Marshal Santos understood that Princess Mulesina was giving him the first chance to distinguish himself once the fighting began. She was also making it clear that Void World 26 belonged to the Lorenzo Kingdom.
He could hardly refuse. He snapped to attention and saluted. "Rest assured, Your Highness. I'll complete the mission!" With that, he turned and strode out.
Moments later, more than ten thousand Griffin Cavalry rose into the air from beneath the castle.
Ten Bone Dragons followed close behind...
Meanwhile, in the Mist World, Green received word that the fighting had begun.
"So it's finally starting?" Green murmured. With a thought, he contacted Zerg Queen Lisa. "How are the preparations?"
Deep beneath the warm Rainforest in southern Void World 26, Lisa answered from a newly established Hive, brimming with confidence. "Rest assured, great master. Everything is going smoothly!"
The secret Insect Race base already held more than a dozen enormous living structures, steadily producing troops of every kind.
Lisa had originally searched the Mist World for other members of the Insect Race. But after the entire world had been swept, most had been wiped out or absorbed. Only a few small, scattered Hives remained undiscovered.
The powerful Insect King had also fallen back into slumber after losing the nutrients supplied by those Hives.
Green had discovered passages leading toward the Insect King's lair, but he had never found its exact location.
Besides, he was wary of the Insect King. Cutting off its nutrients was enough; he had no intention of going to every possible length to find it.
During that time, Lisa acquired Miel's Gene Sequence. With the help of a little Void Milk, she finally advanced to the early stage of Saint Spirit Rank.
Green decided to send her out and see just how much power the