Pioneer Lord: Starting From Daily Intelligence-Chapter 429 - 177: Steel Mercy Father · Hesse Tyrant · Unfeeling One · Order No. 225 (Part 2)
In an Eastern proverb, it is said that people fear ghosts for their terror, but ghosts know the cruelty of the human heart.
The Forest Monster Legion is inherently a high-attack, high-defense force but with low morale and courage. It cannot stand steadfast like the humans, whose morale burns like Soul-Burning Steel, courage strong, and resiliently holding their ground.
This trait was established by the ancient sages for all races at the beginning of creation, how can Gael Regon reflect on this?
Can it change the intrinsic nature of the Tree Demons? If humans invaded the forest, it would be different; the Tree Demons might fight to the death. But now, with the Tree Demons stepping out of the forest and already feeling great resistance, attacking human castles offers no benefit to them, how could they possibly have high morale and fight valiantly?
So, Gael Regon, having held back for a long time, could not suppress its anger anymore and roared, "The Tree Demon Legion’s morale has already collapsed. With just our strength, we cannot take this place. You’re deliberately exhausting our strength."
Irelia’s golden pupils also burned with rage. Indeed, when war fails, internal conflicts intensify sharply. In the past, these monsters would never dare to roar at it like this.
However, seeing Gael Regon’s determined attitude, Irelia restrained itself a bit, knowing that if it continued to pressure hard, Gael Regon might break off and refuse to attack the human castle.
So Aeliria pondered for a moment and said, "Exhaustion is necessary! This bloody attrition is particularly detrimental to humans. We must seize this city through brutal attrition."
Then, changing the topic swiftly, not waiting for Gael Regon’s outburst, it continued, "The humans have been weakened to the point of extreme frailty. We should launch a full-scale assault. You reorganize the troops, and I will personally motivate the legion and launch an attack on the castle. Let that fool Skaros go into battle too!"
Hearing Aeliria’s last words, Gael Regon calmed its mood a bit. If the entire army attacks fiercely now, it could accept it; in fact, this is the best outcome it could seek. At the very least, if the whole army proceeds together, the main casualties would no longer be just its Tree Demon Legion, but the whole army’s shared depletion.
Everyone depletes, which means that no one has really depleted anything.
The monsters’ massive numerical advantage is still overwhelming. As long as they don’t fight internally, any attack weakens the humans.
Moreover, this is Gael Regon’s only way to think of restricting the Human Knight Order.
It immediately asked, "How should we deploy the attack?"
Aeliria replied calmly, "This time we’ll besiege on all sides, with the four Divine Chosen from the forest pressing in; we must completely trap the Human Knight Order inside the city."
"I will personally attack the castle, you take your legion and attack the south of the city, Skaros will attack the west, and Ostanka will lead the legion to attack the east."
"Launch a fierce attack simultaneously, fully utilizing our numerical advantage, surely we can break through the limits of the human defenses! I do not believe humans are an unbreakable iron wall."
Only attacking one side? Gael Regon immediately let its heart settle completely. It was still the most straightforward reason, the monster legion’s numerical advantage was just too large. Even if four, five, six, or seven legions were smashed, a dozen still remained.
While the human legion only consisted of two or three in total, after such a long and arduous battle, perhaps less than two exhausted legions remained, and only a few hundred elite knights were left.
At this time, all Gael Regon needed to do was gather a few Tree Demon Legions to the south of the city, and the Human Knight Order would certainly not dare to charge at them.
So it was almost predictable that with this first full-scale assault, the pressure on the south side of the city would be the smallest.
It naturally had no objections, even fearing Aeliria might change its deployment, immediately saying: "I will go and summon the legion right away, ready to set off at any time!"
Once its massive figure entirely disappeared from near the Thorn Throne, Ostanka finally rumbled, "Aeliria, are you really going to personally attack the humans’ castle? I’ve heard that the humans’ castle is armed with Dragon-Hunting Crossbows, which is exceedingly dangerous. Is this war really worth such a great risk? Why not retreat to the forest? We can live happily there, and the humans, no matter what, cannot invade us, posing no threat at all."
"But if our troops suffer heavy losses here, humans might truly threaten our existence. Moreover, the longer we stay here, the easier our wealth is to be stolen."
Aeliria stroked Ostanka’s head with its massive dragon wings. This Elemental Giant Bear had been with it since birth, being its most loyal big cat, so Aeliria’s attitude towards it was completely different from other guards.
"I cannot tolerate a band of despicable thieves stealing treasures from my Dragon’s Nest and walking away unharmed! These damned thieves must pay the price! This concerns the dignity and bottom line of a Giant Dragon, there can be no compromise."
"Moreover, if this human lord dares to steal from us once, they’ll dare to steal a second time, a third time, maybe even a hundredth time! I’ve heard an Eastern proverb: ’How can one sleep peacefully with another lying beside their bed?’ If we don’t deal with them, they will surely come to steal the treasures again while we sleep!"
’How can one sleep peacefully with another lying beside their bed?’
Ostanka’s eyes filled with admiration, Aeliria was always so smart, capable of saying such philosophical words.
Every time, the Emerald Ring is the place for it and Aeliria to hibernate, others must never disturb their slumber again.
It roared to the sky, "Aeliria, I’m ready! I will tear these vile humans to pieces!" 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂
Aeliria nodded in satisfaction, "Then prepare to set off!"
While the Forest Claws were nervously mobilizing the entire army, the humans were also gritting their teeth, rapidly deploying. After several days and nights of warfare, the monsters can still rest alternately, but humans can only fight with all their spiritual will.
Initially, the Supreme Command could still manage rotations and rest for the soldiers, striving to ensure they fought in their best state, mentally energized, and in well-organized structures.
But as the Green Dragon Legion’s immense numerical advantage became apparent, with relentless day and night assaults, the Supreme Command quickly abandoned such a luxury plan, directly issuing Hesse Territory Order No. 225! All soldiers must hold their positions to the death, and anyone stepping back would be executed without mercy! There would not even be a chance to become a slave, as knights overseeing the battle would execute them on the spot.
This order treated everyone equally, whether Half-Elf, Dwarf, or the mercenaries and Sun Goddess followers who came to help. If they dared to retreat from their positions, there would be no excuse; they would be executed immediately.
This caused Su Li’s virtue to plummet drastically. In just a few days, his reputation shifted from a merciful, bright star of the future to an Unfeeling One, Steel Mercy Father, and the Tyrant of Hesse Territory.
Some mercenaries began to desert at night, like members of the Red Brotherhood. They truly did not expect the war to be so bloody; this was not a battlefield fit for thieves and raiders.
And the knights of Hesse Territory, guided by Su Li’s intelligence, were the first to pursue these deserters, then unhesitatingly brought them back to the front lines for public execution! They were not even given the chance to redeem themselves by joining the Suicide Squad.
This terrified the mercenaries, leaving them with no choice but to fight more resolutely. After all, the mortality rate against the Green Dragon’s Fang was only a fraction; the Hesse Territory army’s casualties were less than thirty percent. But deserting meant certain death.
The knights pursued immense glory in this war, so they resolutely supported Su Li’s rule, ensuring that these soldiers could hardly make any ripples.
