The forward base outside of the forest with four holy trees was small, but its firepower was fierce. There were actually two mobile kinetic towers supporting eight airship cannons.

The twenty thousand werewolves were so tightly packed that there was no space for them to pitch tents. The soldiers could only sleep while lined up on the ground, but fortunately, it rarely rained in the new world, so it wasn’t all that bad.

Small squads of beasts would sometimes emerge from the forest. The base was already quite far from the rear lines, so the shipping of construction materials and supplies would take at least a day’s time. Add to that the construction-work that was underway, it was definitely better to have more comrades than not. There was really no need to think.

That was why none of the soldiers complained about the living conditions. They simply split themselves into two halves and rotated between chores and standing guard. Standing guard was equal to resting.

After Qianye’s return, the entire base went into high alert. The mobile kinetic towers and turrets all powered up, and the ammunition was stacked up.

They didn’t have to wait for all that long before the first wave of the beast army arrived. First to appear were the flying-type beasts and swift-ground-types. Such beasts that would usually take up scouting...