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Asu Rufate learned about the situation here in the central castle of the city of Niustria.

The original plan was to take action immediately after the army assembled. Even if the war did not start immediately, at least it would be necessary to maintain a restrained attitude to reduce the pressure on Gaohua City and strengthen the confidence to stick to the city. But now, this sudden plague immediately shattered all plans. It was also a pity that all kinds of materials were prepared in the early stage, and the construction pattern of the city itself was reasonable. It was not crowded inside and outside the city, and some preparations were made to fight against diseases. Otherwise, the plague would have swept the entire army now.

Although blood plague is not the most dangerous and deadliest disease, it can easily cause an army to lose its combat effectiveness.

"...So, we can be sure that this is the effect of Chaos Witch." The speaker was a magician who accompanied the army. This was a high-level priest from the church, and it can be said that he was the leader of the magician.

"...First of it is eye disease, then brown leg disease, and finally blood plague..." Ashu Rufate murmured to himself.

"Yes, before brown leg disease changed from magical effects to real diseases, we used a magic-breaking scroll in time and destroyed it... However, blood plague has an incubation period, and people who just got sick cannot detect it... When the symptoms appear, the disease has actually changed from magical effects to ordinary diseases."

"Is there no way to sense this kind of evil magic? Is there no way to stop it?" Ashu Rufat asked.

"Sorry, General." The magician lowered his head.

"Can't you stop the Chaos Wizard from approaching our army?" Ashu Rufat asked. If you can't stop the Chaos Wizard in external conditions like the City of Newestria, then when the army camps in the wild, let alone.

"I'm sorry." This time the speaker was Baranka. He was the supreme commander here before Ashu Rufate came. "General Ashu Rufate, we sent a lot of troops to search, but the Chaos Wizard seemed to have a very powerful guard. So far, we have lost six teams."

"What level of force did the search team arrange?"

"It has now been increased to a group of ten people and carried a magic communication scroll. In order to increase firepower, each soldier also carried two pistols... However, this level of force was easily wiped out by the enemy. During this period, some of the remains of the dead soldiers were found in succession..."

"This goes against common sense. From a common sense, if you can actively annihilate a squad of ten people and ensure that no one escapes, then there should be at least a squad of about a hundred people. But if you have a squad of a hundred people... you must have a specific area to hide this level of force. However, for the sake of concealment and flexibility, the Chaos Wizard cannot lead a squad of about a hundred people... but can instantly annihilate a squad of ten people."

"... Are there a few of them that are particularly strong?" Ashu Rufat asked softly.

"It should be so. We speculate that there are one or two people around the Chaos Wizard...at most, there will be no more than five particularly strong guards. They should be the guy who betrayed the soul to the evil god and received extraordinary power... that is, the Chaos Champion Warrior!"

Everyone knows that these Chaos warriors from the northern wasteland are stronger than Groni soldiers. But if ordinary Chaos warriors are only stronger than normal people, Chaos champions often have exceeded the scope of the concept of "humanity". Some records point out that there were Chaos champions who were once able to wear armor that could crush a strong horse and wield giant weapons that could barely lift up by ten people. Of course, most Chaos champions are not that exaggerated, but they are far stronger, flexible and tougher than ordinary humans. When these monster-like warriors rushed into the enemy formation and began to fight hand-to-hand, they would cause very serious casualties.

Fortunately, the number of Chaos champions is not too many.

"Chaos Champion Warrior..." Ashu Rufat thought softly. The enemy moves in a small team, very flexible. They will avoid the large troops, but they can annihilate the small team... It is indeed a very difficult enemy.

"By the way," Ash Rufate turned his gaze back to the magician. "After feeling the Chaos Witch, can you detect... the principle of that evil spell?"

"There are very few things that can be confirmed at present." The magician replied. "What you can believe is that this magic must consume very little, and only one or two magicians can cast it, and it will not cause a dangerous backlash effect. The casting distance is very long and the impact range is very large..."

"There is no such perfect thing in the world, right?" Ashu Rufate asked suspiciously. If this is true, then the battle may be a sure loss. Any few magic of the enemy is enough to infect the entire army with the plague - you can even sit in the camp and watch the coalition forces automatically perish.

