Volume 1, Chapter 126: The Four-Man Group's Trap Drives Archduke Garcia Crazy

Archduke Garcia led his army up the mountain on this hazy rainy day.

He was an excellent commander and a sufficiently intelligent nobleman.

In his opinion, Lynch's army would not confront him head-on no matter what angle it was in.

In fact, the Land of Grace should be happy that he attacked New Ahern.

Because when the Land of Grace took over the main city of Selby, the Land of Grace had already gained enough benefits. After the benefits were obtained, going to war with Selby would undoubtedly be asking for trouble.

Therefore, he was ready to give the troops from the Land of Grace a symbolic attack when he saw them, and then prepare to eat the big piece of fat meat of New Ahern.

There was nothing wrong with the army going up the mountain.

On the other side of the mountain is the land of God's grace.

But slowly, when they reached the top of the mountain, Archduke Garcia felt more and more that something was wrong.

There isn't even a small animal on the mountain. Even though it's raining, it's too quiet!

"stop!"

Archduke Garcia, relying on his intuition from many years of leading troops in Castelo Origi, had a bad premonition, so he shouted and ordered the army to stop.

Soon, Archduke Garcia's army stopped.

"Your Excellency Duke, what's the matter? After crossing this mountain, we will reach the territory of the Land of Grace." A military officer asked Archduke Garcia.

"Do you think there is a possibility that the Land of Grace could ambush us?" Archduke Garcia asked the military officer.

"No." The officer shook his head and began to analyze: "The truly terrifying thing about the Land of Grace is not their army, but Mr. No. 1 and his dragons. Now, most of their fighting power is behind us. The goblins and dwarves alone are simply incapable of fighting us. And the Land of Grace has no reason to do so. Although we don't understand why Mr. No. 1 attacked Selby, he has already gained enough advantages."

Archduke Garcia nodded, thinking that the officer was right.

But for some reason, he always felt uneasy.

Suddenly, he and the officers' expressions changed.

"Bang!"

A loud noise sounded behind them, somewhat muffled, and everyone was panicked by this sudden change.

The army suddenly began to fall into chaos.

The war horses neighed and the soldiers shouted.

"Your Excellency the Duke, it's bad, the hillside behind us has collapsed!"

Some soldiers shouted in fear.

It's like a chain reaction.

“BOOM—BOOM—!”

Various explosions rang out, and the earth shook.

This mountain exploded!

"Damn it, hurry up! Move forward at full speed, towards the Land of God's Grace!"

Archduke Garcia's face turned pale. Faced with such a drastic change, he could only do his best and let the army flee to a safe place ahead.

The whole mountain exploded.

Archduke Garcia's mind was in a mess, and he didn't even have time to consider how many of the 50,000 troops he brought with him would survive.

He could only try his best to arrange his troops to charge forward.

He was shouting something, yelling something desperately, but it felt like everything he had done was being forgotten at an extremely fast speed. Even though he had been through many battles, he was completely panicked.

All he knew was that the mountain was shaking, soldiers were screaming, and soldiers around him were running away in confusion.

In the end, half of his army was gone.

And these defeated soldiers also ran out of the blown-up mountain.

Everyone was covered in dirt and even the officers' faces were obscured by the dirt, making it impossible to see their original appearance.

No one knew when, but this defeated army finally reached the open area of ​​the Land of God's Grace.

After the disaster, the soldiers were all in shock.

With empty eyes, they randomly picked up firewood in the open space and lit it.

The rain stopped. The sky darkened. The man died.

Selby's army lost.

At least 20,000 people were buried forever in the mountains.

"How could this happen... How could this happen..."

Archduke Garcia's hair was disheveled and the dirt on his face had dried up.

He sat on the ground, wearing a cape that came from nowhere. The burning bonfire reflected on his face, making him look even uglier than a wanderer.

Like him, there were also the officers sitting around the campfire with him.

This sudden change was unexpected.

It disrupted all their plans.

Then, Archduke Garcia looked around at the officers, and finally, he set his sights on one of them.

He stood up and walked slowly toward the officer.

Suddenly, he grabbed the officer by the collar and lifted him up.

He roared: "Didn't you say that the God's Grace Land could not ambush us? Why did the mountain explode? Why did my soldiers die? Why? Tell me why?..."

Garcia kept roaring.

The officer who was lifted up had a dazed look in his eyes and let Garcia do whatever he wanted. He also could not accept such a setback.

He also understood the reason for Garcia's anger. It was more like Garcia was blaming himself than being angry at him.

"We have already lost. There is no chance for Selby to turn the tables! Civilians are still suffering behind our backs. We no longer have the ability to set foot in New Aherne. Now we can only return to Selby in disgrace..."

Garcia was still roaring, tears streaming down his face.

"Garcia, that's enough!"

Suddenly, a deep voice sounded, and the cold breath that came from it made Garcia stop moving.

Garcia slowly turned around, knelt helplessly on the ground, slowly raised his head, and looked at the person who called him with blurry eyes.

From a distance, one can feel the majesty and coldness.

This is a person he must respect no matter what the circumstances.

And now, this person may become his only lifeline.

Suddenly, Garcia crawled towards the man, and under such a blow, even he became horrified.

He prayed as he crawled: "Your Majesty the Ice and Snow, you must have a way to make our Selby return to its original glory, right? Of course, please, now only you can help me. You are so powerful, just help me kill those dwarves and goblins in the Land of God's Grace, and we are still cooperating, aren't we..."

The one who said he would help Garcia stop Lynch was the Ice and Snow Emperor.

The Ice Emperor was overjoyed when he heard that Selby was going to go to war with the Land of Grace.

He had no other idea but to make Lynch, who looked down on him, have a serious fight with him.

In the case of war, Lynch had no reason to refuse him.

He also watched step by step as Archduke Garcia assembled his troops and set traps for the Land of Grace.

But what he didn't expect was that Lynch actually led a surprise attack on Selby's rear.

Lynch seemed to be excellent in all aspects, even half of Selby's army heading towards the Land of Grace was swallowed up.

This made the Ice and Snow Emperor sincerely admire Lynch. He was an emperor and had fought many wars.

This unconventional fighting style won the respect of the Ice and Snow Emperor.

The Ice and Snow Emperor dodged Archduke Garcia who was crawling towards him and took a few steps back, his eyes showing some pity.

It seems that this legendary Duke who is able to lead a territory like Selby is completely crazy.

In the view of the Ice and Snow Emperor, it was not that Grand Duke Garcia was not prepared enough, nor that he was not vigilant and smart enough.

But the unfathomable 'Mr. No. 1' is too scary.

He witnessed with his own eyes how Lynch completely destroyed a famous duke.

"Garcia, don't give up hope. You still have a future. Will a temporary setback make the best head of the Hamilton family in 300 years so depressed?"

Those simple words brought back a bit of life to Garcia's eyes.

However...