March 3rd.

At this time, the 100,000 Chaos army from the north has not yet landed, but even so, there are no less than this number of Chaos worshipers who have reached Ulthuan through the portal, but they were scattered in various places and did not gather together at the first time.

.Chaos worshipers who passed through the portal were mainly concentrated in the wilderness of the outer ring kingdom. As for the inner ring kingdom, although Chaos also tried to open the portal, they were blocked by a large number of elven mages and did not reach a large scale.

As time slowly came to the early morning of March 4th, the number of Chaos worshipers and beastmen in the land of Nagaris began to increase with the arrival of the red full moon, and the chaos energy that was already flooding everywhere became crazy.

The animals that poured into this land, such as elk, wild boars, pangolins, bears, wolves, as long as they were larger than a certain size were captured, and then the full moon and chaotic energy were used to catalyze them into beastmen of different shapes.

In just one night, there were nearly ten thousand new beastmen. They were confused and their limbs were uncoordinated, but their strong bodies and fierce expressions both showed that they were not easy to mess with. They were animals.

With their instincts infinitely amplified, they pick up simple stone axes and stone spears and become deadly killing machines.

Unfortunately, these fallen creatures blocked Carter and his companions' only way to go to Tal-Zhoder.

The scene of them using the full moon to reproduce crazily and increase their numbers was clearly seen by the clone sent by Carter into the wilderness.

"It's difficult..."

After muttering something under his breath, the clone took the initiative and returned to its original form.

Carter, who was in the military camp, received the memory the next moment, which made him immediately frown.

This discovery made him regret not leaving yesterday. There are too many chaotic creatures wandering in the wild now. As long as they find their traces, they will definitely intercept them. By then, he will lead thousands of civilians with only a few hundred

A single soldier cannot defeat tens of thousands of chaotic creatures.

Carter walked to his tent and carefully looked at the map, trying to find a safer passage.

But the reality is that the situation is very bad. If you want to evacuate to Tal-Zhoder, the only way is to take the land route. But no matter which route you take, thousands of people in Estari will definitely be discovered...

"Honey, what's wrong?"

Suddenly a gentle voice came from behind, and he put his arms around Carter's waist and leaned against his back.

Without looking back, Carter knew the person who came was Emilia just by hearing the voice. In fact, Carter had noticed her when she approached the tent, but he just didn't pay attention.

After holding the hands at his waist, Carter said softly:

"We are in a very bad situation now, Amy... The scale of this invasion is far beyond our imagination. The scouts I just sent out discovered that Chaos worshipers in the wild are capturing animals on a large scale and turning them into beastmen.

.If we follow the kingdom's order to move to 'Tal-Drowdel', I'm afraid we will be overtaken by them, and if we accidentally move from the transfer to 'Tal-Drowdel', we will be defeated. In that case, only ten people can make it to 'Tal-Drowdel' alive.

Not one remains.”

"Then let's not leave now. Estari is easy to defend and difficult to attack. We should be able to hold on until the kingdom can repel the chaotic creatures."

After a month of training, Emilia has become a qualified soldier. Maybe because she doesn't want to be said that she got in through connections, she works hard every time she trains. Now Emilia has become

I have taken off my hat as a new recruit, but my knowledge of tactics and strategy is still too little.

Carter took her hand, pulled her in front of him, hugged her and said:

"But if we don't leave, if so many people are targeted by Chaos, and we don't have the help of mages, how can we defeat those shamans and wizards who know Chaos magic? Estari is indeed easy to defend and difficult to attack, but it also means that once they are targeted by Chaos,

If we are surrounded, we will have no choice but to hold on.

I'm sorry, Amy, I shouldn't have let you come to Estari. Maybe staying in Cinta Village is the best choice, so that you can retreat to the big city as soon as possible..."

"Don't say such things, no one will blame you, just go to bed early!"

"Um"

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At dawn the next day, Carter called all the company-level officers to the tent. He also called Chiniron and his most capable subordinate Carlius. Although the number of the city defense troops was not large, only one hundred and fifty.

Ten people, but for Carter now, every strength is precious.

"Everyone, I have asked you to come here so early because I have something important to tell you. According to the report of the scouts I sent out last night, we may not be able to set off today."

"Why? Wasn't it planned?"

"What happened?"

Sure enough, everyone started to ask questions as soon as Carter spoke.

Carter, who was standing at the head, pointed with a small wooden stick at the empty area between 'Estari' and 'Tal-Zhodel'.

"According to the scout's report, tens of thousands of wild animals were converted into beastmen in this area last night, plus there were at least 20,000 chaos creatures and worshipers in this area that came out of the portal before.

, and according to reports, there may be real demons among them..."

"The real devil?"

Although Chaos has been invading Ulthuan for a long time, it has always been a small intrusion. Many people have never seen what a real demon looks like. Most of the time, they face fallen humans and various mutated beasts and beasts.

people.

