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When She-Ra's second strike hit the cage, it not only failed to shake the cage, but instead generated a powerful rebound force, sending She-Ra flying and crashing heavily into the wall on the other side of the cage.

"She-Ra, no!" The little thing, who had been listless, suddenly cried out in alarm.

“Look, Adora, you still seem a little confused about who’s in charge here!” Josie said, looking down at Ciri, who was slumped on the ground inside the cage.

“I’ve said it before, I am She-Ra, not Adora. She is our leader, and she will lead the army to defeat you and the evil Hod people!” She-Ra struggled to her feet, staring intently at Josie as she stubbornly spoke.

Although she appeared calm on the surface, her heart was actually in turmoil.

Why would this person know that she is Adora?

Even his old adversary Hordak and the leaders of the anti-Hordak alliance were largely unaware of this.

"Oh, that's an ambitious idea, but it's a bit wishful thinking. If your brother saw you like this, he'd probably be very disappointed!" Josie didn't care about She-Ra's threat at all.

"I don't know what you're talking about!" Hearing Josie mention her brother, Shire was startled, but she still stubbornly insisted.

"The great cosmic giant He-Man, the prince of the Kingdom of Ciri, the former guardian of Etania. It's a pity he asked me to take good care of his sister, but it seems some people don't want to accept this kindness!" Josie said with a mocking smile, looking at the stubborn Ciri.

"what?"

"what?"

Upon hearing Josie's words, She-Ra and the Labrina in Josie's hands exclaimed in surprise.

However, what surprised Sheryl was that Josie actually knew He-Man's true identity, and that Josie had even promised He-Man that she would take care of her.

Labrina's exclamation was about He-Man's true identity—as She-Ra's friend, she knew that She-Ra was actually Princess Adora of Celia, but she really didn't know that He-Man was Adora's brother Adam.

Although He-Man and She-Ra's methods of concealing their identities seem rather clumsy in the animated series.

However, in the real world, the two of them were actually quite good at keeping their relationship a secret.

"Impossible, you're lying to me!" Sheryl immediately refuted Josie's statement. "And if you really agreed to He-Man's terms, why did you negotiate with Hordak in the first place!"

"I'm doing this to help you, of course!" Josie's playful expression suddenly turned serious, and with a wave of her hand, the arcane cage that had been trapping Ciri instantly collapsed, and even the hand holding the little girl Labrina loosened.

The little guy, now free, cheered and flew to She-Ra's side, hiding in her beautiful blonde hair. He even peeked out and gave Josie a quick look.

I must say, this little thing is quite fun; it would make a great pet.

"To help us?" Josie's words instantly confused Shiree, who was also incredibly surprised that the other party had let her go so easily.

Is everything they said true?

“I know you have many questions, but I’ll just ask you one: what do you think your chances of winning a direct confrontation with Hordak’s army are?” Josie smiled slightly and asked a very practical question.

“…Okay, I admit, our chances of winning are less than 30%…Unless my brother can come back, have you really seen my brother? He's not dead? But why doesn't he come back?” At first, She-Ra was answering Josie's questions honestly, but her longing for her brother quickly steered the conversation toward He-Man.

“Don’t worry, He-Man is fine. The reason he didn’t come back is twofold: first, when we met, he hadn’t found his way home. Our arrival in this world was entirely an accident. I didn’t even know this was Etania at first! Second, when we met, he was dealing with something very important, possibly related to the safety of the entire universe. However, he didn’t tell me the specifics!” Josie said with a sigh.

"I see. Something must have happened to delay his journey home!" After hearing Josie's explanation, Shirei immediately started to imagine the situation. After a while, she took a deep breath and continued to ask Josie, "Okay, I'll believe you about my brother for now, but what about your talk with Hordak to help us? How do you explain that?"

"You said it yourself, your Celia Alliance has a less than 30% chance of winning a direct confrontation with the Hordak army. So what about the reinforcements from the Great Hord Empire?" Josie nodded, then asked a practical question that made Celia breathless.

