yasinovel Chapter 1163: Planning the Assault (4)
Chapter 1163: Planning the Assault (4)
Chapter 1163: Planning the Assault (4)
"When do we move?"
"The Chimaeric Demons need time to prepare," Erik said. "They estimated ten days at minimum. I suggest you use that time to continue your training."
The room fell silent. Ten days were at the same time a lot and not enough. The Law Gate's reputation for impregnability wasn't exaggerated.
It was built to withstand any kind of attack, especially from thaids, given the proximity to the Mur continent.
"This time, we must make sure they don't know about us coming."
"They know," Erik said. "I told you already; they found some of our tunnel. The Chimaeric Demons made them using thaids to sell the idea they were made by them, but they would be stupid to not at least suspect we are involved. For this reason, I prefer to think they know already. What they do not know is when we are going to attack."
"Any news about their forces? How many are they?" Mira asked.
Erik's expression darkened. "We don't actually know how many people are there, but I expect them to be at least a hundred thousand. In truth, they are increasing. Our scouts saw many blackguards reaching the place."
"Which supports the theory they know it was us who made the tunnels," Amber said. "They're expecting us."
"Let them expect us. Their preparations won't matter once we destroy their barriers."
There was silence. The Law Gate affair was important, but it was what was coming soon after that was worrying the three girls.
"I guess we will leave for Mur soon after we secure the gate, right?"
Erik nodded.
"We take their planes and head for Mur immediately, yes."
The three girls' faces darkened.
"Of course, if there are still planes standing. The longer we wait after capturing the gate, the more time we give the blackguards to destroy them."
"That is if they didn't do it already. What are we going to do then?"
"What we did for Maynard Island. We take a lot of Chimaeric Demons and fly there."
"Are you crazy?" Mira said. "Mur isn't somewhere we can simply walk to. Thaids there might be much stronger than the Chimaeric Demons. What are we going to do if they attack while we fly over the ocean?"
"Do you have any suggestions?" Erik asked. They had no alternatives, unless they wanted to ask Frant for planes, and that would take time. The trade-off here was to wait and go there more prepared, but risking the blackguards would achieve whatever they were trying to achieve, potentially getting too strong for Erik and his troop to beat them, or rush there, but being unprepared, or surely under-prepared.
The other two nodded in agreement.
"Emily's right," Amber said. "We can continue our training and neural link development during the journey. I guess it will take some time before we reach the tunnels, and even more
to get to Mur."
Mira's brow furrowed. "Speaking of the journey. I think we all understood we must deal with the Law Gate first, right? That's where the blackguards are still maintaining their presence in
Hin."
Erik nodded. "The Law Gate has become their primary hub for reaching Mur. More importantly, it's likely our only chance to secure aircraft capable of making the journey."
"That explains why we are going to attack it, but my point was that I think it is really not the best decision. If the main problem is just to reach Mur, then why don't we steal planes from other places? Based on what I heard, there should be the planes used by Hin's troops to return here, and that is without considering those from the other countries."
Erik shook his head. "The blackguards asked Hin's government, having all aircraft brought to
the Law Gate. On the surface, it looks like they're using them to transport more forces to Mur, but I think there's more to it. They're trying to prevent us from reaching Mur altogether or
deliberately drawing us to the Law Gate."
"If it's probably a trap, why are we walking into it?" Emily asked.
"Because I don't want to leave a single blackguard alive." Erik's voice was cold. "They are a cancer, and one that must be eradicated. What is funny is that they think they are doing something right for humanity, and that by experimenting on them."
He paused. "You don't know what I've seen in Etrium. It is something I don't wish you to ever
see."
"We are used to dead bodies, Erik."
"It is not simply a matter of dead people, Mira. It was their helpless situation. It was how mad they turned because of the torture and the experimentation. It is because of what they did to
the kids."
"Since when did you start worrying about the others?" Amber asked. Erik had never been one to play the justice's paladin, so why was he so upset about what the blackguards did to
random people?
"I don't; it's just that. I could have been one of them, and I don't like it."
That was true; Erik might've ended up a lab rat before and after getting the biological supercomputer. When he was a kid, he could have been kidnapped by the crystal cross gang, and after he got the system, he might have been used to experiment with the biological
supercomputer.