Trap

## Objectives

### Dragon Objectives

* Covert attack the entire bandits camps hidden in the forest, meanwhile capture Giggs.
	+ Defeat Titto.
* Retreat back to the gate before bandits overwhelm them.
* Evade their trap alive and go to the temple to report about Phoenix's treaty violation.

### Phoenix Objectives

* Divert the heroes from the Gate.
* Infiltrate the Gate and capture every enemy guards as possible, while seizing their weapons and supplies.
* Capture the Gate guards and seize their weapons while preparing to defend against the remaining enemy forces.
* Either capture or wipe out the remaining Dragon forces retreating back to gate.

## Briefing

After the attack by the heroes and their troops, the bandits retreated from village to a near by forest with the survivors. Heroes warned the local civilians to be safe and about the bandit camps hidden deep in the forest. Same day, Lucas plans to counter-attack them with half of their forces while remaining defend the gate for possible hidden attacks. Shawn sensed risks with the idea, but Drew convinces him by bringing up the treaty between Dragon and Phoenix giving him no choice but to proceed with the counter-attack.

## Events

### Hollow Victory

Lucas commanded the troops to move deep into the forest, some to attack enemies from the backlines while some to strike directly with him in front. As they progress into the forest deeper and deeper, several patrol of bandits were spotted. Lucas and other strike first followed by their soldiers gaining the upper hand immediately, this caused bandits formations to dissolve. They had successfully penetrated into enemies reinforcements chain.

### Realization of Mistakes

After the defeating the waves of bandits, Lucus and others run into a huge bandit force. Surprisingly their were no camps and tents, they started to feel anxious. Suddenly, A man with a obese body appears from the shadows.

— Titto, To Lucas and the remaining Dragon forces in the forest

Shawn quickly realised that Giggs wasn't present at the moment, he felt something isn't right. They began to clash fiercely but unlike Giggs, Titto was more superior in terms of strength alone. Even with a outnumbered army against them, Hero fighters have still managed knock him down on the ground.

### Trapped

Some bandits started to flee the area and other just fell to ground as their exhaustion started to catch up, but Titto was no where near defeat. He stood up with more power than ever, which made the remaining dragon forces started to lose their morale slowly but steady. To make matters worst even worst, a remnant soldier came back from the patrol which was surrounding the forest informed that they got wiped out in an ambush.

Shawn and others quickly started to realize that the situation was getting worse by each second as more and more bandits reinforcements started to arrive. They have no choice but to run for their lives back to the gate.

### Keen Eye

Lucas stunned Titto temporarily with his air blade move and started running towards the gate with his friends and the remaining troops. Bandits quickly ran towards Titto to check what happened to him. He stood up again and ordered the bandits to kill every single one of them.

Lucas and other using their strength to the fullest cleared their way as efficiently as possible with their soldiers but daggermans and Mounted bandits frequency has increased. These were stronger then the ones they fought earlier, it almost seemed like a clearly executed plan against them.

### Exhausted

Due to the continuous fights and skimish along the way with bandits, dragon infantry started to ron out of breath. But they had no choice, they have to retreat back to the gate.

### Final Clash

They finally arrived at gate but what they saw shocked them. Giggs already took the gate in his control. To make the matter even worst they brought their own infantry and archers from kingdom who pretend to be bandits earlier.

Now if they had to escape, they had to defeat Giggs and the soldiers also Titto and bandits whom followed them all the way. They fought again!

They won but their soldiers died and Phoenix had plenty more remaining. To escape Shawn used his Phoenix shot to break the gate's wall and ran towards the hole and escaped.

## Aftermath

Heroes lost their gate easily to Phoenix and now running for their lives towards Temple where, Phoenix is again planning to attack with his army.

## Trivia

* Phoenix's military soldiers first appeared on this chapter.
* This is the first chapter to have more than one antagonist.
* Trap is one of the two chapters happened in night time.