When Stephanina, transformed into a high-level spider woman, walked slowly into the large wooden house in the camp, the shock she brought to the magic spider knights inside the house was no less than that to those at the door.

Portia, who was sitting carefree, also opened his eyes wide in surprise, jumped up from the wide seat, and said with a slight stutter: "Your Highness Shashadra, why are you here too?"

"Please take a seat."

Portia immediately bowed and gave up the seat that originally belonged to him.

You know, he hadn't even gotten comfortable in this seat yet. Before that, this seat was reserved for Her Highness Dolores.

"Oh? Can't I come to the Norman Secret Realm?" Stephanie glanced at Portia with her beautiful eyes.

"Of course not. What I mean is that Her Highness Dolores has already come this time. I didn't expect that the great mistress would send you in again. This will make us even more powerful."

Portia answered cautiously.

As the deputy leader of the Spider Knights, he is the highest-ranking male night elf among the Spider Knights who have entered the Norman Secret Realm.

But in front of the senior spider woman, you still need to be careful and not offend her with words.

Especially this Prince Shadra, who has a fickle mood and will start a fight if he disagrees with something.

"By the way, your mission this time should be for the blood essence of the black-scaled earth dragon beast, right?"

"Her Highness Dolores has just led her people away. In addition to cleaning up the small insects sent by the humans on the surface, they are also looking for the blood essence of the black-scaled earth dragon beast."

Portia imagined in his mind the purpose of His Highness Shadra being sent by the mistress into the Norman secret realm.

After all, at present, the human side can no longer cause any trouble. They have killed at least hundreds of wizard apprentices, and the rest fled in panic when they saw them, and were frightened by the killing.

Well, if there is no new mission, the only possible mission for His Highness Shadra after entering the secret realm is to help kill the Black Scale Earth Dragon Beast and obtain its blood essence.

"Portia, do I need to report to you the purpose of my entering the secret realm?" Stephanie pretended to be angry, staring at Portia with her beautiful eyes.

Instantly, beads of sweat appeared on Portia's forehead. He said in a panic, "No, no, I'm sorry, Your Highness Shadra. Please forgive my stupid words."

Under the pressure of his blood, Portia gave up the right to further explain and directly admitted that it was a problem with his own language expression.

This made Stephanie feel relieved. Sure enough, the interior of the night elves was exactly the same as her master had described.

The night elves have always been a matriarchal society. Apart from the high-ranking mistress, the powerful high-level spider women have the most say, and these men are all servants.

No matter how outstanding he is, he is just a high-level servant! "Portia, remember your identity!"

"Go, gather the outermost group of secret sentries back, and then increase the number of patrols. I see that the patrol team outside the camp only has three people in a team. This is not enough. Change it to five people."

"Also, have the Demon Spider Knights in the camp prepare for battle. It is estimated that the enemy will attack the camp in less than half a day."

Stephanie flicked her crystal clear fingertips and spoke nonchalantly.

Hearing this, Portia's face immediately fell, and he thought to himself, is there a strong enemy attacking here? But the human wizard apprentice has already been defeated by us.

Immediately, a flash of inspiration came to his mind, as if he had thought of something, and he asked: "Respected His Highness Shadra, is it possible that a powerful enemy is coming? Is support from the human wizards on the surface coming?"

"No wonder the mistress sent you in as well."

Portia once again perfectly imagined the whole thing. After getting a satisfactory self-explanation, he immediately turned to the several Demon Spider Knights around him and shouted, "Immediately follow His Highness Shadra's orders, recall the outermost secret sentries, and shrink the patrol range."

"Also, increase the number of patrol teams outside the camp to five!"

"Remind everyone in the camp to prepare for battle!"

A series of orders were then issued by Portia.

What Portia had never expected was that the Prince Shadra in front of him was just a shell, and inside it had already been replaced by the soul of a black-hearted human female apprentice.

What's more, the suggestions made by His Highness Shadra were all for strengthening their own defense, so Portia never doubted the authenticity of His Highness Shadra in front of him.

