At the sight of this, the weight on Charles's heart finally eased a little.
Anderson's reinforcements were coming. Charles hurriedly shouted, "Brothers, hold the line!"
"Our reinforcements will be here any moment!"
The pirates looked somewhat confused, especially those from the Undertow Pirate Crew. They had no idea where they could possibly have reinforcements.
But Charles did not look like he was bluffing.
The battle continued. Fortunately, the Mermen had first sent in ordinary warriors to charge, intending to test the threat posed by this Outpost Base.
That bought Charles some time.
If the enemy's second-rank Mermen had charged in from the very start, Charles truly would not have been able to fight them. He could only have led his men into the base and fought street by street.
Beneath the Teleportation Beacon.
That faint, flickering gateway was rapidly taking shape.
It was much like the cross-plane portal Charles had passed through when he teleported into this plane, only it looked simpler.
Once the portal had fully formed.
A chain of runes on its main body flickered with light.
Within the gateway was a rippling silver-white surface, like a mirror made of water.
The ripples on that mirror quickened, even making the black clouds overhead seem heavier.
"Boom!"
A thunderclap exploded in the sky.
Yet no lightning struck down.
At that moment, the portal's disturbance grew greater and greater, releasing wave after wave of humming.
Quite a few people turned around to look at this thing that had suddenly appeared.
On the Mermen's side, the Merman chieftain felt that he had already tested the Outpost Base's retaliatory strength. He raised his trident and pointed it at the Outpost Base.
He broke into a run toward it.
Just as Charles was preparing to flee back to the Teleportation Beacon.
The mirror-like