Chapter IX Decisions
"Hey, this is your own decision. I'm just helping with analysis and give you a suggestion!" Xu Mo murmured dissatisfiedly, shook the wine glass in his hand, and drank it all in one gulp.
"I'm just complaining. What a pity. If I enter Felix's camp and compete with that Leo for a few games, I'll probably get the second star skill!" Serpis licked his lips and said unwillingly.
Xu Mo was silent for a while. He had already seen the power of star skills. For Serpis, this was indeed an irreparable regret. This is the helplessness of being a reincarnator. When personal interests and team interests conflict, team interests must be the first.
The assassination mission given by Leo is actually a lie. Regardless of whether the skeleton group can kill the half-elves patriarch, as long as they perform this mission and show considerable strength, they will naturally be treated as a helper by the eldest prince Felix, and thus receive the main task of the camp.
During the negotiations, Xu Mo predicted that the eldest prince Felix should have also known the secret of the Dragon Crystal Mineral Vein, and was also organizing an expedition team to go to Zhuoer's dungeon.
As for why he did not take on the guidance mission of assassinating Phil, Xu Mo gave a detailed analysis of Serpis.
The second guidance task of the Skeleton Group is actually another option given to the Skeleton Group by the five major spaces, which have both advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that the Great Prince Felix has many supporters and a relatively strong escort team. There may even be high-level strongmen from the Twelve Dragon Pattern Family, which can make up for the relatively weak team strength of the Skeleton Group.
The disadvantages are also obvious. The more powerful people, the less voice the skeleton group will have. It is difficult for Serpis to lead the plot team and can only follow the escort team. When encountering a team battle, they cannot adapt flexibly. Once the escort team fails, they will have no power to turn over.
"Why can't we take on this assassination mission without joining the camp of the eldest prince Felix? We have to kill Phil anyway." Serpis asked thoughtfully while drinking the fruit wine stored in the tavern.
"There is no good result on both ends of the first rat! The fire cannot be covered. I believe that whether it is the eldest prince Felix or the third prince Brian, some intelligence personnel may have penetrated into the periphery of Red Rose. The risk of taking on the next task is too great, we can't afford it!" Xu Mo shook his head and said with a stern face.
"Can you only give up the mission and go to assassinate half of Phil?" Serpis smiled bitterly.
"Well, they won't think of this as Red Rose's work. Because the plot characters cannot understand why we do this. And we have another benefit to give up the assassination mission. Felix will probably find a master to assassinate the half-elves patriarch. At that time, we just need to work harder in the secret..." Xu Mo said with a chuckling.
"You are really sinister... Everything is done, and you'll let others take the blame for you!" Serpis rubbed his forehead and joked, "But, after we kill Phil, will we definitely get the dominance of the escort team? Brian will not airborne a commander, right?"
"This possibility is very small!" Xu Mo shook his head and told him his analysis.
Judging from the information provided by the Rainman, Briland has three major military forces.
The first is the Royal Knights in the Royal City of Briland, which belongs to the royal guards and will not leave the Royal Knights in normal times. This army is controlled by the king himself and others cannot intervene. Even the nominal Crown Prince Felix can only rely on winning over retired officers, which indirectly influences the political stance of the Royal Knights.
The second military force is the eastern legion located in Waseran and Kenland Fortress in the eastern border of Brailland. Because it is necessary to defend the religiously crazi Serran and the goblin country Dagon, the eastern legion has the largest number of people and the most complete equipment, and is the most combat-effective legion in Brailland.
However, because of this, the Eastern Legion was not unified under the leadership of a certain general, but was divided into three armies led by three generals. They only accepted the orders of the king and the commander.
The last military forces of Breland were the northern army of Drum War and Arakahan in the northern part of the Kingdom. They relied on the natural terrain advantages of Silver Moon Lake, Galifar Lake and the Gray Walled Mountains, and defended the inhuman monsters such as Owendeer, Eltienbang, and Dorm's harem, Taurus and Medusa.
