Life Game In Other World
Chapter 1220: Multiple Parties

Chapter 1220: Chapter 1220: Multiple Parties

"That’s Suote! That’s Suote!"

Dailot, dressed in a white suit, nearly furious, walked up to the officer in the gray military uniform, pointing at the photo of a figure standing on a mecha, left on the screen in front of the command platform, and yelled furiously, "Do you see him?"

"Calm down,"

the officer in the gray uniform said calmly, "Anger will make you lose your reason and your ability to judge, and this is probably exactly what your enemy wants to see, Mr. Dailot."

"Are you still planning to let your troops advance so slowly?"

Dailot took a deep breath, looked at the officer in the gray uniform in front of him, and said hoarsely, "The last time I contacted him, he was still cornered in Minte City by Note Intelligence and the Western Steel Mercenary Corps, but now, he’s guarding the Northern Gate with an army and mechas,

"I believe you are well aware, Commander Wistain, of what all this means—Minte City is likely already completely out of control."

He paused for a moment and continued, "I told you a long time ago to speed through the Northern Gate, to be wary of Suote, but you turned a deaf ear to my words,"

He shifted his gaze to the top of the hill and sneered, "Now it’s time for you to bear the consequences of your choices."

"So, are you going to blame me?"

the officer in the gray military uniform asked calmly.

Upon hearing this question, Dailot glanced at the busy staff in the command room.

At this moment, the once noisy command room had somehow quieted down, and people’s gazes seemed to fleetingly rest on him.

"Don’t think that just because you’re the commander here, I can’t do anything to you,"

Dailot took a deep breath, took a half step back under the gaze of the officer in the gray uniform, and coldly snorted, "I will report everything you have done in detail, and the Star Cluster Pharmaceutical Board will judge all your actions."

He glanced at the soldiers around him, "According to the original plan, we needed to reach Dawn City before dawn tomorrow. The plains of the Federation East are vast and flat, but from the Northern Gate to Dawn City, it takes nearly two days for a caravan.

"Even if you march at full speed, not taking the safe commercial route and go in a straight line, it would take at least twenty hours to reach."

He raised his wristband, glanced at the time, and smiled, "It’s almost three in the morning now, how much grace time can the Star Cluster Pharmaceutical Board offer you?"

He put down the wristband and continued, "There are several hours until dawn. If we haven’t passed the Northern Gate by then, do you think you can still reach Dawn City on schedule?"

His voice was unrestrained, seemingly with a hint of deliberate mockery.

Listening to his words, some soldiers and officers nearby showed anger.

while the officer in the gray uniform just gently raised his hand, motioning for his subordinates to calm down, then looked at Dailot and calmly said, "Our army will arrive at the destination on time, rest assured."

"Ha,"

Dailot snickered and said casually, "Then I look forward to the good news."

Then he turned around and left the command room with the people who had entered with him.

"Commander..."

As the command room door was completely closed, a soldier at the front raised his head, looked at the officer in the gray uniform, and hesitated.

Hearing this voice, the officer in the gray uniform just shook his head and then coldly said, "Pass my order, speed up the entire army, prepare the artillery units for cover, at all costs, break through the Northern Gate as quickly as possible!"

Hearing these words, the soldier was slightly stunned, then nodded heavily, "Yes!"

...

At this moment, outside the narrow door, as they followed Dailot down the corridor, one of the figures couldn’t help but ask,

"Sir, why did we just provoke Wistain? After all, he is the commander of this mercenary corps, we still need him to lead the army to Dawn City, if you anger him, you will also be in danger."

Dailot glanced back at the attendant beside him and said casually, "If I don’t say those words, if I don’t provoke him, how would he be willing to let the army directly assault the Northern Gate?

"Suote is a cunning and insidious man, who knows what he’s preparing behind the Northern Gate?

"From the last time I talked to him to now, just over a day, he’s already dealt with the two major financial groups’ mercenary corps and even established a garrison at the Northern Gate. We cannot give him more time."

He moved forward slowly, his calm voice ringing in the ears of the person behind him, "Wistain must have many tactics, but in any of them, once he seeks stability, time will be wasted. And at this point, the only way is the shortest and fastest method,

"But the rush often has to pay a heavy price, which means consuming a large number of soldiers on the frontline, he may be unwilling, his officers may be unwilling either,

"So I could only bring up their Board to press him, and,"

He paused his tone, looked back at the person who asked the question, and laughed, "How do you know, he’s not deliberately playing the double role with me?"

