Northern Defense Line!
"Commander, reinforcements from the Capital have arrived!"
For a heartbeat, Commander Wei Zongyuan wondered if he had misheard.
(Reinforcements—finally!)
His shoulders, which had been tense for days on end, loosened. A low exhale escaped him, half-relief, half-astonishment.
He wasn't the only one.
Cheering erupted across the command platform. Officers who had been silent moments ago bowed their heads, some hiding the wetness in their eyes.
They were exhausted.
They were scared.
They had lost too many men.
They were close to breaking.
And yet, through grit alone, they had held the defense line that protected millions of people of the Empire.
"They finally came!"
"They surely took their time. I just hope they brought at least one Immortal Realm Cultivator."
"They should have, after we sent the report highlighting the possibility of an Immortal Realm Demonic Beast leading the Beast Tide."
