Chapter 155 (1/2)

Chapter 155

“Ha, ! These retards…”

Isaac rubbed the te head There had to be a commander for every operation, no matter how small the scale It wasfactions, especially when so hts of the viscounty, the rulers of Port City, Anton, and the Expeditionary Forces “A shi+p with too many captains sails into the mountain” was a proverb for a reason

Isaac could only sigh at what these fools had done As expected of College graduates, they all fell into the pitfall of their own genius Stubborn to a fault and disillusioned to the point where everyone but thele note denouncing the unfairness and society and whispers of change with theh for them to make complete fools out of themselves Isaac couldn’t help but suspect that someone created the Order of the Euess everything The Expeditionary Forces were supposed to be here too right? If I died, the few people who vanished during the confusion would be considered MIA, so there wouldn’t be any need for concern about repercussions for your faroup here and escape together You probably realised that the plan had gone ahen you couldn’t contact other members of the Order and you were only left with orders to withdraw But the reason why you couldn’t make a run and stayed your ass here was because the only place you can escape from Surveillance’s eyes is the other world So you had no choice but to suck on your thumbs and wait for the Expeditionary Forces to arrive Is any of what I said wrong?”

“…”

Delkrew hung his head without an answer Isaac clicked his tongue in frustration and spoke to Lanburton

“I don’t knoho instigated these retards but these hobbyists don’t have the talent to contact the Expeditionary Forces or anisation There’s an organisation higher up Find it”

“We’ll coation as quickly as possible”

Lanburton quickly set into motion and Rivelia too was busy with a Coents in quelling the chaos within the city Isaac chewed his cigarette and pondered on the whereabouts of the Expeditionary Forces

Everyone so far had a reason to have a hand in this incident—except for the Expeditionary Forces And they weren’t the charitous sort

Isaac’s value alone wasn’t great enough for the Expeditionary Forces to risk infiltrating a city bri else they were ai asses?

So how they recruited Central agents, it was safe to assuh office was involved

“Hm?”

Isaac suddenly exclaimed Everyone stopped on their track and watched Isaac, but Isaac had no ti the center of attention His face stiffened quickly The puzzle pieces in his head had started to arrange the Central officer Possibility of accessing classified inforreatest barrier for Expeditionary Forces’ conquest of this world was Central

How did you weaken your opponent’s combat effectiveness? Expose and exploit their differences, assassinate their VIPs, and weaken their capabilities to fight a war

Di officer who could access classified inforether, he immediately cursed out loud

“shi+t! Lanburton, send…”

Just as Isaac was about to order Lanburton, the earth quaked fro explosion

“What just happened?”

Lanburton looked about in confusion as assessed the state of his personnel—when Rivelia shouted

“We received a e from the city! Aa landslide!”

Isaac threw the cigarette in his mouth when he heard the news

“shi+t! We were too late”

The reason why nobody cared for thedown the whereabouts of the Expeditionary Forces was because the existence of the ence

The agents of Central knew there were mines for mana crystals, but they didn’t knohere they were situated nor would they have any idea on how large of a vein existed unless they were directly associated with it

“Lanburton, how large was my mine’s production?”

“New Port City’s est producer ofto our numbers, about half of all production came from New Port City”

Everyone realised what Isaac’s question meant Their faces paled, and Isaac took a deep breath with a new cigarette in ood”

Mana crystals were essential to the defensive coats that could protect against the Expeditionary Forces’ firepower With the collapse of a mine that produced half of the Enificantly i off the enehest priority in war If the Expeditionary Forces invaded in this situation, Central wouldn’t be able to keep a steady supply of defensive coats up, leading to the collapse of Central’s main combat forces, unable to withstand Expeditionary Forces’ firepower

In the eyes of Expeditionary Forces, cutting off the supplies and killing Isaac, who had the power to block off the entry point at will, orth the risk of losing an entire platoon Succeeding in just one of the two objectives would greatly ha it an incredibly cost-effective plan of action

“… So that was the Expeditionary Forces’ real goal They never planned on cooperating fro”

Isaac could picture it clearly in his head He didn’t knoho created the Order to use as a tool, but their goal was most likely political power They otiated to gain dominance within Central

The Expeditionary Forces would have been thrilled by this sudden boon But thetable They probably only wanted Isaac’s death at first But ere the Expeditionary Forces? They caotiators ould interrogate and unravel le word or nuance in tone

‘Alright, we’ll help But do you really think a peace negotiation can start with the assassination of a single individual? If you truly wish to stop the war, you ht it first That is how you otiation table We also want peaceful coexistence, not war’ That must be how the Expeditionary Forces enticed them

The people of this world, who still treat wars like a sport, still valued honour and fairness So these innocent foolsin that single document No, there’s even a possibility that they didn’t leave any evidence of negotiation, citing confidentiality as an excuse Whatever the case, only the Expeditionary Forces benefited fro, there would have been no way for you to stop the Expeditionary Forces, huh”

Mana crystals were delicate objects With a shockwave large enough to blow up the mine, the mana crystals would likely becohtest touch would set theh for thethe invading Expeditionary Forces in secret during that time will be impossible, so the existence of Expeditionary Forces would be revealed much sooner Once their existence is revealed, there would behu the relations between humans and non-humans This would only work in the Expeditionary Forces’ favour, who aimed to colonise this world

So the assassination plot was just a secondary objective for the Expeditionary Forces Destruction of thethe combat capabilities of the entire worldthe evidence of their collusion with demons, not even Central would be able to endure the Expeditionary Forces’ attacks fro havoc fro to sniff out the traitors within