You said His Highness Shadra is a spy?

How is this possible!

Even if her appearance and looks could be faked, the order that Her Highness Shadra had just issued was all for the good of the Demonic Spider Knights. Moreover, she had also revealed the top-secret information that a powerful enemy was about to arrive! From any point of view, Her Highness Shadra could not be a spy.

"Portia, I'm a little tired, arrange a room for me!"

After saying that, Stephanie stood up and stretched her slender waist slightly, looking a little tired.

"Of course, Your Highness Shadra, please follow me."

Portia answered immediately, and then guided Stephana to a luxuriously decorated room to rest.

The moment the door closed, a sarcastic smile appeared on Stephanie's lips.

Be prepared, because soon you will face the revenge of a wizard father who has just suffered the pain of losing his son.

Portia walked out of His Highness Shadra's room with a frown on his face. He was wondering whether he should immediately inform His Highness Dolores about His Highness Shadra's arrival.

Or should he wait until Her Highness Dolores returns before reporting?

Logically speaking, Her Highness Dolores is still the highest commander in the Norman Secret Territory appointed by the Lady Madam.

After thinking about it, Portia felt that it was still necessary for him to report to Her Highness Dolores in time.

So, Portia waved to a Demon Spider Knight guarding the corridor and said, "Go, find Her Highness Dolores and report to her about the arrival of Her Highness Shadra."

"Also, report what His Highness Shadra just said. The surface human wizard apprentices may attack the camp in half a day. Do you understand?"

"Yes, sir! Lord Portia." The Demon Spider Knight bowed slightly, performed a knight's salute, then quickly turned around and left the camp.

At this time, Doros, under the protection of several teams of spider knights, came all the way to the west of the Norman Secret Realm.

Soon after, they found the traces left by Gildarts and his two companions.

"Lady Dolores, your judgment is absolutely correct. There are indeed signs of human wizard apprentices' activities here."

"Also, judging from the distance between the footprints left behind, the opponent is quite powerful."

A captain of the Demon Spider Knights reported to Dolores respectfully.

"Then chase them and kill them, my warriors," Dolores gestured.

"As you command, Your Highness Dolores."

Several Demon Spider Knights immediately sped up and moved forward quickly according to the footprints.

Soon, they arrived near the cave of the golden-scaled lizard, and what came into their eyes was an extremely messy scene.

All they saw were trees with a diameter of no less than one meter lying on the ground, and the ground was turned upside down. There were pits several meters deep one after another. It seemed that a war had broken out here! The more the Demon Spider Knights observed, the more frightened they became! Because to cause such a level of destruction, they were no longer capable of doing it.

"Your Highness Dolores, I may need to trouble you to go and check it out in person. Our soldiers found traces of a battle."

"It seems that both sides are very powerful." A Demon Spider Knight reported respectfully.

"Oh, this is quite interesting." Dolores raised her eyebrows and said with interest.

So, under the protection of many spider knights, Dorothy slowly came to the battlefield ahead.

Looking at the criss-crossed and devastated ground in front of her, Dolores was also shocked.

However, when she looked carefully, she suddenly took a few steps forward and pulled out a piece of light golden scale that was stuck in the cracks of a tree.

The scales are about the same size as ordinary coins, but instead of being round, they are in a peculiar raised diamond shape with extremely sharp protrusions.

After looking through the scales for a while, Dolores stared blankly at the deep cave not far away.

"Pass the order, don't get close to the cave ahead, it's the lair of the high-level monster Golden Scale Lizard!"

Dolores said solemnly.

"Yes, sir! Your Highness Dolores." A captain of the Demon Spider Knights immediately called to the others and passed the order down layer by layer.

Dolores didn't want to rashly fight a monster that could rival a real wizard in the Norman Secret Realm because it was unnecessary.

It seemed that the mice that he was going to clean up were most likely buried in the lizard's stomach! His trip was in vain.

However, now that we are here, this place is not far from the secret cave of the Black Scale Earth Dragon Beast, so let's go and complete the task assigned by the mistress.

