The Medallion novel Chapter 1834

Israel dashed forward and firmly grabbed the commander by the collar. He then turned to the soldiers and warned, "If you want your commander alive, surrender now!"

The soldiers shot each other nervous and frightened stares.

"What are you waiting for? Surrender to him!" the commander, fearing for his own life, immediately ordered his troops without a second thought.

Yet the soldiers still hesitated, uncertain of what to do next.

"You can't surrender!" A loud voice suddenly boomed before a figure floated over and landed directly in front of Israel.

"It's you!" Israel exclaimed as he immediately recognized the figure standing before him as Basil.

"Have we met before?" Rocky asked, pretending to not know Israel at all.

The latter's eyes widened in disbelief. He managed to successfully disguise himself during his previous altercation with Rocky so it was no surprise that he wouldn't be recognized.

"Who the hell are you? What do you want? Whether we surrender or not is none of your business!" the commander shouted furiously at Rocky, his nerves slowly getting the better of him.

Rocky showed him the token Devin gave him before he began to explain, "This is an official authorization from Commander Devin. The commander of the Cloud Castle has surrendered to the enemy in fear of death. He has been dismissed from his post. From now on, the soldiers of the Cloud Castile will be under my command!"

"Don't believe his nonsense!" the pale-looking commander shouted helplessly.

"Soldiers, listen to me! Retreat into the Cloud Castle!" Rocky turned around after ordering the soldiers before striding towards the Cloud Castle's gate.

The soldiers didn't dare to disobey him and decided to follow him closely.

Not long after, in the front of the Cloud Castle was empty with only Israel handling the surrendered commander.

Israel never expected Rocky to appear out of nowhere and take charge of the Cloud Castle so quickly. This meant one thing—he would be his next opponent.

"Tie him up!" Israel commanded his soldiers. He decided not to kill the commander immediately because he might be able to provide him with some valuable information.

Rocky swiftly summoned all the soldiers upon entering the Cloud Castle.

"Commander Zhang has given up the castle and surrendered to the enemy. You've seen with your own eyes that he's been captured. From here on out, I will be in charge. I don't have any special requirements so you can continue to follow the previous deployment instructions for the battle. However, don't risk your lives defending the castle walls from the enemy. Retreat from behind as soon as possible if you feel that you can no longer hold them off," Rocky explained the details to his new set of soldiers as clearly as possible.

The troops were confused and baffled as to why Rocky would want them to do so.

"May we know your name, commander?" a deputy commander stepped forward and asked.

"Of course. I'm Basil!"

Immediately, a buzzing wave of excitement ran through the crowd upon hearing his name.

"Could it be this is the famous Commander Basil?"

"Never in my wildest dreams did I expect to see him in the flesh!"

"They say he's a master of numerous mysterious military arrays—a true war expert!"

For a moment, all the soldiers present were overwhelmed by Rocky's presence.

"You all may leave now. Back to your positions!" Once Rocky dismissed the troops, he summoned the two deputy commanders to a private conversation with him.

"During the upcoming battles, the soldiers of the Cloud Castle will be under your joint command," Rocky ordered.

"But… what about you?" The two deputy commanders exchanged a curious glance.

"I have other plans in mind. You both just remember what I said and do your jobs well. Agreed?" Rocky emphasized.

In the blink of an eye, the pots dropped from the sky and fell towards the Cloud Castle, immediately scalding the soldiers below with the hot oil.

While the Shura Race soldiers were still caught in a daze, they witnessed countless burning arrows blazing through the sky from outside the city and heading straight towards them. As the arrows pierced the ground, the flames ignited the hot oil and soon enveloped the entire Cloud Castle in a smoldering inferno.

"Commander in chief, we've fallen into the enemy's trap! We need to do something now!" Israel shouted at Alonso.

"Damn it! Everyone, retreat now!" Alonso immediately ordered. He didn't expect the human army to play such a dirty trick.

Following his command, the spearhead army rushed for the city gate.

Meanwhile, Rocky's army had already set up an ambush in front of it, waiting for them as they were positioned in a powerful array.

It didn't take long before the Shura Race soldiers rushed into their trap and were instantly annihilated.

After losing around a few thousand soldiers, Alonso finally pointed out the ambush and was utterly shocked.

"Israel, focus on breaking up their array!" Alonso ordered anxiously.

Israel frowned at his harsh tone. Although feeling reluctant to be bossed around, he still leaped up into the sky and dashed towards the city gate. When he looked at the ground below him, he saw a strange array outside the city that even he couldn't see through.

"Wait! That is a mysterious military array! I can't believe such a powerful master exists in the human race!" Israel exclaimed, taken aback by the array before him.

The mysterious military arrays were not ordinary tricks. Even if Israel was a peak-level Spiritual Emperor, it would be impossible for him to break the array if he couldn't discover its flaws.

He decided against directly breaking into it and instead stood on top of the city wall to watch.

It took Israel about an hour to finally figure out the flaws in the mysterious array. He quickly hopped down and went straight to its center.