One hour was all I needed before my big comeback would start. From behind, the jumper and the little turtle came fast, trying to get here without losing much.

But they were facing a hard time doing that.

Just when my little turtle moved away from the gulf waters alongside my controlled forces, the entire aquatic army that was suppressed all this time finally got a chance to move.

So even if they were retreating on land, the sheer number of forces flooding out from the gulf were enough to threaten their retreat.

The jumper had to arrange his forces and secure the retreat of my little turtle.

This forced him to leave several lines of troops there, trying to delay the enemy as hard as they could, as long as they possibly could.

I knew they would pay a huge price in doing this, but I needed my little turtle to set the stage for the upcoming surprise.

You know we are going to lose more than half of our forces just to reach your place? the jumper sent in such a complaining way, making me inwardly sigh.

Since when that jerk was so attentive to his forces? He was just saying that in advance, to defend himself if I tried to pick up at him later.

I didn’t really intend to do so. And when I didn’t answer him, he sent again:

I hope you know what you are doing. You are calling all of us and letting us be trapped in between all the enemy forces. That’s not smart!

I know what I’m doing, so just keep moving forward and arrange your forces when you arrive

Arrange them for what? For slaughter?

I closed the chat and didn’t say anything to spoil the upcoming surprise.

I knew all of my generals would feel much doubt at my decision, but they’d get to know that I wasn’t doing this out of craziness or something.

I got a plan, a great surprise actually, and they’d have to wait for an hour to pass to see it.

As the jumper and my little turtle were leading their forces towards me, Lily and her generals were also doing the same.

They weren’t faring that well compared to the jumper’s and my little turtle’s forces. The enemy on the towering walls and towers were raining down their attacks non-stop, killing lots of them.

In return, they tried to fight back, yet their attacks didn’t cause any damage worthy of note.

This was going to change soon enough.

The two big armies took close to half an hour to gather here, then the jumper arranged his forces to stop the incoming aquatic forces from the rear, while Lily organised the remaining forces to try and defend the frontal attacks from the enemies on the walls.

As we shifted all of our forces here, the enemy got greedy to surround us. It was a golden chance indeed, with the aquatic forces blocking our rear, and the big walls blocking our front.

So they started to send out forces through many gates away from us, trying to block the north and south paths for us.

Brilliant! Now you’ve got us surrounded! Happy now? the jumper sent, and Lily then sent later on, speaking the same meaning in different words.

Be ready to move I knew it was so close to the deadline I set for myself, “Little turtle, come here now!” I shouted in the direction of the big turtle of mine which was fighting monsters and forces at the rear.

“Dark lord, can you please stop calling me this?” this dude really heard me from such a far distance, “your man here kept calling me this until I jumped off to the ocean to get rid of his annoyance!”

I laughed. That jumper could be funny sometimes. “Just bring your fat ass here. It’s time for you to prove your worth.”

“Ok,” he said, before I held my glaive high in the air as I sent to Lily, Prepare for advancing in any moment now!

Is it time?

I looked at my other chat and evilly grinned.

It’s time!

One hour indeed passed, and to my surprise it was already here.

“What to do now, dark lord?” my little turtle arrived here so fast and asked in anticipation.

“What else? Let’s destroy these annoying walls and towers first, then you’ll start using your skills.”

“At last! Dark lord, fighting without using my skills felt like I was fighting with both hands cuffed behind my back!”

“Don’t worry, it’s time for you to unleash your full power,” I started moving out my chariot, heading directly towards the front walls, “start attacking with me. Take the northern direction and I’ll head south. Ah, when I tell you, use your skill towards the other end of these walls.”

“The other side? I can do that. But what for?”

“Just use that earth shattering thing, the one you used to cleave the ocean and bring forth deadly rocks from its bottom.”

“Ok, I can do it easily. And it’s not the same. As I evolved, my strength and skills also got stronger. And I got more cool skills.”

“Don’t waste time,” I already was upon the walls, jumped high up before landing with my deadly glaive over them, “start working now or do you want me to call you turtle for the rest of your life?”

“No dark lord, I’ll move right away!” it got scared by my words, jolted back to its senses.

And the next thing I heard after the booming sound of my glaive smashing all the walls it touched was the fierce rumbling coming from its attack.

I knew it would go north now. So I just repeated what I did before, went to the back of my chariot and let it fly backwards while I started smashing and killing the enemy here.

Attack! I sent this simple word to Lily as I created enough gap for her forces to advance.

But… Our number isn’t enough!