Her Graceful War Song by Summer's Blaze

Chapter 1270

The operation began with a forceful strike.

One team headed straight for the northern road of Stone Village, which was the way into the village. However, before this main force set out, other smaller teams had already moved into the mountains, surrounding the area from all sides. Their numbers were few, but their formation was strategic, creating a trap that left the enemy nowhere to run.

Still, the battle wasn't an easy one.

There were too many places to cover, and the enemy was very familiar with the terrain. Fortunately, Everett had already sent people to block all the entrances to Stone Village's secret passages. This forced the enemy into continuously fighting.

Meanwhile, Dylan managed to rescue the two laborers he had previously left in the small cave. He sent them to find others, urging them to leave the village without their weapons.

The two men were grateful, but cold and hungry. When they learned that a fight had broken out, they hurried off to warn those living on the edge of the mountains and help them escape.

were few. The real strength of the enemy lay in the 5,000 private soldiers occupying the

and forcing the enemy into the mountains. If Rafael's side could hold

smallest movements in the wind could give them away. As for Gilbert, he waited at the northern road's entrance, ready to capture any laborers attempting to escape. He couldn't afford to let them carry

clear to Gilbert that such a large-scale operation would surely attract attention, and it was inevitable

felt this battle was extremely dangerous, and he couldn't let the enemy

fighting, Rafael and the others took turns resting,

put it, "One team doesn't need two commanders. A single commander leading a squad is just right." But Rafael corrected his words, explaining that both he and Carissa were capable commanders, which was

brief moment of silence, Everett realized he couldn't

and nights before the remaining scattered private soldiers were all

5,300 men, over 2,000 were killed,

items deemed of good quality would

shockwaves through the citizens of Lunvale. Were there really so many bandits?