The entire rescue operation probably took less than an hour in total; all the guards were annihilated, not a single one escaped.
This was all thanks to the Hydra summoned by Livia-san and the Undead Legion summoned by Sir Xia Na.
Originally, max-level players, with the boost from their equipment, were almost fearless of Dragon Lords, so these small fry were naturally no match.
It's just that everyone didn't know the strength of the Dragon race's small fry in this world, so caution was warranted, but after this battle, the others probably have a general idea now!
So, after eliminating all the guards, the entire rescue plan was not considered over; it would only be a truly successful rescue after all these tens of thousands of people were transferred away.
However... just as Livia-san and Sir Xia Na were controlling their respective summons to clear out the guards, the people in the cages, without exception, all huddled together, displaying expressions of extreme terror.
Although it was known that these people could communicate normally, upon seeing that the attackers of the guards were also humans like themselves, shouldn't they have shown some happiness?
However, they didn't, and Ellie saw this; after all, Livia-san and Sir Xia Na did all the work, so Ellie could only idly observe the imprisoned humans.
Although if Ellie were to act personally, even if the targets were humans like her former self, Ellie would not feel any pity; Ellie already knew this when she annihilated the First Prince's troops on the Katz Plains.
She had more or less inherited the characteristics of the Guardians of Nazarick; however, even with such a personality, Ellie felt a little uncomfortable looking at these imprisoned humans, seeing them all fearing her. Getting them to listen and follow should not be a big problem, but if that were the case, the subsequent work would be a bit troublesome.
"You guys are finished too, right? Didn't encounter any problems?" Arute went up to them, seeing the other three bring over the humans imprisoned in the south.
"No problems, those people are very obedient," the uncle replied, looking back with some difficulty at the large group of people who had just been released.
Now, everyone in the Ranch has been released, and the final task is for them to walk into the portal themselves.
"Chao Lu, I'll have to trouble you to continue guarding the perimeter later. It will probably take some time to transfer so many people, so I'll rely on you for early warning during this period." Arute first arranged for Chao Lu to guard the perimeter. Although all the guards in the Ranch had been completely eliminated, and no one was left alive, what if someone returned from outside? So, until all the people were completely moved, they couldn't be careless.
"Miss Sir Xia Na, then I'll trouble you to cast the portal," Arute said to Sir Xia Na.
"Understood, but I also consumed some magic power in the previous battle. With my current MP, the portal probably won't be able to transfer all these people at once," Sir Xia Na replied calmly.
"Uh... there's no other way, I suppose; we can only transfer them in batches." Arute also expressed helplessness. Sir Xia Na had already brought this up during the planning: maintaining the MP to teleport tens of thousands of people might not be enough.
If she had full MP and was quick, there was still hope of transferring everyone at once. Of course... this was an optimistic thought; however, Ellie had a pessimistic attitude about it at the time, although Ellie didn't say it out loud then.
Just as Sir Xia Na was about to cast the portal magic, Ellie stopped her.
"Wait a moment, don't rush to waste MP. Brother Arute, I think it's better to make things clear to them beforehand," Ellie said.
"Them? Say what?" Arute was quite careless about this question. "Aren't you quite capable as a leader? How could you not even notice this?" Seeing Arute's reaction, Ellie was a little disappointed. It seemed this villainous role could only be hers.
"Sister Livia-san, can I borrow your Hydra for a bit?" Ellie turned her head to Livia-san with a disappointed expression.
Livia-san also nodded in a daze, then said to use it as she wished, but she didn't know why Ellie needed to borrow the Hydra at this moment.
"Then... bow your heads!" With permission granted, Ellie directly commanded the Hydra. Although she had the summoner's consent, this thing was not summoned by Ellie. Livia-san even doubted whether the Hydra would listen to Ellie, but the Hydra obediently lowered all nine of its heads.
Ellie nodded in satisfaction, then softly said, "Good..." and immediately jumped onto the central head of the Hydra, then commanded the Hydra to raise its head again.
Ellie's action startled Livia-san. Although this thing had no loyalty setting in the game and completely obeyed the summoner's commands in the game.
But this was not a game world, and this was Livia-san's first time summoning this creature here. Although it obeyed all commands after being summoned, Livia-san also noticed that while this guy listened to her commands, it still had its own temper and personality.
When slaughtering those Dragonmen and Beastmen, the first few were instantly killed with one blow, but after figuring out the opponent's strength, the Hydra treated those Dragonmen and Beastmen as toys, playing with them thoroughly before killing them.
This behavior was like a cat catching a mouse, and Livia-san was very worried that the Hydra might get angry and lose control due to Ellie's bold move. However, seeing the Hydra so obedient and well-behaved, it seemed her worries were a bit excessive.
At this moment, Ellie stood high on the central head of the Hydra, and those people naturally focused all their attention on Ellie. Ellie looked down at the crowd from above.
Almost everyone's faces mostly showed expressions of terror. After all, the guards were all brutally killed in front of them, and there was such a huge Hydra here, with many Undead soldiers and Death Knights summoned by Sir Xia Na nearby. It would be strange not to be afraid.
And at such a time, if Sir Xia Na, in her skeletal form, opened a pitch-black portal, those who didn't know the truth would surely only associate it with bad things, misunderstanding that the suddenly appearing pitch-black hole would take their lives!
Sir Xia Na's remaining MP was already insufficient, and if they delayed any longer, how many batches would it take to teleport? It might even lead to chaos if someone tried to escape.
"Ahem..." Ellie first cleared her throat twice. Uh... although she was standing quite high, there were tens of thousands of people below, weren't there? Thinking of this, Ellie wished she had Chao Lu's handheld megaphone. Well, it's fine as long as most people hear it.
"Ahem... all you livestock down there, listen carefully!" Ellie took a deep breath, immediately put her hands on her hips, and started cursing.
Arute below almost fell over... They had thought Bai Xia, who usually didn't speak much, would say something to those people, but they didn't expect her to start scolding them right away!
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