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Chapter 1975: Mr. Xiao Has Arrived!

The adjutant’s words reignited the burning anger in Baki’s heart.

He glanced at the pile of corpses, then heavily planted his spear into the ground, gritting his teeth and said, "Everyone heed my command, proceed immediately to Tum Castle. We must erase the Gage Family from this world!"

The Tum Castle that Baki mentioned was the Gage Family’s base.

However, he didn’t know that the Gage Family had already withdrawn from Tum Castle. Even if he sets out for Tum Castle now, he won’t capture any member of the Gage Family.

With Baki’s order, the surviving soldiers swiftly began to prepare for departure.

Witnessing this scene, the adjutant couldn’t help but furrow his brows.

"Do you have anything to say?"

Baki asked coldly.

Though the adjutant only frowned for a moment, it did not escape Baki’s notice.

Hearing this, the adjutant, knowing he couldn’t avoid it, candidly said, "Sir, I think there is no need to set off immediately now. The damage is done, and no amount of anger can recover tonight’s losses."

"Besides, having just experienced a battle in the deep of the night, if the soldiers don’t get proper rest, we’ll likely suffer losses rather than win against the Gage Family at Tum Castle."

"After all, the enemy is resting and prepared. Rushing to Tum Castle now puts us at a great disadvantage for the upcoming battle."

Upon hearing his words, Baki uncharacteristically calmed down.

It’s unknown whether he found the adjutant’s words reasonable or felt guilty for not listening to the adjutant’s previous advice.

Once he calmed down, Baki surprisingly agreed with the adjutant’s suggestion: "Let’s do as you say. We won’t hurry tonight. Let everyone rest well. At dawn, we’ll head to Tum Castle."

Hearing his words, the adjutant couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Without needing Baki to say more, the adjutant ran off to deliver the command.

Upon learning they didn’t need to depart immediately, the soldiers couldn’t help but relax. As the adjutant had mentioned, after a night battle and at this late hour, many were exhausted.

Seeing they could finally rest, the soldiers hurriedly returned to their tents, preparing to gather strength for the real battle ahead.

This time, Baki learned his lesson.

Though he agreed to let everyone rest again, he still selected twenty individuals to form a patrol team, beginning to scout the camp and surroundings, guarding against the Gage Family’s return.

Baki’s idea was undoubtedly sound.

However, he underestimated the Blood Clan’s racial talents; using their innate ability to hide their presence, the Gage Family truly returned under Kurt’s leadership!

The twenty soldiers forming the patrol team failed to detect them ahead of time!

Once Kurt led the Gage Family experts into the Bright Church’s camp, they replicated the initial outcome!

Despite being their second ambush tonight, they still achieved a major victory!

The thousand-man team led by Baki was nearly slaughtered without resistance. Including the two hundred thirty-two previously killed, just this night, their casualties skyrocketed to five hundred eighty-seven!

Almost equivalent to half the team being killed, not just crippling them severely but akin to a healthy person suddenly losing a limb!

Baki couldn’t imagine the punishment he’d face once the Church learned of this. He was already prepared to apologize with his life, intending to atone with his death for the grave mistake he committed tonight.

Yet unbeknownst to him, battles were occurring in many places along Europe’s borders, beyond just his thousand-man team.

Aside from the Gage Family, other Blood Clan experts also made moves.

Holding the principle "retreat when the enemy advances and advance when they retreat," they caused tremendous losses to the Bright Church’s border forces. Once the night’s battle report was compiled, Bright Church’s death toll exceeded ten thousand!

As for the Blood Clan’s side, not a single person died!

When this report reached the Holy Land of the Church, Charles was infuriated once again. He immediately dispatched reinforcements to the border battlefield. He also sent orders to the main force, instructing them to set off immediately and engage in a decisive battle against the Blood Clan as soon as possible.

Strivings not to delay time, lest any more unforeseen incidents occur.

As the command reached the frontline of the main battlefield, the two cardinal elders managing the eighty-thousand-strong main force felt instantaneously heavy-hearted.

They clearly didn’t anticipate the Blood Clan’s bold counterattacks and ambushes, ultimately leading to a major success.

Upon learning of the heavy casualties at the border, and infuriated Pope’s reaction, the two cardinal elders dared not slack off in the slightest. They immediately ordered the entire army to set off, aiming to cross the Kamo Mountain, the last natural barrier in the Blood Clan territory, within a day.

However, they were unaware that something even scarier than the Blood Clan guerrillas awaited them in the Kamo Mountain...

On the other side.

The latest battle report had already reached Xiao Zheng’s hands.

Upon learning of the continuous victories on the border battlefield, his heart couldn’t help but feel delighted and satisfied. The entire situation was developing exactly as he’d predicted.

It was safe to say that everything was within Xiao Zheng’s control.

After burning the intelligence, he summoned Long Qie, Evil Eyes, and others for a meeting.

Within minutes, everyone appeared before Xiao Zheng.

"Mr. Xiao."

Everyone greeted him, subsequently finding a clean spot to sit on the ground together, following his lead.

Once everyone was seated, Xiao Zheng shared the latest victory news he had just received with them.

Upon learning that the Blood Clan guerrillas at the border inflicted significant damage on the Bright Church, Long Qie and others were not only surprised but were also immensely impressed by Xiao Zheng: "Mr. Xiao is indeed a strategic genius... brilliant in warfare..."

Unflattered by their praise, Xiao Zheng dismissed it, saying, "No need to flatter me; this sort of flattery is pointless. After all, the battle isn’t over yet; temporary victories don’t guarantee the final results."

"Now that we’ve gained the upper hand at the border."

"Next, it’s our turn to shine!"

Upon hearing Xiao Zheng’s words, Long Qie and the others immediately wore solemn expressions, feeling no room for negligence or complacency.