Working Prophet.

Chapter 176 Hope and Disappointment

Before seeing that video, many people did not take the dragon seriously, and even suspected that it was just a slightly larger lizard, which scared the new head of the Arias family.

Women are always relatively timid, and it is easy to make a fuss out of a molehill.

But after watching the video, anyone who is not blind can realize how powerful the black dragon in the swamp is, but because of this, the representatives of the major families are even more hesitant.

Obviously, it would cost a lot to defeat that terrifying monster, whether it was money or manpower, and the dragon did not appear in their territory. Most people did not want to pay for the disaster of the Arias family.

It's no wonder why someone advised Ilea not to bother the monster in the swamp.

Of course, David's words are also reasonable. The nobles in the western region are not unaware that since the black dragon with the ability to fly can threaten the Arias family, it can also threaten them.

But there are some things that everyone knows well, but it is inconvenient to say them out.

——Before the dragon harmed Black Rock City or the forest farm of the Popo family, it must have destroyed the green field first.

In other words, even if David's worries become a reality, with the Arias family at the forefront, it can buy enough time for other families to complete the assembly of troops.

Compared with recruiting a large army in advance, placing it on the territory of the Arias family is undoubtedly more economical, and it will not cause the territory to be empty due to the transfer of too many elites.

Therefore, except for the Bathory family, the long-standing ally of the Arias family, who expressed their support clearly, the remaining family representatives are still not very enthusiastic about sending troops to slay the dragon.

They didn't object anymore, because doing so would not sound good in terms of reputation, and it would be a bit disrespectful to David, the future Lord of the Western Region.

So most of the people echoed David's words one after another, which made Miss Rabbit happy for a while, thinking that reinforcements could be expected.

However, these people began to look for various reasons afterwards, such as postponing the date of the army's assembly, such as a wife giving birth, a sudden epidemic disease in the territory, or bandits appearing nearby, and they need to suppress the bandits first, etc., and then they are still in the post of commander Unable to argue, they fell into the same see-saw as before.

In the blink of an eye, another month and a half passed. As a result, except for Ferdinand who arrived in the green field with a team of 300 people, Ilea didn't see half of the reinforcements.

The patriarch of the Arias family stood on the city wall every day, looking forward to it, but his expectations failed time and time again, and finally a bad news came.

"What did you just say, say it again?!" The girl suspected that something was wrong with her ears.

"This time the coalition forces will be led by the second son of the Marquis of Cullen, Hers." The messenger repeated the news he had inquired.

"Why, why Hells? Sir David, hasn't he always supported sending troops?" When Miss Rabbit blurted out this sentence, she already knew the answer.

As David, the next successor of the Figueirola family, even if he himself is willing to participate in this dragon slaying battle, it is almost impossible for the Figuerola family to allow him to risk his life.

And the commander of the coalition forces needs a person of weight to serve as the commander. That person must be from the Figuerola family, and it is best to have a pure blood. Only in this way can he command the troops of other families.

After such a calculation, there is really no one more suitable than Hells.

But the problem is that Hulse is likely to be behind the murder of Ilea's father, and he himself has an inexplicable connection with the dragon in the swamp.

If such a person becomes the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, there may be no need to fight the next battle.

The girl's first reaction after getting the news was to rush to Rock Snow City immediately, and begged David to change the commander-in-chief, but when her mind calmed down again, she knew that even if she rushed there, it would hardly affect the result.

At this stage, most of her suspicions about Hells are just speculations, and there is not enough evidence at hand to prove that Hells is indeed related to the black dragon.

Moreover, the commander of the coalition forces was elected by all the major families together, and David did not change it at will.Even if it can be changed, the next commander-in-chief does not know how long it will take to be elected.

Ilea can also see now that the other families have made it clear that they intend to delay the dragon slaying indefinitely, and they don't know how long they want to delay, but there is not much time left for the Arias family .

Winter was about to begin, and the dragon might leave the swamp at any time due to lack of food.

The girl could only summon her vassals again to discuss countermeasures with Ferdinand of the Bathory family, and this time Li Yu was also present.

Miss Rabbit looked around at the people in the hall, and then asked her guardian knight, "Alfred, how many people do we have on hand now?"

"During this time, I have been expanding the army according to your requirements, stepping up the recruitment and training of soldiers. Now the Arias family has a total of 320 six fighters, but most of them are newcomers. Excluding the necessary guards of the castle, they can be transferred There are about 260 people."

The old knight paused, and then continued, "As for the militia, since it is past the busy season of farming, if they are all mobilized, the number should exceed 500."

Afterwards, several knights with fiefdoms from the Arias family got up one after another and introduced the situation on their side. Together, their troops could probably gather another 2000 people, and of course most of them were militiamen.

Together with the 300 Lizardmen from the Shuangxiu Sect and the [-] people brought by Ferdinand, the total number is close to the [-] mark.

And this is almost the limit of the troops that Ilea can mobilize. It sounds quite bluffing, but there are no outsiders in Teacup Castle, and everyone knows how this number is obtained.

Soon, because of his meritorious service in finding the dragon, Juan, who had just been made a knight recently, said, and sprayed cold water on everyone, "It should be difficult for the militiamen who have only undergone simple training to deal with that dragon. .”

Since Jude is dead in name, Juan is now the only one who has fought the dragon and survived. His words are still very convincing.

"That dragon has a strong sense of oppression. Ordinary people don't have the courage to face it. To be honest, when I saw it for the first time, I was also very scared, and even the hand holding the sword was trembling." Juan Recalling the previous nightmare, I still have lingering fears in my heart.

"If the militiamen are involved in the battle, their psychological endurance is estimated to collapse in a short time, and once the militiamen start to flee on a large scale, it will cause other people's psychology to shake, and the consequences will be unimaginable."

　I was not satisfied with some places before, so I slightly modified the previous chapters, but the plot has not changed, and those who have read it do not need to go back and re-watch~
　
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