Fasal Village.
Wolf led his entire team back to their territory.
The soldiers left to guard the city looked at their return with excitent written all over their faces.
In their eyes, whenever their Lord took to the battlefield, who could compete?
It must be another day of triumphant return, another territory gained, another territory’s benefits secured. Now, Lord would surely reward them again!!!
"Lord!" they called out eagerly, their tones filled with joyful anticipation.
Unexpectedly, Aiden, who was beside Wolf, started to give them a look.
The soldiers: "..."
A sense of foreboding suddenly rose in their hearts.
Could it be... defeat?
Wolf glanced at the defending soldiers without saying much, walked straight into the territory, ordered his people to go about their business, then headed straight back to his own manor and... closed his door to visitors.
This reaction, in no ti at all, beca known top to bottom in Fasal Village.
This ti, Fasal Village’s battle against Hope Village was lost.
"How could this be? Isn’t Hope Village just a Level 2 village?"
"And we sent so many people."
"Lord has many treasures, those are not sothing ordinary territories can deal with."
"How could we possibly lose!"
"Does Hope Village have a powerful backer?"
"It seems like you all aren’t badly hurt, there couldn’t be any formidable characters in Hope Village, right?"
"..."
A group of people surrounded Aiden and the other captains who followed Wolf to Hope Village, bombarding them with questions, with Aiden at the very center.
Everyone knew that Lord loved to bring Aiden along, he basically accompanied him on every Territory War.
Therefore, he must know the specifics.
The people present were other captains from the soldier team, equal in rank to Aiden, and their questioning was straightforward.
Aiden, pressed for answers, also looked sowhat helpless, "Although Hope Village is a Level 2 village, they sohow increased their defensive power to 400,000. To deplete their defense first, Lord and I used quite a few thods. Right when we thought victory was at hand, Hope Village seized the opportunity to upgrade, attracting a large Beast Tide to distract us, and on top of that, they instantly restored their walls’ defensive power..."
Hearing this, everyone on the scene couldn’t help but gasp.
Just listening to this made them feel anger welling up inside, not to ntion how Lord himself must have felt at the scene.
Exhausting a wall with a defensive power of 400,000, Lord must have paid a significant price. If they had succeeded and taken Hope Village, it would have been worth it. But clearly, Hope Village was prepared, their prior show of weakness all to lower their guard, buying ti until the battle reached a point where victory for Fasal Village was impossible.
At this mont, victory or defeat had already beco irrelevant to the two sides’ strengths.
As the attackers, Fasal Village was destined to lose!
"In the end, Lord only had the choice to retreat and concede defeat; otherwise, he would be helplessly aiding Hope Village in repelling the Beast Tide," Aiden continued. He kept Lord Wolf’s subtler thoughts to himself; speaking of them would too easily undermine the Lord’s authority. If that authority were damaged, Lord would never forgive him, so he had to save face for Lord as much as possible.
"Lord did the right thing, cutting losses in ti," other captains added.
After saying this, everyone’s thoughts returned to Hope Village, and for a mont, they were all sowhat silent.
"Hope Village was unnoticed before, but it turns out they have so capabilities."
"At least, they must have so financial foundation."
"We lost this ti; let’s see if we can recover our position next ti."
"Let’s wait for Lord to recover tomorrow, then send soone to scout Hope Village, see if we can find any weaknesses?"
"..."
The captains discussed back and forth; clearly, they all understood that although Hope Village had escaped this ti, their Lord would surely not let this go. They wanted to prepare strategies in advance and have sothing to report to Lord tomorrow.
Aiden thought the sa and then said, "We’ll discuss it with Lord tomorrow; for now, let’s settle the people who went out to combat."
"Right," the captains nodded. In no ti, the troops they led were back in their original positions.
The whole territory started running as smoothly as it did before the battle.
But soon the manager of the Warehouse in charge of managing the territory’s resources hurriedly reported the situation.
"Half of the Warehouse’s resources are gone." The Warehouse was under his charge, and now with so many missing, he couldn’t bear the responsibility!
Hearing this, the captains also suddenly rembered sothing.
Losing a Territory War ca with a cost.
"Was there much left in the Warehouse this ti?"
Their territory naturally relied on other territories, with resources pillaged from other village-level territories that were regularly handed up. Although there were also considerable reserves in their territory, if these were resources that had been handed up, they ant next to nothing to them.
