At the front outpost of the Imperial Expeditionary Force, in the chair of the Legion Command Room, the commander of the Expeditionary Force, Camille Philos, is presiding over an emergency military meeting using magical communication as a means of communication.

In addition to Camille, the meeting was also attended by [Demon Ruler] Evelyn, Commander of the First Legion of the Expeditionary Force, Lieutenant General Colclave Resers, Major General Kree, Commander of the Second Legion, Lieutenant General Lottenis, Major General Cheer, Major General Doroteo of the New Shurima Imperial Expeditionary Legion, Sindra Sindra of the Black Judgment Arcane Legion, and Master Jax of the Imperial Elite Exploration Team

In addition, Li Qing, the Divine Dragon Warrior Monk of Shuoji Temple, Master Kushuo of the Balance Sect, and the Swift Wind Sword Hao Yasuo of the Wind Sword Dojo have not yet returned to their strongholds, and the matter is urgent, so Master Jax can only serve as the representative of the other exploration teams.

When everyone in the magical image arrived, Camille, with a solemn face, spoke.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Lord Sindra, who has returned to the Empire to report on his duties, has brought unfortunate news that the Empire is now at war with the Legion of the Underworld, in the kingdom of Ishtar, not far from the Aikasia Peninsula."

Lieutenant General Colclaugh's brows furrowed, at present, most of the troops of the expeditionary force are at the forefront of the construction of the magic star monument, and there is a star monument in the rear for automatic defense, and only a very small number of troops are stationed,

Of course, the Light Pole Star Monument is easy to fight against the scattered void creatures, but if it is cut in by the Underworld Legion from the north, it will be a stab at the main artery of the expeditionary force, not to mention the expulsion of the void to find the Void Empress Bervis, just the food and clothing of so many people in the expeditionary force can force people to death, and without the protection of the magic star monument, the supply line will be directly cut off by the void creatures.

When the war plan was first formulated, it was not expected that there might be an enemy in the direction of Ishtar so close.

"Lord Sindra, what is the current situation? Will it affect the battlefield on our side? ”

Syndra, who had traveled all the way south from Fidwlet and finally arrived at Vikola, looked like a dusty person, and if it wasn't for an emergency, she wouldn't have been in such a hurry to call a meeting in advance with the magic star tablet made of crystal.

"At present, the empire has sent the Holy Light Legion to the aid of Ishtar, and His Majesty will personally guard Ishioken, as long as Ishaoken can be defended, it will be difficult for the Underworld Legion to intervene on our side......"

"Lester is in Ishoken right now?! Can I go to him for foam? It's suffocating me. ”

Lotanis, who has never had much energy in military meetings and rarely takes the initiative to speak, her eyes lit up, and her beast-like eyes were instantly full of aggression, obviously the blonde beast girl had accumulated a lot of pressure during this time, just waiting for it to be released at some point.

If it weren't for Lester's behold, she wouldn't have had much interest in being the general of the Vastaya Legion to fight in this ghost place where birds don't, and she preferred to fight with Lester rather than fight with the creatures of the Void, but unfortunately an ungrateful man has never come to her since he sent her to the Acacia Peninsula.

The atmosphere was a little awkward for a while, and the other people who knew the Divine Emperor's temperament were fine, but the most uncomfortable was the 'outsider' General Doroteo who did not belong to the Noxus Empire.

At this moment, Doroteo lowered his head, his eyes and nose looked at the summer, as if he had embroidered a peony flower on the top of his boots, after all, the legions of the New Shurima Empire were essentially just the servant army of the Noxian Empire, and they only obeyed orders, where would they dare to express any dissatisfaction with the emperor of the suzerain.

Camille and Sindra looked at each other, facing an ancient living fossil like Lustannis who had lived for an unknown amount of time, even they didn't have much to say, and the responsibility of dissuasion naturally fell on Che'er, who was also Xiarui, and Che'er lived up to expectations and pulled Lustanis's cheeks with both hands, complaining.

"You're a little more restrained, aren't you? Don't you see what time it is? If the war is delayed, do you think Lester's indifferent conceited man will ignore you? ”

Lustannis's eyes widened in hindsight, and then they looked like deflated balls again.

"yes, obviously I just want to bubble with him, it's so troublesome."

"There is no shortage of women around him, how can he think of us old guys......"

