Chapter 429

Chapter 429: Unmasked Ambition

As the army’s retreat stabilized, Manos finally had time to take out the communication stone and contact Chief Lisi.

“The elite army of the Nika Tribe is about to reach our camp?”

Chief Lisi had been waiting for news and quickly connected the communication.

“The elite army of the Nika Tribe has breached the defense line at our camp…”

Manos said helplessly.

“Is their marching speed really that fast?”

Chief Lisi was somewhat surprised and frowned as he said, “If so, have we managed to retreat to the second line of defense?”

“No, the second line of defense has also been breached…”

Manos was reluctant to explain but had no choice but to clarify.

“What?”

Chief Lisi’s voice instantly rose several times.

A trace of fear crept into his tone.

“That unknown race’s long-range attack is incredibly strong, even stronger than the reports showed. They can also unleash a sea of fire, and the temperature of that fire can destroy the defensive barriers and Star Gathering Stones.”

Manos continued helplessly, “Not only that, but their speed is also faster than the reports indicated.”

“Then, then doesn’t that mean…”

Chief Lisi trembled all over.

He felt the world spinning around him.

He never expected the outcome to be like this.

He had accepted Chief Karter’s persuasion and agreed to ally with the Karter Tribe, leading his elite warriors to assist them.

This decision was entirely due to the principle of mutual dependence; the Nika Tribe was simply too dominant in their annihilation of the Bone Spike Tribe.

Once the Karter Tribe was destroyed, the Lisi Tribe would soon follow. It was better to ally with the Karter Tribe, increasing their chances of defeating the Nika Tribe.

Another reason was that Chief Karter had offered him enormous conditions and benefits.

What he didn’t anticipate was that they had received the benefits.

Before even engaging in a major battle with the Nika Tribe, his own tribe was attacked, and their camp was even breached.

“No, the losses to the army and people are not significant.”

Manos anticipated what Chief Lisi wanted to ask and hurriedly explained, “The other side seems to be deliberately slowing their march to force us to retreat southward.”

“Moreover, they split into three, applying pressure from three other sides. Despite being divided, their suppression power remains incredibly strong, preventing us from even fleeing in batches.”

“From their actions, it appears they want to threaten the chief by taking the entire army and people of our tribe hostage, pushing Chief Karter to mobilize elite forces for a decisive battle.”

Chief Lisi’s eyes widened.

His feelings of despair were instantly rekindled.

Why hadn’t the elite army of the Nika Tribe used this opportunity to crush his tribe’s army and force all the people to surrender?

In this way, he still had a chance to save the tribe’s army and his people.

However, this opportunity seemed rather slim.

Chief Lisi worked hard to calm himself down.

The opposing side was deliberately not conquering the millions of Lisi Tribe’s people, as Manos had judged, clearly trying to lure him into sending troops for rescue.

This was an unmasked ambition.

He could not avoid sending troops for rescue.

Otherwise, he would lose the entire Lisi Tribe and become nothing.

Even if he knew he might not win, this was the only path he could choose, especially since it might not be impossible to win after all.

Of course, with the Lisi Tribe supporting the Karter Tribe’s sixty million elite army, defeating the Nika Tribe’s elite forces would be extremely challenging.

To improve their odds, he needed to convince Chief Karter to gather all the elites of the allied forces to go and support them in a decisive battle against the Nika Tribe’s elite forces.

After taking a few deep breaths, he attempted to calm himself down and asked in a deep voice, “Have all the various resources and treasures stored in the tribe’s warehouse been taken away?”

“They have all been collected and taken away!”

Manos quickly nodded.

This was one of the things he was grateful for.

Although the elite army of the Nika Tribe had surprised them and swiftly breached the second line of defense, catching him off guard,

after breaking through the second line of defense, the Nika Tribe’s elite forces suddenly slowed down.

This allowed him to not only mobilize troops to cover and lead the tribe’s people to retreat but also to take away the vast amounts of medium and low-grade resources and treasures from the warehouse.

“Please explain to me again in detail the strength and actions of this elite army from the Nika Tribe.”

Chief Lisi said.

“Okay!”

Manos immediately recounted how the army of humanity had suddenly attacked outside their camp and then formed a Giant Human Wall, sweeping through the two defense lines with an overwhelming force.

After ending the call, Chief Lisi contemplated for a while and sent someone to notify Chief Karter and the high-ranking leaders of each tribe to hold an emergency meeting.

While this alliance was led by the Karter Tribe,

as one of the leaders of the two large tribes in the alliance, Chief Lisi’s status was not lower than Chief Karter’s and he also had the right to call for this emergency meeting.

After waiting in the hall for over ten minutes, the high-ranking leaders of the various tribes, including Chief Karter, arrived one after another.

“Chief Lisi, is there something important for you to call this emergency meeting?”

Chief Karter spoke first.

In his heart, he already understood the reason.

Since the control areas of the Karter Tribe and the Lisi Tribe were neighboring, Chief Karter had often sent people to set up spies within the Lisi Tribe.

In return, Chief Lisi had also developed spies and insider support within the Karter Tribe.

Manos only contacted Chief Lisi after confirming that the army and tribe members were temporarily safe.

Before this, the spies within the Karter Tribe had indeed contacted their high-ranking leaders.

Chief Karter knew the situation of the Lisi Tribe even earlier than Chief Lisi.

“We underestimated the strength of the Nika Tribe’s elite forces. Not long ago, our Lisi Tribe was attacked by the Nika Tribe’s elite forces, and they breached our camp.”

Chief Lisi guessed that Chief Karter would definitely know the news but still provided an overview again.

The hall immediately buzzed…

Chief Karter and a few high-ranking leaders of the Karter Tribe who were in the know, alongside the leaders of various tribes, became agitated together.

“The camp has been breached? Did even the second line of defense fall?”

“This is terrifying; the second line of defense of the Lisi Tribe has been reinforced for thousands of years to a height of over a hundred meters, with defensive barriers all set up!”

“If that is the case, could it be that the elite army of the Nika Tribe can even destroy the Karter Tribe’s defenses?”

“It’s over, how can we resist this?”

The chiefs and the strong from various large and small tribes all turned pale.

Even though Chief Lisi and the elite army of the Lisi Tribe had come to support the Karter Tribe,

there were still over one hundred million troops left behind.

They were only facing a little over 1.6 million elite troops from the Nika Tribe.

The defeat was so overwhelming that even the first defensive line could be breached so effortlessly, which showed just how powerful the elite forces of the Nika Tribe truly were.

This made them all feel a sense of regret.

Unlike the Lisi Tribe, the reason they had joined the alliance was due to the joint pressure and temptation from the Karter Tribe and the Lisi Tribe.

Facing a Nika Tribe that could quickly defeat even a large tribe like the Bone Spike Tribe, these smaller and medium-sized tribes actually preferred to watch and wait.

They wanted to wait until after the battle between the Karter Tribe and the Nika Tribe was decided before making their choice.

Unfortunately, the Karter Tribe and the Lisi Tribe did not give them the opportunity to choose.

They had to either accept the benefits and join the alliance or face a joint attack from the Karter Tribe and the Lisi Tribe.

They could only choose to join the alliance.

Yet the current situation seemed to indicate that their decision was wrong.