"Boom!"

  A massive explosion echoed through the forest.

  A gigantic fireball desded into the woods.

  It was the powerful war magic "Explosive Fireball."

  In the riverbank forest, a dazzling burst of magical fmes erupted.

  A huge mushroom cloud of fire slowly rose into the sky.

  The shockwave from the explosion uprooted vegetation within a hundred meters.

  Burning debris flew into the air, transf into a fiery rain falling to the ground.

  The fmes spread from the explosion's ter, igniting the damp forest.

  Goblins hiding in the forest were instantly engulfed by the fire.

  They turo ash without even having the ce to scream.

  "Lord Carlos, the magic barrier won't hold much longer!"

  Carlos, on the rear deck, kept a close wat the fleet's battle situation.

  The sudden attack had already dismahree ships in the fleet.

  The other ships also suffered severe damage.

  The hulls were severely fractured, with gaping holes appearing.

  Though not yet sunk, they were close to it.

  This was why he ordered the river to be frozen.

  The frozen river would provide support for the ships.

  Even with severe damage, they wouldn't sink.

  "Order all ships, the army is to disembark and march towards the northern forest!"

  The rhythm of the war drums suddenly ged.

  The drumbeats quied.

  Uhe prote of the magic barrier, soldiers disembarked and gathered on the ice.

  Along with the soldiers, adventurers also disembarked.

  Soon, about three thousand soldiers had gathered on the ice.

  Nearly a hundred adventurers were present as well.

  Ohe soldiers disembarked, the magic barriers on the ships vanished one by one.

  Without the prote of the magic barriers, the crossbow bolts unleashed their full power once more.

  "Boom!"

  A chorus of screams followed.

  The soldiers lined up on the ice were blown away.

  The bolt tis trajectory, pierg through the ship's hull.

  "Watch out!"

  Another bolt whistled through the air.

  On the left side of the iear the third ship.

  An adventurer knight in heavy armor, wielding a sword and shield, roared forward.

  His rge shield was raised in front of him.

  "g!"

  A pierg metallic csh rang out.

  Sparks flew from the shield.

  The immense impact sent the adventurer knight flying backward.

  The bolt shot straight into the sky.

  It flew dozens of meters before crashing into the ship with a "thud."

  "Captain, are you alright?"

  The knight's teammates were startled.

  "I'm... I'm fine!"

  The adventurer knight, looking a bit disheveled, struggled free from the dented hull.

  The shield that had fallen onto the ice was cracked.

  The crystal embedded in the shield was covered in spiderweb-like fractures.

  "Brave warriors of the Principality of Ilysis, charge with me!"

  At that moment, Carlos, standing on the iear the lead ship, gave the order to charge.

  He kaying on the ice would only make them targets.

  With a loud shout, Carlos led the charge towards the northern forest.

  "Charge!"

  The soldiers, inspired, shouted as they uheir assault.

  The adventurers provided cover, attag the northern forest.

  Uhe barrage of magic, the northern forest was already abze.

  Yet, bolts tio shoot out from the fmes.

  Owo-kilometer stretch of river, the human army charged forward.

  On the deck, temple priests raised their staffs.

  They tinuously cast explosive fireballs at the northern forest.

  Before the army hey o inflict as much damage as possible on the enemies hidden in the forest.

  "Humans are irong!"

  The forest ahead had turned into a sea of fire.

  Tall trees were burning fiercely.

  Waves of scorg heat rolled forward.

  Through the fmes, Li Meng could see the human army charging across the river.

  Fortunately, the ambush site was a hundred meters from the riverbank.

  Otherwise, human magic would have inflicted massive casualties on the goblins hidden in the forest.

  Although some goblins were hit by human magic,

  the losses were within acceptable limits.

  At that moment, Li Meng's expression suddenly ged.

  "Damn it, Yue'e, who told you to rush out so soon!"

  Li Meng's figure fshed in the forest, dashing out.

  In that instant, a bst of air erupted.

  The grouh his feet cracked and sank.

  His speed was so fast that he fshed through the sea of fire.

  Apanied by Li Meng's cursing voice.

  Where he passed, the burning fmes were extinguished by the powerful air bst.

  Meanwhile, on the river in front of the huma.

  With a loud "spsh," a colossal creature leaped onto the ice.

  It was the s crocodile king, Yue'e.

  Yue'e opes menag jaws, unleashing a barrage of water bullets.

  The water bullets crossed hundreds of meters in an instant, striking the ship.

  "Boom!"

  The ship was torn apart, splinters flying everywhere.

  In the blink of ahe lead ship was shattered.

  "Ah!"

  A temple priest on the deck screamed.

  Flying splinters pierced their bodies like bullets.

  One priest was directly hit by a water bullet.

  His body exploded into pieces with a "snap."

  The otion at the rear caught Carlos's attention.

  "S crocodile king?"

  The sudden appearance of the s crocodile king made Carlos frown slightly.

  "Hmph, c death!"

  Running on the ice, his figure fshed.

  He vanished from his inal spot in an instant.

  The ice beh his feet cracked open.

  A bst of air erupted.

  Carlos's speed on the ice surged more than tenfold.

  Like an arrow skimming the ice.

  His speed was so fast that only a blur could be seen fshing across the ice.

  In the blink of an eye, Carlos was in front of Yue'e.

  The greatsword in Carlos's hand suddenly transformed into light, striking towards Yue'e.

  His body assumed a charging stance.

  "Human, you wish!"

  At that moment, a loud shout came from nearby.

  Li Meng, leaping out of the forest like a flea, soared into the air.

  He flew over a hundred meters, nding heavily on the ice.

  "Boom!"

  A thunderous explosion echoed.

  The thick ice cracked.

  The cracked ice spread like a spiderweb, sweeping across Yue'e's location.

  The ice cracked not from the impact of the fall.

  But because Li Meng used the "War Stomp" skill.

  The sudden crag of the ice caused Carlos to lose bance.

  His strike did not nd on Yue'e.

  "Yue'e, attack the human army from uer, leave this to me!"

  Li Meng shouted, his voice deafening.

  The loud roar made Yue'e's massive body shudder.

  It quickly leaped into the water.

  "Human, your oppo is me!"

  White ice mist suddenly surged from beh Li Meng's feet.

  The surrounding shattered istantly refroze.

  "This is... ice magic?"

  Seeing the river freeze again,

  a trace of surprise fshed in Carlos's eyes.

  He looked uainly at the Goblin Warrior not far away.

  A Goblin Warrior capable of using magic?

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