Chapter 1101 - The Controller of the Forest (1/2)

Chapter 1101: The Controller of the Forest

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It did not make sense that the forest would catch fire in spring and summer when the soil was fertilized and moist, and it was even more bizarre that more than one place was ablaze!

“Leaf?” Wendy asked.

“I don’t know,” Leaf replied, suddenly back to the present. “That area is beyond my control. I can’t see what’s exactly happening there.”

“If it’s really a fire, we must put it out as soon as possible to prevent it from spreading.”

“I… I know,” Leaf said, with a strange look on her face. She bit her lip and then answered with a nod. “Anyway, you go and look for the others. Once the emergency alarm goes off, the campsite will turn into chaos. It won’t be that easy to get out of here by then.”

There were not only workers on vacation at the terminus station but also their family members who had never fought at the front. It would thus be hard to evacuate the station and direct those people to shelters in an orderly manner. Leaf knew Wendy was also thinking the same thing.

“Can you… handle it by yourself?”

“Don’t worry. I know what to do,” Leaf assured her as she descended from the balcony. She cast Wendy one last backward glance and disappeared into the thick forest.

In a moment, the shrill, piercing alarm cracked like a whip through the air above the Misty Forest.

…

“OK, yes, I got it.” Ferlin Eltek hung up the telephone at the headquarters of the General Staff at Tower Station No. 2 and reported to Edith, “Your ladyship, there has been an accident at the western front…”

“What did you say? The northern forest is on fire?” The Pearl of the Northern Region said while knitting her brows. “Did Miss Leaf notice it first?”

“Yes, they’ve started to evacuate the station. The First Army stationed there is now on Alert Level 2.”

“Inform the Commander-in-Chief and the other executives,” Edith immediately gave her instruction after a moment of reflection. “Tell them that I’m calling a pre-war meeting.”

“Pre-war meeting…” Ferlin echoed hesitantly. “Are you saying…”

“That’s right,” Edith confirmed Ferlin’s suspicion in a grave tone. “I suspect this is the demons’ new scheme.”

In less than 15 minutes, all the generals of the First Army and the representatives of the Witch Union were congregated in the underground boardroom.

The Pearl of the Northern Region briefly relayed the news and then said, “The sentries at the forest terminus station have confirmed that the dark smoke did result from a fire, which is now spreading rapidly under the influence of the wind.”

“Just a forest fire, no demons?” Iron Axes asked heavily.

“Not that I know of,” Ferlin said while shaking his head. “The smoke blocks our view, and nobody knows what’s going on there.”

“Miss Sylvie, can you see anything?”

“The Misty Forest is too far away,” Sylvie answered. “I have to go there personally to check out…”

“Damn it… Such bad timing,” Iron Axe grumbled as he peered down at the map. “Where’s the queen at the moment?”

Their original plan was that Anna and the witches would meet with the air force at the airport near the forest station and return to Neverwinter by the “Seagull”.

“They should be now on their way back on the “Black River I”. After I learned that the forest was on fire, Miss Kant instructed me to tell them to change their route over the Sigil of Listening,” answered Morning Light.

“Well done,” Iron Axe said, a little relieved. “So only Princess Tilly and her party are there now, right?”

After Morning Light gave an affirmative answer, Iron Axe instructed him, “Tell them to take off immediately. We don’t have time.”

“As you command.”