Chapter 319 The Last Stand
As time passed, the war continued to remain in a stalemate.
With Khan's acquiescence, they didn't need to do anything and only stall for time.
Knowing this, Antonio heaved a sigh of relief, doing all he could to stall the Moonlight Empire.
Unfortunately for them, the Moonlight Empire is ready for the kill.
While they were stalling for time, army recruitment was progressing all over the Empire.
Billions of people were recruited and trained every day.
People working hard to earn ten thousand battle points to be eligible for the army.
The newly recruited army trained to follow commands and the specifics.
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Soon a few months passed, two years since Maximus disappeared.
The army enlistment was over, after recruiting over 30 trillion people.
With less than a hundred trillion of population.
It could be said that over 50 percent of the people in the empire joined the war.
What was left were civilians and children who were too weak or hadn't reached the tier 3 realm.
This war was also their last stand if they couldn't still defeat the enemy, it would be over.
Perhaps only the missing Omnipotent Mighty Emperor can save them once this happened.
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In the wide open space of the ascending land, on the border of the Moonlight Empire.
Trillions of people lay low as they listened to Field Marshal Isabella mobilize their morale.
"Throughout all these years, we are the only ones being attacked."
"Year after year, they continue to provoke us."
"They treated us as pigs locked up in a cage who can't do anything but defend."
"Like a monkey that could entertain them."
"Are you angry?!"
"WE ARE ANGRY!!!"
"Do you hate them?!"
"WE HATE THEM!!!"
"Then, Pick up the cannons, bring out your strength and will!"
"With your participation, it's time for the Westle Empire to feel our wrath."
"Today, we will bring forth an end to this war!"
A wave of cheer erupted as they felt their blood boiling.nove(l)bi(n.)com
Holding their cannons, feeding them with their strength, they looked far away, eager to crush the enemy.
"Death to the Westle Empire!"
"DEATH TO THE WESTLE EMPIRE!"
"For the Moonlight Empire!"
"FOR THE MOONLIGHT EMPIRE!"
"Destroy the enemy!"
"DESTROY!"
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At the front line:
After the mobilization, Johnson quickly ordered the army to retreat.
Seeing this, the enemy was a little puzzled.
"Huh? Why are they retreating?"
"Is this a conspiracy or something?"
"Do we follow them?"
"What do you think, Commander?"
Antonio also fell into deep thought, considering whether they should follow the enemy or stay in place.
"Let's stay here; it might be a trap," Antonio finally decided.
As he saw the enemy retreat, he felt the threat of death.
Antonio was sure that once he followed, hell would break loose.
Anyway, they only needed to stall for time until the Emperor was prepared.
In other ships:
Noticing that the enemy retreated, there was a puzzled expression on the faces of the believers.
"What happened? Could the Moonlight Empire brewing some conspiracy?"
Seeing the puppet army stop at the front, they also halted.
"Just what happened?"
The believers asked one after another, using their means to ascertain the reason for the Moonlight Empire's retreat.
However, after their search, there seemed to be no problem.
The battle was still in a stalemate, neither side could win each other.
Furthermore, if you look closely, it's obvious that the Moonlight Empire is winning slowly.
Yet in the blink of an eye, they retreated suddenly.
"Could it be that they're exhausted?"
After all, firing the arcane cannon is not just about mana.
The accumulated fatigue and stress have various consequences that not even a tier 9 elixir can cure.
"Maybe, Anyway let's follow the Puppets"
"If there is something wrong we could still escape."
Not finding anything wrong and seeing the puppet army advance again, they followed unconsciously.
Getting close to the Moonlight Empire was their main goal.
Once they were on the land, those hateful army legions wouldn't be able to use their heavenly formation unscrupulously.
It was so destructive that it could harm a tenth of their land if they were not careful.
Judging by the attitude of the inhabitants of the Moonlight empire, destroying their land just to defeat the enemy is a losing situation.
As they got closer and closer to the Moonlight Empire, they didn't notice that the ships controlling the puppets stopped moving.
They were still leisurely, thinking that it was their time to finally fight.
However, Divine Priest Looyt had a bad premonition.
He felt his heart getting tighter and tighter as they were entering the mouth of a beast.
Just as he was about to speak and warn the others.
The sky lit up, overshadowing everything like a signal to an apocalypse.
BOOOM!
The shockwave made the sea shake, forming tsunamis and wormholes.
Not having the chance to utter another word, another explosion was heard.
BOOOM!
"No, it's a trap!"
Each second, explosions were heard, like a hammer beating their hearts.
The puppet army was like a locust against a fire; despite hundreds of millions of casualties, they didn't retreat.
"Where is Antonio? Make the puppet retreat!"
At this point, the puppets could only last a few seconds.
Billions of puppets will be pulverized when bombarded to this degree.
Looking up, the sky seemed to be raining fire of destruction.
"Not good, Antonio can't be contacted!"
"This—"
"What about the others?"
"T-They can't be contacted either."
"Furthermore, the commanding ship doesn't seem to be with us."
"Damn! What a conspiracy!"
"What a cunning Moonlight Empire! Just what evil method did they use?"
"Hmph! Now that we are close to the land, let's fight!"
"His Majesty is with us; we are immortal!"
"That's right, we are immortal!"
Suddenly, they seemed to be enlightened.
The fear in their hearts dissipated, replaced by confidence, overwhelming confidence.
They seemed to be omnipotent beings who could destroy everything in their path.
"Since the puppets were useless, then it's time for us to prove our strength..."
