"An Advanced Undead Mage managed to kill so many soldiers with the swamp," Mofan let out a sigh.
He was really worried about the Federation's safety.
The Federation's army was too slow to react. The soldiers that they had gathered in the past ten hours were too weak. On the other hand, not only had the Brown Rebels been planning this for a long time, they were like butchers under the influence of the Frenzy Liquid.
Actually, on the battlefield, a high-ranked mage could only kill a few hundred low-ranked mage soldiers at most. Only extremely powerful high-ranked mages could kill a thousand soldiers.
Even if an Undead Mage was able to utilize the environment and the presence of death to his advantage, it was unlikely that a single Undead Mage would be able to kill more than four thousand soldiers. It was obvious that the four thousand soldiers were no different from ordinary militia.
In fact, one only needed to look at the actions of this military group to know that when they saw the Skeleton Swamp Trees, their first thought was not to fight, but to escape.
The more they ran, the deeper they would sink into the swamp. What awaited them was suffocating in the swamp and turning into skeleton soldiers.
"The Brown Rebels must have a lot of strange people like him. I wonder how many soldiers of the Federation are left after invading the swamp," Mubai rubbed his temples.
The three of them had already used some Advanced Spells against the Undead Mage, Bucker.
It was impossible for the enemy to not investigate the matter. The Brown Rebels must have learned that the three of them were Advanced Mages.
It was like a game of chess. When the enemy did not know what kind of chess piece they were playing, they would send some soldiers to test the waters. However, when they realized that one of their Battalion Commanders had been eaten by the enemy, they would remember it immediately.
The next time they encountered the enemy, they would surely send soldiers above the rank of Battalion Commander to deal with them.
The three of them did not want to reveal their strength too early. That way, when the rebel army realized that there were powerful units near their flag, they would send out extremely powerful armies and experts. Just like the army of thousands from before, they could exhaust them to death.
Unfortunately, the Federation was too weak.
They had already suffered serious casualties before the battle even started.
…
"Have you done a headcount?" Mofan went up to Lt. Col. Mason and asked.
"Yes, there are only around two hundred people left … huh, shouldn't you be the one doing the headcount? Shouldn't I be the one asking the question?" Mason said.
"Alright, I won't ask anything. Next time, when a group of skeletons swarm over, you deal with it," Mofan said.
Lt. Col. couldn't hold his head high anymore.
"Our superiors have asked us to leave the swamp. We have to keep going," Mason said.
"Of course. For the beautiful dawn of the Federation," Mofan said.
"But there are more Brown Rebels waiting for us ahead. That's all we have," Mason said.
"Ask for backup. Send Bucker's head back. Someone will recognize him. After all, Bucker isn't a nobody," Mofan said.
"Yeah, I've made a great contribution. I killed an enemy general who massacred four thousand soldiers of the Federation!" Mason blurted out excitedly.
Mason was still feeling smug. No matter what happened, he had killed Bucker the Necromancer with his own hands, so he deserved most of the credit.
Mofan did not bother arguing with the idiot for stealing Bucker's head. It was more important for him to keep his identity a secret.
Mason followed Mofan's instructions and sent Bucker's head back to the main camp.
Now that an army of twenty thousand had set foot in the swamp, more soldiers of the Federation Army would follow the path after Chimpanzee cleaned up the Undead Butchers. However, it was unlikely that the remnants of the independent Mages would be able to lead the way for the main army.
…
As Mason thought, Bucker's head was extremely valuable. A huge troop of Mages on Swamp Bulls had shown up in just a few hours!
"Who's Lt. Col.?" a captain of the Savage Bull Riders asked.
"I am, I am!" Mason quickly went up to the captain.
"This is your badge. You are in charge of this troop of Savage Bull Riders. The Commander wants you to locate the enemy's camp!" the captain of the Savage Bull Riders said proudly. He sounded like Mason was giving orders.
"A troop of Savage Bull Riders? Does that mean I have a troop of Mages?" Mason could not believe how lucky he was.
Taming Beasts was extremely precious. Not every Mage in the army had a chance to learn it.
Most Mages had short legs, especially Elemental Mages who did not have any movement spells. It was inevitable that they would be worn out during a long march, not to mention when the enemy was attacking them at close range without any protection …
A Tamed Beast was extremely important. Normally, only Mages above the Intermediate Level who had been in the army for many years were qualified to learn it.
As such, the Mages in the army were the true elites of the army!
Mason had gone from leading cannon fodder to leading a troop of a thousand Mages, and now, he had an elite troop of Mages. He felt like he had ascended to the top in the army!
"You, do a headcount," the captain glanced at Mofan, who was standing beside Mason, and ordered.
"Oh, do a headcount," Mofan glanced at his subordinate and said calmly.
Mofan's subordinate was a captain. He had been following Mofan around at the ice fortress, but he was part of the group that was trying to escape.
"I'm asking you to do a headcount! We are Mages on horseback. None of us is weaker than a petty officer like you, do you understand? "the captain snarled.
The captain did not dare scold his superior, Lt. Col. Mason, who was in charge of the troop, was in charge of the troop, but he did not mind showing his authority to his second-in-command.
Originally, as a cavalry unit, they should have at least been led by a commander. Now, they were actually sent to be under a Deputy Commander with dog luck. They felt humiliated.
"My rank is higher than yours, isn't it?" Mofan raised his brows. He did not give the captain any face.
"You!" the captain almost swung his Bullwhip.
"Calm down, calm down, I'll do it myself, I'll do it myself. With a troop of Mages on our side, I believe we can break through the darkness of the swamp and usher in the dawn of victory for the Federation!" Mason said eagerly.
It did not matter if Mofan was possessed by Forneus. Mason had witnessed how Mofan took on the skeletons on his own. There was no way he would offend Mofan.
That being said, he did not want to offend the troop of Mages that he had been dreaming of joining, either!
Captain Benson was assigned to be Mason's subordinate. His rank was equivalent to Mofan, Mubai, and Zhao Manyan. In terms of rank, Mofan was also Mason's Vice Commander.
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