500 meters.

A large number of Lizardman figures had already appeared in the forest. Characters with high Perception like Ben, Namenis, Medisha, and Qian could almost see the expressions on the Lizardmen's faces. These warriors, who had been on the move all night, looked very tired and were apparently completely unaware that they would be ambushed right at their doorstep.

The red-haired girl squatted down, pulled a blade of grass from the ground and bit it in her mouth, then frowned as she searched the forest for a familiar figure—Conrad. She gripped the Thunder Gun so tightly that it creaked.

The Lizardmen continued to advance. In fact, by this time they had already noticed the silence in the ruins was somewhat unusual. But inertia drove the army forward in a rolling fashion. However, Brand quickly saw more than a dozen Dragon Hunter Cavalry moving through the crowd. Wherever they passed, the Lizardmen stopped one by one. Discovered! Brand immediately realized this, feeling a bit annoyed that Conrad and the Lizardman leader Yohkel had not shown up throughout, which was beyond his expectations regarding their alertness.

But there was no time to care about that. He raised his arm—the ruby ring on his index finger aligned with the direction of the forest. Then, with a flash of red light, as if the sun's rays had dimmed for a moment, a huge Fireball rose from the forest. It soared into the sky with countless leaves, and then everyone heard a loud bang. The heat wave swept across the forest floor like a shockwave, blowing the hair of the mercenaries, elves, and others, including Brand, away with a 'whoosh' sound.

The hot wind hit them right in the face.

From the data on his retina, Brand knew that this strike had killed at least twenty Lizardmen, which was an unexpected gain, indicating the density of their formation. But this was just a signal to attack. Immediately, the mercenaries began to throw the Dissolution Crystals in their hands toward the area targeted by the Fireball—300 meters was not too far for those with Black Iron Level strength. The crystals, each the size of a thumb, glittered brightly as they flew in an arc through the air, then fell into the woods like a rain shower.

A moment of silence.

But it was only the calm before the storm. A flash of white light, then a second one, and so on. Successive flashes lit up the forest. The sound of explosions followed one after another, seemingly tearing up the ground layer by layer. Everyone felt the Earth tremble for at least a full minute as they squinted their eyes against the intense blasts. When they came to their senses, they found that the landscape of the forest had changed permanently.

The explosion had created a vacuum zone in the middle of the forest. The tall trees were uprooted or leaning crookedly. More tragically, the Lizardmen caught in the blast—there had initially been at least 100 of them in a whole squad—were now incomplete corpses. Blood and mud mixed together, with crimson organs hanging from the branches everywhere, reminiscent of Hell.

Even Brand couldn't help but gag a little, but he forced down the nauseating feeling and began to recalculate the strength of the enemy versus his own.

In fact, yesterday, Yohkel had taken out the most Lizardman Warriors, at least over 400. Brand suspected that if not for the search, the haughty lizard wouldn't have been willing to allocate any of his subordinates to Conrad and the Dark Priests. After all, they had Black Fire Sect members and Dark Mercenaries under their command, which were enough for self-defense—of course, on the assumption that they indeed thought he had only a dozen Silver Level guards with him.

Adding Conrad's forces and the Dark Mercenaries, they were facing at least 700 enemies, which was no small number. Even though they had just wiped out more than a tenth, the remaining ones wouldn't be easy to deal with.

This called for another shot.

Brand knew it was now time for him to take the stage. He immediately signaled to Medisha and Qian to prepare and charge with him.

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Ruogen Swamp

(White Bone IV)

[Basic Land - Swamp]

Produces 1 Dark Element per week into the Mana Pool.

Tap: Create Swamp Terrain (generates 1 Dark Element into the Mana Pool).

'Rotten, foul, decayed, this is barren land—'

Rochelle's Market

(City State Alliance XX)

[Special Land - City]

Generates 2 Wealth daily, produces 1 Earth Element per week into the Mana Pool.

Tap, pay 2 Reputation: Gain 6 Wealth.

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