Chapter 421: Reclaiming the water source part 4 (1/2)

Proofreader: M_W Miss Fierce

It was only after retreating more than a kilometer away inside the place almost entirely covered with webs did Leo and everyone heard the beginning of the fight in the far distance.

Their distance right now, despite still being in the place almost covered entirely with webs, was already considered safe. But still, they didn't let down their guard.

Loud explosions sounded every now and then, which causes the webs surrounding them to start trembling due to the fight.

”We need to leave this place as soon as possible!” Leo exclaimed to the others as he noticed that the webs around them were finally starting to detach from the walls and fall down.

He quickly realized that staying any longer inside this place would be very dangerous for all of them. Once webs fall towards them, escaping out from it would become extremely difficult due to how dense the webs were and how sticky the webs were. It's even possible for them to be stacked on the webs helplessly, and their only way to escape is to ask the others nearby them to pull them out.

Cassandra and everyone also understand clearly this point, so they hasten their movements to escape.

Along the way, Leo started summoning his Elementals to support him. He summoned 4 Fire Elementals since webs were weak against fire and 2 Earth Elementals for defense in case a Sandstone Spider would randomly attack them.

Every now and then Leo and everyone would shoot some Magic spells to block the webs from falling towards them. A few of them have also experienced being trapped, at least once, causing their speed to slow down. Even with the Elementals' help, it still proved to be very difficult to quickly traverse forward.

It wasn't a big of a problem for Charlotte, Ethan, Elaine, Edward, Sele, Sebastian, Dan, and old man Torre if ever they were the ones trapped by the webs since their strength alone is already enough to allow them to break free out from the webs. Unfortunately, it wasn't the same case with the rest. Once they got trapped, they could only helplessly ask for others to help them break out from it.

After tens of minutes of experiencing such a difficult journey, everyone finally reached the very end. Still, they didn't stop as they continued moving towards the 5th outpost.

Right now, there were only a few webs around them, which honestly speaking, when compared to the place almost covered entirely with webs, was a lot safer. Even though a few webs would still fall due to the continuous trembling of the walls caused by the ongoing fight and fall towards them, getting out from it is a lot easier even without anyone's help since despite it still being sticky, there would only be a small number of webs. The last time, whenever some webs fall, they would bring along with them a lot more webs to their path downward, causing the webs to become very dense, thus hard to escape.

Soon, Leo and the others finally arrived at the 5th outpost, making them heave a sigh of relief.

At this moment, the 5th outpost was on full alert. The majority of the people of the Earthen Spirit race were on the top of the walls, weapons ready in hand.

War weapons were armed and pointed towards their front, ready to fire once any Magical Beasts appeared.

The watchtowers weren't entirely made of wood anymore, as a majority of it was now made out of stone. On top were Mages, preparing to provide support once the fight begins.

Surprisingly, even the walls now have gates made out of huge and thick wood combined together with stone to block the entrance. Unlike before that, it was only an open pathway.

Whooosh!

The three wooden gates in the middle pathway slowly opened, allowing Leo and everyone to walk in.

”Prince Leo,” Mayor Jong greeted as soon as Leo arrived inside the third gate.

”Gather your people,” Leo immediately informed Mayor Jong before walking straight towards the meeting tent located in the middle. Cassandra and the others also followed closely behind.

Hearing Leo's words, Mayor Jong didn't bother asking any questions as he immediately called out his officials and took them into the meeting tent. He quickly understands just from that word of Leo alone that there was no longer any time to waste.

As soon as everyone arrived, the meeting for the new changes of plans began.

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After a few hours, the meeting came to an end.

Mayor Jong along with his officials left the meeting tent before quickly gathering soldiers to come with them to the Sandstone Mother Spider's nest.

Meanwhile, Leo and everyone walked straight outside the wall. They decided that they will wait for Mayor Jong to finish gathering the soldiers over there as it has a much more bigger space.

The walls surrounding them keep on trembling every now and then. Right now, it wasn't only causing the webs to fall down, but some loose parts of the walls as well.

Seeing this, Leo's face turned even more solemn. Honestly speaking, this was exactly the main reason why he was in a rush right now, because he realized on their journey back to the 5th outpost that the longer they allowed the Sandstone Lord Spider and the Beast Lord Cave Lizard to fight, the more damage they would cause around this place. He is a hundred percent sure that before the fight would be over, this place would be covered with plenty of rubles of various different sizes. At that time, going to the Sandstone Mother Spider's nest would become many folds more difficult.

After a few minutes of waiting, a big formation of soldiers lead by Mayor Jong and his people was finally formed behind Leo.