Su Yiqin nodded and continued surveying the battlefield. "With such a strong protective force, investing here looks like a very wise choice."
As everyone talked, the third group of Trainers, made up of tourists, arrived one after another.
Having only just arrived, they were inevitably nervous about encountering something like this, but the sight of such powerful defenses eased their nerves somewhat.
Ye Qing swept his gaze over the area. Outside the town walls, three forces were arranged in staggered ranks.
At the very front were the Ice and Snow Queen and the captains of the various squads!
The second rank consisted of a hundred guards lined up abreast.
The third rank was a defensive line formed by the permanent residents of Ice and Snow Town. Behind them were their unarmed loved ones, so they were giving their all to prepare for the coming battle.
Only the last, disorderly rank consisted of tourist Trainers like Ye Qing and Su Yiqin.
These tourist Trainers would be of little use, essentially amounting to fair-weather allies at best.
If the battle went well, they would naturally tag along to pick up easy gains and train their Pokémon. If it went badly, they would have scattered to save themselves long before.
They had nothing tying them here, after all. Their own lives naturally mattered more.
Just as the forces finished assembling, a guard immediately reported, "Report! The energy surge has entered the one-kilometer perimeter!"
"Very good!"
To boost morale, Zhang Sisi had Jynx and Vanilluxe carry her into the air, where she waited quietly for the enemy with her hands behind her back.
Out of everyone else's sight, sweat had already begun seeping from the palm of her right hand behind her back.
She had been stationed in Ice and Snow Town for over