However, before Quintin could lead his two hundred thousand troops to catch up from the horizon, Sid had already consolidated his over one hundred thousand troops and advanced toward Leafall from hundreds of meters outside the city. Thus, Adrian still needed to hold out for a while until Quintin's reinforcements arrived.

"Just one more hour," Adrian murmured, glancing toward the other end of the horizon and shaking his head. The enemy commander would undoubtedly take notice, so the next wave of attacks would be exceedingly fierce.

And Adrian's foresight proved accurate. Sid, concealed within his camp, had indeed spotted the ominous black cloud on the distant horizon.

"That's the direction of the coastline," Jeremiah remarked, staring at the shifting smoke and clouds in the distant sky, his voice tinged with disbelief.

"Could he have orchestrated all of this?" Jeremiah pondered with suspicion.

That man named Adrian, his arrival on that specific day, his seizure of Leafall on that v