Meanwhile, in a tent far away from the main battlefield, eyes were coldly sweeping over everything from their high vantage point. A general was respectfully reporting the military developments to a man in a throne-like chair, when the Ten Dawns released Torrential Blizzard. A sharp gasp could be heard from the general, but the man in the chair merely frowned slightly. Even from here, they saw how overwhelmingly powerful the spell was! Nothing could defend against it! Consequently, the Alzar army burst into action to stabilize its advantage. Seeing this, the man smiled.
He was a tall intimidating middle-aged man with a cold gaze. His straight black hair was tied back and held in place by an eye-catching golden crown adorned with jewels and jade. Wearing a long elegant robe of blue and green, with a symbolic phoenix of the Xingyuu Empire, there was no mistake of his identity. His sharp facial features and regal aura demanded nothing but respect and reverence. A dazzling sheath was by his side, containing his famed saber. Around his neck was a golden medallion of the snake, the other half of the Holy Reingolian Medallion! Father of the Imperial Princesses, he was Emperor Lianghu Tzu of the Xingyuu Empire!
In addition, behind him were four other figures that the general dare not look at. One was an extremely large man whose mere frame rippled the peak of humanly power. Wielding a shield that equally matched his size, he seemed unmovable. The second was a well-toned middle-aged man wearing an extravagant set of armor. His demeanor was cold and detached, like the sabre hanging off his waist. The third was a slim woman who held a haughty gaze in her eyes, looking down on everything. Unlike the others, she was armed with multiple weapons. The last was a skinny man who physically looked the most unimpressive with his longbow, but his eagle-like eyes and insurmountable aura revealed otherwise. As if nothing could hide from his notice, he was actually the most frightening! He was Cardinal Hui Wai-Wing, Captain of the Imperial Sentinels. Together, the four of them formed the Four Cardinals, the most elite group of Imperial Sentinels, tasked with protecting the emperor!
Emperor Lianghu said to the general, "The power of the Ten Dawns is unexpected, but nothing out of our control. Proceed with the next stage of the plan." The Four Cardinals stepped in front of the emperor and alongside the general, they bowed before leaving.
Before the Alzar army could break out of the encirclement, the skies were filled with arrows once again. This time, their target was the Alzar army! Lord Korogin's face darkened but there was nothing he could do. He realized he had fallen into another trap. To maximize their chances of breaking out of the encirclement, he had to concentrate his forces for a single unified strike. However, this made them prime targets for the archers to begin picking them off… Of course, were it not for the intense magical interference lingering in the area, the Arcanists could deploy barrier Arcania to defend against the onslaught. But without Torrential Blizzard, they would have never made it this far. It was paradoxical in a way which was why it was a trap.
Lord Korogin and General Gordon ordered the army to advance faster and return fire whenever possible. Soldiers clashed on both sides as blood covered the ground. People were dying every second, but progress was gradually being made. The Alzar army was advancing through! That was not entirely unexpected though. How many soldiers did the Alzar Kingdom have? Ten thousand! How many could archers kill in the grand scheme of things? It amounted to nothing! Still, Lord Korogin did not get complacent. He sent cavalry out, beyond the encirclement, to secure the area and provide valuable reconnaissance information. At a time like this, information was key!
The Alzar army kept wedging its way through, while Lord Korogin, General Gordon, and Sir Winstin were at the center in the command unit. They were easily at the most fortified location and saw little action. On rare occasions, a few arrows would fly nearby where Sir Winstin or the Royal Guards would deflect them. The difference between here and the frontlines was like day and night. Sir Winstin sliced an arrow in half when his expression flickered. In a hectic battlefield like this, the effectiveness of his Perception Realm mastery was limited, but not entirely useless. He was the first to notice lights in the distance approaching from the front, as well as a powerful sweeping bloodlust! He could sense the enormous looming threat!
A cavalry unit returned ragged and rushed to report to Lord Korogin. They were clearly as surprised as Sir Winstin was. When Lord Korogin heard the news, he was startled. The Phoenix Division! According to the cavalry, they caught sight of the iconic Phoenix Division, a famous trump card division under the Xingyuu Empire! Under the direct orders of the emperor, they rarely came into the public eye. In fact, the last time they fought on the warfront was the Battle of the Millennium where they carved their way forward in blood. Their reputation was frightfully daunting! But the worst news was yet to come. In addition to the Phoenix Division, there was two other famous divisions! Altogether, their numbers reached fifteen thousand! Furthermore, they were being led directly by the Four Cardinals and a hundred Imperial Sentinels…
The emperor is here too? Korogin's eyes flickered with a cold light. And he even sent three divisions to stop us? What an excessive sight!
Combined with the initial encirclement, he estimated there to be an excess of twenty thousand soldiers present from the Xingyuu Empire. That was more than double the Alzar Kingdom's side! All the sudden, the pressure mounting on the Alzar army increased by hundreds of times. Faced with such a numerical disadvantage, many soldiers began to despair. Even General Gordon was queasy. Nearly all the reserve armies of the Xingyuu Empire were present. Only Lord Korogin kept a calm attitude as he ordered for the army to begin pulling back!