The Shadow of the Crown of Snow [Western Fantasy]

All it takes is a few small towns and a decent city.Just by recapturing these, Hecate and Selene can have enough support without relying on Talis's central army.

This was their territory and their people. After taking it back, instead of needing extra troops to suppress it, they could get more assistance from the people and absorb new blood for the Guards.

The soldiers of the Central Legion, led by Hecate Selene, had won the war against the orcs, and they were happy to fight alongside them again - unfortunately, Garcia didn't seem to think so.

Sending troops to aid Selene was the decision of Charles and most of the council members. They all believed that since they had made a promise, they should not break their promise: the council could not break the promise on behalf of the Tallis Alliance, nor could it offend the Northlanders. This is all stupid Behavior.

However, there are also some people who have different opinions on this matter.

Some people think that if the Nagrand Empire is still the lackey of the Holy Church of Wilton, then of course they will take back the territory for the Nord Kingdom and turn this potential ally into a real ally—"Many of you still look down on Northlanders, but you have to admit their performance on the battlefield"—and now that Nagrand and Wilton have changed from allies to enemies, instead of helping the Nord Kingdom, it is better to wait and see what happens and save Tali Sri Lanka's strength.

"Do you think the Talis Alliance is such a country that does whatever it takes for its own interests?"

"But we must put the interests of the country and the interests of the people first." The congressman who raised objections said, "Nagrand's regular army and half-orcs are completely different concepts. How much was lost in the war? In the best case, we won, Nord won, and the continent returned to the state of the previous four countries... only the situation has become more chaotic."

"No one can guess what will happen at that time. Let us use the simplest thinking. If we send troops, we will get the thanks of the Nords and get an ally who just makes up for our disadvantages; if we don't send troops, we will Offend the Kingdom of Nord."

"And the kingdom doesn't even exist now... why should we be afraid of offending a country that doesn't exist?"

"As far as I am concerned." A new aristocratic member who usually does not speak much raised his hand, "I am afraid of offending Selene."

"And Hecate. Or, especially, Hecate," added the man sitting next to him.

"Then are you disregarding the interests of all the citizens of the Talis Alliance because of your personal fear?"

"Quiet!" Charles knocked on the table. "That's the end of the discussion. Follow the old rules... Vote. Please agree to send troops to aid Selene and the Nord Kingdom."

Only a few people still stubbornly put their hands on the table.

"It seems that there are already results."

"I wonder if Talis deliberately chose someone who would make it difficult for me." Selene felt that this idea was not unreasonable. "He should not let me have the opportunity to directly command the Central Army."

"Haven't you contacted Hecate yet?" Phoebe looked at her irritated face, "Even if you don't ask about Garcia, you have to ask how her mission is going."

"I should ask her to bring a sound transmission conch." Selene lowered her head and rubbed her temples vigorously a few times. "She seems to be unilaterally trying to isolate my emotions..."

"Is this enough?" Hecate stopped suspiciously, trying to feel Selene's emotions at the moment, "It's true that I can't feel it right now, but what about when the fluctuations are intense?"

"Trust me." The ancestor's voice sounded tired, "at least at this stage, I have more subtle control over your mind than you."

"I hope so." Hecate quickened his pace to catch up with Gabriel and Rupert who were walking ahead, and of course, Garcia.

Hecate made up his mind to knock him out and tie him to a tree as soon as he got to the edge of the jungle, so that he wouldn't have to follow and get in the way.

At the turn of spring and summer, the dense forest was lush and covered the sky, making it difficult to judge the exact time, but Hecate's estimation of the time was very accurate: when they reached the edge of the jungle, the sky was just beginning to darken, and the sun was about to set .

"Okay, let's rest here." Hecate sat down on the ground leaning on the tree trunk, "Eat something and sleep, I will wake you two when the time comes."

In order to reduce the load, these infiltrators only brought food and water just enough to maintain their physical strength. When they were silently biting the dried meat and bread, Garcia suddenly suggested: "You can bring a little less, put the Leave the rest with me, and I'll stay here until you come back."

"Let me just trust you." Hecate divided his food into two portions, kept one on his body, and handed the other to Garcia, "Don't play tricks."

