The Witch Hunter System

Chapter 999: The Sea Monsters Invades



Inside a dark conference room, high-ranking military personnel from the three joint cities attended the meeting of High Command. Only the members of Tidalsong City attended in the flesh; the rest appeared as holograms.

"Ten minutes ago, we lost contact with the Blackshell Army. Five minutes ago, we lost contact with the Razorfang Army. Now, the Tidalsong Army isn't responding to our calls or messages. Who can tell me what happened?"

A Tidalsong officer questioned the group while containing his rage.

Considering the loyalty and discipline of the Tidalsong Army, there was no reason for Tidalsong soldiers to ghost them. As such, something bad must have happened to the Tidalsong Army.

After a brief moment of silence, the hologram image of a Blackshell officer replied, "That's what I want to ask Razorfang. "Didn't you weasels assure us that this joint military operation was guaranteed success?"

"How come we have encountered nothing but problems since we initiated this war?" the Blackshell officer asked.

"Problems?" the Tidalsong officer furrowed his brows before asking with confusion, "What problems have you possibly encountered on your side? Why haven't you mentioned any of it until now?"

"Hah..." the Blackshell officer exhaled before replying, "If you were me, would you have the face to mention that your own general tried to abandon his army?"

"What did you just say? Your general abandoned his army?"

The High Command members who attended the meeting were immediately shocked and dumbfounded by Blackshell City's revelation.

Indeed, they would be deeply ashamed if they learned about such a humiliating matter. How could their pride allow them to put themselves out for embarrassment?

Since it was such a humiliating matter, why did Blackshell City's side decide to mention it? Why not, of all times?

"What happened?" the Tidalsong officer frowned with a bad feeling.

"Just moments ago, we finally received an update on the Blackshell Army from our Cloud Fortress surveillance team..." the Blackshell officer spoke slowly before stating with

difficulty, "Except, there is no more Blackshell Army."

"It was a complete massacre. Everyone was killed, slaughtered by the enemy," the Blackshell officer uttered with gritted teeth and bloodshot eyes.

"Impossible!"

Tidalsong officers and Razorfang officers immediately denied the possibility. They couldn't believe such unbelievable news. However, Blackshell City had no reason to lie to them either.

"How can your Blackshell Army be so weak and useless?" a Razorfang officer accused with naked contempt.

"Our Blackshell Army is weak and useless? Ridiculous!" the Blackshell officer sneered before unleashing his boiling fury, "Have you not thought that maybe the enemy was too strong instead?!"

"What the fuck has your sides been doing since the start of this operation?! How could none of you even find out the enemy's true strength?! Our Blackshell City has paid a disastrous price for your incompetency!"

"Was it so difficult for you fucks to collect accurate intel on our enemy's strength?!" the Blackshell officer harshly criticized Razorfang and Tidalsong, forgetting all etiquette and decorum.

Why would he still care about that stuff when his side had lost its entire army?

"Mother fucker, why are you lambasting us for? Does your side not have eyes and ears, too? Is the Blackshell Army full of disables? Your side has an equal share of the blame for what happened to it!"

The conference room suddenly erupted into a heated war of words. Curses and insults were tossed around recklessly. Even their parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents' names were dragged into it, including their weight and intelligence.

Five minutes later, the Razorfang officers received new information from the battlefront before all the colors left their faces.

"What happened?"

"The Razorfang Army got wiped out... It was also a complete annihilation."

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Silence instantly filled the conference room.

No one had the heart to continue pinning the blame on others. At this point, they have all realized the gravity of the situation. The complete annihilation of the two armies was not a coincidence.

Tidalsong officers immediately dreaded the fate of the Tidalsong Army, which had started giving them radio silence five minutes ago.

"We have greatly underestimated the enemy..." a Tidalsong officer stated, skimming everyone's faces with a grim look. Then, he said, "To annihilate two armies, maybe even three, we could very well be facing a monster in the Divine Transformation Realm."

"It is also very likely that we can't win, at least not with the tactics and strategies we have prepared. It is even more likely that the enemy won't spare us if we back out now."

"We started this war, after all," the Tidalsong officer reminded.

Everyone quietly nodded.

"That's why I propose opening the restricted hangars. If we unleash the might of our starship fleet, we might still have a chance to turn this war around," the Tidalsong officer stated

ruthlessly.

Several hearts shook at the brutal suggestion.

If the starship fleets were dragged into the war, the supreme firepower of its asteroid buster cannons would definitely lay waste to the surface and reduce Pangea into an unrecognizable

state.

Still, the ruthless suggestion received a tacit agreement from every member attending the meeting. Everyone knew that if they didn't wipe out the Land-Dwellers, the Land-Dwellers would destroy them instead.

"Once the starships achieve high altitude, immediately deploy the satellites," a Tidalsong officer passed down his order.

Only satellites could provide superior real-time surveillance and help them determine who destroyed their armies. Orders were quickly passed to the military districts of Blackshell City, Razorfang City, and Tidalsong City.

Half an hour later, the restricted hangars accommodating starships from the ancient era opened for the first time since the founding of the Celestial Kingdom.

The seafloor shook with constant tremors as large seamounts near their cities moved, creating vast openings for the hidden starships to emerge. The hangars' great age and lack of maintenance caused problems, delaying their openings.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

Still, they were eventually fixed in the end.

Sometime later, the first black starship emerged from the abyssal darkness on the seafloor.

With its gradual ascent, the Celestials' confidence also rose.

Unfortunately, disaster struck when they least expected it.

Boom!

An enormous blurred shadow suddenly slapped against the large starship from over the nearby seamount. The impact easily tore apart the starship's sturdy hull and split it into two

pieces.

The two halves then sunk back into the abyssal darkness before a rumbled explosion shook

the seawater.

Over at Blackshell City, where the first starship was struck and destroyed, the Celestial

soldiers were alarmed.

"W-What just happened? Border Surveillance, answer me! What just attack us!?"

"Th-Th-Th...! Th-Th...!!"

Inside the border surveillance room, the Celestial soldier stared at his computer screen with

eyes widened in sheer horror, shock, and disbelief.

"Th-Th, Th, your sister! Stop fucking stuttering and tell me what it is, soldier!"

"T-The sea monsters are here! They have invaded the Inner Sea!"

The furious border captain smacked his subordinate on the head to reset his brain before the

shocking news was spat out.