He sent the prearranged signal, and Giant Eagle Knights were waiting on the outskirts to receive him.
Only after he had successfully mounted a giant eagle and taken to the skies did Sain finally let out a breath of relief.
Meanwhile, on Zhou Xu's side...
The moment the arrangements were made, Fisher, Peter, and the others gathered over.
Li Ce directly called a halt to the advance. With such a commotion, aside from Yalveth, who had received the intelligence from the very beginning, the other two were certain to come over and ask what was going on.
"Our scouts discovered an ambush of Goblin Wolf Cavalry ahead. There are roughly two thousand of them. Besides that, there's a large stretch of woodland farther ahead. We suspect there may be an even larger ambush there, so we've already sent people to confirm it. There's no result yet."
The moment Zhou Xu finished speaking, Fisher and Peter's expressions turned grave.
As reinforcements, what they feared most was being intercepted by a large enemy force halfway there. If they ended up fighting the enemy on the road, stranded between nowhere and nowhere, they would easily be forced into a passive position.
They did not have to wait long. With the Speed Buff of the Giant Eagle Knights, the round trip was still carried out with considerable efficiency.
Sain returned to the army and came to report at once.
"Your Majesty, there was indeed a large-scale green-skinned ambush in that woodland. Our preliminary estimate is that there are at least ten thousand!"
At those words, Fisher and Peter's faces changed instantly.
For human forces, encountering the green skins in the wilderness would become a nightmare nine times out of ten unless they possessed a clear numerical advantage.
And this time, they obviously had no