Roland looked at the Pearl of the Northern Region in surprise.
After the ambush team was ambushed by Ösrook, there was a wave of criticism among the higher-ups. They believed that the General Staff, especially Edith Kant, was responsible for the misjudgment. Apart from the Administrative Office, there were also voices of dissatisfaction and doubt in the Sleeping Spell. If not for Tilly's prestige, the impact would have been even greater.
When Edith returned from the frontline, she even asked for punishment, but not only did he not agree, he even suppressed the series of repercussions.
This was because it was not a man-made mistake.
Not to mention that victory and defeat were commonplace, Operation Torch was not even a failure, but a complete victory. At the cost of less than 500 people, they had eliminated nearly 20,000 demons and successfully completed their mission, taking back the Holy City that had been lost for hundreds of years. If this couldn't be considered a victory, then what could be considered a victory?
The General Staff's contribution was obvious to all.
In fact, Roland had discussed this issue with Tilly, Agatha, Alethea, and the others in private. They also believed that the deviation in the strategic judgment was caused by some unknown factors. If it were the era of the Union, the demons would not have given up the opportunity to conquer the continent just because of a few witches, not even the Three Chiefs.
But even so, Edith was still in the limelight for a period of time. Besides, she had indeed lost to Ösrook in this "duel". Roland thought that she would be depressed for a while, or perhaps talk less and listen more to prevent being criticized again. He did not expect that she had no intention of backing down, and the moment she opened her mouth, her opinion was different from the others.
"... What's the problem?"
"First of all, the last two sentences." Edith lowered her head and walked two steps. "If we succeed, we will increase the number of troops tenfold. If we fail, we should go all out. Isn't it too strange? Since the demons' ultimate goal is to destroy humans, then Taquila should be as important as we expected. No matter how great the pressure from the Sky-sea Realm is, they shouldn't have given up so hastily. After all, in this letter, the enemy suggested to go all out to destroy us. "
Vendy was startled. "Indeed... Why didn't they do that earlier?"
"Because the supply of Red Mist can't keep up?" Nightingale supported her chin with her fingers.
"It's unlikely that they'll go all out, but if it's ten times the number of troops, as long as more transport troops are invested, it's not impossible. Not to mention that they have new war machines like the giant skeletons." Agatha frowned. "It took us more than half a year to get from Tower Station No. 1 to Tower Station No. 10. That's more than enough time for the demons to make their choice."
"The General Staff's initial judgment came from Kabradhabi's' confession ': the demons were stalled by the Sky-sea Realm, and the outcome of the war was a matter of life and death for them." Edith looked at the glaring high-level devil on the interrogation platform. "But from this letter, even if they were to lose to the Sky-sea Realm, they wouldn't be wiped out. They might even have the chance to turn defeat into victory. So why didn't the enemy reinforce the Taquila from the start? It doesn't make sense — from the point of view of intention and behavior, the two are contradictory. "
Everyone could not help but ponder.
"And this sentence — 'I know this will bring you criticism, but it won't affect your plan on the Western Front'," Edith said after a moment of silence. "It doesn't sound like a problem, but when you think about it carefully, something doesn't feel right. In order to deal with the infiltrating witches, the Taquila is a real matter. How can it not affect the plan?"
"Maybe Ösrook is fooling his superior?" Roland said thoughtfully. "Nobles often do that —"
"Your Majesty, please think of it as the most difficult enemy!" Edith said seriously. "If you can't imagine it, just think of it as me among the demons. Do you think I would do such a thing?"
Looking at her slightly clenched fists, Roland suddenly understood a lot. It turned out that she was not as calm as she looked on the surface, nor was she completely unaffected by the gossip behind her back. Instead, she was suppressing her anger in her heart.
She did not want to lose to the senior demon lord.
"Well, since they're not fooling around, it means that Taquila can be replaced in the plan... In this case, the demons must have found a way to attack the Four Kingdoms without the Red Mist and the Obelisk," Roland said with a sigh.
"We discussed this at the beginning of Operation Torch." Agatha sighed. "I still think it's impossible. Otherwise, why would they send troops to the Taquila? If the Red Mist can't restrain the demons, they should have spread all over the world. "
"Uh … why are you all talking about the impact?"
While everyone was deep in thought, Nightingale asked confusedly, "Isn't the 'Western Front' even stranger? If the demons are facing us, the west of Neverwinter should be their east, right? "
"Location is always relative, and the world is not a flat board," Celine explained patiently. "The demons came from another continent. If Ösrook sees it as the center, not to mention the Taquila, even the Four Kingdoms and most of the Land of Dawn are considered to be in the west." "
"So that's how it is … That means they're not the same thing, right?"
"Wait, what did you say?" Edith suddenly looked up.
"They're not the same thing?" Nightingale asked uncertainly.
The Pearl of the Northern Region's eyes lit up. She walked quickly to a long table with many maps piled up on it. She unrolled the papers one by one, glanced at them, and then threw them aside. Finally, her eyes stopped on a very abstract drawing.
Roland looked at it for a while before he could recognize that it was a map of the entire Kingdom of Everwinter based on the handwriting on it.
She pointed at the blank area north of the Snow Ridge, which was the northernmost part of the Kingdom of Everwinter. She turned to Celine and asked, "What's on it?"
"Mountains. They stretch for thousands of miles, like the back of a hedgehog. From south to north, they almost encircle one side of the Land of Dawn. We also call it the spine of the continent." "
"Has the Union explored this area before?"
"Of course. The Quest Society once drew a map of the entire Land of Dawn, including the spine of the continent." "
"Just drawing a map?" Edith asked eagerly. "Is there no more specific record?"
"What are you trying to say?" Agatha asked confusedly. "It's not easy to make a map. There are not only a lot of mountains, but also a lot of them. The Impassable Mountain Range can be seen as the tail of the mountain, and the widest part of the mountain is enough to fit the entire Graycastle. The mountains are very steep, and most of them are covered by snow all year round. What's the point of marking every mountain? "
"I think we may have overlooked something. The Sky Lord's Western Front Plan may not be referring to the Taquila Ruins, but to the overall offensive against the humans. The Taquila Ruins is just one of the options!" Edith's finger slid along the Impassable Mountain Range. "The demons' goal is to prevent the Red Mist from passing through this natural barrier. If they can get close enough to the Four Kingdoms, it won't matter if they can build a city or not. They just need to find a chance to erect an Obelisk!
"You mean …" Agatha's expression changed.
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