Inside Fortress El.
The Shadow Warlock stood atop the city wall, gazing into the distance.
Through the billowing dust, Melissa and the knights could be seen fleeing in disarray.
To be honest.
Although he knew Melissa had been defeated according to plan.
He had not expected her defeat to be so miserable.
Hundreds of thousands had set out, yet fewer than twenty thousand had returned.
Moreover!
Through the dust behind them, the pursuing Alpha knights could still be seen.
The Shadow Warlock stationed at the fortress witnessed this scene.
Even though he had known from the start that this was a planned defeat.
He still could not stop a wave of fear from rising in his heart.
Within this secret realm.
Because of the suppression imposed by its rules.
Fang Yuan had already been placed on the same starting line as them.
In fact, among the Venerable Gods, apart from the Crimson Flame Venerable God.
The other gods had entered ten days earlier.
They had developed for ten years.
They already possessed an enormous advantage.
They had originally thought that, having lost the many powerful legions on the Old Continent.
Within this secret realm.
Against the divine armies that had developed for ten years.
Fang Yuan was certain to die.
But the actual result made them feel despair.
First, the Beast God of the Beastmen Kingdom, for some unknown reason.
Despite holding an overwhelming advantage.
Had actually been crushed by the natives.
Although the Venerable Gods guessed that Fang Yuan must have pushed things along from behind the scenes.
It also allowed the gods to experience, for the first time so directly, that besides the powerful legions under Fang Yuan's command.
The power of his strategies was equally terrifying.
Immediately afterward, the gods adjusted their plans.
They infiltrated the capital