"How can this be!" Hearing Larkin's order, Sasha angrily rose up, stared at her father and asked loudly, "How can we withdraw so easily, this is directly related to the honor of our race, we will be laughed at by all the races in the swamp!"

"I've decided, no need to say more!" Larkin stood up without hesitation, and walked out of the tent with his long lizard tail wagging behind his back.

Sasha angrily stepped forward and asked loudly: "Is it the lobbyist sent by Gustav, he must have instigated you, where is he, I will kill him!"

"He's gone," said Larkin with a cold look at his daughter, and said categorically, "It's my own decision, and I haven't been so foolish as to be dictated by strangers, you need no doubt about that!"

Seeing this, the rest of the generals also left the big tent of the Chinese army one after another, returned to their troops and prepared to pack up, Sasha, who was left alone in the tent, gritted her teeth and looked at the empty tent, and whispered in a strange tone: "I will never allow all this to be destroyed!"

That night, the lizardman barracks, which had all packed their bags, was quiet, except for the sentries who were on duty at night as usual, and the entire barracks seemed empty and silent.

At midnight, three swift figures hurriedly approached the big tent of the Chinese army under the cover of night, and the leader turned back to the two followers to make a look, and the three pairs of flashing red eyes briefly met in the darkness, and the leader immediately dodged into the account.

Inside the big tent, the lizard patriarch Lakin was lying on the animal skin cushion and sleeping, faintly could hear a burst of snoring, the person who touched the big tent tiptoed close to Lakin, took out a short knife from the leather armor with his left hand, leaned over and stabbed it at Larkin who was lying on the ground.

In an instant, the blade stopped in mid-air, and the assassin's whole body stiffened in place, only to hear a tender chant, and a burst of red light reflected the fierce face of Sasha, the daughter of the lizard-great patriarch, and at the same time, a man in a black cloak came to her side from the red light.

The light of the winged blade illuminated the tent, and Rog reached for the voodoo doll on Sasha's waist, swung his knife to cut the attached rope and threw it on the ground, then grabbed Sasha's chin and aimed her eyes into his own, the green light in his eyes dispelling the red light in Sasha's eyes, staining them a faint green.

"Stop, you bastard!" Sasha's voice suddenly thickened like that of a grown man, and his voice was full of anger, and Rogge stared into her eyes and sneered, "You have failed, just as your master William will fail!"

"Lone wolf, you can't stop Lord William, the Shadow Fortress will rule over the land of the dead, and eventually the entire continent!" Sasha cried out like a madman.

Hearing the conversation between Sasha and Rogge, the great patriarch Lakin, who was lying at Rogge's feet, sat up suddenly, looked at his daughter with concern, only to see Rogge staring at her eyes and smiling contemptuously and shaking his head and saying, "Her Royal Highness Elizabeth will not agree, and His Majesty the Holy Emperor will not agree, as for me, it doesn't matter!"

He jerked Sasha away, and the latter screamed and fell to the ground, staring blankly ahead, as if he had lost his soul.

"Sasha!" Larkin hurriedly stepped forward to help her daughter, and Rogge crouched down beside him and said, "Don't worry, the ghost that took over her spirit has been driven away, and she is free." ”

"I'm going to be careful not to look at your bad eyes in the future!" the little furball popped out of the dark corner, jumped on Rogge's shoulder, and said, "What if you kick me out of the bird's body and get into it yourself?"

"You're thinking too much," Rogge looked back at her with a slanted eyebrow, "You better keep the body of that little briquette, I don't want to be a little fat bird like you!"

"It's a plump bird like me that's cute!" said the little furball, smugly patting his round belly with his little wings.

"It's cute, but it doesn't include when you're eating all over your face. Rogge shrugged his eyebrows and muttered.

At this moment, the curtain of the Chinese tent was lifted, Antonio and Tali walked in from outside, they walked up to Rogge and looked at Sasha who fell in Lakin's arms and asked, "The controlled assault soldiers have been controlled, and the voodoo dolls on their bodies have been lifted, how is it over here?"

"It's done. Rogge looked at Sasha's face, only to see her slowly open her eyes, the two red eyes had returned to their original golden, she looked around blankly, turned back to her father and asked, "What happened?"

Larkin told her everything that had happened, and Sasha gratefully turned back to Rog and the other three and said, "Thank you, that terrible wizard, I can feel that he is controlling my body, but I can't get rid of him, it's just terrible." ”

"Where is he?" asked Rogge, concerned.

"Just southeast of our forward base, he came here from the base camp and built a hut near the forward base, where he hid to control and monitor the situation inside the base. Sasha said weakly.

"Okay, you stay here and help, Lilith and I will meet that guy!" Rogge got up and patted Antonio on the shoulder, strode out of the tent, and flew southeast of the forward base on the little owl.

Taking advantage of the little furball's eagle eye at night, Rog quickly spotted the hut hidden in the swamp reeds, and he asked Lilith to land nearby, cautiously approaching the hut and spotting a trail of footprints hastily leaving the hut.

