Once the allied forces successfully breached the outer wall, it would be an excellent choice for them to either continue dividing their troops to eliminate the Royal Capital's forces, or consolidate into a single force before the inner-city gate and then launch an attack on the inner city, striking directly at the Elden Throne.
Although Godrick's strength was limited, as a Demigod and the legitimate successor of the Golden Lineage, a blood descendant of the First Elden Lord Godfrey, he possessed extremely high attainments in both military talent and political strategy, so his proposal naturally received everyone's attention.
After some consideration, Malenia, who, like Godrick, had grown up in the Royal Capital, deemed the plan feasible, and Radahn ultimately decided to implement Godrick's plan.
Ultimately, the allied forces decided to split their troops, with The Gloam-eyed Queen's Dragon and Serpent legions being assigned to Malenia the Valkyrie.
As a Valkyrie with combat prowess comparable to Radahn's, and the law of Scarlet Rot, Malenia could be said to completely dominate The Gloam-eyed Queen in every aspect.
With Malenia in the allied forces, she was not at all concerned whether The Gloam-eyed Queen would backstab her on the battlefield. If she dared to backstab them, Malenia would teach her a lesson first.
After confirming the strategic plan, Radahn swiftly organized his army, then mounted his scrawny horse Leonard, drew his Starscourge Greatswords, delivered an impassioned pre-battle speech, and immediately commanded the army to split into two routes, heading straight for the Royal Capital, Leyndell.
However, the plan was perfect, the strategy was beautiful, but reality was cruel, and plans could never keep up with changes.
Morgott and Mohg, the two brothers, had long known that they faced a siege from four armies, and even that they had no chance of victory.
The blood conspiracy, after being used once, was useless, and they knew it was impossible to incite internal conflict within the allied forces as they had last time.
Thus, the moment the four armies began to move, Mohg, who was skilled in strategic manipulation, directly shifted his target to the Valkyrie's main base, the Haligtree within the Consecrated Snowfield.
For the eternal purity of the Haligtree, Miquella the Unalloyed resolutely abandoned his body, burying himself deep within the Haligtree's roots, becoming a part of the Haligtree and providing it with a continuous supply of power.
Since then, Miquella had not left this place for thousands of years, steadfastly upholding his mission.
The Lord of Blood adopted an even more cunning strategy, directly turning his attention to the Haligtree.
He hoped to draw Malenia away by attacking the Haligtree, as at this moment, the rear of the Haligtree was extremely vulnerable, with almost no powerful warriors capable of resisting Mohg's attack.
As long as Miquella could be kidnapped before Malenia reached the Royal Capital, they could use Miquella as a hostage to threaten Malenia into turning her spear and aiming it at Radahn's allied forces.
This was undoubtedly an extremely insidious and malicious scheme, but if successful, it could directly resolve all the current crises of the Royal Capital, Leyndell.
However, Mohg did not know that Miquella possessed a special ability—Marika's power of charm.
This ability made it impossible for anyone to resist his charm, regardless of whether they were male or female.
When Mohg arrived at the Haligtree with great anticipation, dug Miquella the Unalloyed out of the Haligtree, and saw Miquella's face, his heart completely fell.
As if drawn by an invisible force, Mohg unknowingly fell into Miquella's charm trap, unable to extricate himself.
He kidnapped Miquella but did not take him to Leyndell; instead, he took him back to his own Blood Dynasty—Mohgwyn.
He then transformed into the ultimate lovestruck fool, completely intoxicated in his self-imagined dream of love.
However, although Mohg's scheme was not fully completed, Malenia still sensed the change in the Haligtree and knew that her brother was in trouble.
Thus, Malenia unhesitatingly left her troops and returned to the Consecrated Snowfield alone at full speed. However, what Malenia saw upon her return was only an empty Haligtree.
Furthermore, due to the loss of Miquella's nourishment, the Haligtree rapidly withered and turned yellow, even becoming tainted with Scarlet Rot—Malenia's Scarlet Rot—which was eroding the Haligtree.
Malenia, whose brother had been kidnapped, fell into a furious rage, completely losing her reason. After a round of indiscriminate slashing, she only knew that Miquella had been taken, but who had kidnapped him and where he was hidden, no one knew.
The anxious Malenia could only helplessly return to the allied forces, take her troops, and send people everywhere to inquire about Miquella's whereabouts, solely to find her brother.
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On the other side, at the three-way intersection, Radahn's entire face darkened upon hearing of the Valkyrie's withdrawal.
However, Radahn knew in his heart that something might have gone wrong with Miquella, otherwise Malenia would never have easily broken their agreement.
As things stood, to ensure the smooth implementation of the plan, Radahn had no choice but to personally go to the side route to assist—and monitor—the Gloam-Eyed Queen, to prevent her from taking the opportunity to betray him.
However, Radahn was unaware that his younger brother had already colluded with The Gloam-eyed Queen.
From the moment Radahn dispatched Rykard to monitor The Gloam-eyed Queen, the outcome of this battle was already determined.
Unless Radahn could defeat Morgott the Grace-Given King with his own strength, he could only accept the arrangement of fate.
After Rykard met with The Gloam-eyed Queen, leading his Carian Knights, he said nothing more and still attacked the Dynasty in two separate routes as originally planned.
The allied forces easily broke through Leyndell's first line of defense and entered the inner city. The Royal Capital, Leyndell's army offered almost no resistance, giving the outer city to the allied forces.
However, what the allied forces did not expect was that Morgott's strategy for the defenders was to lure them into Leyndell, and after they entered,
he simultaneously ordered the Giant Archers to cooperate with the Perfumers, launching a wave of super-large poisoned arrows like missiles, catching the allied forces off guard and causing heavy casualties in an instant.
Fortunately, the attacking side had a numerical advantage and temporarily stabilized their formation, but the Perfumers' poisonous incense was too fierce, and the subsequent damage caused was even more terrifying than the attacks from the super-large crossbow bolts.
Even Radahn, who had been on the front lines of the battle, suffered some minor injuries in this wave of attacks.
Precisely at this moment, Morgott's Omenkiller avatar directly rushed into the center of the battle, beginning a slaughter of the allied forces.
He did not disappoint the warriors in Leyndell who supported him. The spear and blade in his hand swung wildly on the battlefield, as if venting his emotions and dissatisfaction.
No one knew who he was, and no one knew where he came from.
No one would have thought that this ugly monster was the current Grace-Given King of Leyndell, Morgott.
The warriors of Leyndell were inspired by his brave performance, and their morale soared. The numerical advantage of the allied forces had vanished.
The Second Defense of Leyndell, the Omenkiller, and countless heroes bled into rivers, but the Golden Tree stood unyielding.
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