"Gather everyone and go to the secret cave!"

"As you command, Your Highness Dolores!"

The group of more than 20 people of the Magic Spider Knights immediately turned around and headed for the secret cave to hunt the black-scaled earth dragon beast. ——At this time, Gildarts was taking Stefan with him, and the two of them quickly headed in the direction indicated by the orb and the tracking mark.

As they passed a valley, a voice sounded in the distance.

"Gildarts the Wizard?"

Then, two young wizard apprentices walked out from the dense woods not far away.

A man and a woman, the man had brown hair and a handsome appearance, the woman had a beautiful appearance and wavy blonde hair that fell casually to her shoulders.

Gildarts's eyes narrowed. He had an impression of these two people. These two wizard apprentices from the Gulus Academy were assigned the [Deviation Magnet] and were also members of the 23-person rescue team.

Unexpectedly, the two of them successfully came together.

And when he thought about his own strongest team, which had gone from gathering five people as planned to now being left with only two people like the other team.

This made him feel depressed for no reason.

"It really is Wizard Gildarts, that's great!" The female apprentice's eyes lit up and she said in a clear voice.

"Wizard Gildarts, we found dozens of apprentices from various academies trapped in the secret realm nearby, and we were wondering how to place them. Unexpectedly, we were so lucky to meet you."

Gildarts was slightly delighted when he heard this, for he was just about to track down the murderer of Donato, and he had too few people at his disposal.

He glanced at Stefan, who was his only subordinate at the moment.

If we bring this group of people along, we will have enough manpower.

So Gildarts asked, "Is it around here?"

"Yes, Wizard Gildarts, in a hidden valley a few miles away. The lush vegetation concealed the entrance to the valley, allowing them to survive."

Gildarts nodded and said, "Well, then you can take them all over."

After a while, a group of demoralized wizard apprentices, supporting each other, appeared in Gildarts's sight.

This made Gildarts frown. Many people were injured, and he casually sensed that there were not many level three wizard apprentices. What's the use of having these guys? He was afraid that if they were sent out, they would just be serving food.

However, when he looked carefully again, he barely found a few wizard apprentices with resolute faces. Although they were not top-notch in terms of strength, at least they had a calm mentality.

So he nodded slightly, thinking that not all of them were useless, there were still one or two who were quite presentable.

"This is the commander of the rescue team, Wizard Gildarts. The one coming this time is Wizard Gildarts's clone." The blonde female apprentice introduced respectfully.

As soon as the voice fell, more than 20 wizard apprentices instantly focused their eyes on Gildarts and immediately saluted respectfully:

"Thank you Wizard Gildarts."

This made Gildarts' expression ease a little.

"Stefan, heal the injured apprentice. We will set out in a while and clear the way home."

Since Gildarts was currently heading in the direction of the original material supply point, no one suspected anything.

Moreover, as the supreme commander of the rescue team, even if Gildarts pointed in a random direction, it is estimated that no wizard apprentice would dare to jump out and question it.

His words quickly aroused the enthusiasm of the wizard apprentices.

Suddenly, many people began to look happy and whisper to each other.

"Great, I can finally go back."

"Yeah, I knew the academy hadn't given up on us."

"I didn't expect the rescue team would send a clone of a formal wizard. What a generous move!"

Among the group of apprentices, only a few had doubts. Among them was Andrea, who was quietly wiping the knight's sword in his hand. He had witnessed the strength of the Demon Spider Knights and the senior spider women, and he survived the counterattack by chance.

He did not think that relying on the clone of a formal wizard and three extremely powerful apprentices could break through the blockade of the Demon Spider Knights.

Or at least he thought the chances were not high.

But obviously, he couldn't say anything against it or remind the strange wizard now.

Because this would undoubtedly be seen as pouring cold water on everyone, and might even be seen as a provocation to the pressure of official wizards.

So, following the crowd is the best option!

Soon after, the group, led by Gildarts, headed towards the original supply point.

(End of this chapter)