Absolute Domination II

Back at Brow Mountain.

Wilson took out his pocket watch, checked the time, then looked toward Yu Mountain.

According to the plan, things should have started over at Yu Mountain by now.

"Regimental commander, the situation's changed. There's also a force of five hundred mages with the enemy's supply convoy."

The reconnaissance battalion commander moved beside Wilson to report.

Wilson raised his camouflaged binoculars and looked toward the supply station at the mountain pass.

Just as he had said, a corps of several hundred mages had arrived with the supplies.

At that moment, Lu Bo, commander of the Fourth Regiment, came over as well.

"Wilson, this doesn't look good. There are clearly more guards with those supplies than two army corps' logistics would need, and there's that corps of several hundred mages. Should we report this to the general?"

Wilson lowered his binoculars and turned to Lu Bo.

"No. We can't give up. If there are more enemies here, there are even more on the general's side. Since he hasn't ordered a retreat, we must complete our mission."

"Go and get ready. The moment you hear the cannon fire, take out the scouts in the mountains, then deploy the formation diagrams to suppress the mages at the supply station."

Lu Bo thought it over, then nodded.

Everyone in the Second and Fourth Regiments had received orders to be ready to fight at any moment. Each soldier held his breath.

No one knew how much time had passed before they heard the cannon fire that signaled the attack.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh! An army suddenly emerged from the forest that had been silent just moments before. Some soldiers had been right beside the mountain sentries' feet.

The sentries had yet to recover from the explosions in the distance when the First Army