WTYTIAAN Chapter 197

Chapter 197

But this plan had already failed with Merlin’s intervention. So far, he hadn’t received any news about a undead army appearing within Romunike.

So, what capital did Bato Vita have to start a war with Romunike?

Could it be that the queen, driven mad by the news of her son’s death, decided to go all in and start a war directly?

Yan Yunqing hesitated. He didn’t actually believe that the queen had much affection for her son. After all, throwing Fei Qi out to be responsible for the undead matter without informing him of the specific plan made Yan Yunqing a bit suspicious that Fei Qi was deliberately pushed out as a pawn to be sacrificed.

It would be best if he could complete the mission alive, but it wouldn’t matter if he died by accident, as it would eventually become one of the reasons to start the war.

…Ah.

Could it really be like this?

Yan Yunqing felt that if this guess came true, the queen’s ambition and ruthlessness would once again refresh his understanding. Could someone really discard their own son as a stepping stone for the family without any qualms?

“Are there any other news?”

Berthold didn’t speak, raising his head to look at him with those black-blue eyes. Yan Yunqing didn’t know if it was his imagination, but he actually saw a hint of moisture in those black-blue eyes…

Yan Yunqing: …?

What was this, showing him his sparkling eyes?

Yan Yunqing and Berthold looked at each other, and after ten seconds, he compromised and reached out to ruffle Berthold’s head, shifting his gaze. “Alright, can you tell me now?”

Berthold narrowed his eyes, but in the end, he temporarily suppressed it in Yan Yunqing’s petting, “The Bloody Mist’s spies planted in Bato Vita have collected some information. After Fei Qi’s death, the Augreir Family has been getting very close to a group of hooded figures, seemingly plotting something. They should have reached some kind of deal by now.”

“The figures of the Eternal God Cult have also appeared in the border cities of Bato Vita. The specific plan is difficult to investigate, but it is certain that it is related to this war.”

Yan Yunqing frowned tightly, “Bato Vita, cooperating with the Eternal God Cult?”

He clicked his tongue, unconsciously using a little more force with his fingers. Suddenly feeling that the sensation under his hand was not right, Yan Yunqing looked down and saw his fingers still stuck in the other’s hair roots, and he froze slightly.

Ah, he forgot that he was still petting the wolf.

He released the hand that was grabbing Berthold’s hair and patted him soothingly, trying to make the other party forget that he had accidentally grabbed his hair just now. As a result, as soon as he raised his hand, a few strands of silver-gray hair slowly fell.

Yan Yunqing: …

Cough cough.

Yan Yunqing guiltily looked away, his strength was indeed a little too strong…

Berthold didn’t mind, he continued to talk about the information.

“Although Bato Vita has declared war on Romunike, the candidates for this expedition have not yet been decided. Originally, the Bato Vita royal family favored General Sawyer, who was already on the border, and his Sawyer Army.”

“However, when the decree was issued, General Sawyer refused the expedition, claiming that monster outbreaks had been frequent recently and he could not spare the time to attack Romunike.”

“The current news is that the Bato Vita royal family and nobles are negotiating about the expedition, but with that queen’s character, and the news of the declaration of war has already spread, this negotiation time will not be too long, at most half a month will be formally determined.”

“If there are no accidents, it should be the troops stationed around the royal city that will be transferred to join forces with the troops guarding the southwest to attack Romunike.”

Yan Yunqing gave Berthold a strange look, how could this guy know even such things in such detail? Could it be that he also planted spies in the Bato Vita royal family?

“According to the marching time of the troops, the earliest time for this battle to begin will have to wait until November or even December.” Yan Yunqing estimated the distance of the army from the royal city to the border. This kind of army rushing was different from him running back and forth alone. Those troops basically relied on walking, which would slow down a lot. At the fastest speed, it would take nearly two months to reach the border.

“This time… to start a war?” Yan Yunqing was even more puzzled.

Ermann Continent has a winter, but due to Bato Vita’s terrain and location, the temperature is about the same all year round and it’s relatively warm. However, the winter weather on the border between the two empires is very harsh.

Choosing to start a war with Romunike in the low-temperature winter…?

Yan Yunqing once again suspected that the queen had gone to her head and made such an unwise decision. It couldn’t be that she felt that there were too many soldiers in her army and wanted to send some to the battlefield to consume some of the population.

…This sounded too hellish.

Or was it that the queen, because she had lived in the spring-like royal city for many years, selectively ignored the difficulties of winter combat for soldiers on the border?

Yan Yunqing couldn’t figure it out and didn’t plan to continue thinking about it. He decided to go to that border himself to take a look.

Berthold finished what he wanted to say, but he was unwilling to leave, lingering around Yan Yunqing’s side. Yan Yunqing only realized that Berthold was still looking at him at his feet after he had processed a few more documents.

“Aren’t you busy over there?” Yan Yunqing asked casually, rubbing his finger joints, which had become sore from writing with a quill because he was not used to it.

This small discomfort was noticed by Berthold, he took over Yan Yunqing’s hand and continued to knead the fingers. The wide palm pressed on Yan Yunqing’s finger joints, gently pressing, Yan Yunqing could feel the slightly rough fingertips with thin calluses gently stroking his palm.

Yan Yunqing unnaturally twitched his hand, but couldn’t pull it back.

Berthold lowered his eyes, as if extremely seriously kneading his finger joints for him, the warm breath fell on his skin, like a stone thrown into a calm lake, stirring up layers of ripples.

