The weapons I forge are absolutely flawless.

All the members who stepped forward to stop Dimir were transformed into white light, some quickly and some slowly.

Dimir walked right up to Chlorie as if she were in an empty room.

"Including the fact that you left your team behind and are being besieged by Edelweiss?" Chlorie smirked.

"you--"

When Dimir divided his forces, he did consider this possibility.

But seeing how premeditated Chlorie's actions seemed, he still felt a chill run down his spine.

“It’s too difficult to beat both the Blue Lions and the Black Eagles at the same time.” Chlorie spread her hands and threw her longbow on the ground, seemingly giving up. “But fortunately, Edel and I both don’t want to see the Blue Lions win.”

"You probably didn't expect that she would propose an alliance but only send a quarter of her forces. You also didn't expect that the Black Eagles would abandon their position and launch an attack after confirming that you were not at the main camp."

"Every second wasted in this process will push you toward failure."

"What did this guy see?" Dimir shifted his gaze to Juno, who was standing next to Chlorie.

"Yes, isn't my Juno amazing?"

Even though life and death were in Dimir's hands, Chlorie still had the nerve to show off to him.

"What conditions did Edel offer that made you so cooperative?" Dimir asked, puzzled.

"All you need to know is that it's very high," Chlorie laughed.

"Unfortunately, I will still win."

Dimir pulled out the spear that had carried Leona away and pierced Chlorie and Juno through with a single thrust.

Seeing the Golden Deer members scatter like birds and beasts after the class leader was eliminated, they didn't even bother to chase after them.

Ultimately, the only one in the Golden Deer Class who deserves his attention is Chlorie.

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Shortly after Timiri, worried about his subordinates, rushed back to reinforce them, the Golden Deer members who had scattered and fled quietly regrouped at the same spot.

The leader was a veiled woman who slowly bent down and picked up the longbow that had been left behind.

"Fortunately, this Dimir was too arrogant and didn't think of killing them all, otherwise it would have been really troublesome."

She removed her veil, revealing a face exactly like Chlorie's.

"It's all thanks to Juno's illusion technique that we were able to fool Dimiri's eyes," another member of the Golden Deer Academy exclaimed. "Fortunately, those who are eliminated are teleported out directly, otherwise they definitely wouldn't have passed his thorough inspection."

“Yes,” Kurori nodded, “We must reward them properly after we get out.”

"Lady Chlorie, what shall we do now?" a subordinate asked anxiously.

"Our goal is to make them both suffer. Now that Edel has gained the upper hand on the main battlefield, it's time to make her pay the price elsewhere."

A sly glint flashed in Chlorie's eyes.

"It's also a good opportunity to get revenge for the arrow I shot earlier."

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"Your Highness!"

Upon seeing Dimily burst forth from the dense forest, Dudu immediately stepped forward to greet him.

Dimir instantly summoned his warhorse and commanded, "Come back with me! Sylvan is being besieged by the Black Eagles."

"But Warhawk didn't detect anything unusual?" Marcia asked, looking puzzled.

"Forget about that thing! The Black Eagles have countless ways to deceive us!"

Chapter 330 The Power of Basara's Axe

"Hold on! Prince Dimir is on his way back to reinforce us. Don't let these Black Eagles cadets escape!"

Despite being the ones who were ambushed, the Blue Lions who remained behind were actually thinking about preventing the enemy from escaping.

This is the thought process of the Fargas Knights.

However, they do have the capability.

Although two unlucky ones were wiped out in the first round of magical bombardment, Sylvan immediately organized the remaining personnel to launch a counterattack.

The Blue Lions and Black Eagles were locked in a fierce battle, and even spellcasters in the back row had to consider the risk of friendly fire if they wanted to unleash devastating spells.

Despite being outnumbered, the Blue Lion Knights fought to a standstill thanks to their high morale.

Only Sylvan secretly groaned inwardly.

From the moment the Black Eagles made their move, contact with Dimir was severed.

Sylvan could only hope that his prince would discover the anomaly soon.

But he insisted on pretending to be confident, otherwise the battle line he had painstakingly maintained would immediately collapse.

The Black Eagles specifically arranged for spellcasters to cast dispel spells, preventing them from escaping on their mounts; their intention was clearly to annihilate them.

He believed that only by holding out until Dimir returned with reinforcements could he possibly turn the tide.

"call!"

Sylvan had just repelled a Black Eagles class member when a whooshing sound immediately came. He hurriedly raised his gun to parry, only to see Edel, clad in red armor, already right in front of him.

"I knew you were holding back."

Adele naturally understood the principle of capturing the leader to capture the thief.

Therefore, the first thing he did upon joining the battle was to approach Dimir's most trusted lieutenant.

"That's not as well hidden as Princess Edel."

