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Chapter 78

The successive victories of Royas had caused them to feel a bit dizzy.

In the end, it was all because of Eldridge's policies. He had constantly oppressed the aristocrats of the country and raised them into hungry wolves. At the beginning of the war, these Royas aristocrats who were like hungry wolves were passionately pro-war.

After all, they had already been plundered enough, if they wanted to change the current situation, unless they overthrew Eldridge's rule, they would have to obtain it through war.

Because of this, the nobles of Royas were exceptionally brave during the war, forcing the Interkam army to retreat again and again. The successive victories had made the nobles of Royas even more greedy.

From their point of view, Interkam was nothing but a lamb waiting to be slaughtered, unable to put up any resistance. So three days ago, one of the aristocrats who was besieging Interkam decided to attack by force, wanting to take down the walls of Colomier.

As a result, while they were attacking the city, Nala took a detour to the battlefield with her reinforcements. Using her keen intuition, she chose the most opportune moment to launch a surprise attack from the rear.

Fortunately, Nala had already established her prestige among the reinforcements, which was why the soldiers were willing to follow her and take the initiative to attack. It was also because of this that under Nala's leadership, Interkam finally ushered in a long-awaited victory.

During the battle, the Saintess of Salvation, Nala, who had been fighting at the forefront, gained the admiration of many through the hope she brought, her brave performance, as well as her beautiful appearance. After all, most people were visual creatures.

Even Negri's subordinates were now basically all humans, so when he appeared in front of most people, he would always assume a human appearance. This was due to a sense of racial identity, otherwise, there was no need for Negri to maintain a human appearance when he appeared in front of people.

Even if many people understood that Negri wasn't human, if he maintained his human appearance, he would still gain their recognition, which would make it easier for Negri to dominate them. If he changed to the appearance of a tentacle monster, even with Negri's fatal charm, other than those with certain fetishes, most people would probably feel less of a sense of identity when they submitted to Negri.

It was undeniable that one's appearance played a huge role in many situations. If Nala was a woman with a bucket-like waist and a sow's face, it would have been very difficult for Marshal Wales to give up his authority over Colomier, and the handover wouldn't have gone as smoothly as it did now.

After the first victory, it seemed to have given quite a lot of people confidence. Some of the Interkam aristocrats also began to support Colomier. Although they were unwilling to submit to the king, they didn't want Interkam to be destroyed either. After the appearance of Princess Nala, coupled with the hope of victory, the forces of the country finally began to slowly consolidate.

Currently, inside Colomier's fortress, the commanders of Interkam were discussing their battle plans.

Because of Seth the First's command, Nala was in the hands of Nala, but Nala's battle experience wasn't that high, so she was more like a mascot at this time.

The ones who were truly in charge of the battle plan were the former Marshal of the army, Allen Wales, as well as the various noble knights. Among them, Les Laval, who had many highlights in battle, had also obtained a certain degree of authority.

"Right now, be it the number of soldiers or the equipment, we are weaker than them." Allen Wales said in a low voice, "After Kada suffered a loss, he'll definitely be much more cautious. I think it's better to maintain our defense for now, Marshal."

"What Sir Wales said makes sense. Now that there are more and more reinforcements from the country, we can only win if we continue to defend," a knight agreed.

During this period of time, the military structure was very complicated. The royal family had their own army, but it wasn't a large one. The main military force came from the knights of the nobles who supported them according to their vassals' obligations, while the other major component was the mercenaries.

On the surface, the Marshal had all the authority to command, but he was still restricted by the noble knights. According to the feudal system, as long as the vassals fulfilled their obligations, they would have a lot of autonomy. This was also one of the reasons why the nobles wouldn't send any troops even if their country was destroyed.

"I don't think that's appropriate" On the other side, Les spoke up: "Royas' army is stronger than us, this is a fact, and it's because of this that we can't just blindly defend, otherwise, we might not be able to hold on"

If Royas was only stronger than Interkam, then defending would indeed be the correct choice, but in reality, even if they were to defend, Royas' army would still be able to quickly take down Colomier with the current situation. They were much stronger than Royas.

"That's why if we want to truly seize the opportunity to win, we have to think of a way to take the initiative and attack, teach Royas' army a lesson, strike their morale, give them pressure, and make them choose to slow down their offensive to buy more time to wait for reinforcements" Les said.

"Are you kidding me?" The knight scoffed: "We're at a disadvantage, yet we're still not defending, taking the initiative to attack is the same as suicide"

"You think it's impossible, the Royas people also think it's impossible, that's why we have such a slim chance" Les sighed. Rhys said with a sigh. Such a move was extremely risky. Failure would mean death.

If it was possible, he wouldn't want to take such a risk, but the current situation was that blindly defending won't give them any chance at all.

"Then tonight, we'll send a small number of elite troops out of the city for a night raid" Nala, who was originally daydreaming, suddenly said, causing everyone in the room to freeze.

"Sir Marshal, are you serious?" Allen Wales stood up in shock and asked.

"Hm, then it's decided. I'll lead the team tonight, is there anyone willing to participate?" Nala nodded affirmatively. Her instincts were telling her that the success rate of this operation would be very high, and if it was the right thing to do, then let's do it.

"That's too risky, Marshal …" a knight on the side loudly said.

"But Interkam has reached a point where we have no choice but to take this risk" Nala looked up at the knight and whispered.

"But … but, there's no need for the Marshal to take such a risk, I can lead the team as well" the knight retreated under Nala's gaze, lowered his head and said.

"I'm not afraid" Nala's eyes lit up, she suddenly spoke with a solemn tone: "Knight, please tell me your name"

"Alkors" The knight straightened his body, wielding his sword as if he was accepting some kind of honor: "Alkors Druid, the inheritor of the [School of Steel]"

"Then, are you willing to join me tonight?" Nala asked with a smile on her face. The proof of a dragon's hero, that unique charm, was truly admirable.