Chapter 602 (2/2)
If they failed to take Fallowmoor Cloudhaould lose the chance to encircle and overcome Skycloud At that point Arcturus would be practically invincible and Cloudhaould know nothing but danger
The exchange of fire increased in rate and ferocity, as did the dae each side endured Meanwhile the two armies inched ever closer The Conclave's officers ordered their shi+ps to decelerate and dispatched their air force Three to four thousand soldiers on the backs of giant birds of prey took to the skies They stretched out to either side then circles around, ready to take the Southern Confederation's flanks
Wastelander flying forces were an i individually, they were highly maneuverable
They hadtheht munitions These units were arrenades and the like If a large enough forcearound and attack from the rear they could cause real chaos
Dawn didn't hesitate “Drunk, lead our own air units out to meet them!”
The cue and roup of riders this size The bestthem was to send out one's own fliers and tie theet too close However the Southern Confederation was heavily outnumbered If they didn't come up with a better plan it would end in mutual destruction
“As far as I can see there's only one option to finish this quickly” Cloudhawk shot a glance toward Dawn then out across the battlefield He pointed at the largest vessels in the enee “We need to take out their central command”
Dawn understood his aiment, armies of this size needed a central point to facilitate cole shi+p, but a cluster of them that ordered different parts of a fleet If those shi+ps were destroyed or otherwise prevented fro in contact with the rest of the ar them would become much easier
Cut off the head and the body withers! The beherate from within!
Any army knew this, so the couard shi+ps Any force worth its salt would keep their best close by and make sure their forces were more concentrated in the area If the tactic was to destroy an opposing force's command center, they would first have to obliterate all the rest of the enemy to do it
Cloudhawk looked over the target “Three shi+ps Khan, you take the left, Abbadon you head right I will handle the flagshi+p Have Roc coone and the drunk can buy us time with fliers I'll teleport us passed their defensive lines”
Yes! Cloudhawk could slip right through! Typical defenses ainst his phase powers
Roc was anxious when he heard the plan “Your teleportation powers are strong but there's a li with you Those shi+ps are crawling with their best soldiers, it's too risky for you to get in close and destroy them”
“You think this is dangerous?” Cloudhawk had no tiue “Prepare to act!”
A minute later space warped in the air near the Conclave's command flotilla A handful of silhouettes appeared in the air Cloudhawk motioned for them to move out
The Khan of Evernight led a sroup to the left side of the flotilla Abaddon did the saht Neither of Cloudhawk's lieutenants were pushovers – one was Nox's Governor and the other was a demon who once lorded over the southern wilds Either was le command vessel each ithin their abilities
“Let's go”
Cloudhawk brought Dawn and a handful of Polaris fighters toward the eneshi+p It and the other two command shi+ps were in a trident forest It was like a floatingnuh Cloudhawk and the others had appeared suddenly, the well-trained eneun to mount a defense
Countless heavy weapons belched their payloads Plumes of fire half a meter thick shot their way The air was suddenly filled with high-velocity bullets No one could stand for long against such an intense onslaught!
Cloudhawk froht The Cloudhawk of today, however, felt no trepidation Even if he allowed these bullets to strike him they would only cause surface level wounds He held his left arht surrounded him and his allies
As the bullets collided with this shi+eld they bounced away haruns strafed Cloudhawk's location but it was ultimately a waste of ammunition
With a screae Dawn leaped at the shi+p when they were close enough She ca The force behind it collapsed the turret like it was elica, urging the weapon to fire a beaunner It pierced through the thick shi+eld of his un exploded, the blasting sending twisted pieces of metal and scorched chunks of flesh across the deck
Cloudhawk landed near the engine and disabled it with a fierce kick of his own His body was instantly sed up in a deluge of fire and broken ed unscathed He walked away froan to list However a shi+p this size did not just have a single engine Destroying a handful wasn't enough to disable it entirely
By now the shi+p's defenses had ti in
“Let's head inside!”
Cloudhawk punched a thick metal cabin door with his unadorned fist With a screech of steel on steel and a shower of sparks, the door was knocked clean off its hinges He wrenched it free fro it over his shoulder, where it slammed into a nearby soldier and turned him to paste Cloudhawk then strode inside without a care, Dawn and the rest of the Polaris warriors in tow
The other flier watched in shock and horror What was that guy?! He was some sort of monster in human skin!