McKinney was once a challenger of Reynolds, and Reynolds gladly accepted his challenge.

However, after the challenge, McKinney realized that even though they were both legendary warriors, there was an insurmountable chasm between him and Reynolds.

McKinney realized that Reynolds was not a legendary warrior in the traditional sense.

He was called a legendary warrior only because the highest realm in the Beastman Plane was legendary warrior, but Reynolds had long surpassed this level, stepping into a realm that no beastman had ever reached.

According to the strength assessment given to Reynolds by Black Sail, Reynolds was actually already in the demigod realm, and very close to Level 4 life.

McKinney's challenge ended almost in disastrous defeat; he didn't even have the ability to make Reynolds strike a second time before he was defeated.

After defeating him, Reynolds didn't kill him but instead appreciated McKinney's talent and took him in as an apprentice.

From then on, McKinney became Reynolds' right-hand man, responsible for maintaining the order of the Wilderness Continent for hundreds of years.

After the wizard invasion, McKinney immediately issued orders to many cities on the Wilderness Continent, gathering their forces around Wilderness City.

He had witnessed the power of the Slave Creature Legion, as well as the strange weapons they used.

McKinney knew that the enemy's strength far exceeded theirs, and dispersing their forces would surely lead to them being defeated one by one. The only way to have the power to fight was to unite as one force.

Even so, for a month the Beastman Legion was still retreating step by step, losing one important city after another, countless beastmen dying, countless beastmen being captured.

Until now, only Wilderness City remained.

Of course, the fighting power of the beastmen was still very strong.

Apart from being caught off guard at the beginning of the war, they quickly adapted and adjusted in the ensuing time.

They knew the Slave Creature Legion's frontal strength was immense, so they minimized frontal confrontations and instead engaged in frequent small-scale ambushes.

The wizards discovered that these orc ambushes had a clear strategic objective, which was to seize the weapons and equipment from their hands.

Some of the magic metal-crafted exoskeleton armor and the immensely destructive super energy cannons were seized by the orcs during these ambushes.

These orcs also showed astonishing learning ability, quickly learning how to use the seized equipment, and even began studying how to manufacture such equipment.

The super energy cannons seized by the orcs dealt a heavy blow to the Slave Creature Legion, as the energy from a single shot was enough to destroy half a city.

When such energy cannons fell into the Slave Creature Legion, it immediately caused a massive number of casualties.

The use of super energy cannons was not so simple; even a wizard apprentice like Duke needed some time to learn how to use them.

Initially, the Black Sail wizards were just shocked at the orcs' learning ability until half a month ago when a space distortion bomb was seized by the orcs and quickly used on the battlefield.

That space distortion bomb directly caused thousands of slave creatures to disappear from the battlefield, not being transported elsewhere but swallowed by the sudden emergence of a space storm, tearing them into countless fragments.

It was then that the Black Sail wizards realized that this was not something that could be explained merely by learning ability.

Space distortion is a Level 3 alchemy creation, with extremely complex principles, integrating cutting-edge technology from multiple planes.

Such an alchemy creation could absolutely not be learned to use by the orcs within just a few days.

Because it also required a command key to activate, currently held by Third Corps Commander Swain.

He has not yet planned to use this weapon, so has not issued the command key.

Without the command key, it was absolutely impossible to activate the space distortion bomb.

However, the orcs not only seized the space distortion bomb guarded by a slave creature unit but also successfully detonated it.

The wizards were greatly curious about the reasons behind this event, and after conducting various experiments, they confirmed one thing.

The green-skinned orcs possessed an extremely special talent, which the wizards called heart thought.

Heart thought was basically embodied in one phrase: "wishful thinking."

The stronger the beastman, the more powerful the effects their heart thought could achieve, and the higher the success rate.

When the green-skinned orcs wanted something to happen, a very powerful will would arise in their hearts to make it happen.

This is a talent involving rule-level abilities, which is extremely rare even among the many planes.

However, this heart thought is not without limits and is difficult to exceed the inherent capability limits of the green-skinned orc.

For example, an ordinary green-skinned orc, even if he wished in his heart to become a god, it would be to no avail, and such a goal couldn't be achieved.

But if it were something relatively simple, like a broken war chariot, a green-skinned orc might find a few stones to plug in, thinking, "I reckon this should work."

Then the broken war chariot might very well be repaired and soon running normally.

This is one reason why orcs are adept at repairing; they don't need to understand the principles of various complex components, and with the presence of heart thought, they can restore broken things to normal operation.

Once the Black Sail wizards discovered this, they understood how the orcs were able to use the super energy cannons and space distortion bombs.

They didn't need to understand the principles behind these things but just needed to ponder: "I reckon this should work..."

Realizing this, Black Sail immediately imposed stricter control over their weapons and equipment, strengthening the defense.

They still had many powerful alchemical creations, which, for various reasons, could not be used casually.

The aim of Black Sail was to conquer here, not to destroy it.

For instance, the Dimension Collapse Device they held could create an area with a massive gravitational field, absorbing all surrounding material, causing a collapse of space, swallowing everything within the affected area.

The impact caused by the Dimension Collapse Device is permanent, even continuously expanding until it devours the entire planet.

Black Sail could only be thankful that what was plundered was not this device, or it would cause great trouble, and the Beastman Plane would be doomed to destruction.

The war was still ongoing; the Beastman Legion around Wilderness City, having no way out, erupted with great combat power, making it difficult for the Slave Creature Legion to break through for the time being.

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