It was fifteen minutes before, in the south front...
Ren had dispatched that brief but vital message to Julius and Arturo in the capital.
He had updated the command post on the shifting dynamics of his front, highlighting one specific detail that fundamentally altered the grim arithmetic facing the city defenders. The single Diamond mutant Selthia had left behind to stall him, along with the two other titans she had kept buried as reserves, had broken formation and retreated.
"Sorry, but… They left with their tails tucked between their legs," Ren had noted with a quiet sense of satisfaction.
Yet that retreat was the exact reason the capital would soon be facing all seven Diamonds instead of just four.
The moment Ren deployed the black water and set the guardian on fire, Selthia had instantly realized there was zero tactical value in keeping her elite units near the southern front.
