Chapter 998 - Movement
Chapter 998 Movement
Greem and Rena’s conversation was short and efficient.
Rena couldn’t help but feel a warmth spread throughout her body when Greem’s unique mental flux vanished from the wind spirit. Hope once again sprung from her heart, lifting her spirit and making her entire person incredibly restless.
The Poison Swamps.
Why did the fire adept want her to lure the holy knights there? Did the witches intend to fight against the holy knights? What was the situation already? They should be saving her as soon as possible and finding a way to leave this damned world rather than fight against those holy knights.
Rena thought to herself resentfully.
Even though she was immensely dissatisfied that Greem didn’t immediately save her, she was at his mercy. She no longer dared to put on airs as she had in the past. Instead, she started to use all her brainpower to think of a way to do what had been requested of her.
Just tell the Third Grade knights the witches’ ‘hiding spot?’ What an incredibly foolish idea! Then, how else could she draw the attention of the holy knights?
“We only have seven days! “Greem coldly said, “The subordinates I sent out are creating a commotion in the central region of the Zambez Empire. They have already clashed with the imperial army and the holy knights. The two Fourth Grade Holy Knights are also tied up in the affair. They can only buy us seven days. Once the two Holy Knights are free to move again, I believe that none of us will be willing to fight against them. Am I wrong?”
Tssss!
The two witches drew in a cold breath of air.
Witch Tess immediately shouted furiously, “I will urge them to speed up. We will set up magical traps in the Poison Swamps as fast as possible. Seven days it will be. Let us teach those metal canheads a proper lesson!”
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Taujura Camp.
A stretch of large, harsh camps lay across the area, each of them filled with white tents of various sizes, like clouds in the sky. The people walking in and out of the tents were all dressed in armor and beaming with zealous energy.
It was the largest military camp set up by the Zambez Empire. Nearly thirty-six thousand imperial soldiers were stationed here, along with seven hundred and twenty-eight holy knights and trainee knights from all across the nation.
The imperial army had already sent out troops to surround all of the woods near Blackmountain City, with Taujura Camp as the center of operations. Their forces were slowly being sent out to search for the witches’ tracks.
These witch remnants were clearly specialized at hiding and disguising themselves. The illusion arrays they set up outside their bases could trick the senses of ordinary warriors, causing them to find nothing out of the ordinary. Only holy knights blessed with holy light could break these illusions and cause the witches’ base to appear.
As such, the search parties sent out by the imperial army always contained holy knights and trainee knights who battled against the sly and evil witches with their wits throughout the mountains and rivers.
The holy knights had obtained tremendous results over the past year. They destroyed two witch bases in succession, ‘purifying’ two First Grade witches and one Second Grade witch.
The trainee knight who had killed the Second Grade witch at high cost obtained feedback from the Holy Light and immediately advanced to become an Iron Knight.
That further boosted the fighting will of the young knights. They worked hard, never complaining even as they scaled mountains and traversed ravines, sacrificing everything for the sake of the great Holy Light.
At this moment, the idol of the trainee knights, and the young Iron Knight who had distinguished herself in battle, stood upon a tall hill. She slowly looked through the rowdy camp before her and frowned. The dark clouds in her heart grew heavier and heavier.
“Lady Catherine, are we not going out on a mission today?” A trainee knight standing behind the young Iron Knight couldn’t help but ask in a soft voice.