"Less than one percent... but if you can help us, we will definitely have a chance to defeat the evil Great Horde Empire!" Shire was initially a little discouraged, but then she thought of the powerful strength of Josie's Ouroboros Legion in repelling the Horde fleet in a short time, and couldn't help but say.

“That’s right, Shire, my help can indeed reverse your decline to some extent, but what’s the price? Tell me, what price does our Ouroboros Legion need to pay to completely annihilate Hordak’s Legion, and the subsequent Great Hord Empire’s Legion?” Josie asked loudly, feigning excitement.

Under Josie's questioning, Shirley remained silent.

In the early battles between the Ouroboros and the Hordak Legion, although they achieved some local victories, the Hordak Legion at that time was only deploying a garrison force on one side. After all, the Hord Empire occupied most of the land on Etania and needed to station legions there, not to mention that they also had to spare a large portion of their forces to guard against the Hilia rebellion alliance.

Under these circumstances, the Hordak Legion and the Ouroboros Legion were still locked in a fierce battle, with Hordak slightly at a disadvantage, inflicting heavy losses on the Ouroboros.

If Hordak were to concentrate all his troops, what would the battle situation be like? Shire really wouldn't dare to make any wild guesses.

"Then tell me, what should we do?" Shire sighed.

“It’s simple, you surrender!” Josie said with a smile, giving Sheri an answer she found hard to believe.

“No, that’s impossible!” Shire immediately exclaimed angrily.

"Don't rush, little girl, let me finish!" Josie raised her hand to interrupt Shire. "Think about it, if your resistance forces had civilians with no fighting ability put on the equipment of elite troops and surrender, and then the elite troops disguised themselves as ordinary refugees and hid, and then held a surrender ceremony, do you think Hordak would take the bait?"

"You mean...?" Upon hearing Josie's suggestion, Shiree's eyes lit up immediately.

"Furthermore, as Hordak's allies, we'll participate in the surrender ceremony together. With both sides working together, do you think Hordak and his men can resist us? Moreover, by taking advantage of their surprise, we can minimize our losses. What do you think of my idea?" Josie smiled and revealed her entire plan.

"This...this...this idea is absolutely brilliant! No wonder you wanted to negotiate with Hordak. If we can really achieve this, we can wipe out the entire Hordak army!" After understanding Josie's complete plan, Shire was incredibly excited!

"Hehe, that's right, but you'll definitely have to suffer a little in the process!" Josie continued.

"It's alright. What's a little hardship compared to eliminating the evil Hordes? I can't wait to tell the others about this plan!" Shiri exclaimed excitedly. "By the way, what about my companions?"

"Don't worry, they're all fine. I'll take you to them right now!" Josie said.

“Thank you, Mr. Kahn!” Shire said gratefully.

"Hehe, it's nothing. You're He-Man's sister, so you're my sister too. It's only right that I help you!" Josie said.

"By the way, Mr. Kahn, my friends don't know my brother's and my true identities yet, so please keep it a secret!" With that, She-Ra reverted to her original form, a simply dressed girl, Adora, and said to Josie.

“Of course, I understand!” Josie smiled and nodded, then turned around to lead the way for Adora.

But the moment he turned around, a strange smile appeared on his face.

Did they help the Allies trap Hordak?

Are you kidding me?

Since Josh has set up this scheme and knows the detailed plans of both sides, why not take this opportunity to swallow them both up in one fell swoop?

This wave is called "the house takes all"!

Chapter 322 He-Man Returns

Following the negotiations, Josie's men and Hordak's men quickly drafted a battle plan against the anti-Hodor alliance.

The two sides will split their forces and attack the heartland of the anti-Hord alliance simultaneously.

Because the area where Ouroboros is located is within the territory of the Hod Empire and does not border the Alliance, and also to show sincerity, Hodak specially gave a part of the border area between the Hod Empire and the Anti-Hod Alliance to Ouroboros as a forward base, so as to facilitate Ouroboros's use of force against the Anti-Hod Alliance.

However, the territory between Ouroboros headquarters and this forward base is a rather narrow strip of defense.

If the Hod Empire concentrates its forces, it could easily sever the connection between the two places.

Clearly, Hordak wasn't as kind as he appeared.

