The battlefield, stagnant for days, erupted into a raging storm with the arrival of reinforcements.
Winter breathed a sigh of relief as the energy reserves steadily climbed and replacement armor parts and all kinds of supplies arrived.
Then Winter immediately asked over the comms, "Alton, how are things in the North?"
"..."
"Alton!!!" Winter's heart suddenly lurched, and then realization struck.
Alton had been commanding on the surface!!
Just then, a broken voice came through from the other end.
"Reporting... Lady Kyle is critically wounded!"
"We're... taking her to the medical room!"
Winter sprang up and rushed out upon hearing this.
Alton was Su Yi's most trusted right-hand man, and a close friend who had been with them every step of the way!
"You have to be all right! You have to!"
Soon, Winter found Alton in the underground complex.
Two-thirds of Alton's body had been blown away.
Everything below his chest was gone.
But Alton was still alive. His steel body gave him tremendous vitality.
Meanwhile, the solid-state blood inside him had automatically taken the place of his failed heart, desperately trying to keep its host alive.
"Alton!"
Winter wasn't the only one who had heard the news. Many surviving Players had come too.
Alton said weakly, "Fuck, those naval guns really pack a punch."
Winter hurriedly said, "Don't talk! Don't talk!"
"Doctor! Where's the Missionary? How is he?"
The medic beside them was on the verge of tears. "We can't do it!"
"Lord Alton's body is too unusual. We... we don't understand it!"
Just as everyone stood helplessly, hurried footsteps approached.
They saw Wen Qi, her face pale and her face and neck covered in abrasions.
The two of them had been standing together when the bombardment hit.
Alton had ended up like this because he had protected