The team leaders acted quickly, scattered, and ran in all directions, asking the knights who might know the inside story for information.
However, after some effort, none of the knights on the battlefield could explain why the mysterious dragon roar suddenly sounded on the battlefield.
Several team leaders were helpless. Since they couldn't get to the bottom of the matter, they could only go to where Count Carlos was recuperating.
They arrived in front of the tent and explained their purpose to the knight guarding the tent. The knight frowned, his heart filled with displeasure.
When the battle for the position was the most intense, the people of the Ninth Legion disappeared, but now they appeared as soon as the orcs retreated.
But due to their duty and the fact that they could not delay important matters, the guard knight had no choice but to let them wait outside for a while.
Not long after, the guard knight came out of the tent with a cold face and said directly: "The Earl does not want to see you, you can go back."
After hearing this, the team leaders were immediately furious, but there was nothing they could do. Having suffered such a setback, they could only return in disgrace to report.
Inside the Ninth Legion's headquarters, the legion commander listened to the intelligence reported by the squad leaders and felt that something was amiss, but he couldn't put it into words. He could only put it aside for the time being and report in detail after His Royal Highness the Prince arrived.
The next morning, the sun shone on the earth, covering the entire camp with a layer of golden glory. The legion commander made careful preparations to welcome Prince Herbert's arrival.
As soon as the prince appeared, the legion commander stepped forward and saluted respectfully. The prince nodded slightly, then asked, "How is the investigation into Long Yin going?"
The legion commander did not dare to hide anything and told all the information he had.
After hearing this, the prince frowned slightly and asked, "Didn't you find anything wrong?"
The legion commander looked bewildered and slowly shook his head. Prince Herbert looked at the legion commander deeply for a few seconds, then walked straight towards the main tent without saying anything.
After entering the main tent, Prince Herbert waved his hand, signaling the guards to withdraw. He then said solemnly, "The two earls didn't respond, which shows that they know what the dragon's roar is about."
"Otherwise, how could they be so calm and not even notify you? If they answered, it would only mean that they were unsure whether this dragon roar was a friend or foe."
After hearing these words, the legion commander suddenly understood why he felt something was wrong last night.
However, he was still a little confused and couldn't help asking, "Your Highness, since we know they are related to Longyin, should we go to Count Carlos's position to find out?"
Prince Herbert fell into deep thought. After a moment, he shook his head and said, "Forget it, I won't go. I just hope it's not a dragon knight. Otherwise, it's hard to say who will have the final say in the North in the future. I hope it's just a magic item or something."
Prince Herbert could only use this way of self-comfort to try to make himself feel more at ease.
After the Carlos position underwent a race against time and orderly cleanup of the battlefield in the second half of the night, the surrounding scene had basically returned to its pre-war state.
But Count Carlos was seriously injured and unable to move, and could only speak with difficulty.
Earl White came to visit, and during their conversation, they tacitly agreed not to mention the mysterious dragon roar. After a few concerned greetings, Earl White told Carlos to rest and recuperate, then left half of the Knights with him and led the other half back to the base.
At the same time, Roga received a communication from Martin and was ordered to lead the remaining knights of the Dawn Knights to stay temporarily at Count Carlos's position to maintain defense and order.
As soon as Earl White returned to his camp, he saw the exhausted knights and asked them to go down and rest quickly.
But he didn't even have time to stop for a moment and rushed towards Martin's base without stopping.
At this moment, Martin is concentrating on handling personnel deployment matters.
After all, with half of the knights mobilized, there would inevitably be gaps in the defense of the original garrison. Just then, a knight outside hurried in to report, "Earl White has arrived."
Upon hearing this, Martin put down his pen and stood up to go meet them. When he walked out of the tent, he saw Earl White arguing with several knights.
Martin, full of curiosity, walked forward quickly. The knights who were arguing saw Martin coming and saluted him.
Earl White said with a hint of annoyance, "Martin, what's wrong with these knights of yours? I've already told you I'm your father, but they won't let me in and insist on waiting for you to come."
Martin couldn't help but laugh and cry after hearing this. He then hurriedly explained the matter to Earl White and said, "The Knights of Dawn only obey my orders. Even if His Highness came in person, he would still be stopped outside."
Upon hearing this, Earl White couldn't help but secretly praise Martin's ability to train his knights. Such loyalty was truly rare. Earl White didn't dwell on the matter too much and followed Martin into the tent.
As soon as the two sat down, Earl White couldn't contain his curiosity and asked impatiently, "Martin, what on earth was that dragon roar?"
Martin thought for a moment and felt that there was no need to hide anything from his father, so he said bluntly: "Father, the dragon roar you heard last night was made by one of my dragon knights."
Upon hearing this, Earl White was stunned for a moment, and it took him a while to come back to his senses.
When his guess was confirmed, he was so excited that he could hardly contain himself and kept repeating, "Good, good, good."
Seeing Earl White so excited, Martin quickly said, "Father, calm down. Don't tell anyone about this. This is our trump card for a surprise victory at a critical moment."
After calming down, Earl White also realized the importance of the matter and immediately promised solemnly that he would never reveal a single detail.
The two chatted for a while, and Earl White returned to his residence with excitement. Unable to sleep, he continued to work on the matters at hand.
In the days that followed, the battlefield mysteriously fell into a dead silence. The orcs seemed to have vanished from the face of the earth, never launching any more attacks on the defenses, not even small-scale probing harassments.
However, the orc patrol teams continued to patrol around their territory on schedule as before.
Martin and his companions were also happy to have some free time, but they still insisted on patrolling the magical fortifications every day. However, seeing the orcs patrolling so actively, it seemed like they were waiting for someone.