For Lapaton, the capture of the rchant convoy was entirely expected, since the content of the final communication from the Escort Fleet clearly indicated an attack by an unknown enemy, and a large number of enemies at that, so there was no doubt that the convoy could not be saved.
Therefore, this mission for Lapaton was more about investigation than reinforcent, to ascertain exactly who was attacking the rchant convoy.
An attack on a supply route transporting war materials was definitely a major event that the Rebel Army had to pay attention to. In a war of this intensity and scale, if supplies couldn't keep up, there was no point in continuing the fight, so it was imperative to get to the bottom of this matter.
First, find out who the enemy is.
Second, determine the size of the enemy.
Third, eliminate the enemy.
These were the true intentions of Lapaton's mission.
Therefore, upon learning that the rchant convoy was likely already captured by the enemy, he still ordered the Fleet to proceed at full speed, without stopping for a mont, towards the battleground in the sky.
Since the Escort Fleet had sent out communications before being completely annihilated, it wasn't hard to locate the position where they were attacked. Although the exact spot couldn't be pinpointed, the general airspace could still be determined.
The Fleet commanded by Lapaton then maintained full speed ahead, departing Chenxiu City in the morning, advancing at full throttle throughout the day without stopping, and by late night, they arrived at the airspace where the rchant convoy had been attacked!
It must be said, the speed of Lapaton's group was indeed impressive. Under normal circumstances, it would take at least a day and a night to travel from Chenxiu City, and even two full days if slower, but he managed to arrive in just one day and half a night at full effort, which could be described as lightning-fast.
Upon reaching the battlefield in the sky, which was where the last ssage from the Escort Fleet was sent, Lapaton issued an order for the Fleet to decrease altitude and head towards the land.
As ntioned before, his mission was no longer about reinforcent. A full day and a large part of the night had passed since the rchant convoy was attacked—there was no longer any need for support. Lapaton's goal had shifted from reinforcent to investigating who had attacked the Chamber of Comrce.
The ssage from the Escort Fleet only ntioned the attack, so up to now, the Chenxiu City's side still didn't know the identity of the enemy—whether it was the Sky Alliance, the Air Pirate Group, or those Independent Sky Cities that did not participate in the great war but intended to loot amidst the turmoil—all were unknown.
So first and foremost, Lapaton needed to determine the true face of the enemy.
To investigate who the enemy was in a vast sky, especially when the battle was long over, one can imagine how difficult it would be.
In the eyes of many outsiders, it was nearly impossible. Yet for the insiders, it wasn't the case.
Although the battle took place in the air, don't forget that the warships that were shot down, whether they disintegrated directly or crashed, ultimately had to fall onto the land. So, if one only searched the sky, of course no traces could be found, but if the search was conducted on the ground, then a large amount of evidence and clues could be uncovered.
Also, don't forget that although the warships protecting the convoy were annihilated, they were ultimately more than thirty large warships! Even facing overwhelming enemies, could these thirty-plus warships not manage to take down even one enemy vessel?
Clearly impossible. A protective Fleet of this scale, even when facing an enemy several tis their number, would ultimately inflict a certain amount of damage, albeit not significant, but there would be so.
Therefore, by searching the land for the wreckage resulting from the battle, particularly the remains of the enemy's warships, and identifying them through these remnants, figuring out who the enemy was would no longer be difficult.
Hence, upon reaching the battlefield in the sky, Lapaton imdiately ordered the Fleet to descend, to ascertain the exact location of the battle through the wreckage found and to further verify the enemy's identity.
Over fifty warships slowly descended from high above and soon arrived over the prival forest, then began their search under the cover of night.
Because it was deep night when they reached the airspace, the warships had to light up huge Magic Energy Lamps and then aid those lamps towards the forest.
"Sir! We've found wreckage!"
Still seated inside the Captain's quarters, Lapaton quickly received the report—the Fleet had found the wreckage from the battle.
"Sir, the Fleet has discovered so scattered debris. We should not be far from the core area of the battle."
"Good, ask everyone to work hard and search thoroughly. The faster we identify the enemy, the more advantageous it is for us."
"Yes!" the adjutant replied before leaving the captain's quarters. Lapaton continued to sit in his place, slowly closing his eyes as if ditating.
Only about fifteen minutes had passed when the adjutant who had just left, returned, "Sir, we've found a large number of warship wreckage. They're all from our fleet; this must be the area where the battle took place."
"Very well, dispatch the Void Magic Warriors to search thoroughly."
"Yes!"
Following Lapaton's order, two squads of Void Magic Warriors flew out from the warship and toward the ground.
"Sir! The Void Magic Squad has reported new information!"
Shortly after the Void Magic Squad was sent out, new developnts erged.
"The Void Magic Squad has discovered a large number of cargo ships!"
"What?"
Lapaton, who had been resting with his eyes closed, imdiately opened his eyes and frowned upon hearing this report.
"A large number of cargo ships... were they sunk?"
"No, it doesn't seem like that, they appear to have been forced to land in the forest."
"......"
This report caused Lapaton to ponder for a mont before he stood up, "Take to see."
After speaking, he left the captain's quarters along with the adjutant, and the fleet began to slowly move closer to the location where the Void Magic Squad had discovered the cargo ships.
Only about fifteen minutes later, under the illumination of the Magic Energy Lamp, Lapaton, who was now standing at the bow, saw the cargo ships the Void Magic Squad had ntioned.
Through Lapaton's view, more than twenty cargo ships were haphazardly stationed in the forest, the two dispatched Void Magic Squads were hovering around these ships, and on the ground nearby lay so Demon corpses, freshly killed.
And when he looked closely at the cargo ships, he found that they seed to be empty of people; there was no sight of any crew mbers calling for help.
What was happening?
Finding so many cargo ships stationed in the forest puzzled Lapaton, because whether it was the Air Pirate Group, the Sky Alliance, or the Independent Sky City attacking the caravan, there was no reason to leave these ships in the forest.
And what about the crew mbers of these ships?
There were more than twenty cargo ships, and the number of crew mbers should be at least five hundred. Where had they all gone, and why was nobody coming out to call for help?
Could they have all been killed by Demons...
How strange.
Standing at the bow and thinking for a while, Lapaton said to the adjutant beside him, "Have the Void Magic Squad go down and check out the situation."
"Yes!"
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