Duke Ake naturally understood what Jenina meant, but the Duke never liked to pin his hopes on others.

Besides, he was risking the fate of his entire family.

He had to be cautious and cautious.

Although Jenina's proposal was very appealing to him, he didn't make a decision right away.

He looked at his two men, Earl Ellie and Ser Erwin.

"My lord, here are all our military forces, and now the Viscount of Colin in Harvey City has less than a thousand troops in his hands! If there is a problem on our side, those big nobles on Harvey Island will definitely take the opportunity to make trouble!"

As the Prime Minister of Duke Ake's court, Earl Ellie is obliged to remind his sovereign: "Know that they have endured for a long time!"

Viscount Colin is the son of Duke Ake and the first-order heir to the title of the Ella family.

"My lord, we are not yet familiar with the way the enemy troops fight, and the information brought back by the Bird Knight deserves our attention!" said Sir Erwin.

He looked at Jenina, "Even if Miss Jenina's mage force can turn the tide of the battle, I think we will definitely lose a lot, and it is not in our interest!"

Jenina frowned, "What does it mean to be in line with your interests, until the war has been fought, you are still thinking about your own interests, you look around, these 'walls of hatred' in your mouths are in front of your eyes, the land under your feet is full of the blood of your people, and your noble honor?"

"Now this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, if this is really a trap for the enemy, then, we will do what they want, we will fight them here!"

"Are you questioning our honor?" Miss Jenina!"

A strong knight stepped out of the queue, his right hand gripped the hilt of his sword at his waist, and questioned Jenina in a loud voice.

"Stand down!" Grand Duke Ake's eyes flashed, and he scolded in a low voice.

"Your Excellency!" the knight clearly did not expect his lord to step down.

"Miss Jenina, don't get me wrong!" Sir Erwin hurriedly explained, "I don't want to dismiss your opinion, maybe you have a lot of knowledge, but war is not what you imagined!"

"The combat effectiveness of the werewolf soldiers is a problem that we have not taken into account, and if we don't solve this problem now, we will not have the strength to fight a decisive battle with the Misha Kingdom at all!"

"I..."

"I know the strength of your mage troops!" Sir Erwin didn't want to waste any more time, he directly interrupted Jenina, "The problem now is that the Kingdom of Misha has already occupied most of the Hoko Islands, and it is conservatively estimated that even if we win this decisive battle, it will only be a miserable victory, do you know what that means?"

"What do you mean?"

Jenina asked with a frown.

"At that time, with the strength in our hands, it will not be enough to recover other lost territories, and besides, there is no guarantee that the so-called Misha Kingdom will not have other military forces!"

Sir Irwin explained quickly.

Jenina lowered her head and thought for a few seconds, then looked around at the surrounding nobles and knight generals, "You have to think clearly, if you retreat, with your current naval strength, even with our mage troops, it will be difficult to break through their coastal defense line again!"

She was telling the truth, in the early stage of the Hoko Islands War, the sneak attack of the Misha Kingdom Navy effectively destroyed most of the forces of the Grand Duke of Acre's navy.

Although the Count of Yves saved part of the naval forces at the end, their superiority at sea was completely lost at the beginning of the war.

Moreover, the naval power of the Misha Kingdom is unusually strong.

This is a fact that Duke Ake and his generals do not want to admit but must face.

So, now Duke Ake can only hope that his other legionnaires will be able to defeat the army of the Kingdom of Misha on land.

Before this encounter, the nobles were very confident, as their infantry phalanx had dominated the continent for nearly a thousand years.

They believed that as long as the secret magic could contain the enemy's magic brigade, the army that called itself the Kingdom of Misha would collapse under the iron hooves of their spears and cavalry, just like other perishing forces.

But the crushing defeat of the First Legion completely shattered the last self-confidence of the nobles.

"My lord, don't forget His Majesty's reminder that although the elves of the Babylon Forest are temporarily neutral after the envoy of the Grand Duke of Milak, they are like a sword hanging over our heads, and this war, even if we can win, can only be a miserable victory at best!"

Earl Ellie reminded again.

This time, Duke Ake's face changed slightly, and the reminder of this countess was like the last straw that pressed on him, and he immediately made a decision in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "Order the whole army to retreat!"

"Lord Duke!" Jenina was obviously a little unwilling, she gritted her silver teeth and said, "Our Secret Law Society is willing to perform forbidden spells on your troops!"

Jenina's last words were uttered completely, and after she finished shouting them, her eyes were fixed on Duke Ake, waiting for his reply.

At this moment, all the nobles and knights around her looked at her in unison.

"Forbidden arts?" Duke Ake's heart moved, he knew that the so-called forbidden arts were nothing more powerful magic.

Legend has it that this magic can make thousands of troops disappear in an instant!

However, the price of this magic is also extraordinary, and no one will want to use it if it is not necessary.

This technique only exists and is legendary, and it has only appeared three times in human history, and that was more than a thousand years ago.

The human kingdom has a special law that prohibits any magician from using or studying this magic without the consent of the kingdom, so these magic are called 'forbidden arts'.

"Your Secret Law Society is still studying forbidden arts?" Grand Duke Ake's eyes narrowed.

"Of course not!" Jenina wouldn't admit it, she explained, "These forbidden spells are all left over from the previous magic ancestors, and it won't be difficult for an experienced magician to perform a well-documented spell!"

"My lord!" Earl Ellie's eyelids jumped, "Don't forget the Death Swamp, the Flame Canyon, how these dead places were formed!"

She turned to Jenina and yelled, "This is the Hoko Islands, this is our hometown!"

Sir Irvine didn't speak again, but looked down and thought about something.

The noble knights were also talking to each other, and it was clear that they didn't like the magicians to use forbidden spells in the Hoko Islands.

Jenina ignored Count Ellie's rebuke, her ruby eyes staring at Duke Acker.

Duke Ake was clearly moved, and he glanced at Sir Erwin, then at the reactions of the vassals and family knights around him.

"Let's withdraw first!"

Finally, Duke Aker said.

After that, the Grand Duke no longer paid attention to the crowd, and left quickly under the escort of his own soldiers.

Jenina wanted to continue to persuade, but was stopped by others, "Don't say it, these nobles only care about their own interests!"

The man was right.

The fiasco of the First Legion had already made most of the nobles retreat, these people were not stupid, they knew very well the combat effectiveness of the First Legion, and even this legion could hold out for less than five hours under the claws of werewolf soldiers.

The rest of the army, or the soldiers under their own command, went up to their deaths.