"Sorry, you don't have the power to refuse. This is the order of His Majesty the Emperor."
Robin nodded helplessly after hearing this.
"Then, can you give me a little more time? I want to say goodbye to my wife and daughter."
"Sir, our target group for conscription is quite wide, and the time is quite tight. If everyone asks for a few minutes to say goodbye like you, it will be delayed for a long time. Now what we lack most is time. If the conscription is delayed for one day, the training will be delayed for one day. If the war fails because of this day's training, can you bear this responsibility?"
Robin was quite disdainful when he heard the words of the conscription officer.
If the country really reaches this level, the training of citizens like him will not play any role at all.
If every citizen needs to be sacrificed to save the royal family, then the royal family should change the dynasty as soon as possible.
"If the royal family really fails because of this little time, I don't think the responsibility will be on us."
Robin spoke his thoughts without hesitation, but he was slapped in the face.
"Citizen! This is not a request, this is an order, I hope you can tell the difference!"
At this moment, Ines' voice came from behind Robin.
"Robin."
Robin turned around and saw Ines standing at the stairs looking at him.
Her eyes were already filled with tears.
"I know what you are going to do, go ahead, protect yourself, I will also protect Sally at home."
Robin nodded after hearing this.
"Okay, now that you and your wife have said goodbye, can you leave with us?"
The conscription officer's arrogant and domineering attitude made Robin quite angry, but at this moment he could only bear it.
There might be room for maneuver if he was recruited into the army now, but if he refused, his tragedy would only come early.
He also knew that Ines came out to say goodbye to him because she didn't want him to be bullied by this group of conscription officers again.
So, he nodded, took the initiative to walk out of the house, and then locked the door.
"You, won't collect our food?"
"Don't worry, we just need you to fight, we will take good care of your family."
"That's fine." Robin nodded after hearing this, and then followed the conscription team on the street.
Such a scene is the most common thing in the royal control area of Saint Laurent City today.
...
One day later, Arthas looked at the number of soldiers recruited and nodded with satisfaction.
As the first metropolis in the empire, Saint Laurent City itself has a large number of residents. It is a metropolis with a population of millions.
This kind of city is quite rare in the entire empire. Even if many people flee in advance because of the outbreak of war, 300,000 strong men can be captured in the control area of Arthas.
These 300,000 people will be assigned the best weapons after three days of training, and fight the enemy to the death in Saint Laurent City.
Three days is exactly the deadline given to him by the coalition forces.
This move certainly caused a lot of resistance, but after several residents who were unwilling to cooperate were publicly executed on each street, the others could only accept the conscription and participate in temporary training, and then be sent to the front line as cannon fodder.
Arthas certainly did not expect this group of temporary soldiers to play any role. He just hoped that he could buy enough time and... more things for himself through this army.
Of course, Arthas now has a big worry, that is, the resistance in the city.
The army in the city that resisted Arthas was jointly formed by a group of mercenaries and citizens who volunteered to support Orson. Originally, after Orson returned to the Imperial Academy, Arthas thought that their command level would definitely drop a lot, and then Arthas would not have to worry about this group of people turning against him temporarily.
However, in fact, it far exceeded Arthas's expectations.
After Orson left, the command level of the coalition forces did not decline, but adopted many more radical tactics, causing huge losses to both sides.
For example, in the previous action of transporting refugees to the other side, after the strong expulsion failed, the other side even dared to attack the refugees directly, forcing the royal family to cancel the action.
Originally, in the street fighting in every street, Orson's strategy was to preserve strength, and when encountering the areas where the royal army focused on attacking, he would mainly retreat to preserve the living force.
However, when facing the attack of the royal army, the new commander seemed to be on the hook. He was always able to accurately predict the main attack direction of the royal army and set up ambushes on the streets, causing considerable damage to the royal army.
In addition, they were able to launch assaults in places where the royal army's defense was weak, tear open the defense line, and force the royal family to draw troops from other places to replenish.
The intensity of the encounters that Arthas encountered did not decrease, but increased, which made Arthas think of using cannon fodder to wear down the enemy's strength.
After a while, the raven appeared beside Arthas.
"My emperor, I have investigated the current leader of the rebels."
"Who is it?"
Arthas was silent for a while, and then asked.
"According to the intelligence, there is no trace of Prince Lit in the army of Duke Antica, and Lit was not found in the intelligence sent by the informant of the Imperial Academy."
"Then what? Do you think it will be Lit?"
Arthas looked at the raven curiously, not knowing how he came to such a conclusion.
In Arthas's view, Lit could not be the commander of the rebels. It is true that Lit has studied with Orson for a long time, but in his view, it is impossible for Lit to be as talented as Orson.
At least, it will never make him feel so much pressure.
He has been leading troops to fight for ten years. He can tolerate that he cannot compare with Orson, a rare talent, but it is a bit humiliating to say that he cannot compare with Lit, a young boy.
"It is indeed Lit."
Raven said.
"Heh, Litt is only 19 years old this year, and even until a year ago, he was just a villager living in the countryside. Do you think I will suffer at the hands of such a person?"
"Of course I don't mean to question your ability, Your Majesty, but in my opinion, Your Majesty doesn't need to look at Litt as so weak."
"At least, his growth trajectory is terrifying, isn't it?" Raven said this, and recited Litt's resume familiarly.
