Chapter 546: Vanguard [V6C76 – Sorrow of a Silent Parting]

The empire had thrived for thousands of years, but its most successful area was with large mechanized weapons, even surpassing the Evernight faction both in terms of city defenses and airship warfare. The empire held a particular advantage in terms of single-airship firepower. Hence, the Evernight side had to depend on their advantage in the number of experts to fill this gap.

However, the two great monarchs from the Evernight side hadn’t appeared during this battle, and the less powerful experts were soon dominated by the well-prepared empire. The Evernight airship fleet thus suffered grievous losses.

A couple of hours into the battle, the Evernight side had lost one entire airship fleet, but even then, airships from both sides continued to pour in. They weren’t completely unprepared—they had two sub-fleets hidden in a distant base to serve as reserve units. What they didn’t expect was that the empire would have a hidden ace in the form of three sub-fleets parked out in the void.

The troops on the ground were still charging forth. Qianye soon closed the window and looked straight ahead, collecting his thoughts.

Rolling smoke and dust rose over...