——

Fast-moving dots of light quickly headed towards the top of the hill, and inside the temporary fortifications built in front of the Northern Gate, He Ao and Xiya, along with several leaders of the Wilderness Wanderers, gathered together.

"Judging from the insignia, the main force of the army down the hill should be the Star Cluster Pharmaceutical Mercenary Corps,"

The brown-haired woman looked at the various trophies gathered in front of her, picked a blood-stained piece of clothing printed with a reversed Star Ocean insignia, and said slowly.

"Their forces appear to be far more than a normal mercenary corps, much more than we’ve seen with the Western Steel Mercenary Corps,"

Xiya pondered, "It is probably a ’coalition’ formed by multiple mercenary corps, but the main force should be the Star Cluster Pharmaceutical Mercenary Corps."

She looked up at He Ao beside her, "Speaking of the Star Cluster Pharmaceutical Mercenary Corps, I have previously collected information about the corporate forces near Minte City,

"Although I did not collect much data outside the Northern Gate, Star Cluster Pharma only seems to have one mercenary corps north of the Northern Gate, on the northwest side, near the Federation’s Northern Borders, could it be that mercenary corps?"

"Federation’s Northern Borders?"

He Ao, who was deep in thought, was brought back to reality by Xiya’s words, and he was not particularly concerned about the origins of the Star Cluster Pharmaceutical Mercenary Corps, but Xiya’s words brought back some memories in his mind.

He looked at Xiya and softly asked, "Near Asc City?"

"Asc City?"

Xiya was taken aback by the question, then she held her delicate chin in her hand, her eyes instinctively looking up as if recalling something, and after a brief pause, she looked at He Ao, "I can’t quite remember... it seems to be near that city."

She looked at He Ao, "Do you know this city?"

"Asc City is one of the cities controlled by Star Cluster Pharma."

He Ao nodded gently, replying softly, "I have seen information on this mercenary corps before."

The Star Cluster Pharmaceutical Mercenary Corps stationed in Asc City was not originally in the vicinity of Asc City.

In fact, this was not the first time He Ao had ’dealt’ with this mercenary corps.

In the Fountain of Youth event in Limen City, Star Cluster Pharma had dispatched a mercenary corps stationed outside Limen City, one to guard the mastermind behind the Fountain of Youth event, Senator Janos, and secondly responsible for entering the city at critical moments to protect Star Cluster Pharma’s interests.

During that event, He Ao led the Nolanka Group to lure away this mercenary corps and eventually worked with the Life Goddess to resolve the Fountain of Youth incident.

By the time the mercenary corps returned, the matter was already over.

Star Cluster Pharma also experienced a significant impact from that incident and lost Limen City.

Later, Suote went to investigate Limen City and naturally noticed this mercenary corps and casually inquired into its trajectory.

After the Fountain of Youth event, the mercenary corps, having lost its guard target, was transferred by the Star Cluster Pharmaceutical Board, gained more personnel, and was first sent to a small city in the Federation West, and after several transfers, eventually moved to the vicinity of Asc City in the Federation North.

He Ao did not expect to encounter this mercenary corps here, in such a manner.

However, this may not be a bad thing, after all, he had obtained information about this mercenary corps before.

The commander of this mercenary corps is a B-level, which is public information known to Suote.

Of course, there were also some unpublicized details, such as, as the former garrison near Limen City, this mercenary corps holds a large number of ’Strengthening Potions’ developed by Janos through Star Cluster Pharma during the Fountain of Youth event.

This thing can quickly enhance a person’s strength, giving the user powerful extraordinary power briefly, but the production process somewhat requires the participation of the Fountain of Youth, now it is very challenging to ’replicate’.

Even if Star Cluster Pharma might later ask the mercenary corps to ’hand over’ the strengthening potions, the mercenary corps should still have some left.

With time, one might still need to be cautious of these strengthening potions.

He Ao’s mind raced, quickly organizing the clues he had obtained.

Boom——

At this moment, a violent explosion sounded not far from them.

"They’ve accelerated!"

The scrawny man who had been observing the situation below shouted quickly.

Everyone swiftly turned around and looked down.

The frontmost fighter unit was charging upwards at a faster speed than before.

