Ethereal Ascendance: A Journey of Transformation(Vol 4)

Vol 4/ Chapter 145 - The Battle Begins

Regarding this issue, the best solution was to ask someone with more authority. Thinking this, I went straight towards Douglas' tent, but unexpectedly met Alfreed on the way.

"So it's really not related to your kingdom's army?"

After some simple questioning, Alfreed firmly denied that the situation involved the kingdom's secret operations. At least he was completely unaware, otherwise he wouldn't be rushing to discuss the situation with the commander.

"This is a very favorable sudden incident for us. At least it proves that the resistance and monsters are not entirely united. Even if other countries' spies are involved, it also means we may be able to get assistance from other countries..."

On the way, Alfreed casually expressed a few of his own views. However, when we reached the entrance of Douglas' tent, we almost bumped into an acquaintance.

"Reed?"

We got lucky! I had been looking for her everywhere before but couldn't find her. I thought she might be reading alone in some corner! Who would have expected to unexpectedly meet her here?

Speaking of which, what was she doing? Seeing her coming out from inside, Alfreed and I couldn't help but give her a puzzled look.

"You've always wanted to find Adrian, right? I took this opportunity to help you out!"

Reed looked up at the new Parristol in the sky, then glanced at me and left without turning back after saying that.

"Huh? You..."

What did that mean? I stared blankly with my mouth open, completely baffled. I looked at Alfreed, pointed at Reed's back, but couldn't get the rest of the words out.

"Is it related to the new situation in the city?"

Alfreed was just as clueless as me. But recalling the supposed "fire" that had just occurred at the new Parristol city, he suggested that this might be Reed's doing.

However, for Reed to sneak into the sky city and cause destruction by herself should be impossible without being detected. What riddle was she talking about?

I even suspected whether Mia had returned and the commotion in the city was her masterpiece. But after careful thought, I felt this possibility was small. Crescent City is not too far from here, but after leaving Crescent City, Mia seemed to have some other matters to attend to. She couldn't have rushed back so quickly, let alone have time to go cause trouble in the sky city.

In the end, I could only enter the Fifth Legion commander's tent with Alfreed, feeling even more puzzled.

We saw Douglas pacing back and forth in the tent, as if he had just made a difficult decision. Seeing Alfreed enter, he immediately pulled him over and instructed:

"You're just in time. Quickly pass down the order - we're going to launch an all-out offensive immediately!"

"Wait, why the rush?"

Douglas' words were shocking. Alfreed was so startled that he could only react after a while, quickly stepping forward to dissuade him.

"It's only been half a day. Even if we wait until tomorrow morning, we may not be able to gather everyone. Not to mention the enemy still has the Ilandra Dominion Empire's assistance. It may not be a good idea for us to rashly attack, right?"

We had only joined up with the kingdom's army this morning. It was just past noon now, still early before the agreed time for reinforcements to arrive. No wonder Alfreed couldn't accept this order to fight alone.