Ten hours ago, it received a report that strange noises and a huge fireball had appeared in the direction of Wolf Heart, and a supply unit had been severely damaged. At that time, it was still in a city in the western part of Eternal Winter, accepting the allegiance of a human lord.

Frankly, Haekzord didn't want to bother with such trivial matters. If the reporter hadn't repeatedly mentioned the unusual explosion and its extraordinary destructive power, it wouldn't have planned to come here in person.

Dealing with humans was already annoying enough, but it was the only one in the entire western front who could do it. Not every subordinate was as clever as Ersluk, always learning some useful or useless things—most Ascendants regarded humans as insects, let alone learn their language.

Its generals were no exception, all loyal and capable, but only in combat. Asking these guys to negotiate with humans, they would tear them to pieces in a fit of rage in less than half a day.

However, humans were an extremely easy creature to tame. Although this race was physically weak, they were very intelligent. In the early stages of expansion, they could replace the work of many inferior species, and eliminating them all was not in the interests of the clan.

In the end, it was all Vakiris's fault.

It was originally the Great Lord most skilled in this, but now it was still soaking in the Mayfly Pool. Haekzord felt its patience was approaching its limit.

However, when it flew over Fangtooth City, it immediately realized that something was wrong.

The city's floating particles were very thin, as if they had been cleared away by something. The city was in a mess, with destroyed houses and charred wooden frames everywhere.

After the team landed, Haekzord found that the ground was radiating warmth, and a pungent, strange smell assaulted its senses.

It quickly found the source of the smell.

A group of strange-looking inferior beings were curled up, stiffened in the streets. Their skin had turned black and peeled off, obviously burned to death by the fire. But strangely, there were no obvious flammables around the inferior beings, except for bricks and earth, it was hard to imagine how the flames burned them.

And such scenes were not just in one place.

"Totolok, take ten of your men and search for the movements of the human army. If you find anything, report to me immediately."

"As you command, Master."

"Xiasiss, investigate what exactly happened here, and by the way, look for any survivors."

"Yes, Lord."

The Ascendants quickly obeyed and left, while Haekzord walked slowly along the main street towards the northern district, which had suffered the most damage in the city.

According to the report, the attacked unit was a supply team of inferior beings. These poor creatures, who would never have the chance to Ascend, were at the bottom of the clan, equivalent to human laborers or slaves. They were responsible for transporting a batch of obsidian and secondary Mayfly Pools into Fangtooth City, so that a camp could be built there for the use of newly ascended or Ascendants.

This can also be seen from the wreckage at the scene. The cut and soaked obsidian was scattered everywhere, and some of the inferior beings even remained in the posture of carrying it. There were no signs of fighting, which meant that the humans did not make direct contact with the supply team. The battle broke out very suddenly and ended unusually quickly.

Therefore, the reasonable deduction was that the enemy set up a trap here, rather than gathering a large army under the eyes of the Borgle Winged Beast. Totolok's search this time was likely to be fruitless.

But the more this was the case, the more the Lord of the Sky felt frightened. It would rather the enemies came in droves, as that would at least be easier to detect. Haekzord didn't care about the lives of the inferior beings, but the Western Front campaign could not be lost. If the main force were to run into such a trap, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Without a doubt, the enemy used "fire" as an attack method—Haekzord was no stranger to fire. In the past War of the Gods, they had also used fire to capture human cities. However, because the Life Mayfly did not like high temperatures, it was rarely seen in the clan.

But it was the first time it had seen fire that could burn inferior beings to death from a distance.

Unless the whole city was turned into a huge furnace.

But how was that possible?

If humans possessed such means, then the King must be informed that the Western Front was in danger.

Wait...fire?

A scene suddenly flashed in Haekzord's mind—it was the scene seen when searching Cabradah's memory in the Realm of Consciousness, a bright and unparalleled fireball suddenly bloomed, like a newly rising sun.

Could it be... what Cabradah saw at that time was this kind of fire weapon?

It couldn't help but feel a chill.

As the Lord of the Sky was in shock, Xiasiss's voice suddenly interrupted its thoughts, "Lord, the basic situation has been investigated. This supply team has a total of three hundred and fifty inferior beings, and a dozen native beings are providing protection for them. No survivors have been found yet, but I think I have figured out the methods of those insects."

"Oh? Tell me about it."

"Please come with me."

Haekzord followed Xiasiss and flew to the vicinity of the northern city wall. Some native beings were burying their heads in digging something. Around them, there were scattered piles of black metal fragments. And further away, several siege vehicles were lying upside down on the roadside—since the more powerful and flexible symbiotes were successfully cultivated, these old-fashioned war machines had become specialized transport tools.

"You see," Xiasiss stretched out a tentacle and picked up a fragment from the ground. There were obvious traces of melting at the break, "If you put them together, it should be a container. And there are hundreds of such things lined up along the edge of the city. I think the insects probably filled them with snow powder and keranwu, planning to cut off the supply team's retreat, and then launch an attack in the chaos."

Having fought against humans until now, they were naturally no longer unfamiliar with the weapons they used. In the process of chasing and killing the enemy, Haekzord had also seized a lot. Whether it was "Fire Branch" or "Fire Crossbow," they all used snow powder, an explosive substance, as a primer. The magic-driven weapon was obviously much more complicated. It was precisely because of this that the structure of those weapons was mostly very sophisticated, which was also a technique never seen four hundred years ago.

"If it's just ordinary fire, how could it cause such great damage?"

"Lord, this fire may not be ordinary. At least the temperature is much higher than ordinary flowing fire, but even so, it cannot kill all the inferior beings from a distance. I think the key may lie in those siege vehicles."

"What do you mean?" Haekzord asked. Xiasiss was a mind mage. Most of the Ascendants evolved from this branch had keen observation skills, which was why the Lord of the Sky sent it to investigate the battlefield.

"When these snow powders were detonated, they probably affected the siege vehicles that were passing through the city gate at the time—the latter are generally used to transport heavy objects, not Mayfly Pools but storage tanks. The high temperature caused them to explode, and further aggravated the disintegration of the Life Mayfly here." The other party's rapidly swinging tentacles kept making hissing sounds, "You know, when the temperature is high enough, anything can be ignited, including us."

Xiasiss's explanation made Haekzord breathe a sigh of relief. Regardless of whether this explosion had coincidental elements, at least the large iron bucket fragments made it feel a lot more at ease. Needing to pre-bury a large amount and being able to project at any time were two completely different concepts. As long as precautions were taken afterwards, this kind of trap would be difficult to pose a threat to large troops in the wild.

Of course, it also knew that it was not easy to quickly inspect a human city—prohibiting the close transport and stacking of Mayfly Pools and storage tanks could not completely eliminate this threat. It did not think that those simple-minded native beings and inferior beings could handle this matter.

The most effective method was still to use the humans themselves.

"Lord, what should we do next?"

"Slow down the speed of entering the city and let the humans check for us," Haekzord quickly made a decision, "Other places can't spare more inferior beings for the time being. Let Snow Reflection Castle supplement this loss. I think Earl Maven will be very happy to serve me."

"In addition, didn't we seize some of the enemy's weapons?" The Lord of the Sky paused, "There seem to be many nobles who hate the Graycastle people to the bone. Let them try it out."