How to Save Humanity After Transmigrating into a Villainess Princess? Chapter 246 : The Wind Sighs Cold by the Yi River

The knights sat around Elashia together with Dorothy, quietly listening to Elashia's speech.

Having experienced the Goblin extermination campaign and the beast tide incident, they all knew very clearly—the girl before them was synonymous with correctness.

As long as they fought according to her commands, even the most difficult wars could be won, even the most terrifying enemies could be crushed.

Elashia, holding the plan she had written long ago, said in an excited voice:

"Everyone, please listen to my following deploynt..."

Elashia had never been more excited than now!

In the ga, this Northern Fire attack on the Holy Capital was extrely costly in terms of casualties.

Although this operation did objectively prevent the Holy Court from collecting [Blood Tax] from the Holy Kingdom's people in winter, it ca at an extrely tragic price.

Besides the extrely heavy military casualties, the loss of high-level combat power was even more severe.

In this Holy Capital assault, the [Night Shadow] assassins who had previously shone brilliantly on enemy rear battlefields were almost completely annihilated.

As their leader, Catherine died at the hands of her own master, Themis.

This storyline was originally an unchangeable tragedy in the ga.

But now it could be completely changed!

Even before transmigrating, Elashia had thought countless tis at night in bed about the possibilities and plans for saving them.

And now... her plan that could only be called fantasy back then was about to beco reality!

Having made complete preparations through countless imaginations, she was extrely confident in her plan!

And the destined tragedy was about to be changed in her hands—how could she not be excited!

After excitedly surveying the knights around her who were seriously listening to her speech, Elashia began her deploynt.

"First, in this battle, we will have three main theater areas."

"Knight Commander Dorothy, please open the map."

Hearing Elashia's call, Dorothy stood up.

"Your command."

Taking the map from the side, to let the knights sitting in a circle see clearly, Dorothy placed the map directly on the ground and opened it completely.

Walking to the center of the map, pointing with the sword taken from the old Elasian Emperor at the pre-marked "Blood Moon Generator" location, Elashia said seriously:

"This will be the main target of our assault."

"Once we successfully blow up the Blood Moon Generator, the blood moon shrouding the Holy Kingdom will disappear."

"This way, normal day-night cycles can reappear in this country."

Confidently smiling as she surveyed the surrounding knights, Elashia continued:

"Moreover, as long as we can destroy the Blood Moon Generator, then all twenty million people of the entire Holy Kingdom will be able to see the moon rise again!"

"Then our allies' morale will instantly surge to the extre, while the enemy's morale will instantly collapse!"

"So destroying the Blood Moon Generator will be our most important mission."

"I will personally be responsible for this."

"Do you all understand?"

"Understood!"

The knights who had received the strictest training instantly gave a unified response.

Elashia nodded.

She changed her tone and continued:

"But we cannot only focus on creating battle results ourselves."

"Coming to this country, one of our core objectives is to protect the selfless heroes of the Holy Kingdom as much as possible."

"So next, the importance of our second theater area is no less than the first theater area."

Elashia walked a few steps to the location marked "Official Protection Zone" on the map, pointing there with her sword:

"Our allies will launch an attack here, but an elite Blood Clan force has been stationed here, so I require you to disguise yourselves as rchants and arrive there before the battle begins, fighting alongside our allies. Is everyone clear?"

"Clear!"

The knights responded loudly again.

"Good, then next is the final part of this operation..."

Elashia walked to the northernmost part of the map, pointing with her sword at the location marked "Holy Temple":

"The enemy's most elite forces are stationed here, but we don't need to worry about them when the battle begins."

"The enemies stationed here are the Holy Court's reserve force, and unless the situation becos clear, they won't deploy."

After saying this, Elashia looked at the knights with confident eyes, using Alexandra's playful tone:

"So... as long as we follow my thod... this elite enemy force will beco completely useless..."

...

Heavy snow fell from the dark sky, and Catherine in her black windbreaker was still looking down, sharpening the dagger in her hands.

"Captain... aren't you going to say sothing..."

Surrounding her, a man also wearing a black windbreaker spoke with difficulty.

But she didn't raise her head even once.

"There's nothing to say."

"But..."

The man hesitated to speak.

As deputy officer of the [Night Shadow] unit, he knew that after today's farewell gathering, Catherine who was heading out with a group of ordinary soldiers would never be able to return.

And she, who could always lead them to success and was trusted by everyone in the organization, would never again be able to bring the organization the kind of surprises she had in the past...

In one more hour, the farewell banquet for Catherine would begin.

And Catherine, as the main character of this farewell banquet, seed completely unconcerned about it...

Did she have no reluctance at all toward these brothers in the organization who had risked life and death with her...

The harsh sound of the whetstone and dagger grinding against each other was piercing, causing the man unprecedented pain...

...

Soon, the ti for the farewell gathering arrived.

The [Night Shadow] mbers silently gathered together under the blood moon's dim light, looking at Catherine who said nothing, only keeping her head down sharpening the dagger in her hands.

When the master of ceremonies responsible for the farewell gathering arrived and saw such a heavy scene, she imdiately made a choice—to leave.

Having hosted countless ceremonies, she knew all too well—in the current situation, her prepared speech of tens of thousands of words summarizing Catherine's past achievents and praising her noble character had completely lost its intended aning.

This farewell banquet didn't need her at all.

Although this was very unfair to the speech she had written through consecutive all-nighters, this was reality.

If what she wrote had no aning and would even waste everyone's ti, then her speech might as well be thrown away.

Living in an era where tragedy occurred around them constantly, she knew very clearly what these heroes truly needed...

The master of ceremonies' figure soon disappeared in the blood moon's dim light.

Catherine remained silent.

The Night Shadow unit mbers remained silent.

Ileina and the others who ca to see her one last ti also remained silent...

Only the sound of the whetstone and dagger grinding against each other filled the air...

After a while, Catherine stopped sharpening her blade.

"Alright, it's about ti. You should all go back."

She got up and walked toward the mountain pass, not even looking back once.

Ileina remained silent.

The Night Shadow mbers remained silent.

Even Caroline, the most lively personality among Northern Fire's leaders, remained silent.

"Wait..."

Adeline wanted to reach out and stop her.

Was this farewell gathering really ending like this?

This final eting with Catherine, who had risked life and death with them, was ending so hastily?

She couldn't accept it...

However... her outstretched hand was pressed down by two other hands.

Those were Ileina's and Caroline's hands.

"Let it be like this..."

Ileina understood Catherine too well...

Why had she been constantly sharpening her blade since the plan was proposed?

Clearly her dagger didn't need sharpening at all.

Why had she made this final eting so perfunctory...

Clearly her closest comrades, confidants, friends, and leaders had all co...

Ileina, who had witnessed countless heroes' endings, understood the reason all too well...

...

Catherine's figure in the black-gray robe soon disappeared under the dim moonlight.

Only leaving everyone behind.

In the cold air, faint crying seed to be heard.

It was just unclear who was making those crying sounds...