourth fire, respond to house rest." Under the command of that Burmese officer, a row of Burmese soldiers ran quickly down the city wall, while another row of Burmese soldiers holding torches faced east and stood in position at a certain distance on the city wall.

  "Everyone take their positions, be careful, and watch each other's backs. Report immediately if there is any sign of the enemy." The Bamun officer gave another order before turning around and walking down from the city wall. After he finished giving orders, the Bamun soldiers on the city wall walked back and forth in pairs on the passage, their eyes fixed on the direction of the eastern valley exit.

  Liu Yu, who was observing the situation in the east with a fellow soldier, unconsciously tightened his grip on the torch in his hand. He looked up and glanced at the cliffs on both sides, and only when he didn't hear any movement did his tense expression ease slightly.

  These five days were quite tense for Liu Yu, after chatting with Ivan last time, he quietly went to find his uncle Louis, Liu Yu believed that if Kayne could become the kingdom's lieutenant general, he must not be an ordinary person, but in order to prevent any unexpected events, he still told Louis all his guesses, wanting to see if Kayne had thought of these things.

  After all, the highest military position in the garrison is now either Cain or Louis. If Cain has any plans, he should and must inform Louis. The news Liu Yu got from Louis did not disappoint him. Cain stood at the command of the entire garrison, thinking much further than him and Ivan, these small soldiers.

  After Cain formally took over the command of the fortress garrison, he selected a batch of powerful warriors from the King's Guard and the Second Division, scattered them in the mountains around Emaben Fortress for dozens of miles, monitoring possible enemies that may appear from any direction.

  In addition, when Liu Yu's father Gaiya brought Kain to the fortress of Elmal, he not only gave him command authority over this place, but also gave him command authority over the garrison troops of two nearby small passes. Kain also made some adjustments to the garrison troops of these two small passes while arranging the defense deployment of the fortress, allowing them to form a unified defense with the Elmal fortress and provide full support when the fortress needed it.

  Liu Yu felt that he had been somewhat superfluous after hearing Tang Shu's explanation of the defense arrangement, and he still lacked experience in military affairs and underestimated the wisdom of his father Gaiya and the famous generals of the kingdom.

  As for the Farnese army that made Liu Yu feel extremely pressured, after attacking the fortress for the first time, they never came to attack again, and not a single Farnese soldier appeared on the outskirts of the canyon. However, the orders from the higher-ups became increasingly severe, and several soldiers who were lax during patrols and reconnaissance were publicly flogged as punishment.

  Liu Yu secretly suspected that perhaps the high-ranking scouts in the army had discovered some important trends, which was why the officers were being so strict.

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  While Liu Yu was keeping watch with his comrades on the city wall, a white falcon flew out from behind the fort at high speed towards the west under the cover of night. The falcon's flight was extremely fast and it covered over a hundred li in just a few breaths before gently landing on a military camp stationed on the plateau.

  A wolf-like man with a small, nimble body and short stature stood quietly behind the military camp. He held an amber-colored object in his hand and kept looking up at the somewhat dark night sky as if waiting for something. Before long, a pure white falcon appeared abruptly in the night sky, circling briefly before landing on the wolf-man's shoulder.

  The werewolf smiled slightly with his long mouth full of sharp teeth, and gently stroked the hawk's feathers, then reached down to the hawk's leg and quickly pulled out a clean white cloth roll.

  The hawk on his shoulder didn't seem to care, as it had been pecking at the amber-colored thing in his hand since he landed on the werewolf's shoulder and seemed to be enjoying its snack.

  Such a scene of little wolfmen hunting hawks was constantly performed in the range of several hundred meters behind the military camp on this night. At the same time, those white cloth rolls that were touched by the little wolfmen would be taken away by some Bimon warriors wearing black iron armor and sent quickly to a large white tent in the center of the camp.

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  "Report to General Du, frontline report from the Fourth Division at Bit Valley!" A black-armored Bimon warrior burst into the tent and loudly announced.

  At this time, in front of the Bimon warrior, a middle-aged golden Bimon wearing a golden Bimon formal attire was sitting upright at a large wooden desk looking at a document. On the wooden desk were also placed several maps. At the edge of the wooden desk stood a middle-aged great earth Bimon wearing a brown-black long robe, who was seriously examining the maps on the table.

  "Hmm!" Upon hearing the words of this Bimon warrior, the golden Bimon nodded slightly to indicate that he should read out the contents of the document.

  "General Gilrain's report, the enemy has mobilized the Imperial Guard today... After a fierce battle that lasted for four hours, we managed to force them back, but our losses are not light. If we don't receive support, it will be difficult to hold on."

  "Kam, go write the reinforcement order immediately. Have the 17th Division send a battalion and bring along five thousand Wolfmen to support Giren and the others." Upon hearing the contents of the war report, this golden-haired Bamont gave orders to his nearby subordinate, Daimon, without changing his expression.

  "Yes, sir!" The young man bowed slightly and then walked over to a small wooden table next to the large wooden desk and picked up a roll of cloth to start writing something.

  "Report to General Duwei, the ninth division of the Dagu Grassland frontline has arrived!" Another black-armored warrior rushed into the military account and shouted loudly.

  "Subordinate Nikolai Wilhelm reports...... Requesting the Grand General to dispatch reinforcements quickly."

  Report to General Dou, frontline...

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