Third Food War (11)

Upon hearing Yate's words, Maser's heart skipped a beat.

"Didn't they already lure reinforcements into the ambush zone? Why are they bringing in more troops from here?"

"That's easy to explain; there were more than one batch of reinforcements!"

"You mean they ambushed the first batch of reinforcements, but were then surrounded by the second batch, and had no choice but to send personnel from our area to relieve the siege?"

"Um!"

Yate nodded to Maser, indicating that this was exactly what he meant.

"If that's the case, we need to send someone to meet them!"

Yate of answering Maser, Att patted him on the shoulder and pointed in the direction of the jungle.

"Damn it! I completely forgot about those guys down the mountain!"

"Go and bring them both here. Let's discuss what to do next. (Yate)"

"Okay, I'll go right now!" (Maser)

Ambush in the jungle

They rescued another small, separated unit from the encirclement. Before they could shake off the enemy's pursuit, countless beams of energy suddenly appeared behind the Second Division.

"Boom!"

Unable to dodge in time, the Second Division took a full hit of the attack, and in an instant, the rear of the column was cleared out.

"Listen up, everyone! Infiltrate the enemy ranks immediately and avoid their breath attacks!"

Due to the suddenness of the attack and the unknown whereabouts of the enemy, Acnologia had no choice but to order the 2nd Division to infiltrate among the enemy, avoid artillery fire, and look for an opportunity to counterattack.

Seeing that reinforcements had arrived and driven the growing Second Division into the encirclement, Delsd laughed triumphantly.

"Haha! Brothers, our reinforcements have arrived! It's time to counterattack!"

"Roar!"

Upon hearing Delsd's words, the surrounding dragons roared excitedly and charged towards their opponent with even greater ferocity.

After forcing his opponents to retreat once again, Xizhalansa took to the air, surveying the entire battlefield. Seeing that the Second Division, like himself, was entangled with the enemy, and that new reinforcements had appeared on the outskirts of the battlefield, he realized that he and his men had to regroup and break through the encirclement as soon as possible. Otherwise, they would only be able to join the others in Prisoner of War Camp.

After noting down the locations of his own men, Xizhalansa slowly descended from the sky and then commanded his troops to charge toward the locations he remembered.

"Want to leave? Did you ask me first?"

Upon seeing Xizhalansa abandon him and lead his troops in retreat, Delsd roared in anger and then ordered his soldiers to redeploy a new encirclement along the First Division's only route.

"Hmph! No one can stop me from leaving! Myriad Locust Scatter!"

"Buzz!"

As soon as Xizhalansa finished speaking, the giant horn on his forehead emitted a dazzling red light. Immediately afterwards, tens of thousands of red locusts flew out from the top of his head, blocking the pursuing Delsd behind him.

"A mere trick! Thousand Thunder Net!"

"Boom!"

With a deafening clap of thunder, a giant net of crimson lightning appeared in the sky, engulfing all the red locusts released by Xizhalansa and turning them to ashes. Although Delsd reacted quickly, he had been held back for some time, so by the time he cleared away the locusts, Xizhalansa had vanished from sight.

After scanning the area, Delsd pointed to the left and shouted, "Chase!"

battlefield perimeter

Looking at the delicate battle situation ahead, Livia whispered, "Yate, Sacred Dragon and the others are in a very bad situation. We must act quickly!"

"Make a move? How do you plan to make a move?"

"Of course, we should charge straight out and meet Sacred Dragon and the others!"

Hearing Livia's words, Yate shook his head slightly. At this moment, he somewhat regretted not choosing Burz as his teammate, but instead choosing Livia, who was the least compatible with him. Helpless, Yate could only use his not-so-good communication skills to explain the enemy and friendly situation to his teammate, as well as the most correct way to deal with it.

"Livia, have you counted the number of enemies and allies?"

In response to Yate's question, Livia shook her head.

"You didn't count, but I did! Based on the personnel density on the battlefield, the enemy has about three thousand people, while Sacred Dragon and his men only have about seventeen hundred. Even if we include us, we only have two thousand four hundred. If we charge straight out as you suggested, we'll probably be surrounded and annihilated by the enemy before we even see Sacred Dragon!"

"Furthermore, look at the situation on the battlefield. The First Division of Xizhalansa has been divided into countless small pieces by the enemy, and Sacred Dragon Dragon's Second Division is trapped in a corner and unable to break through. Tell me, after we get out, should we go to rescue the First Division or the Second Division?"

"Are we just going to stand here and watch Sacred Dragon and the others be wiped out?"

"Of course not!"

"Then what do you suggest we do?"

"Wait! Wait for the best time to make a move!"

"I'm afraid that before we get the chance, Sacred Dragon and the others will have already been wiped out by the enemy!"

"No! The opportunity will come soon!"

