OBS Chapter 314: Origin of Ghouls
Chapter 314: Origin of Ghouls
"What a great harvest."
Soon, John and the White Wolf Knights rushed to the battlefield and met Jules who was directing the soldiers to clean up the battlefield.
"Uncle, you are amazing. You are so hardworking at such an old age. You almost killed the enemy commander directly."
John smiled and praised Le.
"How can I not fight? The battlefield is full of young people. If I, a man almost fifty, can't even charge into battle, I have no face to stay in the Knights."
As he spoke, Jules pointed to the Lana nobles across from him:
"Look at these, all of them are nobles. How much would it cost if they were all exchanged for ransom?"
However, John shook his head and said:
"This is not about money. I am prepared to use the lives of these nobles in exchange for the strategic location on the other side."
From the beginning of the plan, John believed that this war was different from the previous ones. Now Midland's army was the invader, while Rana's army was defending their country. In addition, they were familiar with the local area. Even if John won this war, he would suffer heavy losses.
This is why John decided to entrust all minor battlefields to the Midlan National Army and the Basque City Council. Although their army was mainly composed of the regular army of Lana, it was still slightly inferior to John's army.
John had higher expectations for the troops from his own territory. He hoped to concentrate the military strength of these troops on the task of conquering and garrisoning key areas. Logronia, which was about to launch an offensive, was a crucial target. Through this strategic deployment, John believed that this would allow his army to complete strategic tasks with absolute advantage while being fully energetic.
At this time, Count Hoss arrived at the place slowly. He looked at John who was talking with Jules, and a little dissatisfaction rose in his heart. After all, according to common sense, he should be in charge of the knights, but now, the king handed over the entire knights to John without reservation. This made him feel a little unwilling and angry.
However, despite being filled with anger, Earl Hoss had to temporarily suppress his emotions in the face of these humanoid military merits. After all, the most important thing now was to discuss with John how to reasonably distribute these precious military merits. He knew very well that only by properly handling this matter could he avoid greater contradictions and conflicts while gaining greater benefits. If he confronted John head-on, Hoss would definitely not be able to defeat him.
So he took a deep breath, tried to calm himself down, and then said to John: "We should sit down and seriously discuss how to deal with these nobles."
John looked at Lord Howes and nodded in agreement. They found a quiet place to sit down and began to discuss.
Both of them knew that this was not only related to their personal interests, but also to the stability and unity of the entire army. Therefore, they had to treat it carefully and not make the wrong decision because of the impulse.
"My army served as the most dangerous bait this time, creating precious time for the encirclement of the Lana nobles; and Earl Hoss's regular army dispatched tens of thousands of people. So I think the military merit this time can be divided equally. I and the White Lion Knights will take half, and you can take the other half."
Hoss nodded slightly to show his agreement. After distributing the benefits, he got on his horse, whipped it, and left the place. The sound of horse hooves gradually faded away, raising a cloud of dust, leaving John and Jules behind.
Before John could say anything, Jules, who had just come over, saw Hoss's back gradually going away and asked:
"This bald minister is at odds with you, so why is he looking for you?"
John said bluntly:
"It's because of the food problem. Andrew, who provided him with food before, was killed by me, and his newly acquired Basque also fell into my hands, so his army has no food."
"When they ran out of food, they started to rob the local civilians. The nationalist soldiers didn't dare to stop them. In the end, it was the White Wolf Knights who led the team and slapped each of the standing soldiers in the face, and only then did they save the food."
"Finally, he and I reached some consensus. I could borrow his troops, but I had to provide him with military rations."
"So that's it."
After hearing the whole story, Jules did not forget to warn:
"Then you better be careful. I have also heard of this person in the palace. Don't let him come up with any conspiracy."
……
In a small village called Lannes near the border of Nice, several Crusader Knights arrived on horseback. According to information provided by local spies, traces of apostles had appeared around the village.
"here!"
As soon as they arrived at the entrance of the village, a contact person in civilian clothes walked towards them and led the knights to a farmhouse.
At this moment, a group of local villagers were gathered outside the farmhouse, most of them were talking, some even had terrified expressions on their faces. Outside the door stood a crying woman and several children.
"Get out of the way, the Knight is coming!"
When the villagers heard the word "knight", they made way for the knights. The knights walked to the door and just as they pushed it open, they heard a howling sound from inside, which made the knights alert.
"Brothers, let me go in and take a look first."
A Crusader Knight holding a sword and shield, pushed the door open with his sword and rushed in. Several knights behind him quickly caught up. When they entered the house, they saw the scene inside:
This room seemed to have just experienced a fierce battle. All the furniture in the room was in disarray, and there were many deep and shallow scratches on the walls. In the center of the room, there was a monster tied tightly to a chair by several thick ropes. It struggled desperately and let out a piercing howl. Its skin was a strange white-gray color, covered with blue veins that wriggled like earthworms. Its open bloody mouth revealed sharp fangs, and it rushed directly towards the knights on the opposite side.
At this moment, the contact person outside the house came in and said to the knights:
"This monster is the husband of the woman at the door. He went hunting in the mountains a few days ago and was unfortunately scratched by a monster. The local doctor only used some medicine to treat wild animal scratches and let him go home. Then he became like this, neither human nor ghost. Fortunately, it was morning, and after hearing the woman's heartbreaking cry for help, the villagers acted quickly and broke into the house. They tied it up before it could react, but several people were injured."
"What about those injured?"
At this time a knight asked.
"They are fine. They eat and drink like normal people."
"First tie them up and place them in a farmhouse. Looks like we have another job."