Without that equipment, he temporarily lacked the ability to go to war with Claudio. Otherwise, once the battle reached a critical point and he found himself short on equipment, the fighting would have to stop.
Olma glared at Ma Jingming and cursed, "How did you track them? Did you deliberately let them through?"
Ma Jingming had guessed Olma would react this way. Putting on an even angrier expression, he cursed, "Ask your own men what happened. Black Edge had people fire flares into the forest first, and they only went in after confirming no one was there. What does that have to do with me or my cousin?"
"What?" Olma frowned. That was not what Black Edge had said earlier. He had only claimed that Ma Jingtang had colluded with the enemy and deliberately failed to search Myriad Blades Forest. But if Ma Jingtang had already investigated the area, and Black Edge had sent archers to fire flares and scout it again with no issues found, then this was strange indeed.
He carefully studied Ma Jingming, then messaged Tulabi to learn the details. After understanding everything, he questioned several more people, all of whom recounted what had happened. Comparing their accounts, Olma discovered that this had nothing to do with Ma Jingming or Black Edge. He had been ambushed by an enemy force he knew nothing about.
"I will get to the bottom of this," Olma cursed. He ordered Ma Jingming to remain in the conference room, called Tulabi and Black Edge back, and dispatched several of his main Legion Commanders along with Ma Jingtang to search everywhere for traces of the enemy.
Elsewhere.
Olma opened a special space and invited Radvijev, Stephen, and the others inside. After explaining the situation, he said, "I temporarily don't have the strength to