"They are beings that are at least three meters tall and have deep red skin. Their strength far exceeds that of mortals. If we face even just a few demons, we will have to fight hard to win. And once they are allowed to join the ranks of civilians,

Among the crowd, fear will immediately envelope them, fearing that a good transfer will turn into a rout. In this way, those who can reach Drowder alive will be extremely lucky, because everyone else will die in the wilderness, and their bodies will be

Used as food and soul tortured..."

"Then what should we do specifically? I think it is a good idea to stick to Estari. We are already prepared, and the food in stock is enough for everyone to eat for a year. If it is not enough, we can also buy it by waterway.

supply."

It was Zinilon who spoke.

As a lord, Qinilon became more positive and less philistine after receiving the oracle, but he still subconsciously wanted to hold on to the territory passed down from his ancestors.

"What if the war lasts longer than a year?

What if the Chaos creatures notice that they are surrounding Estari?

What if they also send a mage? Although I have the affinity physique of 'Akshay', because I have not learned spells orthodoxly, I can only use low-level fire spells at most. If there is a Chaos Shaman or Wizard

I can't stop them from casting spells on a large scale. By then, whether it's flooding, earthquakes or other spells, we will be in crisis."

Several rhetorical questions in a row stupefied Qinilon, and at the same time reminded him of the dream, in which some tall demons with red skin (he dreamed of vampires, a common Khorne demon) killed with his own hands.

Killing his whole family was exactly like the demonic image Carter described, which made him give up his last chance.

"It's exactly what you said, but if we can't stay or walk... then we can't just wait to die?"

Carter raised his head and looked around at the officers around him. Although they had become de facto company officers, they were still squad leaders in terms of equipment and official positions.

"So I thought of a way. We use three days to train civilians so that they can remain calm and continue to act according to orders when they are attacked. Then I will recruit another 300 people to add to the army, so that the 'th

The number of the 21st Company reached 800, with 500 veterans and 300 recruits. The ratio of old to new was about two to one.

When we recruit new soldiers, we give priority to those who have joined the military and retired."

Carter paused as he spoke, wanting to see their reactions.

"But is there a difference between five hundred people and eight hundred people? Once we start a fight with Chaos, we will always be at a numerical disadvantage. Even if the number reaches eight hundred, we still can't defeat them."

Legolas from the Inner Ring Kingdom was the first to question.

"Yes, company captain, and what's the point of training civilians? Thousands of people may not be able to be trained well even for three months, let alone three days."

Lilian, who had become the deputy company commander, crossed her arms and said.

"They don't need to be soldiers, as long as they can follow orders and move at critical moments.

As for why we need to recruit 300 more people, please listen to me explain slowly."

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On the morning of March 4th, more than 5,000 civilians who had prepared all night did not receive news of their departure. Instead, the soldiers who maintained order told them to postpone the transfer plan. This strange behavior caused various rumors to spread crazily among the crowd.

After noticing this, Carter immediately appeared with Zinilon to explain and appease the crowd. And after several months of practice, he himself had already become a 'rumor expert'. After randomly sending a few avatars to mix into the crowd, the rumors began to improve.

Change of direction.

After calming the civilians, Carter began to send people to identify who had joined the army and whether they were retired soldiers based on the rosters and various files and records kept by the Zinilon family. Once confirmed, he would immediately send people to contact them and tell them

The truth.

Thanks to the authority of Qiniron, Carter's recently spread reputation and the real life and death issues, all the persuaded elf 'retired soldiers' agreed to the request for temporary demobilization. After hastily bidding farewell to their families, they took their

The weapons and equipment arrived at the military camp outside the town. As soon as they arrived at the military camp, they were taken away for training before they had time to catch their breath.

Carter's plan is actually not difficult. Since he can't bring so many civilians together, he can learn from the practices of his predecessors in his previous life and take the initiative to lead the troops in front of the demons, allowing them to discover and keep up with the '21st Company'.

The footsteps should preferably attract the attention of most of the chaotic creatures and create opportunities for more than 5,000 civilians to use the time lag before the chaotic creatures can react and escape to 'Tal-Zhodel'.

The key to the entire plan lies in whether the "Twenty-first Company" can attract the attention of chaotic creatures, and whether the civilians can stay calm during the transfer and obey the arrangements and rush around day and night. If everything goes well, Carter and others only need to

After attracting the attention of the chaotic creatures for three or four days, they should be able to escape to 'Tal-Zhodel', and then everyone in the '21st Company' will find a way to break out.

Anyway, with Carter's high-end combat capability, as long as he is not surrounded by a pure demon army, he can still lead the troops as an arrow to break through.

However, just to be on the safe side, Carter still used the method of eagle communication to write down his thoughts and combat plans in code words, and sent them to 'Aris Anal' who was commanding 'Tal Zodel' in the hope of receiving

his support.

After having a clear action goal, everything is proceeding in an orderly manner.

The civilians who were originally addicted to various rumors no longer had any leisure.
Chapter completed!