Xeron was very dissatisfied with this siege, very dissatisfied!
He thought that he could fight to his heart's content this time and harvest thousands of delicious souls, but the other party's defense was so weak that they did not even put up any decent resistance before the city gate was blasted open. In less than two hours, the battle ended.
Not only were there no large-scale elven troops in the city, but even the civilians had long since evacuated. After killing the guards, Xeron only obtained about a hundred souls, which was even worse than the pegasus knights from before! How could Xeron be happy?
It was a waste of him staying for a day to repair the siege equipment, but he did not expect it to be of little use at all.
In this battle, Roy only stole a few larger souls and did not take any more. After all, there were too few, and it was easy to be discovered. After the battle, Roy found Xeron and said, "Your Excellency Xeron, there should be a large number of troops in the city, but for some reason, they withdrew!"
Of course, Xeron could see this without Roy saying it, so he asked Roy curiously, "Why do you think they withdrew?"
"Hmm …" Roy pretended to think for a while before saying, "I think it's most likely because a stronger enemy has appeared …"
"What do you mean?" Xeron was stunned. "Is there a stronger enemy besides us?"
"Of course!" Roy said in an affirmative tone. "Isn't His Excellency Rashka one? Perhaps it's because His Excellency Rashka is attacking other cities, causing the elves here to lead reinforcements. Other than that, I can't think of any other reason why the elves withdrew. "
Xeron laughed angrily. "How is that possible? Supporting another city will cause the city here to fall. The elven druids aren't that stupid. Besides, how can Rashka's troops be stronger than mine? "
"It might not have been possible at the beginning, but it's not necessarily so now!" Roy said in a meaningful tone. "Your Excellency Xeron, with all due respect, you've received reinforcements. Don't tell me His Excellency Rashka hasn't received reinforcements?"
Xeron was stunned. "You … you mean …"
"That's right. That's what I meant. The replenishment of the troops should be handled by Sir Ignatius, right? Then, isn't it up to him to decide how much to give to the other side? " Roy's eyes flickered. "What if he summoned far more troops than this but only gave us a small portion and most of the rest to Rashka?"
If this was really the case, then it was certain that Rashka's army was stronger than Xeron's. It had to be known that Ignatius should summon mostly middle-rank and high-rank demons. Even if there were fewer high-rank demons, their combat power far exceeded that of low-rank demons. Now that he had only added some evil gods and not a single high-rank demon, who knew if Ignatius had not summoned them or if he had sent them all to Rashka?
Roy's words planted a thorn in Xeron's heart, but he could not help but say, "It shouldn't be, right? What's in it for Ignatius? "
"With all due respect, Your Excellency Xeron!" Roy said. "If I remember correctly, when His Excellency Rashka and His Excellency Ignatius came to meet you, they came together, right?"
"Indeed …" Xeron nodded.
"Then, do you think it's possible that His Excellency Rashka and Ignatius reached an agreement on the way here?" Roy continued patiently. "For example, he will replenish more troops to His Excellency Rashka. This way, the combat power of His Excellency Rashka's army will increase greatly, and the efficiency of attacking cities and plundering lands will be much higher. In exchange, the souls that His Excellency Rashka obtains …"
At this point, Roy shut up and did not continue, but his meaning was obvious, and Xeron could not help but let his imagination run wild.
Yes, maybe the two of them have already reached an agreement. I knew it. That guy, Ignatius, was actually willing to stay in the demon castle and not come out to fight. It turns out that the two of them have already discussed it!
As soon as Xeron thought of this, he could not help but start calculating. Because Rashka's combat power had increased greatly, he could obtain more souls. If he did not know and used his harvest as the standard, Rashka could conceal the extra souls and secretly split the spoils between the two of them, leaving him with nothing … Bastard! How can they do this?!
Xeron was finally 'enlightened' by Roy's words! He couldn't help but curse, cursing Riska and Ignatius with the most vicious language.
After cursing for a while, he finally came back to his senses and asked Roy, "Fortunately, you're here. Otherwise, I might have been kept in the dark. Now, tell me, what should we do? Go back and question Ignatius? "
"No, no, don't do that!" Roy shook his head. "Your Excellency Xeron, have you thought about it? If you question His Excellency Ignatius's unfair distribution of troops, then His Excellency Ignatius will have an excuse. What if he lets you stay behind to summon troops while he leads the army himself? At that time, the two of them can hide their gains unscrupulously … "Xeron suddenly understood.
Xeron came to a sudden realization. Indeed, he could not tell Ignatius about this matter.
"Your Excellency, as you can see, because His Excellency Rashka's army is too strong, even the elves feel that he's a threat. They would rather abandon the city and support their people on His Excellency Rashka's attack route!" Roy said. "In other words, this is equivalent to His Excellency Rashka snatching away the souls that originally belonged to us. If we continue to let this go, our gains will become less and less!"
Xeron nodded. "Understood. The only thing we can do now is to rush ahead of Rashka!"
The total strength of the elves was almost fixed. If Rashka killed more, Xeron's side could only kill less. Under such circumstances, all Xeron could think of was to snatch kills.
In fact, the withdrawal of the elven army had nothing to do with Rashka at all. Xeron only needed to send a messenger to Rashka's side to see the situation of his army to understand. But now that Xeron was blinded by anger, he did not think of this. His mind was now filled with thoughts on how to snatch kills from Rashka.
So next, Xeron's army began a new round of rapid marches, following the established direction and going deeper into the kingdom of Erathia. As a result, he gradually became separated from Rashka's army!
Roy watched all of this silently. It could be said that he was secretly pushing for all of this. Because of the letter of challenge, the elves sensed the demon's true goal and began to shrink their defense line. Because of jealousy, indignation, and greed, Xeron began to lead his army deep into the enemy's territory alone. At that time, it was very likely that he would run into an ambush of the elves who had gathered superior forces! Without the support of Rashka and Ignatius, his prospects were definitely not good.
All of this was caused by Roy's letter and a few words. Although these small actions were very simple, they hit the key points, and the consequences were quite serious … Ever since he became a demon, Roy found that he had become good at using these tricks and conspiracies. He did not know if it was because of his demon talent …
Of course, because Roy was also in Xeron's army, when Xeron encountered danger, Roy would also encounter danger.
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