Mark and the other three were swept up among the Rebels, even pushed forward by the crowd.
But since they had already decided, they had no choice but to act.
As Vice Principal, Mark’s strength had already reached the level of a Magister!
Once he took action, terrifying Wind Blades transformed into a storm, directly assaulting the valley below.
In an instant, the fierce Wind Blades twisted into a raging storm, shredding everything in the valley to pieces!
Tents were sliced into fragments, torches and nearby camps were reduced to powder.
Mark raised his hand again, forming three terrifying Wind Vortexes, creating a massive suction force!
The Wind Vortexes pulled in the surrounding grass, sand, and camp tents, swallowing them whole and then grinding them into dust!
Within the valley, wild winds howled, sending sand and stones flying!
In that moment, with just the attacks from Mark and the other three Professors, a quarter of the tents in the valley were destroyed!
And above, Magic and arrows continued to rain down from the sky!
Under the moonlight, amidst flickering flames, figures within the tents collapsed to the ground under the gaze of the Rebels.
“Kill!”
The Rebel Leader led his men, charging toward the camp.
At that moment, a sharp, feminine shout interrupted the Rebels’ cries of slaughter.
“Release!”
In the remaining tents, City Defense Army soldiers armed with bows, arrows tipped with flames, aimed at them.
The Rebel Leader sensed something off, but before he could react, the City Defense Army loosed their Fire Arrows in a blink.
In an instant, sparks scattered across the night sky, strangely beautiful.
The sound of arrows tearing through the air, trailing flames, landed before the advancing Rebels on both sides!
The charging Rebels, who had hesitated at the sight of drawn bows and nocked arrows, now laughed at the Fire Arrows stuck in the ground a few meters away.
“Haha, is this the City Defense Army? Their aim is so…”
But before he could finish laughing, a companion beside him screamed in terror, “My god!”
They saw that, at some point, Fire Oil had been poured into the grass.
The moment the Fire Arrow touched it, flames erupted, instantly igniting, and a roaring inferno exploded upward.
“Wind Magic!”
Within the camp, Ofilia shouted again.
Immediately, the winds in the valley intensified, howling like ghosts and demons!
Woooo——!
As the hurricane raged, the Wind Force and Vortexes Mark created only fueled the inferno.
With the amplification of Wind Magic, the fire leaped over ten meters high, and on both sides of Yufeng Valley, ancient forests stood, rarely visited by humans.
There, fallen leaves accumulated, and wild grass grew thick!
Now, as soon as fire touched them and wind swept in, the blaze roared to the sky in an instant, unstoppable!
“Ahhh!”
In the blink of an eye, countless Rebels were swallowed by flames, screaming in agony.
They became human torches!
“Retreat! Retreat! Earth, Water, Ice Magic Mages, put out the fire!”
The Rebel Leader shouted as he led his men in a frantic retreat.
But the fire had already grown, and unless there were Mages capable of large-scale Water Magic, it was impossible to extinguish it!
“Ah! Help me! Quickly, put it out!”
“It hurts! Leader! Save me!”
One after another, Rebels fell to the fierce flames, the fire reaching halfway up the mountainside!
In an instant, those at the front were buried in a sea of fire!
Fifteen minutes later…
The Rebel Leader and the remaining Rebels barely escaped with their lives, their faces blackened by smoke!
Their hair was singed and smelled foul, their appearance wretched!
Even after the Rebel Leader led his men back to the mountain’s peak, the area was scorched with intense heat, unbearable for anyone.
“Is it really this effective?”
Seeing the devastation, Ofilia was somewhat shocked.
She hadn’t expected that the supply carriage Willis brought contained so much Fire Oil.
It was as if Willis had anticipated its use.
Earlier, following the instructions on a note, Ofilia had secretly taken a few people to retrieve the Fire Oil and pour it over the surrounding forests.
Now, with just a spark, the power of nature was unleashed beyond doubt.
“Leader! The operation failed! Let’s withdraw!”
Dolan trembled as he spoke.
He was on the verge of tears.
Having barely escaped with the Rebels, if they charged forward again, there might be more traps awaiting!
The raging inferno before them was like Heaven’s Punishment, still burning, a Lava Purgatory!
But then, the Rebel Leader suddenly swung his sword and beheaded him!
Dolan died with eyes wide open, confusion in his gaze, never having expected to die this way!
The Rebel Leader roared in anger.
“Failed!? Who said we failed? If anyone dares mention retreat again, I’ll cut them down!”
“We haven’t lost yet! As long as they kill Hill Yu over there and join us, Willis in the valley still can’t escape death!”
“Brothers, follow me and charge from the side! As long as we pin down Willis and don’t let her escape, victory is still ours!”
