The Envoy in the Night

For the citizens of the Fire Nation, reclaiming uncharted land was nothing unfamiliar.

Humans set their sights on a piece of land, arrived there, occupied it, and then developed it. That was only natural. To them, the monsters wandering those lands were merely beasts obstructing their expansion. They simply needed to be driven away, eliminated, and uprooted.

After all, in their eyes, humans were invincible! Those beasts, even Demon Beasts with tremendous power, were still nothing more than beasts!!

And reality did indeed seem to bear that out. Faced with the Fire Nation's army, those ugly monsters appeared scared out of their wits, turning and fleeing for their lives. Only a small number dared charge forward and fight the soldiers. Upon clashing head-on with them, the Fire Nation soldiers discovered that the monsters truly possessed exceptionally tough carapaces and were fierce and fearless of death. But with the mages' support, they swiftly wiped out that small group of monsters and advanced with high morale.

"Prepare to make camp! Send scouts to find those monsters' nest! We must wipe them out completely!"

After claiming a victory, these soldiers from the Fire Nation seemed to grow even more confident. The Commander in charge of coordination swiftly issued the order.

The allied forces selected a relatively safe high ground and began setting up camp. With the Spellcasters' assistance, constructing a simple camp was not difficult. After several castings of Turn Stone to Mud, a makeshift camp surrounded by three-meter-high walls quickly took shape. The soldiers began patrolling and standing guard, clearly prepared to use this stronghold as the center of their expansion.

"Hmm... it seemed this small-scale clash really was useful."

Fang Zheng silently nodded as he watched the Fire Nation's army. He had not immediately ordered the Swarm to wipe out those