Chapter 148

"Captain Eflan, our knight squad is ready! Let's begin!"

"Good! Magic Swift Eagle Squad, take off!"

Immediately, eleven Magic Swift Eagles lifted twenty-two people, including Lei Meng, into the pitch-black night sky.

When they rose over a hundred meters, the Magic Swift Eagles leveled off and glided toward the valley ahead.

Notably, there were no baskets beneath the Magic Swift Eagles—only thick hemp ropes.

This reduced weight to the absolute minimum, allowing two people to be carried.

Since all the savages' attention was fixed on Lam and the others far away, the rear half of the camp had no sentries at all.

Lei Meng and his team landed smoothly in the camp with the help of the Magic Swift Eagles.

It was at this moment that the savages returning with loot finally noticed something was wrong.

After all, this was a narrow valley; the longer they flew, the more unavoidable it became that the sound of flapping wings would be detected.

"Look! What's that in the sky?"

"It's a beast—a flying beast! No good! There are people on it! Those are noble aerial knights! Sound the alarm!"

Ding-dong-dong!

Instantly, bells rang continuously within the wooden fortress.

"Magic Swift Eagle Squad, engage!" Eflan didn't hesitate, ordering her squad to begin combat.

The Magic Swift Eagles immediately climbed higher, reaching sixty meters before swooping toward the front of the wooden fortress and launching arrows.

Although at this height, accuracy suffered—especially in the dark.

But the savages' dozens of archers, due to their own weight-saving constraints, fired arrows with drastically reduced power.

By the time they reached fifty or sixty meters, the arrows became light and fluttering, posing no threat whatsoever.

Suddenly, screams erupted along the wooden wall.

"Who is it?"

As numerous savages fell, pierced by arrows, over twenty more burst forth from behind the wooden fortress.

Though the savages had noticed the Magic Swift Eagle Squad, they hadn't realized another knight squad had infiltrated as well.

Caught utterly off guard, they were all terrified.

"The ones here to clean you up!"

Lei Meng, Knight Mi Gen, and the other knights gave the savages no time to react—they swung their longswords down upon the savages' heads.

These savages were no weaklings; their combat strength far surpassed that of ordinary human soldiers.

Yet under the assault of Lei Meng, Knight Mi Gen, and their knight retainers, they had no defense whatsoever.

"Kill!"

This wasn't over—over two hundred soldiers and pirate slaves, who had stealthily crept close beforehand, now rose from the grass upon hearing the battle cries and charged toward the wooden fortress.

"Open the fortress gate! I'll hold them off!"

Seeing this, Lei Meng immediately ordered his knight retainers.

"Yes, Knight-Lord!"

As Lei Meng and Knight Mi Gen fought fiercely, the knight retainers swiftly reached the back of the wooden fortress gate.

They removed the massive wooden bolt; the heavy gate creaked open slowly.

"Kill!" The pirates surged ahead, rushing into the fortress first, joining the fray.

From this point on, the battle for the Goldenwood Fortress held no further uncertainty.

……

"What's going on? What's that noise? Shut up, all of you!"

Meanwhile, on the wilderness two li away.

Lam and his savages had just unloaded several barrels of fine wine and dozens of sacks of wheat, preparing to carry them off.

But faint, muffled noises drifted through the night.

As his subordinates fell silent, the sounds grew clearer.

In the next instant, Lam's face darkened—he turned toward the Goldenwood Fortress, "Damn it! That's the alarm bell and battle cries! We've been tricked! Move out!"

After saying this, Ram immediately led his subordinates in a frantic sprint toward the wooden fortress.

The other subordinates froze for a moment, then began sprinting as well.

Several subordinates carrying loot hesitated, "Lord Lam, what about the wheat and beer?"

"Idiots! Forget the wheat and beer—get back with me now!"

Lam was frantic.

But at that moment, a shout came from behind!

"Slave Squad, follow me!"

Lam turned to see the noble who had previously cowered in fear now leading a force chasing after them.

But this time, Lam didn't dare stop—because the fortress was the priority.

Yet as Lam drew closer to the fortress, his heart grew colder.

The alarm bells had stopped. The battle cries were fading.

The meaning was unmistakable.

Either the enemy had been wiped out—or the tribe's warriors had been wiped out…

These human nobles set a treacherous trap to lure us away—would their force attacking the camp really be so easily destroyed?

Clip-clop! Clip-clop!

At that moment, hoofbeats rang out ahead.

Looking up, he saw six knights leading nearly two hundred men charge out of the wooden fortress, coming straight toward him.

When they reached a distance of over a hundred meters, the enemy halted their advance.

"Where are my men?"

Ram's eyes turned blood-red as he stared at the opposing knights, a grim premonition already forming in his heart.

"Tribal savages, the wooden fortress is ours. Surrender!" Lei Meng wasted no words.

"I will kill you, you despicable nobles!" Ram roared. "Tribe warriors, charge with me! Slaughter them all and avenge our fallen tribe warriors!"

Clearly, Ram and the other tribe warriors still did not believe they would lose.

Enraged, three hundred tribal savages launched their charge!

"Warriors of the Storm Domain, charge with me!"

Seeing this, Lei Meng showed no courtesy; he raised his lance and led the Storm Legion in a charge as well.

Boom! Boom!

Though only six warhorses were involved, the might of the Fiery Horses was extraordinarily fierce.

Combined with the resolute expressions of Lei Meng, Knight Mi Gen, and the other knights, the six-man knight squad pierced the savage charge like a sharp sword.

Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!

Sounds of flesh and blood being pierced rang out, emitted as the tribal savages were successively impaled by lances.

Of course, among the six knight leaders, only Lei Meng's lance was made of iron.

Mi Gen and the other five knights wielded wooden ones.

After piercing several enemies, the wooden lances finally overloaded and exploded.

Seeing this, Mi Gen and the others simply discarded the wooden shafts, drew their long swords, and began to fight.

Behind them, the pirates and Storm Guards quickly followed.

Both sides immediately engaged in fierce combat on the battlefield.

"Slave squad, kill!"

Gervas and his group, who had been pursuing from behind, soon arrived to slaughter.

Clatter! Clatter!

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

That was not all; the Magic Swift Eagle squad now swooped down from the sky, beginning to precisely pick off the tribal savages one by one.

"No, what kind of unit are you? Why do you have aerial knights!"

Watching as the enemy not only possessed extraordinary infantry combat power but also aerial knights, Ram let out a roar of unwillingness.

Because under the slaughter of this group of elite enemies,

the hope of victory he had once believed in had already extinguished.

And the tribe warriors around him were falling one by one into pools of blood.

What was originally a balanced fight had turned into a one-sided massacre.

Pfft!

However, Lei Meng was always serious in battle; his only response to Ram was the long sword in his hand.

Seizing an opening, he struck a blow that cleaved Ram's neck.

"Urk!"

Ram's body stiffened; he clutched his throat in disbelief.

Unfortunately, those hands could not stop the blood from spraying forth.

With a thud, Ram fell to the ground. The totem patterns on his face gradually faded, and his severed throat began to emit a hissing, wind-whistling sound.

Lying on the ground, he danced the final breakdance of his life!