The city government office doors opened, the people in the meeting room immediately turned their eyes to the young man who just arrived. Tobias smiled, stepping inside and waving at them."Sorry, I'm late. There are a few things I need to do first," Tobias explained.Laura turned her body around, facing him fully, "Let me guess, you went to visit those three, right?""I've never doubted a sorcerer's guess," Tobias complimented, causing Laura to blush and giggle.The young man moved on until he reached his chair, the one in the center of the table. Edgar began to open the discussion, Laura, Tobias, and the squad's soldier leader began to listen."Now that we've taken the city, it wouldn't be a bad idea to start discussing the plan to attack Silkland," Edgar replied.He took a medium-sized scroll of paper from below, unfurling it on the meeting table where it was a map of the western region, Atrea. Tobias could see the map clearly, as well as

The sign that his sword technique was active was the katana blade emitting a sparkling white light. The young man knew what he had to do now.Because the distance was too far, Tobias jumped high toward the hundreds of Valcke troops chasing him. The sight of him jumping so fast towards them gave the soldiers time to duck out of the way.He landed on the ground in the middle of the hundreds of Valcke troops surrounding him. Grinning smiles were displayed on the soldiers' faces, mocking Tobias by saying his actions were foolish.[First Phase: Black Moon]A white aura began to emanate from Tobias' body, but it didn't make the soldiers flinch. They boldly ran towards the young man with strong, shrill shouts. Tobias closed his eyes, preparing to use his technique.A white aura appeared, and a large black circle continued to expand from under Tobias' feet until it reached a diameter of thirty meters.The size of the circle was much larger than before, so it could trap dozens of Valcke soldie

***The next dayThe situation in Silkland City slowly became more favourable. Right when morning came, thousands of Valcke troops who were prisoners of war began to do their job, repairing the building conditions.The large number of Valcke troops required Edgar to alert as many troops as the number of prisoners. They were scattered to various places in the city with pre-determined tasks.Edgar and Laura were still inside the city, unlike Tobias, who was already outside the Silkland area, more precisely outside the south gate.He stood watching the city of Fairspire from a distance, accompanied by two soldiers on either side of him. Until now, Tobias hadn't seen any attack on the city, as planned earlier."What exactly are you looking at, Lord Tobias?" asked one of the soldiers, tired of waiting for Tobias since sunrise."Can you go there and do some spying for me?" asked Tobias."I-I can't. It's not my thing," said the soldie

***The next dayTobias left his tent on a horse, riding steadily until he reached the southern entrance.From the entrance gate guarded by several soldiers, Tobias could see tens of thousands of troops in dark blue armor standing tall in neat lines, facing south.The galloping of horses could be heard from the direction of the forest road, and Laura looked back, as did Edgar. They both saw Tobias arrive in a military shirt without his furry coat."How are the soldiers prepared?" Tobias asked."They're ready, although there's an inevitable fight in there," Edgar replied."And what about guarding the prisoners of war in Silkland?" asked Tobias, turning to Laura, for it was Laura's group's turn to watch over the prisoners today.Laura nodded, bringing her seated body to the mount in front of Tobias, "I've already imposed strict punishments on them. If anyone tries to rebel, my troops have been allowed to kill them on the spot."Read more