Josie understood this very well.

We are all thousand-year-old foxes, why play Liao Zhai?

But he didn't pay any attention to it.

It's just mutual sabotage, who's afraid of who?

Soon, both sides launched a joint attack on the anti-Hord alliance.

Caught between the two major powers, the already disadvantaged Anti-Hord Alliance collapsed almost immediately, and the two sides quickly captured 80% of the Anti-Hord Alliance's territory.

Josie even personally captured many powerful members of the Anti-Hord Alliance, including the extraordinary She-Ra, the Anti-Hord Alliance's long-time guardian.

Upon hearing this, Hordak personally came to join the meeting. When he saw Ciri imprisoned in the arcane cage, he was overjoyed. After returning, he intensified his orders to strengthen the attack, hoping to capture the last stronghold of the anti-Hord Alliance, Brightmoon City, before the Ouroboros Legion could, and to capture the Alliance's leader Adora and Brightmoon City Queen Angela.

Completely ignoring the fact that their own army had defeated the allied forces seemed too weak.

However, not everyone failed to notice this.

"Lord Hordak, I have a feeling that the battle is going a little too smoothly!" The figure shrouded in a red robe, who had fought Josie using dark magic and was also Hordak's strongest subordinate, sensed something was amiss and approached Hordak.

"Hahaha, Lady Shadow, you're overthinking it. Isn't the situation perfectly normal? You've seen the strength of that Ouroboros organization before, and you even clashed with their leader from a distance. Although it ended in a draw, it was enough to prove their power. With such a powerful ally, it's perfectly normal that little girl Adora couldn't withstand them!" Facing Lady Shadow's reminder, Hordak laughed and didn't take it seriously. "You should focus your main efforts on how to take over Ouroboros' headquarters afterward!"

Just as Josie was scheming against Hordak, Hordak was also scheming against Josie.

The moment Bright Moon City falls, the reserve army of the Horde Empire, led by Lady Shadow, will cut off the Ouroboros Legion's retreat, seize the Ouroboros headquarters, and unlock its secrets.

At that time, having obtained the secret of the Ouroboros and completely eliminated all the resistance forces in Etania, his strength had increased dramatically. Perhaps he would really have a chance to challenge his brother, the emperor of the Great Horde Empire, King Horde!

Seeing Hordak's arrogance, Lady Shadow couldn't help but feel disappointed, perhaps she really had chosen the wrong master.

"Report... King Hordak!" Just then, Hordak's adjutant, a large-eyed fish-man-like alien, rushed in and shouted.

"What happened, Manteina! If you don't give me a reasonable explanation, I'll rip your head off!" Hordak roared angrily, his reverie about a happy ending shattered by his subordinates' shouting.

"King Hordak, just now, Moon City announced its unconditional surrender to us and Ouroboros!" Mantena hurriedly explained upon hearing Hordak's angry shout.

Upon hearing this news, Hordak excitedly stood up abruptly.

Meanwhile, Lady Shadow narrowed her eyes.

Soon, the high-ranking officials of the Hord Empire, led by Hordak, and the high-ranking officials of the Ouroboros, led by Josie, met again at the city gate of Brightmoon City.

Meanwhile, in the distance, the gates of Bright Moon City were wide open. The remaining troops and a large number of generals had all been disarmed and stood sparsely on the open ground outside the city, anxiously awaiting the arrival of the Horde and the Ouroboros Legion.

"Haha, we really have to thank you for getting rid of these worms in the sewers so quickly, Josie!" Hordak said, giving Josie a warm hug like an old friend he hadn't seen in years.

"Hehe, I only helped a little. If it weren't for His Highness Hordak's long-term weakening and deterrence of them, the warriors wouldn't have ended so smoothly!" Josie laughed and joked with him.

"So... together?" Hordak pointed to his vehicle behind him, an extremely exaggerated armored vehicle.

"I couldn't be happier!" Josie nodded with a smile.

The two then boarded the car together, followed by a large number of high-ranking generals from both sides and the surrender honor guard.

However, the main forces of both sides were neatly deployed on both sides of Bright Moon City, watching each other warily.