Instead of returning to the imperial capital of the Great Jade Kingdom, Rolando headed for the border as soon as he left. As he did, he ordered his men to chase after Matthew and kill him right away. He also ordered Harper to be followed, but not hurt.

At that time, Toby was already at the border of the north domain, leading an army of three hundred thousand soldiers towards Dragon Pass. Shawn and his army were also in the vicinity, but even though they were ready, they were still taken aback when Toby decided to launch a sudden attack against them.

"General, they have an army of three hundred thousand men while we only have two hundred thousand. What should we do?" the deputy general asked Shawn as he wiped the sweat on his face. "The enemy has appeared overnight and it seems like they are fully ready for battle. I'm afraid the Great Jade Kingdom had planned this a long time ago."

Shawn was standing on the gate tower, blood still dripping down the sword in his hand. As he looked out, he answered, "We will not go out and fight them head-on. We only need to protect Dragon Pass from inside. We need to make sure that the

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they decide to join the Great Jade Kingdom in attacking us," Maxwell added. "I am well aware that Marquis Shawn has served in the army for many years, but I am afraid that he is not very experienced on the battlefield. Hence I volunteer myself to go to the north domain and help him with the management of our troops."

"Carlson is already guarding Birch Pass in the south domain, so I'm not very worried about that. Indeed, I am more worried about Dragon Pass in the north domain. If Rolando decides to show up there, Shawn would not be able to resist him, no matter how hard he tries. In the unfortunate instance that Rolando takes Dragon pass, it would be easy for him to take the next ten cities. Because of that, it is crucial for us to win the brewing battle at Dragon Pass. The place is essential in our kingdom's security," Lucas said. He then began to feel a nasty headache coming on. With everything that was happening, he began to realize how dependent on Matthew he had become. As a result, his absence had rendered him clueless about what to do, which was unfortunate, since this time around, their enemy wasn't exactly weak.