The border defense quickly reported the battle—Team Red broke through Team Blue's siege, but the losses were brutal. Out of a 150-man reinforcement unit, only 30 survived.
The moment he heard the number, the Team Red commander's teacup crashed to the floor.
Hugh was still leaning back in his chair, silent.
The conference hall was so quiet you could hear a pin drop. No one dared to speak.
Several minutes later, the Team Red commander seemed to steady himself, took out his communicator, and called back the surviving 30. At the same time, he patched through to customs and summoned all the remaining troops stationed there.
There were thirty or forty stationed at customs, plus the thirty returning from the border, and forty or fifty still in the tower—over a hundred in total, matching Team Blue's border-crossing force and even surpassing their current numbers,
