After the Monster Leader was killed in battle, the hoard lost its command, but the fight still lasted for an hour. Only after the soldiers desperately killed several A-level Monsters did the Monster Tide finally retreat.
But for this, the Southwest Military District paid a terribly heavy price.
On the ground, the bodies piled up like mountains, everywhere were the corpses of monsters and soldiers.
The soldiers were still hunting down the remaining monsters.
Commander Qiu stood before the battlefield, looking at the tragic scene, and raised his right hand in a military salute.
In the midst of the battlefield, soldier after soldier also saluted, honoring their fallen brothers.
Xu Mo stood behind Commander Qiu, also raising his hand, paying tribute to the warriors who had forged the defensive line with their blood.
The living servicen began to clear the battlefield, collecting the bodies of their comrades.
"Leave the monsters’ corpses to sell as well, all as compensation money," Commander Qiu ordered. The corpses of these monsters could be sold, especially those of the giant beasts, which fetched a high price, as certain big companies would buy them at premium rates.
Compensation money could only be carved out from here.
Xu Mo felt a sense of desolation hearing Commander Qiu’s words.
The compensation for the fallen soldiers actually had to be scraped from the bodies of the monsters.
He certainly understood that, after a battle like this, the Southwest Military District was greatly weakened, with terrible losses.
War burns through money, and it burns through people.
Commander Qiu turned around and walked toward the command center, with Xu Mo following behind.
"Check how the city is doing," Commander Qiu said, as a soldier switched over to the city’s live broadcast.
The city’s breach wasn’t as extensive, and once the ard forces were fully mobilized, they gradually repelled the monsters, and began repairing the breaches, fixing the energy shield, and hunting the monsters inside the city.
Seeing this, Commander Qiu’s expression was complicated, both relieved and sowhat sorrowful.
They had held on for quite so ti without the arrival of reinforcent forces.
The governnt could have coordinated so sort of support from within.
It seems that neutrality doesn’t work either.
Instructor Han and others walked towards them, saluting, "Commander, the protective net is starting to be repaired, and the Monster Tide is retreating."
The crisis had been averted.
"Hmm," Commander Qiu nodded and then turned to Xu Mo, "Leave your cha here, let the engineering departnt handle the repairs, there’s no spare to replace it for now."
A black-colored cha of the Black Death God’s level was very expensive.
The Southwest Military District had also lost many high-grade chas during the battle; recovering their strength would take so ti.
"Repairs will do," Xu Mo said.
Instructor Han and others looked at Xu Mo, wondering who this guy was.
Previously, Xu Mo had used the Commander as bait, telling them to divide and flank from both sides simultaneously, attracting the Monster Leader’s attention, making the monsters extend their tentacles for defense, and earning him a montary chance. Without the tentacle’s protection, he had pierced into the underbelly of the beast and sliced open its body.
This move shocked them to the core; a slight deviation would have ant the Commander’s life was in his hands.
Too bold.
"Co out," Commander Qiu said to Xu Mo.
Xu Mo stepped out of the cha, and when the crowd saw him, they were montarily stunned, then soone cursed, "You little rascal, you’ve got a lot of nerve."
"How could you dare?" another person said dejectedly.
"But well done," others began speaking up.
Instructor Han walked up to Xu Mo, stood at attention, and saluted.
The rest stopped as well, stood at attention, their postures straight, and saluted towards Xu Mo; for a mont, the space was exceptionally quiet.
A silent thank-you, but the highest form of respect.
If Xu Mo hadn’t killed that Monster Leader, they might well have been done for today.
Not just one person, but the entire army.
In so sense, Xu Mo had saved the Southwest Army.
"I’m not used to all this attention," Xu Mo said with a smile.
Then people started to lower their hands, throwing playful punches towards Xu Mo’s chest, this youngster.
"Go rest," Commander Qiu said.
Xu Mo nodded and walked towards the inside of the command center. He was indeed quite tired and wondered how his teacher and the others were.
After a while, Xu Mo received the news that his teacher was fine, and Sister Butterfly and the rest were unhard. Only then did he let go of his tension.
Xu Mo rested for a few hours, and by the ti he awoke, it was already the evening. He politely declined the Military District’s invitation to stay, put on his A-level Armor, and flew back ho.
After a disaster, Steel Do City beca unusually quiet, with people afraid to leave their hos.
All city surveillance was activated, and ard forces began hunting down the monsters.
Xu Mo occasionally saw traces of monsters in the city, which he would kill in passing.
In the skies, patrol aircraft were everywhere as were many ard teams, searching for traces of monsters.
When Xu Mo returned to his residence, it was already night.
Everyone was waiting for him.
"Teacher," Xu Mo walked forward and called out to the elder.
"How is the Southwest Military District?" the elder asked with concern.
"The battle was fierce, the losses huge, but it’s all safe now," Xu Mo replied.
"Cough cough," the elder coughed, nodding his head relievedly, appearing sowhat weary.
Xu Mo had the illusion that the teacher seed to have aged a lot.
"Teacher, are you injured?" Xu Mo asked.
