Chapter 1736 - Blitzkrieg (2/2)

And very soon, they came to the western side of the city walls, and along with them, were a few commanders and adjutants that Duke Owen had summoned at the very last minute.

There was an overlook protruding out of the city walls facing the vast snow plains outside the city.

Hao Ren had indicated the troops from the Basilica of the World Tree would land on the snow plans, and Constance reckoned that this overlook was the best place to receive them: They could see everything on the plain from there, and there was an independent elevator that could swiftly bring everyone from the overlook to the western gate of the fortress city.

At the same time, Duke Owen had sent others to the army stationed in the city, to let them know that a special group of reinforcements had arrived in the city, and to prepare for any unnecessary trouble in the city.

Without a question, Hao Ren’s reinforcements came rather unexpectedly, and under any normal circumstances, any country would not allow any forces other than their own to directly go to their base camp, but Constance did not have any reservations about it.

Before the Turn of the Eras, none of that was important.

Heritors were natural allies, and every norm and custom in the world would make way for that. At least at this moment, Constance still believed that Hao Ren and the rest were “heritors”, and this trust saved them a lot of trouble.

In the clear skies above the snow places, the divine barrier had a wondrous clarity to it, and with today’s cloudless sky, even the rift of the Gorgon’s Abyss appeared smaller somewhat. And for the northerners, this was a rare good day.

And a massive shadow suddenly appeared in this unusually clear skies.

The shadow appeared so suddenly as a massive behemoth cast a shadow beneath the light. And the blurry shadow soon expanded and solidified as more obvious lines and details appeared. Constance and Duke Owen looked in awe at the sky. They soon they realized those were not the so-called “skyships”.

Skyships could never fly that high, or appear in such a size.

They were like mountains falling from the skies!

Three massive black starships pierced through the divine barrier above L’Haronne. Their armor was thick, and their surfaces were lined with sail-like black crystal wings while energy particles spat out from the back. Around the starships, they were countless escort fighters flying about like a swarm of bees, casting a dazzling light stream across the skyline.

An odd crash echoed across the entire plain.

The northern soldiers and officer standing on the platform gawked as they looked at these massive ‘skyships’ that were bigger than a Gorgon Lord slowly descending from the sky. The tiny escort vessels continued to circle in the air, while the ship stopped a few meters above the group.

Soon, a series of exits opened beneath the ships, and gigantic creatures from the legends walked out from them.

It was a fully armed guardian giant army.

“While the corrupting powers have already spread in the heartlands, there are many uninfected citizens who had yet to escape, so we cannot blast those areas from air, so the best way is to send an overwhelmingly powerful land force,” Hao Ren seemed to be talking to himself, but at the same time it looked like it was directed at Constance, “Letting these giants fight against the Ebon Blades is probably overkill, but now that the knights have turned into the minions of madness… for the guardians, the war is now back on track.”

Constance and the rest of the officers and soldiers were totally awed by the presence of the guardian army on the plains, and yet Rheia frowned as she saw the three ships and the number of escort vessels. She gently tugged Hao Ren’s sleeve, “Did you deploy an entire fleet? Why only three? And where’s the droid swarm you had summoned?”

“They are meant for another battle… I’ll brief you all on the stuff Nolan had found once we get back.” Hao Ren whispered back.

“This is the Basilica of the World Tree’s…” Constance’s murmurs interrupted the hushed conversation between Hao Ren and Rheia. This usually calm princess could no longer control the changes to her expression. Just as she looked at the three starships (and due to the ships being so massive, they had taken up almost all of the space of west of the city, and from that distance, she could not see the end of the ship), “Are those giants your soldiers?”

“Strictly speaking, it is her personal army.” Hao Ren pointed at Rheia. “Told you so, don’t bother with the war plans just yet…