Chapter 58: Survival for 24 hour part 5
When the emperor heard he said give me the information quickly, I didn't want to waste time.we had to know before it was too late.
When the minister Match heard ,he started telling what the report said .
Everyone started hearing this, their all focus was now on minister March .
From the information that SHO tells us ,this race was known as the stone plant and he already invaded the four planets.
The first planet they invaded was totally destroyed because of relentless fight and not proper cooperation between stone plant monsters.
When they attacked the second planet ,this time their cooperation was good but the planet native fought to the last breath and in the end the planet was now so radioactive that no one could go now.
The third planet they invade is successful but the royal family that controls the planet takes the surviving citizen to another location that only the SHO director knows.
The fourth planet they invade is successful but this time the emperor of that planet uses SHO heroes' help and holds for 2 years before they know that the planet was already on the brink of destruction ,so they take all the citizens and move to the safe location with the help of SHO.
In all situations SHO directly cannot help them in their fight ,they were not available to help those planets because they were far from them and their situation was very dire.
From their selection we can say that they will only attack those planets that somehow going to destroy in less than 20 years but this sentence minster march skipped and cannot told anyone ,he also knew about planet destruction,emperor personally tell him everything he knew about planet destruction to him,he was his most trusted minister ,even he trusted him more than his children or commanders.
And he continued the Only information that SHO had ,for now.
And the SHO director said that he already sent reinforcements for help.
What can we do? Prince Marek was the first person who asked after hearing everything.
The emperor heard prince Marek question and said that we have to handle this situation carefully ,we cannot risk our planet ,if the planet was captured or destroyed we would lose everything ,even if we were alive.
Everyone can understand the Emperor's words.
The Emperor and commanders revised their plan once again after the information.After everything decided they started preparing for invasion and left the throne room and from their new plan , now every commander and princes will control one legion and except for commander Adrian and commander Elyn and start moving to join the sixth commander kalieth who were now reached where stone plant monsters were and waiting for Emperor order .
Commander kalieth knew that the Emperor first wanted a talk with the stone plant leader.
Far far from duskwild,
An unknown planet
SHO headquarter,
The director of SHO was sitting on a chair in his office ,reading the report about Archer.
And became very irritated,I told him not to go on that planet.
A stubborn old man did not obey my order and now his life was in danger.
And threw the report to the wall ,he was at the same age as Arthur with white hair ,white beard and black eyes.
When he asked his secretary, who was standing beside him ,how the preparations were going .
Everything was ready , we already contacted the nearest headquarters of SHO and they were ready to send heroes.
But duskwild was very far ,so they needed at least three days to reach with their full speed.So we can only wish nothing happened to Arthur.
So then did my meeting with the planet emperor will happen .
Sir it will start in another 20 minutes , I already take all the necessary steps.
I see
So let's decide after I complete the meeting ,how dire the situation was.
The SHO director stood up from his seat and watched the window remembering why Arthur went to a dying planet like duskwild.
And start cursing him ,idiot Arthur I told you not to go.
Now on battlefield on duskwild
Hour 15
Ank POV
The fifteenth hour came in the soaked blood of Arthur.
Arthur had already stopped moving and I was protecting him.
He was still breathing but he was stuck in the same position , his sword was on the ground. I knew he was barely holding himself from falling on the ground but i cannot do anything that helps him except for protecting him.
One stone plant monster soldier again attacked me from behind and succeeded "Master!" I screamed and in one hit I killed him.
He didn't answer my call and only collapsed on the ground.
For the first time since this hell began, the Old man wasn't saying anything about my mistake ,he was defeated laying on the ground waiting for his death.
And now I was alone.
The realization struck harder than any blow. My heart starts hurting , panic stabbing through me like a knife. The tide of monsters pressed harder, sensing weakness, their glowing eyes fixed on us like predators circling prey.
No. Not now. Not like this.
I came near the old man . Blood sprayed from my own wounds with every motion, but I didn't care.
Arthur couldn't fight anymore. That meant I had to fight for the both of us.
And now stone pIant monster focus again returned on arthur , i noticed that and i stepped in front of him, planting my body between him and the horde.
"You'll have to go through me first!" I shouted at the endless tide with all my strength.
Hour 16
By the sixteenth hour, I was no longer Ank,who conquered the universe,the beings that any gods fear to look at ,the entity everyone feared when my army marched,the mortal that achieved a dream that no one achieves before ,the boy who trained under Arthur.
I was something else now.
The monster soldiers came, faster, harder, like a flood breaking through a dam.
And then something shifted.
My vision sharpened.I didn't think anymore. I just moved.
A soldier swung at my skull I ducked, sliding low, my sword slicing its legs apart. Another lunged at my back I twisted, pivoted, and thrust my blade through its chest before it even reached me.
It was like my body was moving on its own will . My exhaustion didn't vanish it was still there, screaming at me but my movements became cleaner, sharper. My blade no longer dragged, it flowed.
Is this instinct?
No. It was something deeper. A primal rhythm, born from the crucible of endless survival. My body had been tempered by pain, sharpened by suffering, pushed beyond limits until it found a new way to move.
I wasn't just fighting anymore. I was hunting.
Every swing was precise. Every strike shattered a core. Every movement was a dance of death.
The horde pressed, but I pressed harder.