1835 Switching Sides!
With their great teamwork, most of the soldiers were awakened from their hypnotization before they could throw themselves to damnation.
Still, the leaders had not an ounce of relief in their visage. From the very start, all they had been doing was being on the defense, reacting, instead of proactively attacking.
Even when they stole a chance to attack, it rely reduced the size of the dark creatures by 10% more or less.
This made them understand that it was going to take a long while before they could touch Apollo...He wasn't going to sit by and watch.
'It's a done deal, he can't be dealt with without the stone of reality.' Xylos narrowed his eyes sinisterly, 'It's ti to choose a better future.'
As the leaders focused on the battle at hand, seemingly still holding onto so hope, Xylos quietly withdrew to a secluded spot.
His calculating eyes scanned the battlefield before giving out a command devoid of emotions emotion, 'It's ti.'
In an instant, the deanor of Chaosians shifted, moving through the allied ranks like vengeful wraiths!
BOOM! Slice! BOOM!!...
The darkness still prevailed, giving them perfect camouflage to backstab their allies, slicing and dicing anyone in sight with their chaotic blades!
Quantix Pri and Tion were among the first to realize the betrayal, always having so of their senses on the Chaosians!
"Ambush! Rear guard!" He bellowed, trying to reorganize his forces to face the Chaosians' betrayal.
His troops imdiately adjusted to the ambush and started their counter-attack. Even without Quantix Pri saying anything, not a single Vibronoxian would trust and be comfortable near a Chaosian.
"XYLOS! YOU DUMB BASTARD!" Neutrino Flux cursed hatefully, "HE WON'T ACCEPT YOU IN HIS SIDE EVEN IF YOU TURNED ON US!"
"I would rather take my chances than wait until the day my nation gets picked up," Xylos replied, unbothered...His eyes affixed on the monstrous crimson eyes, seemingly seeking Apollo's approval.
Apollo said nothing, but a wide sinister smile extended on the monster's face, making him realize he had given him his blessings.
This made Xylos double down on his efforts to eliminate as many of the Allied troops as possible.
"Remove the dinsional pocket! Retreat!" Quantix Pri ordered loudly as he fought off against the nearby Chaosians.
The chaos sown by Xylos's betrayal made any coordinated defense nearly impossible, which implied one thing...The war here was done!
The Planktons followed orders and canceled the dinsional pocket, freeing everyone back to the quantum realm. Then, they didn't hesitate to ditch the alliance and be the first to dip, taking away their closest allies with them.
It might have not been said, but all nation leaders knew that from this mont onward, everyone was on their own!
The Vibronixans and Chronowalkers joined together and retreated while watching each other's backs from the Chaosians and dark creatures.
Fortunately, they were powerful enough to intimidate the Chaosians, forcing them to focus on other nations under Xylos' orders.
"Savee ee!"..."Noooo!!"...."Arghhhh!!"...
After they retreated to a decent distance, Quantix Pri and Tion sent their senses back to the battlefield just to hear pained screams and despairing yells.
Most of the troops were still caught in the darkness unable to even see their own own hands, don't ntion a retreat path.
Hence, the instant those with vision made a run for it, they were sentenced to death...
"Whoever survives, survives." Quantix Pri turned around with a cold expression, "Let's go, we need to reinforce our territories. I am almost certain my empire is his first target."
"Hmm? How can you be sure?" Tion raised an eyebrow.
"I have a hunch that he searching for the sa object or person those three foreigners are looking for."
Quantix Pri replied, his mind linking the dots of Apollo's relation to the foreigners after hearing from Dankin that he might be connected to one of the two foreigners, who joined Commander Bia's side.
It was too farfetched for everything to be a re coincidence.
...
Soti later...
As the dust settled on the devastated battlefield, Xylos and his elite troops assembled right underneath the gigantic monster.
Most troops remained behind and ended up consud as food while the rest who made it out, never turned back again.
They left the ruins entirely, heading back to turtle inside their territories and praying to not get picked by Apollo.
The Chaosians were the only ones left behind and it was genuinely a bold move by Xylos.
Soon enough, Apollo erged from within the monster and descended with a asured pace until he was a re ter above them.
Xylos stepped forward, bowing his head in respect.
"The King of Darkness," He disclosed with a solemn tone, "Your strength is undeniable. My apologies for taking so long to realize that only you can unite the quantum realm and rule over it."
He paused for a mont as he glanced at Apollo's expressionless face.
When he couldn't read him, he continued, "The Chaosian Empire wishes to offer our services to you. Our loyalty, from this day forth, is yours to command."
While it might seem like this ca out of nowhere, in reality, Xylos had long been thinking about switching sides after the latest conquest.
Apollo made everyone realize that it was simply hopeless to stop his conquest and the only solutions were either immigration or death.
Xylos thought further and realized he could always join his side, which would help him secure more territory in the quantum realm after getting rid of other nations.
As for being forced to be under him, he wasn't too bothered with it when he knew that he was unkillable.
So, the instant he realized that locating the stone of reality was a re fantasy, he pretty much made up his mind to backstab the natives.
Apollo seed to have figured those things too by rely reading Xylos and his troops' expressions.
After a mont, a slow smile spread across his face, a sign that he was pleased with the proposition.
"Xylos, your reputation sure precedes you. Cunning, ruthless, and always on the side of the victor."
"Of course." Xylos cracked a smile at last, sighing in relief internally, "Survival is for the fittest in this rciless realm."
"You are a smart cookie." Apollo smiled coldly, "But, have no delusions, this isn't a partnership, you lot are nothing but re followers, including you."
"Yes, Yes, and we gladly take on the role." Xylos knelt imdiately and gestured for the rest of his forces to do the sa. Then, he lifted his head and voiced with a stern tone, "Your wishes are our commands."
"If that's so, then search this whole place for spherical objects." Apollo voiced his order imdiately, uncaring about chasing the escaping troops.
All he cared about was finding Felix at the instant and if it wasn't for knowing that having extra hands was always good, he wouldn't have bothered to entertain Xylos.
"A spherical object?" Xylos suddenly frowned, "Is it small? The size of a fist? And shimring with a peculiar aura?"
"Yes, have you seen it?" Apollo's pupils thinned in focus.
"We were battling to retrieve an artifact like that so ti ago. But, it was picked by a foreigner with powers to control trees." Xylos reported about Artemis' incident, calculating that he was talking about Ares' core.
When he described the core to him, Apollo realized that it belonged to Ares instead of Felix, which dampened his mood a little. Still, this gave him a big hint on what to do next.
'If Ares has died, it ans the other bastard has perished too.' Apollo narrowed his eyes coldly.
"What else do you know?" He asked.
While he had his eyes and ears in the quantum realm, none of them were strong enough to reach the ruins in one piece, which ant, his information was limited inside the empires.
Xylos went on and narrated Athena, Artemis, and Aeolus's battle against the Vibronoxian, and how they were seen in their empire, seemingly searching for sothing.
As an emperor of the Chaosians, he had his own source of Intel.
"Is that so?" Apollo suddenly smiled coldly, "Change of plans, we are heading straight to the Vibronoxian Empire."
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