"Evacuate?" Victoria Hand looked utterly astonished.
Baron Mordo nodded. After relaying the order, he turned and left without looking back, followed by nearly every Kamar-Taj Arcanist who had boarded The Punisher. The situation was the same aboard the other two Sky Battleships, Cross Rose and Golden Hundred Flowers. Only one Arcanist would remain on each vessel to open portals for the ships; all the other Kamar-Taj Arcanists would head to the ground after receiving the order to assist the City of Immortals' armed forces with their evacuation.
"Wait." Agent Hand called out to Baron Mordo. She pointed at the snow-capped peaks of Fimbulwinter Mountain, painted in gold and blood-red light, as well as the vast horde of Extra-dimensional Beings surrounding them. "Without the fire support of the Sky Battleships and siege forces, how is His Majesty, who's fighting atop the mountain, supposed to deal with so many Extra-dimensional Beings?"
"These are the last of the Extra-dimensional Beings. At the current density of bombardment, they'll be wiped out soon enough." Baron Mordo explained patiently. "The Sorcerer Supreme has already freed up her hands to deal with those portals. Once that happens, teleportation will be forbidden in this area, and no more Extra-dimensional Beings will be able to teleport in. This is also our last chance to retreat to a safe distance. Do you have any other questions? I still need to help evacuate more important things."
"No." Agent Hand's face stiffened. She finally understood why they had received orders to launch every nuclear missile in the City of Immortals. Though she was the head of the Intelligence Department, there were still many secrets within the City of Immortals that she could not access at all, which made her quite unhappy. Although Salomon's way of doing things was exactly like Nick Fury's,