Zhuom has now become the home of all humanoid monsters in the Kovare continent, and even werewolfs chased by the Silver Flame Church have found a shelter here. These humanoid monsters who were once hired and transformed by humans in the final war finally have a piece of their own land.
In fact, Zoum is now the largest source of mercenaries. These human-shaped monsters gather together in the form of ethnic tribes. Due to the lack of systematic organization and the existence of gray-walled mountains on the border between the two countries, they do not have a real threat to Arakahan Castle.
However, now the Northern Army's enemies have added another one, the orcs and barbarian tribes from the Demon Wasteland in the northwest of the mainland. Due to the gradual weakness of the Great Druid Orion, Owendeer and the Demon Wasteland began to erode the Altien territory.
The Eltienbans, who were broken into a peaceful life, fell apart due to lack of unified will to resist. The humans and half-elves who lived in the plains hoped to move into Owendeer and Breland, while the transformers in the woods were even more interested in the free environment of Zoom.
In fact, many nobles in Breland Germany issued cross-border requests to the royal family, hoping to join the ranks of annexation of the Eltien states. If Breland had not been at the current level of alternating royal power, they would have already put this military action into action.
Even so, the actions of strengthening the northern army have been carried out in an orderly manner. The nobles hope that after the royal power changes will be completed, they will immediately launch military operations in the northern border and annex this rich land in the northwest.
In the first Northern War, the Northern Army drove out some orcs and barbarian coalitions from the Demon Wasteland and obtained a large tract of territory in the south of Altien. It was also during this war that some forces from Breland, Demon Wasteland and Owendeer discovered the existence of the Dragon Crystal Mineral.
Most of the senior generals of the Northern Army supported the third prince Brian, but this support could only be limited to the name. After all, the Northern Army was still loyal to the country and could not launch a rebellion for a certain prince.
Of course, the Northern Army provided strong support for the Dragon Crystal Mineral Plan of the Third Prince Brian. Except for the senior generals who could not leave their base, they would send a few elite knights to participate in Brian's escort team.
Among all the supporters of the Third Prince Brian, the Northern Army could not allow the high-level generals to leave the garrison. Under pressure, a few nobles in the royal city could not express their support on the surface. Therefore, the only important figure who could escort the team for the Third Prince Brian was Phil of the Close family.
This is also why the eldest prince Felix must assassinate the half-elves leader of the Dragon Pattern Family. As long as Phil is killed, unless Brian can find a replacement immediately, the Dragon Crystal Mineral Vein Plan will basically fall into paralysis.
"Actually, the assassination plan of the eldest prince Felix is easy to succeed. He doesn't even need to kill Phil. As long as the half-elves' patriarch is injured, he can't travel far away any longer." Xu Mo shrugged and made a final conclusion on his analysis.
"But the third prince Brian can't trust us completely in such a short period of time." Serpis still had many doubts.
"Of course, he will not hand over the negotiations with Zoer to us!" Xu Mo said with a smile, "but I think he will hand over the marching rights of the escort team to us."
"Indeed, we don't need to get his complete trust, as long as we can protect his messenger!" Shepis suddenly realized, "In fact, we only need to escort the leadership of the work, and not preside over negotiations with the Dark Elves!"
"You finally understand!" Xu Mo said in a tone, "Discussing with a harsh idiot like you can easily lower my IQ!"
"Tsk, it's because you're thinking too complicated, okay?" Serpis curled his lips, "Who like you, turns the task of the Reincarnator like playing chess, and thinks about three steps in one step! The guiding task that is most beneficial to the Reincarnator seems to be in your eyes that there is no need for it to exist."
"After all, space is not a smart creature. Following its arrangement, the joint team may have the opportunity to complete the task, but the losses of personnel will definitely be extremely huge." Xu Mo said calmly, "You spent such a huge price to ask me to help you. Isn't it just that the members of the Skeleton Group can minimize their sacrifices?"
"Okay, when will we do it?" Serpis thought carefully for a while, and felt that there was nothing missing, so he nodded in agreement with the plan.
"Let's recall other members first, we must prepare immediately..." Xu Mo smiled.
Chapter completed!