Chapter 182 - Heavy Losses (2/2)
The mayor’s residence
wang Zhen had a grave expression as he listened to his subordinate’s report
“ The situation at West Second Street has been stabilized Upon arrival, we found around two hundred and seventy dead and one hundred and twenty injured The nu is still undeterin efforts to eradicate the re blood ants As of now, West Second Street has been purged, but because the sealing stone has been daround defenses I have already given orders to set up early warning systeed for the injured to be quarantined and overseen”
“The situation on Wave Street is critical, withto more than four swarms on the attack Despite our resistance, pretty much the entire street has been destroyed The nued to save sixty-four people Twenty-four of those saved were injured and arrangements have been made to send theer continue with the operation May I suggest that we assemble a team of students from Central Pine Academy to assist with a sweep of the area, to ensure that none of the blood ants reeal as the , bloodstained figures eventually numbed them from the initial terror They had lost almost a third of the districts within Central Pine City within such a short span of time
After a long day of firefighting around the city, the dean was visibly tired Having led a comfortable life, when had he ever experienced such intense coh, he didn’t exactly have a choice either
Nowhere to run, everyone knew that there was nowhere to run
Losing almost half of their personnel to death or injury was a hard pill to s Only elites were capable of standing in the face of such adversity on the battlefield
But it wasn’t as if these people had becoht by the fear of dying at the hands of the blood fiends Fighting was the only way forward
The dean slowly opened his mouth to speak, his voice hoarse “The situation in Central Pine Acadereater nuhtly more than one hundred students, with an overall loss of over twenty percent of the academy’s headcount”
A weak s Zhen’s lips The teachers were much more important than the students To him, the students were too weak to be of much use, especially when compared to the teachers He was certain that the teachers would be able to easily unleash their true poith a few more battles under their belts
“Why such a large nureater nu the teachers
“They are teachers,” the dean croaked on “None of them will simply stand and watch while their students are eaten”
A flash of rage lit up in wang Zhen’s eyes “They’re too soft-hearted!” he hissed angrily
“They are teachers,” the dean replied while returning wang Zhen’s fiery gaze Raising his voice slightly, he continued, “Not soldiers”
Central Pine Acadeious academy Teachers were rarely transferred into or out of the academy, and as such, many of them had worked with the dean for many years They had becoues
The number of deaths he had received news of and witnessed first hand that day alone was more than the number of funerals he had attended until now The sorrow he felt was terribly overwhel
In all his years of teaching, so been inscribed into his bones
He was a practical hun due to their i attacked, notices the before the blood ants, and sees their fear-stricken faces, he would still rush forward to protect them
They were, after all, just a bunch of children
He knew that such acts weren’t rational at all, that he should be using his eley in more important situations, and yet
This is probably why he’s still only the dean of such a sned to his fate
wang Zhen kept quiet, realizing his mistake While the teachers’ actions appeared very silly and naive to hihly admirable
“I’m sorry, where areZhen apologized sincerely with a bow
“It’s okay, you must be under a lot of pressure as well,” the dean responded empathetically “What’s the plan now? Is there any news from Master Han’s side?”
wang Zhen regained his composure and said, “A map of the entire city has been sent to the eotten in touch to tell us that they have begun studying it” The dean nodded and commented, “No one else has done this before, so there’s no point of reference Only Master Han has the e”
“That’s also e can’t just pin all our hopes on Master Han,” wang Zhen replied resolutely “We need to reclaim the areas taken over by the blood fiends before Master Han completes her preparations I plan tothe students, for this battle”
“Why?” asked the dean, his face drained of color “How h, we’ll only be sending them to their deaths!”
wang Zhen calmly looked at the dean and said, “There are two reasons for this First, we’re low on hting to the death, so it makes no difference Second, some of the blood ants have already completed their transformation”
“Transformation?” The dean’s face turned ashen
“Our eley seems to be the catalyst for their transformation So far we’ve only met one fully transformed blood ant, but we had to sacrifice a lot of people to take it down We’ve also killed another three blood ants in thethat appeared to be in a state of hibernation It is still unknown if their transfor that it’s not an isolated phenoet worse if we continue to wait If more blood ants complete their transformation, our circumstances will become even more dire That is why I am prepared to send every last elementalist and student out on a full-scale assault to reclaim every one of the districts that we have lost, as well as to kill every last one of these damned blood ants!”
wang Zhen looked extremely ferocious