444.Chapter 442: 441 War Mobilization Into the Swamp for “Yu Xiaoho

Chapter 442: 441. War Mobilization – Advancing into the Swamp – For Brother “Yu Xiaowo” [825].

The sound of ticking sounded in the corridor outside Murphy’s office, so rhythmic means that someone is approaching, in the sound of this sound, Murphy is holding a worn book to check out the Murphy then move his ears.

He hadn’t heard this peculiar crisp clash of shoes against the ground before.

To be more precise, he hadn’t heard this kind of recognizable sound since he entered Transylvania, but he used to hear it all the time when he was a social animal.

As the footsteps outside the door got closer and closer, Murphy’s expression became more and more strange.

He put the bookmark in his hand in this book that Tris specially found for him, about the continent’s various schools of thought on the “pre-epoch” era of speculation in the ancient tome, and then put it closed into the drawer, and then put on his most standard gentle posture to look at the door.

Two seconds later, the knock on the door sounded and after a moment’s wait pushed the door in, holding a stack of documents Mrs. Adele appeared in front of Murphy, her expression was serious and obviously came to report on time the latest information about the “swamp scouting”.

However, Murphy’s focus is on Adele’s feet.

Precisely, that pair of white jade-like feet stepped on the “shoes” . As he had just identified, a pair of classic style lady’s open-heeled shoes.

This is not the traditional style of Transylvania, if you have to say, Murphy guessed that this should be the new goodies launched in the “Silver Moon Design” store that just opened the day before yesterday.

It might even be the decorations that Mrs. Water specially ordered for Adele.

Have to say, such a pair of exquisite crystal high heels with in Adele would have been slender legs under her height is even more amazing, and wearing high heels when walking in a unique posture to give her an additional point of indefinable temperament.

With the “reminder” from Tris last time, Murphy focused on observing his intelligence officer’s clothes when he saw Adele this time, and he must admit that Tris’s observation is still quite sharp.

For example, Adele’s neckline did open a little too low at this time
These two discoveries caused a bit of pain in Murphy’s heart.

This meant that Adele was slowly slipping in a certain direction that he didn’t want to see, but he didn’t show too much on the surface, still maintaining a gentle expression, however, as a vampire intelligence officer, Mrs. Adele’s senses were also very sharp.

She noticed the change in Murphy’s eyes in the past few seconds, and without much thought, she changed her stance, letting her pretty to “excessive” figure show more clearly in front of Murphy’s eyes, making it more convenient for him to appreciate the beauty of the Midnight and the Phantom.

But Murphy’s eyes were a little shaky.

This made the corners of Mrs. Adele’s mouth rise up with a fleeting smile, then she coughed in order to avoid this slightly embarrassing scene from continuing, and said in a business-like tone:
“News has come back from the reconnaissance of the Filthy Swamp, master, our scouts were pursued by the Plague Clan during their evacuation, and your warrior Bull was killed as a result, but it’s not a big problem.

In his valiant fight he allowed Miss Amber, who was also attacked, to survive and also bring back first hand news.”

“Ha, my warriors are always full of such love-struck prodigals, and it looks like one little guy has gotten so caught up in the great fearlessness that comes with love that he has even begun to use his immortality to capture the affections of a poor woman.

How cunning.”

Murphy commented very meanly:

“I guess Miss Amber won’t be able to escape the evil bull’s grip anymore, and if that gym student is a bad guy, my poor Miss Amber’s life will be ruined.

But well, it’s someone’s relationship and we can’t comment so unseemly too much nor can we treat this as a playful game behind our backs, so tell us what you’ve found out, Adele, about the current analysis of the swamp situation, and we’re extremely in need of support from the intelligence side of the house in terms of the planning of our next move.”

“Uh-huh.”

Adele turned over the folder in her hand as she reported:
“After the conflict in Marlow Town, the outposts near Plague Town underwent a strategic contraction that was visible to the naked eye, the Jackal Warlocks seemed to have sensed the threat, and they began to centralize the elite forces they had at hand.

But at the same time, they spread those fringe forces around the swamp.

In these three days, our scouts have confirmed that the number of undead currently roaming in the Tainted Swamp has reached five times its previous level, leaving the vicinity of the swamp warzone almost full of wandering dead bones and zombies, but with a serious drop in quality compared to before.

The newly awakened swamp undead have formed a barrier in the muck that is slowing down our advance, but considering their quality, everything will be fine once the warriors launch their attack.

But I guess the jackal warlocks don’t think that such a proliferation of skeletons will be enough to stop our advance, and they’re just delaying the actual battle with us as long as they can.

It’s worth digging deeper on that one.

On the other hand, from the Bloodclaw Clan’s side, Hogg has confirmed that the Jackal Warlock chief Torn Flesh is determined to explore the forbidden land deep in the swamp.

