Upon reaching the target area, Velin kept only some of his guards at his side. All other troops dispersed in company-sized units to keep watch around the perimeter, preventing the Tanyula Deer herd scheduled to arrive here three days later from escaping.
On a hill, Velin stood at the summit and gazed into the distance.
Across the distant plains, faint traces of living creatures could be seen moving about.
The appearance of a well-equipped army in this place would inevitably draw the attention of the Monster Clans ruling the area.
Within the brush, a Ratman Wizard hiding there watched the flags fluttering in the wind in the distance and began considering relocating his entire clan.
He recognized that flag. It belonged to a human territory called Qixing Territory, over five hundred kilometers from here.
Several years ago, a Black Dragon of unknown origin had united several Monster Clans and gathered an army of tens of thousands of monsters. Yet after clashing with the army from Qixing Territory for less than a moment, they had suffered a crushing defeat. Most of the monsters had been slaughtered, while only a small number with foresight and strength had escaped the human hunt.
As for that Black Dragon, Gege Wu, the Ratman Wizard, had learned from the personal guards he had sent out that it seemed to have escaped from the humans. It was now cowering beside a lake over four hundred kilometers to the north, gathering a few Kobolds and Goblins as retainers and barely clinging to life.
However, Gege Wu preferred to believe that the Black Dragon had already become the slave of the Lord of Qixing Territory, sent to that lake due west to serve as a guard dragon and watch over the western gate of that human territory.
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