He reached into his pocket and tore open a Scroll of Dispelling Mist.
Thick magical light rippled like waves.
In an instant,
The fog within several miles of Matthew dissipated completely!
From his elevated position, he could see clearly.
He noticed that there were no soldiers from Highleaf in the hills and dense forests to the northwest!
The elite half-orcs and bear goblins were nowhere to be seen.
This seemed to align with Blade's assessment.
On the mountainside,
Rhaegar also saw the scene of the enemy's hasty retreat in the morning light.
His expression changed slightly.
But still, he didn't order a pursuit.
Matthew's gaze wandered between the dense forest and the shallow water.
Before long,
Blade had already led his men to the bank of the river.
Tonight, he had killed several enemies, and he was currently in a bloodthirsty state, almost unable to resist charging forward.
Matthew landed at the riverbank in time.
He saw the human soldiers hastily retreating into the dense forest.
His gaze swept through the thick trees.
In an instant,
Matthew suddenly shouted loudly towards the forest:
"Is there an ambush among you?"
Ability: Natural Inquiry!
The forest remained silent.
Excitedly, Blade said:
"See? There's no ambush. Let me lead the charge!"
"As long as we kill them, our chances of winning this war will greatly increase..."
However, before he could finish his words,
There were successive complaints from the forest:
"Yes, there is!"
"In the eastern forest, there are many lurking half-orcs, and they smell awful when they defecate!"
"In the western quarry, there are over 30 fat bear goblins hiding, they are so fat!"
The guards were shocked to hear this.
They squinted their eyes and looked hard, but the dense forest was empty, without a soul in sight.
Matthew chuckled and mounted his flying horse, hovering over the forest to scatter flour downward.
As the flour fell abundantly,
Two hidden teams lurking with a mass invisibility spell were instantly exposed!
They were indeed the two elite teams from Highleaf!
From the rough display of the flour, it was easy to see that the Highleaf infantry retreated through the alley between the two teams.
In case Blade led the charge,
A pincer attack from both sides would surely lead to collapse!
He might even end up dead!
Seeing this scene,
Blade immediately broke out in a cold sweat.
He subconsciously scratched his beard, unsure of what to say.
"Should we retreat?"
Blade looked somewhat embarrassedly at Matthew returning from the sky.
But Matthew still shook his head.
He looked back at the hill.
At this moment, a dark red magic flag suddenly rose beside Rhaegar's hand!
It was the command for a full charge!
"Charge!"
"I'll support you!"
Matthew patted Blade's shoulder, who then mounted the back of Little Fei, the Phantom Bone Dragon.
Amidst the countless undead,
Philorius led three Bone Dragons and flew ahead into the sky above the forest!
The might of the dragon!
With a swoop down,
Although the dragon's might was small, it still made the recently discovered half-orcs and bear goblins, who were hesitating to retreat after being exposed, feel uncomfortable.
Their bodies visibly stiffened.
In that instant,
Little Fei directly plunged into a flank of half-orcs, its tail and claws attacking these sturdy aliens recklessly.
Matthew didn't stay idle either.
Pale Hand fired at full force, attempting to harvest lives.
The resilience of the half-orcs was not low.
Soon, they recovered from their stiff state.
But at this moment, Little Fei attracted the attention of the majority of the enemy troops once again and soared into the sky.
This time,
It dared not swoop down no matter what.
But with this repeated action,
Time was bought for Blade's infantry and the approaching undead.
The forest itself wasn't large, only a small piece.
With the rapid influx of the undead, the frontline battlefield would undoubtedly become very crowded.
Just then,
A sharp whistle sounded from deep within the enemy lines.
In that instant,
All the ordered enemies began to retreat rapidly!
This time, they were truly retreating.
Because their retreat speed was several times faster than before!
Matthew noticed a golden light emanating from them.
Obviously.
That was the effect of a strategic spell: Retreat Magic!
The enemy quickly withdrew from the dense forest.
Matthew didn't see the Dragon Priest Devala, but his precise control over the troops impressed him.
