If the enemy acted the same way I expected, then theyd never have plans or countermeasures for such a crazy move.

After all who was in their right mind would give away his defences to the enemy and retreat all the way back to the centre?

So the enemy would think that I planned to flee from here and was trying to cut down my losses.

If they followed through this line of thoughts, then theyd end up following the same plan and tactic they were currently using.

One race was using their minds and the other wasnt. So if my forces ran without caring for anything else, this entire war would turn into a marathon between the two sides!

That locust race would keep following my forces like mad dogs. As for the Silence race, they wouldnt be able to keep up with the speed of my side and their locust forces.

Even if at some point they felt something was amiss, itd be too late to try and stop the far away locust race.

After the two hostile races would pull enough distance away from each other, Id step in and start the next part of my plan.

As for what I wanted to do in that one hour period, it was simple Id go to each zone, fortify the central area there using my pillars shields.

Using densely packed shields and scattering them to merge together and cover up enough area in the heart of each zone was crucial for stopping the crazy locusts.

And Id also leave behind tons of warriors and stat crystals, to act as reinforcements for my hastily retreating forces.

My earlier plans didnt have any value now. I stored up the location of this frontline area before returning back to the centre of this zone.

Then I started to create densely packed shields, and scattered them around, letting them merge together and expand to cover up a large area of land.

The question was how much should I scatter my shields to cover up enough area? I didnt just have one hour, but around four to five hours.

Making shields didnt take much time from me. And as I was working to cover up a small area and expand outwards, it seemed like I covered an area of twenty miles radius within the first five minutes.

But starting from there, trying to expand the area with my shields took much longer.

I had to move around by my chariot, cover up the area around the edge of the already formed shields. I kept rotating around, moving as fast as I could, until another twenty minutes passed.

Then I stopped working, didnt even look around before jumping back to the centre, and passed through the portal leading towards Saras zones.

You are finally here! Sara said the moment I appeared in her world. It seemed she was anxiously waiting for my arrival. And from the look on her face I got how deeply worried and conflicted she was.

Ill leave enough warriors for you to train, I paused before adding, Ill also form a central shielded zone, covering up enough area for your forces to stand on guard inside without suffering much harm.

Thats not my point, she hastily interrupted my words, I want to know why you suddenly issued such an order!

About that? Oh, its related to a plan in my mind, I didnt dare to speak up my thoughts. After what I suffered, I had to be more careful about what to and what not to say.

You wont tell me? She gave me such a blaming look as if I was betraying her or something.

Cant, sorry but there are too many eyes around to guard against, I slowly shook my head before adding, and there is no time to waste. You shall focus on training the new warriors on how to make these arrays. Or else well end up in a much worse situation.

She looked in silence for a long minute, and I didnt sit idly and started to form shields and take away my warriors.

Are we going to live through this? she suddenly asked. And her sudden question made me instantly freeze in my actions.

Definitely, I firmly said, we arent going to fall in such a cursed place.

She looked me deeply into my eyes, nodded slightly before starting to do her task.

And I left her to her business, and kept my focus and care towards my own stuff.

Then I resumed what I was doing at the other zones.

During this, I took tons of warriors and lots of stat crystals. I lost count of how many I took out, but each time I decided to leave, most of the area I covered was filled up with warriors.

I decided to stay in each zone for almost fifteen minutes each. I did this based on my estimation for my forces to take five hours to cross the entire zone and return back to the shielded centre.

However, after I finished my task, my forces still didnt return.

I jumped over to ground zero, and checked. Not a single warrior of mine returned yet.

[Where are everyone?] I looked around again and even moved to the edge of the shielded zone here.

[They are retreating but]

[But what?]

[They didnt like to retreat without a fight]

When I read such words, I couldnt help but get unsettled and quite enraged.

[Are they revolting on me or what?] I asked with endless rage and zero patience or tolerance to what they did.

[No, they are just trying to kill as many enemy as they could while retreating]

[Fine! Tell them this, if I didnt find them here in less than an hour, then Ill recall the entire warriors myself back]

If I did that, then Id risk exposing my generals. I could recall everyone back with a simple thought, but in return for that my generals would be left in the open to the enemy to hunt down.

Even with their fast chariots, they would still face grave dangers and would fall!

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