Chapter 916: 284_3

No matter what, both were considered friends who trusted each other.

"Okay."

Catherine Carter cheerfully responded, then paused, saying, "You too."

....

Meanwhile, as the Lionheart Family busily prepared for war and the construction of the Steel Fortress's defensive works at Gold-digging Dock proceeded at full swing,

outside the Demon Cross Ruin City,

a vanguard team from the Ancient Dragon Empire had already gathered over a hundred people.

Above the fiery red campfire, several huge Demon Beasts were roasted to a golden crisp, dripping with fat and emitting a tantalizing aroma.

After all, being merely a vanguard team, their numbers were too few.

Good enough for plundering, but utterly insufficient for sieging and taking territory.

This group of people was preparing to wait for reinforcements to arrive.