This battle was merely a small reflection of the war between Cront and the Empire.
While Li Wei commanded the resistance on the Deburg front, intelligence agents elsewhere reported that vast Mutated Creature Armies from Derrin were advancing in every direction. They were not even sparing their own cities.
According to the agents' reports, these mutant armies had attacked the other cities near Derrin. Everyone who resisted was mercilessly killed, and even the civilians who surrendered fared little better. The agents said that the Cront civilians who surrendered were taken into some horrific, bizarre building by the mutants, then vanished without a trace.
Even the Sasha Alliance had not escaped this disaster. Mutant armies had already entered its territory and begun their attacks.
The unluckiest of all were the Cront civilians caught between Francis and Derrin. They faced either the threat of the black fog and demon armies or the Mutated Creature Army coming from Derrin.
Yeah, they were well and truly screwed.
Many people from Cront had already fled their homes for Delai Port and Deburg, seeking the Empire's protection.
Their choice was perfectly understandable. At least the people of the Empire were human. The demons and mutants prowling through the night certainly were not!
With the situation so urgent, the Empire had no choice but to convene another high-level meeting to discuss its next course of action.
Most of those at the meeting favored sitting back and watching the two sides fight. From the current situation, the Mutated Creature Army was advancing toward Francis, while the demon armies there were spreading toward Cront. A clash between them seemed inevitable.
The Empire could simply watch from the sidelines and strike once both sides were exhausted.
This time, however, Li Wei firmly objected.
"I think that would only allow a