The Sun King's Evidence

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"Alfred, Alfred, wake up."

In the dark, confused and helpless, Alfred tried to reach out his hands.

Can't move, can't move at all.

It was as if something had imprisoned his body and consciousness. Alfred couldn't feel anything but pain.

Am I already dead? The Patriarch thought with great pain.

He vaguely remembered his last battle - the martyrdom of the Tarfjord.

From the beginning of this war, everyone realized that this battle would be very difficult, because His Majesty the Emperor Karl-Franz had just fought a battle in the Blood Pine Forest. The army was very exhausted, and even the Emperor himself had to recover from his injuries. After losing the help of the Imperial Central Army, it means that the Church of Justice must rely on its own strength to solve the threat of Chaos.

You definitely can't count on Midden to lead an army. The Ulric Sect and the Church of Justice have been in conflict for a long time. It's already a great honor for the Ulric Sect not to cause trouble for you.

Nuer couldn't count on it. On the one hand, the Baroness had an ambiguous attitude. She was unwilling to take sides in the internal struggle of the Church of Justice, so she only provided an artillery battalion and twenty black stone guards for sponsorship. On the other hand, she also asked her Regarding her son, although he was only a teenager, Emilia had already been told that Noor University could not educate little Frederic more. What the young baron now wanted was practical experience and adventure experience.

To be honest, Emilia is not willing to let her son go out to fight, but with Ryan's precedent there and such a dazzling example, little Frederick has no reason not to learn from it. Of course, the Nuer nobles also hope that the future heir will take martial virtue. Therefore, Nur's attention in the recent period has been on Little Frederick's adventure in a series of mountains south of the Wesen Territory and commanding a small force to try his hand at wiping out the Goblin tribe (several Nur legions including Nur Iron Armor The army is holding down the formation from behind).

Therefore, the only reinforcements that could be counted on were the reinforcements from Talabheim.

This was also the reason why Alfred was worried. When the scouts reported that the Chaos Legion was in the Shadow Forest across the Talabek River, Alfred was one of the very few people who could still remain sane. Archbishop Vicmar immediately decided to lead Alfred made his objections clear when the army forced its way across the newly thawed Talabek River and immediately attacked the Chaos army.

The Patriarch was probably one of the few people who dared to oppose Vicmar. Alfred believed that the army was tired from the expedition, the weather was very bad (consecutive days of heavy rain), and the army was very difficult to purchase rations (a lean period), plus there was a lack of sufficient supplies. Firearms, the battle situation is very unfavorable.

Archbishop Vicmar did not punish Alfred for this but ignored him and ordered the army to continue moving forward. Later, during the process of crossing the river, the high priest took the time to tell Alfred that these objective and subjective difficulties both existed, but there were two reasons. It is impossible for the archbishop to stop. The first is the pressure within the church, and the second is the worry about the continuous loosening of the seal. The high priest is worried that if the advance is too slow, it may lead to a split in the church. The second is if the seal is sealed. Quick Loose doesn't just have to face the Chaos Legion.

Even so, Alfred was still not optimistic about this battle. The Patriarch, who had been following Ryan for a long time and had witnessed and heard about it, found that in addition to the insufficient strength of the army, the offensive and defensive momentum had also changed. The Church of Justice army was originally here to fight a defensive battle. The battle turned into an offensive battle. The army had to face Chaos soldiers in the black forest, and they had to brave heavy rain.

After crossing the Talabek River, the Church of Justice army soon encountered the main force of the Chaos army. More than 14,000 people from Graxor-Fireaxe, the chosen god of Khorne, were gathering. They had to face a long-distance force. Tired from the trek, having just crossed the river, and lacking firearms, the Justice Church's army numbered only about 11,000.

But Archbishop Vicmar knew that Tara Behem's follow-up troops and Cardinal Pushlock's reinforcements of about 7,000 were already within the marching range. The high priest believed that they must engage in an immediate exchange of fire with the Chaos army, otherwise if the other party wanted to be in the forest, Playing hide and seek with the church army would be troublesome.

