Chapter91

Salvia still hid a divine vein gifted weapon in his hands.

Seeing their general shoot down an enemy officer from the Plumera Kingdom army with one arrow, and the horse retreat nearly ten meters before steadying, the Salvia Kingdom soldiers on Delphinium Border laughed loudly without hiding it.

Standing before another army, Damon quickly drew his bow from behind, nocked an arrow, and aimed at the distant Delphinium Border wall, ready to shoot back. General Qi grabbed his wrist calmly without anger and said,

"No need to retaliate now. This is just their attempt to bluff and intimidate us after seeing our Plumera Kingdom army approach. I have already found a way to break this city. The matter of Salvia Kingdom soldiers holding divine weapons must be reported to Your Majesty. Let's go to the main camp and meet with Her Majesty first."

Damon coldly stared at the Salvia Kingdom general on the city wall laughing with other soldiers, then ordered the shield soldiers to stand in front to defend with shields. Archers lined up behind them, all drawing their bows and aiming at the Salvia Kingdom soldiers on the wall before turning and walking toward the main camp with General Qi.

Elara was in the main camp but fully aware of what was happening outside.

After entering the camp, General Qi half-kneeling before her, took out an arrow still glowing with cold light and presented it.

"Your Majesty, the Salvia Kingdom soldiers still hold a divine vein gifted weapon. It is a bow and arrow suspected to hit targets over a thousand meters away with unchanged speed and power. Its long-range deterrence is very strong."

Elara took the arrow and looked at it. General Qi continued, "Also, I just thought of a simple way to break the city and came to seek Your Majesty's decision."

Elara touched the arrow with her fingertips, then looked up at General Qi. "Tell me."

General Qi straightened his tall body and moved to the table in front of Elara, using his finger as a pen to draw a map on the surface.

"Before breaking the city, I sent troops and your Puppet Soldiers to scout the surrounding mountains in advance."

"Delphinium Border is indeed a natural fortress, protected by two big mountains on the left and right. It is very easy to defend but hard to attack."

"However, though guarded by the two mountains, the city lies in a low valley between them. If either mountain collapses or floods with falling rocks, the city will suffer greatly."

"During the scouting with your Puppet Soldiers, we found two natural mountain pools filled with very deep water inside those two mountains surrounding Delphinium Border."

"Those two pools are located at the center of the mountains enclosing Delphinium Border, one on each side. They connect with underground streams, and the water flow is strong."

At this, Elara and Damon, who followed behind, both guessed what General Qi was planning.

Elara stepped closer and looked at the map with him. "Are you sure the water in those mountain pools is enough?"

General Qi lowered his head to look at Elara and said firmly,

"Damming the city, it is enough!"

Elara stared at the map beside him for a while, then sat in the main seat and used the arrow in his hand to point at the map on the table.

"How do you plan to lead the water from these two deep pools into Delphinium Border? Both pools are deep inside two big mountains, still quite far from the border. Normally, water cannot flow back into Delphinium Border, or the people there would have found and dealt with this danger long ago."

General Qi looked at Elara and continued:

"Normally, the water in those mountain pools cannot flood Delphinium Border. But when I used your Puppet Soldiers to scout, I found several points in the underground rivers beneath those pools that connect to the mountain walls near Delphinium Border."

The spots are only two or three hundred meters from the mountain wall near Delphinium Border. I used your Puppet Soldiers to test. The mountain in that area is mostly loose sand and hard soil. There are no large solid rocks that cannot be dug through.

If we send a thousand elite soldiers on each side, they can secretly dig through the mountain tunnels.

It will take at most two hours, and the deep water in the mountain pools can then flow through to the mountain cliff near Delphinium Border.

When the flood comes, Delphinium Border will fall without a fight.

While General Qi spoke, Elara scanned the area around Delphinium Border using the System and the map tracker. The conditions in the two mountain pools matched what General Qi said.

"If that is true, flooding the border is possible." Elara smiled slightly.

General Qi, a young general with rich experience and many victories, showed his mastery of using the battlefield's terrain to shift between offense and defense.

"But you must act quickly and silently to surprise the enemy and flood the border successfully."

Hearing Elara's approval, General Qi's expression softened slightly. He bowed his head and replied:

"Yes, I have already scouted the patrol and guard points on the mountains. I know how to stay hidden. The thousand elite soldiers are all quick and careful. We will follow your orders and complete the digging quietly."

After speaking, General Qi stood up and left to arrange the troops.

Elara called out to Damon, who was also preparing to follow him out of the camp.

"Your Majesty."

Damon knelt at the spot where General Qi had just knelt.

Elara played with the "magic arrow" General Qi had handed him. With a light force from his index and pinky fingers, he easily broke the arrow.