Red Storm

The person who will not stop

His machine-like attack started to rampage through the oasis.

Nobody... nobody seemed to be able to stop him.

Book 5-3.1

Around the time Yulian and his 40,000 warriors were continuing their wins and gaining control of the eastern oases, Pareia’s southern territory had actually lost an oasis to the Shuarei’s Venersis.

If it wasn’t for the extremely alert and always prepared third generation Greatest Warriors of Pareia, they would have been easily decimated.

Venersis was always a difficult warrior to defend. However, that Venersis came back even stronger this time.

In the past, because of the opposition from the other Greatest Warriors, their lead warriors were the group that Venersis had to lead to war. However, he had full control of war-related issues this time. As such, he was able to bring the lead warriors who had been with him for a long time, the same lead warriors who accurately understood all of his commands.

That was an extremely important factor.

You cannot have a general without his troops. Venersis himself might be a War God, but there was not much that he could do on his one during a battle.

However, in this war, if there was a situation where Venersis could take one step forward on his own, he had a group of warriors who could help push him to take another half step forward supporting him from the back.

Unsurprisingly, the most important factor was that there was nobody here to talk back or cause issues about any of his actions.

Focusing all of his attention and giving it his all should be extremely obvious, but in reality, it was much easier to say than to do. As a warrior’s command and fame goes up, the political opposition is bound to go up and make it harder to give it your all. But the Venersis here today was able to put his all into this war.

Nobody was able to stop him.

Even Runa who had been using amazing methods to defend against Venersis ended up giving up and oasis and retreating the warriors to a different oasis. It was because he felt that there was no way to defend against Venersis with his current preparations.

Other than the first battle, they were able to not lose too badly. There were the continuous small scale battles with Pareia defending the oasis, but Pareia was starting to lose their morale and momentum. Runa had no choice but to order the retreat.

He then started to prepare for the counterattack. If they retreat backwards once more without making any preparations, the same thing was just going to happen again at the next oasis. Because of that, he needed to prepare the counterattack even though there was the potential for danger.

Determining that it was possible to lose everything with a single mistake, Runa started to hurry as well.

The night sky was full of stars that night.

Leaving in the night was something most people chose no to do, but Runa picked practical benefits over saving face.

“I leave it to you, Pere-nim.”

Before leaving, Runa was speaking to Pere who would be the commanding officer for the 40,000 warriors once he left.

“The day we lose this oasis will be the day this Pere dies. Do not worry too much, Runa-nim.”

Runa turned pale at Pere’s response before answering back.

“You cannot do that. You cannot win against that Venersis without the Glow. We might have a method if Yulian-nim comes back, but right now, we just have to defend.”

“......”

“I am just saying defend well but do not put your life on the line. Pere-nim is an important person for the future of Pareia. This is a war we will win in the end so do not be shaken.”

Pere nodded his head at Runa’s stern words before responding.

“I understand.”

Runa finally stopped frowning and jokingly retorted back.

“I can’t decide whether I am worried there would be another warrior like Venersis in the Shuarei or relaxed knowing there is no way in the world there would be someone else like him.”

Pere laughed with him as he responded.

“No way. As long as he is here, there should be no one in the Shuarei who can fight Runa-nim off.”

“I can only pray that is the case.”

“Then please have a good trip.”

Seeing Pere watching him leave, Runa said it once more because he was worried.

“I will say it once more but do not go engage Venersis. You must only use the wooden fences and traps around the oasis to do a defensive battle. Please don’t forget that I am only able to fight without worry because Pere-nim is here.”

“Do not worry. I will resist until Runa-nim comes pushing from the back of the enemy.”

“The reason I am this worried is because if we lose this oasis, the Thick Bushed oasis will be attacked. You do know what kind of oasis the Thick Bushed oasis is to us, right?”

“Of course.”

Runa was feeling a bit better at Pere’s casual response.

At that time, a lightning flashed in the sky without making any noise.

Runa and Pere both reflexively looked up.

“They say that it can thunder on a clear day, but I never expected to see it for myself. It is hard to see lightning when it is not the rainy season.”

Pere was looking at the night sky with disbelief while Runa was thinking more deeply into it.

‘This is unsettling. Even at this moment when I am about to leave to start the counterattack, the Ureba star (the heavenly weapon said to be used by Pareia’s guardian Neo Latin) is being threatened. Just what is the heavens trying to tell me?’

Runa looked up toward the heavens once more and started to listen.

The heavens can see everything that happens down on earth and adjusts itself accordingly. Astronomy is the study of deciphering this adjustment of the heavens.

‘I am still worried. Just what else is left that the Ureba star is shaking this much?’

Runa did not know that Pere was watching him with an odd expression as he continued to gaze into the heavens.

‘This won’t do. The united tribe is pretty much finished and there should be no more danger up there. We need to call the Glow back. The northern territory should be fine with Greatest Warriors Egane and Vibli still up there.’

Runa made up his mind as he called his worried heart.

“This is too easy. It was actually more difficult facing the Wikaly alone.”

As Yulian turned his head from left to right to look at the battlefield again before chatting with Vibli next to him, Vibli responded back.

“Didn’t the Wikaly have Runa-nim?”

“Yes. Their Glow was also not an idiot.”

Yulian had to suppress his extremely angry voice.

“I feel sorry for the warriors.”

Vibli knew very well about why Yulian was angry and shook his head, feeling sorry for the fallen warriors of the united tribe.

This war was already Pareia’s overwhelming victory. They had taken seven of the oases in the northern territory, and the united tribe had less than 20,000 warriors left.

The moment they moved half of the southern troops defending the land route to support the quicksand river side, the rest ended up being eaten up by Egane’s 10,000 warriors.

At this point, it would be normal for the enemy Glow to surrender. A proper Glow should not make their warriors shed their blood for a hopeless war. However, the current Glows of the united tribe did not feel that way.

Yulian didn’t know what they were thinking, but they were just endlessly running away. After each battle, hundreds of warriors remained as corpses like this.

“This is making me angry. Why are they making all of these pointless sacrifices?”

Vibli lined up his shoulder with Yulian before responding back.

“It is possible that it is because it is a united tribe?”

“Because they are united?”

“Yes. If they fought on their own, they may have surrendered early on, but with three tribes united together, it might be difficult for any of them to be the first to suggest a surrender.”

“Hmm~!”

Yulian let out a short sigh. What Vibli said was indeed possible.

“It might be better to send a warrior with the surrender document once more. They should have no choice but to accept now.”

“This is already too late. I feel like we have sacrificed people who would become our future warriors for no reason.”

“That is why we need to push for their surrender once more before we lose even more of our warriors.”

Yulian was so angry when the united tribe ignored his last surrender request that he had planned on killing all of the Glows of the united tribe once he caught them. In Yulian’s eyes, they were the greatest of sinners.

That was the reason he continued to pursue them even though he felt sorry for the sacrifices of the warriors of the united tribe. That was why Vibli was encouraging him to ask them to surrender once more.

Although Yulian was grinding his teeth, he changed his mind after seeing the corpses around him.

“The next time we catch them, we will push them to surrender first. Greatest Warrior Vibli, please warn the lead warriors in advance.”

“I understand, Glow.”

Vibli was relieved to see Yulian’s anger die down even just a little bit.