Lord of the Sky City-Chapter 420 - 388: The Maze of Illusions

Chapter 420: Chapter 388: The Maze of Illusions

After receiving the reinforcement request from Chenxiu City, the Commander of the Tulip Battle Zone’s Rebel Army, who is also the Leader of the War Alliance, immediately redeployed from the frontline to the rear to provide support.

However, Goth’s request was for two medium-sized Sky Cities to be called back, but in the end, what was redeployed from the frontline was one medium-sized Sky City plus two small Sky Cities, and that was the limit of what the War Alliance Leader could manage.

The Tulip Battle Zone is the Sky Alliance’s best-performing among the Four Great War Zones. What does that imply? Of course, it means that the Rebel Army in the Tulip Battle Zone is under the greatest pressure among all the war zones!

Holy Knight Wilton and his lead Alliance Army were not an easy opponent. Apart from the fact that his forces were indeed fewer than the Rebel Army’s, in terms of combat power, the abilities of the commanders, and all other aspects, they were not inferior to the Rebel Army, and even stronger, so the Rebel Army faced immense pressure against Wilton’s forces.

And let’s not forget, Wilton knew that Rocky was carrying out sneak attacks in the rear!

Although limited by manpower, and unable to send a large force to support or coordinate, once Rocky started his move, which was from June 1, His Excellency the Holy Knight personally led the army to continuously launch offensives against the Rebel Army, to tie down their forces and prevent the enemy from reinforcing the rear.

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From June 1 of the year 118 to June 14 of the year 118, for a whole two weeks, the Alliance Army launched a total of six attacks against the Rebel Army, averaging three attacks per week, equivalent to launching a large-scale offensive every other day!

To be honest, since the beginning of the war in the Tulip Battle Zone, the Alliance Army had never launched such a fierce offensive, so at the beginning, it completely stunned the Rebel Army. Some people even wondered if Wilton had received reinforcements from the main force of the Sky Alliance and planned to take over the entire war zone in one fell swoop; otherwise, why would he suddenly become so crazy?

Although this possibility was quickly ruled out, it left the Rebel Army even more confused. If Wilton had not received reinforcements, why did he suddenly start a large-scale and sustained offensive?

Wilton’s actions appeared highly abnormal to the Rebel Army, as even with forces that were originally at a disadvantage in number, and despite higher ability and quality, during the process of attacking, especially in continuous offensives, Wilton’s lead Alliance Army was also suffering severe depletion.

So unless Wilton could take down the entire war zone in one go and drive out all of the Rebel Army, such crazy offensives were tantamount to wantonly depleting his own forces, and later he would not be able to continue fighting!

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While everyone was unclear about Wilton’s intentions, news from Chenxiu City happened to reach the frontline, allowing people to realize that Wilton’s near-crazy precision attacks were to coordinate with the harassment in the rear.

However, understanding this only made the Rebel Army more worried, not less.

According to Goth’s report, the enemies attacking the supply lines in the rear numbered just over a hundred warships, and certainly not more than this number, but this made the Rebel Army on the frontline even more baffled.

Had Wilton really exerted so much effort to launch an attack just to cover a small force of just over a hundred warships in the rear?

The forces of both sides on the frontline, combined with just the large Sky Cities, totaled over a dozen, and there were even more medium-sized Sky Cities, dozens in fact. The totals of the warships from both sides had long since reached the scale of over ten thousand. Even a simple minor conflict could result in hundreds of warships being lost on both sides, and the recent large-scale attacks launched by Wilton each resulted in the loss of over a hundred ships, and sometimes even several hundred warships and several squads of Void Magic Warriors.

Could it be that Wilton was sacrificing such a tremendous number of forces just to cover for a sneak attack force that was the size of a sesame seed in the rear?

Impossible!

Absolutely impossible!

There must be something wrong here!

Having synthesized the recent performance of Wilton and the messages from Goth, everyone in the Rebel Army became convinced that there had to be an issue. Wilton was a renowned commander, and it would be unlike him to make such a blunder—giving up a watermelon for a sesame seed; thus, Goth’s reports must contain errors. The enemy must have a larger force in the rear, or Wilton wouldn’t have acted so wildly.

It was this judgment that led the War Alliance Leader, under tremendous pressure, to divert a medium-sized Sky City from the front lines. He then drew two small Sky Cities from the transport troops to support Chenxiu City in the rear.

At the same time, the War Alliance Leader contacted Goth, shared Wilton’s actions, and the collective assessment with him, instructing him to be very cautious and to find the missing enemy at all costs.

This left Goth bewildered…

Unlike the Rebel Army at the front lines, Goth, who was stationed in the rear, was actually in the best position to understand the situation. Although the enemy had vanished without a trace in recent days, Goth clearly remembered that the Reconnaissance Ship’s report had explicitly stated the enemy’s fleet was estimated to be between fifty and eighty warships. Although it was a rough estimate, the Recon Ship had directly observed the enemy’s troops, making the information quite reliable.

Yet the front lines believed this information to be inaccurate, insisting that the enemy must still have a large force hidden within the battle zone and that the previously encountered troops were merely a diversion. Therefore, they demanded that Goth prepare in advance and not allow any supply issues to occur.

Faced with these two contradictory assessments, Goth found himself in a difficult position. After learning about Wilton’s actions on the front lines, he also felt that the front line’s judgment made sense. To ensure the security of the rear he was guarding, he intensified the search efforts.

On one hand, as the Escort Fleet returned one after another, he allocated some of these ships to form a third pursuit team, continuing a meticulous search in the airspace around Chenxiu City.

On the other hand, the three Sky Cities recalled from the front lines were also strategically positioned by him. First, he sent the medium-sized Sky City to the battle zone’s outer perimeter, expanding the zone’s range from that pivot point. This allowed the response units to depart directly from the medium-sized Sky City and meet the approaching supply caravans in advance.

As for the two smaller Sky Cities, they patrolled the trading routes continuously, ready to dispatch troops directly from inside the cities to reinforce the caravans swiftly if any issues arose.

In this matter, Goth clearly had his own judgment. He agreed with the front line’s idea that the Sky Alliance would make further moves. However, Goth believed that even if the enemy took action, it would definitely come from outside the battle zone. Having conducted an extensive search within the zone, hiding a large force there seemed impossible, prompting him to focus the defense on the periphery of the battle zone.

And so, half a month passed by, and in the blink of an eye, that half-month had come to an end…