"They are nothing more than guards of peasants, and yet they dare to mand this Viscount?"
The aura in Jon Zuck’s words was palpable.
Chambers immediately fell silent.
Seeing that a few people had closed their mouths, Jon Zuck stared straight ahead and shouted loudly.
"Everyone! Follow my orders, march swiftly towards the forest entrance!"
"It has only been a few hours since we entered the forest."
"With the advance speed of the army, the time it takes for the forest entrance to be ignited will not be long, and the fire will not be large!"
"This means that even if we get burned, we still have a chance to survive!"
"As long as we survive, we can go to Morgan Town and take revenge!"
Perhaps it was because Jon Zuck’s words were infectious.
Or perhaps it sparked in everyone a desire for survival.
The faces once filled with despair now shone brightly.
Jon Zuck no longer let the panting Ah Ke continue to clear the way for him.
Whether there is a large fire at the entrance to the forest, or an ambush set by Lynn.
He needs this troop of peasant guards and soldiers to clear the way for him!
Jon Zuck followed the team, slowly moving towards the forest entrance.
A short while later.
Jon Zuck’s brows furrowed tightly again.
He could clearly see.
The forest exit ahead, once dark.
Was now illuminated by yellow-orange flames.
The crackling sound of burning tree trunks was endless.
The air was filled with a dense, fiery scent.
Although Jon Zuck was reluctant to believe it.
The scene in front of him forced him to accept it!
Whoosh~ Whoosh~
The sound of flames swaying in the mountain wind echoed.
Jon Zuck understood that the flames at the forest entrance had already been burning for at least over an hour!
The intensity of the fire had already exceeded his expectations.
This meant.
Soon after he led the army into the forest, someone set the forest entrance on fire!
Because of the wind direction, the fire did not spread quickly.
Nevertheless...
Jon Zuck took a deep breath, shouting loudly to those in front of him.
"What are you hesitating for?"
"Are you waiting for your colleagues behind to save you?"
"I can tell you accurately!"
"The forest behind has already turned into a sea of fire."
"They have perished in the inferno."
"The flames, driven by the mountain wind, are rapidly spreading here."
"If you don’t want to be burned to cinders like them, you can only force your way through the burning zone."
"There is no other way to survive!"
Hearing Jon Zuck’s words from his horseback, everyone’s expressions changed.
Sea of fire... cinders...
In the fire, one after another desperately tried to extinguish the flames on their bodies.
Ultimately collapsing helplessly, leaving their bodies to burn.
The next moment.
Shouts erupted from the mouths of peasant guards and soldiers.
"Break through! Break through!"
"We only have a chance to survive by leaving the forest."
"A desperate fight is better than waiting for death in the forest."
"..."
Amidst the shouts.
Everyone untied the water skins from their bodies, took a big gulp, and splashed the remaining water on themselves.
After splashing the water.
They threw down their water skins and rushed towards the distant forest exit, diving into the inferno.
Even though they had mentally prepared themselves.
Even though they splashed water on their hot bodies.
The flames from the burning trees instantly evaporated the moisture on their bodies.
The linen clothing they wore and the grease-coated hair immediately caught fire.
Instantly.
Screams of pain echoed continuously in the fiercely burning inferno.
They rolled and struggled in the flames, trying to escape.
But as time passed.
Their struggles grew feeble, and their cries disappeared.
Bodies of flesh and blood gradually underwent a transformation.
Dried, cracked, turning black...
Eventually, they turned into glowing red embers...
Riding on horseback, Jon Zuck gazed far at the forest entrance from his elevated position.
They were still at least several hundred meters away from their current location!
Felled by the fierce flames, tree trunks lay blocking the path.
If on horseback, it would take a few seconds to cross.
But now it had bee an insurmountable chasm!
The restless neighs of horses sounded beneath Jon Zuck.
Frightened reminders came from behind.
"Viscount... the fire is spreading!"
After controlling his horse, Jon Zuck quickly glanced back.
Flames, raging and consuming, devoured the solemn trees hundreds of meters away, being fuel for the fire!
Retracting his gaze, Jon Zuck shouted again to those ahead.
"What are you still waiting for?"
Witnessing such tragic deaths, those previously wavering were now resolved.
More and more peasant guards and soldiers, regardless of anything, sprinted forward with all they’ve got.
...
Outside the forest entrance.
Clad in standard plate armor, Earl stood, gripping a longsword, with ten soldiers on a weedy clearing.
Even from a hundred or two hundred meters away.
The fiercely burning flames of the forest still illuminated their faces and bodies.
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