Dominion's End

V6C7: This Time, Seize Control! Part One

I turned to look at Tai Wen while stating, “You will come up to the city wall with me. How long are you able to maintain your ability right now?”

Tai Wen considered the question and answered, “If it’s just one layer and I have replenishing crystals, sustaining it until tomorrow won’t be a problem. If it’s two layers, I’m afraid it will only last four…no, six hours. If it’s three layers, ten minutes─thirty minutes!”

I nodded, completely understanding why the times coming from Tai Wen’s mouth were so different. Ten minutes was per usual activation; thirty minutes would be betting on his life.

If I think about it, Dàgē should be arriving by the day after tomorrow latest, and there’s a higher chance that he’ll be here by tomorrow evening. And the people here that can guard the wall are me, Cain, Xiao Sha, Yunqian, and-and Shujun…

I glanced at my younger sister. The latter’s eyes had been sparkling ever since hearing that she was not included among the people entering the tunnel. As her brother, I could only grit my teeth at this and fight back my worries. Shujun’s ability was too useful; I could not have her retreat into the tunnel first simply because I was afraid of her getting hurt.

Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid. I, her èrgē, will be on the city wall too. If we really can’t hold our defense, I’ll guard her as she retreats, even if I die!

“Shujun, you need to follow Yunqian closely. Both of you will wait for my orders before making a move.”

I looked over at Yunqian. Her water ability was very compatible with Shujun’s lightning. With their combination, one plus one was definitely greater than two. It was a hard to come by support for defending the city.

Upon noticing my gaze, Ceng Yunqian immediately replied, “Don’t worry, anyone that wants to harm Shujun will have to step over my dead body first!”

I nodded as I pondered over any usable resources that I might have missed.

In addition to abilities, the firepower of the troops could not be looked down on either. Based on combat power alone, we might actually be able to deal with over two thousand aberrants. Unfortunately, the two thousand figure was just an estimated number from what I could see. Based on the style of commands on the other side, it was likely there were many aberrants hiding that had yet to appear. Moreover, the minute there was any large disturbance, the surrounding aberrants would be drawn over.

That had been the case in my previous life. Every time we had thought we’d finally fought the aberrants back and survived once more, we’d weakly collapse onto the ground. But before we could even cry over our survival, an even deeper despair would follow…

“Shuyu? Are we heading up to the city wall now?” Tai Wen shot me a puzzled look.

I took a deep breath. Calm down, calm down. If we really can’t hold up, Tai Wen’s ability can buy time and we can fully retreat to escape through the tunnel. Worst case, we can still engage in guerilla fights in the forest while fleeing. No matter what, we can drag things out, and Dàgē will definitely make it back in time!

In my past life, I had been so weak yet had still managed to stay alive for a decade. There was no reason that in this life, I wouldn’t even survive up to the second black fog after rising to third tier!