"It’s nothing serious, I’m just getting older, and I can’t keep up with the energy demands of intense combat," the elder shook his head, looking very tired: "Rest well today."
"Teacher, you should rest soon too." Elsa spoke up.
"I know, I know, you’ve said it so many tis." The elder smiled wryly and shook his head, then turned and walked towards his room, his elderly figure seeming sowhat stooped.
"The teacher is really getting old." Xu Mo felt sowhat sad looking at that figure.
At such an age, he still went onto the battlefield, and furthermore, he charged out.
The contrast between the valor he displayed on the battlefield and the old man at this mont was stark, as if they were two different people.
"Everyone is tired today, let’s rest early." Xu Mo told the crowd.
The people nodded and left one by one, except Ye Qingdie, who remained.
"In today’s battle, the war machines that charged out with the Old Dean were all destroyed. Only the Old Dean held on. He is extrely exhausted, but he kept waiting for you to return," Ye Qingdie stepped forward and said to Xu Mo.
Although she knew Xu Mo was in the Southwest Military District and was safe, the elder still felt uneasy without seeing Xu Mo return.
Xu Mo felt rather heavy-hearted, the cha from the Southwest Military District had all been destroyed.
The elder ca back from a battle to the death, and one could imagine how poor his ntal state was at this mont.
Xu Mo knew that the Old Dean truly treated him as his own descendant, not just a student.
"How is Noah Academy?" Xu Mo asked.
"A lot of people have been sacrificed," Ye Qingdie replied with a heavy tone. The war broke out suddenly, monsters surged in, and many died in battle.
Among them, there were teachers, as well as students.
"Xu Mo." Suddenly, Ye Qingdie called out.
"Hmm?" Xu Mo looked at Ye Qingdie, who stood before him, her hands on his shoulders, looking at his now resolute and handso face. She smiled brightly and said, "You’ve grown so much taller, and you’ve matured."
When she first saw Xu Mo, he was still naive, like a pretty boy.
Now, he had grown up.
"In the past, seeing you play the hero, I felt proud and honored for you," Ye Qingdie looked at Xu Mo and said, "But now, for so reason, I feel a bit scared."
Although she was smiling, her voice carried a sense of lancholy.
Today, she had also been worried about Xu Mo the whole ti, worried that he wouldn’t make it back.
In the face of the disaster when monsters attacked the city, individuals seed very insignificant.
"Sister Butterfly."
Xu Mo felt deeply touched as well; these two years felt like a dream.
They indeed had changed a lot.
Reaching out, he brushed aside the hair that covered Ye Qingdie’s forehead, and Xu Mo said with a smile, "We’ve made it out of the Underworld, what’s there to be afraid of? Now, things are much better than before."
"Mhm." Ye Qingdie nodded, stepped forward, and hugged Xu Mo lightly.
"Uh..." Xu Mo stiffened his body and said in a low voice, "Sister Butterfly, I’ve already grown up."
Ye Qingdie’s face turned slightly red; she could feel it.
She kicked Xu Mo and then turned away.
Xu Mo showed an innocent expression.
......
The next day.
After a night of cleaning up, many of the monsters that invaded the city were eliminated.
But the Steel Do City Governnt still warned the public not to go out, as the ard forces of Steel Do City would continue to mop up the monsters that invaded the city.
All major dia broadcast the event live.
All the screens in Steel Do City were displaying scenes of the extermination of the monsters and the latest news, as well as footage of the ard forces fighting monsters from the previous day.
"Yesterday, Steel Do City experienced the most serious monster tide in a century. All parts of the city and the sky above were hit by the onslaught, and the ard forces of Steel Do City moved together, displaying unprecedented unity."
"This ti, aside from the Extraordinary Academy, so private ard forces also played an important role. In the mont of crisis, no one could ensure their own safety alone; they also stood up, and in addition, gene companies also played a huge role this ti. They are currently collecting the monster corpses, researching the types of monsters and their weaknesses."
"Of the four Military Districts, three managed to defend against the monsters’ onslaught, only the Southwest Military District’s breach was opened, monsters invaded the city, causing considerable damage. Thankfully, the invasion was ultimately held back."
Inside the courtyard where Xu Mo and his group were.
A group of people were having breakfast.
"Teacher, please eat more." Elsa prepared quite a lot of food for the elder.
"You’re going to stuff to death, old man," Dean Lin said to Elsa with a chuckle.
"Xu Mo, you eat more too," Elsa told Xu Mo.
"Mhm." Xu Mo nodded with a smile.
After breakfast, the elder lay down on the chair to rest, cursing under his breath, "Lin Xi, ask Lin Qingze what’s going on, he hasn’t given a report yet."
"Okay." Lin Xi nodded and dialed Lin Qingze’s number.
But nobody answered for a while.
Lin Xi called several tis in succession, and after a mont, the communicator connected.
However, the next mont, her face changed, turning sowhat pale.
Lin Xi put her arm down, her mind going blank.
"Lin Xi," the Old Dean called out.
"Sister Xi, what’s wrong?" Xu Mo also sensed sothing was amiss.
Lin Xi turned to the Old Dean and Xu Mo, "Dean Lin, there was an incident last night!"
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