Shadow Slave

Chapter 1846 Ground Perspective The army assembled in a complicated battle formation. With so many soldiers, it was vast and unwieldy, and mostly useless... but not entirely so.

The Masters and the Saints were going to assault the vermilion jungle, but the Awakened were prepared to fight, as well.

Obviously, they had very little chance of killing Corrupted abominations, not to mention the Great horrors who dwelled in Godgrave. However, they did not necessarily need to.

The commanders of the Song Army were well aware of the limitations facing their troops, so they had come up with various chilling, but effective strategies. If it came to that, the task of the Awakened soldiers was not to kill the powerful abominations, but to immobilize them.

Although hard, that could be achieved with numbers alone. Even if an abomination had to be buried in human bodies, that was one way to deal with it.

Of course, Rain felt a bit horrified by the prospect, just like all the other Awakened warriors did. Still, it was not like the Nightmare Creatures would spare them otherwise - so, they were prepared to carry out their orders and do their best., no matter the cost.

Hopefully, that was not going to happen today.

If the Saints and their Ascended retinue succeeded in holding back the tide of Nightmare Creatures, it would not.

The Seventh Legion was positioned in the second line of the formation, so she could not even see the battle. All she could see were the tops of the strange and hideous plants swaying in the distance and the backs of her fellow soldiers. She could also hear the sounds that the wind carried from somewhere far ahead.

Next to her, Fleur trembled nervously and looked at Tamar.

"...It is starting, isn't it?"

The Legacy girl nodded somberly.

"It is."

A few moments later, the sound of a horn rolled above the army, and the ground under their feet trembled slightly.

Rain saw vague silhouettes moving forward from the front of the battle formation. The white surface of the ancient bone was still inclined, since they had not reached the collarbone yet, so she could not discern their shape clearly. But she knew that they were the Saints who had assumed their 'Transcendent forms, as well as the larger of the Nightmare Creatures enthralled by Beastmaster.

At the same time, the jungle came alive.

She saw the red trees sway, but mostly, she heard and felt it: a harrowing choir of bestial roars and sounds too alien to be described with human language washing over the massive army like a tide, the violent trembling of the ground as countless abominations rushed forward at the scent of human souls.

She glanced at Tamar.

admired, looked up to, and maybe even knew as well as the wall separating them from having to face the dreadful

Saint of Sorrow was among the warriors whose task it

two thousand Masters in the Song Army, but only around forty

a lot, but

be on

their Transcendent power at

from her face. Next to her, Fleur swayed and leaned heavily on Ray. All around them, the

standing straight,

look at the

Rain's eyes widened, she

the creatures of the vermilion jungle terrible enough to rip

it did not seem so. For

to struggle not to raise her hands

insane... this is

overcome. The inability to see what exactly was happening out there, ahead, only made it worse. After all, it

could see were the backs of the Awakened soldiers that stood in front

not faring any better

were shaking. Some had fallen to their knees. Some had

those who did not, though. There were those who helped their comrades to stand up and supported them, gripping the hilts of their

of those

cacophony of battle, she looked

it instilled her

patted Fleur on the shoulder. The delicate girl looked at her

"R-rani?"

Rain smiled.

worst thing

blue

you say

glared at her with