While Jake and Marquis Burkel were fighting against each other, Marquis Hailey Maroon was facing an enemy on the other side. However, her enemy had a completely different disposition from Jake. The fight between Jake and Marquis Burkel was one in which the elites of both armies gathered to determine who was stronger and superior. But, unlike Jake, her enemy didn’t attack her as confidently or as directly as he had. Marquis Hailey Maroon was facing a completely different type of challenge.

“Just what… the hell is going on?”

It wasn’t unreasonable for Marquis Maroon to be frowning. In front of her was the enemy. There definitely was an enemy in front of her but… She couldn’t attack the enemy easily. Why? Because she couldn’t tell how many troops the enemy had. There was a thick fog between her 20,000 troops and the enemy’s troops. It was so thick that she couldn’t even see 10 meters ahead of her, there was no way she could properly determine how many men there were on the enemy’s side. But from the blurry glimpse she had gotten, she realized that the size of the enemy’s forces seemed unusual.

In the end, she was afraid that she might lose control of her men if she hastily attacked and decided to wait until the fog cleared. She had thought she’d only have to wait half a day at most, but to her...