The climate in the mountains was getting worse and worse, especially when winter came. Living deep in the mountains and being almost isolated from the outside world made it very uncomfortable for the entire revolutionary army.

I've been holding back a lot of anger in my heart for a long time, but I have no place to vent...

The lords of Oro City blocked the area so tightly outside that notices were posted in every small town, asking residents to help find the whereabouts of the revolutionary army. For a time, there were only more than a hundred revolutionary soldiers left who dared not leave the mountains and could only stay inside passively.

As for food, there are still some wild animals in the mountains that can be hunted, but the taste is not as good as this.

What the revolutionary army could not bear was the coldness that came with the arrival of winter, and the aimless and desperate waiting... The message for help had been sent out, but now the base in the north was in the chaos of war, and it was unknown whether it could reach the reinforcements smoothly. If it was cut off halfway or the carrier eagle could not find the reinforcements after flying out, there would be no news.

The cold and loneliness, especially the suppressed mood and endless waiting, were the final straw that broke the camel's back for the revolutionary army...

Cuba, the current leader of the revolutionary army, suffered from facial ulcers every day. There was almost no medicine in the camp and he could only rely on magic to relieve the pain. However, the iron filings had already been deeply buried in the flesh of half of his face. To remove them all, he would have to cut off a lot of flesh. Although Cuba struggled for several days, he finally froze half of his face completely with ice and snow in winter and then cut it off.

Now he looks very attractive with half of his face wrapped in bandages, and it seems that Cuba's personality has completely changed since that day.

The wooden door is half open...

Tatsumi dragged in the venison he had hunted today.

"This is today's portion. It's not much, but it's enough for us to eat for a few days!"

The revolutionary army camp is located deep in the mountains. Almost no one comes to this area and most people cannot enter such a deep forest, so it has become a habitat for animals. If it is just about food, it should not be a problem to live in the forest for more than ten years. What's more, there are only more than a hundred people left in the revolutionary army, and the food consumption every day is not much!

"Is the captain feeling better?" asked Jibek, who was sitting on the other side.

The two of them, including Tashigi, were the ones who escaped death from the Earl's Mansion. Although two people from the night attack team died in the battle, the remaining three still had to continue. Now it was just a long period of waiting.

"No, he says his face hurts and itches every night... He doesn't dare scratch it with his hands, but every time he can't help it, he cuts the flesh on his face with a knife. I'm afraid if he continues like this, he'll probably have a mental breakdown first." Tatsumi said.

On the other side, Dashigi snorted in dissatisfaction.

"It's all because of Count Weigel. If it weren't for him, we wouldn't have lost so many brothers and would not be trapped in this desolate mountain."

When Count Sean Weigel was mentioned, the other two also gritted their teeth.

"Don't worry, we will get back at him sooner or later. He and his lackeys will pay the price for the deaths of their brothers!" Tatsumi said angrily.

However, when mentioning Count Weigel, Tashigi couldn't help but recall what he said back then...

"What has Sir Ulysses been doing lately?"

"He's been helping the leader heal his facial injuries, and he seems to be messing around with his alchemy skills lately!"

"Alchemy?" Dashigi and Jibek asked curiously.

"Yes, don't you know that he is an alchemist?" Tatsumi looked surprised.

Ulysses was an elite member of a branch of the Revolutionary Army in the Northern Camp. He was not a former companion of any of the three people in front of him, but could only be considered a colleague of the Revolutionary Army. Moreover, it was heard that he was a very capable person in the Northern Branch, and many times the local nobles and the Imperial Army were fooled by him.

"The branch Ulysses was in at the time should have been very close to the Borg."

"A little bit. Anyway, they were the first group of people to cooperate with the Borg. They seemed to be the middlemen who first introduced our Revolutionary Army leader to the Borg." Tatsumi said.

In the original night raid team, Tatsumi was in charge of intelligence, so he had heard about many things. Even now, while everyone was recovering from their injuries, he was responsible for hunting for their daily food.

The campfire that the three of them were gathered around suddenly exploded with several fire cores...

After a brief silence,

"What's wrong? Tashigi, are you doubting Ulysses?" Jibek seemed to have noticed the thoughts of his long-time companion.

"No... I just find it strange. I heard there are a lot of cultists over in Borg."

The so-called cultists are just those religious elements that the Basaran Empire is unwilling to acknowledge. The faith of the entire Basaran Empire is very weak. After all, it is an economic powerhouse that believes in seeing is believing. Therefore, the status of priests in Basaran may not be as high as that of scholars.

"They have many religions over there, but most people are unwilling to express them and don't believe in them. However, in the past year, there was a riot in this area by the believers of the ancient gods, so the believers on the Borg side also started to celebrate... But it doesn't seem to be a big deal, we are not against the believers!" said Jibek.

Tashigi didn't say anything, but just silently recalled what Count Weigel and Oz had said.

"Let's not worry about that for now... It's said that Master Ulysses can use alchemical exchange to summon life in nature to fight for us. He said this is the only way for us to break free."

"Oh~ I remember now. No wonder the big trees seemed to move when I saw them those days... I thought I was seeing things!" said Jibek.

Alchemist? ! !

Dashiqi recalled the past of this profession and didn't seem to have heard any stories related to cults...

Or maybe Count Sean Weigel was lying to him that day and wanted to alienate the members of the revolutionary army.

There have been many rumors about this earl's sinister deeds lately, and he has become the target of daily curses in the revolutionary camp...

………………

At this moment in Cuba's room, waves of magic spells flickered in the dim light.

"Is this method feasible?"

"It's at least worth a try. If the ritual succeeds, we can use the power of the legendary ancients to restore your body, and it may even become stronger! Many people think that the Lovekra pendant has been lost for a long time, but it has never really disappeared because the pendant is also alive." Ulysses said.

"A living pendant?"

Cuba is even more confused.

Since he recovered from his injury, Ulysses would occasionally come to visit him, and he was secretly using his superb alchemy to form a team that could fight.

If the reinforcements do not receive any news for a long time, we must at least ensure that these people can survive.

Or yourself...

Be able to survive.

"This involves a lot of things. We'll discuss them later. The most important thing now is to arrange the necessary items and summon the Lovecrat Pendant!"

"Then everything is up to you, Master Ulysses," said Cuba.