"Father, I didn't expect her to be so vigilant," the youth in brocade said uneasily. He had been acting like a spoiled brat at the time and didn't show any intention of using force.
"Even if she's a Level-6 Sorcerer, didn't you arrange people around?"
"She had a Great Sorcerer with her. I wasn't confident that the matter wouldn't get out."
"You underestimate Rex. She's favored by Chanak, and it's definitely not because of simple love. I'll only allow you to make this mistake one last time. If it happens again … "Dominic looked at his son coldly. The youth in brocade started sweating. Qin Yin's rule wasn't that the eldest son had to inherit the title. He still had two younger brothers.
Seeing his son's embarrassment, Duke Dominic's expression softened. "You're right. Rex was able to develop in a place like Kushui Commandery. Her wealth is probably no less than Pompei's. If we control Rex, we'll be even more powerful. Without Chanak, the empire won't be the same as before. We have to plan for ourselves. "
"Should we send the Black Flag Army after them?"
"We can't be too obvious. They're going to Alchemy City. I've already arranged people on the road ahead."
"The people from Dragon Tooth Town aren't reliable."
"I know. They're not sincere, so I can push the blame away if something happens. Inpos, if you'd trained your family's sword techniques properly, Rex wouldn't have escaped today. Don't worry about this for now. When you become a Black Iron Sword Saint, I'll hand the Black Flag Army over to you. "
The youth in brocade was overjoyed. He thought he would be punished. He didn't expect his father to not only forgive him, but also agree to hand the Black Flag Army over to him. The Black Flag Army was the duke's private army. There could be up to 10,000 people. To avoid suspicion, Dominic kept it at 3,000 people.
However, after Emperor Chanak died in battle, the nobles all had some selfish motives and started to expand the army. Pang Pei was no exception. In the past half a year, the Black Flag Army had reached 5,000 people. They could form five flag regiments.
Rex and the others ran for 200 miles. Their horses were tired and only stopped. She dismounted, took out a map, and called Salin and the others.
"We won't be able to cross the river in time. There's only one way to get to Alchemy City from the west side of the river." Rex pointed at the small town on the map and said, "Dragon Tooth Town. We'll run into trouble here."
"Trouble? We're almost 400 li away from Pang Pei! " Salin looked at the map. To the west of Dragon Tooth Town was a large city. It would be difficult for Pang Pei to control this place.
"That's why it's so troublesome. If something happens to us here, Dominic can shirk all responsibility."
"We can abandon the warhorses and cross this mountain area." Salin pointed to the east of the main road.
"Salin, I was wrong to reveal my identity this time. However, I can't endure such humiliation. Don't you want to teach him a lesson? " Rex was forced to abandon the ship and flee. If she had to detour around Dragon Tooth Town, it would be an indelible humiliation for her.
Dragon Tooth Town was just a small town with a population of twenty to thirty thousand. It didn't even have a Magic Tower. Rex refused to run anymore. She wanted to teach Dominic of Pompeii City a lesson. If he offended her, he wouldn't be able to live a peaceful life in the future.
Salin thought about it and felt that what Rex said made sense. If they didn't even dare to go to Dragon Tooth Town, other nobles would bully them in the future. If Gushui Prefecture wanted to develop, they couldn't just swallow their pride. Pang Pei had a Magic Tower and tens of thousands of soldiers, but Dragon Tooth Town only had one family with a thousand private soldiers.
"What do we do then?"
"Dragon Tooth Town is a distribution center for armor and weapons. There aren't many Mages here. If we want to go there, we have to go through the town. Without a Magic Tower, we won't run into the threat of Mages. After Dragon Tooth Town, there are no plains around. There's only one road. They'll choose to let us in before they attack. "
"How many people can Dragon Tooth Town mobilize?" Salin watched as Rex enlarged the map of Dragon Tooth Town. The streets were all marked out. The terrain was narrow and not suitable for cavalry or Mages.
"Everyone, no less than 14,000."
"So many!" Salin began to lose confidence. It was possible to use tricks to deal with a thousand people, but once the enemy exceeded 10,000, the four of them would have to fight them head-on.
"Salin, we still have 12 construction puppets. This time, we can test the power of the construction puppets. "Rex wasn't worried at all. As long as there was no Magic Tower, her construction puppets would be hard to destroy. No matter how many enemies there were, as long as they found the elites and killed them with the construction puppets, the enemies would lose the courage to fight.
This was something Salin didn't understand. In a large-scale battle, if one side lost more than 10%, their morale would hit rock bottom. More than 20%, and the army would collapse. If they lost more than half of the troops that could still fight, it was best not to touch them. However, that kind of steel army definitely didn't exist in Dragon Tooth Town.
Salin finally remembered that the construction puppets that he and Rex obtained in the Hell of God's Punishment could also participate in the battle.
