Over the next few days, an air of failure hung over the nobles of Iron Shield Star. They had completely lost all information on the Black Evil Forces.
The campaign had ended in utter failure. The Black Evil Forces that had defiled their ancestors' bodies had vanished into the universe, and no one knew when they would return.
Moreover, during this campaign against the beast horde, they had suffered heavy damage. In total, fifty Large Knights and two hundred small Armiger Knights had been severely damaged.
Given the planet's current industrial capacity, waiting for replacement parts from outside or replacing the machines entirely would likely take decades, perhaps even a century, before their Knight Mechs were back at full strength.
Fortunately, the one piece of good news was that not a single Knight Mech pilot had died during this campaign.
Even the Silver Shield Grand Noble, who had led thirty Knights through a side route to ambush the Portal and had been discovered, had merely had both legs of his Knight Mech broken. His life had not been endangered.
It took a full three days afterward to dig those damaged Knight Mechs out of the snowdrifts and transport them onto the icebreaker.
In one of the icebreaker's rooms, the Silver Shield Grand Noble, the Flower Shield Grand Noble, and Li Qinwu, all now out of their Knight Mechs, sat together to discuss matters.
The Silver Shield Grand Noble asked Li Qinwu anxiously,
"My lord, are you certain the Black Evil Forces will return?"
Li Qinwu nodded gravely.
"I am absolutely certain! That thing has already memorized your planet. So much Adamantium is a considerable fortune to it.
"It simply ate too much this time and needs time to digest it.
"Once it has digested your ancestors, it will become even