When the Rebel Leader led the remaining seven hundred into Yufeng Valley’s main road, Ofilia, dressed in Willis’s clothes, was already waiting.
“Kill! Surround her! Don’t let her escape!”
Seeing Willis, impersonated by Ofilia in the distance, the Rebel Leader led his men in a direct charge.
But when he rushed into the tents, he found only Grass Men inside.
“Grass Men?!”
“Leader! Fire Arrows!”
“Quick! Throw these Grass Men out!”
“Heh, too late!”
At Normankev’s command, Fire Arrows rained onto the Grass Men drenched in Fire Oil.
Once again, the Rebels led by the Rebel Leader were blocked by flames, losing at least fifty men!
“Willis!”
Staring at the beautiful figure outside the Grand Tent, the Rebel Leader gritted his teeth, then suddenly smiled.
“Ahahaha, brothers, there are less than six hundred around her. There’s no need to surround her! Kill!”
Clearing the surrounding flames, the Rebel Leader led another assault.
Seeing this, Normankev frowned.
“They still dare to charge with so few people?”
But soon, he realized something was wrong.
Because as soon as the City Defense Army guarding the perimeter clashed with these Rebels, they were quickly overwhelmed.
In just half an hour, over a hundred had died!
“Damn! These men under his command are all elite!”
Normankev exclaimed.
“Hahaha!”
The Rebel Leader laughed as his broadsword reaped the lives of City Defense Army soldiers.
“Willis! I admit defeat in this scheme!”
“But you haven’t won!”
“The five hundred left under your command must be ambushing my other hidden forces, right?”
Hearing this, Ofilia’s expression darkened.
“So what if they are?”
“Haha! If you still had over a thousand, the cramped valley would make killing you twice as hard!”
“But now you have only six hundred men, and my troops are all seasoned Restoration Army elites!”
“No matter how cunning your schemes, against absolute strength, numbers and tricks are meaningless!”
This was the confidence that drove the Rebel Leader to continue his assault!
“To annihilate those two thousand in the Union Army would take you considerable effort, giving me enough time to kill you!”
The Rebel Leader and his bloodthirsty subordinates rampaged through the City Defense Army, slaying dozens more!
Seeing their own forces dwindle, Ofilia trembled all over, her teeth chattering.
“Will…Willis, if I die, I won’t forgive you even as a ghost!”
“Oh? Really? So you still love this Imperial Princess? Even as a ghost, you want to stay with me?”
A dreamlike voice echoed by her ear, and Ofilia turned in disbelief.
She saw Victoria leading Willis appear behind the Rebels, with only three hundred of their five hundred soldiers remaining!
“Willis!”
Ofilia cried out involuntarily.
“Kill!”
At Willis’s command, three hundred soldiers attacked the Rebel Leader’s rear.
The Rebel Leader was bewildered by the two Willises before him.
Which one was real?
But soon, he no longer had the chance to wonder.
Half an hour later…
When Hill Yu, accompanied by Anne and the victorious army, joined the battle, the Rebel Leader’s defeat became inevitable.
As dawn broke over the horizon, a ray of morning light shone down.
Willis and Hill Yu together beheaded the Rebel Leader.
With that, all the Rebels in the valley were wiped out.
Except for three people.
Mark, Tapur, and Vicks Todd.
“Your Highness!”
Before Mark and Vicks could recover, Tapur ignored the blood on the ground and knelt before Willis in deep devotion.
“Fortunately, I did not fail. Tapur has completed the task assigned by Your Highness!”
“Good. Go rest and take a well-earned vacation when we return to the Academy.”
Willis smiled.
At that moment, blood still stained her body.
With the morning light and wind, she looked as radiant as a Valkyrie.
“Thank you, Your Highness!”
Tapur left, elated.
Leaving Mark and Vicks in a daze.
It took a while for them to come to their senses.
So this was all Willis’s trap!
Inviting them to help fight traitors had been a scheme devised by Tapur and Willis!
They had been deliberately exposed to the Rebels, forced to join them!
Now, with all evidence present, their crimes of betraying the Empire and attacking the Imperial Princess were undeniable!
“This…damn traitor! Damn traitor~!”
Mark trembled with rage.
“You won’t die a good death!”
Vicks was filled with despair.
“Stop shouting, Vice Principal. If you dared oppose me, you should have known it would end this way.”
Willis raised her fingers to her lips with a bewitching smile.
“Colluding with the Rebels, attempting to overthrow the Empire, attacking the Empire Princess, and even—during your tenure—raping students and stealing others’ achievements…”
“These crimes together aren’t just enough to ruin your reputation and leave your name reviled for generations…”
Willis paused, her smile turning demonic.
“Is it excessive to exterminate your entire clan?”
“Wi! Ll! Is!”
At that moment, Mark coughed up three liters of blood in fury.