As Isaac mentioned, Elon led an army of 200,000 troops.
After resting for only one day in Royal City, they resumed their pursuit of the Boltzyn Legion toward the northwest.
The Boltzyn Legion had a million soldiers. When they left the Black Desert, they had already lost over a hundred thousand.
During the subsequent pursuit, they lost an additional 200,000 soldiers bit by bit. As the 200,000-strong Vriweth Legion advanced northwest in pursuit, their ranks kept growing.
After a month of chasing, the Boltzyn Legion didn’t even put up a single fight. They completely abandoned Westpire City. Along with an army of over 10,000 demon beasts, they hid themselves in Misty Forest.
At this time, Elon’s army had grown to nearly 400,000 troops, as about 200,000 soldiers who had previously been scattered from the Black Tiger Legion had joined along the way.
These soldiers, who used to hide within various cities or state governments, have now shed their armor and transformed into ordinary civilians.
After learning that Elon had defeated the enemy forces led by Evelyn, these former soldiers put on their armor again and set out to join the main army heading north.
Elon clearly understood that it wasn’t because favonovel.com was particularly skilled, but because Isaac and Skylar, among others, had always been supporting his military team.
Isaac single-handedly scared off an army of a million soldiers.
However, after Evelyn and favonovel.com remaining army of over 600,000 retreated into Misty Forest, they vanished without a trace.
In the vast forest shrouded in white mist, towering trees with thick foliage made it impossible to know where the Boltzyn Legion was hiding.
After a day of temporary repairs, the city lord’s mansion in Westpire City was now barely habitable.
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Isaac was sitting cross-legged in meditation when favonovel.com heard footsteps outside the door.
“Lord Garten, His Majesty requests your presence to discuss the next steps of the battle plan,” Jonah’s voice came from outside the doon
Isaac and Jonah walked into the assembly hall, where Elon and Skylar, among others, were already seated.
“Isaac, the spy has returned four times already and still hasn’t located the Boltzyn Legion. We have no idea if Evelyn has moved favonovel.com legion out of Misty Forest or if she’s hiding in there, waiting for the right moment.”
Skylar also frowned and said, “But if we rashly advance into Misty Forest, we might end up falling into their trap.”
“It looks like we’re in a dilemma now, where neither advancing nor retreating seems to be a good option,” Kyler said, frowning.
Isaac stepped outside onto the stairs and looked up at the cloudy sky. He stared at it for a long time before turning to Elon and saying in a serious tone, “Now, we can only wait for the wind to come…”
“Wait for the wind?” Elon and the others all looked puzzled.
What did waiting for the wind to come mean?
Isaac looked at Kyler and asked, “I heard that the best fuel in the Upper Martial Realm is something called horsebit oil. Is that true?”
Kyler paused for a moment, then nodded and said, “Yes, yes, it is flammable and it burns for a long time.”
“There isn’t much of that stuff, after removing the skin, flesh, and internal organs from an adult horsebit, you can only get one to three pounds of usable fat.”
Isaac nodded and said, “Go find someone to gather as much as possible right now, and other things that can burn will work too.”
After speaking, Isaac took the map from Elon, spread it out on the table, and pointed to the southern part of the vast Misty Forest.
“This stretch is the closest to us and also the safest. All the horsebit oil and flammable materials we’ve gathered should be placed along this line. Remember, we must act quietly,” Isaac said as favonovel.com drew a line along the southern edge of Misty Forest.
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