375 War: Preparations II (1/2)

The sky is dark and black clouds loomed over the kingdom. On the tall walls surrounding the entire Final Haven Kingdom, countless of soldiers stood, looking over the horizon.

The atmosphere was tense and gloomy. Some of the soldiers had been nervously swallowing their own spittle, the others were incredibly jumpy or unresponsive, while the rest were either faking their calm or had accepted their fates.

According to intel, the force of a Beast Horde with numbers surpassing millions, are about to arrive soon.

Which means that the War for Survival is about to happen, and some of them don't know if they were ready for it.

The forces are scattered out through the entirety of the Kingdom.

Even though according to reports, the horde is going to arrive via east size, the sheer size of it is too great for them to focus their entire force in a single spot. They will be swarmed, so it was suggested that it will be best to spread out their forces on each side just to make sure that the damages will be minimized.

That being said, the main force of the Kingdom are concentrated at the East Gate since the Beast Horde will arrive there first.

The main force are mostly the Golden Knights, which numbers greatly increased upon the reform.

The Veteran's are still there, Morel, Old Lee and Leona. They were joined by Jackson, the Head Director of the Lair Hunters Association. Leon Anderson, Mark's Father. Bradley Redcrest, Head Officer of the Royal Guards and father Ellen, as well five more who came from other families.

Though Luis, Ian and Richard have all progressed their cultivations and stepped into Golden Knight Realm as well, they weren't asked to join the line-up for the main force since their expertise would be useful elsewhere.

Luis is in task of overseeing the battlefield and commanding the troops due to the recent promotion he got. He's now the Royal Strategist of the Kingdom. His clean streak of upholding justice and countless of recommendations from the people he worked with, as well as consistency pushed him to this position. This title was personally awarded to him by the King himself.

He's stationed at the East Gate, there is a miniature array in front of him which shows the sky eye view of the Skynet Array. This was made for him to arrange strategies accordingly for the troops.

Ian on the other hand, remained as the Headmaster of the Heavenly Cloud Academy, he's mainly tasked to provide support from time to time, in-case of a breach, he will have to move towards the place and help with the defense. The students are with their families of course, but the staff share this responsibility with him.

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East Gate.

”How long do we have?” Old Lee asked Luis as he gazed at the arrays.

”30 minutes and we'll be able to see them.” Luis answered in a solemn voice.

Old Lee inhaled sharply and steeled his nerves. He gazed at the gloomy sky and said: ”I know this is not the proper time to say this, but I want to thank you.”

Luis raised his brow and asked: ”What for?”

”For raising an incredible son.” Old Lee answered earnestly, ”He might not be here right now, but his presence and contributions are as clear as the sun. ”

Luis didn't know how to reply. He was flattered but at the same time, he also knew that he had little to no influence on Raven's progress. All of those were achieved by his own hands, in fact the promotions and authority that he now posess are only due to the achievements of his own son.

He's incredibly proud of him, yet he wished that he could do more. He was always swamped with work and barely spent any time with his own son. Until this day, he's regretting that…

Old Lee could more or less tell what he's thinking, he placed his arms on Luis' shoulders and said: ”I can tell what your thinking. Don't beat up yourself for something like that. I can tell you that your son, never blamed you nor your wife for anything. He looked up to you greatly, and he wouldn't bear any kind of grudges.”

Luis felt his nose sting, but he suppressed his emotions. He nodded to Old Lee and placed on a determined expression as well.

”Focus on doing what you do best.” Old Lee told him, ”Don't be afraid to take risks, there will be deaths and all but if we can win this, then we'll be unstoppable.”