I, the Villain, Want to Save Myself, But the Yandere Heroines Disagree
Chapter 123 - Give Me Back My Unit!

“Reporting, High Priest, the enemy’s small unit made contact with us, shattered on impact, and then fled east.” In the Napoli military camp, a priest wearing a long robe and completely concealing his face was reporting information to Andrew, head bowed.

“Understood. Pursue them quickly. The direction the enemy fled is highly likely where the enemy’s main force is located...”

Andrew thought for a while, then changed his words, “Alright. You send a few scouts to track the enemy’s position. Our units will first consolidate, and then we will all move towards the enemy’s main force together.”

“As you command.”

...

Yaning Valley.

This was the valley Orson had mentioned in the military meeting the day before yesterday.

The Napoli region itself had relatively few mountains, and the Yaning mountainous area near Romulus City was one of the few areas in Napoli with significant terrain fluctuations.

At this moment, the valley had been turned into a pocket trap by the allied forces.

As long as the enemy’s main force entered the valley, the soldiers ambushed near the valley would push down the gathered rocks, blocking the valley while attacking the enemy inside with various ranged methods. Coupled with a massive fire, this place would become the best burial ground for the cultists.

Andrew himself was not from Napoli and was not familiar with the terrain here. Furthermore, his military skills were not up to par. He had solely won the previous battles based on the superior quality of his Eternal Life Unit.

At this moment, Andrew stood at one entrance of Yaning Valley, looking at the complex terrain within the valley before him, and fell silent.

“Are you sure the enemy fled into this valley?”

“Mm, absolutely certain.”

“Do you think this place is suitable for an ambush?”

“Very suitable.”

“So we cannot enter this place, can we?”

“Uh... in my opinion, yes.”

Andrew heard his subordinate’s reply and shook his head.

“Something this simple, you can guess, so how could the other party not guess?” Andrew said this, pointing to his Eternal Life Unit.

“Generally, what is the main purpose of ambushing the enemy on the battlefield?”

“To strike at the enemy’s morale, make the enemy lose their will to fight, and thus surrender?”

“Yes, but our Eternal Life Unit is fearless of death. Their purpose of ambushing cannot be achieved at all. On the contrary, we can turn their plan against them and lure all of the enemy’s main force out, finishing the battle in one decisive blow!”

“As expected of the High Priest! This idea is truly brilliant!”

“Hmph, watch and learn more. Don’t be so easily surprised. Let the units enter. I want to see what effect their ambushed units can have.”

“Alright.”

Subsequently, Andrew’s cult and his Eternal Life Unit entered Yaning Valley together.

...

“Orson, just as you said, the enemy really took the bait.”

In the basin area of Yaning Valley, Orson was arrayed here with an elite unit. Before long, they saw the dust rising in the distance. Litte spoke in surprise.

“The other party intends to turn our plan against us,” Lucius said from behind the two.

“This kind of terrain, anyone knows it’s suitable for an ambush. But he relies on that strange unit not surrendering or fleeing, wanting to lure our main force here for a decisive battle with him. Therefore, he has walked right into our trap.”

“Father is right,” Orson smiled and nodded.

As a seasoned veteran, Lucius’s grasp of the battlefield situation was quite accurate. The analysis just now was exactly what was on Andrew’s mind.

“He definitely thinks our main force is no match for his, and that his unit will not be affected by morale.”

“However, he hasn’t considered that we don’t need manpower to defeat them.”

In the area where the allied forces were located, a firebreak without trees had been deliberately cut. And in front of them, besides the dust raised by the marching army, there was a dense black smoke.

“The battle has begun.”

“Non-human things should still fight non-human things.”

On the other side, while marching, Andrew rode his horse, constantly scanning the surroundings.

After walking a long distance without encountering any ambush, Andrew couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

“High Priest, what are you laughing about?” the priest beside him looked at him in confusion.

“I’m laughing that Orson is ultimately an incompetent person. If he had ambushed an army here, a normal army would definitely have their morale shattered and completely collapse.”

Just at this moment, an unusual burnt smell reached Andrew’s nose.

“High Priest, did you smell something?”

“Mm,” Andrew nodded. “It smells like something is burning.”

At this moment, the disadvantage of the Eternal Life Unit became apparent.

Because they were machines that only obeyed the orders of the Ancestor God Cult’s priests, acting purely on instinct and not conveying information. Therefore, when the initial smell drifted towards them, they would not proactively report it.

And by the time the priests in the center of the military formation smelled the odor, the fire had already spread.

Furthermore, because this wildfire did not break out at a single point but was intentionally ignited at multiple points simultaneously, and now connected together, coupled with the influence of the dry weather and the valley wind, it could not be easily extinguished.

