Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 1688 - 956: The Last Chance

Victor quietly caressed the dim sword in his hand.

At this moment, fully armored, he was making his final preparations before the battle.

Behind him, a vast Dark Spirit Race army was ready and silent.

They awaited only an order to advance in full force.

This was the most elite force the Dark Spirit Race could muster in a short time.

You could even say this was the foundation of the Dark Spirit Race.

But not their full power.

They couldn’t muster their full strength either.

As humans had judged, the Dark Spirit Race was not at all subdued; seeking peace was merely to prepare for the next stage of war.

But even before that, there were significant doubts about the peace talks within the Dark Spirit Race.

Indeed, peace talks could provide ample preparation time, but they could also give humans ample preparation time.

Both sides would benefit.

Moreover, it was uncertain who would benefit more.

The two ports occupied by the Alliance would fully and without any hesitation send troops to Comoros; in the eight leased ports, there were supposed to be no military transports against Comoros, but the Alliance frequently made small moves, and lacking measures to stop or punish humans, the regulations and restrictions became almost empty words.

In this situation, by the time the Dark Spirit Race was ready for war, the human side might have become much more troublesome than before.

These concerns were undoubtedly reasonable.

However, Victor once again pushed against all dissent.

Only this time, it was not as easy as before.

In the past, he had supreme prestige as the King of Comoros. But now, after multiple failures, his prestige was not exactly crumbling but considerably diminished. Although everyone still feared him on the surface, Victor could feel the impending storm.

However, his subsequent strategy was quite clever.

Peace talks were not without support.

First, he pulled the supporting faction over to suppress the Hawk Faction openly;

In secret, he revealed his core plan.

This plan won the favor of those opposed to peace talks.

And the remaining opponents were personal adversaries, challengers to his authority. Facing these people, he showed a ruthless and brutal side, efficiently purging internally, which temporarily strengthened his authority within Comoros.

All of this allowed his plan to proceed smoothly.

The so-called plan was to use the peace talks to quickly send the Terra Expeditionary Army away and blow up the Veil Spirit Gate near Holy Terra once they had completely left.

The last few ships of the Terra Expeditionary Army that hadn’t completed their journey would be totally lost.

Of course, this was merely an incidental act, causing no significant loss to humans other than about one percent of the Terra Expeditionary Army’s ships—far from being a major blow.

The main purpose was to prevent humans from reinforcing Comoros from the direction of Holy Terra.

After taking action, Victor would personally lead the Spirit Race forces in a fierce assault on humans.

In the peace treaty, the Dark Spirit Race conceded a lot of interests. But, if one intends to tear up the treaty, then as long as the terms written in black and white are not fulfilled, there is no loss.

Only considering what was fulfilled, humans received eight leased ports but could only sneakily transport troops, not many;

The area captured by humans initially resembled a fist and later transformed into a narrow network to connect the eight leased ports, which was evidently conducive to the Dark Spirit Race’s attacks.

Critically, at this time point, humans’ power in Comoros was at its weakest.

For six to seven days, humans couldn’t reinforce Comoros and instead pulled out an entire Terra Expeditionary Army.

The forces were directly reduced by a third.

Beyond this point, the human power in Comoros would grow stronger step by step.

This strengthening curve had no upper limit.

Though Comoros would gain more preparation time and burst out more strength, in Victor’s calculations, this increase was greatest only at the start. Due to the overall scale and potential of the Dark Spirit Race being very limited, they would quickly fall into a period of fatigue in exploiting their war potential, leading to them being rapidly surpassed.

This was most panic-inducing and despairing.

Was there no chance left?

No, there was.

At this node, Victor saw it as a more favorable point than the original plan of preparing desperately for war during peace talks.

Though not in his strongest form, he could seize the moment when humans were weakest, making it a prime opportunity.

To Victor, this opportunity was the last chance to reverse the situation and save the entire race.

He must go all out.

He brought with him the most elite forces of the race, the core technology, and the mightiest battle strength—himself.

The divine sword in his hand had not been taken out for many, many years.

The ‘Komo Sacred Sword’ was truly the treasure of the race.

So-called Komo was once the name of a deity within the Spirit Race Empire, a face of the God of Thousand Faces.

And now, Gelong was this sword.

It contained the despair and anger left behind by the Spirit Race’s extinction until now.

When this anger was unleashed, even if facing a True God, Victor was daring enough to battle it.

Even though wielding this divine sword came at a high cost, now, it was a price that had to be paid.

As a message arrived, Victor’s hand halted its caressing of the sword blade.

With a command, the entire army launched the attack.

…

The flames of war suddenly erupted, catching both the Spirit Race and humans off guard.

Victor also did not expect that despite the humans benefiting more from a prolonged stalemate, they would choose, like him, the moment of the Terra Expeditionary Force’s departure to launch an aggressive attack!

This caused the entire Spirit Race’s attack plan to undergo significant changes right from the start!

Of course, the humans also did not expect the Dark Spirit Race to attack at this time, lacking a plan to counter the raid. Just as the Dark Spirit Race initially planned, the human defense line was shattered into pieces. Of the eight leased ports, six suddenly fell.

However, the human’s proactive attack also had a great impact. Quite a few Dark Spirit Race units couldn’t reach the frontline as expected and were caught prematurely by the humans who had penetrated deep into Comoros, forcing them into a grueling battle.

No turning back now, Victor had to overcome countless difficulties, wielding the Komo Sacred Sword, leading the most elite force to resolutely strike straight at Queen Rose Port.

He had to capture this port back or at least destroy it to cut off the endless human reinforcements streaming into Comoros.

For this, he was willing to pay any price.

Holding the divine sword, he was absolutely confident that he could cut down anyone daring to block his path.

Yet, when he truly saw Gu Hang descending from the sky and felt that tremendous power from the trembling Komo Sacred Sword, he suddenly realized:

Was he really going to confront a True God?