What left Camille and Sindra speechless was that the ear of Lottenis, who was usually 'temperate', became not quite right, and Jax shook his head secretly.

Seeing that Che Er, who had always been reliable, had also become a deep resentful woman at this moment, Camille held her right hand on her forehead and jumped several times, only feeling that the romantic debt left by her teacher was too big, but thinking about it from another angle, she could make such a powerful woman unforgettable, and her teacher was really good.

Speaking of which, I haven't been warm with my teacher for a long time......

In an unspeakable and eerie silence, Kree slapped the table in dissatisfaction, he hadn't come to the meeting to listen to his old friend's affair.

"Hey! I said, shouldn't we be thinking about how to get in and kill the Void Bugs as quickly as possible? When this battle is over, you can play as much as you want, okay? ”

Except for Lottanis, who didn't know what shame was, the women present who had a relationship with the Holy Emperor were all a little unnatural, Sindra coughed lightly and spoke.

"Ahem...... In short, Sheena-sama wants us to deal with the threat of the Void Empress as soon as possible, and if necessary, we can change our battle plan and become more aggressive, after all, no one can be sure whether the Legion of the Underworld will bypass Ishokon and raid the Ayachiya Peninsula, and we must take into account the threat posed by the Legion of the Underworld. ”

"That's right! This is an important issue that needs to be resolved urgently at this operational meeting. ”

Camille, who was under amnesty, knocked on the table, regaining everyone's attention and said in a deep voice.

"Even if there is no change in Ishtar, our battle line is now too long, even with the assistance of the magic star tablet, it is more and more difficult to replenish once, and in general, the legion is still in a state of suppression of the void creatures, but the casualties are gradually increasing,

Since it's Hina-sama's orders, it's time for us to think about a more efficient way of fighting. ”

With that, Camille turned to look at Jax, who had not spoken.

"Master Jax, is the Exploration team making progress at the moment?"

Jax shook his head.

"The exploration team can roughly determine the location of the Void Empress, but unfortunately, the Void Empress can also detect our movements through the existence of Void creatures,

For now, the Void Empress has been fleeing farther south under our covert pursuit, which is the main reason why the battle line is getting longer and longer.

Our soldiers and horses need supplies, the void creatures only need to sink sand and dirt to feed themselves, Bervis uses the Void Air Regiment to contain our main force and fight a war of attrition with us, and she herself chooses to fight guerrilla warfare with our exploration team, in the long run, we will inevitably become more and more passive, once Bervis finds a way to destroy the magic star monument, all our efforts will be in vain. ”

"That's right, Master Jax, your exploration party is the vanguard of the battle against the Void creatures, in your opinion, how can we change the current predicament?"

Jax rubbed his knuckles, his voice a little more murderous.

"I've discussed this with my other exploration teams, and our idea is whether we can make the exploration team a little smaller and form a raid team of no more than ten people, made up of the strongest,

On the surface, we need to maintain the combat mode of the main force advancing and the exploration team searching, so as to paralyze the Void Empress, and secretly the raid team will avoid the battle all the way, lock the position of the Void Empress without harming any Void creatures, and kill it with a thunderous blow.

The difficulty lies in how the raiding party can avoid the attention of the Void Empress, the obscuration is only the most basic condition for the raiding party, in addition, the raiding party must find a non-combat stealth method, only in this way can it not attract the attention of Bervis. ”

Camille groaned for a moment, then looked at the others.

"The method that Master Jax said is a good plan, but you have other ideas, so you might as well talk about it."

Seeing that no one spoke, Sindra spoke her mind.

"We haven't been able to find the Tower of Time, maybe we can try to invest more power in finding the Tower of Time, and with the help of Mage Kieran, the Guardian of Time, maybe we can find the location of Bervis more easily."

"Is there a possibility that the owner of the Tower of Time is deliberately avoiding us?"

Evelyn shrugged.

"It's a pity that I wasn't with my master when he went to the Tower of Time, otherwise I would have found the location of the Tower of Time."

"Evelyn is right, if the Time Keeper doesn't want to be found, even if we search the entire Acacia Peninsula, it will be in vain, it is better to concentrate on forming a raid party as Master Jax said."

Sindra didn't say anything more, she knew that what Camille and Evelyn said was the truth, and before that, the expeditionary force had sent a lot of people to the ruined city to find the Time Keeper, not to mention digging three feet into the ground, it was definitely a lot of trouble, and with the ability of Time Guardian Kieran, it would definitely be able to find out.