“High Priest, the surrounding forest is on fire! Fire, such a big fire!” At this moment, a priest from the outer perimeter ran towards Andrew.

And Andrew was not in the mood to deal with these things at the moment. He stared blankly at everything in the distance, the firelight reflecting in his pupils.

After more than ten seconds, he finally reacted, and then quickly said, “Of course I know there’s a fire! Now, hurry and put out the fire! If you don’t have water, use magic. Hurry and put out the fire!”

Upon hearing Andrew’s command, his subordinates quickly rushed out. They brought back the Eternal Life Unit, then went to the front line of the fire themselves and used water magic to extinguish the fire.

The strength of the priests was mostly at Tier 5 or 6, which was quite good for mages. However, this kind of large-scale wildfire, even a Tier 9 mage, using all their magic power, would not be able to extinguish it. At this moment, the water pillars created by these mages using magic were merely a futile effort against the wall of fire, akin to a mantis trying to stop a chariot. Not only did they not help extinguish the fire, but they instead fueled the fire, making the flames burn even stronger.

Seeing this situation, Andrew was anxious. If even magic couldn’t help, there was truly no way to stop the wildfire from engulfing them now.

Just at this moment, in the sky, many mages appeared.

They did not cast magic on this area but instead scattered a lot of black liquid.

As soon as this liquid reached the ground and came into contact with the flames, it instantly ignited, being even more effective than low to mid-level fire magic, especially when facing this kind of large-scale unit.

The priests had already used up most of their magic power when fighting the fire just now, and it was even more impossible for them to ascend into the sky to their deaths. Facing this situation, everyone was scrambling to escape in all directions, and no one was controlling the movements of the Eternal Life Unit anymore.

And facing the fleeing local priests, the court mages who were waiting in the sky with ease also had a simple plan.

The enemies below were either the strange Eternal Life Unit, who would stand there and be burned alive without screaming, or the people who commanded the Eternal Life Unit. These people were fleeing in all directions, and the court mages were responsible for capturing all of them alive.

Only a small number of priests remained rational, controlling the nearby Eternal Life Unit to continuously advance, praying that they could escape this hellish place ahead.

In a short distance of less than two thousand meters, this Eternal Life Unit of over ten thousand men suffered over eighty percent casualties.

However, when the priests who were about to miraculously escape saw the allied forces who had been waiting there all along, the last thread they were holding onto snapped.

And here with the allied forces, seeing the army that had finally arrived, covered in dust and dirt, they also gripped their weapons tightly, not daring to relax even a little.

...

“Your Grace, Andrew’s army has pursued the allied forces to the east.”

In the Napoli military camp, Giovanni received the report from the front line.

“Didn’t I tell them to wait for me? Why did they act on their own?”

“Andrew said that opportunity knocks but once. If the enemy is allowed to get away now, it will be difficult to fight later.”

“...As long as he can win, everything is fine.”

Giovanni said this, suddenly thought of something, then looked up at the military officer who had come to report, “You just said, in which direction did they pursue the enemy?”

“East.”

“I remember the only place with strategic value to the east is Yaning Valley, right? They didn’t chase them into Yaning Valley, did they?”

Upon hearing Giovanni’s question, the military officer’s forehead instantly broke out in cold sweat.

“It seems... it seems very likely. Andrew is not a local. He doesn’t know the terrain of Yaning Valley. It seems it’s not very good to fight there...”

“No! Pass down the order! Forced march! We must catch up to Andrew’s army!” Giovanni immediately became anxious. Andrew’s unit was his hope for turning the situation around. If they suffered too many losses, he would have no hope left.

...

Two days later, in front of Yaning Valley.

At this moment, it was already close to sunset. However, Giovanni had no intention of looking at the red sunset in the west, which was as red as fire.

Because in front of him, in Yaning Valley to the east, the raging fire had already overshadowed the sunset in the west.

Seeing this scene, Giovanni felt a sharp pain in his chest. His eyes rolled back, and he fell backward.

Fortunately, the military officer beside him noticed in time and caught him just as he was falling.

“Your Grace, are you alright?!”

“...” Giovanni looked at Yaning Valley in the distance. At this moment, he knew what had happened inside without even having to think about it.

With a fire of this magnitude, there was absolutely no chance of survival for Andrew’s unit.

His chest felt constricted, and he couldn’t breathe. After a long while, he gradually returned to normal breathing.

“Andrew, give me back my unit!” Giovanni shouted hysterically.

After shouting this, he clutched his chest, still gasping for breath.

Ultimately, he could not withstand this blow. His eyes rolled back, and he completely lost consciousness.