The dense cannon fire overlaid a new sky almost right above everyone.

Meanwhile, the cannon muzzles of the defensive works were pouring down firepower from above.

This firepower clearly affected the assault team, which is why they were advancing slowly just a moment ago.

Now, however, they seemed to have changed their ’mind’, beginning to stare at this artillery fire, advancing rapidly without regard for their lives.

Everyone standing here exchanged glances, realizing that the real ’offensive’ had begun.

"Everyone, it’s up to you now."

He Ao withdrew his gaze, looking at the various leaders of the Wilderness Wanderers beside him.

The people he brought were all inside the Northern Gate, hastily constructing fortifications, while the people currently here in this fortification were mostly Wilderness Wanderers from the temporary camp, now exclusively for Xiya.

And these people were subordinates to these ’small leaders’ in front of He Ao.

Hearing He Ao’s words, everyone nodded to He Ao and Xiya without saying much and immediately turned and headed towards their subordinates below.

Finally, only Xiya stayed by He Ao’s side.

The dense brilliance filled their pupils.

"The damage to the mecha units just now seems severe."

Xiya looked at He Ao and asked in a low voice.

"Two units have been completely destroyed, unable to be repaired,"

He Ao’s gaze observed the rapidly approaching army below, casually answering, "The rest, Orey is trying to repair, but the whole unit’s remaining energy is not much, it would only sustain another action at most."

In the recent advance, he had already made an estimate of the strength of the mercenary corps coalition below.

Their squad had undergone training by Eve, and their overall cooperation was managed by Eve too. They were already beyond the level of regular elite mecha squads.

While in theory, the whole mecha squad could charge a little further forward, it was not enough to physically penetrate the entire army and reach the enemy’s command center. At best, they could reach the center of the ground troops.

And at that position, the final outcome would be being surrounded and attacked by the mercenary corps, even He Ao couldn’t withstand such a persistent battering of people and weapons.

Therefore, He Ao wasn’t overzealous, and after creating an opportunity, he immediately withdrew, leading the mecha squad away from the battlefield.

"Can we truly hold out?"

Looking at the dense dots of light below, the army gathered like a mountain sea, Xiya asked softly.

"We can."

He Ao glanced at the densely packed dots of light in the sky, the focal point of his vision sweeping past certain characters in his field of view.

Xiya glanced sideways at He Ao.

Although she knew that the note of comfort in the figure’s words, given the previous series of ’astonishing achievements’ by the other party, her emotions were genuinely soothed by his simple sentence.

"The ’mercenary corps’ on the other directions,"

At this moment, Xiya realized He Ao seemed to be contemplating something, and she remembered something, asking in a low voice, "Have they also started fighting now?"

"Judging by the time, it should be about right."

He Ao’s gaze shifted, looking behind, towards the southwest.

What came into his view were towering mountains as high as the clouds, and relentless artillery fire.

But his gaze seemed to pass through the mountains and artillery, through the overlapping veils of the night, reaching another narrow valley.

——

Old Valley Road

Standing amidst the dense snow-covered woods, the elder lowered his head, raising his binoculars to observe the valley floor below.

In the depths of his gaze, armored vehicles advancing slowly through the valley could be faintly seen.

"General, shall we open fire?"

The officer next to him asked softly.

"No hurry,"

Corvey gently waved his hand, "Let them get in a little further,"

"Hmm."

Corvey nodded lightly, put down his binoculars, and asked the officer beside him, "Any news from the north?"

"The situation is very complex in the north, we haven’t seen any mercenary corps coming south,"

The officer replied slowly, "However, Note Intelligence and the Western Steel Mercenary Corps are besieging Minte City, but they seem to have been dealt with by Minte City’s City Defense Army."

"Oh,"

Corvey seemed to think of something, a smirk emerged on his face, spoken hoarsely, "Then the danger should stem from outside the Northern Gate, they should have a way to handle it."

He did not dwell on this question further, instead lifting his binoculars again, "Any news from the Nolanka Group?"

"According to previous information, they might have been noticed by the southern mercenary corps and are likely already in combat."

The officer replied in a low voice.

"Good!"

Corvey raised his hand, watching the army fully enter the valley, "Order all troops, open fire!"

The officer heard the order, slightly stunned, then immediately picked up the intercom and shouted loudly,

"Open fire!"

Brilliant light connected to the firmament.