"Well, probably the only disadvantage is that the effect is unstable... The caster should not be able to determine the magic effect. In other words, even the Chaos Wizard himself cannot be sure of what kind of disease it will cause."

"Why do you say that?"

"General, the Chaos Wizard has caused three diseases in our army... Do you think he was just passing by and using his hands at will? Of course not, he was obviously coming to our army. If this Chaos Wizard could control the disease, then he would not have had an eye disease first, then a brown leg disease, and finally a slightly threatening blood plague! You know, it only takes a while for the eye disease to be cured naturally... Even the blood plague is not a fatal disease. If I were that Chaos Wizard, if I could control the disease, then I would never have brought such a gentle disease, at least it would be a 'black whisper'!"

"Black whisper..." The few people present gasped.

"But, no matter what, this magic is very dangerous. Can you tell me some other details? What I mean is whether you can explain the details of magic in detail? Speaking of which, I actually understand the mystery of magic," Ashu Rufate asked.

"This... this magic is too far away from casting and has a large impact range, which makes the power of magic become very small, and the flow of magic wind is very weak. This makes it impossible for us to detect the operation of magic, and we cannot determine the location of the spellcaster... We now have a rough guess, that is, this magic is not so much a 'spread' plague, but rather a 'inducing' plague. At present, we only know so much."

"I'll make an assumption...if that Chaos Wizard could get closer to us...I mean the casting distance is reduced, will it have any impact?"

"This...is hard to say. But since the Chaos Wizard can cast spells in a safe place and produce good results, he probably won't risk getting close."

...

The night is already dark.

Ashu Rufate sat alone in his room, looking through the window and looking at the fields outside the city.

Because of the war, almost all the civilians nearby retreated at this time. The northeast of Groney had long been adapting to the war. Whenever the alarm for chaos invasion came, all residents would take food and livestock to sturdy castles or large rears. Even in remote small villages, those who were destined to be unable to retreat to safe places in time, established corresponding fortifications without exception. In fact, the defense effect of such small villages is even better than that of those strong cities.

In addition, while the border lords have strong cities, they also have different sizes and elite troops. In favorable circumstances, they can even take the initiative to attack small groups of Chaos troops. In unfavorable circumstances, they can also defend the strong cities to block the enemy and delay enough time.

When the Chaos Legion invaded in the past, they had to face such an unfavorable environment where the whole nation was soldiers and strong fortresses everywhere. They gave up the difficult White Fort to capture more than once and rushed straight to the depths of the Groni Kingdom, but in the end they all fought sieges with no choice, exhausted their combat power and time, and were eventually defeated by the Groni people. Those who abandoned the invasion of White Fort, the final result was often the most tragic - because White Fort was also guarding their only way home.

The church often obtains an astonishing number of barbarian captives, which is often because of this reason.

It may be difficult to find the Chaos Wizard... The large army will be avoided, and the small army will be killed... But if it is not found out, then the battle will be lost!

Ashu Rufat thought. Although he was mentally prepared, he did not expect that he would encounter such a threat.

Moreover, there is still an obvious mystery. This magic is so useful, so convenient, and so powerful. Why does Chaos still block the city of Gaohua? He is very sure that as long as three or five Nurgle wizards take turns to cast spells, Gaohua City may have fallen into Chaos' hands long ago. Do the Chaos gods like to die more believers?

Or... As Marvin, who had contacted him, said, it was divided into different factions within Chaos, and some factions did not want to see this war? And the factions that control this dangerous magic were those who did not want to see the war? They just had to take action when they were held hostage.

What's going on? No, there is too little intelligence on the Chaos side! No wonder the Chaos believers can lurk within Groney, and some have even reached a high position. But on the other hand, spies from the Star Domain Gods Church have never been able to penetrate into Chaos...

When he was thinking this, he suddenly heard someone knocking on the door.

"Mr. Ashurufat, you have your letters. It was sent by magical communication." The guards outside shouted.

A few minutes later, a letter was sent to Ash Rufate. After Ash Rufate opened it, he looked at the signature, which was written on it with Ah Jin's name.
Chapter completed!