Wizards begin with Occlumency.

The difference between a Level 4 Sage Legion and a Level 5 Sage Legion is significant.

This is mainly reflected in two aspects: the highest combat power and the size of the legion.

The world of the gods is a super civilization on par with the world of the wizards, and they share a great deal in common in terms of legion configuration.

Therefore, the Grand Sage Legion, facing its direct enemy, is not without the power to fight back against this infiltration force of a level-five sage legion from the world of gods and wizards, which is on par with the world of wizards.

Winning is, of course, extremely difficult.

The gap is there, that's an objective fact.

Link didn't intend to defeat his opponent head-on; he only planned to stall for time.

The "supply route" is, after all, the lifeline of the Rivosos Academy Army Group. The fact that the frontline legion allowed this level-five legion from the Gods Civilization World to infiltrate in an organized manner was a huge mistake.

The army group command, having received a plea for help and a warning from the Grand Sage Legion, will surely take it seriously and dispatch a large force to encircle and annihilate this audacious legion of gods.

Under Link's orders, the Grand Sage Legion quickly changed formation.

Plan 0 and Operation 0 are not the same thing.

Operation Plan No. 0 emphasizes recklessness, demonstrating a determination to go all out.

Plan 0 emphasizes the word "stickiness" and employs delaying tactics.

Link wouldn't be foolish enough to use his Grand Sage Legion to fill the gaps left by the frontline defenses.

Fighting and retreating at the same time—that's where true passion shines!

Thus, the two legions began a game of hide-and-seek over the supply lines of the Rivosos Academy Army.

The fifth-level legion of the Gods Civilization certainly didn't want to waste time like that.

The legion went to such great lengths to infiltrate, and its strategic objective was not to entangle itself with the patrol legions of the wizarding civilization, but to destroy part of the logistics supply of the Rivosos Academy army group.

Moreover, their whereabouts have already been exposed, and any further delay will inevitably lead to an encirclement and annihilation by the Rivosos Academy army.

Therefore, the fifth-level legion of the Gods Civilization decided to disengage from the Grand Sage Legion.

After a relentless pursuit and fierce attack, they decisively withdrew, intending to carry out a sabotage mission behind enemy lines.

"Trying to leave?"

Link glanced at the message from the army group headquarters, confirming that reinforcements were on their way and would soon complete the encirclement. He then commanded the Grand Sage Legion to engage this level-five legion of the Gods Civilization.

Anyway, I won't get too close, I'll stay far behind and harass them from time to time.

Upon discovering that this Level 5 legion of the Gods Civilization was showing signs of a counterattack, regardless of whether it was a feint or not, immediately cease the harassment and ensure the legion remained within a safe range.

Like buzzing flies, they were a constant nuisance to the fifth-level legion of the Gods Civilization.

The fifth-level legion of the Gods Civilization had only three choices: one was to carry out the assigned mission regardless of the consequences; the other was to split into two groups, one to carry out the mission and the other to deal with the Grand Sage Legion; and the third was to retreat in time before the Rivosos Academy Group Army could complete its encirclement.

Link, judging others by his own standards, believed that the best option for the fifth-level legion of the Gods Civilization was to withdraw.

However, Link did not rashly base his actions on this idea, but instead patiently observed the movements of the fifth-level legion of the Gods Civilization and analyzed their possible next steps.

This attitude immediately had a significant effect.

The fifth-level legion of the Gods Civilization actually abandoned its mission and the possibility of survival, concentrating all its forces to fight the Grand Sage Legion to the death.

No one in the Grand Sage Legion, or even the Rivosos Academy Army, expected such a thing to happen.

That was truly unexpected!

Fortunately, Link was on guard and reacted immediately, ordering the Grand Sage Legion to retreat at top speed.

After such a long period of continuous drills and several real battles, the Grand Sage Legion's tactical execution capability is extremely strong.

Link gave the order, and it was carried out immediately.

The Grand Sage Legion, which was previously "entwined" with the fifth-level legion of the Gods Civilization, immediately turned into a scumbag and left without a trace.

Showing absolutely no mercy, just one word: ruthless!

This time, the fifth-level legion of the Gods Civilization, having no intention of surviving, relentlessly pursued and attacked the Grand Sage Legion.

The Grand Sage Legion is not without the power to fight back.

However, under Link's command, they simply covered their heads and took the beating, retreating relentlessly.

All of the Starfleet's "energy" was supplied to the defense and mobility systems of the Star Fortresses and Starships.

