“Launch a counterattack?” Captain Guan was taken aback. At that moment, a loud bang came from the direction of the square, followed by flames shooting into the sky and thick smoke rolling in, as if a violent explosion had occurred in the central square.

  Rulu's voice said, “Now is the time. Everyone, attack the Sanctuary's army with all your might and advance towards the square.”

  The rebel soldiers were all stunned, not quite reacting to the situation. It was Captain Guan who first regained his senses, shouting, “Stop the retreat! Begin the attack! Full-scale attack!”

  Immediately, Kallen and the other gray-armored soldiers stopped retreating and charged towards the Sanctuary's armored soldiers. At the same time, the other rebels picked up their weapons and started firing at the Sanctuary's soldiers. Seeing the rebels launch an attack, the Sanctuary's army immediately responded, and the two sides clashed once again.

  “Lord Jason, bad news! We are under attack! Our troops in the square are under enemy attack!” At the same time the rebels attacked the Sanctuary's army, Jason received a distress signal from the chief of staff.

  “What did you say? You are under attack?!” Jason was extremely surprised. He shouted into the communicator, “How many are there on the enemy side? What are their configurations?”

  “Just two, there are only two people. One is a man in a black cloak and a mask, and the other is a beast with a lion's body and a human head.”

  “Only two? Don’t you have a hundred people over there? Can’t you deal with just two?”

  “No, these two are very strong. We are no match for them. Please send someone over to support us, or else… or else… ah—!!”

  The chief of staff let out a scream, and then the communication with Jason was cut off. No matter how Jason called, there was no response.

  “Damn it! What is going on?!” Jason was in a state of chaos. At this moment, their army was engaged in battle with the rebel forces and could not return to the square in a short time, but Jason could not ignore the situation at the square.

  In the end, Jason made a decision to hand over the command on-site to others. He then left the battlefield and flew alone towards the square. His flying speed was extremely fast, and in less than a minute, he arrived above the square.

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  “What… What is happening?!” Jason was stunned. He saw that the square, which had been fine just moments ago, had turned into a sea of fire. Huge reddish-yellow flames surged like a storm towards the Sanctuary's soldiers, instantly igniting a large number of them.

  Many Sanctuary soldiers in the square were engulfed by the flames, their bodies ablaze as they fell to the ground, rolling wildly and emitting painful cries.

  “Damn it! Who is it? Who is messing with me?!” Jason's face was filled with anger as he carefully surveyed the square. He noticed a large oil tanker parked in the center of the square, and next to the tanker stood a black-cloaked figure wearing a mask and holding a silver metal staff. Beside the masked man stood a beast that looked like a lion with wings on its back.

  “It's these two guys?!” Jason glared at the man in black, draped in a black cloak, filled with hatred. He pulled out a dagger from his body and plummeted from the sky, rapidly flying towards the masked man beside the oil tanker.

  The lion-headed beast seemed to sense Jason's approach. It looked up in his direction, and its wings suddenly spread wide, generating a powerful storm around Jason, buffeting him.

  Blocked by the fierce wind, Jason's flying speed was greatly reduced, slowing down to the pace of an average person jogging. The masked man also noticed Jason's presence. He waved his silver metal staff, and immediately, a large amount of gasoline sprayed from the tanker’s outlet, forming a long tongue of reddish-yellow flame that shot towards Jason in the sky. Jason couldn't dodge the flaming tongue and was set ablaze.

  “Ah, it's so hot!” Jason shouted in panic, enduring the pain of the flames. He flew away from the direction of the masked man, using the strong airflow around him to extinguish the flames on his body.

  After that, Jason flew rapidly above the square, searching for an opportunity to get closer to the masked man below. However, the lion-headed beast kept its gaze locked on Jason. Whenever Jason approached, it summoned a powerful storm to blow towards him, slowing down his flying speed. Then, the masked man summoned a flame storm to attack Jason in the air.

  The range of the masked man's and the beast's spells was very wide. Even if Jason was a hundred meters away, they could still summon strong winds and flaming tongues to attack him. Jason failed several times in his attempts to attack; not only could he not get closer to the masked man, but he was also burned severely by the flames.

  “Damn it! That metal silver staff and wings can amplify magical powers and greatly extend the range of their spells. I have no chance to get close to them at all.” Jason's face darkened as he hovered in the air, feeling that he was struggling to deal with this man and beast. He wanted to mobilize the armored soldiers to deal with the masked man and the beast but remembered that the armored soldiers were still engaged in battle with the rebels and could not return in time.

  The masked man continued to summon flame storms to burn the Sanctuary soldiers in the square. Under the attack of this flame storm, many Sanctuary soldiers died or fled. In just five or six minutes, the hundred soldiers in the square were completely burned away, almost annihilating the entire force.