Four Split Personalities

His entire mind was already fixed on the sand table in front of him!

His inner tranquility was unprecedented. At this moment, everything except defeating his opponent in this battle had become insignificant. The wildness and unruliness in his bones were joyously undergoing a chemical reaction, causing Richard’s bright eyes to remain bloodshot!

The status of the Church of the Dawn, the grievances with the Black Vatican Priest, etc., all were thrown aside by Richard. At this moment, he had forgotten his identity as clergy and was simply a pure hunter!

If the solid-as-a-rock defense could indirectly crush the opponent’s throat and tear apart the enemy’s flesh, then this lion would not mind being a good turtle for the next half hour!

...

"Come on!"

Richard took a deep breath, overlooking his main formation on the sand table and nodded in satisfaction after several seconds, then issued two consecutive commands: [Double the scout’s activity range] and [Fortify adjacent ally positions to build joint fortifications].

Relying on the defensive positions to eliminate Ramollok’s five scouting teams didn’t bring Richard peace of mind, so although he didn’t react immediately, he still heightened vigilance while thoroughly turning his position into an iron Wang Ba and prepared to arm his allies.

The command was successfully sent and received very clear feedback after five minutes.

That was no feedback.

Yes, there was no feedback at all, those scouts who received the new orders vanished as if evaporated from the human world.

Moreover, even those messengers who were supposed to communicate with allied positions hadn’t sent back information for quite a while.

[Why is this...]

Richard slightly narrowed his eyes, raised his hand to pinch his brow, desperately suppressing the unease within, forcing himself to calm down and trying to explain this baffling situation.

Undoubtedly, the silence of scouts and messengers was no absurd accident, regardless of only having two basic units for the latter, and though the numbers of scouts optimized by Richard weren’t many, they were of considerable standard. If a random ’accident’ generated beyond the commander’s vision could not possibly cause them to go missing directly.

In conclusion—

"Intercept and kill."

Richard gripped the feather pen tightly and muttered, "Moreover, it’s an intercept and kill under absolute advantage. How is this possible... where did they get the troops?!"

His puzzlement was theoretically flawless, considering neither side knew specific deployments of the enemy forces, but through frequent communication with his own positions, Richard swiftly grasped the blue side’s troop deployment opposite them. Just like his own red side, although the opponent’s combat power was sufficient to ensure the safety of the frontlines, they had little room for achievement in offensive terms.

This is easy to understand, after all, we know the number of troops needed to hold a position and capture one are completely different concepts, especially with limited intelligence in hand, only a fool would blindly choose to charge ahead.

Overall troop distribution on the frontlines between the two sides was fairly even, and judging by losses, Richard who only lost a few messengers and two scouts had gained somewhat, knowing almost for certain that those reconnaissance teams extinguished by him at first sight were certainly from Ramollok.

Under such circumstances, Richard who had just planned to expand the control range immediately lost composure when a batch of mobile units was swallowed up.

The reason was simple, as he himself just said, Ramollok theoretically couldn’t possibly possess such a level of force!

"Cross the central area, directly pierce into my force’s scope..."

After ordering all mobile units hovering on the outskirts of the position to retract at the fastest speed, Richard stood up, pacing back and forth before the sand table with hands behind his back, gritting his teeth saying, "Is that guy the opponent’s overall Commander!?"

The counselor just finishing entering the instructions shrugged, spreading his hands saying, "I wouldn’t know, but if the conditions on both sides are equal, unless that guy throws his forces here irrespective of costs, intercepting our messengers without ally coordination would be completely..."

"Hold on!"

Richard suddenly halted, abruptly turning to look at his counselor, "What did you say?!"

The latter flinched shocked, subconsciously repeating his previous words, "Impossible?"

"The previous sentence!"

Richard nearly collapsed over the sand table, frantically sketching with a stain-free feather pen while anxiously asking, "You said unless what?"

"Unless... um, that guy throws his forces here regardless of costs?"

The counselor whispered a phrase, immediately widening his eyes in disbelief, "No way?"

Richard, whose face was somewhat pale, sneered and asked, "No way for what?"

"They can’t be throwing most of their forces here!"

The companion equally possessing certain strategic literacy shook his head furiously, saying repeatedly, "With relative strengths of us both, if the other side as rooted on the frontlines like us, such force deployment would directly collapse them! Unless... that Ramollok Chief Priest’s resources can completely crush ours."

"Impossible, if it’s like you said, then this battle would be pointless."

Richard raised his hand to wipe his sweat, exhaling deeply, "If resources could completely crush, they wouldn’t need coordinated attacks; just with manpower, they could bury us. Such an error couldn’t exist in the setup before us."

The counselor too began sweating, asking dryly, "Then what is going on?"

"You’ve already said the answer, haven’t you."

Richard sat back in his command seat, his expression darkened, "Our opponent... is throwing his resources at us regardless of cost, under equal conditions."

The counselor almost despairingly said, "Impossible, buddy, I also just said the same, they would collapse! Please gather yourself a bit, don’t be disturbed by the fact the opposite is that Ramollok Chief Priest..."

"I’m gathered, I’m calm."

Richard raised his hand interrupting his companion’s words, laughing dryly, "Collapse? Then let me ask you, if it really were as I said, how do you think they would collapse?"

The latter responded without a second thought, succinctly saying, "Shatter on contact."

"You mean the main position they rely on would shatter on contact?"

Richard, while rapidly writing on the instruction card without looking up, asked this and after receiving his affirmation, smiled saying, "Alright, then go ahead and touch it."

The counselor smiled angrily, "Touch? Is the match yours or mine?"

"Mine."

Richard raised his head, casually handing the instruction card to him, saying quietly, "But I don’t know where they are."

"Uh..."

The counselor slightly hesitated, his face starting to pale, "Don’t know... where..."

"Yes, although currently we indeed have grasped intelligence about opponent’s troop strength and at least know they’ve dispatched eighty percent of their forces nearby."

Richard pointed to the fog of war on the sand table in front, said quietly, "But I don’t know where their main position is, take it."

"But..."

Accepting the instruction card Richard handed over, he said caustically, "Their current defense is so weak, even if not us, any allied forces discovering this can’t possibly pass up such an opportunity?"

Richard raised an eyebrow asking, "Do you think the opposite would put up a big sign saying ’Defenses are thin here, come attack’ after dispatching most of their combat strength?"

"..."

"Quickly record the intelligence, being passive is one thing, but won’t simply leave me dead here, also depends if he has the bite for it!"

Chapter 1273: End

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