"That guy has already run away. Rog strode to the door, saw the door of the hut open, he sniffed the smell coming from the house, and walked into the house, and saw that the small hut was empty, a black wizard's hat was thrown on the ground, and there was a small stain of blood on the wall next to it.

"It seems that when I kicked him out of Sasha's spirit world with my eyes of fear, he fell from his seat on his back and hit his head. Rog crouched down beside the bloodstains, picked up the wizard's hat on the ground, glanced at it, and said to Lilith.

"What a stupid wizard, the children that Lady Louise taught would not be so stupid!" said the little furball, proudly tilting his little head.

"Except for you. Rog muttered faintly, got up and walked around the hut, and found some unused voodoo dolls and dark magic crystals in a corner of the room, and among them was a crumpled instruction book signed by William, with the task given to the dark wizard.

"William sent someone not long ago to try to track down the Priestess Bach, and it seems that William has guessed that we are entering the depths of the swamp, and perhaps he is near. Rog threw the instruction book back in its place, got up and retreated to the door, flashing his winged blade and firing a feather of light at the voodoo doll piled up in the corner of the room.

The collision between the magic light feather and the black magic crystal instantly triggered an explosion, and the entire hut suddenly turned into a sea of fire, and Rog, who retreated to the outside of the house, looked around at the swamp around him, and after making sure that there were no abnormal traces, let Lilith take him back to the front base of the lizardmen.

When he and Lilith return to the tent, Sasha has been sent back to her tent to rest, and the lizard-lord Largin expresses his gratitude to Rog, Antonio, and Tali after learning that the dark wizard has fled, and Rog takes the opportunity to bring him up about reconciliation with the crocodile.

"On this matter, since our war has been confirmed to be provoked by the dark wizards of the Shadow Fortress, it is only natural that this war must end, but I have promised Gustav that I will fight against it in the coming day, and whatever the outcome, we will withdraw our troops and end this battle. ”

Larkin's words relieved the trio of Larkin, who temporarily bid farewell to Larkin and returned to their respective tents to rest, waiting for the battle between Gustav and Larkin three days later.

Three days later, the crocodile and lizardmen faced each other again, with the crocodile patriarch Gustav accompanied by Rogge, Murphy, Catherine, and Lisa, and the lizard-man matriarch Larkin in the company of Antonio and Tali.

"Grand Patriarch Larkin," said Gustav, dressed in heavy armor and holding a heavy battle axe, riding on the back of a giant crocodile, looking at Larkin opposite, "Mr. Rogge has told me everything, and I am glad to know of your decision, and I agree with your decision to insist on fighting me. ”

He looked back at Rogge and the others, and announced loudly: "Although the Grand Patriarch of Larkin has decided that the lizardmen will withdraw regardless of victory or defeat, I don't think our bet can be changed, if I lose, this river valley behind me will be assigned to the territory of the lizardmen, and I will never go back!"

"I've always heard that Gustav the 'Butcher' is a man of unreasonableness, and now it seems that it is nothing more than a rumor!" said Larkin as he looked at Gustav from afar, carrying three steel javelins, holding a shiny halberd, and riding a dark green monitor lizard.

"Since the patriarch Gustav is so faithful, I won't refrain much, please do your best in this battle, and fight hard!" Larkin's loud voice reached Gustav's ears, and he shouted in agreement, urging the giant crocodile to rush towards Larkin.

Larkin also brandished his halberd to urge the monitor lizard to pounce on Gustav, and the two beasts roared and pounced on each other, opening their bloody jaws to bite each other, their sharp claws squeaking each other's scales.

The two great patriarchs riding on the giant beast raised their blades together, the giant axe and tiger roared and slashed at Larkin with the force of splitting the mountains, and the halberd stabbed Gustav with the momentum of wind and thunder, and the two heavy weapons collided with each other, and the splashing sparks flew around the two of them, and the clanging sound was endless.

Rogge, who was standing in the crowd watching the battle, looked at Gustav and Larkin who were fighting back and forth, and asked Murphy with a smile: "Which of them do you think will win?"

"I know a little bit about Gustav's bravery, but I don't know much about Larkin, and at the moment, these two guys are really a chess match. Murphy said, looking at the battlefield from afar.

Rogge nodded in agreement, suddenly frowned, looked back at the west side of the battlefield, and asked the little furball on his shoulder as he looked: "Did you hear anything?"

The little furball blinked, flapped its wings and flew into the air, staring at the wide swamp on the west side of the battlefield for a moment, and suddenly flew back to Rogge and shouted, "Oh no, a large group of black guys are rushing over!"

"What black guy?" Rogge hurriedly looked in the direction where the sound came from, only to see a black crowd rushing in, followed by a deafening sound of wings flapping, Rogge couldn't help but gasp, turned around and shouted: "It's not good, it's a worm!"