At daybreak, outside Plain Fortress...
A Giant Eagle Knight crashed directly onto the fortress wall, plunging the battlements into a brief moment of chaos.
"Medical team! Get the medical team over here, quick!!"
Amid the shouts, the soldiers stationed on the wall quickly surrounded him.
"What happened?"
The Wood Elf knight was covered in blood, while the abdomen of the Giant Eagle beneath him had also been slashed open with a glaring wound. It lay dying on the wall.
Having barely escaped back to Plain Fortress, he had not even had time to catch his breath before gritting his teeth and forcing himself to speak through his fading consciousness...
"Saint, Saint Roland I... attacked Copper Furnace Fortress..."
Almost as soon as he forced out those few words, the Wood Elf knight passed out from his grievous injuries.
He was a messenger stationed at the Copper Furnace Fortress embassy. After realizing that something was wrong, he had fled back, only to be discovered by Saint Roland I on the way.
At that moment, a Sword Qi had cleaved straight toward them. They had fled quickly enough, but still failed to evade it completely. A mere graze had instantly left him gravely wounded.
By the time the medical team reached the wall, Shi Lei, the General Commander of the New North District, had already arrived at the first opportunity after receiving the news.
"Pass on my order. Send out a Giant Eagle Knight squad for aerial reconnaissance, and mobilize the undead cavalry to the border to confirm the situation!"
After confirming what had happened, Shi Lei issued his orders at the fastest possible speed.
He did not send the main forces into action directly.
Now that Saint Roland I, a Vertical and Horizontal Realm martial artist, had made his move, sending ordinary