Regardless of the tired army, the high priest once again ordered the entire army to advance. Braving the heavy rain, the main force of the Church of Justice directly defeated the Chaos vanguard, and then set up a formation in the forest, preparing for a decisive battle with the Chaos army.

The two sides began to form formations. The Chaos Warlord Graxor-Fireaxe quickly realized that this was not the entire strength of the Church of Justice army. Therefore, the Chosen God of Khorne ordered some heavily armored Chaos Warriors and Barbarian Warriors to be transferred from the larger right wing. As a reserve force, the Chinese army also formed a U-shaped pocket formation, preparing to lure the Justice Church army into a trap.

The high priest stood on the altar of Charlemagne's war in the Church of Justice. He had a clear understanding of Chaos' plan, but even though he knew it was a trap, the high priest vowed to cleanse all evil in the name of Charlemagne, so he immediately sent Cardinal Fu Gersamo and two teams of cavalry led 3,000 men to attack the opponent's right flank, and then ordered Alfred to lead 1,000 troops to attack the opponent's left flank in an attempt to break the pocket formation.

However, in the forest, the impact advantage of the cavalry could not be used, and the advantages of military formation and order that the human army relied on for survival were also difficult to express. What was worse was the continuous heavy rain. Although the morale of the army was high, it was very tired, and the assault on both wings failed. All efforts were blocked.

The ineffectiveness of the initial attack put the command of the high priest into a dilemma. At this time, the most troublesome thing happened. Those fanatical paladins and ascetics heard that the two wings had begun to exchange fire, but they did not get the order, so they directly shouted The war cry began to charge without permission. The more than 5,000 Chinese troops lost control and all advanced in an instant. More than 2,000 troops from General Pretel and Cardinal Kunze crashed directly into the pocket formation of chaos and were attacked from three sides. They were all killed and no one survived. , the remaining army failed to cause many effective attacks on the Chaos Central Army.

Fortunately, at this time, the great warlord of Chaos, Graxor-Fireaxe, saw that the fierce battle was going on and was hungry and thirsty. He sent several legions of barbarian troops, led by Chaos warriors and monster troops, towards the location of the church army, Archbishop Vicmar. A frontal attack was launched, and now the human army was able to show its front and order advantages. The Chaos attack was blocked. The Templar Knights and Hospital Knights seized the opportunity to go around and annihilate at least two legions of Chaos armies.

At this time, Cardinal Pushlock's 7,000 reinforcements finally arrived on the battlefield. Vicmar immediately believed that this was an excellent opportunity to counterattack, so he ordered the entire army to counterattack.

As a result, the main force of the church army happened to rush into the chaotic pocket formation. Vicmar soon found that he and his army were attacked from three sides, but the high priest had no idea of ​​retreat. He personally stood on the war altar and called on all the soldiers. Fight bravely with the priests, for the God of Justice, for Charlemagne, and for the Empire!

So the war turned into a complete war of attrition. The Church army and the Chaos army fought madly and bloodyly in the heavy rain and the mud of the forest. No one could retreat. The result of the war was that either the Church army would be pocketed by the Chaos army and completely destroyed. Either the church army broke through the pocket formation and shattered the siege of chaos.

This was the ultimate tempering of spirit, will and body. The Flagellant Ascetics fanatically believed that they had finally found the liberation of life. The war lasted from morning until 22:00 in the evening. The Chaos Army was close to the edge of victory several times. Thor-Fire Ax once reached the front of Walkerma at 21 o'clock in the evening. The championship showdown between the two sides lasted for more than 20 minutes. In the end, the great priest used the artifact war hammer of the Church of Justice to kill the great warlord of Chaos.

Finally, at 22:00 in the evening, the Chaos army that could not hold on was finally completely defeated by the remaining 800 soldiers. Archbishop Vicmar and the remaining 500 or so active troops (referring to the soldiers who could continue to fight) were able to announce this Victory in a war.