Yan Yunqing was always sitting on the chair, and Berthold was in a lower position than him. This perspective could completely satisfy some superiors’ desire to conquer, looking down, overlooking, gazing…

This magic wolf, whose reputation had never been good, was now kneeling obediently and harmlessly at his feet, carefully kneading his finger joints for him, his half-length silver-gray hair draped over his shoulders, seemingly soft but Yan Yunqing knew the sensation of touching it—it was as tough as Berthold’s hidden beneath his soft exterior.

This familiar seemed to always have such a face in front of him.

From the time he was a little wolf cub, he was cute, harmless, loyal… it seemed that all the positive commendatory words could be used on him, but Yan Yunqing could not forget the first reunion in that dungeon, the Yuche’er who was filled with baleful aura.

Clearly using the most ordinary face, he vividly displayed Berthold’s aura.

He was even crazy enough to use his chest to hit his dagger.

Yan Yunqing was a little distracted, staring at Berthold’s profile in a daze.

Speaking of which, since he crossed over this time, he seemed to have discovered a different side of many familiars?

Just like the rumored madman Divick was actually very well-behaved, and Berthold, who always looked like a good dog, was actually very crazy?

When the usually cold Sylph appeared, there were also deviations from the figure in his memory.

Was it that the familiars under the Demon King’s perspective were not their original personalities, or was it that this nearly two thousand years had turned them into this kind of personality?

Huh, looking at it from this angle…

Berthold’s eyelashes were quite long.

Yan Yunqing’s brain suddenly came up with this idea, and by the time he realized it, he had been staring at Berthold’s face for a long time.

So long that Berthold raised his head, his black-blue eyes met his gaze, and Yan Yunqing could even see a little silver in them.

“Your eyes…”

Yan Yunqing abruptly pulled out his hand and touched his eyes, frowning, “Your eyes weren’t this color before, right?”

When Berthold was still a wolf cub, his eyes were clear blue, as clear as beautiful sapphires. Later, due to the influence of the succubus bloodline, his eyes gradually became stained with a trace of succubus’s blood color, and under the guidance of the Demon King’s contract, they eventually turned silver-blue.

He vaguely remembered that when Berthold was at the Bloody Mist’s base, his eyes were still silver-blue, and only when he was Yuche’er would his eyes be disguised as black eyes.

But Berthold was now appearing in front of him in Berthold’s image, it shouldn’t be Yuche’er’s black-blue eyes.

Berthold pressed Yan Yunqing’s hand, allowing the fragile eyeball to be in a degree where Yan Yunqing could hurt him at any time, his voice was low, “You don’t like it?”

Yan Yunqing felt the eyeball under his fingertip gently turning through the thin eyelid, the dense eyelashes sweeping across his fingertip bringing a slight itch.

“…It’s okay.” Yan Yunqing withdrew his hand, “It’s a little unaccustomed.”

“Then I’ll use my original eyes next time.” Berthold said softly, “Or do you prefer the blue eyes from the beginning? Or red eyes like yours?—Of course, golden eyes are also possible, as long as you like them.”

Yan Yunqing: .

Why suddenly mention golden eyes?

Seeming to have noticed Yan Yunqing’s doubts, Berthold whispered, “After all, the one you once loved the most—had golden eyes.”

“It’s so good to be trusted and loved by you like that, even though he only joined halfway…”

Yan Yunqing: …

Yan Yunqing turned away, ignoring Berthold’s subtle provocation, and issued an eviction order: “Alright, you should go back, pay more attention to the matter of Bato Vita, and tell me if there is any new information.”

Berthold’s expression froze, seemingly not expecting Yan Yunqing to drive him away so decisively. After a moment of silence, he lowered his head slightly, once again showing a well-behaved appearance, “Yes.”

*

Things were as Berthold said, Bato Vita publicly declared war on Romunike. As a result, General Sawyer refused to go to war, which delayed some time in renegotiating the candidates for the expedition, but not for too long. Half a month was enough for the queen to persuade the nobles who were unwilling to start a war.

In the end, a noble general with the same founding background was sent to war.

The time was about the same as Berthold had predicted. In a month, he assembled a large army and headed towards Romunike.

Bato Vita officially declared war on Romunike.

At the same time, a system announcement appeared in front of all players.

[The Bato Vita Empire has officially declared war on the Romunike Empire. A great war is about to begin. How can the Skywalkers who have embarked on the road to return miss this thrilling moment?]

[Warriors, the horns of war have been sounded, glory and dreams are waiting for you to realize! Now is the time to show your strength! Join the camp, fight side by side with your comrades, and fight for the glory of the camp! Let us leave our legend on this battlefield!]

[The ‘Frontline Campaign’ series of missions is officially launched]

[You can choose the [Bato Vita] or [Romunike] camp to start the ‘Frontline Campaign’ mission.]

[Participating in missions and completing missions has a certain chance to affect the subsequent plot development, please choose your camp carefully.]

Players:?

Players:!!!

What? How did this game start a camp war without saying a word?!

Wait a minute, why did Bato Vita start a war with Romunike? Why doesn’t this camp war mission have a pre-mission?!

Yan Yunqing was also a little confused when he looked at the pop-up camp war announcement. How could this game dig a hole for him without saying a word? He was still thinking about whether to stop the deterioration of the war between the two empires and spare the innocent border people from the suffering of war.

As a result, the game dragged the players into this muddy water, disrupting all of Yan Yunqing’s original plans.

Originally, due to the cold winter, the war might continue until it warms up a little in the spring before it becomes fierce. Now that players have intervened, this battlefield is out of control!