"Old schemer!" Nalant gave the Fox Clan elder an unfriendly label. "But if this had been before yesterday, I might have feared your blocking forces. But now... heh heh..."
"Raymond!"
"My lord, I'm here!" Raymond immediately stepped forward.
"Pass the order down. Everyone, follow me and prepare for battle!" Since there was no avoiding them, Nalant would naturally break through.
The enemy probably had yet to realize how much their strength had improved, so Nalant intended to teach them a proper lesson.
"Yes, my lord!"
Following Nalant's order, the thirty-seven barbarian knights swiftly made ready.
Once everything was prepared, Nalant instructed Little Gray to lead the way, then set off with his subordinates toward the enemies closing in ahead.
Twenty li was not particularly far. With Magic Beast mounts, Nalant and the others arrived in just an hour.
At this moment, Beastfolk figures had already appeared ahead of them.
Oooo! Oooo! Oooo!
The Beastfolk tribe had discovered them as well.
Horns immediately sounded throughout the ranks.
This was a force of over a thousand lizardmen. Though their bodies were slender and long, their tails were natural weapons.
Still, among the forces forming the encirclement, they were the weakest Beastfolk tribe.
At the sound of the horns, the lizardmen spread out, forming an encircling formation around Nalant and his group.
"Haha, I never thought our Greenskin Clan would be the ones to find this group of humans. Warriors, crush these feeble bugs! The Lord Sage will surely reward us handsomely!"
Hisss! Hisss! Hisss!
At the lizardman leader's command, over a thousand lizardmen surged toward Nalant and the others.
However, unlike other Beastfolk, the lizardmen did not roar; their battle cries were hissing tongue-flicks.
"Wild Wolf Knights!" Nalant drew the longsword at his waist, raised it diagonally overhead, and shouted at his