"Splash!"
Amid the dense curtain of rain, in an area behind the middle of the Empire's forces at Chokehold Peak, where no troops had been deployed nearby.
As an inconspicuous metal pillar suddenly trembled, it seemed to activate. A transparent barrier rapidly spread outward from the pillar, followed by ripples twisting through the air. Then, beneath flickering light, countless figures appeared in the open area.
"Tap!"
At the center of the formation, Roxy, dressed in gray-green camouflage fatigues, glanced around and could not help frowning slightly. Rather than giving the soldiers their next marching orders or casting the Soulheart Art to bolster her troops, she inexplicably fell into thought.
"General, what is it?"
Seeing Roxy sink into thought for no apparent reason, Orian, who had just dispelled the Phase Teleportation Spell, could not help looking puzzled.
"...Orian, don't you think this place is far too empty?"
Meeting Orian's astonished gaze, Roxy's golden brows had furrowed tightly at some point. Her eyes, which had also turned a strange gold, swept over the desolate, eerie surroundings beneath the rain. The excitement in her eyes had long vanished, replaced by unprecedented gravity.
"Just now, I used my spell to sense everything within a ten-kilometer radius, yet I did not detect the presence of a single enemy soldier."
"Even if this place is deep behind the enemy's frontline forces, this is far too unreasonable."
Roxy muttered to herself, her golden brows nearly twisted into knots.
From a commander's perspective, the current situation was unquestionably abnormal.
After all, a battle involving over a hundred thousand combatants had already surpassed the scope of a small-scale engagement.
Even if all available troops had been committed to battle, the rear lines should at least have corresponding supply units and transportation routes.
Although the Mage Soldiers led by John