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Chapter 82: King of Chaos (1)

Episode 11.
King of Chaos (1)

Ten days had passed since the war that was later called the War of Revival. The meeting room within Gorgon Keep was filled with many leaders and officers of Gorgon Fortress.

Euren Chiver, the Chancellor, spoke while deeply sighing.

"Please, go ahead with your report. We'll begin with the 1st Battalion of Carpediem."

The Liberation army, <<Carpediem>>. The leader of the 1st Battalion stood. He was once called 'Karlton the Stubborn'.

Karlton Javier.

He was now a fully fledged 3rd step Awakener, after being trained for 200 years by Cayman within the Tower; he was now more powerful than anyone else other than Cayman within Gorgon.

"Yes, sir. According to our remaining troops..."

"Just the casualties please."

"Yes, sir."

Karlton then calmly prepared and projected a hologram video in the center of the meeting room.

"We have twelve 2nd step Awakeners dead... and half the battalion was killed."

"...I see."

The chart on the hologram showed the number of dead and wounded. Then, the reports went on with the other battalions. The last one to report was Shin Mukeuk. He was now a 9th stage Adapter, and the leader of the 7th Battalion.

"...And that is our current situation."

After all the reports were made, Euren was at a loss for words. He had expected it, but the number of casualties was still beyond his expectations.

'We lost half in just ten days.'

10 days ago, there were about 300 Awakeners that departed Gorgon after receiving word from Chunghuh. Among them were 12 3rd step Awakeners and 80 of 2nd step Awakeners.

They thought they would win.

Maybe it was because they saw Cayman defeat the Pearl General. They had just seen a 3rd step Awakener defeat a Lesser General. And now they had 12 of those 3rd step Awakeners.

People thought, 'We can do this!'

Even after fighting head on for the first time, they thought they were going to win. They had some struggles, but the first battle was a victory.

After that, for two days straight, the Liberation army successfully drove out the army from Palace of Reincarnation and successfully managed to drive them back up to the wall of Manticore Fortress.

The people of Gorgon thought they had already won.

Some even considered that they had defeated the Palace of Reincarnation already.

But that was it.

With the appearance of the Generals who had stayed behind in the Palace, things changed rapidly. Along with Sameng Garam, the three Greater Generals turned the tides.

-R-RUN!

On the fourth day of the war, Gorgon had lost a total of five 3rd step Awakeners. The might of the Greater Generals was just too overwhelming.

And by the 10th day, the forces of Palace of Reincarnation was right at the gates of Gorgon Fortress. They had lost many friends, but they weren't even given time to mourn.

"Chancellor, we will not be able to do this any longer."

It was Yong, the new 3rd step Awakener who had lost his left arm in previous battle. Euren turned to him and watched. He couldn't say anything. It was Aisa Lindcroft, who spoke instead.