Chapter 1080 - A New Station (1/2)
Translator: TransN Editor: TransN
“Miss Sylvie has confirmed that there are no other demons nearby.”
“If the enemy launches an attack at this distance, we have at least five minutes to react.”
“That’s enough for the anti-aircraft machine gun squad to prepare. How about the threat judgment?”
“There is no Senior Demon among them. The threat to Her Highness is almost zero.”
“If we continue the construction, the greatest loss may be from the rail removal team, as it’s inconvenient to evacuate such a large number of workers in a short time. It’s estimated to result in one or two casualties.”
Everyone in the command post was busy analyzing the intelligence and discussing. Their conclusions were listed on the board. This was a habit gradually cultivated by the Staff members. In face of complicated and diverse information, written words left more of an impression than oral ones.
“In conclusion,” Ferlin Eltek, with a hand on his chest, said to Iron Axe, “we think that it’s better to keep construction than to stop and defend. The demons will probably know our intention, but His Majesty already expected this. As for the four flying demons, we only need to be on the basic alert.”
In a word, the conclusion they got from all the information was “no threat”.
The General Staff assisted in analyzing the information and giving advice while Iron Axe was the final decision-maker. He realized that he totally agreed with the conclusion.
The First Army was different from the ancient army 400 years ago. A vanguard unit of 5,000 soldiers was huge and would definitely not be affected by four Mad Demons. Even if they killed the demons at the price of the injuries and deaths of several workers, it would not be accounted as a loss for His Majesty’s plan.
After all, the risk of working in Barbarian Land had long since been written into the contract.
Iron Axe looked at Edith, who did not say anything.
At the command post, silence meant approval.
“I got it. Order the construction team to continue working and the anti-aircraft machine gun squad to be on alert. The rest stand by as usual,” Edith suddenly said when Iron Axe was ready to give orders to the lieutenant.
Not to him, but to Agatha and Phyllis.
“Do you have a way to swat those flies directly?”
“Do you want us… to take the initiative to attack?” Agatha frowned.
“That’s right. I always feel it’s not good to allow them to spy on us,” the Pearl of the Northern Region nodded. “As I know, the two little girls who can fly have excellent combat ability, don’t they? With the assistance of Lady of Dawn, they probably can kill all of the demons. This is beyond the capabilities of the First Army. Only you can do it.”
“Well…” Agatha hesitatively said, “In theory, they won’t be in danger only when there are two demons. Otherwise, if the demons throw spears, they can hardly dodge at a short distance. Even if Andrea were to shoot a demon down, there would still be three demons…”
She gradually stopped talking, as she found out what she said not so convincing.
Since it was a war, the risk was unavoidable, not to mention this war was so important that it would determine the future of humankind. To get an opportunity of survival, thousands of witches had fought with and been killed by the demons. Lightning should not get special treatment.
In fact, she had sensed Lightning’s oddness since they had come to Fertile Plains. Though Lightning tried to hide it, Agatha, who had experienced the Battle of Divine Will, was not unfamiliar with this state, which was, the confusion after encountering an unimaginably powerful enemy. The strength of the enemy overpowered her and made her feel powerless. Even many Blessed Army witches who had been to the battlefield for many times could not get rid of it and had to use medicine or magic abilities to cure or wait to recover little by little by themselves.