Chapter 393 - Against Alien Invasion ( 7 ) (1/2)

”We are getting near… Everyone, get ready!”

Folco announced in their comms after noticing that they are getting near to the landing site… He is the commander of the second Battalion from Maja that was sent to assist the Montego.

The first batch of Mage Battalion was unfortunately almost annihilated by the aliens. Their survivors weren't even in a good condition and they could still die at the medical facilities…

Right now, he's in a room within their airship together with his vice commanders as they just finished discussing the topography of the alien's landing site.

”Haa~ This might be our last mission...”

Folco muttered as he prepares his mind.

He has a large frame compared to the other officers inside the room so anyone would easily recognize him. Aside from that, his mechanical right arm was also something that could catch anyone's attention.

This mechanical right arm was made through the advancement of their automaton's study… Of course, it is through the help of Veda, who would like to help each country depending on their needs.

Nevertheless, their country isn't the best for creating automatons for no reason. They truly deserve such a title even if it's backed by Veda.

As he was about to point something out about their rendezvous point with the Montego's forces, they heard someone running outside…

”Commander… We just received a report that even Sir Julian's Soul Grip didn't work against the aliens…” The soldier reported after entering the room.

”The Soul Grip? What's that?” Folco asked as he couldn't remember such Mana Spell, Steel Knight, Mana Artifacts, or weapon before. He has no idea what it is.

”Ahh… We previously received a piece of information from Veda that Sir Julian has a forbidden Soul Art that he can use against the aliens… We just learned that its name is Soul Grip after Veda made another report…”

”Hmmm. I remember now… Even a forbidden Soul Art is useless, huh…”

Folco muttered as he weighed the situation.

”Did we receive a report about their current plans?”

”No, Sir… However, it seems that Sir Julian is waiting for our arrival as he was gathering his remaining forces.”

”Tsk… They were too confident with their Mage Towers. Are they not planning to rebuild them?”

”Ugh… I wasn't aware of any information regarding that, commander… However, as far as I know, they would require at least a week or two to rebuild a single Mage Tower.”

”Mhmm… Very well. You can go back now…”

The officer then saluted to the commander before returning to his post.

Folco remained silent as he was trying to consider the fact that the aliens seem to be looking for something.

They previously received information from Avalon that the aliens are most likely looking for the Memory Crystal Mines aside from the magicians that they could capture.

They seem to have a use for the crystals that they were not aware of. Nevertheless, this means that they would need some workers or time to establish mining missions…

If they used this opportunity well, they might be able to deal more damages to the Black Sovereign's forces than just mindlessly charging towards that spaceship.

They already have weaker firepower and they have to accept that… If they try to force the fight in which they are at disadvantage, they would just lose more magicians… They can't let them die in vain.

They have to learn new tactics to adapt to the alien's fighting method.

”Everyone, our Battalion isn't that good to a large-scale fight between spacesh.i.p.s and airsh.i.p.s. We have seen that they also have ground forces. We will focus on eliminating their Mech Frames and other smaller units…”

”Yes, Commander… However, we won't be able to do that unless there would be something that would pin their spaceship…”

”It's alright… We already confirmed the effective range of the Black Sovereign. We will just lead the Mech Frames in some areas and isolate them.”

Folco then continued explaining his plans.

Unfortunately, the aliens still have a lot of ground forces so they have to be mindful of their actions. If they made a mistake, their 3000 automatons may just be wasted by a single positron cannon of the Black Sovereign…

After a few more minutes, they arrived at the rendezvous point of their army and Julian's remaining forces.

Folco looked at the old man in his luxurious robe… It feels like Julian is about to attend a ceremony instead of going to war. The latter is currently together with 4 more sages that are also wearing a ceremonial robe…

However, he knows that the robe has been enhanced multiple times and is probably tougher than their airship's armor.