Therefore, we can draw an accurate conclusion from the intersection of intelligence from both sides that the Jackals will most likely open their final quest for the King of Biting Bones’ secret stash in the last few days.

Moreover, it seems that they do not intend to engage in a formal battle with the vanguards of Transylvania.

Extending from this conclusion, if their expedition went well and they really got the legendary secret treasure, they would probably withdraw from the swamp and return to the Dark Mountain Range as quickly as possible.

Therefore, it can be said that the Plague Clan’s response to our provocation has always been negative.

The Jackal Warlocks didn’t treat us as an enemy that must be eradicated, which is extremely different from the previous Warlord Kenport.”

Speaking here, Lady Adele glanced at Master Murphy’s thoughtful posture, she paused and added softly:
“The Phantom Intelligence Bureau currently has two courses of action to supply you with.”

“Speak.”

Murphy raised his head to look at Adele, wanting to listen to her expertise, but the white bloom that he simply couldn’t ignore made his eyes involuntarily slide away.

It felt like playing a ‘no boobs challenge’, and Murphy lost from the get-go, just like the other men.

Blanch!
Who taught Adele this “cunning strategy”?

What kind of man can handle that?
“From the standpoint of avoiding losses, we believe that perhaps ignoring the actions of the Plague Clan and allowing them to move through the swamp is the optimal solution to our current situation.

They will leave when they find something.

They won’t find something they’ll just spend empty time in the swamp, the forbidden area guarded by Ninkinanka is not that easy to break through, and in the most optimistic analysis of the Intelligence Service, the Plague Clan would be engaged in a rather high-intensity battle with a colony of Legendary Beasts.

Whichever of the two sides loses will do no harm to Transylvania.”

Adele threw out her first suggestion, saying:

“Such a mode of action also won’t interrupt the ongoing construction of the defense line of the Dark Baron Territory, and it won’t affect the good momentum of high-speed recovery and development that the current ‘Hundred Days of Great Construction’ operation has brought to our territory.

The problem with this mode of action is that if we choose this option, it means that your previously stated plan of wanting to turn the Filthy Swamp into Transylvania’s ‘New Frontier’ before the Black Calamity occurs may need to be put on hold.

And its biggest advantage is that we don’t need to pay more costs for it, both in terms of manpower and supplies.”

“But as you have already taken up your duties at the ‘Forum Tavern’, you should know that the lively discussion among my warriors about the plot of the Filthy Swamp represents their anticipation of the next one, and it is not their choice to sit back and watch their enemies slip away, and to cheer them on would be denounced as cowardice and capitulationism.

Believe me, this kind of accusation is already very serious in their hearts, and will even directly shake the legitimacy and majesty of the Transylvanian regime in their hearts.”

Murphy shook his head without even performing more thought:

“They undoubtedly want to see new enemies and new challenges, they want to see a distinctive ‘new map’ disclosed and presented, and it’s also been a long time since my warriors have been engaged in intense and fierce battles since the ordination of Kemble, and if they’re a Jedi sword then they should be be sheathed again. As for myself, it was a terrible blow to my fragile pride as a local lord to let the enemy move so boldly through our territory.

I can’t tell myself blindfolded that there’s no risk around, as if we’ve never chosen to be ostriches since the rebuilding of Transylvania…

Do you understand what I mean? Adele.”

“Well, my master has never been one to shy away from a strong challenge, I’m convinced of that and proud of it.”

The Phantom Baroness came up with a second proposal, she glanced at Murphy and said:
“Then, we will only have to choose the second option.

This proposal is quite radical, and between the fact that the Plague Clan is undergoing a strategic contraction, it’s time for us to start responding to this change from now on.

We should fully mobilize your warriors! Make them enter the Tainted Swamp from the safe path explored by the Bloodclaw Clan as a humongous vanguard, and start quickly clearing out the inferior skeleton army that the Plague Clan has sprinkled everywhere.

If the warriors advance fast enough, then we can launch a vicious attack on Plague Town before the Plague Clan’s treasure hunt bears fruit.

It’s like the raid we executed on Kenport’s camp!

Under extreme conditions it would only take one precise decapitation to crush and strangle the Plague Clan in their swamp territory.

The beauty of this plan is that at the moment, because of the Plague Clan’s actions in the Tainted Swamp, there is no trace of any other dangerous beasts or swamp dwellers to be found in this swampy area close to Transylvania.

This means that as long as we crush the Plague Clan, then we can take over at least one-third of the Filthy Swamp as our new territory in a very short period of time.

That would be an amazing exploit, and a victory that would be enough for your rule to take hold and gain you a good enough reputation in the outer regions to solidify our rule and even help with diplomacy.

Moreover, Chief Hogg of the Bloodclaw clan is very enthusiastic about this plan, so if we decide to launch a thunderous attack on the Plague clan, Hogg will support our warriors with his deepest reserves.

We don’t even need to prepare much in the way of pay for the player warriors in this operation, and I’m sure that Hogg will be more than willing to give this expensive return in our place.”

