Chapter 1106: War of Establishment III
To Leon’s group, the misty veil was hardly an obstacle; they plunged in, Leon’s heart heavy with regret as he felt the intense waves of magic as the carrier and heavy cruiser that covered his retreat exploded.
He shifted back into his human form and donned his armor, letting the tau pearl work to mend his wounds. With a single glance backward, he ordered his stalled group, “Keep moving, get past the mountains!”
The mist enshrouded the mountains, even as far as the Talons now that their defenses were raised. But thanks to blood magic, he and his group were able to speed through the mountains with surety and ease, not impaired in the slightest.
Their enemy behind them found the veil a much harder obstacle; hardly five minutes passed before Leon felt the pulsing of magic engines behind him, and the thunder of Lightning Lances ahead firing their bolts. His side’s Lance fire was answered in kind, though the whale-like arks he could sense behind his group were moving erratically, and their Lancefire was so off their targets that they appeared random.
‘Seems the veil is working,’ he thought with some satisfaction. Hardly a balm to the losses he’d sustained over the day, but seeing the defenses tested and, at least in this initial stage, hold strong was encouraging.
The journey over the mountains was as intense as it was short. Several times an Ocean fighter came speeding past, only to be hit by a Lance bolt or crash into one of the enormous trees blanketing the mountains. Once, Silver Spear cruised past and fired its main cannon at an enemy heavy cruiser, striking it in the midsection and inflicting terrible damage. The enemy heavy cruiser was unable to muster a meaningful response, and Silver Spear’s secondary Lances took it apart with almost insulting ease.
As his group passed over the mountain wall, Leon’s anger was somewhat quenched as Ocean arks decorated his mountains with their wreckage but didn’t fade entirely.
The fighting continued even as Leon’s group exited the misty veil within the Artor Valley.
Looking to Anastasios and Eva, Leon ordered, “Thank you for your aid, it was beyond timely. Though I am now in your debt, I must ask you for further assistance; assist my forces in pushing our enemies back.”