Chapter 802

The Tribal soldiers on the battlefield were quickly driven back, and the number of dead and wounded increased dramatically.

With large-scale casualties, plus the fact that the leaders of the Orc and Troll races did not come out to stabilize the situation, the Tribal soldiers began to show signs of large-scale collapse and flight.

The first to collapse and flee were not the Orc race whose leaders were injured, nor the Trolls, but those Goblins. They discovered the war situation was wrong and immediately took their beloved war machines and fled.

The second to collapse and flee were the Troll race, the reason being that they had suffered too many casualties.

After the Goblin race and Troll race fled, the Orc race could no longer sit still, and they also began to collapse and flee on a large scale. As for the hot-tempered Dwarf race, they were also fleeing; with the other three races all having fled, what the hell were they still fighting for?

"Kill them all, hahaha."

The Imperial soldiers formed battle formations, surrounding and killing the Tribal Army soldiers who hadn't had time to flee the battlefield. The war situation, which had been scorching before, was now a one-sided slaughter.

Su Xiao mingled in the crowd, occasionally killing Tribal Army soldiers. He was surprised to discover that the Health recovered by the talent ability "Soul Eater" after killing enemies was very special. Every time he killed an enemy soldier, he could recover about 13–15 points of Health and mana. The reason he could recover this amount of Health was because the mana increased by Soul Eater had already reached the 200-point cap, and the kill recovery effect was increased by 50%.

The Health recovered through Soul Eater could slowly treat Su Xiao's injuries. Although this treatment was slow, it was more thorough than recovery by potion.

When Su Xiao killed more than a dozen enemy soldiers, the feeling of chest tightness vanished, and his breathing was significantly smoother.

Discovering this point, Su Xiao killed even more vigorously, and before long, he had killed dozens of Tribal Army soldiers.

The current battlefield was different from before; wanting to kill Tribal Army soldiers now depended on luck, as the Tribal Army was fleeing on a large scale and the Imperial Army was in pursuit.

Screams and shouts of battle mixed together. A Qiyuezhe from the Apocalypse Paradise was full of despair; there were simply too many Imperial soldiers beside him.

After only a few minutes, that Qiyuezhe from the Apocalypse Paradise exhausted his mana and was swallowed by the human tide. If the Imperial side were defeated, the Qiyuezhe of the Reincarnation Paradise would not fare any better.

The pursuit battle began. The Imperial Army left a small force to guard the fortress, while the remaining soldiers pursued the Tribal Army.

Su Xiao was in the pursuit team. As long as the pursuit battle did not end, the war would not end. As for going to exchange for the 【Holy Oak Branch】, there was no need to think about it for the time being. As soon as the war started, the Reincarnation Paradise prompted that the Merit Exchange Store was closed. Opening it again had a condition, which was that the Imperial Army successfully stationed in the Black Earth Fortress.

During the previous battle, Su Xiao had observed the situation of the Black Earth Fortress. The interior of the fortress had been severely damaged, and both the front and rear stone slopes and magma slopes needed to be cleared, and the blocked passages on the inner side of the fortress needed to be opened. The inner passages allowed the Imperial Army to enter the fortress very easily, so after the Tribal Army captured the fortress, they sealed off dozens of inner passages.

Before all this was handled, the Imperial Army could not station in the Black Earth Fortress. To handle all this, it would take at least 1–2 days.

In other words, it would take at least 1–2 days before the Merit Store opened, so Su Xiao was not in a hurry; being in a hurry was useless.

Three hours later.

An Imperial Army force that had broken into the Tribal Alliance territory marched in formation; this was the army that had fought on the Black Earth Fortress before.

It sounded like pursuing for three hours meant they had penetrated deep into the Tribal territory, but in reality, this was not the case. This army was not going to penetrate deep into the Tribal territory, but was clearing out the small groups of Tribal Army soldiers fleeing around the Black Earth Fortress.

An Imperial officer rode a warhorse at the front of the army. His name was Russell, and he had always been a supporter of Carlos and a powerful figure in the Iron-Blood Legion.

After Carlos took power, Russell, who was not weak in strength and had great command ability, was promoted several levels. Previously, it was because of his poor background that he hadn't been given important responsibilities. Fortunately, the new Legion Commander Carlos didn't care about background, only ability.

"Report to Commander Russell, a small town under the jurisdiction of the Tribal Alliance has been discovered ahead."

A scout knelt on one knee before Russell's warhorse, his expression respectful.

"Population."

Russell did not speak much, and he was not one to smile. Iron-blooded, serious, thin build, and icy cold—that was the first impression he gave people.

"About 20,000 to 40,000 people. Because time is tight, the subordinate cannot obtain more specific intelligence."

That scout swallowed his saliva.

"Someone, execute him."

Russell's tone was flat, and the scout was stunned.

"Lord Russell, spare my life, the subordinate is really..."

The scout was so scared his face turned pale.

"Shut up."

As soon as Russell's voice fell, a male Wood Elf race member rushed out from behind him. This male Wood Elf was extremely fast; before the scout could react, the short sword in his hand had already slashed down, and a human head flew up.

"That old thing Marquis Mark is truly trash. Tribal spies have infiltrated the scout troops, and every time Lord Carlos wants to deal with the spy problem, that old thing is hesitant."

Russell didn't even look at the scout's corpse. As a member of the scout troops guarding the Black Earth Fortress, he didn't even know the situation of the small town near the Black Earth Fortress. This was the basic quality of a scout. Even if he wasn't a spy, failing to perform his duties during wartime meant losing his head.

The Imperial Army began to advance toward the small town. Su Xiao mingled in the Imperial Army, and before long, a town of considerable size appeared in his line of sight.

*Whoosh~*

The sound of breaking air came, and a sphere came hurtling toward the Imperial Army in a parabolic arc; it was a Goblin bomb.

*Boom! *

Fire splashed everywhere, and a large group of Imperial soldiers were blown to pieces. A short leg wrapped in rotten cloth flew near Su Xiao.

"All troops, charge."

The Imperial Army charged toward the Tribal small town in a mighty force. The remnants of the Tribal Army near the small town immediately retreated into the town.

The Imperial Army was not far from the small town. In a few minutes, a large number of Imperial soldiers rushed into the town and began street fighting with the remnants of the Tribal Army inside.

Screams came from within the town; those were the civilians living in the town, including Orcs, Goblins, etc., mostly female. In the Tribal Alliance, young or adult males were forcibly conscripted into the army.

When Su Xiao followed the main army into the town, the fighting had already subsided. The ones who had attacked the Imperial Army before were just a small group of Tribal Army soldiers.

Su Xiao walked in the town. He didn't see any civilians on the street; the civilians were all hiding behind windows, looking at the Imperial soldiers on the street with numb expressions. Most of the houses in this town were built of stone, mostly two-story structures, and the houses were very dense. Because it had just rained, the street was very muddy.

The Imperial Army began to search within the town, occasionally engaging with scattered Tribal Army soldiers.

Continuing to advance deep into the Tribal territory was not wise, so the Imperial Army Su Xiao was in stopped in the town to rest, and would return to the Black Earth Fortress afterward.

After clearing out the Tribal soldiers in the town, the Imperial soldiers gradually dispersed, their expressions clearly much more relaxed.

Su Xiao sat on the stone steps in front of a house, eating compressed biscuits to replenish his stamina. Compressed dry rations were actually not bad to eat, just very dry in texture.