The pale sunlight woke Errol from his sleep, it was the third day since the Eighth Knights of the Temple of the Nine Realms came to the Blood Pool Courtyard. The light of the gods of the Nine Realms shone on this polluted land, the wounded soldiers were fully healed, and their equipment and consumables were replenished. Errol smiled to himself as he remembered the grand words he had uttered in front of the crowd a few days ago. When it came time to actually set out for the Mouse Castle, he was just as apprehensive as the mercenaries who didn't possess great transcendent powers.
In a clearing, Bugs was practicing his battle skills with the magical swordsman Lillian, and as Errol redirected his attention to the pair, he realized that Bugs, who had been in the upper hand, was increasingly stretched in the face of Lillian's furious attacks. The dangerous battles with the mosquito men and the ghoul worms in the courtyard had given both of them new insights, and this fleeting realization had been deepened into the warriors' bodies and souls through the days of review and training. Looking at the valiant silver-armored girl under the sunlight, Errol had a vague feeling that the card named “Red Knight” would soon be ready for its next advancement.
Although the advancement of a card would increase the resources and cost of using it, to a Traveling Mage, a high-level deck composed of high-level cards was obviously worth pursuing. Whether as a crushing trump card or as a core combatant in deck construction, the strength of a high-level card is fully justified by the resources it takes up. Whether or not to use Lillian as the core of the deck, this was a question that caused Errol a headache, his Warhammer deck had 5 follower cards besides Lillian, 6 followers with balanced strength and reasonable structure, if the Red Knight Lillian was used as the cornerstone of the deck's development direction, Errol's spell cards and treasure cards would need to be overhauled accordingly.
The glittering blade of the sword brushed Bugs's iron club from top to bottom, and Errol's reverie was interrupted by the dazzling sparks and beeps that erupted from the clash of weapons. The drill had come to an end, and when the buildup was complete, Bugs spun the club in his hand and charged at Lillian in a blocking stance, the sword-wielding girl standing still and waiting for Bugs. At the moment when the two were about to meet, Lillian raised her magic sword “Red Hijack” high, the scarlet light suddenly exploded, the shadow of the long stick gradually materialized, Bugs stomped on the ground and then jumped into the air.
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Bugs did not think that the Red Robbery Magic Sword would collide with his iron club, the long sword's flowing curve of movement just avoided the heavy blows of the iron club. Bugs did not fail to imagine that Lillian would dodge, but he did not expect Lillian to abandon her sword to dodge, between the pause, Bugs's stance had already been used up, while Lillian ghostly appeared at his side and back, the spinning and flying magic sword was just returned to her palm, Lillian used the hilt of the sword to gently point at Bugs's waist, and this Source Blood Warrior collapsed in response to the sound of the voice.
The drill was over. Not far away, Errol looked at the excited Lillian with complicated eyes. During her practice with Bugs, this magical swordsman had shown an amazing talent for fighting and resistance to pressure, qualities necessary for a Legendary Sword Saint. Lillian pulled Bugs, who was lying on the ground, up by the hand, and the two of them excitedly discussed all the details of that encounter just now, not even noticing that the other teams of mercenaries and knights' orders had already finished assembling and were ready to head to the Mouse Castle at any time.
Due to the fact that all six mercenary regiments had suffered a certain degree of loss in their combat strength, the Eighth Knights' leader Brunson accepted Bugs's proposal for additional troops. After agreeing with Archbishop Shiva, Brunson would send 2 balanced 10-man combat companies to assist the mercenaries in the advance exploration mission of the Rat Fortress. Based on the addition of the Temple Priests and the addition of the Formed Teams, Chief Commander Bugs and the other five Mercenary Regiment Leaders had a lot of confidence in the next mission. The painful lesson of the Blood Pool Courtyard had drastically changed the mercenaries' spirit towards the mission, and Bugs quickly sent out the order to his troops to head to the Rat Fortress after keenly recognizing this point.
After gathering herself, Lillian returned to Errol's side, and Bugs went to the front of the army to arrange and explain the breakdown of the tasks that each mercenary group and paladin company needed to accomplish, and this deployment lasted until noon. Under the light of the blazing sun, the flag flying with the cross insignia finally slowly walked towards the Rat Fortress located at the edge of the Howling Cliffs.