What we need is a tanky character with high health, high defense, and high movement speed; if we can stall, we can stall; if we can't stall, we can leave.

Such "decisiveness" nearly made the commander of the fifth-level legion of the Gods Civilization so angry that he vomited blood.

If the two sides weren't so far apart, this commander, who is equivalent to a fifth-level sage in the Wizarding World, would have wanted to fight Link one-on-one.

This is absolutely infuriating!

Link was unaware of this fifth-tier god's mindset; if he had, he would probably have been extremely smug.

To achieve this effect, which caused a fifth-level god of a divine civilization to break down psychologically, it was not through "strength," but through "wisdom" and "strategy."

This sense of accomplishment is different from subduing others by force, but it's just as satisfying.

In this way, the Grand Sage Legion completed its final "supply route" patrol mission in a rather unconventional manner.

Dragging along the fifth-level legion of the Gods Civilization, which had somehow infiltrated the vital "supply route," they awaited reinforcements sent by the headquarters of the Rivosos Academy Army Group: three fifth-level sage legions.

The encirclement has been completed on all four sides.

The survival path of the fifth-level legion of the Gods Civilization has been completely cut off.

Based on the legion's previous behavior, Link was actually quite worried that they would continue to go all out, ignoring the attacks of the other three level-five sage legions, and take advantage of the Grand Sage Legion.

Who would have thought that the next move of the fifth-level legion of the Gods Civilization would be to hold their ground and wait for reinforcements!

This left Link completely baffled.

If the enemy commander is brainless, then how did they manage to break through the front lines of the Rivosos Academy Army Group and infiltrate such a vital star system?

"What do you want to do?"

Link muttered to himself, trying to put himself in the other person's shoes and guess their motives and goals.

However, thinking didn't delay Link's decision.

The Grand Sage Legion requested to withdraw from the battle, citing excessive losses.

Headquarters was initially unwilling to agree.

However, Link insisted and stated that the Grand Sage Legion had lost its fighting power and might become the breakthrough point for this level 5 legion of the Gods Civilization.

Left with no other option, headquarters agreed to Link's request to retreat.

"Let's go!"

Without looking back even once, Link led the Grand Sage Legion straight back to the legion's base.

They left behind three level-five sage legions to begin the siege of the level-five legion of the Gods Civilization.

On the way back and after returning to the base, Link kept a close eye on the battle situation.

Whether it was due to the extraordinary performance of the fifth-level legion of the Gods Civilization, or the three fifth-level sage legions of the Rivosos Academy Group Army holding back, 12 hours had passed, and the time for the final assault on the front line was fast approaching, yet this siege was still not over.

The Grand Sage Legion has completed its resupply and rest!

Link felt increasingly uneasy; something was wrong with everything.

How did the fifth-level legion of the Gods civilization infiltrate?

Is the frontline defense made of paper, or is it so leaky that it can't be any more leaky?

If that legion of gods is truly that powerful, able to withstand the siege of three wizard legions of equal caliber and hold out for so long, there's no reason why they would so easily let go of the Grand Sage Legion.

Even if we don't completely annihilate the Grand Sage Legion through maneuver warfare, we can at least take a big chunk of their flesh, right?

The results of it?

As a result, the Grand Sage Legion withdrew to its base intact.

This is certainly due to Link's command, as well as the well-trained and highly efficient Grand Sage Legion.

Looking back now, perhaps it was more because that legion of gods went easy on us.

"Could this be a trap?"

Link had this guess in his mind, but then he quickly dismissed it.

There are many capable people in the army group's staff; if Lin Ke can guess in this direction, they couldn't possibly not have thought of it.

The fact that they "only" sent out three level-five legions and reluctantly agreed to let the Grand Sage Legion "slip away" first may have been due to this consideration.

So here's the question.

If this fifth-level legion of the gods is indeed a bait, what does the commander of this campaign in the world of the gods want to lure in?

What kind of trump cards and backup plans gave that commander so much confidence that he could take effect after the "fish" took the bait, even across the entire defensive line of the Rivosos Academy Army?

A fish biting the hook doesn't mean it's been caught.

It is also possible that the fish will take the bait and then swagger away.

There is even another possibility that could very well occur.

That's the Rivosos Academy Group, using this bait to fish for fish instead.

"Anything is possible."

Faced with the complex and confusing situation, Link sighed.

He then cleared his mind of distractions and focused on directing the Grand Sage Legion to set off again.