In just a few minutes,
Three units had all withdrawn from the dense forest.
The half-orcs and bear goblins covered each other, escaping from the danger zone first.
The human troops previously used as bait weren't as fortunate.
Part of them tangled with Blade's infantry.
The rest had just escaped from the dense forest when they suddenly heard the sound of hooves!
Looking north of the forest,
Two columns of cavalry swiftly bypassed the densely vegetated area, launching an attack from both sides of the valley!
In the enemy formation,
The signal of retreat became increasingly intense.
But when the long spears of the first cavalry pierced through three defeated Highleaf infantry in succession,
A massacre was inevitable.
Not to mention, when the cavalry arrived, Matthew, riding on the back of Little Fei, the Phantom Bone Dragon, followed closely behind, ready to pursue and kill!
Blood and negative energy.
Quickly stained the land inside and outside the dense forest.
...
This pursuit continued until seven in the morning.
Rolling Stone Town achieved victory in its first battle.
With one person not dead, three seriously injured, and seventeen lightly injured, they killed about 130 enemy soldiers, most of whom were Highleaf human infantry, with a few half-orcs and one particularly slow bear goblin.
There were a total of three captives.
In fact.
Blade and the others were so bloodthirsty that there was virtually no chance for the escaping enemy soldiers to survive.
Instead, these three guys lay down by the riverbank, pretending to be dead to deceive the pursuers, and then raised their hands in surrender when the people of Rolling Stone Town were cleaning up the aftermath, thus saving their lives.
At noon.
The interrogation of the three captives was nearing its end.
And unexpected gains from Peggy's side were also delivered.
"This is the 'Wood Lizard's Kiss', a very peculiar poison. It doesn't have any toxicity on its own, at most causing mild diarrhea when ingested."
"But this poison will lurk in the body for up to a week. During this time, if exposed to a particular pollen, it will cause stiffness in the limbs, with symptoms lasting for several hours at least."
"We discovered during the battle with the enemy that the Dragon Priest seemed to have the ability to control mist. So, manipulating airflow shouldn't be too difficult for him, and sending pollen into the airflow is also feasible."
Matthew said solemnly:
"At present, it seems that Devala's surprise attack had at least two purposes."
"The first is from the frontline battlefield, where he used Mass Invisibility and Mist Magic to create a double obstacle, intending to lure and ambush our troops. Fortunately, we were cautious enough to escape unharmed."
"And the second should be the poisoning by the Zor assassin."
"We were lucky, they probably didn't succeed."
Zeller nodded:
"I will strengthen the toxin detection in food and water."
"Just now during the interrogation, the three captives all claimed in unison that they joined the Five Dragon Alliance and are descendants of some kind of dragon."
"On those fallen soldiers, we also found identical talismans. This seems to be some kind of token representing their identity."
"The Black Dragon has yet to appear. Do you think it has anything to do with these talismans?"
The three looked at each other.
Matthew's immediate thought was that these talismans were related to the disappearance of the Black Dragon, but without more information, they could only wait and see.
However, the Black Dragon didn't make them wait too long.
Near noon.
Lolan suddenly found them:
"A piece of good news and a piece of bad news."
"The good news is that my informants have found the traces of a dragon."
"The bad news is, there are five dragons."
As he spoke,
He waved his right hand, and a golden light poured into the foreheads of Matthew and the others.
In an instant,
They shared the information captured by Lolan!
...
"Tip: Your companion Lolan has shared a piece of gossip with you—
The Black Dragon, Meionogas, activated the 'Dragon Blood Covenant' in the Five Dragon Alliance due to the large number of casualties among the dragon descendants!
The other four dragons in the Five Dragon Alliance have lent some of their power to the Black Dragon Meionogas!
Meionogas has gained the 'Power of the Five Dragons' and has become even more powerful (LV20)!
Moreover.
With the power of the Five Dragons, he has summoned four young dragons from other planes, namely the Young White Dragon, Young Green Dragon, Young Red Dragon, and Young Blue Dragon!
They will become Meionogas's followers!"
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