Adele paused again, she noticed Murphy’s stare at her, so she didn’t move and puffed out her chest as she added:
“However, this plan also has a problem that cannot be ignored, that is, there is still a big gap between the current strength of your warriors and the Plague Clan. Not to mention challenging the Plague Clan’s Warlocks head on, even their elite Skeleton Army would be a dangerous enemy for your warriors to face.

According to the casualty rate of our battle in Kenport’s camp, there is a great possibility that they will even meet a gruesome total annihilation.

Although I don’t know much about the Jackal forces in the Dark Mountain Range, I guess that even when placed in that harsh environment of the Dark Mountain Range, the Plague Clan is definitely not a fringe clan’s sidekick.

For them to be given the duty of searching for the Bite Bone King’s secret stash means that their fighting prowess has already been recognized by the Jackal hierarchy.”

“Dangerous? That’s just a vivid embellishment appearing on top of the trophies in the eyes of warriors chasing victory.”

Murphy was indifferent to the danger Adele was talking about.

He stood up and received the newly updated topographical map of the swamp near Plague Town from Adele.

On it, the various Skeleton Army defense lines and the optimal paths to advance were marked out by the Thorn Clan’s nightwalkers and witch hunters, and Plague Town was located in the center of this hand-drawn map.

These jackals did have some skill, this defense in front of them made it so that the attackers, no matter which direction they approached from, had to tangle with and defeat at least three skeleton armies before they could enter the vicinity of Plague Town.

It was almost like a dragnet.

“It’s perfect.”

Murphy looked at the map in front of him, and in Adele’s astonished gaze he revealed a subtle smile and said in a low voice:

“From the perspective of team copy design, this kind of planning is simply too perfect, and we don’t even need to add more trims and embellishments to it. The weak-to-strong combat mode will make them realize that they are approaching the danger zone, and the gimmick of the King of Biting Bones’ secret stash is weighty enough!

I’ve decided!

This ‘new map’ needs to go live immediately! Unfortunately, this matter doesn’t carry enough weight to warrant an ‘Extra Material’, so we’ll just have to make it an event.”

Murphy rolled up the map in his hands as he spoke to Adele:
“You’re going to pick some resourceful scouts to enter the swamp again, but this time they won’t be needed to perform scouting operations, I need them to be ‘guides’!
They are to take on the duty of guiding the way forward for my warriors and quest chain releases in different areas, I need to design a whole set of quest chains for this new team copy to guide my warriors to finally arrive at the decisive battlefield in Plague Town.

However, the design of this set of quest chains should not be left to me.”

Murphy glanced at Adele as he said:
“You have accompanied me from the very beginning, Adele, although you are very low-key and unwilling to show your face, but you have observed my interaction pattern with my warriors throughout the whole process, and I believe that you are wise enough to learn some essence from it, therefore, I am going to give this task to you and Phyllis.

Missy was not happy with the set of plans I had during the last raid on the Kenport camp, and I had promised to give her a chance to design such a plan, and now is the time.

So, come on you two, you’ll be submitting a complete guidance and combat plan to me before the new map goes live.”

“That’s a big one, Master.”

Adele said with a tight frown:
“We can learn from you and slowly replace your duties of interacting with the warriors, but I think it will take time, leaving such a big project to us two ‘newbies’.

Are you really comfortable with that?”

“Of course.”

Murphy said with a wink:
“I trust your intelligence, and I’ll be around to guide you; as new members of the ‘development team’, it’s a job skill you’ll have to learn.

I was going to involve Maxim in this as well, but I then realized that Maxim has enough headaches dealing with military matters, and his ramrod-straight mind isn’t well suited to being involved in a job that requires delicate design.”

“If you say so, then I will complete the first draft as soon as I can with Missy Femis.”

Adele nodded.

She knew it was difficult.

But the thought of refusing never crossed her mind, perhaps because it came from Murphy’s request, and a servant could not rebel against any of his master’s demands.

Seeing Adele turn around and leave with her new task, Murphy stared at her swaying waist and swaying figure disappearing into the darkness along with the crisp sound of her high heels, not knowing if it was an illusion or not, Adele’s walking movements were not as capable as before, instead of that, she was in an unhurried stance that could perfectly show the advantages of her figure.

“In the end which asshole taught her that!”

Murphy couldn’t help but sputter as he rubbed his chin in his office:
“Don’t let me catch you! Or else you’ll be in for it, one Tris is enough trouble, another Adele I reckon I’ll really go mad…”

He bristled and looked back at the map on the wall, casually picking up a pen and drawing a red circle on the map before taking a step back and looking at the diagram on the wall with his arms crossed.

After a few seconds, he picked up the Core Treasure Pearl and said:

“So, my dear little players, Team Copy 003, ‘Land of the Carrion’ is about to go live!”

(End of chapter)