"He only received systematic and formal aristocratic education at the age of 18, and then in less than a year, he grew from an ordinary person with no ability to a sixth-level warrior and magician. His current combat power should be comparable to that of the seventh level."
"But that's not military command experience!" Arthas retorted.
"In the battle against the orcs, Litt was only Orson's adjutant. Later, in the southern expedition to Naples, Litt was able to take charge of the vanguard army on his own, and his record was quite good. He also won big victories against the strong with the weak. You know about the Battle of Florence. At that time, my master, Duke Giovanni, was so angry that he couldn't sleep for three days."
"That battle was indeed fought beautifully..." Arthas nodded in agreement.
"But before that battle, Litt had only been Orson's adjutant, and it was only less than a few months apart. At this time, do you still think Litt is simple?"
Raven said this with a burning look.
In Raven's opinion, Orson is indeed Arthas's biggest enemy at present, but if you look at it in the long run, Litt seems to be the biggest hidden danger.
No matter what, Orson has received eighteen years of aristocratic education to grow into the current scheming and deep-minded person. If it were Litt's growth rate, I'm afraid there would be a more terrifying existence than Orson in the empire.
After hearing Raven's analysis, Arthas also nodded silently.
His analysis was correct, and even very logical.
"So, Raven, what is your suggestion?"
"My former master Giovanni gave me the last order before he died, which was to kill Litt. I want to complete that order."
"..."
Arthas was silent for a long time, and finally nodded.
He originally didn't want to be an enemy of the Dukedom of Antica.
After all, when Odysseus was in power, the Dukedom of Antica was a firm supporter of the royal family, and Arthas once wanted to pass on the good relationship between the two families.
But now that the two families have become like this, it seems unnecessary to consider the previous feelings.
"If you are sure, just go for it, I will support you."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Raven nodded, and then disappeared beside Arthas.
Arthas sat there for a while, then walked out of the room, looking at the bright moon in the sky outside the house, and fell into deep thought.
...
Leet sat in Orson's office. On the wall hung a map of Saint Laurent City, which marked the control areas and defense maps of both sides. When he had nothing to do, Leet liked to stare at the map in a daze, hoping to find a breakthrough.
At this time, the door of the room was knocked.
Leet looked at the person at the door and was stunned.
"Mr. Owen, why are you here?"
"Orson asked me to withdraw from the front line to protect you." Owen said.
"Orson? But I'm safe here. Mr. Owen, you are so powerful, you can only play the greatest role at the front line."
Leet said this and waved his hand.
"Don't worry about me. They don't know who I am. How could they attack me? And this is the rear area."
"Not necessarily." Owen shook his head.
"Orson told me that the Emperor might not attack you in the early stage, but as the war goes more smoothly, the Emperor will definitely find you difficult to deal with. We are not as good as the Emperor in terms of high-end combat power, so we can only arrange me to be by your side to protect you."
"And... I don't know where the raven that was imprisoned before is now. I'm worried that he will attack you again."
"..."
Hearing this news, Lit was stunned.
She had only felt the threat of death three times in her life. One time was when Orson took her to the forest and faced the wolf pack alone.
The other time was when Lit faced Donnie alone in Romulus City.
As for the last and most thrilling time, it was when the raven hiding in the dark took advantage of Litt's unpreparedness and suddenly shot a cold arrow.
Among the three death threats, the most invisible but the most deadly, which made Litt the most afraid, was the one from the raven.
In the previous two times, the enemy was in the open, and only in the third time, Litt didn't even see the face of the raven, and he almost died at his hands.
Therefore, when Litt heard the name of the raven, he was still frightened.
"Then... Mr. Owen, how long are you going to stay with me?"
"Wait until the war is over, or when Orson comes back."
"..." Hearing this, Litt nodded and made a judgment in his heart.
"Since it is Orson's request, I will not refuse anything. During this period, I will ask you, Mr. Owen. It happens that I am also short of an adjutant to help me handle affairs."
"Yes."
Owen nodded, and then sat down at the desk opposite Litt.
…
Raven took advantage of the darkness of night to pass through the defense zones of both sides and went deep into the control zone of the coalition forces.
After observing the patrol routes of the defenders in the control zone, Raven understood where the core of the control zone was.
As expected, he walked along the route most patrolled by the defenders and saw a building guarded by many mercenaries.
This should be the base camp of the coalition forces.
The person he was looking for should be hiding here.
Raven thought so and walked secretly on the roof.
His ability is to escape into the shadows, so places without light and some dark corners are the most suitable hiding places for him.
He is a natural assassin.
Through his ability, Raven deceived the guard at the door and then sneaked into the building.
This should have been a chamber of commerce. There were three floors of rooms, each of which was quite large, with at least twenty rooms. Raven came to the top floor without thinking, and then disappeared, waiting for the target person to appear here.
As expected, three hours later, Lit walked out of the office. Just as Raven was about to take action, he saw Owen following Lit.
Considering that Owen was also an eighth-level existence, Raven stopped first.
Anyway, these two people could not sleep together. Raven only needed to find Lit sleeping and sneak into Lit's room to succeed in the assassination.
But when Owen passed by, Raven tried his best to hide his breath.
His ability to hide his breath was equivalent to invisibility for people who were two levels weaker than him.
For people who were one level weaker than him, they needed to deliberately reduce their activity frequency to avoid being discovered by the other party.
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