Sylvan staggered back several steps before regaining his balance.

He was already slightly inferior to Adele, not to mention that Adele had been blessed with a multitude of buff spells, making the gap between them even more pronounced.

"But with these alone, we are no match for His Highness."

The two clashed again.

“I know, so I’ll cut off one of his arms first.”

A burst of intense light erupted from Basara's Axe, resonating strongly with the emblem on Edel's chest.

What appeared to be an ordinary swing unleashed devastating power.

Sylvan never imagined that the Basara Axe, which was a fake yesterday, would become the real thing today.

With a single blow, he cleaved Sylvan and his gun in two.

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"Hey, Venere, isn't that the axe you forged?"

Felix grabbed Vina's shoulders excitedly and shook her back and forth, his voice filled with disbelief.

Little did they know that Wiener was still in shock.

"Even a replica of a hero's legacy can possess such astonishing power?" Venere murmured to himself.

He decided to apologize for his previous act of calling the Basara Axe trash.

When perfectly combined with the corresponding emblem, the power unleashed by the genuine Basara Axe is far beyond what can be described as a mere increase of several times.

"No wonder Edel was able to produce the forging blueprints for the Basara Axe; it turns out it was originally forged for their clan."

"but--"

Wiener remembered that Edel's axe skills were not yet sufficient to wield an A-rank weapon.

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After defeating Sylvan, Edel did not participate in the subsequent battles.

She lowered the mighty battle axe to the ground, her hands trembling slightly beneath her armor.

In order to deal with Sylvan as quickly as possible, she borrowed too much of the power of Basara's Axe.

That single strike had consumed a significant portion of her strength, leaving her somewhat fatigued.

Fortunately, the mask concealed the abnormality, so no one noticed anything amiss.

About ten minutes later, the remaining Black Eagles Class members finally cleaned up the remaining mess.

"Your Highness, all members of the Blue Lions Class have been eliminated."

How much did we lose?

"Five people were disqualified, and three others sustained minor injuries."

"There are still so many?" Adele frowned, clearly not satisfied with the result.

"The Blue Lions are all tough nuts to crack, this casualty ratio is already quite high—"

"Lead the team back to the position." Edel didn't want to hear so many reasons and interrupted him directly. "Dimili could bring the remaining Blue Lions troops to attack at any time."

"Yes, Your Highness." The Black Eagle member in charge of the report bowed and acknowledged the order, then turned and left.

"It's because of people like this that the Black Eagles have always lost to the Blue Lions." Edel thought to herself as she watched the man's retreating figure.

With their lord missing and their deputy commander dead, the Blue Lions fought to the death, even when outnumbered.

If the Black Eagles were in this predicament, Edelweiss couldn't even imagine what would happen.

When victory is achieved, even if they haven't contributed anything, they will swarm like hyenas, trying to get a share of the spoils.

Once defeated, their first reaction is to preserve their strength and shirk their responsibility.

One day, I will settle accounts with them one by one.

......

"Your Highness, Lord Schuster's reaction has disappeared."

Asbe, who was in charge of commanding the mage squad, rushed to Edel to report.

“If there’s any other news, tell me all at once.” Edel’s face instantly darkened.

"Apart from Hicks, who was sent back to deliver the message earlier, the reactions of all the other members who followed Lord Schuster have also disappeared."

"The last message Lord Schuster sent before losing contact was a mark representing the Golden Deer Class."

Bad news came in droves.

"To actually turn on us at this time, Chlorie?" Edel's voice revealed a hint of anger.

Schuster was not only her most trusted adjutant, but also the most powerful spellcaster under her command.

As long as Schuster is still alive, she is 70% confident that she can defeat Dimir and the remaining forces of the Blue Lions.

Chlorie's sudden betrayal not only forced Edel to give back all the gains she had just made, but also sent an extremely bad signal.

"I told you we should eliminate the Golden Deer class first, and then fight the Blue Lions class."

People were whispering among themselves.

"Yes, Schuster is probably in grave danger right now. Nobody knows what's going on over there. What if the Blue Lions and Golden Deer join forces? We..."

The person who answered the call also sounded worried and uneasy.

"Golden Deer Class—" Adele suddenly raised her voice, drowning out the surrounding chatter, her tone full of disdain, "In the end, they are just a bunch of opportunistic, two-faced scoundrels."

The words seemed to have a hidden meaning.

"If she can betray us, she can certainly stab the Blue Lions in the back."

"The only thing I can truly trust is your bravery."

Edel looked around and slowly spoke: "Can you all bear to see the glory of the Empire tarnished as a result?"

Since His Highness had spoken to this extent, none of his subordinates, even if they were not sincere, dared to disagree at this time.

The members of the Black Eagles Class all knelt on one knee, their voices in unison: "We swear to follow His Highness to the death!"

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