Above The Sky
Chapter 768 - 768 22 Can Terra's Prophet Also Predict the Apocalypse

768: Chapter 22 Can Terra’s Prophet Also Predict the Apocalypse?

768: Chapter 22 Can Terra’s Prophet Also Predict the Apocalypse?

Though he was said to lead the team, in fact, only Green Tide accompanied him, while Scott stayed behind to command, and Adalbert, disguised as Gu Ying, took Ian’s token to the Alchemy Workshop.

In a sense, Adalbert also counted as a member of the defensive personnel staying behind—although he couldn’t use the power of the Deceased Monarch, if the enemy really did break into Leyan City, he would certainly be able to block them or even secretly eliminate those intruders.

—Do you think you’re raiding a laboratory?

Wrong!

You’re raiding a small Subspace Labyrinth guarded by the Deceased Monarch!

The Sublimator was fast.

Before long, Ian and Green Tide arrived at the periphery of Solitary Flame Peak.

Autumn had come, and the sky around Solitary Flame Peak was filled with dark clouds.

And on the highlands around the canyon entrance of the peak, one could look down upon a large encampment of Mountain People.

After all, Ian had been to this area before and was quite familiar with the terrain.

Also, in order to facilitate future development and to monitor the movements of the Rebel Highlanders, he dispatched several teams of scouts to this place every day to observe the situation.

But even so, with the terrain of the Bison Mountain Range, a week’s patrolling couldn’t find all the hidden passages—the troops of the Rebel Highlanders had emerged from a hidden ravine in the forest, which originally was a river that had dried up after the great storm six years ago and was now lush with vegetation.

In this world, because of the Sublimators, scouting was simple, but so too had counter-scouting evolved.

The young man was now manipulating mist, blurring their figures, allowing them to climb to the higher levels of the peak unnoticed.

They began to observe the situation.

The Mountain People’s camp was built on a plateau on the flank of Solitary Flame Peak, where the grey rock seemed to have metallic components, exceptionally sturdy.

It was difficult to destroy this place, and from its high position, one could observe the surroundings.

Most importantly, it would not be easily destroyed by explosives like the plain below the canyon, nor buried by a valley collapse.

In fact, this was exactly the strategy Ian had initially wanted to use—the plain area was specifically cleared by his people.

If the leadership of the Mountain People were really that foolish, then not just a thousand but even ten thousand of them would be buried.

But clearly, the Mountain People were not that foolish and could see the dangers of that area.

The Mountain People’s camp was roughly divided into three parts, each relatively independent and belonging to different Chieftains.

What made Ian vigilant was that each encampment was extremely sturdy, with wild beasts prowling the perimeters under command and rangers patrolling; in Foresight View, he could see many hiddens sentries as well.

Very regular—these were trained troops educated by instructors from Fiery Flame Land!

It was only because Ian had the Silent Voice Ring and mist camouflage that other Second Level powers could approach without being detected.

In the center of the camp were three Armor Suits, the equivalent of a small squad’s configuration.

Even with assistance from Fiery Flame Land, this number seemed somewhat high, and Ian was convinced that the main force of the Rebel Highlanders had already arrived.

“Magical Beasts, Armor Suits, and elite ranger troops.”

Green Tide, too, saw all this.

The Blue-haired Swordsman furrowed his brows, “Boss, this is no small matter—according to what that old Dragon Worship Cult friend of yours said, three of the five major chiefs of the Midra Autonomous Region are here.”

“Hmm.”

Ian observed carefully.

He made a detailed count and then nodded slightly, “One thousand three hundred fifty-four people, thirty-one trained beasts, three Armor Suits, five Magical Beasts, and the most core of them all, three Second Level Sublimators.”

“Not too many,” he exhaled a long breath, “I thought it was the enemy’s entire army coming over.

As long as it’s not a massed force, we can still fight.”

“But it’s still troublesome.”

“This isn’t a lot?” Green Tide’s eyes widened as he looked at Ian, “Boss, the enemy has Armor Suits this time—won’t be so easy to resolve, right?”

“Not to mention those five Magical Beasts are enough for me to deal with…” he muttered to himself, obviously thinking already about how to distribute the enemies, who would be responsible for eliminating which.

Given his self-awareness and professional compatibility, Green Tide felt he might be the best choice to deal with those five Magical Beasts.

“I won’t make you fight five Magical Beasts.

Actually, it’s just a matter of a volleys at once, I’ll show you the power of the new weapons back in Leyan City.”

Ian shook his head; Green Tide had not yet seen the power of the Charged Rifles or his own Armor Suit, which is why he held such mistaken assumptions.

He explained, “The main issue is the enemy’s numbers are too great, and our firepower can’t eliminate the enemy’s vanguard immediately—if the enemy doesn’t collapse, then they will surely break into our positions.”

“The most troublesome thing is, these soldiers are trained…

They’re not so easy to rout, even with the Fear Potion added to the mix.”

Especially since the Fear Potion worked well against a small group, but with a larger number of people and a wider range, Ian couldn’t produce that much of the potion.

“So.”

At this moment, Green Tide was also thinking about how to attack the enemy, his brows deeply furrowed, “Boss, is there a possibility, say, of using a few cannons to collapse the platform they’re on?”

“The rock mountain structure isn’t that easy to collapse.”

Ian shook his head, “You tell me, should we aim low and eliminate the enemy from above, or will they, from their high position thousands of meters away, pinpoint and destroy all our cannons?”

With that, Green Tide had no other strategy—he was just a Swordsman, and his greatest cunning was using terrain to eliminate enemies.

But Ian was different.

He looked up at the dark clouds in the sky.