Chapter 29

"Beep... beep..."

Suddenly, a sharp whistling sound rang out from the east of Snow Pine Town, and then the whistling sound approached again.

"Portlanders spotted to the east!"

A town guard soldier standing on the stone wall of the town turned and shouted towards the town. A young civilian ran off, heading towards the inn in the town, repeating the words of the town guard soldier as he ran.

Old Aimon's inn had now become the command center for the relocation of Snow Pine Town. Lin Mo, or rather, the Dragon Knight Morin, was sitting inside.

"Finally here!"

Lin Mo placed a Portland Republic coin on a certain spot on the map in front of him, right at the eastern side of Snow Pine Town on the map.

In just four hours, the more than four thousand people in Snow Pine Town had been fully organized. Each organizational level had a designated person in charge, and after supplementing with caravan guards and civilian warriors, the town guard, now exceptionally powerful, began the large-scale relocation to Lian City.

Compared to the disorganized and inefficient escape of the past, the efficiency of the civilians' actions after forced organization was incomparably higher.

Reluctant to leave the jars and pots at home? Wealthy merchants could casually throw a couple of silver coins to buy them, and after a series of rough smashing by the town guards, no matter how reluctant, they had to let go.

When the Portlanders attack, if people are gone, what use are these things?

The valuable possessions of the merchants were disguised as jars and pots using broken items collected from the civilians, and all the fine clothes were left in the town.

It seemed as if the group leaving Snow Pine Town for Lian City was a bunch of penniless poor people, while the truly wealthy remained in Snow Pine Town.

It was a disguise!

The Gemini sisters did not dare to guarantee that there were no other spies in the town besides the suspicious Roger. If they were to identify each one, it would take too long. It was better to use this deceptive tactic to buy some time.

"Beep... beep..."

"North, north, warning whistle!"

Another young man stumbled into the inn, shouting loudly.

Not long after, a warning whistle also sounded from the south of the town.

Using simple wooden whistles to relay messages, though primitive, was quite effective. The sentries stationed outside the town were all exceptionally alert and swift on their feet.

Of course, using silver crystal mirrors to reflect light would be more discreet, but such expensive items were scarce, and mirrors were also affected by light conditions.

Lin Mo did not expect these civilians, who were even less capable than militiamen, to fight to the death with the Portland scouts. He only needed them to hide, and as soon as they spotted the enemy, to immediately blow the wooden whistle and run back for their lives.

The elder Gemini sister, watching Lin Mo place the coins on the map, suddenly said, "Three sides surrounded, one side open?"

These coins, seized from the flying dragon knights, had unexpectedly found a useful purpose.

East, north, and south, three sides warned. Wasn't this a prelude to the "Three Sides Surrounded, One Side Open" tactic?

"How could that be?"

Lin Mo smiled and shook his head. He pointed to the location of Snow Pine Town on the map and said, "Do you think this is the capital of the Slan Empire, Delan City? Using the 'Three Sides Surrounded, One Side Open' tactic? That's too much credit for us. It's probably just that the Portland scouts have a wider reconnaissance line."

In fact, the military strategy in this world was far from the military art of Earth's civilization, which was almost entirely a history of war. The only thing that could be considered impressive was the highly developed combat skills. A sixth-rank human warrior was enough to completely defeat any elite soldier in a cold weapon or hand-to-hand combat.

In the first-floor hall of the inn, a chant of incantations echoed.

A huge light mirror suddenly appeared.

A gasp of astonishment rippled through the crowd.

Truly, the Dragon Knight, who guarded the empire, possessed such astonishing magical skills.

"This is the Light Mirror Spell?"

Li Muxin curiously reached out to touch it but found nothing.

What a magical spell.

If in another world, she might have considered this a holographic projection, and even Lin Mo's "Dragon General" tactical armor could project a similar holographic image.

Lin Mo nodded and said, "Yes, the Light Mirror Spell! One of my standard aerial combat spells."

In this world, there was no need to hide when using spells.

His sister Li Mubing, who had labeled him as a big fraud, had learned the incantations for the Light Shield Spell and the Light Mirror Spell from him. Unfortunately, even with her exceptional language learning ability, she could not successfully cast these spells, no matter how accurately she mimicked the incantations, she could not trigger the light element energy in the atmosphere.

This suspicious girl still believed he was hiding something. Heaven help us, if magicians were so easy to cultivate, every country would be full of magicians.

If it were possible to mass-produce magicians by memorizing texts, any country or organization would invest any amount of gold to do so!

The light mirror, nearly as tall as a person, immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the first-floor hall of the inn. The central image of the light mirror showed a series of rooftops, as if viewed from above.

It was an aerial view of Snow Pine Town.

Old blacksmith Aison, tax officer Mado, merchant Usig, and others gathered excitedly.

Lin Mo casually touched the light mirror, and the image quickly changed. Snow Pine Town began to shrink, and the surrounding scenery gradually appeared in the light mirror.

The view of the light mirror moved according to Lin Mo's will.

Such reconnaissance methods made Li Muxin's heart surge with excitement. Whether for aerial combat or reconnaissance, it could easily outperform any opponent. Who could escape such a god-like perspective?

In the Green Mist Forest, birds were startled into flight, and various wild animals were driven towards the location of Snow Pine Town, just like the three-striped ice fangs that the Gemini sisters had encountered, which were forced to leave their homes due to the actions of the human army.

Under the dense vegetation, numerous figures could be seen moving, with occasional glints of metal armor and weapons, and high-flying battle flags.

Fully armed soldiers, mounted knights on tall horses, not only well-equipped but also marching in neat formation. Two flying dragon knights were circling above the formation, providing reconnaissance for the ground troops.

It was the Portland army!

Several dozen cavalrymen broke from the formation and charged towards Snow Pine Town, seemingly having detected the Slan setup.

Old blacksmith Aison and others felt a chill run through their bodies, as if they had been thrown into an ice cave on a scorching summer day, the bone-chilling cold almost freezing their souls.

Just the vanguard was so astonishing; if the main force arrived, how could they possibly survive?

The huge light mirror, which had been reflecting the distant scene, suddenly trembled for no apparent reason.

Before anyone could react, there was a soft "pop," and the light mirror dissolved into countless light points in the air.

"What happened?"

Aison, Mado, and others looked at each other, not knowing what had happened. The light mirror had suddenly disappeared.

"Magician!"

Lin Mo's expression was serious. While using the Light Mirror Spell to spy on the Portlanders from a distance, he had obtained a crucial piece of information.

In the last image of the light mirror, he saw a person in a light gray hooded robe, holding the reins in one hand and a peculiar staff in the other, suddenly look up at the sky, seemingly making eye contact with the person using the Light Mirror Spell. The person muttered incantations and pointed the staff at the direction of the light mirror's view.

In the next second, the elemental energy of the Light Mirror Spell collapsed.

A third-rank human mentalist spell, Elemental Interference!

The vanguard of the Portland army actually had a magician, who was at least a third-rank human.

It was because of this magician that Lin Mo's Light Mirror Spell became completely ineffective, leaving him blind.

In another world, Lin Mo's Light Mirror Spell was a valuable reconnaissance tool.

But in this world, there were too many natural enemies and countermeasures, and some powerful spells could even retaliate against the caster through the light mirror's view.

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