The clash of legendary spells was astonishing—and enough to chill one to the bone.
The entire river valley was now shrouded in an unceasing fog, as though it had been smoked over. The purifying water mist never dispersed, and it had even quietly healed the witches' injuries. This was the result of Jiang Han's magic pulling ahead and her legendary spell annihilating the enemy.
The advantage lay with the witches, not the Anse Elves.
The giant cats all grew smug, their plump forms flickering in and out of view through the mist, somehow seeming a little nimbler as well.
But Jiang Han had no time to let this group of cats keep preening. She issued her orders: "Move out. We're heading for the radiation zone now... Also, those Anse Elves should be retreating at the moment, and they won't dare keep harassing our raiding parties. Form raiding squads—two-one-two-one formations: two Storm Giant Cats, two witches, one mage. Two squads moving in parallel. We need to earn back our consumables, quickly."
That was the inconvenient part of lord wars: there was no way to submit your expenses to your superiors for reimbursement. You could only sustain yourself through war, using spoils to feed your own economy.
The Storm Giant Cats had been itching for this for ages. After coating the Cat Spiders in another layer of tree butter, they immediately formed raiding parties and flew off.
Some giant cats, however, were rather stupid. They actually flew out over the river valley, only to be scalded by steam stirred up by the lingering heat, nearly sending the witches and mages on their backs straight into the underworld.
Jiang Han and Cat Doyastin left the river valley, herding the giant Cat Spiders toward the radiation zone. To that end, Jiang Han even smeared