Chapter 185: Big Trouble

  Around 1,700 transport team members, still in shock, tinued moving forward along the road.

  Most of them looked panicked, still trembling from fear, some even injured, resembling a rge pack of stray dogs.

  Hawk, leading the group, wore a grim expression.

  In his hand, he held an ordinary sword; as for his beloved set of equipment, Beelzebub had stripped him of it entirely.

  Rubbing his ag chest, he recalled Beelzebub's explosive power during that swift and overwhelming attack, and he gritted his teeth, saying:

  "This time, you didn't kill me. You'll regret it ter!"

  The knights who had lost their horses followed behind him, faces filled with shame.

  Before they lost the effects of Water Walking, they had been trapped in the mud pit, nearly drowning, but were saved by their hidden enemies.

  As for their ons, equipment, and warhorses, they were "voluntarily doo those wretched creatures.

  Burning with rage, Hawk cautiously sed the mist for any sign of lurking enemies.

  He was deeply ed that Bay Territory might go ba their word and e to deliver a fatal blow.

  Hungry, tired, and exhausted, they could barely maintain their speed. By midday, they had only mao cover 30 kilometers.

  At that point, they should have stopped to eat a, regaining their strength before tinuing, but with death looming over them, everyone pushed fritting their teeth.

  Perhaps, in their minds, reag the camp would mean the end of their current crisis.

  As they tiheir journey, a series of hurried footsteps came from behind.

  Immediately, the group grew tense, with several people shouting:

  "The murlocs are ing! Run, everyone!"

  Before Hawk could calm the group, the panic-stri men fled down the road once again.

  Their mad dash eve along the exhausted elite soldiers, who were dragged along by the chaos of the cart drivers, fleeiward at full speed.

  Ten mier.

  Caught in the chaos, they lost their st bit of strength and began to colpse one by one.

  Only the soldiers remaianding; though hungry and weary, they still had some energy left.

  Under Hawk’s leadership, they seized the moment, running ahead while the others were defenseless, leaving them behind.

  Hawk had thought things through.

  Aside from the 30 personal guards he led and the 300 elite soldiers from the Carlisle family who had suffered minimal losses, everyone else was dead weight.

  Hawk could abandon them without any guilt.

  Even if they couldn't slow down the enemy's pursuit, they could at least buy them a little more time.

  By shedding this burden, Hawk could lead the soldiers to the camp at a faster pace.

  He had already rehearsed his story in his mind.

  He would cim that he and the soldiers had fought valiantly, esg the enemy’s encirclement by sheer luck, and rushed to the camp to report.

  As for the supplies and cart drivers, how could they pare to the safety of the camp?

  Having experienced simir situations before, Hawk had no qualms about doing this.

  Not only could he avoid the sequences of a failed mission, but he might also use the Carlisle family’s subsequent support to unch a teratta Bay Territory!

  Then, he could take back all the humiliation that Beelzebub and Bay Territory had caused him, with i!

  It must be said, the seasoned and ing Hawk had devised a very clever pn.

  Leading the soldiers over the muddy stone road, they finally reached Carlisle Camp, where they were immediately rescued.

  Upon hearing Hawk's firm assertion that Bay Territory had unched an attack, Brown's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, suddenly settled.

  However, Brown quickly rejected Hawk's proposal to mobilize troops and unch a terattack.

  He smiled bitterly and raised his hand, pointing upwards.

  fused, Hawk looked up and saw a silver dragon silently cirg in the sky!

  There really was a dragon!

  And it was right above them!

  Feeling the immense pressure, Hawk immediately fell silent, realizing that the dragon in the sky had already set its sights on him.

  Bitterly, he began to uand why Bay Territory had let them go.

  It was because they simply didn’t care!

  If they even thought about attag, the dragon above would se immediately and could strike first.

  With the forces and bat tools at Carlisle Camp, they had no ce of dealing with this young true dragon.

  It was hopeless!

  Brown, sensing Hawk's tension, patted him on the shoulder, trying to reassure him:

  "Don't worry, just rest for now. I'll notify the family to send reinforts as soon as possible."

  "Since Bay Territory wants to start a war with us, we'll just wipe them out."

  "This ruin is almost fully excavated, so only the Carlisle family o remain."

  Brown, holding in his frustration, also saw this as an opportunity.

  With the Carlisle family’s abundant military strength, they were fident they could crush Bay Territory!

  He also had other thoughts in mind.

  "Moreover, for such a small territory to trol a true dragon, there must be secrets we don't know about."

  "While young dragons are still powerful, they’re not as strong as when they reach adulthood. With the right ons and a few high-level professionals, we ha."

  "If we could capture this dragon, the entire Carlisle family would profit immensely!"

  sidering all these factors, Brown decided not to hesitate any longer and decisively used a "Sending" spell to report the situation to the family.

  "Bay Territory unched an attack, stole all the supplies, and killed most of our escort. Requesting reinforts."

  Brown also got Hawk involved, having him send a message as well.

  With both of them rep, their cims would carry more weight.

  Brown promptly gave the order to rest, halting all excavation and preparing the soldiers to assemble.

  The camp quickly became restless, with the soldiers sensing something . Although they were uneasy, they found some relief in no longer having to work and promptly stopped their efforts.

  Yaya, cirg above, observed their as before silently drifting away.

  Brown and Hawk grew increasingly anxious, fearing a sudden attack from Yaya and Bay Territory. Ign the worsening stench below, they nervously hid itom of the rge pit.

  They ordered the others to stay vigint and prepare to defend the camp, waiting for the Carlisle family's reinforts.

  But their carefully id pns soon crumbled.

  The assault they were brag for didn’t e from Bay Territory.

  Instead, a rge group ed, exhausted, and starving cart drivers arrived!

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