On the 22nd day of the Month of Revival that year, the Dawn of the Mortal World aerospace battle group began moving toward the Wasteland, marking the official start of the civilized world's full-scale counteroffensive.
On the northern battlefield, the Cecil Empire's mechanized legions crushed every Wasteland Legion north of the mana scorch marks and laid Purification Devices all the way to the ruins of Kagsura, once a major northern city of the Gondor Empire. Purification Towers gleamed across the Wasteland, and an unbroken barrier formed by purifying power stretched from the Dark Mountains to the front line. The Wasteland Legions launched several fierce counterattacks over half a month, yet until their northern command structure completely collapsed, the allied northern army's advance was never obstructed.
On the western battlefield, the Aerial Fortress fleet led by the Dawn of the Mortal World descended upon the Wasteland like beasts of the heavens. These immense, majestic War Machines advanced silently and relentlessly toward the heart of the Wasteland, judging all filth with flames and thunder from above. Purifying fire surged over the land, burning away the Aberrant legions that still wandered the earth after their command structure had collapsed. The Wasteland attempted resistance with its feeble aerial units, but all such efforts failed. Under the cover of overwhelming air superiority, the ground troops formed by Duke Baldwin Franklin and the Ogre Tribe's allied forces advanced steadily, efficiently assembling the air-dropped purification components from the Dawn of the Mortal World into towering structures. The Blockade Wall continued extending through the Wasteland.
On the southern front battlefield, the intervention of Cecil's expeditionary fleet completely stabilized the Highland Kingdom's defenses, which had previously lacked the protection of natural barriers. The southern allied army was able to concentrate its full strength on the Stellar Sanctuary fortress, while