The patrol mission is over. After a short rest, the Grand Sage Legion must return to their unit.

The third reserve team is also a reserve team!

Even after the Grand Sage Legion successfully rejoined the ranks and was incorporated into the command and combat sequence of a Level 6 Sage, the outcome of that siege battle was still unknown.

Twenty-four hours have passed since Link discovered the fifth-level legion of the gods near the "supply route"!

"A storm is brewing, and the wind fills the tower."

Link suddenly remembered this line of poetry and felt the heavy atmosphere before the final battle.

The Grand Sage Legion, and even the entire Rivosos Academy army, regardless of how experienced the wizards were in battle, were all like this.

Everyone's attitude became extremely serious.

War is the most violent form of conflict.

Death is absolutely inevitable.

No wizard is willing to sacrifice their life!

"I hate war!"

Link suddenly heard Lynn Hewitt's soft mutterings.

Link could sense Lynn's genuine anti-war sentiment from those words.

Link stopped Lynn from complaining with a look, but didn't say anything.

As long as it doesn't undermine morale publicly, private complaints from one or two people are not unacceptable.

This is also a form of psychological counseling.

However, the morale and fighting spirit of the troops before the battle are indeed worth noting.

"Master, master!"

Just as Link was thinking about how to better boost the morale of the Grand Sage Legion, Flandre shouted.

"What's wrong?"

Link immediately responded to Flandre's call.

As the spirit of his natal world, "The World of Human Immortals and Martial Arts," Flandre's priority is second only to Jasmine and is as important as his daughter Melia.

It's not that Link doesn't love his daughter.

Rather, as a father, Link believes that only by becoming strong himself can he provide better protection for his daughter.

"Master, master, I have completely taken control of your destined world!"

Flandre stood with her hands on her hips, looking smug and self-satisfied.

"???"

A series of questions popped into Link's mind.

Not long ago, Flandre hadn't yet fully taken control of the human-immortal martial arts world.

These days, Link has been busy with his mission and hasn't paid attention to any developments in this area, so he doesn't know what Flandre has done.

Flandre wasn't one to keep things to herself, and in order to "steal" the master's attention, she immediately complained first, then tried to curry favor:

"Hmph! The master doesn't care about Flandre at all!"

They don't care about your favorite world at all!

Fortunately, Flandre is quite clever; she managed to contact Master Li Shuwen directly.

Wow, sir, your world of human immortal martial arts has such great potential for development!

Seeing the formidable combat power that Li Shuwen, a martial artist at the Divine Realm, could unleash, was truly astounding.

All the obstacles that prevented me from completely taking control of my destined world have been swept away by your 'master'.

While listening to Flandre's words, Link used his "Lord of the Realm" authority to review the major events that had occurred over the past period.

This is one of the abnormal aspects of the "Lord of the Realm"—the ability to look back through time.

The idea of ​​knowing the past, present, and future is not wishful thinking, but something that can actually be achieved.

After quickly browsing through the information and learning what had happened in the Human Immortal Martial Arts World, Link didn't get too distracted and personally handled the affairs of the Human Immortal Martial Arts World.

Instead, he instructed Flandre to contact Li Shuwen in Link's name to integrate the power of the Human Immortal Martial Arts World.

It might come in handy when necessary.

Flandre readily agreed and happily went off to manage the world of human immortals and martial arts.

Even Cornelia, who had already transformed into a three-legged golden crow, couldn't bother teasing her.

Link withdrew his attention from his main world and continued to monitor the progress of the battle, while awaiting any orders that might come at any time.

"Commander, something's up."

At this moment, the head of the intelligence department walked over with a portable smart brain.

However, after the Grand Sage Legion was incorporated into the Third Reserve Operations Order, Link's official duties became even busier.

The task of monitoring that fifth-level legion of the gods was handed over to the intelligence department.

Link took the personal smart device from the head of the intelligence department, opened the text battle report, and began to read it quickly.

The more he looked, the more serious his expression became.

The Rivosos Academy Army Group and the opposing forces from the Gods Civilization World have once again made their moves regarding that Level 5 Legion of the Gods Civilization.

That fifth-level legion of gods was not only bait, but also a coordinate locator!

A premeditated, massive teleportation has occurred.

The forces of the Gods Civilization World, in response to the war, "airdropped" a mixed army equivalent to a level 7 Great Sage Legion in the Wizarding World into the heart of the Rivosos Academy Group Army's front line!

The back door of the Rivoss Academy Group... has been raided!

Danger! (End of Chapter)