And this little spark had already arrived outside the valley.
Zhao Kai raised his arm to stop his army from advancing.
His eyes looked toward the clearly visible valley ahead.
"Soma, you have eagle eyes; see if you can find anything," Zhao Kai said to the hero behind him, and a tall half-elf walked out.
His pupils expanded slightly as he looked toward the valley.
Then Zhao Kai saw his eyes shrink.
"Many people died, and there were orcs lurking in the woods, acting as sentinels."
"Hehehe, they really are surrounded by orcs," Zhao Kai said proudly.
He had been paying attention to the public channel and had long known what happened in the valley.
After a series of messages praising Toji Hisami, worrying messages were now beginning to surface.
Because the power and size of the orcs caused them concern.
Someone was constantly calling on everyone to gather together and come here to destroy the orcs.
The reason given was that if the orcs were allowed to grow, the lords would be the ones who suffered in the end.
Since the orcs did not engage in production, they would definitely run around and plunder, and no one would be able to escape.
However, Zhao Kai disagreed.
His territory was not too close to here. Along the way, he had encountered at least thirty territories.
The orcs wouldn’t be able to plunder him for a while.
For him right now, how to provoke the orcs to fight to the death with Toji Hisami’s forces was the top priority.
"The highest-level lord right now is no more than level thirty, and Toji Hisami must be the same."
"With attributes at level 30, releasing a firestorm is the limit. He must be in a state of exhaustion now."
Zhao Kai looked at his army.
The batch he brought out were all exchanged for the resources given by his family.
They were not comparable to Toji Hisami’s elite soldiers, but they were not inferior at all to the soldiers of other big families.
And one-third of them were equipped with special weapons: fire dragon guns that could spray magical flames.
This kind of weapon was very lethal, but its attack radius was only ten meters, making it usually impractical.
But if changed to a valley environment, these weapons would show their true effect.
At this time, the reinforcements from the alliance had not yet arrived. Zhao Kai felt even more resentful when he thought about how he had been shut out.
"I asked you to reject my Zhao family—a bunch of short-sighted guys..."
Zhao Kai asked his heroic soul to lead the men equipped with fire dragon spears, while he retreated with the remaining troops.
He wasn’t going to expose himself yet, so he decided to hide first.
As for the heroic soul and the fire dragon spear soldiers, they followed his orders to set fire to the woods outside the valley.
About ten minutes later, ten fire dragon guns sprayed out fierce flames, and the forest suddenly burst into flames.
This incident directly alarmed the orc sentinels.
However, the half-orcs’ extremely poor hiding methods had long been discovered by the half-elf hero.
By the time the sentinels realized something was wrong, the mountain fire had already taken hold, and the blazing fire blocked their view.
"Kill the orcs!"
"Long live humanity!"
After setting the fire, the half-elf heroic spirit led the soldiers and shouted loudly.
As expected, the orc sentries were so frightened that they retreated into the valley and hurriedly went to find their leader to warn him.
The mountain fire became more and more intense and began to spread to both sides, igniting almost half of the valley’s surrounding area.
This not only created pressure for the people inside the valley, but also blocked the way for rescue teams outside the valley.
Zhao Kai looked at the mountain fire with satisfaction. This was his true goal.
As long as this group of people died in the valley, the final winner would definitely be him.
Even if the alliance sent reinforcements, he was confident he could take the lead.
However, just when Zhao Kai was about to have his men dig traps, he suddenly saw thick smoke rising in the distance.
Astonishingly, it was Boris rushing over!
He was riding an earth-moving dragon with pitch-black scales, running forward with astonishing momentum.
At the rear, cavalry followed behind on tall horses, looking like they possessed extraordinary combat power.
Such a powerful team was simply not something an ordinary lord could form.
Zhao Kai felt that he could not cultivate such a cavalry team with his own financial resources.
An investment like this could only happen if someone invested all the resources in their territory in exchange for it.
But the territory was the lifeblood of a lord. Which lord would be stupid enough to use all their territory’s resources just to arm cavalry?
If they couldn’t afford to support them, the cavalry would be abandoned sooner or later.
