Chapter 484 Invasion I (1/2)
CHAPTER 484
INVASION (I)
A massive cleave raptured the open void, forming a gash within it, as a massive, island-sized molten rock splintered into bits and pieces before trailing into vanishing ash. A figure, clad in shadows, darted immediately sideways, sweeping a massive sword horizontally, boring dozens of holes in a single swipe, destroying over six molten boulders the size of a massive tower.
Lino paused momentarily, just for less than a second, glancing toward One; the man stood simply, unlike Lino, his eyes closed. A single movement of his hand seemed to drag the dregs of the universe toward him, pulling over a hundred burning boulders toward a singularity, eating them all up into nothingness. There wasn't even a trace of Qi to be found, confounding Lino temporarily.
Discarding the distractions, Lino heaved back over himself, turning into a trailing shadow and spearing straight through an array of rocks, his shadowy trail visible like a falling star in the nightly sky.
From down below, all people saw were brilliant flashes of explosions, like fireworks booming off in the cosmos. They lit up the sky even more so than the formation, so much so actually that the night had turned to day in many of the corners of the world. It was a marvelous sight, one that would remain imprinted in billions until the candles of their lives expired.
”Send the Second to the Eastern perimeter,” Hannah bellowed, her eyes, instead of focusing on the skies, turned toward the battlefield map on the desk. There was a sense of urgency in her gaze as she commanded in a spitfire fashion. ”Bundle Eight through Thirteenth to make up for the losses and toss them South to contain the breach. Move the First to the Mountain Pass to try and establish the footing,” as each one of her commands echoed in the tent, one figure in the shadows vanished to relay her orders where they needed to be relayed.
”Fifth Regime was forced to retreat,” a raspy voice reported as a shadow manifested on the other end of the table. ”Eighteenth is on the brink of collapse as well.”
Hannah quickly glanced over the battlefield, frowning, trying to figure out how to move the army to fill the gaps. The battlefield stretched on the far-eastern end of the Western Continent, a stretch of flatland bordered by high mountains and rocked cliffsides. To her knowledge, there were currently eight fronts altogether that were open; five in the flatlands, three in the rough terrain of the mountains, hills, forests, and coastal cliffs.
”Move Twentieth from the reserves and have them cut the southern plains,” she commanded, moving a wooden figure down the flat slope, to where the Fifth Regime was fighting. ”They don't have to regain footing, just ensure they don't give more grounds. Reroute Second and divide them, three quarters moving to the Eastern perimeter, one reinforcing the twentieth.” the shadow nodded and rapidly vanished.
Hannah was currently alone in the tent, moving about the wooden figures on the detailed map. The source of light came from the overhead, cyan gem, and save for the table and a bed in the corner, small-sized tent otherwise remained empty.
”What's the status?” a voice broke through the void before a figure appeared next to her. Lucky manifested as a temporal shadow before her figure obtained her features.
”We're being pushed back on the majority of the fronts,” Hannah replied. ”Most of our primary divisions are still being regrouped from the Western Fronts. It should take two-three days before we can call them over.”
”... they knew.” Lucky said, frowning.
”Yeah,” Hannah nodded. ”Though, I don't find it surprising. It's impossible not to have spies, no matter how thorough we are with examinations.”
”Losses?”
”Hard to estimate, the news is too splintered,” Hannah said, sighing and rubbing her temples. She felt a headache overwhelm her for a moment before using Qi to disperse it. ”How many Shadows can you summon within an hour? The ones that can confidently breach past the frontlines and attempt to assassinate their Generals?”
”... not many,” Lucky frowned. ”Possibly around thirty.”
”It's enough; they just need to focus on the most bleak-looking fronts -- mostly to the south. Open valley doesn't suit us as we are severely under-leveled, not to mention the Cultivation arts are too... uniform.”
”Where are the rest?” Lucky asked.
”Some are ensuring no leaks occur due to the chaos,” Hannah replied. ”Others are gathering their forces, and some have been shuffled to a counter-attack. I've ordered them to go and begin conquering the allied Empires on the Holy Continent.”
”Is it a good idea to split our forces so much?” Lucky quizzed, frowning. ”It sounds like we're already stretched out thin.”
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”It's fine. This is just a probing attack; they won't dare move too deep beyond the bordered regions,” Hannah explained. ”At least I think so. The War Council is on its way, but because we had to activate the Restrictive Formations, it will take them a while, probably a few hours at the very least. In the meantime, I'm just hoping to hold them back as much as possible.”