John had not noticed the abnormal changes appearing in his body.
After a long period of thought and deduction, he quickly made several decisions:
He would abandon the possibility of intercepting the enemy division headquarters and supporting the Empire 2nd Division, preserve Will as a chess piece, and prepare for the battles to come.
At the same time, Samuel would continue leading his troops toward Blue Lake City. However, after arriving, he would abandon any attack on the poorly defended city and instead circle around to the western Cocobia Rainforest, push deeper toward the docks along the coastline, and carry out the Crescent Fleet port sabotage mission. Afterward, Samuel would advance along the route to the remaining ports, preventing the Crescent Fleet from rapidly landing troops after returning to provide support and leaving their own forces unable to withstand them.
In addition, Hawk, stationed at Silverstone Mine, would arrange for the residents to deliberately spread news to any Allied Forces units likely heading toward Fang City that Empire troops were mining at the mine. This would lure the enemy into attacking, force Doran to withdraw, allow them to seize the ore, and give them a chance to assassinate the enemy commanders.
While exposing the news that their assassination unit was in the north, it would also eliminate Roxy's suspicion of Will and make his situation safer.
Furthermore, this could lower Roxy's guard against assassination. Taking advantage of that, the Assault Company led by Igonila, which was originally supposed to participate in the upcoming Gloom Corridor front, would leave Gloom Corridor early through the tunnels and shift to surface assault operations.
Once the Gloom Corridor front began, and the enemy's garrison forces were insufficient while Orian was unable to use teleportation spells, it would attempt an assault on the enemy command