Chapter 935, The City of the Curtain

Chapter 935, The City of the Curtain

The dark elves' methods are somewhat mysterious.

They scattered, completely surrounding the battlefield, not for any military considerations, nor did they intend to do anything underhanded.

They wanted to take advantage of the fact that the human expeditionary force was focused on dealing with the invading demon army to set up the magic array.

Within the entire encirclement, every dark elf ship is a node on the magic circle.

Once they fully deploy the magic array, the entire area within their encirclement will be cut off, separated from the subspace, and pulled into the veil of reality.

That is the gap between the warp and the real universe, the location of the Comoros, the stronghold of the dark elves.

In the warp, the dark elves would find it difficult to muster enough strength to decisively defeat the human expeditionary force. But within their homeland, it's a different story. They have a whole host of methods at their disposal.

Perhaps the Dark Elves' own population isn't large enough, but the countless slaves they've abducted from other races through years of piracy are the perfect cannon fodder. With those slaves, even the Dark Eldar have the resources to wage a human wave tactic!

The premise is that the battlefield is in the Comoros.

They are doing just that now.

Robert looked tired, but his eyes were resolute.

He stopped worrying about the reliability of the intelligence.

Throughout the Terra Expedition, the two psionic masters, Terrible and Gu Jing, provided numerous suggestions, helping the expedition overcome many difficulties. Robert trusted them implicitly. While he was undoubtedly the absolute core of the expedition, the assistance of the two psionic masters could not be overlooked.

He issued one order after another in an orderly manner.

The entire fleet began to accelerate its operations. The Infinite Chapter and its numerous sub-chapters abandoned their previous relatively conservative, low-cost tactics and began to fight fiercely. The Grey Knights were deployed, launching decisive attacks against key demon units.

At the same time, a considerable number of fleet forces quickly prepared, changed course, and in the blink of an eye, formed several vanguard arrowheads.

The human fleet, which appeared slow, old, and exhausted from the long expedition, suddenly revealed its sharp edge in the blink of an eye!

It was like an engine that had been sealed away for a long time, but in reality, its internal structure was still intact. As long as you gave it fuel and gave the command, the deafening roar would still be deafening!
While the human army dealt with the demons, it was still able to divert multiple forces to target several key nodes of the spatial cutting array constructed by the dark elves.

The dark elves' fleet was too scattered, with insufficient forces at each node. The humans, while also dealing with demons and operating in a divided force, were far too concentrated compared to the dark elves who had to maintain the massive magic array.

However, Gu Jing and Terrible remained deeply worried.

They posed a crucial question to the Son of God: the Dark Elves' spatial severing array doesn't require every node to be preserved to be effective. Within a limited time, a certain number of nodes must be destroyed; otherwise, the final outcome remains unchanged, and the array will still take effect.

The Son of God nodded to indicate that he understood, but the command remained unchanged.

He also patiently provided explanations and reasons:
After the dark elf fleet appeared, he had been observing and analyzing these uninvited guests. The deployment of the dark elves' forces was very clear to him.

At the same time, he had a clear understanding of his own troop strength.

Before the battle even began, he had already determined that a full-scale attack, breaking the fleet into pieces like the Dark Elves and attacking every node simultaneously, was not impossible. The losses could be negligible, but... it would take a considerable amount of time.

Because the pressure on each dark elf at each node will be greatly reduced, and while they are holding their ground, the speed at which the node is destroyed will also be greatly increased.

It would take humanity a considerable amount of time to eliminate all the nodes. Robert calculated that, if the battle continued in that manner, it would take them thirty-nine hours to destroy all the nodes.

But here's the contradiction—according to Gu Jing and Terriot's analysis, the dark elves could complete their magic circle within eight hours.

The time difference was almost five times, which is something that can never be made up for.

Fortunately, it's not necessary to destroy all the magic circle nodes, or completely wipe out the Dark Elf army, to be considered a success.

If enough magic array nodes are destroyed within these eight hours, the entire Dark Elf magic array can be brought to a standstill.

The problem is that even Gu Jing and Teriot cannot figure out exactly where the critical point that caused the dark elves' magic circle to collapse is.

What could Robert do?
He could only adopt a tactical plan that could destroy enough nodes within eight hours.

This is it right now.

The human fleet, formed into a dozen or so fists, swiftly destroyed over a dozen nodes. Then, they immediately split their forces, using the nodes they had captured as centers to launch attacks in all directions.

Every target was calculated by Robert. If it could be captured within the predetermined time, he could quickly divide his forces elsewhere to achieve the most efficient annihilation of those dark elf nodes.

Since we don't know exactly how many nodes to eliminate, let's just aim for the eight-hour limit and eliminate as many as possible.

However, the final result was not good.

By the seventh hour, the human fleet had destroyed sixty-one nodes, roughly one-sixth of all the dark elf array nodes.

However, the magic array was successfully activated, and even an hour earlier than Gu Jing and Teriot had predicted.

Robert, clad in the armor of destiny and wielding the Emperor's Sword, witnessed this scene as he pulled the blade from the chest of a dark elf governor.

It seems nothing can move this son of God, who is known for his rationality, and this scene is no exception.

Through the observation window of the enemy ship he boarded, he witnessed the process of an entire subspace being cut apart.

It was as if a huge thin film had enveloped the battlefield where humans and demons had previously lain, as well as these dark elf node areas, including those destroyed nodes.

Then, the film expanded violently in both directions, cutting through the area they were in.

This is just a tiny area in the vast and boundless warp, but it is enough to encompass the entire human expeditionary force, including the elite army of the dark elves.

The cut area collapsed rapidly inwards, and Robert saw the bizarre and surreal scene outside the window changing rapidly, causing the entire ship to shake violently.

By the time people were able to stand up again, the scenery outside had completely changed.

It was no longer the ominous, colorful appearance of the subspace, but a tranquil realm of black and blue.

In the dim light, one can still see a magnificent complex of buildings filled with various tall towers in the distance.

That should be the stronghold of the Dark Eldar, the Veiled City of Comoros.

(End of this chapter)