Chapter 189: Kaman's Greed
"Whew... The family has sent word: prepare for war a ready to strike."
Ign the "other" talk, Brown expihe situation to Hawk truthfully.
Hawk wasn’t surprised by this; he khe Carlisle family well and khey wouldn’t let such a loss go unanswered.
Otherwise, the Carlisle family wouldn’t have made such a name for themselves in the fiercely petitive Bloodmoon City and secured such a signifit share of the ruins market.
However, when it came to the mysterious Bay Territory, Hawk didn’t take it lightly. Instead, he patiently asked:
"What does the family want us to do? What is our assigask?"
Brown licked his lips as he watched the soldiers quickly gathering and carefully assessed the military force at his disposal.
"With 300 elite soldiers added, I now have 800 well-traie soldiers and muster about 2,500 ordinary soldiers."
After thinking over the task assigned by the family, Browated for a moment before replying:
"The family’s reinforts have already ehe Misty S and will arrive by noon tomorrow."
"If the Bay Territory chooses to lead their troops to intercept them, we will fnk them from both sides and first crush their fighting force."
"If they remain inactive, we use our numerical advao surround Murloc Castle."
"At that point, we don’t o attack. We’ll wait for the reinforts to join us and then decide whether to un assault or directly strike Bay Territory."
One must admit, Brown was highly valued by the Carlisle family arusted with important duties due to his sound military strategy.
At least he didn’t assume.
That the remote, impoverished Bay Territory posed no military threat to him!
Brown maintained a clear-headed outlook.
He reized that Matthew, as a member of the Ser family and a rare Arist who anded a powerful dragon, was no ordinary adversary.
The Carlisle family had researched Bay Territory’s military es.
They believed that the story of “400 to 500 soldiers defeating over a thousand trolls” was highly exaggerated.
It was likely blown out of proportion to better promote the territory.
However, Brown also aowledged that Bay Territory’s soldiers had likely fought against trolls.
Simply having experien subat made them a force to be reed with.
Hawk’s defeat had also served as a wake-up call.
The harassment by Bay Territory i days had pced siderable pressure on him.
As a result, Brown abandoned any illusions and obediently followed the family’s orders.
Brown’s self-awareness led him to make the safest decision, but it also cost him the ce to defeat Bay Territory.
He could never have imagined just how powerful Bay Territory’s military truly was!
………
May 10th.
The weather was clear.
The scorg sun dispersed the fog over the Misty S.
The Misty S, usually shrouded in mist, was now visible to the soldiers.
A fully armed army was swiftly marg through the s.
It was the Carlisle family’s reinforts!
Two hundred well-trained cavalry led the way.
In the carriage positioned in the middle of the cavalry formation, two men were the surroundings and discussing their battle pns.
"It’s just as Crk said. The seer behind him is quite impressive!"
Tres Carlisle, a burly man, squinted slightly as he recalled the young and cold face, feeling that the man had ulterior motives.
He had been somewhat skeptical of the intelligence provided by Crk from the Pfizer Mert Guild.
But now, it seemed to hold some merit!
However, Tres still harbored doubts about Crk’s iions!
"Hahaha, o worry. It won’t be long before our application to join Big Apple City’s mert guild is approved."
"When that happens, we’ll be on equal footing with the Pfizer Mert Guild in terms of status."
"We might suffer some losses, but they won’t dare to openly act against us!"
The speaker was a cloaked high-level spellcaster, Kaman.
Raised by the Carlisle family from a young age, Kaman had been chosen by the Red Tower of Serwindon at the age of 11 as a Level 2 Mage.
After 15 years of study and growth, Kaman had bee a mid-level peak mage.
Haviedly failed to break through to bee a high-level mage, exhausting many resources and potential, he was forced to leave the highly petitive Red Tower.
Lag resources, wealth, aage, Kaman had no choice but to accept employment with the Carlisle family as their family’s mage advisor.
With the strong support of the Carlisle family.
Kaman successfully broke through and became a high-level mage at the age of 50, being the Carlisle family’s third high-level spellcaster.
Before today, Kaman had little i in the Carlisle family’s military flicts, preferring to spend his time in the boratory.
The only reason he had apahe Carlisle family’s reinforts to the Misty S.
Was because of the hat Bay Territory had a real dragon!
The western ti was filled with vast, uninhabited wilderness, and only ohird of the nd had been developed or explored by humans.
The number on-blooded creatures was staggering.
From wyverns, giant dragons, and wind serpents in the sky.
To nd dragons, thunder lizards, and the tless kobolds on the ground.
To sea turtles, dragon crocodiles, and hydras ier. These dangerous magical creatures were said to all possess dragon blood and power.
However, while dragos were retively on, true dragons were incredibly rare!
Although dragons no longer ruled the earth, many true dragons still roamed the nd.
Some powerful true dragons had even opeablished their owories and kingdoms, being the undisputed rulers of their regions.
True dragons wielded immense power and untold wealth.
Any fa that could cim a true dragon would experience rapid growth and opportunity.
However, the heril Empire was an exception!
The terrifyingly powerful Arists wielded unparalleled wealth and strength.
In their eyes, a true dragon was merely a powerful individual creature.
Some Arists had even captured true dragons to use as experimental subjects.
If not for one Arist going too far and capturing a highly potential adult red dragon for experimentation.
Which led to the intervention of three demigod-level a red dragons.
That “unlucky” Arist was no match for the three a red dragons and had his body destroyed, falling into a deep slumber.
Fearing the strength of the Serwindon cil and the ten or more Arists.
The three demigod-level a red dragons, after wreaking some havoc, took the adult red dragon a.
But the catastrophisequences of their as were irreversible.
The Arist’s territory suffered heavy losses, with nearly a milliohs.
His family’s elite forces were wiped out, and they never recovered.
As a result, the Serwindon cil issued a decree.
"The capture of true dragons is forbidden. Viotors will be hunted by the heril Empire!"
Kaman’s thoughts were simple: capturing a true dragon was unrealistic!
But killing a true dragon? The dragon’s blood, scales, and eve would all make excellent magical materials!
With that, Kaman was fident he could break through his current limits and bee a transdent mage!
As fering the Ser family and its allies by killing a true dragon, Kaman no longer cared.
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