Chapter 46: Beggar-thy-Neighbor
The communication of the star officer on duty was transmitted to the communication crystal next to Valed's hand, and after being received by the future Earl of Castein, his face was filled with emotion.
"Luck?Strength? Or both?"
Vared said such unknown words, which made the vampire officers sitting on both sides of his hands stunned.
"You can take a look at this thing first." Vared frowned, he took out a record crystal from his subspace and threw it onto the table. The crystal was standing on the table, and then started to operate with a "pop". A layer of amplified one-to-five-scale projection began to operate. After a rustling sound, the image gradually became clear. The first thing a group of vampire officers noticed was the man with terrifying scars on his face and extremely burly figure.
This person sat at the beginning of people, the most conspicuous and leader. Although he was silent, despite not saying a word, and without any movement, he just sat upright. However, the full temperament of the superior still made everyone and all the vampire officers turn their attention to him at the first time.
Around him, those vulgar and those movements were equally rude and did not look at them. The things they wore looked valuable, but gold - gold - was still gold, but they gave people a cheesy, nouveau riche-like feeling. People in this outfit were quickly recognized. They were those border princes.
On the holographic projection, these border princes are fiercely arguing about something. Because the sound is very loud, although the quality of this recording crystal is not very good, even the vampire officer who sits the farthest can clearly hear:
"We can't continue like this anymore! We fight to the death and shelter those damn bats from the wind and rain. But they took the opportunity to embezzle our territory behind us! What's the use of killing all the green skins in the end?! Didn't we make wedding dresses for them?!"
"This is not the most important thing - the most important thing is that after we defeat the Greenskin, can we still have enough strength to fight against the damn bats and take back our own territory?!"
"No, no, no, no - according to the damn bats, after we defeat the green skin and lose the function of being a shield, they will definitely take action first. At that time, not only will they not be able to regain our territory, but they may even lose their lives!"
"Let's stop saying such unrealistic words - you idiots! What will happen to the bats after defeating the greenskins - the problem now is that we can't defeat those greenskins at all! Their number is ten times that of ours, and I'm afraid there will be more! If this continues, we will be swallowed up by the greenskins ocean before considering the behavior of the bats!"
What these border princes say is more pessimistic and more urgent. However, they just say something, something, and something. They can't solve the problem at all. They just quarrel, complain and curse.
Seeing this, the vampire officers looked down upon him. They secretly compared the qualities of the Duke of Ive and the generals with these bandit leaders. The answer was that this group of bastards was more than one street worse than the professional generals of the Principal of Ive.
However, at this moment, just as these people were quarreling, the person sitting at the beginning, the person with huge scars on his face spoke: "Just shrink our front line a little bit, it can solve the problem."
Hearing his words, the border princes who were still quarreling just now stopped in unison, and turned their heads almost at the same time and looked at the man.
"I said, just shrink our front line a little to solve the problem." While he said this, he reached out to spread a map. The princes of the border immediately surrounded him and blocked the vampire officers' vision. Just as the vampire officers were about to ask, Vared took out a copy of the same map from his subspace, spread out the scroll and placed it on the table, and said to the vampire officers:
"Look at this, it's the same as that."
So the vampire officers, like those border princes, also surrounded them. While looking at the map, they listened to the explanation of the man with a terrifying scar on his face in the record crystal.
"We can abandon one-third of the territory we occupy today. Give up all the land, towns and population from here - to here - and shrink the fronts. To achieve the effect of consolidating defenses."
The area mentioned by this man is marked with red ink on the map, so vampire officers can recognize it as soon as possible.
"Do you shrink your front?" An ugly expression appeared on the faces of the princes of the border. Especially one of the four lords in the south, the master of the territory that was about to be abandoned. In addition to his ugly face, there was also extreme anger.
"I don't agree-"
However, in the middle of his words, Ak Bieber was stopped by his even more angry and terrifying eyes. Seeing the murderous warlord leader, he was stopped by just a look, the vampire officers had a new understanding of his abilities in his heart.
"First of all, we do not have enough troops to defend such a vast area. Instead of dividing the troops and being defeated by the superior troops of Greenskin, it is better to actively shrink the front. There is another point... Are you complaining and worried about the problem of the bats behind us? Look at the map--"
This time, after Ak Bieber's reminder, the princes of the border saw some smell. After abandoning those territories, in addition to strengthening their own defense, there was another effect - a passage leading to the north and the areas ruled by vampires appeared.
"Aren't you afraid that you can't beat Green Skin? Are you also afraid that we will fight to death with Green Skin, and let the bats behind us pick up the cheaper ones? It's very simple - just drag the bats into the water as well!"
Ak Bieber said to other border princes in an incitemental and seductive voice. Looking at the excited expressions of the bandit leaders, you know that they really agree with this idea.
The record crystal made another "pop" sound and then stopped working.
"Okay, everyone, this is the situation now. The bandit leaders who were originally regarded as watchdogs wanted to be lazy. Tell me, how should we deal with this situation?"
Vared knocked on the table, then coughed lightly, and asked.
Chapter completed!