A moment later, the fancy carriage screeched to a halt. A man over sixty years old stepped slowlyand carefully down the small steps. Although his hair was as white as snow, it was impossible toignore his domineering aura.

Seeing this, Phelps exited his ride and sauntered over to welcome him.

"Nice to meet you, Elder Lenard," Phelps greeted politely, cupping his hands.

"Did your commander agree to my master's condition?" Elder Lenard asked, skipping over all thepleasantries.

"Commander in Chief Mu has agreed to the condition. She asked me to meet with your master inperson and reach an agreement with him. So, where is he?" Phelps replied, trying to see into thecarriage behind the old man.

"It's too much to ask my master to come here. Since your commander in chief has already agreed tothe terms, we will form an alliance with you. And take this. This is my master's gift for our meeting.It's a map showing the distribution of soldiers and the information on each checkpoint in the wholeborder battlefield...” While Elder Lenard spoke, he took out a piece of parchment.

"Thank you. Please express my gratitude to your master when you get back.” At first, Phelps wasstunned. He hadn't been expecting them to present him with such a precious gift, but heimmediately clutched it in both his hands.

"I will." After saying that, Elder Lenard climbed back into the carriage and left in a hurry.

Meanwhile, Rocky, who had been secretly observing them, also felt confused. Judging from what hehad just heard, someone from the human race had sold the information of the human army to thespiritual race, likely for personal benefits. But who was that person? And how did they get theirhands on that map? Whoever it was, they must be powerful

“The army of the spiritual race came here in such an aggressive way. It turns out that they wanted toget this map of the border battlefield. As long as they have the map, I'm afraid the fate of thehuman army isn't looking good. Hmm... I have to steal the map!" Rocky thought, feeling a planstarting to form in his mind.

Without wasting any time, he snuck into the troops of the spiritual race.

After receiving the precious gift, Phelps did not continue to advance. Instead, he led the army backto the Tiger Whisker Pass.

Rocky saw his opportunity and killed a soldier from the spiritual race who was marching at the endof the troop. Quickly, he dressed in the soldier's clothes and blended in with the other spiritualsoldiers. He was going to return to the Tiger Whisker Pass with them

When they reached the pass, the troops of the spiritual race were dismissed and ordered to rest.Rocky walked with a group of soldiers, but when they reached an empty corner, he slipped awayand disappeared from everyone's sight.

At the same time, Phelps and the other commanders took the map into his own camp."Congratulations, Grand Commander Phelps! You have successfully completed the task assigned toyou by Commander in Chief Mu. I'm sure you will be rewarded," one of the commanders flattered."I don't care about a reward. The most important thing is this map. Now, we can familiarizeourselves with the military deployment of the human troops,” Phelps said as he unfolded the map."But how can we be sure that this distribution map is real?" another commander asked, frowningdown at the piece of parchment.

"It's very simple. We will send some spies to the front line of the troops in the left corner to check. Ifwhat they replace matches the map, it means that the map is real.” It seemed like Phelps was at leastthree steps ahead.

"Impressive! Grand Commander, your plan is brilliant!"

"Thank you. Now, I need you to order our best spies to carry out my plan. After confirming theauthenticity of this troop distribution map, we can say that we have completed the missionperfectly,” Phelps ordered. There was no need to waste any time giving each other compliments."By the way, Grand Commander, we just received news from Deputy Commander in Chief Emerythat the front line of the western region hasn't been conquered. That may affect our retreat a littlebit."

"Oh? Yes. I remember now. It's Emery’s sister who is in charge of that area. She is a rare beast-taming genius of our spiritual race. You're telling me that she can't even defeat the front line of thewestern region?" Phelps asked, furrowing his eyebrows.

"I don't know. I heard that Commander Beverly came across a very strong opponent who can alsomanipulate spiritual beasts."

"What? Where did the human race get such a powerful person?" Phelps hesitated for a moment.Then he chose to ignore it. He waved his hand and said, "Okay. Let's go ahead and get this planmoving!"

The commanders all bowed low and departed from his tent. The moment they were gone, Phelpsrolled up the map and tucked it inside his shirt, patting the fabric gently.

After he was positive that the map was well-protected, Phelps left his military tent and headed foranother tent to rest.

Unbeknownst to him, Rocky had followed him to his military tent and now saw him entering thetent next door. He dove behind a patch of brambles to avoid being seen.

“That troop deployment map is so important that the grand commander must take it with him. Itwon't be as easy to steal it as I thought,’ Rocky thought as he peered through the leaves of the bushhe was squatting in.

He would only have one chance to get it. If he failed at stealing the map, they would guard it muchmore heavily in the future.

After careful consideration, Rocky came up with his plan. First, he had to convince the soldiersoutside of the tent to leave their posts. The guards were only ordinary soldiers, but that wouldn'tstop them from being alert if something happened.

However, Rocky was stealthy when he performed his tricks. The next moment, he released a bat-likespiritual beast from the Magic Spiritual Space. The beast was one of the samples he had analyzedwhen he had been in the Sword Spirit City.

Although the spiritual beast was small and didn't have destructive power, it could imitate a long listof sounds. Using the vibrations of its sound wave, it could create an illusion that would draw theguards away.

After the Delusive Bat was released, it swooped forward. Under Rocky's control, it released someghostly, terrifying screams.

As soon as the guards heard the noises, they became shocked to the core.

"You three, go and see what's happening..." the leader of the guards ordered, pointing into the dark.The three guards’ faces turned pale. After hesitating for a moment, they walked in the direction ofthe sound.

When they got close enough, the Delusive Bat flew straight at them. Scared out of their minds, theguards screamed and covered their heads.

Hearing their panic, the leader and the other two guards were afraid that something had happened,so they rushed to help them. Instantly, the area around Phelps's tent was empty.

Rocky saw this and approached it.

However, he didn't head straight inside because he knew that Phelps was strong. He didn't want toalert the enemy. In preparation for this, he had brought a type of incense that could put hisopponent under a realistic illusion within seconds.

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