Natasha's Marriage Contract

The retreat proceeded without a single ripple.

Along the way, they encountered Boris and Rell, who had been waiting there for several days.

The two had indeed waited at the stone bridge for Nalant for more than ten days.

But later, when the Northern Principality discovered that the force crossing the desert had failed to arrive for so long, they sent scouts to investigate.

After Boris and the others spotted the Northern Principality's scouts, they could only helplessly begin withdrawing with those several thousand prisoners.

The appearance of these captured guards caused another uproar throughout the army.

Especially after hearing that the vast majority of those captured guards belonged to Nalant, the minor nobles' eyes turned red with envy.

It could be said that the Tulip Family's several minor vassals were the only ones who had made a fortune, their bowls filled to overflowing.

Of course, they still did not know that Nalant had more than ten enemy noble heirs in his hands. Otherwise, they would probably have been even more green-eyed.

Since this had been a hasty retreat, the matter of exchanging prisoners could only be handled later.

Nalant did not need to worry too much about such matters. When the time came, he only needed to leave behind a few subordinates to guard the noble heirs.

After the war, the Northern Principality and the Onyx Principality would exchange prisoners of war. After all, quite a few Onyx Principality nobles had also been captured in this war.

Time flew by, and by noon that day, the retreating Onyx Principality army finally arrived at Fire Dragon Castle Fortress.

By the time they reached Fire Dragon Castle Fortress, only an army of twenty thousand had barely been assembled within the fortress.

In other words, if not for Nalant's appearance, the