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As a result, to my great surprise, in addition to Han Yuan, Xiao Li, and Long Jing, most of the generals and soldiers left the Imperial Forest Army, and a mighty army of 3,000 people left the Fire God Mountain with me.

, I have mixed feelings in my heart. I am grateful for the loyalty of these NPC troops, but I also feel that I am quite sorry for them.

I forced Xia Ye to stay in Huoshen Mountain to stabilize the overall situation, while we didn't bring any of the dragon crystal cannons, ballistas, etc., so we marched from Fanshu City to Bahuang City in such a mighty manner.

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More than an hour later, the army crossed Ziwu Mountain and entered the Elf Trail.

A huge crowd formed one, most of them were cavalry, and there were also many barbarian swordsmen carrying shields who "defected" with me. Although they left the Royal Forest Army, this group of people talked and laughed without any trace of emotion.

The melancholy of being abandoned by the empire, these guys are much more optimistic than me.

"Huhu..."

The wind blew the jungle grass down, but Xiao Li squinted his one eye and looked into the distance, and suddenly shouted: "It's not good, there is an ambush!"

"Bang bang bang..."

Loud noises continued, and flame shock waves erupted among the crowd of Imperial Guards. That was... Dragon Crystal Cannon!

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"Damn it, they didn't want us to go back alive!" Han Yuan held a long knife and covered his eyes to resist the shock wave of the dragon crystal cannon. The shirt behind him was torn to pieces by the strong wind, and little blood stains appeared on his skin.

The somewhat tragic strong wind staggered and roared: "This time, it was the empire that betrayed us!"

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Chapter completed!