"I am fine giving one to you and Leo. But not to the others."
"Thats…"
Leo and Nyda were incredibly reliable from what I could see. But I still didn't know how much I could trust the rest of their people. The fact that Bella didn't allow them to participate beyond just the clean-up probably ant she didn't expect much from them.
I turned to Gareth and also gave him a positive response.
"Gareth, take as many of the Halberds as you need. Krishna will get the rest."
"Thank you, my lord, lady Bella wanted us to understand how Hellsend fought first before joining. I believe the defenders and I have a good grasp of how to join the army now."
"Good. Next, Joshua, in the future, you will also need to incorporate new tactics into how we fight. What form that will take, I expect you to discuss with Cynthia and the Production teams."
"I understand my lord. I will have the rest of the squads prepare appropriately."
With that out of the way, I announced the part of our forces I intended to take into battle. Although we were at the finish line, it would do to be careless. I did not intend to leave my base defenseless.
"Anyway, prepare for battle. I want the entire 2nd Andnt including the Wyvern Air Wing as my main force. Krishna and Gareth's group will accompany us as vanguards. Bring half of the chanized vehicles, all the armored vehicles and the helicopter gunships. I will also bring the CAESARS. Everyone else stays and defends.
Report outside in half an hour."
At my words my officers separated and quickly began contacting their respective groups. Leaving only Tildi by my side. Roach similarly vaulted off the wall and sat down outside of our periter like a hermit. The crash that followed when he slamd onto the ground made what felt like the entire fort shake.
With the slight mont of peace, it was only now that I got to check out the defensive building I was standing on. Unlike the crappy forts before, the one Hellsend used seed to be sturdy and well made.
As I was still in [Cyborg], I connected to the nearest drone I could find and began to survey my new ho. I was pleased to see the scope of the "Base" I now resided in. Similar to what I originally requested the main base span multiple zones and was similar to a giant ass modern city.
The periter walls still lacked notable defenses, but I could see so Reapers guarding them. Inside the city, were the temporary workspaces for the Ten Graves, Fortification, and Academics. While it wasn't as tiny as walls, I could see several buildings under construction.
Restaurants, inns and a dispatch office were among them. Unlike the sight I saw in North Arica, Hellsend's fort was like a modern-day city. There were tons of bright lights that pushed back the darkness.
Compared to the tendency of North Arica to use utilities powered by soul, Hellsend was like an outpost from Earth. The thrum of several industrial sized generators echoed into the night. They powered the electricity that modernized this place.
I had little to no knowledge about architecture and the like. However, from what I could see, my ho was going to be leagues above what every battlefront had prior. The ability to bring forth multiple objects to and fro earth fueled out progress.
"Looks like the battlefront is developing nicely. Now that I think about it. How did they managed to bring so much stuff here? I had Lilly with . Did they make do with just Aki, Robyn, Jo and Bella?"
"Ah, that would be because of our group, my lord. Before you left. Lady Ishtar granted Philip, Wil, Cynthia, Addison and I her {Fates}. We were supposedly to beco tentative mbers of Ishtar's Bloodline her lady's personal squad."
Forgetting that there was still soone beside , I almost flinched at my clerk's explanation.
"I see. That makes sense."
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As part of Lilly's personal squad their ability to use her {Fates} would surpass even my abilities. Administration and the Ten Graves would be excellent choices as they were the ones who needed to move around shit. I continued looking around through the eyes of a drone.
Much like what I saw prior to leaving for Operation Paper, there were vehicles from Earth present. Cranes and cent mixers mostly. Given the ability to carry heavy loads by our Reapers there was hardly any need for much else.
Overall, my ho was shaping up quite well. At the rate we were going it would be fortified and defensible by the 2nd or 3rd invasions arrived. We just need to be able to end this last battle on a high note and that would serve as a warning to the others.
'Of course, we still had to give a believable show for them all. But compared to where we were before I left, we already had the makings of a battlefront,' I thought in annoyance.
As our forces grew, I no longer had to bring about the Ten Graves as combatants. The Adventurers who had no business in our wars were excluded. As for the other additions only half of the Rogues and Slaves joined the 2nd Andnt squads or Krishna's unit.
Almost everyone else joined up the Ten Graves or chose to work odd jobs. While I did say I would give anyone under my banner the ability to fight, it just wasn't practical to keep rotating everyone to the combat teams.
Now that we actually needed production lines for our {Bestow} ammunition and gear it would be better to have them focus on specialized functions. I should probably ask the girls what the right play here was. Knowing the feeling of combat was invaluable experience but doing so at the expense of industry was not an easy sacrifice.
'It kind of reminds about the dilemma in RTS gas. Deciding to focus between army, tech and economy was a gamble that normally decided the ga.'
The total manpower I would bring would be around 500 Reapers. While it was less than what I could field, overall, this would be the most powerful army I had to date.
For one, thanks to Bernard's efforts in basic training and Joshua's specialized combat training, the 500 Reapers were purely Phantoms brought up solely for war. They didn't all have combat oriented {Fates} but all of the had the mindset of warriors.
Proud of how far we have gotten, I then rembered a face I still had not yet seen. I turned to my clerk to verify where a specific pompous bastard was.
"Tildi, tell where is the monocled bastard? Your boyfriend too while you're at it."
"Hauu! My boyfriend? That's well that's…Ehem! Both of them are assisting the Sirens squads. I was the only one assigned to support you for the ti being."
After making a maiden-like expression, Tildi coughed before regaining her composure. It seems that unlike the people from the 2nd Andnt who have been having marriages left and right, my Administrators were more of a slow burn.
"Is that so? How are things with Will? You two together yet?"
"My lord! Haven't you learned that it is extrely bad manners to pry on an innocent maiden's love affair? Please have so decency and stop prying!"
"What? He rejected you?" I teased.
"HE DID NOT OKAY! He just said he needs ti! I know he likes . He is just shy. Besides slowly conquering him is where the fun is! Willy-poh is a wonderful man.
And he wanted to secure our future first before proposing to !"
Ignoring the questionable shit Tildi was spouting, I ended up just asking Exa.
[William Vance initially was interested in Matilda Cassy. However, I have noticed from he has begun avoiding her recently. I surmised it is probably due to the near fifteen-year age gap between them. He currently perceives that Matilda treats him with a condescension reminiscent of a child.]
"Heh? So she babied him so much she scared him away?"
"WHAT? HOW DID YOU KNOW! YOU'RE WRONG! HE HASN'T LEFT ! HE LOVES !"
"Right! I was wrong! Let go of ! He loves you!"
Tildi forgetting her act began to shake angrily. I guess being called Willy-poh had sothing to do with it. Seeing the anxiety in Tildi's eyes I knew she must be scared out of her wits. I tried to use [Whisper] to calm her down.
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