Chapter 1086: First Test II
Who were these people? Why were they attacking his ark? Was there a reason why they weren’t breaking off their attack after so long, or why they were refusing all communications?
Such questions died in Leon’s mind as he flew alongside Bolt in Shadow in Thunderbird form. None of them mattered anymore. The simple fact that their new enemy refused to turn around and run away was all he needed to know.
His fleet moved at a fast clip, though closed slowly enough on their new enemy that there was ample opportunity for said enemy to cease their assault.
They did not.
A thousand miles out, Leon conjured a vast storm behind him. The wind lifted his wings, spurring him ahead of the arks.
Five hundred miles out, the carriers opened their bay doors and disgorged dozens of giants in war-ready bodies, fighter arks, and Ulta suits.
Two hundred miles from their enemy, warriors spilled out from the arks, many in beast form while others rode their war beasts. Red in wyvern form sped ahead, joining Leon almost wingtip to wingtip. Maia swam through the air in the form of an enormous ice dragon on Leon’s other side, with Valeria not too far behind in full armor and glaive in hand. Anastasios and Eva were there, too, but remained further back with the rest of the force.
Closer to the enemy arks they drew, and Leon could see them finally responding to his fleet’s actions. In line with their behavior thus far, they didn’t balk at his show of force but instead spread their messy formation out to make the best use of their numbers. Most of Leon’s arks were much larger and heavier than nearly everything that these people had, but his large arks were still quite vastly outnumbered.
Back on Aeterna, the arks of the Ten Tribes were superior to those of the Empires, but not so much as to be overcome as large of a numerical disadvantage that Leon’s people now faced. However, Leon was confident that his larger arks and presumed superiority in tactics and cooperation would carry the day.