The Shining Star Above The Heaven-Chapter 1038: Coming on His Own

After the swift battle, the alliance troops started to clean the battlefield. Aldrian and the other commanders gathered to talk about the battle.

"Sir Aldrian, your plan was working and it gave us a swift victory," General Zordan said and then sighed.

"But I’m truly surprised that you could unleash a technique as powerful as that. The technique gave me goosebumps with how powerful it was. How could you shape that many swords with the power of the peak pseudo immortal stage? And you unleashed it twice even. I thought the energy consumption must be crazy."

"Yes, Sir Aldrian did not even look disturbed or tired after unleashing that kind of technique. Is Sir Aldrian really just at middle pseudo immortal establishment stage? If Sir Aldrian were a peak pseudo immortal stage cultivator, I would believe it," one of the commanders commented.

"I thought that maybe Sir Aldrian did not need our help at all. With how Sir Aldrian could unleash something like that, even if that bastard Redik could come alive again, he would die in no time, thousands of times," another commented, which made some of them chuckle.

"You are exaggerating, Sir Ruzel. I still need the troops’ help for the battle," Aldrian replied with a smile.

"Aish, Sir Aldrian is being too humble. We could clearly see that Sir Aldrian was still not going all out, and you had already wiped out huge numbers of devils, tens of thousands of them, in one go. That was truly a sight to behold."

Aldrian could only smile at how these people were trying to give a good impression of themselves to him. This kind of treatment truly happened anywhere once someone showed their power and worth.

He was powerful and had also contributed greatly to the victory of this battle, which made these people think that he was worth getting acquainted with and building a connection.

The battle worked as he had planned, with him sending false information to the devils’ camp. Thanks to knowing how the spies worked through the memories of the spies he had killed, he could contact the devils’ camp and make it seem like it was the spies who were giving the information.

With the false information, the devils lowered their guards, and the element of surprise worked perfectly here.

However, another challenge was that the devils had laid many traps across the surroundings of their camp. Even defensive formations that could block pseudo immortal stage cultivators were placed around the camp and were always active.

Normally, even if they could launch a surprise attack, they would still need some time to destroy the barrier, which would give the devils ample time to prepare.

That was why, to not give any of those devils a chance, Aldrian unleashed Swords Apocalypse to destroy all the formations while killing many devils at the same time. With the devils falling into chaos and panic, the alliance forces could easily destroy them.

Actually, Aldrian could have wiped out the entire camp if he wanted. However, he thought that he needed to give the troops their chance to battle. He wanted to give them the chance to take their revenge, to unleash their fury toward the devils and give themselves peace of heart.

He only acted as support to give those troops the satisfaction of killing devils.

The devils had no hope of escaping the situation other than death, and their victory in this battle was guaranteed with little casualties.

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An hour later, Prince Martis was in another region of the battlefield, waiting for news regarding the first counterattack launched by General Zordan. He was inside his tent, looking at the map on the board when a man in knight armor entered the tent and instantly fell to one knee.

"Your Highness, my apologies for disturbing you, but we have received news from General Zordan."

Hearing that, the prince looked at the man.

"What is it?"

The man showed a smile. "It’s a great success, Your Highness. It’s a great victory. The devils in the Luger family territory are no more, and General Zordan is preparing to advance further to pass the Bervos River. Also, General Zordan achieved the victory with little casualties."

Hearing that, Prince Martis widened his eyes in surprise. A complete victory with little casualties? And from the looks of it, the battle was also quite swift, considering the news arrived now when the sun had only just risen. General Zordan’s troops must have attacked the devils while the sky was still dark.

Little casualties meant that their element of surprise had worked, which also meant that they had somehow evaded the devils’ spies who had infiltrated their troops.

Prince Martis knew and did not deny that the devils had sent many spies across their forces, hiding among the troops. It would have been difficult to evade their observation, and achieving surprise would not have been easy.

He had already prepared for large casualties because the devils would have been prepared for their counterattack, thanks to the spies.

If General Zordan had a way to evade those spies’ observation, then he needed to know how he did it.

"Is there anything else?" the prince asked.

"The complete report from General Zordan will arrive later after his troops are done taking care of the aftermath of the battle. There is something that he wants to tell Your Highness. That’s all General Zordan said," the man replied.

Prince Martis could not help but feel curious about what General Zordan wanted to tell him.

He nodded. "Alright, you may return to your post."

"Yes, Your Highness," the man replied before walking out of the tent.

Prince Martis looked at the map with a smile and made a sign of X on the map where General Zordan’s troops were positioned, using red ink.

’It looks like I need to wait for Sir Zordan’s report first before we launch another attack. I need to know how he handled the spies problem,’ he thought.

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The aftermath of the battle for General Zordan’s troops was taken care of quickly. The remnants of the devils were burned, and if there were any treasures, they were collected. The destroyed forest was also restored with newly grown trees.

Normally, they did not have anyone who could regrow trees this quickly. Only races that had a close connection to the forest, like elves, could do something like that, as they had comprehended the wood element.

They had never heard of someone other than those special races mastering the wood element, including humans.

However, that knowledge was shattered today, as many people witnessed a human using the wood element to grow trees rapidly. Aldrian could use the wood element like an elf, which gave them yet another surprise.

This caused many to wonder if Aldrian was a half-blood elf.

Aldrian still became the topic of discussion after the various things he did, which made the troops admire and respect him. Not only did he take care of the spies problem, but he was also a powerful cultivator. The sight of him easily killing many devils, no matter how many or how strong came at him, was still vivid in their memories.

There was no one who could stop him, and he did not seem tired at all. It was as if he were a slaughter machine that would not stop before all the devils were gone.

That was also what General Zordan wrote in the report he was creating at this moment, which would later be sent to Prince Martis. He had to inform the prince about Aldrian’s existence, which could help in their war.

While he was still writing inside his tent, suddenly a person entered, which prompted him to look at the newcomer. The moment he looked at the figure, he raised his eyebrows in surprise before smiling.

"Oh, Marquess Beruin, it’s truly surprising for you to visit this place," he said as he stopped writing.

Marquess Beruin also showed a smile. "I’m sorry to disturb you, General. Well, I wanted to visit my elite brigade, and it would not be good if I did not visit you first."

"Ahahaha, no problem, no problem. Anyway, Sir Kuartin truly made a great contribution in this war by bringing someone who became a game changer. That man could search for the devils’ spies among us without fail, which made our victory possible without much difficulty. Sir Kuartin deserves to be rewarded, Marquess Beruin," Zordan said.

Marquess Beruin put on a surprised expression. "Is that so? Then it looks like I need to see him as soon as possible. If Kuartin is really as the General said, of course I will reward him."

"Yes, you should, Marquess Beruin. Go meet with Sir Kuartin."

"Then excuse me." Marquess Beruin then left the tent and walked toward the camp where the Lion Brigade stayed. As he walked, he felt confused as he thought about the current situation.

’To think that General Zordan’s troops could win this easily, and I could not sense any spies here. Just as expected, the spies here have already been eliminated, and because of that, our troops here were caught by surprise.’

He came here the moment he heard about General Zordan’s victory, which was said to have been achieved with little casualties and in a swift battle. He knew that these kinds of clues showed that something was wrong with the spies.

His eyes turned grim.

’From what Zordan said, there is someone who can find our spies. Damn it, to think that there is someone like that. It’s the worst possibility. I need to see for myself who this person is first, and then think about how to eliminate them later.’