“What the fuck…!”

Baltai’s face was shaded a pale blue. He was finally understanding the entire situation.

The griffons had bombarded their camp with jars filled with oil before throwing down torches. Of course, the damage from the fire itself was not very great, but the soaring flames revealed their location.

The initial flames had served as a marker for the flaming arrows that followed right after. In addition, the soldiers that escaped towards the other side could not be seen at all. Given that some time had passed, it was likely that all of them had perished.

The griffons and the cavalry were much superior in terms of mobility and speed. They must have hunted down the escaping soldiers while circling around the perimeter of the woods.

“Dogshit…”

However, no matter how effective the griffons and the cavalry were, the demonic army possessed a much higher number of troops. Only hundreds had escaped in the other direction after abandoning the camp in the very beginning. Baltai still had around 1,000 soldiers by his side.

‘If this devolves into a dogfight, we still have a chance.’

Baltai raised his halberd with such thoughts.

“Get into tight formations! There are only a few of them! We will engage them after getting into formations!”

Baltai shouted at the...