Upon hearing Yate's words, Livia followed his gaze curiously, only to see the red locusts of Xizhalansa being wiped out by the electric net, and Delsd leading the group towards Xizhalansa.

After taking advantage of the enemy's escape from the breath attack, Acnologia quickly reorganized his formation and then personally led the charge forward as the spearhead.

Thanks to his exceptional memory, Acnologia led the Second Division to successfully reunite with several members of the First Division scattered throughout the Western Continent's army. The Second Division then fought their way through enemy encirclement, attempting to find a safe escape. Perhaps coincidentally, the newly escaped Xizhalansa Delsd steadily closing in on the Second Division's breakout attempt.

The two irregular arcs gradually approached each other, eventually merging into a complete serrated arc. Then, the merged arc became a straight line, rushing straight towards the edge of the encirclement.

Realizing he had fallen into a trap, Delsd hurriedly shouted to Goodpes on the outer perimeter, "Goodpes, get around to their front and block them!"

Seeing the crowds thronging the perimeter and realizing their intentions had been exposed, Acnologia and Xizhalansa quickened their pace, attempting to break through before the enemy could seal off the exits.

"Brothers, speed up, charge!"

Upon hearing Acnologia's order, all members of the First and Second Divisions rushed towards the outer perimeter at their maximum speed.

Just as these three were engaged in a life-or-death race, Yate and his men, who had rushed out from the North Camp, also began their operation.

Because Yate and others had been observing the battle from the periphery, Yate predicted the direction of their breakout before the First and Second Divisions joined forces. He then led the members of the North Camp ahead of time to prepare to meet them.

"Livia, you take some men and pry open a gap in the encirclement to let Sacred Dragon in. I'll hold off the opposing force!"

"Okay!"

Seeing the excited Livia, Ate, still a little worried Yate, instructed, "Livia, our mission this time is to rescue people, so after we receive Sacred Dragon, we must retreat immediately and not linger in battle!"

Looking at Yate's face, which clearly said "I don't trust you," Livia said speechlessly, "Boss, I may not be as smart as you guys, but I'm not stupid. I won't do anything that's suicidal!"

"Haven't you done enough suicidal things?"

"Yate, what did you just say?"

"Wow! Your hearing is so good, you can even hear me whispering like that?"

After mentally criticizing Livia's hearing, Yate looked up at the sky and said, "I mean, the weather is really nice, which is good for our operation!"

"Really?"

"Why would I lie to you about this! Oh dear, they're here, let's get ready!"

"Oh!"

Although Sacred Dragon and his men tried their best to break through, they could not escape being caught. Looking at Delsd, who was getting closer and closer, Xizhalansa said resolutely, "Sacred Dragon, if this continues, we will be caught by the enemy, and none of us will be able to escape. The only way now is for me to lead the men to hold off the pursuers, while you lead the brothers to break through the encirclement and go to find reinforcements."

"No! If we have to leave, we all leave together; if we have to stay, we all stay together!"

"Sacred Dragon, now is not the time to act rashly; we must do this!"

After saying this, before Acnologia could refute him, Xizhalansa led a small group of people and charged towards Delsd.

Looking at the fierce battle between the Xizhalansa and Delsd, Acnologia roared through his heartache, "Everyone, charge!"

Spurred on by Xizhalansa, the members of the First and Second Divisions, whose bodies were originally exhausted, suddenly burst forth with powerful strength, which greatly increased their speed.

While the First and Second Divisions were desperately trying to break through, Goodpes, who was stationed on the outer perimeter, was not idle either. He led over a thousand soldiers from the Western Continent towards the breakout point at top speed. Moreover, because they were on the outer perimeter and had no cover, their sprint speed was much faster than that of Holy Sacred Dragon and his men. If nothing unexpected happened, they should be able to reach the designated location before Sacred Dragon broke through and complete the interception.

Unfortunately, just as they approached their designated location, hundreds of breaths shot out from the jungle on one side, blocking their path. At the same time, two or three hundred giant dragons rushed out from the outer perimeter of the encirclement, tearing a large gap in the encirclement and releasing the Sacred Dragon and his companions.

"Sacred Dragon Lord, come with me quickly!"

Because the men from the North Camp had little blood on their faces, Acnologia easily recognized them. He then led the survivors of the First and Second Divisions, retreating into the jungle behind them. However, shortly after they entered the jungle, the Sacred Dragon whispered a few words in the ear of his guard captain, who then broke away from the main force and disappeared into the jungle.

After the rescue was successful, Livia immediately notified Yate, who was delaying the enemy, to prevent him from being entangled by the enemy and unable to escape.

"Yate, we've got it! Get out of here!"

Upon hearing Livia's shout, Yate pulled a gray-black bead from his pocket and threw it at Goodpes, then chased after Livia and the others without looking back.