Aslan Barbo, an absolute egoist.
In his heart, Green was someone he absolutely could not afford to offend.
If any conflict arose between them, the price of making amends would be enormous—far greater than the military command currently at stake.
Besides,
the situation before them was indeed unclear. Even if Aslan were given command, he would still respond to the enemy's impending all-out assault with the "sector defense" Green had proposed.
Aslan showed no displeasure whatsoever at Green seizing control. Instead, he kept his eyes narrowed in a smile, agreeing with Green's plan as he offered his own analysis:
"Given their deployment, their army will attack from eleven directions at once. How many can we hold?
The Void Secret Cult behind Pop needs to operate the spatial refraction devices to prevent direct bombardment from the positron cannons, so they naturally cannot spare anyone.
Hope came alone this time because of the circumstances of his birth and has no corresponding faction.
Kit himself is highly unstable, not to mention those ancient evils that crawled out from underground. Let them continue occupying the Underground Sewer; they can serve as a defensive force as well.
The Mythical Celestial Body behind Wade holds major significance in the overall battle plan and cannot be assigned to sector defense.
Then, Brother Green, Miss Helen, the forces behind you two should be available, right?"
Green used one of his finger-tentacles to pick at his teeth.
"Well, that's rather unfortunate.
While we were operating outside the city, we happened to run into the enemy's King.
I ate Insect Venerable Geda and more than a dozen mad insects. I can't provide any combat power for now. Helen should still be able to, right? The Moon Maiden has more or less recovered."
The moment those words left him,
everyone present