Lord of the Truth

967  Planet R3

Planet R3--

”How is the defensive arrays going? It have been days since the Rune Masters and Divine Blacksmiths started working.” Elizabeth settled down in front of an open tent filled with officers and officials and asked, her round face that was almost glowing wasnʼt smiling today, she was completely expressionless.

”We salute the general.” Everyone bowed slightly, and then one of them pointed to a small detailed map of the area, and drew a circle with his finger, ”We indeed managed to get some progress, General, The Earth Carpet Array is complete, using it will make it easier for us to detect and stop the intruders. The Sky Shield Array, however, should be completed in 3 days, when it is done we wonʼt worry about these minor raids any longer, and a full-out army could trouble us.”

Elizabeth took a few steps inside the tent and looked at the map... It was very simple and marked everything around them within a radius of only a hundred kilometers, this was the furthest radius they had reached since they set foot on the planet.

She then pointed to the center of the circle that the officer had drawn, ”What about the Space Portal transfer? We still have to wait three days to start building it? Canʼt we put a few Rune Masters and Divine Blacksmiths in charge of transferring it now?”

It had been a few days since they arrived at planet R3, and instead of engaging all sides in open battle like Alexander, making a massacre like Raiden, or making a long term besiege plan like Peon... They were trapped here around the portal they came out of.

But not because they lacked passion or talent, but because of what they faced immediately after they came out.

As soon as Elizabeth and her army got out and started the process of cutting the portal and dividing the armies, the screams rose and the soldiers started falling dead, no one knew what was happening.

Only after the army ranks were narrowed, Elizabeth used the Divine Incarnation decree to completely blockade the area and ordered the ignite several suns with powerful Fire Path users above the area to understand what was going on, only then did they discover intruders they had never seen before among the soldiers, they had the same physique as humans but had different noses and fluffy ears, their palms and feet were thick and their fingers short with claws sticking out, their eyes were sharp as needles and most importantly… they looked cute!

These Demi-human-cat looking creatures werenʼt very cute in their dealing with the soldiers, in a few minutes they were able to easily take down 70 soldiers, and if they hadnʼt been discovered they would have been on their way to killing more and more! Their action, entering the ranks of the True Beginning Empireʼs army, was not because of their strength or speed, but because of their ability to disappear... Until now, no one knows how, but before and after they go for the kill, they are completely invisible, only when they bounce on their victim do they appear completely, or when the intense sunlight is focused on them, their shadows are seen, even spreading the soul sense did not help much!

Knowing their locations, another battle started in order to isolate and kill them, the battle claimed the lives of 30 more imperial soldiers, but 240 of these demi-human cats were killed and 10 others were captured.

According to what the captives said, the True Beginning Empireʼs army had appeared out exactly on the border between the area controlled by the Great Serpent Army and the area controlled by the Sad Night Cat Kingdom, and that is why they were immediately attacked.

The portal was built in a dirty underground cave and was covered, it was made to receive a few individuals Secretly as close to the enemy base as could be, not a whole army!

Hearing this, Elizabeth released them... She told them that they came in peace and that they wanted to meet their king.

However, they were attacked again on that same day.

Elizabeth knew that spreading out in such circumstances and trying to fight those strange creatures would result in a huge number of sacrifices, so she decided to send half of her army toward the part of the planet occupied by the remnants of the Great Serpent Empire along with the three Warlords, with the mission of destroying everything in that area as quickly as possible, while she decided to stay with the other half of the army around the portal to protect that spot and make it a stronghold to deal with the Kingdom of the Sad Night Cats. But their continued attacks made Elizabeth prefer to set up the arrays first and leave the portal cut off inside its cave for now, as the soldiers would not be able to withstand several suns above their heads every few hours!

”Iʼm afraid that we have to wait until the Sky Shield array is complete before we start the process of moving the portal to another location within the scoop of the array, otherwise we will lose more Rune Masters and Divine Blacksmiths, we have brought a limited number with us and we cannot allow more of them to be killed pointlessly like that.” Another officer shook his head, the situation was very bad.

*Whoosh* One of the Shadow Swords remained in front of the tent and leaned slightly towards Elizabeth, ”General, we have managed to detect a number of the demi-cats approaching quickly, they will be here in a few seconds.”

”You managed to detect them?” Elizabeth turned quickly, this was the first time she had been informed of something like this

Shadow Sword nodded, ”Yes, General, we deployed 20 Shadow Swords in stealth modes to see every approaching enemy. It turns out that they use a minor law of the Darkness Path, something that gives them the ability to escape direct light and just disappear from sight. They also limit their movement and hide behind the bodies of anything they can reach so it is difficult to detect them with the soul sense. They are natural hunters, but physically they are always present and do not disappear as everyone says.” ”Excellent!” Excitement returned to Elizabethʼs eyes, ”Letʼs go, prepare for the confrontation!” She quickly flew away with a number of officers using the Fire Path, they should at least delay those creatures from starting their sabotage until the army is assembled. In fact, even Elizabeth did not know why she was chosen to invade a Class R planet. Usually, she is marginalized in most missions. If she failed now that she was finally entrusted with a major mission, she might lose her status forever! Fueled by stress, she increased her speed even more, she must stop them somehow or she would let everyone down, she must say to everyone that she was not a ruler over the Sacred Tree Empire just because of the peace period, that she is a dependable General too!

At this moment, while Elizabeth was in mid-air, quickly advancing towards the place that the Shadow Sword had pointed to, they heard a voice: ”Invaders, we have come to talk.”