Under the moonlight.
The warship sped toward Flevance at full speed.
According to the original course of events.
Two hours later, after repeatedly failing to contact White Town by Den Den Mushi, the increasingly agitated Noah would have grabbed Shuzo and left ahead of the others.
But if he set off now, alone, without any "deadweight" that would slow him down.
Then.
"I'll definitely make it in time!"
Noah took a deep breath and immediately sprang into action. He found Momonga dozing in the conference room, woke him up, gave him a few brief instructions, then returned to the bow.
Crackle!
Thunder Wings suddenly appeared behind him. The next instant, Noah vanished from the deck without a trace, transforming into a streak of azure lightning that shot toward the distance with a howl!
Four in the morning.
White Town, borderlands.
Beyond the barbed wire surrounding the area lay a barely open plain.
Countless figures were closing in through the darkness, their march completely undisguised. If one pressed an ear to the ground now, they could clearly feel the earth trembling faintly.
On a hilltop.
Within the central army camp that had just been set up, or rather, the temporary royal residence.
Clay XVI, king of the Aka Kingdom, the strongest among the five neighboring nations, stood beneath the moonlight with his hands behind his back, admiring the massive army marching below at full speed.
For this joint operation, the five nations had deployed a total of three hundred thousand troops. The Aka Kingdom alone had sent a full hundred thousand soldiers.
Every vanguard unit had been equipped with biochemical protective suits and flamethrowers purchased from Germa 66 at enormous expense.
Their goal was to exterminate every citizen of White Town as quickly as possible, then seize all of Flevance