Even though the mountain path had been destroyed, Francis knew the terrain of Xeto like the back of his own hand, and with the torch in his hand alone, he was able to find a suitable route for his troops to march along. Furthermore, the location that all of the spells from the airship were raining down toward provided Francis with a good approximation of where the Skycourt Kingdom's troops were.

He was a very experienced commander, and he knew that the Skycourt Kingdom's mercenaries had to have employed some type of method to conceal their forces within the darkness. Thus, he didn't advance his troops recklessly, choosing instead to slowly approach the enemy while instructing his archers to fire at them from afar.

The Skycourt Kingdom's mercenaries were already panicking, and many of them were beginning to flee. Now that the soldiers of Xeto were no more than 100 meters away, even more panic was starting to set in.

Unfortunately for them, the newly constructed log path was too narrow to facilitate a large-scale retreat, and in addition to that, everyone was clambering to retreat back the same way they had come, so the log path quickly became...