Chapter 747: 495: Brief Calm Before the Fortress_1

Chapter 747: Chapter 495: Brief Calm Before the Fortress_1

After speaking, Leo Ray pondered for a moment and did not directly deploy actions. Instead, he stepped forward and approached the elderly general, asking, “General White, what’s your opinion on the current battlefield situation?”

“Your Excellency, judging from the current situation, the Crimson Demon won’t easily give up.”

As he nodded to Leo Ray, Lord White stroked his gray beard and continued, “From my understanding of that guy, he is cautious but cunning. He will not take any risks or engage in battles without assurance.

At this stage, after losing three legions, especially the two long-range legions, the enemy no longer has the upper hand. Hence, since they have not retreated, it means they must have a strong trump card that they have not played.”

“Is that so?”

Nodding thoughtfully, Leo Ray stroked his chin and continued, “It seems that one of the enemy’s trump cards must be the missing part.”

“Your Excellency is correct. After the first round of the Fortress Defense Battle, the aura around the battlefield has become extremely chaotic, making it impossible to sense anything. The surrounding mountains only exacerbate this.”

Shaking his head helplessly, Lord White frowned and said, “I have already dispatched all the scouts I could muster, but we still haven’t found anything.”

Pausing for a moment, Lord White added, “You have to understand that although the terrain in this area is quite complex, it still belongs to our Coldflame.”

Before this, I had sent trusted men to visit every village and town in the surrounding area, enlisting the help of hunters and farmers to map out a detailed topographical chart. Even the most remote mountain trails and animal paths are well-known to our scouts. Logically, the enemy shouldn’t be able to escape our detection.”

“In that case, this situation is very strange indeed.”

With a slight nod, a puzzled expression surfaced on Leo Ray’s face. “Given our absolute advantage in terms of geography, how can an entire legion of tens of thousands of soldiers move without leaving any traces or ever being detected by us?”

At this moment, the confusion on Leo Ray’s face became more apparent, just as Lord White had explained.

Currently, including the invisible subordinates who were wearing Invisibility Cloaks, no one has detected any clues.

Especially the keen-nosed Bianca White and the tracking experts Serena and Stella, who had just gone out to investigate again—all had come back empty-handed.

“You’re talking about the missing Eighth Legion, right?”

From the side, Ariel Watson stepped forward gracefully and asked, “Could it be that the enemy has already withdrawn that force? Or are they merely using it as a deceptive tactic to confuse us?”

“Princess, there is almost no possibility of that happening.”

Shaking his head slightly, Lord White continued with furrowed brows, “As Mr. Lane mentioned earlier, the large-scale mobilization of a legion of tens of thousands of soldiers simply cannot go undetected by us.”

“Then, is it possible that the enemy has made use of large-scale teleportation magic?”

After contemplating for a moment with furrowed brows, Ariel Watson asked again.

“Your Highness, that is also not possible.”

Shaking his head again, Lord White replied, “As far as I know, Coldflame’s most powerful Tier 4 Space Magician can only accurately teleport a few middle-teams of soldiers at a time, with a limited distance. The situation is quite similar in the Saint Night Kingdom.”

Furthermore, such large-scale teleportation spells consume vast amounts of magic power. If the Saint Night Army really has someone with such boundless magic power, wouldn’t it be easier to teleport the soldiers directly into the Mountain Fortress? Why go through all the trouble?”

Hearing this, Leo Ray nodded thoughtfully.

Before this, he had asked Jasper Richardson, who used to be a peak-tier 5 Space Magician, about teleporting soldiers and learned that not even with his magnificent magic power could he achieve legion-level teleportation. This made the situation abundantly clear.

With this in mind, Leo Ray added, “General White is right. Even if the enemy really used teleportation magic to instantly move their soldiers near us, our side would still detect it, they could not completely vanish.”

“It makes sense… As for everyone carrying invisibility equipment, that’s even more unlikely. Firstly, such equipment is expensive and cannot be mass-produced. Secondly, even if they did manage to mass-produce them and become invisible, we would still notice some traces, sounds, or auras.”

As she pondered and nodded her head, a puzzled expression appeared on Ariel Watson’s delicate face. “Could it be that the enemy’s legion really disappeared into thin air?”

“Of course, that’s impossible.”

Taking a deep breath, Leo Ray, who was also full of questions, replied, “In any case, as General White and I analyzed earlier, there must be some kind of scheme or trick hidden in all this.”

“What should we do now?”

With her eyebrows almost twisted into a braid, Ariel asked again.

“We should focus on two things—firstly, continue to intensify the search in the surrounding areas, and secondly, be on high alert and adapt to any changes that may arise.”