Inside Fortress El's defensive line.
Melissa, the Harvest Goddess's holy child, sat in the seat of honor.
She was issuing orders.
The Hastings Kingdom's advance had gone smoothly some time ago.
They had wiped out the Rebel Army and uprooted Alpha's spies.
They had nearly taken complete control of the Alpha Kingdom.
And completed their deterrence of the remaining kingdoms.
But during this period, the situation had taken a sharp turn for the worse.
In less than half a month.
Everything they had achieved had gone up in smoke.
The Alpha Kingdom's sudden surprise attack along the border had disrupted the gods' plans.
The successive defeats in particular had caught the gods completely off guard.
They had never imagined.
That in a mere half month.
The Alpha Kingdom could achieve such impressive results along the border.
Not only had two commanders of the Hastings Imperial Guard been killed.
The defensive line had even been pushed right up to their doorstep.
Now, they had no choice but to shrink their defensive line and switch to defense.
They had sent those well-trained elites to garrison the castles.
They served as death sentinels, slowing the Alpha Kingdom's army's advance.
Fortunately, the Alpha Kingdom had no Alchemists at the border.
The large number of small castles they had built had achieved excellent results.
They had stopped the rapidly advancing Alpha Army.
This also gave the Hastings border legions a chance to catch their breath.
At the same time!
Melissa had also received the Supreme Deity's orders.
She had personally led a hundred-thousand-strong elite legion to reinforce them.
Most of them were Blessed Warriors awakened by the Harvest Goddess.
The rest were elites sent by the other deities.
Every soldier in these elite legions had received the blessing of divine power.
Even the weakest officers