"Your Majesty, General Li Ce requests an audience on an urgent matter!"
Hearing this, Zhou Xu slowly opened his eyes. He had been meditating.
"Enter."
With permission granted, Li Ce hurried into the tent.
"This lowly General Li Ce greets Your Majesty!"
"What urgent matter is there?"
Faced with the question, Li Ce did not beat around the bush and quickly spoke...
"The centaur troops have been found. More than half have been killed or wounded, and Diak died in battle."
The heavy news made Zhou Xu's breathing catch.
"What exactly happened?"
"It's not clear yet. We only know that Diak and the others were relentlessly pursued by a large force of Goblin Wolf Cavalry. By a twist of fate, they ended up on the outskirts of Copper Furnace Fortress."
As he spoke, Li Ce also told Zhou Xu about what had happened at Copper Furnace Fortress.
The unexpected situation weighed heavily on Zhou Xu.
In this great war against the green-skin faction, they had already weathered the most difficult period. Zhou Xu and Li Ce had both been consciously controlling the casualties suffered by Great Zhou.
Yet no one had expected that, at this critical juncture, they would pay such a devastating price.
"Give my order. Have a Giant Eagle Knight rush to Copper Furnace Fortress at the fastest possible speed. Tell Zhuo Ge and the others to preserve Diak and the others' bodies. I'm going there personally. We leave now!"
Zhou Xu was afraid that any delay would allow unforeseen changes to arise. Even as he spoke, he had already risen and was striding quickly outside.
After such a long flight, having a Giant Eagle Knight carry him was unrealistic. Knowing this, Zhou Xu immediately turned and went to the Female Warrior Tribe's camp next door, intending to