Three moons rose into the sky. Frederic Lanyuan crossed through the White Tree City Teleportation Portal with thirty knights from Gallop Academy, then joined the thirty knights and one hundred soldiers of the Auxiliary Army waiting outside the lord's castle. The force marched toward the Lizard Family estate in a grand procession.
The Lizard Family was one of the few prominent families still left in the area. Although one of its branches had taken part in the Salamander and Golden Python families' earlier rebellion, its main branch had miraculously escaped Susie Lanyuan's reckoning.
As they neared the Lizard Family's estate, Frederic spotted two familiar figures: Dragon Girl Gleia and the female knight Dandelion, talking at the street corner. Several local knight units had already taken up positions around them.
"I never thought Susie would let their family off last year. That's not like her!" Dragon Girl said, gazing at the estate's main building, Pinpoint Castle.
"Yes," Dandelion replied. "We originally planned to wipe them out completely, but Princess Yavenni spoke up for them. She said their family had distinguished itself during the liberation of White Tree City."
"Oh!"
After Susie Lanyuan won her victory north of Moonfall Lake, Landen sent Dandelion to White Tree City.
Her arrival gave Pete Bristle-Wolf, whom Susie had previously kept under pressure, a huge sigh of relief. It also gave the families that had abandoned the slave trade hope of fighting back.
Though Dandelion wasn't as forceful as Susie, she was far better at understanding and handling the minor nobles. In just a few days, the Lizard Family had been caught in a compromising situation and surrounded by more than a hundred knights.
"Headmistress Gleia, should we storm the place?" Frederic stepped forward and asked.
"Wait a moment. Albert is still inside." Before Gleia could