It had been exactly one year since Saine and the others descended upon the Wild Gorilla World.
Three months ago, after the Azure Source Holy Tower resolved the war in the Fire Kite Mountain Range, Saine and the other mages had already spent a long time recuperating.
Originally, this rest period was only meant to last two months.
But starting a month ago, the Wild Gorilla World's legions had retreated across the board, while more and more Wild Gorillas and Gorilla Gods of Level 4 and above appeared on the front lines.
Rather than continuing to lock horns with the Wizard World's army to the bitter end, these ever-growing numbers of Wild Gorillas began constructing massive numbers of fortresses and defensive lines in place.
Under such circumstances, the Holy Tower Masters and Knights' Hall Masters of the Wizard World also temporarily slowed their offensive momentum.
Slowing the offensive did not mean that the Wizard World's legions had abandoned their campaign to conquer this Alien Plane.
This period of rest was, in truth, for the Wizard World's army to await the arrival of a second and third wave of even more numerous Combat Legions in the Wild Gorilla World.
The Wild Gorilla World still had quite a few Gorilla Gods. The eleven Gorilla Gods slain previously accounted for only one-eighth of this Mid-Level World civilization.
Although the remaining dozen or so Gorilla Gods had also been beaten badly by the Wizard World's knights and mages above Level 4,
this was, after all, the Wild Gorilla World. Those great apes possessed the advantage of fighting on home ground.
Moreover, the Wizard World's powerful beings above Level 4 had learned that, one month ago, the strongest Gorilla God of this world, the Wild Ape God, had returned to the Mother Plane.
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