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He didn't stop to hear any response either from Mamor or Froki as he took out his runes and started using them. Although he gave his army most of the runes back in the underground world, he still had a lot.

He didn't stop in his place as he started moving forward. Each step he made he used many runes to secure the area around it. There were over 50 million soldiers behind him who needed a wide escape route. Ibro used his runes and heard the sound of Froki shouting:

"Help our lord. Anyone with spare runes must use them now. Move towards our lord's direction."

Many shouts erupted to push the soldiers towards Ibro's direction.

Ibro knew he was battling against time so he tried to synchronize the use of his runes so it would affect wide areas for the longest possible time. He walked for 3 minutes before he finished creating the escape route.

He then returned and maintained this route using runes. His soldiers managed to escape rapidly while these earth monsters were strangled by the effect of his runes.

Ten minutes were all it took for his army to retreat but he felt they were like ten years. He didn't know how much runes he used. Also, his army used a lot of the remaining runes trying to secure that route. Once everyone retreated safely, Mamor ordered:

"Don't stand in a daze like this. Move at once and retreat to the village immediately."

The order was repeated through multiple generals towards the huge army.

The retreat process took nearly 5 hours till the last soldier entered the main gate of the village. The longest period in their return journey was at crossing the river but Ibro ordered them to use the underground caves to bypass this river more rapidly.

Throughout their hasty retreat, these huge monsters didn't stop harassing the army but Ibro was using his runes to keep them in check every time they appeared.

The previous monsters' army didn't let them retreat in peace either. They tried to entangle with them to delay their retreat process. Froki and Mamor used many tactics to ensure that their army kept retreating without any delay.

The most common tactic they used was the long-range units who played heroic roles in this difficult battle. When the army entered the village, they got the order to be stationed at the walls and try to get some rest there.

This army needed time to recuperate. Ibro led Mamor and Froki with three other great generals of the sky and two great strategists of the sky towards his manor.

Although they won this war and achieved their goals, they lost a lot of soldiers during this. The most important loss was the loss of morale. His army descended from the highest top to the lowest nadir. That was not easy to fix and couldn't be ignored.

"Now gentlemen, we had just won a difficult battle. What about our gains and losses?"

Mamor started talking as he said:

"We have won 10 strongholds and then we retreated. Our total losses after the last ambush had reached 25 million soldiers. We got a lot of rss from these strongholds and these rss are all here in this ring."

He then gave a small ring to Ibro. Ibro's army had nearly 30 million soldiers remaining. That meant from the initial 100 million soldiers, he only had 55 million at the most.

Ibro took the ring and then looked inside it. He found small resistance at first but after that, he managed to see the whole space inside. This ring had a very vast space inside.

Ibro managed to notice mountains of food piled up together. He also managed to see mountains of weapons that laid there without any organization.

There were also huge piles of wood, stone, iron ores and other different ores. There were also 100 red copper treasure chests. Ibro felt an urge to open these boxes at once but he held himself. This wasn't the time for this.

"My lord can keep the ring as a gift. I have many rings in my possession."

Ibro wasn't polite and accepted the gift by saying:

"Thanks. You did a good job out there. Except for the last ambush, we might have returned with our heads raised high."

"That enemy is a very dangerous one. The most dangerous aspect of him is that even at his loss he tried to hit us where it hurts."

"I totally agree with you Doteli. That enemy is like a snake."

Ibro looked at the two new strategists that joined this meeting. One was called Doteli with a small body and sharp eyes. The other one was called Toren with a thin body and very short hair.

"I know he is like a snake. This war we tasted hell in it but we also managed to achieve our goals. We shouldn't forget this fact. Although he tried to make us feel bitter, we also made him feel the same."

"I agree with you, my lord. We need now to think about our future move. We have a winning army with low morale. That army can't enter any battles soon."

"That's our next challenge, General Kogin. We need to raise our army morale as we have another big battle ahead of us."

The appearance of Hoden attracted everyone's attention. Ibro looked at him and asked immediately:

"Have you finished building the pyramid?"

"We have nearly finished it. Mony is there supervising the remaining works on it."

Ibro felt relieved. Finally, he was about to upgrade his village. He looked at general Kogin who had a huge body that exceeded 2 meters and said:

"We need to find a way to solve this problem. I will leave this task to you. Tomorrow we must upgrade our village. We will have a more brutal war tomorrow. I need you to find a solution now and apply it immediately. I will retreat to have some rest."

Hoden said at once:

"Don't worry my lord; we will make sure our army is ready for tomorrow's battle in the best way possible."

"I trust your words Hoden. Good luck."

Ibro then left the meeting room leaving behind him the highest generals and strategists of his village. He was sure they would find a solution.

Ibro retreated not to get some rest, but to open these treasure chests. He also wanted to make runes for tomorrow's war. Before he reached his room, he found Mony was waiting for him with a long row of dishes behind her. There were nearly ten villagers holding dishes.

"You won't sleep before you eat a decent meal."

Ibro smiled. She was really concerned about him.

"Ok, let's eat first."

Ibro moved side by side with Mony while he asked:

"Tell me, how is the building of the tower doing?"

"It's great. We are about to fini…"

Suddenly Ibro extracted his sword and plunged it deep inside her chest. His sudden move had caused her to freeze in surprise. He pushed her to the wall and fixed her to it using his sword.

He looked back to the ten villagers and threw a rune immediately towards them. Suddenly a loud explosion appeared causing a loud noise and a lot of damage.

The area where these villagers were had actually turned into ruins. The walls even got damage from this Odd rune that Ibro threw. There was no one alive apart from Mony.

That sound attracted the attention of Hoden and all generals and strategists. They left the meeting room at once and came to Ibro. The situation there was really weird as they saw Ibro fixing Mony to the wall by his sword through her chest.

A lot of blood was spoiled on the floor either came from these dead villagers or from Mony's body. Once everyone arrived and before any of them could say a word, Mony's features changed from the beautiful calm looks into a vicious bloody look. She said in a strange harsh voice:

"How did you discover me?"

Ibro's face didn't change at all while he replied:

"Who are you?"