If this kind of thing doesn't work out at the beginning, it won't come out later.

"Does anyone have any ideas?"

Camille looked around and said solemnly.

"Since you don't have any other suggestions, let's talk about the formation of a raid team, and how we can solve the problem of camouflage and infiltration......"

Unbeknownst to the higher-ups, a new battle plan had been drawn up at the outpost, and Darius, who had been promoted to captain, was leading his combat team to patrol the border area of the Magic Star Monument.

Each Border Patrol Team is equipped with the best war horses and magic signal generators, plus the priority supply of weapons and equipment, it can be said that it is armed to the teeth, and the reason why it can get such preferential treatment is only because the Border Patrol Team is the unit with the highest casualties in the Imperial Expeditionary Force, and there is no one.

This is also the main reason why Darius was able to be promoted to captain in a short period of time.

Unlike the initial battle at Vikaula, from the moment they stepped into the Acacia Peninsula, the soldiers of the expeditionary force felt like stepping into a treacherous and evil world.

The earth is gray and light purple, all animals and plants that can move or cannot move have been corrupted by the void energy, and have become a deadly danger of eating people without spitting out bones, in this corrupted land, there is no water, no food, and all supplies have to be transported from the rear.

Bottomless crypts and rifts can be seen everywhere, and if you step on the air, you will end up with no bones, and the towering peaks will reveal patches of round holes as if they have been hollowed out by insects, and the sun, moon and stars in the sky are hazy with a strange layer of light purple.

To say that the most dangerous thing is the void creatures that come and go without a trace,

Under the leadership of the Void Empress Belvis, many insect-type void creatures have acquired the high-quality characteristics of sea creatures, not only can they fly through the air at will, but they can also conceal their aura in camouflage colors, and launch deadly attacks when the soldiers of the expeditionary force are slack.

If it weren't for the fact that every soldier of the expeditionary force appointed by the Noxian Empire was the elite of the army, and the expeditionary force relied on the magic star tablet to fight steadily and steadily, it would be impossible for the expeditionary force to go so deep into the Acacia Peninsula.

Even so, the endless struggle on the brink of life and death also caused the expeditionary force to feel war-weary, which was supported by faith in the empire and admiration for the Lockhill spirit.

In such a bad situation, the patrol team commanded by Darius was able to maintain high combat morale and low battle loss rate, and was dubbed the honorary title of 'wolf squad' by the expeditionary force.

Darius, who always takes the lead and rushes to the forefront with a broad-bladed giant axe, has the nickname of 'Head Wolf', and Darius doesn't show much on the surface, but secretly he is more satisfied with his military nickname.

It's a pity that even if he likes it, he can't stand being chattered by a person for a long time, or rather, he can't stand it personally.

"So why are you called 'head wolf' big brother and sister-in-law Qurieta you are called 'she-wolf', they are so handsome, I have to be called 'Bigfoot wolf'?

What the hell is Bigfoot? Are my feet big? That's unfair, isn't it? ”

During this patrol mission, Draven expressed his dissatisfaction with the nickname for the twenty-fifth time, and the wolf team sent a good-natured laugh for the twenty-fifth time, and the low laughter of his colleagues made Draven roll his eyes.

"Still laughing, you don't want a nickname yet, even if you do, it's a stinky wolf, a carved wolf or something, it's not much better than me."

"Draven, aren't your feet big yet? It's almost time to catch up with my shoehorn face. ”

"Big feet run fast, even the bed bugs can't catch up with your big feet, I don't know what your kid is wronging, I didn't call you Bigfoot even if it was merciful, you kid is actually showing off, right?"

"If Bigfoot takes off his boots and socks, do you think Bigfoot will become a stink-footed wolf? Even the Void Bugs shy away, right? ”

"Why don't I take it off and smell it?"

"Then I'd rather smell the skin swallow of the bug, maybe think a little more."

The air seems to come alive a little faster.

Darius glanced back at his younger brother, who was 'bullied' by his subordinates because of his noise, and had to admit that the morale of the wolf squad could be kept so high had a lot to do with his brother's mother-in-law's mouth.

The strangest thing is that both the members of the wolf squad and Draven seem to like their respective roles, so that he, the 'head wolf', has no room to interject.

Sometimes he even thinks that the core of the Wolf Squad is his brother Delevingne, not his Darius.