Chapter 563: Attack! (2/2)

Was this just an outpost?

No, this was the entire defensive line!

Gravis knew a lot about human warfare, and Gravis also knew that Orthar was the strategist for the sea beasts. This defensive line of the land beasts hadn't moved in forever because of their Commander. The indecisive attitude of the Commander had been noticed by Orthar. Because of that, they only stationed enough beasts in the defensive line to appear strong.

Yet, in reality, the powerful beasts that showed themselves from time to time were actually the entire defensive line. Meanwhile, the beasts that would have normally been assigned to this defensive line were sent somewhere else. Like this, they would have more Kings for the truly endangered territories.

Sadly, accidents happened. Orthar knew that Gravis could see through a lot of his careful planning, but he couldn't outfit every single defensive line with a counter for Gravis. Also, Orthar was still Gravis' friend. They might be in different camps, but neither of the two wanted the other one to die. Gravis wouldn't teach the land beasts warfare, and Orthar wouldn't send overpowered enemies at him.

Even if Gravis destroyed ten defensive lines, their dynamic wouldn't change a bit. Neither of the two had the goal to make one camp victorious. Both of them only wanted to ascend to the next world. Victory or defeat for either of the camps made no difference to them.

The enemy's defensive line was shocked and became fearful. They couldn't possibly resist such a powerful force! Weren't they supposed to be safe!?

When the Commander saw the weak defensive line, she felt disappointed initially, but then a smirk appeared on her face. In order to appear powerful enough to contest with this defensive line, they also had to show a powerful Commander. This meant that a mighty level five King was at the weak defensive line. Sure, her defensive line wouldn't get much tempering, but the Commander would get hers!

Aris, Cera, and Yersi looked at each other, deciding who should take the remaining level five King. Yet, surprisingly, none of them took the initiative. Usually, they nearly fought each other for opponents, but this time, no one wanted to. Apparently, Gravis' words had shown them that they needed to comprehend more Laws first.

So, in the end, the remaining level five King fell to the last Sub-Commander. The Sub-Commander had only sent some level four Kings to annihilate the Kingdom they had passed over, but they were still here. Seeing that the other three Sub-Commanders didn't mind, the last Sub-Commander shot forward.

The enemy's defensive line wanted to flee, but they couldn't. Among 200 beasts, there were bound to be some beasts with incredible speed. Because of that, the fastest beast of the defensive line got dibs on the opponents.

In no time at all, every enemy beast had an opponent. The other beasts just stood around the fighting arenas, looking on. This was tempering, and they wouldn't waste it by piling onto an opponent.

The watching beasts looked with envy at the fighting beasts, wishing they were them. They had come here, expecting to meet a powerful force, but they only saw this pitiful display.

None of the sea beasts managed to escape to warn the closest Empire. They were all caught, and the sea beasts didn't even know that their defensive line had fallen.

Before engaging the enemy, the Commander informed several level four Kings to inform their closest Empire. The enemy didn't know that their defensive line had fallen, which gave them a prime opportunity to also take out an entire Empire of the sea beasts.

Defensive lines didn't move often, but they moved from time to time. Yet, the falling of an entire Empire was truly rare. The main reason for that was the spies among their ranks. The sea beasts knew when an attack would come, which allowed them to protect the closest Empire and defensive line.

Yet, with Gravis' arrival, all of this had changed. The attack had come out of nowhere, and the sea beasts didn't even know about it.

After several minutes, the fighting had ended. A couple of land beasts had died, but that was to be expected. When a land beast died, another land beast would just take its place until all sea beasts were annihilated.

The Commander and Sub-Commander also emerged victoriously.

”RAAAAAA!”

A victorious cry echoed throughout the surroundings, and some minutes later, the closest Emperor of the land beasts also arrived here.

And when he saw the defensive line, he became visibly very angry.

'I fucking knew it,' Gravis thought.