Chapter 442: Frog in the Well (1/2)

The group flew for a week straight. During this time, the surroundings changed numerous times, and finally, they reached a coastline.

They found that the closer they got to the coast, the fewer people they found, and quite a few abandoned villages could also be seen.

It was clear that all the civilians had long since retreated from the coastline and the land close to the coast, as these areas were turned into a warzone.

Xue Wei put away the top-ranked essence stone and began observing the surroundings. He was trying to familiarize himself with the terrain so that he knew what kind of surroundings he would be fighting in in the future.

Every member of the army was going to be put into groups, and they would decide the size of the groups by themselves.

These groups would then roam the battlefield and fight as they came into contact with enemy groups.

This type of warfare originally began when they had sent pirates to each other's shores and seas to fight, but slowly the pirates got replaced by soldiers, and then the war escalated.

Xue Wei listened to the Primordial Beast, who was leading the Golden-Winged Eagle, and got a better understanding of the entire situation.

He was quite relieved. Although he did not mind a full out war where two armies were facing one another, it would be challenging to excel in such a war. It was a chaotic battlefield where he could not improve much, but in the current situation, he could grow at an unimaginable speed.

It was not only Xue Wei who had packed his resources away, the majority of the experts on the eagles were also sitting with straight and solemn expressions on their faces as they paid great attention to what their beast tamers were telling them. The briefing on the war was immensely valuable, and no one wanted to miss it.

They flew above a few groups of people, but because they were so far up in the sky, it was impossible to see whether the people that were on the ground were friends or foes.

There were also small skirmishes, but they did not stop to help anyone, they just observed as the people beneath them were being killed.

This was the cruelty of war. While some people were important, the common soldier was not. Those who were truly important were not allowed to enter deep into enemy lines or protect the land in small groups.

Everyone with a certain status was left in the main camp, and this was where they would do random, but dangerless, tasks.

Initially, the Emperor wanted Xue Wei to maintain such a job as well, but after considering his purpose for joining the war, he could not say anything.