Four Split Personalities

Game Time: AM 11:04

Violet Empire, Marshal Territory, Main Battlefield

The Violet War Hawk repeatedly struck the Marshal Main Battle Corps’ position with its flapping wings, trying to completely shred the prey in front of it. Despite their numbers being reduced by nearly a third, the combined strength of the three main battle corps’ defense had not been reduced at all. They stubbornly held their ground, not giving the Lord’s Allied Forces any advantage.

Everyone, from the Emperor and the Grand Dukes to the dozens of joint commanders of the Lord’s Allied Forces and every warrior who fought bloodied in battle, had to admit that the actual combat power of these three corps of the Marshal far exceeded estimates. Despite having the home field advantage and the assistance of heretics capable of using strange powers, their ability to hold their own against fifty thousand elite fighters, double their number, without collapsing was nothing short of miraculous. Purely in terms of combat will, loyalty, and discipline, the Buffet Sword Knight Order, Ice Curtain Mage Group, and Mercury Guard were considered among the Empire’s best, second to none.

"It must be the influence of that ’Whisper’..."

Lady Shuangye gently pinched her smooth chin, surveyed the main battlefield through her Eye of the Mage, which constantly maneuvered mid-air like a rattlesnake. She carefully observed the thousands stationed at the forefront, defending against the Fire Claw Wolf Cavalry and the Baroka Rock Mountain Knights. Her lips curled into a playful arc: "Evil Gods, they seem quite interesting, huh?"

At that moment, a handsome, robust Martial Monk hesitantly approached Lady Shuangye, bending over to reduce his height to around five feet as he whispered, "Uh, Lady Shuangye, should we go lend a hand there? The front line seems to be struggling a bit."

"Struggling? With the current ratio of forces, each enemy is facing at least two and a half of our allied forces. And you’re telling me they are struggling?" Lady Shuangye disconnected from the Eye of the Mage, glanced at the large face of the man before her, and waved dismissively: "Don’t bother with the main battlefield. Continue clearing out small enemy groups nearby. Have the scouts widen their search area by double. If there’s any suspicious movement or possible ’targets,’ report immediately. If there’s no update in five minutes, we’ll move to another location."

Ruber Baloka blinked in confusion: "Where’s the next location?"

"Let me think about it."

Lady Shuangye casually replied, then gently clasped her hands, transforming the broken rocks and sand on the ground in front of her into a sharply angled square Earth Elemental Puppet through the power of the elements. The six faces of the puppet were labeled ’East,’ ’South,’ ’West,’ ’North,’ ’Try again,’ and ’Thanks for participating.’ She casually tossed it onto the ground, nodded indifferently and said, "Hmm, head east."

Ruber stood there, stunned for seven or eight seconds, even mindlessly punching through the air to send a high-level thief from the Mercury Guard flying, then remained dazed for another half minute, still unable to comprehend.

"What, didn’t understand?"

Lady Shuangye rolled her eyes impatiently, repeating her words slowly and clearly like she was talking to a mischievous child, and even demonstrated the posture: "I said head east, Wang-Dong, do you understand?"

Ruber finally snapped out of it, chuckling nervously as he rubbed his large palms and whispered, "Uh, I understand what you’re saying, but we’re already far from the front line. Heading east, there are basically no enemies left."

"Hmm, you make sense, indeed that’s true."

Lady Shuangye nodded seriously, then gestured: "So go and convey the order quickly."

"Alright, what’s the order?"

"Head east."

"..."

At a loss for how to react, Ruber Baloka’s expression conveyed profound ’frustration.’

Not just him, several warriors standing guard nearby were also conflicted. After all, the roughly two hundred elites tasked with following and taking orders from Lady Shuangye, including Ruber leading the second assault squad of the Baroka Rock Mountain Knights (led by Ruber, the Grand Duke Baloka’s younger brother), the Crystal Wolves’ Crystal Cluster Guard’s Fang Standard Regiment (led by the housekeeper, Deku), the first to third squads of the Fire Claw Shadow Troop (led by Kasi), the fourth to seventh scout squads of the Zijing Guard (led by Deputy Commander Zijing), and the fifth and sixth vanguard squads of Fernan’s Iron Gate Guard (led by an unnamed dwarf with a worrisome hairline), and the Night Watcher Battle Group’s second Shadow Squad (led by an unnamed, busty Dark Elf female), possessed considerable combined combat power. If deployed at the front line as a sharp blade, they could potentially achieve three times the results of other fighters, whether breaking through defenses head-on or causing disturbances from the flanks.

But...

Since the start of the battle, as the temporary head in charge, Lady Shuangye had merely led them in circles, and still within their own absolute control zones. Even though the battlefield was tightly contested at the moment, with both enemies and allies everywhere, they had only encountered a few stray cats along the way. The idea of having a proper battle was far from reality, and Ruber, a close-range fighter with limited attack range, couldn’t even grab a few heads for himself.