"I won't." Garcia now unexpectedly calmed down, as if he wasn't the one who started provoking him as soon as he arrived at the camp.

"You don't dare." Hecate found a comfortable position and leaned on it, and was about to close his eyes and rest.

In fact, her body no longer needs the regular diet and sleep of humans, but she still eats and sleeps like a human at a fixed time every day, so as not to let herself completely separate from humans prematurely.

During the time she stayed in the human world, it was better for her to be an ordinary person.

"Hecate! Why cut off the connection?" Selene's angry voice suddenly sounded in her mind, and Hecate almost jumped up from the ground. She turned over and pretended that she was just asleep, and began to talk to Selene.

"The ancestors said that my emotions will have a great impact on you."

"It's the impact you've had on me that cut off the connection." Selene's voice was much clearer than usual, and Hecate realized that this wasn't the vague emotional feeling between her and Selene, nor was the connection cut off by the ancestors. They haven't reconnected, and now they are probably talking through Phoebe's magic, "What's the matter? According to your plan, you should reach the edge of the jungle?"

"Yes, what you just yelled could have killed me if we acted sooner than we had decided."

"Impossible. Even if you don't rest, your three teammates will."

"In fact, it was the two of you. Garcia offered to wait for us to come back at the edge of the jungle."

"Are you sure you offered it?"

"Uh... I did mention it before, but he did offer to stay."

"Don't embarrass him, and don't be embarrassed by him."

"Yes, I know."

"Also...be careful on the road."

"I'll be fine."

After Selene severed the connection established by the magic, Hecate rested his head on his arms and closed his eyes.

The jungle behind is the last safe haven, and in front of you is the endless wilderness and enemies, waiting for the three infiltrators.Both Rupert and Gabriel are used to crawling on the ground. Hecate didn't need to stop to wait for them. After walking a certain distance, Hecate took out the map in his arms and confirmed the guard's position with them.

"It's not too far." Rupert raised his head and measured the distance. There were no markers on the plain to identify, and he could only judge by feeling, "It's only been a few days since we escaped, I hope the route of the guards There has been no change in the past few days."

"Since someone has escaped, the guards will definitely strengthen their patrols." Hecate put away the map, untied the crescent blade from his waist and held it in his hand, so as not to be inconvenient to reach out to draw the knife in the prone state, "after entering the town I just ask you to lead the way and find a safe place to settle down first."

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, there are many places in the town that Nagrand soldiers don't know about." Gabriel and Rupert also took off the scimitar and held it in their hands, "And everyone in Xueze Town will help us .”

Crawling itself doesn't take much energy, and the Nord Kingdom doesn't have the scorching sun hanging over their heads even in summer—and it's still night, but keeping one posture for so long, even Hecate can't help feeling Body stiff.

She really wanted to stand up and stretch her muscles, but they had already entered the position where the enemy patrols would pass by, let alone standing up, they couldn't even crawl forward too much.

"Hold on a little longer." Hecate whispered to himself, "I feel like I'm going to the town soon..."

However, when she turned around, she found that the seemingly long distance she had just climbed was actually very short.But until now, I can only grit my teeth and endure it.

Hecate's senses, which are much more developed than ordinary people's, came into great use at this time. She was the first to notice the footsteps approaching them, and asked Rupert and Gabriel to stop first. After thinking for a while, she led them around He changed his direction and wanted to avoid the guard's route.

"Do they go straight and then turn back? Or do they zigzag carefully?"

"Before we left, the guards walked straight and then turned back. They only searched carefully near the town. I don't know if they stepped up their guard later..."

"Hush." ​​Hecate made a silent gesture - she could already see the guards in the distance, they didn't conduct a zigzag search, they just walked straight forward, simply looked left and right, it was not too difficult to avoid difficult things.

Hecate took a deep breath, raised his hand to draw the shape of the traveling route in the air, and then mouthed: "Follow me."

The grass on the plain was very low, barely covering them, and once they got too close, they would be spotted immediately. Fortunately, it was night, and with the sloppy patrolling style of the Nagrand guards, as long as they acted cautiously, it was impossible will be found out.

Xueze Town appeared in Hecate's sight.