No one had expected the battle to develop this way: Harlan's Glory Form had directly reset the entire battlefield to the state before the war began. All results, on both sides, had been wiped clean simultaneously. We were back at square one and had no choice but to prepare for battle again. The most frustrating part was that Harlan had most likely accomplished all this entirely by luck.
His Glory Starship was unlike Sandora's model, which could deploy instantly on the battlefield. His was considered a "conventional model," requiring around half a month to deploy its Glory. By that calculation, he must have started "transforming" the moment he arrived in this world. At the time, he should still have been in that bizarre state from before, so there was no way to tell why he had gone to such an out-of-the-way place to transform. Was he planning to use the shared Glory Starship talent, Kindling Fortress, to rebuild his legion? One thing was certain: he could never have anticipated that the Empire would appear. In short, Harlan had accidentally allowed his Glory Form to reverse the situation at this critical moment.
Yes, reverse the situation—the battlefield reset did not mean both sides had returned to their initial states. It meant Harlan had gained an enormous advantage, while the Empire's tactics had suffered a crushing blow. We no longer had the advantage of a surprise attack. The Seventh Fleet had been exposed, and the Black Forest Tribesmen's wild assault would likely be far less effective now that the Fallen Apostle had been prepared for it. Having fully understood the Empire's tactics and trump cards, Harlan had restarted the battlefield just as he was about to lose. He could rearrange his strategy and fine-tune every detail of the battle, placing himself at