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Chapter 162 – Chapter 31: Overwhel 3

The news that Actius had been routed didn’t make its way to many of the fortresses and bases near the central fortress This was because Actius prioritized fleeing to a safe area, rather than spreading what happened The barbarians, who occupied each fortress and base, weren’t informed by Actius but by the forces which scattered in every direction

It had already been a day since the battle of the central fortress The Paran clan chief, Berkintox, arrived at the ninth stronghold, the largest warehouse in eastern Curtis, before hearing the news about Actius

At first, he didn’t believe it No, it was unbelievable It was an i Moreover, thanks to the energy of war, the nightnored It was sih the battle er than expected

‘How?

‘How on earth?’

Actius was clearly a coho only thought of his own safety However, he wasn’t stupid Rather, he was cunning and clever He would fight to win and needed to be strong to had becole day? It had been a siege and yet he had been routed? What the hell had happened?

That wasn’t the only thing he couldn’t understand There were soe, a white light had appeared and massacred the wyverns in an instant A white shield and black shield defeated the ates A e army and killed a horn drake with one punch They didn’t knohat happened, but a rain of fire had poured down from the sky

The first story was somewhat understandable, but the next teren’t The antic monsters One of those monsters had been taken doith one blow? Additionally, the one who had done it was a norht of the five captains of the De’s Palace He had only encountered Gallehed, the leader of the suras, but that was enough It was possible for a captain of the De around wouldn’t be a problem No, he would be able to believe them even more

Berkintox shook his head A captain couldn’t appear at the central fortress They were somewhere else, not at Curtis It was clear the stories were exaggerated as it was very common for those defeated to inflate the enemy’s power and rationalize their defeat

‘Yes, it’s common’

However, it wasn’t just a rationalization On a battlefield, there were many factors which could cause the soldiers to reject the situation, such as: an uneasy psychology state; the shock of being defeated; the fear of death; and so on

‘But even so…’

Berkintox didn’t juerated, it was clear Actius had lost There enerals at the eneh to to eneral

It was an unexpected variable Did Anastasia have a strong succubus as a supporter?

Berkintox laughed suddenly

As expected from Anastasia… she had hidden a true map the Paran clan used He was currently in the ninth orc stronghold, so he wanted to review the current situation

Actius had retreated to the north Victor was headed southwest to contact the lizardmen, and Berkintox was currently in the east 6th Princess Felicia Doonus were at the southernoal was to join the lizardmen in the south-west

‘And there is Anastasia’

Berkintox inal plan had been to leave the task of defeating Victor to Actius, while Berkintox would head south to isolate Victor by defeating the Gulla else

Berkintox would head west personally After defeating Anastasia, he would lead the barbarians and seize all of Curtis There was no reason to delay the decision Berkintox stood up instantly

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Felicia looked toward the northwest It was the direction In-gong had headed in

She had beenGalang Their destination was the 12th base which In-gong had designated as thepoint There was no way she could hear news from the north Therefore, Felicia looked at the north with uneasy eyes several tiic on the Gullams

‘He is okay’

Felicia touched her forehead slowly She was able to know this because she was awas currently safe This also

‘It is really ridiculous’

He had gone alone to save Anastasia unni and the central fortress It was evencould do it

‘He just needs to get there in time Then he will do it This time as well, Shutra will shoonderful appearance’

Felicia took deep breaths as she cal

‘It isn’t the same without Shutra’

Felicia’s ic whenever the soldiers were exhausted, in order to ht However, it was much better than when they had been in Evian She didn’t have to worry about being exhausted due to overusing herevery time Felicia muttered with a s, a different worry formed in her mind

Anastasia and Shutra, the heads of two factions…

‘Are they still doing well?’

Felicia felt an o

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“Faster than the wind!”

“Faster!”

“Faster!”

As they becaan, the central fortress defenders shouted it repeatedly as they ran frantically

It had been a day since the battle As soon as the wounded soldiers were recovered, In-gong and Anastasia left the central fortress while leading 3,000 defenders

Due to the vastinfantry, thedidn’t tolerate it Green Wind’s Protection of the Wind lightened the legs of the central fortress defenders In-gong’s flag of light enhanced their physical abilities as well

After the first preparations, In-gong ordered the central fortress defenders to follow hi continued He ran forward, but it wasn’t a frenzied rush Regardless of the ic and periodic rests, there was a li didn’t allow the defenders of the central fortress to collapse

Anastasia was located in the ic periodically Thanks to that, the central fortress’ defense troops didn’t collapse from exhaustion, but she was ic spell which paralyzed the reasoning of the central fortress defenders Of course, the nighthtic was effective

The fortresses and bases had received the news about the rout late and were unable respond to the sudden movements of the central fortress defenders They only blocked the road after the situation was already over, but it wasn’t their fault The central fortress defenders just had an abnormally fast speed Thus, the central fortress defenders were able to pass through the fortresses without experiencing any battles

“Take a short break”

“Break!”