"Dead—the Scarlet Flame Saint Spirit and the commander of the Burning Wings Legion are both dead! Commander Zha Lei, we've suffered a shameful betrayal!"
Needleleaf Ancient Forest.
In a recently built, roughly styled building, a female Fox Beastman reported the news with grief etched across her face.
Inside the building, Zha Lei and Zha Ke, the two deputy commanders of the army led by Burning Wings, had gathered with more than a dozen of the highest-ranking Beastmen captains. Each of them seemed unable to recover from the shocking news brought by the fox woman.
"How is that possible... How could the powerful Lord Burning Wings and the Scarlet Flame Saint Spirit have died in battle? In this barren world, what kind of power could possibly have killed them?"
"A false god! That false god who calls himself the Void!"
The Fox Beastman said, "Aside from that false god, no one in this world could possibly defeat the powerful Lord Burning Wings and the Scarlet Flame Saint Spirit!"
"Could there have been a mistake? If the Glorious Empire truly didn't intend to cooperate with us, they would have sold us out to that false god long ago. There'd be no need to waste their strength protecting us..."
Zha Ke said in a low voice.
"I know this news is indeed shocking, and the Glorious Empire's actions seem to bring them nothing but harm, but I have evidence!"
The Fox Beastman took out a camera. "Everyone only needs to watch the footage recorded inside. Then you'll know that not a single word I've said is false."
Zha Lei, Zha Ke, and the knight commanders, each of whom had more than a thousand warriors under their command, crowded around.
When Baili Qingfeng appeared, some of those who had followed Pompeii into battle against