1764 Happy Times Always End Fast
So it was better to let them repair and fly their ships. Slowly he started to sweep the forces stagnated here, entrapped inside their damaged ships. No matter where they came from, he accepted them all.
The only problem he faced was for his chariot to lack flying ability in space. He had to take it back, take out his small ship, and move to another part of this area. Soon enough, he got used to doing this, while not complaining about it anymore.
As he got used to such a routine, he lost himself in doing this. Without feeling it, a long time passed, close to two weeks, and he was still doing this. This chapter was originally shared via N0v3l-Bijn.
He started from the closest spot to his area and started moving from one point to another. After two weeks, Hye passed through tens of thousands of kilometres, collecting tons of ships and fighters. And yet every happy tale must come to an end.
*Boom!* *Boom!* *Boom!*
Just when he was doing what he used to during the past two weeks, he finally got jolted awake by sudden and violent explosions that rang all around him. He returned to the real world while watching lots of explosions happening all around.
"Tsk! Many managed to repair their ships..." Hye was inside his chariot at the moment. The first wave of attacks landed over his chariot's shield, one that was worthy to play a role in the grand stage of the universe.
It spanned for hundreds of metres around the chariot, forming a big bubble-shaped shield that stopped everything sent at him. He stood on top of the deck, watching all these explosions, feeling like he returned back in time.
This was weirdly familiar, quite similar to the time when he'd face tons of enemies back at the apocalypse, only to let their attacks stop and land over his chariot's defensive shield.
Hye moved while forming a semi-circular pattern of deployment of his troops. He kept doing this while trying to outrun the enemies, trying to catch as many as he could.
Yet he knew it was futile to dream about stopping everyone. The best result would be claiming half of the grand ships here or at least a large portion of it. As for the ones gathered up, he hoped for them to get separated, not united in huge numbers or something.
To do so, he tried to move in irregular paths, moving across huge areas, not caring about attacking all the ships in one area. He planned this as if he was spreading seeds of his warriors around, and they'd do the rest.
As he expected, the Soulers and Reapers kept jumping from one ship to another, spreading their reign of terror, killing more enemies, and leaving behind a growing number of emptied ships.
Hye didn't worry about these ships. There wasn't any predator in the area except for himself. And for those who were racing time to repair their ships, they preferred to retreat and regroup, and wouldn't care about attacking any ship around.
It was hard to keep track of his warriors' movements, and it was much harder to tell the difference between a destroyed ship and an emptied-out one.
Things progressed fast! In five days, his grand net was closing up, while tons of ships were scattered all outside his reach. And yet he didn't feel any worry from that.
When he looked at these ships using his ship's radar, he noticed something interesting. The radar used in the small ship he used wasn't that advanced and didn't bring back much data. Yet the slight data it brought back was enough to give him a clearer view of the current situation out there.
"They are numerous, but not united..." That was the concrete fact he reached after studying the data coming back from his radar. The ships were too many to count, and yet they weren't grouping together.