"Won't the losses outweigh the gains?" Salin asked a question that was very characteristic of his. The construction puppets were powered by high-level magic cores, and he would use a lot of scrolls in battle. This expenditure couldn't be made up for with gold coins.
"Don't worry. I won't leave Dragon Tooth Town soon. I'll empty the warehouses here. My only worry is that the people in Dragon Tooth Town won't dare to attack us. "
Salin felt disgusted. It seemed like Rex didn't just want to teach Dominica a lesson. She also had her eyes on the weapons and armor in Dragon Tooth Town. Kushui Prefecture wanted to expand its army, and buying alone was too slow. It was better for Rex to rob them here.
"Rex, if we fight, do we just kill the enemy or cripple them?" Shika asked seriously. Dragon Tooth Town was a city on the empire's land, after all. It belonged to a certain family and was protected by the empire's laws.
"Don't be merciful. This kind of battle is life or death. As long as one person refuses to put down his weapon, we'll continue. "Rex's answer was very firm. She didn't have the usual kindness to the people around her at all.
"Isn't that too cruel?" Nelis asked softly. Salin could only glare at her. It was normal for anyone to ask this, except for Nelis. It was funny.
"It is." Rex didn't mind Nelis's provocation. She took out the construction puppets and changed the magic cores one by one. The construction puppets were already equipped with level-seven magic cores, but there were too many enemies this time. The level-seven magic cores couldn't support the whole battle.
Salin also started to clean up his demon ring. There were a lot of messy things in the ring. He only kept the bronze magic book and all the magic scrolls that had been written on them. The rest of the items were moved to the Blessing Ring. He kept the witcher spider in his leather bag.
Nelis also took out the two construction puppets that belonged to Salin. Rex also changed Salin's puppet with level-eight magic cores.
After everything was prepared, Rex got everyone to memorize the terrain of Dragon Tooth Town. She even gave Nelis special instructions. "Stay behind Salin. They might have alchemy ballistae. Once you find them, take out the construction puppets. Don't let Salin block them head-on. Level-Four magic might be broken by the alchemy ballistae.
"Shika, you're the best at riding and have heavy weapons. You're in charge of destroying the ballistae. Don't worry about the swordsmen or mages.
"Salin, use the bronze magic book at first. Don't use level-four and level-five magic scrolls. Let them think there's still hope," Rex instructed.
She had thought it through. Once she started, she wouldn't show mercy. But there was a prerequisite. She couldn't make the first move. That would give the enemy something to use against her. If the attack at the beginning was too strong, the people of Dragon Tooth Town would go soft and surrender. That would be the most troublesome.
She couldn't take over a small town here. It was too far from the prefecture, and she couldn't control it.
After giving these instructions, Rex patiently took out the Magic Atlas and introduced the common troops, weapons, and tactics of the army to Salin and the others. She had never treated Salin as a battle mage. She never taught him this before.
After the warhorses had rested enough, the four of them continued on their journey. Rex stroked the warhorse's neck. There was a hint of pity in her eyes. It would be hard for the warhorses to survive this battle. There were too many enemies. She could only take care of the people. She couldn't care about the horses.
The roads in Qin Yin were all more than 12 meters wide. During the war, they could allow large vehicles to pass without damaging the road. Galloping on this kind of road, with the help of magic, it only took a little more than two hours to travel a hundred kilometers.
When they approached Dragon Tooth Town, it was already getting late. Rex and Siska led the way, with Salin and Neris following behind. There were no walls in the north or south of Dragon Tooth Town. There was a fortress on each side of the road. The fortress was already very small. It could probably house a hundred people.
Salin spread out his senses and discovered that the crossbows in the two small fortresses were aiming at their backs. There was no sense of danger. There were no alchemy crossbows in the fortresses. After all, this was a small town. The laws of the empire forbade such controlled weapons.
The four of them didn't slow down at all. They had no intention of stopping in the town. Suddenly, a drunkard appeared on the road ahead. He staggered across the road. Rex sneered and directly cast a Frost Matrix under the drunkard's feet.
Originally, the drunkard's pace would have blocked Rex's path. The Frost Matrix fixed the drunkard in place. Rex spurred his horse past. The drunkard was stunned.
Hundreds of arrows suddenly shot out from both sides of the street. If Rex and the others stopped, the rain of arrows would have engulfed them. The drunkard couldn't dodge at all. He was hit by at least a dozen arrows. After screaming for a while, he gradually stopped breathing.
Black mist suddenly engulfed Rex and the others. The commander hiding in the dark realized that the enemy was prepared. He hesitated. During this hesitation, dark red raindrops started falling within a thousand meters. The dark red raindrops were highly corrosive. The people hiding in the dark were drenched. They immediately screamed and ran out of the shadows.
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