Enormous sounds rang all around Albert as he sat coldly in the tent of the World Tree. Next to him were the leaders of the people from his world.
Straight out of the Elysium Tower, this was the place that they had anticipated to be hit the worst against the Outer Gods, and if the last two days of war were any signals, their thoughts were right on the money.
He had been made the commander of not just this but the entire battle taking place across every world, while it was possible to exchange information as all battles were centered around the world tree, it was difficult to make use of it.
Every world was enormous, a battle had broken out simultaneously in the Dragon Valley, in the East currently under the Asahi, and also near the West.
More gates connecting the places made every place accessible, but no matter how efficient, crossing worlds was always a problem, They had done their best to keep movements possible while also ensuring that no movement would not be a problem.
Through the sheer numbers of the worlds, it was possible to form multi-purpose armies everywhere.
Unfortunately, the main problems were not the remnants but the Outer Gods themselves.
The moment they stepped into the game, things would be flipped on their head.
"What is this…" Irina's voice leaked out in a slight fluster.
"What happened?" Albert asked.
Things were moving smoothly, they had been receiving real-time reports through the teal tablet all this while.
Their side was on the assault so far.
"In the west…" Irina muttered. "There has been another attack in the West."
Albert clicked his tongue.
"Our response time?"
"It was done almost immediately, but…"
Albert sat back down.
"Wipe out?"
"Almost, it is an Outer God. People who survived the encounter are on their way back."
***
The smell of war filled the space, the Saintess and the people of the Holy Kingdom were constantly running around from one gate to another to heal the rest wounded.
Currently, the East was holding out rather splendidly as Lord Asahi and his soldiers used Ancient Magic with extreme control and efficiency. They were a troop practically raised by Albert and Eugene.
On the other hand, the Dragon Valley was being handled by the top-class Adventurers along with a group of elites. Though most dragons had been defeated from the place five years back by Kaiser, there were still a few of them left.
Those dragons were wild monsters attacking both sides, it took great skill and being used to them to avoid attacks.
Since the Dragonewts were not being attacked currently, it also made it possible for more of them to come here and fight on the Dragons.
The problem was now, the Western Front.
Rushing into the tent, the survivors from the Western front stepped inside.
"Miss Receptionist!" The one stepping inside called out to the lady sitting at the second seat of command. With the Head and Vice Leader of the Guild out on the battlefield, the receptionist of the Deep Down Town branch was the one taking the lead in the battle strategy.
"Temporal Sword, Sorcerer of the Swamps," the receptionist acknowledged them. "What is happening?"
"Disco Ball, that was its name," said the Sorcerer of the Swamps. "It called itself one of the twelve ministers of the Outer Gods."
"Twelve Ministers…" Albert spoke. "Eugene counted twelve seats."
"WHO!?" Irina yelped.
"Eugene, Eugene Hall."
"W-w-what? You mean, he's alive—"
"Yes, he is. So what? Grow up."
Albert had missed his chance to shame Luka from being surprised, Irina Lester was good enough for him.
"It's crazy!" Tempo yelped. "This… this is a proper Outer God. The Death Queen and Barbatos are holding it and its remnants back somehow with their undead and specters."
The sorcerer took over next.
"They could guess everything we were going to do. No one was able to land any attacks. Only Sharky was able to wound the Outer God."
"Sharky?" Albert hummed. He knew who that was, he had used his Adventurer card for himself once. They had also met rather frequently these last five years, he was an Adamantium Ranked adventurer after all.
"How did that guy…?"
"Shocking, right? I couldn't believe it either…" Tempo hummed. "Someone who had no thoughts in his head—"
"No thoughts!"
A revelation struck Albert.
He placed his hand on the map stretched out in front of him and tapped it slightly. In the next moment, the map of the East and the Dragon Valley changed into a map of the West.
"How did you do that? Sorcery?" Irina asked.
"I stole a concept from an Outer God, nothing special."
All of their jaws dropped, but there was no time to think about that for now.
"People without thought… I will take the lead in the battle."
"How do you plan to do it?" Asked the receptionist. "Are you going to go there?"
Albert shook his head and turned to the mage at the back. "Min Mandom, connect me to the western front on the communication orb, with the Pinot Kingdom."
Min Mandom nodded and rushed out to bring the device along with the other member of management, Jin Mandom. Believe it or not, they were not related by blood.
"The soldiers of Pinot Kingdom…" Albert muttered. "Share a single brain cell."
Tempo looked at Albert with squinted eyes.
"If that Outer God can read everyone's thoughts, then I will just send people who have no idea what they are doing. The Pinot soldiers are loyal, they will follow every command of mine without any questions."
"This is crazy…" Irina Lester worded. "You will think for an entire Army all by yourself?"
"Yes. I need visuals so I can tell them all exactly where to move."
All of the members inside the tent stared at Albert before jumping off their seats and rushing to bring him visuals.
It was… possible to take down one of the pillars keeping the Outer Gods up, it was a battle of fate.
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