Chapter 723 Retreat
After the General gained some distance between himself and Jabba, he took a deep inhale, then straightened his voice and shouted, "Retreat! All forces withdraw into the spaceships immediately!!"
"What?!" Whether enemy or ally, everyone shouted in surprise at the same moment
Especially the allies, the soldiers of the Fourteenth Legend were in a state of stupefaction. They had come to wipe out the entire eastern region before the other half of their fleet destroyed the western region, but now, less than an hour later, they heard orders to withdraw!
Whatever everyone was thinking, panic struck the entire battlefield... The sect soldiers accelerated the pace of the attack and began sending random attacks to kill even one more enemy before their opponents retreated, and the imperial soldiers tried to retreat faster towards the ships so as not to be left behind. This caused their backs to be exposed to the enemy, and their death tally to multiply very quickly.
Jabba furrowed his eyebrows at what he saw. He never expected something like this, "Was it a good idea to order such a destructive retreat? Haven't you heard of something called an organized retreat plan before?"
"Haha, my enemy is giving me advice now? How ironic!" The General laughed angrily and tightened his hand on his halberd. How could he not know the consequences of his decision? The problem is that he does not have time to make any retreat plans. As long as those portals are still spitting endless soldiers, there is no point in any plan. "You won this round, locals. Rejoice and celebrate as much as you want, for it will be your last!"
"Big words come out of the mouth of a loser." A sly smile appeared on Jabba's face, "We've been waiting for you for a long time, but it seems we were overestimating you. No one from your so-called Planetary Empire will take a single stone from Nihari!"
"Hmm? Hahahaha," the general laughed loudly, "What you see now is half of my fleet because the other half has landed in the western region. Can imagine what would have happened if twice these numbers had landed here? Would you even dare to talk to me like you do now!?"
Jabba furrowed his eyebrows slightly, not knowing if that person was lying, but if he was telling the truth then this would already be a problem... If the entire army of invaders contained 120,000 soldiers and a hundred Martial Emperors, This is a lot... He would have been able to survive with the many plans he had prepared, but the losses would have been too many.
"Assuming that those eight portals have soldiers behind them that can fight an entire fleet, even though I doubt it, we are still the 14th fleet out of 30 imperial fleets. Do you understand what this means, local?" A clear look of contempt flashed in General Sully's eyes
Jabba opened his eyes wide...
"Yes, be shocked, terrified, and expect death. That's all you have to do when the Great Serpent Empire visits you! Hahaha." The look on Jabba's face greatly impressed the General, and he turned to watch the retreat...
As expected, the death toll among the empire's soldiers had accumulated to a dangerous level
The first thing that came to the general's mind when he saw the madness in the eyes of the locals and their terrible intent to kill was that they loved their homeland very much and that they wanted to reduce the number of their enemies as much as possible. He simply did not know about the points system that Jabba had conveyed to the sect!
"Dammit, use maximum power!!"
After the general's shout rang out, the largest ship in the fleet, which was identical to that of the elite Vanguard squad's ship, rose higher into the air again and a huge cannon appeared in its bow.
When Jabba saw the sight of the massive cannon, he remembered the report he had bought from the Shadow Swords about the cannon shot that killed 3,000 saints and sages in the central region, so he raised his voice as well, "Disperse!! Forget about the formation jump in different directions!!"
A portion of the sect's army with the right minds carried out the order as soon as they heard the word disperse, but a larger portion remained in place, momentarily comprehending, "What? Forget about the formation? But the--"
*Boom*
"Oh no..."
Just as the report stated, the cannon fired an intense beam of light into the crowd. In the blink of an eye, a huge explosion occurred, burning a quarter of the battlefield. Jabba's shout reduced the casualties, but still, with just a look, the dead could be estimated at nearly a thousand.
This mighty shot, which was equal to the attack of several Martial Emperors, brought fear into the hearts of the sect's soldiers, heavy their steps, and increased the momentum of the Empire's soldiers, speeding up the evacuation process. In the blink of an eye, there was no longer a single soldier outside the ships except the Martial Emperors.
Even the ship that Jabba shot down rose from the ground, with some minor damage, but it floated without problems and also took out its cannons and clashed with the Draco Legion along with the rest of the ships!
After making sure that everything was prepared for his departure, the general looked back at Jabba, "What happened today is a stain of disgrace on my war record that will not be removed until the Eastern Region is destroyed by me. Get ready. I will return as soon as I gather the rest of my fleet!"
"As if I would allow it!" Jabba took out another giant hammer from his space ring, golden this time, and then used a long range attack
"Hmph, you are afraid to get closer already? Do you think you are smart now that you will keep your distance? I admit that combining that law of gravity with your strong body gives you some leg up, but without the close-quarters fighting style you are nothing!" The General laughed angrily at the incoming concentrated attack and once again moved his halberd coated in that black energy, ready to dismantle the attack as soon as it came into contact.
But something strange happened
*hoorrrr*
The black energy is what disintegrated as if it had never existed. Jabba's attack went all the way and hit the general's rib, breaking it immediately!
The general opened his eyes to the last of them and took a different look at his opponent. This time, the eyes of this local leader were shining with a different color, green... A strange feeling of danger frightened him when he saw those eyes.
The general did not shout and did not prepare for another attack. He just turned around and pushed himself as quickly as possible towards the nearest ship... And here it became clear why spaceships are called by this name. As soon as the general boarded the ship, the engines were activated and they set off towards the west, and in the next moment, they all disappeared out of sight.
"....." Jabba and the rest of the sect elders looked at the horizon for a few seconds in loss, before Jabba threw the hammer aside and shouted his lungs out, "FUUUUUCKKKKK!!"