Chapter 1222: Chapter 1222

"Hey, why is my army at the forefront? You must give me an explanation." At this time, inside a large tent of the Divine Flame Empire, a group of nobles were having a heated argument.

"Why? Hmph, you didn’t handle last night’s matter well, this is your atonement."

"What, why? You pushed such a dangerous mission of assassination to me last night, and now you still want me to atone? Why don’t you send someone to assassinate?" Indeed, they had forced the task upon him.

However, he had also agreed because if he had succeeded in assassinating the holy maiden, killing important generals, and opening the gates, it would have been a great achievement. Unfortunately, his troops waited outside all night, and the city gates were never opened. Those who entered didn’t return, and there were tier-five masters among them. Thɪs chapter is updatᴇd by 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭·𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮·𝙣𝙚𝙩

"How could we not blame you? You were too greedy. It was agreed that you just needed to open the gates, but we heard that you even sent people to assassinate the enemy’s upper class. I really don’t know what you were thinking, how many tier-five masters they have."

"You, why didn’t you say this before?"

Before? They didn’t know how many tier-five enemies there were until tier-five masters appeared on the city walls just recently. They thought, with so many people on their side, the Fox People would definitely not be a match.

After all, the Fox People had to guard Holy Fox City and couldn’t dispatch all their masters. Once they took down the fortress and plundered it, they could flee when the enemy’s masters responded. The Divine Flame Empire could handle the rest. They just needed to claim the credit and benefits; that was the way of the nobility.

"Enough, stop arguing. This time your troops will charge in front, and after taking down the enemy city, you will benefit the most."

Benefit the most? Don’t joke; all his forces were lost, how could he reap any benefits? Capturing slaves and emptying the enemy’s wealth also required manpower; without people, he had nothing.

But the speaker was the governor of the northern region of the Divine Flame Empire, holding a ducal title, not someone a mere earl could contend with.

On the other side, Elsa found a substitute to stand in her place while she sneaked out and stood with Du You and others, secretly observing. Speaking of which, such an impetuous leader was indeed a first for Du You.

"Strange, why are they slowing down?" Suddenly, Elsa spoke in surprise. Because the enemy’s forces started slowing down as they approached her city, a situation that should have prompted them to accelerate and charge.

Elsa was smart, but her experience was somewhat lacking, age being a disadvantage.

Lin Yushi disdainfully said, "What else could it be? These people are all Ragtag forces, haphazardly gathered together. They are about to reach the range where the soldiers on the walls can attack them, hence some are slowing down, wanting others to die first. But the others are not fools, so everyone is employing the same strategy."

Indeed, although all were slowing down, it wasn’t an immediate overall reduction in speed; one would slow down, then the next would slow down even more, and it continued , making the ranks uneven.

If this continued, it seemed the entire force would collapse, and the battle hadn’t even begun yet. While they looked imposing standing together earlier, now, in motion, it was entirely different.

Finally, the nobles at the rear couldn’t stand it anymore; it would be too embarrassing to continue . Thus, the nobles united and issued a firm command. These people finally started to accelerate towards the center from a bowshot away.

Then, the battlefield completely reversed. Originally, it was always Beastmen attacking human cities, and humans harvesting Beastmen while relying on individual bravery and strong physical qualities to resist.

But now it was completely different; after a few Fox People priests applied Additional Magic to the Warriors, they simply stood on the walls and shot arrows. The Fox People were also Beastmen, much stronger than humans. Many of the charging humans wore no armor, thus casualties began to mount heavily.

Humans didn’t have the Beastmen’s frenzy; the more they died, the fiercer they charged. Many slowed their pace, and some even turned around and ran. Now, the Supervisory war team was busy.

"Such a bunch of Ragtag, seems there’s nothing interesting to see," Elsa said somewhat bored.

"That’s not necessarily true, after all, the regular army of the Divine Flame Empire is still behind, and their tier-five masters haven’t acted yet. Now it’s just a contest between ordinary forces; the decisive moment will come later."

The battle continued, and when these soldiers reached the walls, threats from the Fox People priests’ debuff Magic soon caused the whole scene to collapse. Even the Supervisory war team was useless; they couldn’t withstand the impact of these people. Amidst the chaos, many Supervisory war team members were crazily attacked by fleeing soldiers, nearly resulting in their total annihilation.

When the Supervisory war team also started fleeing, the whole scene couldn’t hold up anymore.

"A bunch of trash, they couldn’t even reach the walls; relying on these people, it’s impossible to put any pressure on the Fox People. If this continues, we will become a joke," said the leader of the Divine Flame Empire’s northern army.

"Shall we take action? I think these trash will never break through the walls. Let’s help them, and after breaking the walls, let them wear down those Cannon fodder; maybe we can train some masters."

"That’s the only way left. Let’s hope their tier-four and tier-five masters aren’t too numerous, else our losses will be great."

"No choice, His Majesty gave a direct order, we must act. Notify, we move tomorrow, try to protect your own lives; I hope to see everyone return."

Seeing no interesting scene, these people left to rest. But the attack couldn’t stop. One batch collapsed, and the next batch continued, wearing down the opponent’s stamina and weapons, and diverting their attention was also beneficial. Although the masters hadn’t acted yet, the entire scene had already intensified.