As it turned out, Westheid's decision to push his logistics team to the limit was entirely necessary.
Because just after Shamuel finished delivering the equipment, the forward base came under attack by Chaos Demons.
It was noon when the Detection Techniques deployed at the forest border blared to life. Within a quarter of an hour, all personnel at the forward base were ready for battle.
The Chaos Demons entrenched in Qinghui Territory were mostly concentrated around Purity Forest. When they finally poured out, all previous efforts to reclaim the land seemed like mere skirmishes in comparison.
THUD THUD THUD—
On the flat plains previously scorched by flames, the earth began to tremble as a great wave of black and brown swept forward.
A thousand? Ten thousand? A hundred thousand? They were simply impossible to count.
Against the impact of the Chaos Tide, any unprepared defensive line would be like a sandcastle facing a tidal wave, obliterated in an instant.
