172 Mutated Beast Horde

"What is the status of the mutated beast horde?"

Asked Lucien to the people in the commanding center as they already had everything prepared for Lucien that he would need as he was the commander of the Armed Forces of the Holy Niflheim Empire as for now there wasn't anyone more suitable for the role.

"The mutated beast horde is around 100km from the first line of defense, they were picked up by the Orbital Strategic Defense Fortress as it is constantly scanning the entire planet for threats. It is compromised from around 30,000 to 35,000 mutated beasts of various origin, while most of them being around Type 6 to Type 7. Only tens of them are Type 8 and around ten are Type 9. Leading them is a weird mutated version of a lion, called Double-Headed Flame Lion that is Peak-Grade Type 9 Mutated Beast, apparently, one of the rulers of the planet Telos before we came."

Reported one of the staff members respectfully to Lucien.

"It would be best if we could just Orbital Strategic Defense Fortress to kill them all at once, but that would destroy also their bodies and Nuclei which are precious materials for blood-essences and Magitek Energy Crystals respectively, so this option is out. Hmm... mobilize entire Magitek Infantry and all of the Imperial Army. Call also, all Holy Imperial Knights and tell all of them to gather at first defense line."

After a short time of strategizing Lucien decided on a strategy. Though they were on numerical disadvantage, they had superior strength. Every member of the Imperial Army while on Early-Phase Count-Rank could easily kill Intermediate-Phase Count-Rank, which translated as Type 6 Divine Warrior killing Type 7 Divine Warrior, this was mainly due to their superior body strength, Immortal Cultivation and Weapon cultivation.

"Magitek Infantry on the front, they would be cannon fodders and Imperial Army behind them. Each member of the Holy Imperial Knights would choose the part of the line and kill everything above Type 7, meaning they would be responsible for protecting soldiers from the Type 8 and Type 9 mutated beasts. Tell Fleet, to send four Magitek Corvettes to provide support for the ground troops and activate all Magitek Towers and other defensive measures at the First Defensive Line to maximum."

As Lucien finished giving orders he went at top speed to the First Defense Line, which was already swarming with Magitek Infantry Soldiers that were jumping out of the Magitek Airships and taking up their position, while waiting for the enemies.

Lucien was the first person to arrive and after him, it was Commander Nalthos to arrive.

"Hey, little brat."

Shouted Nalthos as he saw Lucien standing there and observing the operation.

"Teacher Nalthos."

Greeted Lucien with a small bow. Nalthos was Lucien's teacher on many things ranging from swordsmanship and Kenjutsu to the military strategy and art of war.

"Teacher Nalthos, I will take on the Double-Headed Flame Lion to test my skills. You together with other Holy Imperial Knights would kill everything else at Type 8 and Type 9 to prevent unnecessary danger for our troops."

Said Lucien as Nalthos just nodded his head in agreement. After one hour of waiting, finally, the rest of the army arrived together with the rest of the Holy Imperial Knights. All of them were already on their position while waiting for the mutated beast horde to arrive and for the battle to start. Magitek Dreadnoughts were already hovering in the orbit of the planet, waiting for their moment to strike.

Only after twenty more minutes of impatient waiting, the mutated beast horde finally arrived. It was imposing sigh at them, as tens of thousands of mutated beasts were closing to their position, they were of various species and sizes, as they were preparing to attack the Holy Niflheim Empire under the leadership of the Double-Headed Flame Lion that was Peak-Grade Type 9 mutated beast.

"Send the order for Magitek Towers to start long-range attacks."

Ordered Lucien as tens of Magitek Towers started shooting laser-like attacks from their Magitek Crystals, that were tearing through the mutated beast horde like a hot knife through the butter. Mutated beasts only roared in the despair and pain, as they were mercilessly killed with just one hit from the Magitek Towers. To this, Type 9 mutated beasts ferociously shot forward to the defensive line as they wanted to destroy the Magitek Towers, only to be stopped by the Holy Imperial Knights who were waiting on the stand by.

The real battle didn't start yet, only top powerhouses engaged themselves in a fight while the main armies were still on stand by. The mutated beast horde was closing to the defensive line at fast speed and Imperial Army and Magitek Infantry Soldiers were waiting for their enemy to arrive.

Same went for commanders of the battle, Lucien Etras von Aeon and Double-Headed Flame Lion that were just observing each other from the distance.

"Signal for the Magitek Assassins to go and assassinate all Control-Type mutated beasts and all Command-Type mutated beasts. Send in half of the Magitek Assassins."

Lucien issued another order, for more than one thousand Magitek Assassins to assassinate all dangerous mutated beasts in the large-scale conflict. Control-Type mutated beasts were troublesome from the aspect they could control directly other monsters, but more troublesome were Command-Types. They had superior intelligence that could easily outmatch the biggest geniuses and could easily command the mutated beasts army, so it was important to dispose of them at the start of the battle before they could cause them some serious damages.

Then thousand of Magitek Assassins went at top speed to assassinate all of their targets, fortunately, there weren't many of the Control-Type and Command-Type monsters here and all of the Magitek Assassins were of the Initial-Phase Count-Rank same as the Type 6 mutated beasts, though their biggest advantage was superior speed as their true speed was comparable to the Early-Phase Count-Rank / Type 7 and also their weaponry that was suited for assassination.

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