Zhao Kai led his team to hide in a secluded spot and was not discovered by Boris.
As for his heroic half-elf, because of his sharp eyesight, he also discovered Boris early and hid to the side.
Boris charged right up to the entrance of the valley and saw the raging fire with no clear path through.
However, this rough man had no intention of taking a detour to search, and directly dug his heels into the dragon’s belly.
"Charge with me!"
"Yes, Your Highness!"
Boris lowered his helmet visor, raised his spear forward, and exploded with a cone-shaped burst of steam!
All the knights naturally followed behind Boris, letting the spiral energy wrap around them.
Knight charge skill!
Ahead was a valley with an uphill slope.
Zhao Kai was dumbfounded.
"Aren’t knights charging up a mountain just looking for punishment?"
However, Boris rushed straight forward, and the burning mountain fire was extinguished by his spiral energy.
A charred line stretched from the foot of the mountain to the top of the valley.
In less than ten minutes, Boris entered the valley.
Zhao Kai, who stayed where he was, had an ugly expression.
"I hope you die inside too..."
Cursing bitterly, Zhao Kai ordered his soldiers to start digging traps.
Meanwhile, inside the valley.
Because of the sudden ignition of the mountain fire, looking out from the valley, half of the sky was illuminated in red.
On the human side, the alliance lords and civilian lords all hurriedly asked questions in the group channels and public channels.
Has anyone come to help?
But the reply they received was no!
The nearest group of people had already stopped moving forward, and the second group of troops from the alliance side would still take at least half a day to arrive.
At this time, the mountain fire had burned from the outside to the top of the valley, and was gradually spreading down into the valley itself.
The orc leader roared, and all the orcs waved their weapons to charge forward.
The mountain fire had started in the west and spread to both sides at the same time, so the only way out was to the east.
The orc leader intended to break the light pillar directly, take the reward, and then leave from the east.
The people on the alliance side and Toji Hisami’s side were both in the south. If they didn’t move, they would suffer.
The alliance side began to panic and finally had to shift their positions.
Several lords rode their horses over to Toji Hisami.
"Toji Hisami, let’s work together to break the light pillar and get the reward."
"With your strength, if there is another firestorm, they will never dare to come close. We will be responsible for destroying the guardians and grabbing the loot."
As soon as he finished speaking, the civilian lords on Toji Hisami’s side suddenly sneered.
"That’s nice to say. Lord Toji Hisami is already weakened, and one more firestorm will cause him to collapse immediately."
"When you grab the reward, you’ll just pat your butts and leave. Aren’t we being treated like fools?"
"What nonsense are you talking about, untouchable!"
After hearing this, the lords of the alliance were furious. Some couldn’t help but raise their whips and threaten to strike them down.
But at that moment, they met Toji Hisami’s cold gaze.
For some reason, at that moment, the lord felt as though he were being stared down by a terrifying dragon, unable to move a muscle.
A wave of dread arose in his heart, and cold sweat broke out all over his body.
Just a single look!
Why was he so strong?
The lord who was stared down roared crazily in his heart, yet remained completely speechless.
At this time, Toji Hisami slowly reined in his momentum and looked at the others.
"When competing for the light pillar, everyone relies on their own ability."
"If you have the ability, do it yourself. If you don’t, leave as soon as possible. I’m afraid it won’t be easy to get out if you wait too long."
"There must be someone out there plotting against us. I suggest you don’t try to show off."
They were all human beings, even if they fought each other and had different backgrounds.
With foreign enemies ahead, Toji Hisami would not deliberately murder them.
He said what needed to be said, but whether they listened or not was their own business.
Only Lyra knew that Toji Hisami said this simply to settle his own mind.
If this group of people really insisted on staying to fight for it later, Toji Hisami would show no mercy when taking them down.
Besides, from Lyra’s point of view, their decision to stay was practically a foregone conclusion.
As expected, after hearing Toji Hisami’s words, the alliance lords all wore ugly expressions.
Ignoring Toji Hisami and his group, they rushed directly toward the light beam.