"A lot, everything from Aberto Duowei Village’s recent acquisition is in there, plus the superior from above hasn’t co yet." The Warehouse manager was on the verge of tears; these resources were of astronomical value.
Normally, prior to a major battle, many territories would secretly transfer a portion of their resources out of the warehouse, but Fasal Village hadn’t done so because they never considered the possibility that their territory might fall.
As a result, they actually lost this ti!
A shock ran through the nurous team leaders.
In this case, the losses to their territory this ti were truly trendous.
At least, the last battle wasn’t fought for themselves, it was for Hope Village!
"One of the buildings in the territory is gone, the Advanced Alchemy Workshop." Soone rushed over to report the news anxiously!
"What????" Everyone’s faces showed astonishnt.
This Advanced Alchemy Workshop was one of the most important buildings in their territory!
They had invested a lot of money into this alchemy workshop for their territory!
And now it had beco the property of Hope Village???
God! This was painfully distressing for them!
Although they also had other buildings with similar alchemy workshop functions, how could those compare to the potency of a handcrafted Advanced Alchemy Workshop?
Even though they had always been aware that defeat in a Territory War would lead to the loss of territorial property, they had never imagined it would be the alchemy workshop?
Most importantly, they had tasted defeat for the first ti, experiencing this bitter taste from the first defeat, and their current mood was simply indescribable.
They finally understood why Lord had secluded himself as soon as he returned.
He required a proper venting of his frustrations.
While they were feeling distressed, a familiar voice rose beside their ears, "What are you talking about?"
"Lord." As the team leaders recognized it was Wolf, they instantly snapped to attention and respectfully greeted him.
Wolf just looked at them without a word.
Only then did Aiden gather the courage to speak, "We were discussing the losses from the defeat of our territory."
Seeing Aiden actually bring it up, the other team leaders sweated for him; wasn’t this reminding Lord of his failure?
But Aiden knew that being evasive would only anger Wolf more.
"Mm." Wolf listened, responding lightly, then said, "What do you think?"
"Naturally, we need to find an opportunity to retaliate."
"We can’t suffer this loss silently."
"We were unprepared this ti; with proper preparations, we’ll surely be able to recover our loss."
"Also, there’s doubt about the defensive power of Hope Village’s walls; there might be other forces involved behind this."
"Yes, maybe back in Abo Duowei Village, soone deliberately led Hope Village into catching your eye, Lord, making us fall for the trap."
"..."
Seeing Wolf wasn’t angry, the team leaders found the courage to speak, and the words they said were definitely in line with what Wolf wanted to hear.
When Wolf heard the last few phrases, his expression softened sowhat, and he gave the speakers an approving look.
The loss of the Advanced Alchemy Workshop and half of the warehouse’s resources had already been inflicted; what he needed to do now was to attribute this defeat to external forces, thereby lessening the responsibility weighing on him.
Of course, these words couldn’t co from his own mouth.
After having heard enough, Wolf finally spoke, "Aiden, lead a team yourself to Hope Village; I need to know the most detailed information about Hope Village."
He was determined to have his revenge!
Whether it was the Advanced Alchemy Workshop or the plundered resources, he would take them all back from Hope Village!
"... Yes." Aiden hesitated for a mont but still accepted the task.
Listening to this command, the other team leaders exchanged enigmatic looks with Aiden.
While it was an honor to be trusted by Lord, this task was tough and thankless!
No matter whether Hope Village had the support of so other force, the fact that they could repel their territory ant they definitely had their own capabilities. To find a weakness of such a territory would be extrely difficult, especially when the location wasn’t their ho ground.
Luckily, luckily it wasn’t them.
Aiden noticed their gazes and snorted inwardly.
Previously, their words sounded considerate, all in the interest of the territory, but when it involved themselves, they all backed away.
To him, this task wasn’t pleasant, but if done well, he could rise another level in his position – it all depended on how he executed it.
Therefore, the very next day, Aiden gathered enough forces and set out directly.
Of course, in order to avoid drawing attention, they had specifically traveled to another territory to obtain a different "Resident" Identity.
Even though after leaving a territory’s residency, one would not be welcod back, but as confidants of Lord, there were ways to maneuver around this, and he wasn’t afraid in the least.
After all this was arranged, Aiden led his forces towards Hope Village with a fearso montum.
In just a few days, they would reach Hope Village.
He wanted to see for himself what was inside Hope Village that made them suffer defeat. What was it that allowed them to lose the battle??
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