Chapter 1142: Chapter 316: Rise to Power

The cavalryman rode up to Lynn and spoke in a hurried tone.

"Lord, Jon Zuck’s main force is only five li from the forest exit!"

Lynn gave the cavalryman a glance and spoke.

"Fall in and get ready for battle!"

The cavalryman quickly answered and merged into the light cavalry ranks.

With the return of this cavalry scout,

the expressions on the faces of the three Commanders under Rose and the soldiers all grew more and more anxious.

Closer!

Even closer!

Compared to Rose and the others’ impatience, Lynn’s heart remained utterly calm and steady.

His mind was racing even faster.

Five li of forest road.

At most an hour, and Jon Zuck’s army would pour out of the forest and into their line of sight.

According to the intel Gasper had reported to him,

Jon Zuck’s army numbered over ten thousand.

Combined with the width of the forest path,

it could only allow ten men to march abreast.

Going by a one-meter gap front and back for each soldier,

and adding in that the army might have a portion of cavalry,

Jon Zuck’s marching column would stretch for roughly two li!

Adding in the advance Scout units Jon Zuck had sent ahead...

In other words,

right now Jon Zuck’s army was marching in the middle segment of the forest ahead, leaning toward the exit on the Morgan Town side!

Lynn’s gaze shifted to the three Commanders beside him as he spoke.

"Rose!"

Hearing Lynn call his name, Rose hurriedly responded.

"Master, Rose is here!"

Lynn said in a deep voice, "Immediately send the Ignition Team to the forest exit and set the woods ablaze at once!"

Rose’s expression tightened slightly and he answered again.

"Yes, Master!"

Lynn’s gaze moved to Wesley and Tyrone as he continued.

"Wesley, Tyrone!"

Wesley and Tyrone likewise replied at once.

"Here."

Lynn issued his orders: "Once the fire is set, deploy soldiers to hold positions outside the safe zone of the blaze."

"Anyone who breaks out of the forest is to be wiped out on the spot!"

Wesley and Tyrone bent at the waist in reply.

"Yes."

Once he finished giving orders, Lynn’s mind started turning again.

The next instant,

Lynn suddenly thought of something.

With a thought, he opened the Weather Forecast interface.

Southwesterly wind!

The wind wasn’t strong, blowing just right from Morgan Town toward Kakasong City, able to fully act as a bellows for the flames!

Confirming there were no oversights, Lynn’s heart eased slightly.

Under Lynn and the others’ gaze,

the ten light cavalrymen of the Ignition Team spurred their mounts and galloped toward the forest exit.

After the Ignition Team entered the woods and vanished for a short while,

a wisp of light smoke drifted up from the forest, scattering into the night.

The soldiers’ eyes widened as they stared fixedly at that patch of woods.

Obviously,

the Ignition Team that had gone into the forest had already lit the piled-up weeds and tree-resin kindling!

As time went by,

the drifting smoke grew thicker and thicker.

They could even see tiny sparks rising and scattering within the smoke!

The next instant,

a mass of violently burning flames swallowed a tree dozens of meters tall.

The crown that once blotted out the sky was now burning fiercely, lighting up the entire canopy above the forest!

Driven by the night wind, the flames spread rapidly to the neighboring crowns.

The crowns, each brushing against the next, were quickly set alight!

The massive glare of the fire illuminated a swath of what had been dim, lightless sky!

Even from several hundred meters away,

they could still hear the crackling of the forest trees as they burned!

Without needing another word from Lynn,

Rose, Wesley, and Tyrone immediately led the formations behind them toward the forest ahead.

The blaze had only just begun to spread.

To burn down the entire forest would still take time.

To keep Jon Zuck’s army from noticing during this spreading phase and bursting out of the woods,

they had to station soldiers to hold the forest exit!

Watching the fire raging ever more fiercely within the trees, Lynn lifted his gaze to the distant sky.

The Morgan Town forest exit was already aflame.

The billowing smoke and sky-brightening flames

would alert Jon Zuck’s army before long.

If the Ignition Team led by Earl failed to ignite the forest entrance on the Kakasong City side,

then the whole burn-the-forest fire attack plan would fall short at the final step.

Lynn would no longer have a better chance than now to annihilate Jon Zuck’s army in one stroke!

...

Inside the forest.

Advance Scout Captain Hele Lillard sat his horse,

his eyes sweeping the surroundings with full vigilance.

They had already entered the forest and scouted ahead for two or three hours without running into any ambush force,

yet Hele still didn’t dare relax in the slightest.

It was precisely because Hele possessed such a sense of alertness

that he had survived among the Scout troops,

and even risen to become their Captain!

Just as Hele was scanning the area,

his brows suddenly knit tight.

His broad, black nostrils flared,

sniffing the air again and again.

Mok, riding alongside him, watched Hele’s movements with a puzzled look.

After sniffing for a moment, Hele turned his head and asked Mok,

"Mok, do you smell anything strange in the air?"

Mok copied Hele’s movement, took a few light sniffs, and replied hesitantly,

"Seems like... there’s a smell of tree resin."

Two seconds later,

Mok confirmed, "Yeah, it’s the smell of tree resin."

"Captain Hele, you don’t need to be so tense. This is a forest to begin with, and there are so many tall trees here."

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