Once the Apex Hunters' figures vanished in an instant, Fanu was once again the only one left in the skies above the battlefield.
"Hiss..."
Fanu drew a deep breath, his expression complicated.
Then he turned and flew straight down toward the surface, quickly returning to the First Hunter Group.
Seeing the Apex Hunters leave and Fanu return, the surrounding hunters hurried forward to ask about the situation.
"Fanu, what did the Apex Hunters say to you?"
"What are we supposed to do next?"
"Hm? Why do you look so awful? What happened?"
Faced with his comrades' confusion and doubts, Fanu paused briefly before giving everyone present a concise account of his earlier conversation with the Apex Hunters.
"The Holy Light Pure Land has been attacked by the Abyss too!?"
"And the scale is more than ten times what we faced here!?"
"Just how many troops do they have in total!?"
"This is absurd. It's utterly absurd..."
"Holy God above, please protect my wife and daughter. Don't let anything happen to them..."
The hunters instantly erupted at the bad news Fanu had brought back.
Before this, it was not as though they had never considered the possibility that the Abyss might employ a tactic of luring the tiger from the mountain. After all, the Hunter Corps had repeatedly brought up this very possibility to the hunters during their preparations for war.
However, the sheer scale the Abyss had now displayed utterly shattered everyone's understanding.
Even throughout the entire history of the Holy Light Pure Land, the Abyss's invasions had never once reached such an outrageously vast scale!
Thus, unease swiftly spread throughout the First Hunter Group.
"Everyone, please remain calm."
Fanu soothed the crowd with a composed expression.
"What you should be thankful for is that the Hunter Corps foresaw this