Chapter 422: the situation of the war

Walking forward became a herculean task, Clark felt like he was walking through a trial ground filled with pins and needles.

He needed to activate his exotic boots to prevent himself from tripping.

Every booming sound made from the battle left him feeling light-headed and dizzy, the vibrations went through his body, penetrating his organs and making his blood abnormally active.

He was not participating in the battlefield yet, but the intensity reaching him already forced his brain into overdrive, pumping adrenaline surges through his body as he felt the urge to throw himself into the fray immediately.

The 3 soldiers leading him did not take him to the battlefield, they took him through a hidden tunnel that led underground.

As soon as he entered the underground hidden base, 2 of the soldiers left while the leading one took him to a room.

The soldier brought out his badge with a solemn look on his face to indicate his rank. “General Imo Nakin”.

“Listen to me carefully, I am under the orders of Commander Rashford to tell you of the overall situation of the battle and our plan for calling you”.

Clark nodded with an equally solemn look. Then, taking a deep breath, the General revealed everything to him.

“This is your preparation room; the armory is at the right of the hall. You have an hour to get yourself ready for battle”.

“Yes, General”.

The information that was just revealed to him was so shocking that he answered the General’s question instinctively. This revelation finally explained a lot of the theories that he had.

According to the General, the republic was already in a cornered state from the conviction shown by the Mocans in this main invasion attempt. This time, it was like the Mocan republic was really advocating for war till death.

Their conviction was like they would not stop until a side was annihilated.

According to estimates, it has been deduced that the Mocan republic came for this invasion with over 70% of their soldiers and over 80% of their military resources, leaving their territory almost bare.

Not only did they mobilize all 10 of their warships, but they also mobilized their only 2 Commanders, Commander Ash, and Commander Naga.

Both of them were the leaders of this operation.

According to the General, the dome-shaped defense structure currently protecting the Presidential Villa was the 2nd most expensive structure of the republic after Star Shatterer.

Despite its enormous energy reserves, the bombardment from 5 Mocan warships was still too much for it to cope with. Its energy reserves would only be able to last one more day at this rate of bombardment.

This was the main reason why the higher-graded soldiers of the republic were being mobilized from everywhere, to mount a counterattack.

If the dome-shaped defense structure succumbed, it would mark the end of the Presidential Villa as there was no way that it was sturdy enough to withstand just the shockwaves of the battle.

Another main fact of the battle was that the Mocan forces were adamant about hunting Spartan higher-ups, and they were already successful on 2 occasions.

The first was an important minister of the republic who refused to respond to the summons to take shelter in the Presidential Villa on time. Before he could estimate the danger precisely, he was assassinated.

The second was done here in this battle.

Both Commander Rashford and Commander Arthur were active on the battlefield, focused on hindering the movements of the 2 Mocan Commanders but one of them was able to trick his way through the blockade.

Taking advantage of that small opening, he infiltrated the Presidential Villa, breached the underground shelter, and killed 2 other diplomatic ministers before he was stopped.

Such an action was a first since the history of the Spartan republic, which only made more higher-ups agree to the counterattack plan.

All these were about the ongoing battle, but the most important secret revealed by the General to him was about President Leonidas.

According to the General, the President suffered a terrible injury 2 decades ago when he explored the ruin of one of the big 5.

This was the reason for President Leonidas’s inactivity in recent years.

Since the injury, he locked himself inside the Presidential Villa to recover and hardly came out. This was the impetus that gave the Mocan republic the courage to increase their invasion attempt frequencies for the past 2 decades.

No one knew the real condition of the President currently, and the Mocans were clearly ready to bet that he was still injured.

Connecting all these, Clark came to a lot of conclusions. He finally knew why the Persian tigers organization had room to act so unrestrainedly, even the faction that was trying to decrease the President’s authority over the republic.

Though he wanted to sit down and analyze further, he knew that he could not as the booming sounds of the ongoing battle were still echoing down.

According to the General, he had an hour to prepare for the counterattack.

Though he already had his custom-made weapons, he still decided to visit the special armory here to check if he would see better gadgets.

When he went through the hall, he looked for familiar faces among the 3rd rank high-grade soldiers present but he could see none.

Opening the door to the armory, he entered a hall that was built just like a modern library. It was rectangular, and all 4 sides had rows of shelves where different weapons and gadgets were kept.

After checking through it, he quickly deduced that the weapons here were of fairly the same grade as his custom-made weapons so he left.

Going back through the wide passageway, he saw new faces among which 2 were familiar. He saw Captain Daniel who was already prepared for the battle, and General Vincent who was speaking with a group of 3rd rank high-grade soldiers.

The General was caught up by his words so he didn’t notice him, but Captain Daniel did. They just nodded in greeting at each other before Clark returned to his preparation room.

The solemn atmosphere in the underground base already infected him, making him much more serious subconsciously.

A few minutes later, he finished his preparation and went out to wait.

A few dozen minutes later, an hour elapsed.

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