C166 The Villain Always Looks Strong
C166 The Villain Always Looks Strong
Almande Janssen, the military minister of Aldran Kingdom, lay listlessly in his seat, staring at the figure that appeared in front of him.
Originally, during wartime, the duty of commanding the mage army had to be handed over to the magic minister. However, the magic minister was the same person as the principal of the royal School of Magic Theory of Lotterdall, which was one of the three Titled Devil Instructor in the kingdom. Anton Hendrick.
Hendrick had been helping to develop less than half of the Raging Flame Territory's Plane during the two weeks of the incident. The communication of this Plane was not very developed. Moreover, Hendrick's crystal ball was broken for some reason. So, he went to find his messenger and set off when Westfalen invaded the Bohemia. However, it took him almost a week to find him. After that, just as Hendrick was about to rush back to the Plane Passageway teleportation point... Aldran had already been invaded. The people of the Westfalen quickly followed the Rhine River and entered the Lotterdall. Then, they dismantled the Plane Passageway and formation array.
The Plane Passageway was forced to close without any suspense, and the connection between the Raging Flame Territory and the Earth Plane was temporarily cut off. A team of the most knowledgeable array master in the kingdom had already taken an airship to London, planning to open up a temporary Plane Passageway in the capital of the allied countries. At least let Hendrick, this crucial Titled Devil Instructor, come out.
The reason why they didn't set up the formation in Brucedahl was that no one was sure how long the Fort Lerge could last. Two days later, a large group of Advanced Magicians from Moscow Rus would arrive at the front line. There would be another group of Magicians in the east that was no weaker than Westfalen. There was even news that there were over a hundred powerful Battle Wizard Ural among them. At that time, without the barrier of Lerge, it was only a matter of time before Brucedahl was occupied. Even the Gaul, which had a lot of powerful countries in the south, could hold on for a long time under this alliance army.
Therefore, the current Almande Janssen had become the highest commander of the land and mage troops in Aldran.
In fact, the number of troops that could still listen to his orders could be counted on one hand.
Almande Janssen took a deep breath, raised his teacup from his desk, and drank some water. He raised his hand, which was holding the teacup, in the direction of the window.
"There are still a few dozen people outside, but I really don't have the strength to see them."
On Riko's left was Elsa Boer, and on her right was Loli Merlin. Elsa opened her mouth and stretched out her hand to say something, but the person in front of her raised his hand and stopped what she wanted to say.
"I know what you want to say, Boer. It is also because of your attitude that I decided to meet her..." The military official spread out his hands, "However, Your Excellency Boer, you just experienced a battle. You should rest now..."
"I'm fine." Elsa took a small step back expressionlessly, "This is all thanks to Rikku."
"Then, Rico Heskava, Great Mage."
Almande Janssen slightly shifted his gaze. His gaze moved between the file in his hand and Riko in front of him, and finally stopped on her young face.
"We are in the middle of a war, not a game. You must take this war seriously because it concerns the lives of thousands of people. I hope you can understand this. "
The aura emitted from this person made Riko feel uncomfortable. She bit her lips and replied softly.
"I completely understand."
The military minister suddenly sat up and leaned forward. He carefully looked at the mysterious girl with long silver hair in front of him. When Riko stood up, she was about the same height as him. Both of their eyes were almost at the same level. He maintained this position for about two seconds and then slowly turned the chair around. He directed Riko's gaze to the map behind him that occupied the front wall.
"So, you need to prove yourself to me now."
Countless complicated lines and markings filled the large Western European map. Riko took a few seconds to find the location of Brucedahl from the countless information. Almande Janssen picked up a ruler from his desk and tapped on the map.
Riko blinked and silently read the name of the location.
"Lerge..."
"This place has our stronghold. Just as you can imagine, it is facing the attack of the people from Westfalen. Although there is a perfect permanent fortification there, the number of enemies is far greater than the remaining forces of our army. Now, with the help of the Magic Shield and magic crystal Cannon that has been charging for a long time, the defending troops of Fort Lerge can still hold on, but perhaps, they won't be able to hold on for too long."
Almande Janssen paused for a moment and cleared his throat.
"You can probably tell from the map. The stronghold of Lerge is the most important and only barrier to the east of Brucedahl. It can be said that it is the gateway to our capital. Once Lerge falls, we must plan for the next step, which is to withdraw from the territory. We'll set up a government-in-exile on our ally's land. "
He took the time to turn his head and glance at Riko. Unexpectedly, Riko did not show too much emotion on her face. She just opened her big blue eyes and looked at the map. This kind of reaction even made him doubt whether Riko could understand the map or not. However, after a moment of hesitation, Almande Janssen still decided to speak.
"Then, I hope that you can cooperate with the troops in that direction and defend this Fort Lerge as much as possible under the attack of Westfalen."
"Alright..."
Riko blinked her eyes and nodded in agreement.
"Then, how long do I need to guard that place?"
Almande Janssen thought for a while and took a deep breath.
"If possible, the longer the better. The best situation is that you can stop the people of Westfalen for another two days."
Although he knew that this was an impossible mission, he still made such a request.
Only he knew that the situation in Fort Lerge was not as simple as he had said.
In order to take down Aldran as soon as possible, eight out of the nine Titled Devil Instructor warriors in Westfalen were sent out. Three of them had been sent to Fort Lerge. It was even possible that the stronghold had already fallen into the hands of the enemy before Riko arrived there.
"I will try my best."
Riko, who was completely unaware of all this, replied softly and lowered her head.
Her appearance immediately made the middle-aged military official feel some regret.
Even if it was a Titled Devil Instructor above the Level 5, it would not be easy to deal with that kind of situation.