Chapter 475: I've Changed My Mind!

"Phew! my lord, I didn't expect Morar to actually agree! My heart was about to leap out of my chest just now — you were far too reckless. After all, we only have this one Wang Fei!"

"No choice! The longer we stall here, the more likely something will go wrong."

"We can only force Morar as fast as possible — only then is a safe withdrawal possible!"

Outside the royal tent palace, the beastman army had already withdrawn to ten li away, and Morar had also retreated by one bow's length.

With Yifulan in charge of surveillance, it could be ensured that no problems would arise.

After Gervas confirmed the situation, he immediately led the great army out of the royal tent palace, preparing to head toward the west side.

On the road, Knight Mi Gen and the other knights began discussing what had just happened, feeling it really had the flavor of a reckless gamble.

The good thing was, they had gambled correctly.

Although there was still quite a bit of journey ahead and they needed to be cautious, confirming that the Princess Sukama Wang Fei and the prince still carried a certain weight meant that, going forward, accidents were basically unlikely.

In truth, Gervas also felt this matter was somewhat fortunate — he had gambled correctly.

Now it was just that he didn't know the specific situation of the kingdom's great army.

If the kingdom's great army could be safe, that would be wonderful.

What Gervas didn't know was that Purada, who was nearby, upon hearing the words between Knight Mi Gen and the other knights, once again rolled his eyes at everyone, cursing Bai Chi in his heart.

That matter earlier of putting a long sword against Princess Sukama Wang Fei's neck — they actually dared to do it.

They didn't know Princess Sukama Wang Fei's position in the Beast King's heart… ah, these Bai Chi really seemed to truly not know.

In any case, even without putting a long sword against Princess Sukama Wang Fei's neck, they only needed to speak, and no matter what they wanted to do, Morar probably wouldn't have objected.

Let alone merely letting them leave safely.

This was fine too!

At least these humans were heading toward the west side, not directly south.

Otherwise, if they ran into the Beast King and made other excessive demands, that would not be good.

For example, asking the Beast King to withdraw his army…

【Ding! The Daily Intelligence System has refreshed!】

【Intelligence One: The kingdom's great army at Lindongcheng City, after days of food shortages, has finally reached the moment of utter exhaustion.

The Beast King felt the time had come, so he once again coerced Minister Weilade and Solit as spies to launch a surprise attack on Lindongcheng City.

Currently, Lindongcheng City has entirely fallen into beastman hands, while the kingdom's great army has lost a third of its personnel.

The remaining roughly seventy to eighty thousand people have all taken shelter in Lindongcheng Fortress.

However, this also means the kingdom's great army has thoroughly reached a desperate situation.

Next, the kingdom's great army will begin slaughtering precious pack horses and warhorses to replenish the soldiers' stamina, preparing for the breakout to come.

As for whether the breakout can actually succeed, this still requires further observation!

However, at present, the chances of a successful breakout look very slim.】

【Intelligence Two: Purada actually concealed his relationship with Princess Sukama Wang Fei.

His true identity is Princess Sukama Wang Fei's younger brother, which is why he was valued by the Beast King and appointed as vice-commander of the Wild Wolf Knight Order.】

【Intelligence Three: The Beast King's favor toward Princess Sukama Wang Fei exceeds imagination.

Do you know why this time the royal tent palace only had Princess Sukama Wang Fei as a single consort?

It is because the Beast King avoided the presence of other consorts affecting Princess Sukama Wang Fei's mood and the smoothness of her delivery.

It is said that two years ago, the previous Great Shaman of the Behemoth beast race prophesied that Princess Sukama Wang Fei was a person blessed by the Behemoth God.

And the prince born between the Beast King and her is very likely to become the most outstanding prince of the Behemoth beast race in over a thousand years.】

【Intelligence Four: Purada is celebrating — good thing you don't know the true significance of Princess Sukama Wang Fei and the prince to the Beast King and the beast race.

Otherwise, he truly worried you would change direction and head straight south, ruining the hunt Your Majesty the Beast King is about to complete against the human great army!】

【Intelligence Five: The capital's reinforcement order will reach Black Longcheng today.

And the fifty-thousand kingdom great army at Black Longcheng, upon learning this, will rush to Red Shicheng.

At that time they will rendezvous with another fifty thousand troops at Red Shicheng, then set out for Lindongcheng City to provide support.

This process basically still needs a week or more.】

【Intelligence Six: Today will be a fine day!】

【Ding! Daily intelligence refresh complete…】

Good heavens!

Gervas exclaimed good heavens!

What had he just heard?

Lindongcheng City had actually already been breached.

Secondly, he had still underestimated the weight of Princess Sukama Wang Fei and this beastman prince.

If not for the system's telling, who could have imagined that one Wang Fei and one prince could rescue the great army.

He could say with certainty that the first one would definitely not have believed it.

After all, in the eyes of those in power, the feat of annihilating a hundred thousand enemies —

What did one Wang Fei and one prince amount to?

But unfortunately, this was news given by the system.

So, even though Gervas found it hard to believe, this was the truth.

Then, should he change his plan now?

Gervas swept his gaze to Purada, who was bound tightly and tossed onto the cart like a maggot.

At this moment Purada wore a half-smile, as though enduring something extremely painful.

Very quickly, he also noticed Gervas's gaze.

He was startled at once.

Before he could rein in his smile, Gervas's questioning voice had already come over. "Beastman, what were you laughing about just now?"

"I… I wasn't laughing at anything…"

"Is that so!" A cold smile curled at the corner of Gervas's mouth.

"Human, I'm already too sad and worried right now to even laugh—how could I possibly be laughing?" Prada had already steeled himself to clam up no matter what.

After all, being able to reduce losses for His Majesty the Beast King was the same as helping his own elder sister and helping himself.

"Fine, then I'll take it you weren't laughing!" Gervas nodded and did not press the question further.

Prada secretly heaved a sigh of relief at once.

But before he could be glad for long, Gervas suddenly raised his hand and called the column to a halt.

Prada was stunned, and so were the members of the Storm Legion.

"My lord, what is it?" Knight Mi Gen and the others asked curiously.

"I've changed my mind—we're not withdrawing via the west side anymore!" Gervas said with a smile.

"My lord, if we're not withdrawing via the west side, then where do we withdraw from? The other directions all seem more dangerous!" Knight Mi Gen and the others were at a loss.

"I'm preparing to head straight south!"

"S-south? This…" Knight Mi Gen and the others froze on the spot, nearly suspecting they had misheard.

And in Prada's heart there was also an uneasy lurch, an inexplicable feeling that something bad was about to happen.

This human—could he have figured out the worth of Wang Fei Princess Sukama and the prince?

Impossible!

If he had known, then what happened earlier would never have occurred!

Besides, he had clearly just said he was preparing to withdraw toward the west side.

"Feeling puzzled?"

Gervas's voice came again.

Those words seemed to be addressed to those knights, yet his gaze was playfully fixed on him, Prada.

"Actually the reason is very simple—I just want to use Wang Fei Princess Sukama and this beastman prince to find the Beast King and see if we can rescue the kingdom's army!"

"Commander Prada, tell me—does Wang Fei Princess Sukama and the beastman prince carry that kind of weight? Would your Beast King agree?"