The Medallion novel Chapter 1574

After a journey that took an entire day and night, Rocky and Commander Ling finally arrived at the military camp at the front line of the western region.

A camp of considerable size entered their eyes. From north to south, military tents of all sizes were stationed everywhere as far as the eye could see.

"Spiritual King Basil, do you want to take a break first?" Commander Ling asked as soon as he noticed that they had arrived.

"No, there's no need for that. Commander Ling, please tell me the current situation in detail, then take me to see the spiritual beast you've caught," Rocky quickly instructed.

After a quick nod of understanding, Commander Ling immediately explained to Rocky the recent happenings in the front line of the western region.

Since the camp of the western region army was located next to a large river, the Mochy River, it helped serve as a natural barrier against the invasion of the spiritual race's army. Hence, the camp of the spiritual race's army could be found on the opposite side of the river.

Moreover, the Mochy River used to be very wide and had raging waters. It was a near impossible task to cross it safely, even with the use of a ferry. Therefore, the western region army took advantage of this to prevent the spiritual race's army from reaching the Ethereal Region.

However, although the Mochy River served as a barrier, the water level of the river would eventually decline until the river end up completely waterless once the dry season rolled in. This was because of a dam built upstream.

Since they were currently approaching the dry season, the water level of the Mochy River continued to constantly fall and could no longer drown even a single person.

That was how the spiritual race managed to send more than a dozen spiritual beasts to cross the Mochy River a few days ago, catching the front line of the western region army by surprise. The western region army almost suffered a devastating loss.

It was fortunate that the army of the spiritual race couldn't cross the Mochy River by force yet, so once the spiritual beasts were driven away, the front line of the western region could take a short rest to lick their wounds.

After seeing the powerful spiritual beasts, Commander Ling realized that if they were unable to deal with the spiritual beasts, they would be complete helpless and unable to defend the western region once the spiritual beasts and the army of the spiritual race attacked at the same time. Therefore, he quickly sent word to the Tiger Whisker Pass for help.

"Simply put, once the water level of the Mochy River completely falls, the army of the spiritual race will be able to cross it." At those words, Rocky turned his eyes to look at the Mochy River, spotting it easily since it was barely a hundred meters away from the military camp.

"Yes, the dry season is fast approaching. I'm certain that the reason the army of the spiritual race sent spiritual beasts to attack our base at this time, was because they wanted to test our military strength," Commander Ling said grimly.

"Why didn't you build defensive facilities along the river, Commander Ling?" Rocky asked after giving it a moment's thought.

"The ground within a hundred meters of the Mochy River is very soft and can't bear too much weight. It's impossible for us to build any defensive facilities on the riverbanks," Commander Ling explained patiently.

"If we want to defend the front line of the western region, we have to rely on time and the land. If we have neither time nor land to rely on, the front line of the western region doesn't have any advantage against the spiritual race," Rocky pointed out.

"That's true. Spiritual King Basil, you're more proficient in the art of war than I expected," Commander Ling commented, looking at Rocky in surprise. With just a few comments, he could tell that the other man had great insights regarding the art of war.

"I wouldn't dare to say I'm proficient in it. I just have a few opinions I can offer," Rocky replied, waving his hand in the air as if to bat away the compliment.

"What you just said is the truth. In fact, if the spiritual race launched an attack themselves, the troops at the front line of our western region would be able to resist them. But I didn't expect that they would use spiritual beasts to attack us. This has never happened in the front line of the western region before. One reason is that the Mochy River is not something that ordinary spiritual beasts can cross; another is that most spiritual beasts are afraid of water, and they aren't suited to fight next to a river," Commander Ling remarked, the expression on his face darkening even more.

"So you're saying that the spiritual beasts sent by the spiritual race are obviously able to cross the Mochy River. They show no fear of water and they can even fight in it. Most importantly, their movements are well coordinated," Rocky summarized, his face turning stony.