East of the riverbank, the Knight Order was still mopping up the rats fleeing the valley when Landen's voice rang out from the sky.
"Leave the scattered rats for now! Get to the Ratman camp—the tiger has been surrounded!"
The Knight Order already had four intermediate Black-Scaled Horses. With Blaze joining them, the entire herd's power multiplied severalfold. Before the knights, the wall of fire merged with the exploding whirlwinds around it, becoming a Flame Tornado. The Knight Order stood at the tornado's heart, and everything in its path was burned utterly clean.
The rat swarm that had originally been crowding across the river west of the Knight Order was set ablaze by Blaze. Their miserable shrieks shot into the heavens. Even river water several meters deep was boiled dry in moments, clearing the way for the Knight Order to cross.
There were only a few hundred meters from the riverbank to the Ratmen's largest tent. Yet the deeper they pushed into the camp, the more the flames weakened. The Knight Order could no longer even use Wind Blades.
The Life Magic emanating from several hundred intermediate rats suppressed the Fire and Wind School magical elements. Landen could only lead the Knight Order in changing formation again, steadily clearing their way along the outskirts of the rat swarm.
Ratman Pink Claw felt the heat rising from the ground. She loosened her tiny paws from around her head and saw the burning sky and black smoke in her eyes.
Just minutes earlier, the enormous tiger had exhaled, and dozens of Ratman warriors around her had been blasted away by a pillar of fire in an instant. Pink Claw's kin had scattered like rats with their heads in their paws. The casualties caused by trampling during their rout far exceeded those