Chapter 249
Despite my expectations, there had been no attack even after three days, which slowly turned the infusion of energy from a curse to an advantage. We rotated the divisions of our growing army, with elites targeting lower floors while the new recruits targeted higher floors.
While it meant we were dedicating almost five thousand people to two dungeons at a time to keep the corruption in check, the rewards were well worth the effort; especially with everyone armed with high-quality mana weapons to raise their impact even further.
I knew it wouldn’t be the end of it, but I couldn’t help but hope that, maybe, just maybe, everything was alright. Especially since, yesterday, Rosie delivered the news that Drakka had already launched a big assault against Asterion, committing most of their forces. Maybe they would leave us alone.
Those hopes had been dashed by the sudden appearance of Rosie, looking far more panicked than I had ever seen her. “What’s wrong?” I asked.
“We have miscalculated badly,” she started.
“How so?”
“We assumed that the attacks were targeting us, and that is why they hit both dungeons at the same time.”
I looked confused. “But, they did hit both of them at the same time,” I commented, trying to understand where she was going.
“They didn’t attack only our two dungeons,” she delivered, her tone grim. “Apparently, they hit every single dungeon in the region, maybe even more.”
“But…” I muttered, but that was all I was able to say. I froze at the implications. If they hit every dungeon at once…
“Three different scout parties have identified hordes from dungeon break already,” she said.
I stood up, my hand already on my blade. It looked like a fight was not too far away. “That’s not the worst part, is it?” I asked.