For this victory, the church army suffered a casualty rate of up to 95%.

"It was so terrible. The Talabek River was dyed red with blood, and there were many corpses washing down from the upper reaches every minute for fourteen hours."

——Hunter of Talabek Territory

Alfred recalled the entire battle. The Patriarch gasped in pain. He remembered that he fought with a Chaos Egg in the final battle. He was extremely exhausted after fighting for a whole day. Holy Shield The technique had been used up long ago. The terrifying monster caught him and prepared to devour him. But at the critical moment, he grabbed his blunderbuss and pulled the trigger towards the Chaos Egg's mouth. The smell of gunpowder stimulated him. His nerves were so hot that the hand holding the gun barrel was blistered by the scorching sparks. He fell to the ground, and before he could take a breath, the heavy ax from both hands of Chaos struck from behind and sliced ​​open his back. The armor hurt his spine.

He was too tired and too sleepy. He knew that he fell on the ground and fell into the river while tumbling, but he didn't want to think about anything anymore. Ever since he left his home in Nord, ever since he became a paladin, ever since After becoming Patriarch, Alfred dedicated everything to faith and order.

He could feel his breathing gradually stopping, his strength declining rapidly, the cold river water immersing his body, and he was rushing downstream like a fallen leaf along the fast-flowing Talabek River.

Darkness is coming...

The next second, Alfred woke up suddenly, and the Patriarch spurted out streams of blood. He breathed rapidly, breathing in the air that smelled of mud and moisture in the Talabek Forest. He felt that his body was broken, and there was a sharp long sword stuck in his chest. This long sword fixed him firmly on the stone slab, unable to move, and the blade pierced his heart cleanly. , but did not kill him. Instead, Alfred could feel some strange power on the blade maintaining his life.

At night, the sky of Talabek Forest was full of stars. The forest was quiet and peaceful but also full of dangers. The Patriarch tried to move his body but found that he couldn't. He had to look to both sides.

There were two strange people standing on both sides of his body. One was covered in red armor and wore a red pointed-winged helmet. His sky-blue cloak was swaying behind him, saying nothing.

The other person is a woman. Judging from her pointed ears, she looks like a female elf, but she has shaved all the hair on her temples. The long hair on the top and back of her head is fixed with a semicircular eight-pointed headdress. Wearing a tight-fitting red rune suit with black underneath and a crimson dress, she looked fierce and cold. Seeing that Alfred was awake, she nodded slightly and pulled the sword out of Alfred's chest: "Are you awake?"

There was no blood on the blade or edge of the sword, and Alfred's face became paler when he saw this.

"Where is this place?" Alfred wanted to speak but found that his mouth was very dry. He doubted whether his blood had dried up. He even doubted whether he had become an undead creature.

"The entrance to hell." The female elf... Alfred guessed that this should be a dark elf, she said.

"Am I dead?" Alfred said with a wry smile. His smile was still sunny and full of vigor, which reminded the female elf of a less annoying guy.

"Definitely next time." The female dark elf said unceremoniously.

"Definitely next time?"

"Even Jena's power can only help you fight death once." The female dark elf said coldly: "You won't be so lucky next time, human!"

"Anyway, thank you." Alfred bandaged himself casually and managed to stabilize the injury. Miraculously, he felt that the inside of his body was not that bad - on the contrary, most of the injuries on his chest and back had healed. The Patriarch anxiously looked for his kettle, and he soon found it next to the stone slab. There was still a little diluted Bagman beer in it. He drank it all in one gulp. After his thirst subsided slightly, Quickly bow and say thank you.

"There is nothing to thank. Your people are gathering 3.5 kilometers downstream. Go as soon as possible if you are not dead." The female dark elf took out a gorgeous little flower fan and shook it: "Our mission is accomplished."

"Time to claim your reward."

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